About

SKC Science & Technology Webinar Series is geared for a wider audience.  The target audience is higher secondary and college students and teachers, but not necessarily limited to science & technology fields. This series brings in experts from around the globe to present topics in Science & Technology. The webinar is done in a bit informal, interactive format like a fireside chat as well as  allowing participants to ask questions to the speakers. While the series is primarily planned for audience in Assam, India (and some sessions are conducted in Assamese), there are no restrictions for anyone to attend a webinar.  The recorded webinars are available from the SKC Science & Technology YouTube channel. 

Besides Webinars, SKC Science & Technology is planning to make additional science & technology information available through its website. 

Now briefly a bit behind the name SKC. This endeavor is named in memory of Saurav Kumar Chaliha, a noted Assamese short story writer. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1974 for his short story collection, "Golam". In 1995, he was bestowed with  ‘Assam Valley Literary Award’. SKC was his pen name; he was a physicist by training and was passionate about science. He passed away in 2010. See samplings of his short stories (including translations in English), at this site.

Team SKC

Team SKC is the organizer of the webinar series, consisting of 

• Deep Medhi, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), is  Program Director, National Science Foundation, USA and Curators' Distinguished Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA. He is also an honorary professor at the Indian Institute of  Technology-Guwahati, India. He hails from Guwahati, Assam, India.

• Manabendra Saharia, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma, USA), is Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, India. He was previously with  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA. He hails from Guwahati, Assam, India. 

• Uddipana Goswami, M.A. (Tezpur University, India), is Content Editor (News) at Amazon India in Hyderabad, India. Check out her YouTube channel The Urban Journalist. She hails from Biswanath, Assam, India.  

• Monoj Mon Kalita, Ph.D. (National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan), is  Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs at Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Germany. He hails from Guwahati, Assam, India.

Contact:  SKC.ScTech@gmail.com