Recommendations of the reconstituted Departmental Committee on Promotion and Popularization of Biotechnology made in its 1st meeting held on 22nd January 2010 A.Seminar/Symposia Sl. No. Title of the Conference Organisation/Agency with date C-1 National Conference on "Recent Trends and Applications of Nanotechnology in Pharmacy and Biology". 21st - 22nd January 2010 XX National congress of veterinary parasitology with focal theme “Parasitology TodayEcology to Molecular Biology” February 18-20, 2010 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 Convener and Email Department of Dr. K Ruckmani Pharmaceutical Technology, Anna University Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu Department of Dr. S K Gupta Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Sciences, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004 National Symposium on Directorate of Dr. S S Singh Conservation Horticulture. Extension Education, 21-23rd March 2010 G B Pant University of Ag. And Tech. Pantnagar, Uttarkhand – 263 145 National conference on Nutracenticals – current scenario and technical symposium bio-vision ‘10 March 4-5, 2010 National workshop on “Paradigm Shifts in Research on Crop Resistance to Pests” Bharat University, Dr. L Jeyanthi Rebecca 173, Agrasen road, hodibt@bharathuniv.ac.in Selaiyur, Chennai – 600 073 Total Assistance requested Remarks Budget from DBT (Rs in lakhs) 4.75 Rs. 1.00 lakh for Event over TA/DA for Invitees Amount recommended (in lakhs) Nil 5.00 Rs.1.00 lakh for Recommended as per 0.50 TA/DA for domestic proposal and travel, printing of applicable heads abstract booklet, contingency, miscellaneous, stationery / folders 18.0 Rs.4.00 lakhs for TA/DA for domestic travel, Pre-conference printing, publication of proceedings, Miscellaneous, stationary/folders Rs.3.85 lakhs for TA/DA, Preconference/ printings and publication, stationary / folders Rs. 0.30 lakhs for Workshop kit (stationery / folders) 4.00 Department of Dr. P Narayanasamy 2.30 Entomology, drpnsamy@yahoo.com Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar Recommended as per 1.00 proposal and applicable heads subject to submission of approval from MoF No relevant documents Nil Recommended as per 0.20 proposal and applicable heads subject to submission of Sl. No. Title of the Conference Organisation/Agency with date Convener and Email Total Assistance Budget from DBT (Rs in lakhs) requested Remarks Amount recommended (in lakhs) 4th-5th March 2010. Tamil Nadu C-6 International Conference on “Frontiers Meeting on Group A streptococci”. March 2010 (tentative) Department of Dr. Anuradha 5.20 Experimental Chakraborti Medicine & superoxide@sify.csom Biotechnology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh160 012 C-7 International Symposium on Endocrinology and reproduction: Molecular mechanisms to molecular medicine. 4th – 6th February 2010. Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 110 067 C-8 National symposium on “Betterment of Earth with Application of Nanotechnology (The Indian Initiative)” [‘BEAN 2010’] 17th –m19 March 2010 1st Annual Conference of IAMPV National Symposium of emerging and reemerging of Viral Diseases. 12th – 14th February 2010 Karunya University, Dr. S Kalidass Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 3.08 Rs.1.30 lakhs for Not a priority travel Expenses for resource persons (Air fare) Nil King Institute of Dr. P Gunasekaran Preventive Medicine Iampvc2010@gmail.com & Research, Guindy, Chennai – 600 032 6.00 Rs.5.00 lakhs for No relevant documents TA/DA, pre conference printing, publication of proceedings, Contingency / miscellaneous Nil C-9 registration certificate Mr. Rakesh Kumar 15.80 Tyagi. rktyagi@yahoo.com rkt2300@mail.jnu.ac.in Rs. 5.20 lakhs for TA/DA, PreConference printing, publication of proceedings, rental for venue, stationery / folders, contingency, Miscellaneous / other items Rs.2.50 lakhs for TA/DA, pre-conference printing, publication of proceedings, rental for venue stationery/folders, contingency, miscellaneous. Online Recommended as per proposal and applicable heads subject to submission of registration certificate, approval from MEA, MHA & Mo F 1.00 Recommended as per 1.00 proposal and applicable heads Sl. No. Title of the Conference Organisation/Agency with date C-10 International Conference on “Advancement of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICOANN-2010)” 1st – 3rd March 2010 National conference on ‘VIROCON-2010 theme: Recent trends in Viral disease problems and Management. 18th – 20th March 2010 1st IFIP International Conference on Bioinformatics. March 25th -28th, 2010 Department of Nano Dr. K Gurunathan science and NanoscienceTechnology, Alagappa alu@hotmail.com University, Karaikudi – 630 003 C-13 3rd International Conference on Genetic and Molecular diagnosis in Modern Medicine & Biology (GMDMMB) 2010. 