Recommendations on the proposals for seminars/conferences/workshops etc. considered by the Departmental Committee on Promotion and Popularization of Biotechnology in its 11th Meeting held on 12th February, 2010 Sl. No. Title of the Conference with date Organisation/Agency Convener and Email C-1 National Seminar on “Emerging Trends on Animal Biotechnology” 26th – 27th March 2010. Department of Biotechnology, Kakatiya University, Warangal Andhra Pradesh Dr N Vijayakumar vijayknalam@yaho o.com, vijayknalam@gmai l.com C-2 National Seminar on “Emerging Trends in Medical Biotechnology and Bioinformatics” 12th – 13th March 2010 Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology Old Mahabalipuram Road Paiyanoor 603104 Dr. N.R. Alamelu nra@vinayakamissi ons.com nralamelu@yahoo. com 2.25 C-3 National Symposium on “31st Annual PTCA Meeting & National symposium on PLANT CELL TISSUE & ORGAN CULTURE: THE PRESENT SCENARIO”. 3rd – 5th March 2010 National Workshop on “Animal Tissue Culture, Hybridoma and Cell culture-based Vaccines” 13th – 15th March 2010 Centre of Advanced Study Department of Botany University of Calcutta 35, Ballygunge Circular Road Kolkata- 700019 Prof. Sumita Jha sjha_123@yahoo.c o.in sjbot@caluniv.ac.in 12.50 Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar Mr N. Rajendra Prasad drprasadnr@gmail. com nrplabbio@gmail.c om 0.98 C-4 Total Budget (Rs in lakhs) 2.05 Assistance Details of requested from DBT previous grant (Rs in lakhs) from DBT Recommendations 0.99 for TA/DA, Preconference printing, Publication of proceedings, Rental for Venue, Stationery / Folders, Contingency / Miscellaneous 1.30 for TA/DA, , Pre-conference printing, Publication of proceedings, Stationery / Folders, Contingency / Miscellaneous 3.80. for TA/DA, Pre-conference printing, Rental for Venue, Stationery / Folders, Contingency / Miscellaneous None Rs.0.50 lakhs subject to receipt of technical programme None Rs.0.50 lakhs None Already recommended in the 10th meeting 0.53 for Preconference printing, Publication of proceedings, Rental for Venue, Stationery / Contingency/Misc. None Rs.0.30 lakhs Sl. No. Title of the Conference with date Organisation/Agency Convener and Email C-5 National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Biotechnology”. 11th – 12th March 2010 Department of Biotechnology, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal Prof. Pranab Roy pranabroy@rediffm ail.com sunil_mondal32@y ahoo.com C-6 International Conference on “Healthcare and Hygiene Textiles & Clothing – HEAT 2010” 30th – 31st July 2010 Department of Fashion Technology PSG College of Technology, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Dr.G.Thilagavathi 7.80 thilagapsg@gmail.c om thilagapsg@yahoo. co.in C-7 International Conference on “First World Conference on Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery (WCN – 2010). 16th – 18th April 2010 National Symposium Institute for Holistic Medical Sciences (IHMS) Chathukulam Buildings, Parumbaikadu. P O Kottayam, Kerala Dr Anne George anneanatomy@yah oo.com 17.00 Department of Botany, Prof. Samit Ray 4.00 C-8 Total Budget (Rs in lakhs) 2.35 Assistance Details of requested from DBT previous grant (Rs in lakhs) from DBT Recommendations 1.95 for TA/DA, Preconference printing, Publication of proceedings, Rental for Venue, Stationery / Folders, Contingency / Miscellaneous 4.50 for PreConference Printing, Publication of Proceedings, Contingency / Miscellaneous None Rs.0.50 lakhs DBT No. PSGCT/BT/DB T/07/1999. date: 2007-0816 on “Workshop cum Conference on "Intelligent drug disc”. Rs.1.5 lakh 2.50 for TA/DA, preconference Printing, Publications & Proceedings, Contingency None Rs.0.50 lakhs subject to receipt of approval from Ministry of External Affairs & Home Affairs. In case the total Govt. contribution of budget is more than Rs.5.00 lakhs then approval from Dept. of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance also to be submitted Not recommended DBT No. Rs. 0.50 lakhs Sl. No. C-9 C-10 C-11 C-12 Title of the Conference with date Organisation/Agency Convener and Email on on “Biodiversity & Natural resource utilization. 14th – 16th March 2010 Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan ray_samit@rediffm ail.com National conference on “Conservation of Aquatic biodiversity & Development of cold water fisheries in India with particular reference to Himalaya. 