KEYNOTE LECTURES
KEYNOTE LECTURES
Head of Research Unit, Environmental Simulation
Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, GERMANY
Title of talk: Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds – How Global Change is Changing and Threatening the Volatile Alphabet for Communication between Organisms
POPULAR LECTURES
Research Fellow and Head of the Ala-Archa Research Polygon
Institute of Water Problems and Hydropower, National Academy of Sciences, Kyrgyz
Republic, KYRGYZSTAN
Title of talk: Glacier Degradation and GLOF Lakes in the Tien Shan: Monitoring and Water Security Implications
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Title of talk: The Secret Life of Plants and Insects
INVITED TALKS
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, Punjab, INDIA
Title of talk: Role of Chemistry towards Sustainable Living
Dr. BALASUBRAMANIAN MURUGESAPANDIAN
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
Title of talk: Multi-Functional Emissive Materials and its Detection Features
Professor, School Of Chemical Sciences
National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, INDIA
Title of talk: Supramolecular Photocatalysis
Senior Principal Scientist
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Title of talk: Supramolecular Organic Frameworks for Efficient Iodine Capture
Dr. MANOJ PRASAD
Professor, Department of Genetics
University of Delhi South Campus (UDSC), New Delhi, INDIA
Title of talk: Climbing the Career Ladder: Roles of Mentor and Mentee
Prof. Dr. SUNIL NAUTIYAL
Professor, Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR)
Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, Karnataka, INDIA
Title of talk: Indian Himalayan Region: Issues and Challenges in addressing socio-ecological sustainability (TBC)
Prof. Dr. INDERJIT SINGH
Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
University of Delhi, Delhi, INDIA
Title of talk: Plant Chemistry Mediate Mechanisms Underlying Invasion
Senior Scientist, Biochemical Science Division
National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR – NCL), Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA
Title of talk: Our Test to Understand Taste Secrets of Alphonso Mango Fruits and Their Biosynthetic Pathways
Dr. SUBHANKAR CHATTERJEE
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, INDIA
Title of talk: The Microplastic Threat: A Silent Menace to Health and Nature – Are
Microbes Our Best Hope?
Professor, Environmental Engineering
School of Environmental Science and Engineering and
China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
CHINA
Title of talk:
Lecturer, Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, BANGLADESH
Title of talk: Rising Temperature and Shifting Precipitation Extremes in Bangladesh: Spatiotemporal Trends and Teleconnection Influences (1975–2023)
Prof. Dr. RAMASWAMY MURUGAVEL
Institute Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Maharashtra, INDIA
Title of talk: TBA
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Title of talk:
Professor, School of Chemical Sciences
National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, INDIA
Title of talk: Green Catalysis Enabled by Metal-Ligand Cooperation (TBC)
Senior Scientist/Assistant Professor (AcSIR), Organic Chemistry Division
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA
Title of talk: Sustainable Synthesis by Electrochemistry
Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, INDIA
Title of talk: Organic Synthesis for the Human Well-Being: In Quest of Therapeutics by Tapping the Abundance
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, INDIA
Title of talk: Design and Synthesis of Multifunctional Molecules for Targeted Multimodal Imaging
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Panjab University, Chandigarh, INDIA
Title of talk: Hydroxyl Radicals: In Situ Production by Visible-Light Photocatalysis and Application in DMSO(-d6) Activation for C–H/N-H/O-H (trideutero) Methylation of Heteroarenes
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
PANEL 1: Role of Humboldt Fellows in Advancing Science Diplomacy in South Asia
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Reserve Bank of India Chair
Professor, Department of Industrial Economics
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Professor, Department of Power Engineering
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Deputy Director
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft German Research Foundation (DFG) Office, INDIA
Head of Science & Technology Section
German Embassy, New Delhi, INDIA
PANEL 2: How do we excite people for sustainability and a clean environment? Strategies for impactful science communication
Programme Director, Deputy Head Asia Division, Sponsorship and Network Department,
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, GERMANY
Justice (Retired)
Supreme Court of Nepal, NEPAL
Research Associate
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany/ Center for the Transformation of
Chemistry, Leipzig, GERMANY
IEEFA Lead Analyst in Bangladesh Energy, South Asia
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), Valley City, USA
PANEL 3: Thrust areas of academic collaborations on environmental sustainability between India and Germany
Head of Research Unit, Environmental Simulation
Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, GERMANY
Professor, Department of Power Engineering,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, INDIA
Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Prof. Dr. ASHUTOSH PANDEY
Scientist,
BRIC- National Institute of Plant Genome Research,
New Delhi, INDIA
INFO SESSION ON THE PROGRAMS OF THE ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION, GERMANY
Programme Director, Deputy Head Asia Division, Sponsorship and Network Department,
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, GERMANY
Programme Officer, Asia Division, Sponsorship and Network Department,
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, GERMANY