Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman appointed as the KPCC Vice-President
Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Foundation is appointed as the Vice-President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee on orders from All India Congress party President, Mr. Rahul Gandhi.
He has served as the most sincere activist of the Congress party for the last three and a half decades involving him and contributing in students Congress and Youth Congress at country level. Sahyadri Family wishes Good Luck for his well deserved role as a Vice-President of KPCC.
Noble Laureates & Internationally Renowned Scientists during Sahyadri Conclave 6th to 10th January 2018
Prof. Ada E Yonath is an Israeli protein crystallographer who was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her research into the atomic structure and function of cellular particles called ribosomes. She is the first woman in 45 years to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Currently, she is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities; the European Academy of Sciences and Art and the European Molecular Biology Organization. At Sahyadri Conclave, Prof. Ada will be addressing the gathering on the subject in which she has the expertise.
Prof. Serge Haroche is a French physicist, who won Nobel Prize in Physics – 2012, for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems" a study of the particle of light, the photon. Haroche is a Professor at the Collège de France and holds the Chair of Quantum Physics. He has received Commander of the French Legion of Honour, the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits award. Haroche works primarily in atomic physics and quantum optics. During Sahyadri Conclave, Prof. Serge Haroche will be addressing the gathering on his Subject Expertise.
Prof. Joseph Sifakis will speak about “The ICT Revolution-IOT” during Sahyadri Conclave. His current research interests cover fundamental & applied aspects of embedded systems design. Prof. Sifakis was awarded with Turing Award in the year 2007, Award of the Hellenic Parliament Foundation in 2009, the Leonardo da Vinci Medal in 2012. He has been the President of the Greek Council for Research and Technology from 2014-16. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, French National Academy of Engineering, Academia Europe, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, & National Academy of Engineering. He is a Grand Officer of the French National Order of Merit, a Commander of the French Legion of Honour.
Prof. Robert C Richardson is the Director of the Institute of Design, Robotics and Optimisation and Director of the Leeds EPSRC National Facility for Innovative Robotic Systems, a world class, £4.3M facility for designing and creating robotic systems initiated in August 2013. He received a BEng and PhD from the University of Leeds in 1997 & 2001 respectively. He is a Professor of Robotics and a Fellow of the IMechE. He held a prestigious research contract to explore The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt using robotic technology and has discovered writing in the Great Pyramid that was hidden for thousands of years. The New Scientist magazine placed his discoveries in the top 10 scientific discoveries of 2011. In 2008 he was successful in developing air and ground robotic systems that reached the final of the UK MOD Grand Challenge. His current research interests include: Exploration robotics for safety and security, surgical technologies for health and well-being, Rehabilitation and prosthetics for health and wellbeing. At Sahyadri Conclave, Prof. Richardson will be taking technical sessions on: Exploration Robotics; Robotic inspection, maintenance and repair of urban water systems; Robotic maintenance and decommissioning of nuclear power stations.
 Padma Shri Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX MIT, USA will speak about “Digital Education Transformation” during Sahyadri Conclave. Dr. Anant Agarwal is a B.Tech from IIT-Madras and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He has received various awards for his immense contribution in the field of academics, viz. Maurice Wilkes Award for computer architecture in 2001, Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery in 2007, Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education, in higher education, as an outstanding leader of the development of the Massive Open Online Course Movement. He received Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India in the year 2017.
 Prof. Satish K. Tripathi, President, University at Buffalo, USA will speak about “The New World of Thinking Machines” during Sahyadri Conclave. Prof. Tripathi was named by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo as co-chair of the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Buffalo Urban League. He is Fellow of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dr. S S Iyengar, Professor, Florida University will speak about Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Professor Iyengar is a US-based computer scientist in the field of distributed sensor networks, computational aspects of robotics, and oceanographic applications. He has introduced new data structures and algorithmic techniques for large scale computations in sensor technologies and File processing applications. He obtained Ph.D. degree in 1974 from Mississippi State University. He served on US National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health Panels to review proposals in various aspects of Computational Science. He is the founding Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks.
Dr. Anish Arora, Professor, Ohio University, USA will talk about “Robotics” during Sahyadri Conclave. Prof. Arora obatained his PhD in Computer Science from University of Texas, M.S. from University of Texas , B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. He leads a research group on Dependable Distributed and Networked Systems. He has been awarded with the OSU College of Engineering Lumley Research Award, in 2003 and in 2009. He is a fellow of IEEE.
Dr. Anuradha Agarwal is a Principal Research Scientist at MIT's Micro photonics Centre. Her work has focused on the technologies for the foundational components of future electronic-photonic chips including polysilicon waveguides, LEDs, couplers, and optical buffers. She received her doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering from Boston University. Her current work canters on the mid-IR (MIR) regime. Her work on MIR materials and devices is creating a planar, integrated, Si-CMOS-compatible micro photonics platform which will enable on-chip imaging and sensing applications. With Dr. Agarwal's cross-disciplinary training, industrial experience, and background in Physics, Electrical Engineering, and Materials Science, she has successfully connected basic sciences with relevant applications, using integrated devices that are manufacturable on a large scale. At Sahyadri Conclave, Dr. Anuradha Agarwal will be facilitating a technical session on Mid-Infrared integrated silicon photonics for sensing.
Eminent Personalities participating in Sahyadri Conclave during 6th to 10th January 2018
Dr. D. P. Agrawal, Former Chairman, UPSC of India will give a lecture on “Environment Friendly Technology during Sahyadri Conclave. Dr. Agrawal obtained his Ph.D. degree from IIT Delhi in 1978. He is the founder Director of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM), Gwalior. He has articulated issues of innovation, quality education, public services, and information technology for the development of the common man. He has won various awards including Eminent Engineer 2003, Engineer of the Year, Honorary Fellowship of ISTE, 2006, Honorary D. Sc. degree of Jiwaji University, Gwalior 2009, and the Honorary Fellowship of IETE in 2011.
Dr. Sudhir K Mishra will deliver a lecture on “Dr. Kalam's Contributions to Defence Technology” during Sahyadri Conclave. Dr. Mishra is the CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace. He was awarded with the "DRDO Scientist of the Year Award" “Madhya Pradesh Gaurav Samman", "Distinguished Alumni Award" by Govt. Engineering College, Jabalpur, Super CEO Award" by The Machinist, Times of India Group, "Vigyan Pratibha Samman" by Council of Science & Technology" Life Time Achievement Award" by Sriram College of Engineering & Technology, Jabalpur, he was awarded with Honorary Doctorate by People's University, Bhopal and CEPM Fellowship Award 2016 by Centre for Excellence in Project Management, New Delhi.
Prof. M N Vidyashankar, IAS Former Additional Chief Secretary will speak about Water Revolution during Sahyadri Conclave. Professor Vidyashankar has a Masters in Economics from Delhi School of Economics and M.Phil from University of Delhi. He has also obtained a Post Graduate degree in Business Administration from Harvard University, USA. He is an IAS Officer of 1982 batch. Presently, he is the President of IESA which has over 200 domestic and multinational enterprises as its members. He had held various positions such as principal secretary of E-Governance for Karnataka, Chairman of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewage Board, Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka and Commissioner of the Bangalore Development Authority.
Profiles of the remaining eminent personalities speaking during the Sahyadri Conclave will be posted in the days to come...
Quote for the day
"The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense he is always satisfied with himself."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
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