26th – 28th May 2010 Young Investigators Meet 8th – 13th February 010 Department of Zoology, Government P G College, New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand Dr Ashok Kumar 6.75 2.00 for TA/DA, Preconference printing, publication of proceedings, rental for venue, stationery / folders, contingency, Misc. etc. Department of Genetics & Development National Centre for Biological Studies Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, Karnataka Department of Ocular Microbiology, Dr R P Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi Professor VijayRaghvan, Dr Sandhya P Koushika Vijay@ncbs.res.in 80.00 Dr Niranjan Nayak Niruni2000@yahoo .com Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Dr Kartik Shanker 8th National Conference of Society of Indian Human and Animal Mycologists 4th – 6th March 2010 30th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology & Conservation Total Budget (Rs in lakhs) Assistance Details of requested from DBT previous grant (Rs in lakhs) from DBT Recommendations BT/HRD/08/10 7/05 for seminar on “Plant and Microbial diversity: prospects and potentials None subject to availability of Technical Programme. 30.25 TA/DA, preconference printing, rental for venue, local transport, poster None Recommended Budget to be decided by DBT 7.00 0.50 Stationery & proceedings Nil Rs.0.20 lakhs 101.72 5.0 TA/DA, for travel grant awardees, presymposium printing, Nil Rs.1.00 lakh subject to resubmission of application online Rs.0.75 lakhs Sl. No. Title of the Conference with date Organisation/Agency Convener and Email Total Budget (Rs in lakhs) 27th – 29th April 2010 C-13 Seminar on Thrust Areas of “Biotechnology” 25th – 27th March 2010 Centre for Development of Marine Biotechnology, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, Cochin Dr N Chandramohan Kumar 3.0 C-14 International Conference on Recent Trends in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Researches 1st – 5th December 2010 Department of Life Science, Assam University, Slichar, Assam Dr M Dutta Choudhury Monishi_dc@write me.com 12.50 C-15 9th National Conference and Workshop on Minimal Access Surgery 18th – 21st February 2010 Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi Dr A K Kriplani 24.63 Assistance Details of requested from DBT previous grant (Rs in lakhs) from DBT Recommendations secretarial assistance, printing of proceedings, venue rentals, stationery 1.25 Pre-conference printing, TA/DA, Publication of proceedings, local hospitality 12..50 TA/DA, Preconference printing, proceeding publication, stationary, folders, misc with all necessary documents. 5.0 Travel aid for International Scientists, Printing of Scientific Material Nil Not recommended BT/HRD/08/20 03/2008 dated 25.02.2009National Conference on Recent Trends in Biodiversity Researches 1.50 Nil To be resubmitted online along with full details Not recommended Sl. No. Title of the Conference with date Organisation/Agency Convener and Email C-16 Golden Jubilee National Symposium on Plant Diversity Utilization and Management 27th – 29th May 2010 Department of Botany, University of Kerala, Kariavattom Dr Ashalatha S Nair unikerbot@rediffma il.com C-17 “Medicinal Plant and Microbe diversity and their Pharmaceuticals” 21st – 27th July 2010 Tezpur University Napaam, Tezpur Dist. Sonitpur, Assam Pin- 784028 Prof. B. K. Konwar bkkon@tez.ernet.in Total Budget (Rs in lakhs) 8.50 Assistance Details of requested from DBT previous grant (Rs in lakhs) from DBT Recommendations 1.0 TA/DA for invited speakers Nil Rs.0.50 lakhs subject to receipt of approval from Ministry of Finance. In case the total Govt. contribution of budget is more than Rs.5.00 lakhs then approval from Dept. of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance also to be submitted 4.92 4.92 for TA/DA, Preconference printing, Publication of proceedings, Rental for venue, Stationery/folders, Contingency, Misc. Nil To be resubmitted with full details. C-18 “XXXV Annual Conference of Environmental Mutagen Society of India” 12th – 14th March 2010 Panjab University, Sector 14, Chandigarh Dr S S Bari regr@pu.ac.in 9.00 2.50 for TA/DA, PreConference Printing, Stationery / Folders, Contingency, Misc. C-19 “National Seminar on Health, Food & Agro Biodiversity-Changing Paradigms” 12th – 14th February 2010 Centre for Innovation in Science & Social Action MBC-27, Museum Bains Compound, Kowdiar P O Nanthancode Thiruvanthapuram – 695 005, Kerala Dr K G Ajith Kumar Annamseminar201 0@gmail.com 7.80 1.80 for Publication of proceedings, TA for invited speakers, Rental for venue BT/HRD/08/18 6/08 XXXIV Annual Conference of EMSI & International Symposium. Rs. 1.50 lakh (request submitted) None Rs.0.50 lakhs. In case the total Govt. contribution of budget is more than Rs.5.00 lakhs then approval from Dept. of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance also to be submitted Rs. 0.50 lakhs. In case the total Govt. contribution of budget is more than Rs.5.00 lakhs then approval from Dept. of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance also to be submitted