27th – 28th February 2010 & March 01, 2010 C-14 National Conference on IIT C-11 C-12 Department of Virology, Sri Venkateswara University (S V University), Tirupati – 517 502 Department of Mathematics and Humanities, Sardar Vallabhabhai National Institute of Technology, Surat Convener and Email Total Assistance requested Remarks Budget from DBT (Rs in lakhs) 10.00 Rs.2.00 lakhs for No relevant documents TA/DA, pre-conference printing, contingency, stationary / folder, Miscellaneous Amount recommended (in lakhs) Nil Prof. D V R Sai Gopal dvrsaigopal@gmail.com virocon2010@gmail.com 10.50 Rs. 3.00 lakhs for Recommended as per 1.00 TA/DA, proceedings proposal and applicable printing, contingency, heads subject to rentals submission of approval from MoF Dr. Neeru Adlakha Bioin2010@gmail.com 39.00 Rs.5.00 lakhs for TA/DA, publication of proceedings,preconference printing, misc. & stationery / folders Deptt. Of Dr. Manjula Shantaram Biochemistry, Manjula59@gmail.com Yenepoya Medical Collage, Yenepoya University, Deralaktta, Nityanandanagar, Mangalore 16.40 Rs.7.15 lakhs for partial expenses of domestic travel of Indian & foreign faculty, pre-conference printing, publication of proceedings, stationary and misc. 3.95 Rs. Roorke, Mr .Ravi Shankar 3.95 lakhs Recommended as per 1.50 proposal and applicable heads subject to submission of approval from MEA, MHA & MoF Recommended as per 1.00 proposal and applicable heads subject to submission of Registration certificate, Articles of Association, Bye-Laws, Audited Account for last 3 years & sources and pattern of Income & Expenditure, approval from MHA, MEA & MoF for No relevant documents Nil Sl. No. Title of the Conference Organisation/Agency with date Convener and Email COGNIZANCE. 26th – Department 28th March 2010 Biotechnology C-15 of Ravishankar1788@gmail. com, cognizance.iitr@gmail.co m International Symposium CBST, VIT Prof. M A Vijayalakshmi on Gene to Vial Concept University, Vellore indviji@yahoo.com for biotechnology based health care molecules. 7th – 10th February 2010 Total Assistance requested Budget from DBT (Rs in lakhs) TA/DA, pre-conference printing, publication of proceedings, rentals for venue, stationery. 20.00 Rs.4.00 lakhs for TA/DA for young scientists-80% (Indian) 50% TA/DA for senior scientists (Indian) 33%, preconferencing printing50% & publication of proceedings – 50% Remarks Amount recommended (in lakhs) Recommended as per 1.50 proposal and applicable heads subject to submission of registration certificate, bye-Laws, audited account for last 3 years, sources and pattern of Income & Expenditure and approval from MHA, MEA & MoF No relevant documents Nil C-16 Regional Seminar on Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Bio Technology 19th February 2010 VIKAS Mr. U Venkateswarlu (Non-Governmental Kommu.kotesh@rediffm Organization) ail.com Tangutur, Andhra Pradesh 0.70 Rs.0.70 lakh for TA/DA, publication of proceedings and preconference printing, rental for venue, misc & other items., stationery / folders, contingency C-17 National Symposium on” Contemporary technologies and concepts revolutionizing drug discovery strategies” & National Hands-onWorkshop on “Advanced bioanalytical techniques in PK studies from Method Development to Data Dept. of Ocular Dr. T Velpandian Pharmacology & Pharmacy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 4.25 Rs. 0.65 lakh for Recommended as per 0.65 TA/DA, pre workshop proposal and applicable printing, boarding and heads lodging, folder/ stationery Sl. No. C-18 C-19 C-20 C-21 Title of the Conference Organisation/Agency with date Convener and Email Interpretation” 3rd – 5th February 2010 International Symposium Department of Dr. Sunil K Sharma on “Trends in Drug Chemistry, University Discovery and of Delhi Development” 5th – 8th January 2010 Total Assistance Budget from DBT (Rs in lakhs) 49.00 National Seminar on Department of Dr. K B Jayanthi “Pattern recognition for Electronics and hodece@ksrct.ac.in medical imaging” Communication Engineering, K S Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu XXXIII Indian Social Indian Academy of Dr. N P Chaubey Science Congress Social Sciences, Iswar th th 20 – 24 January 2010 Saran Ashram Campus, Allahabad 1.10 Chennai Science Festival 3rd – 7th February 2010 43.18 Science City, Dr. P Iyamperumal Department of Higher Education, 64.00 requested Remarks Rs. 10.00 lakhs towards partial support for accommodation of invited speakers, local hospitality of participants, secretarial assistance, stationery, travel support to invited speakers, preconference printing, conference folders and materials, audio-visual hiring and backdrop panels, etc. Rs. 1.00 lakh for TA/DA, pre-conference printing, publication of proceedings, rental for venue, contingency, misc. & stationery, folders Event over Amount recommended (in lakhs) Nil Recommended as per 0.50 proposal and applicable heads Rs.2.95 lakhs for Event over TA/DA, pre-conference stationery & printing, publication of proceedings, secretarial assistance, transport & communication Rs. 6.00 lakh for No relevant documents partial assistance for erection of exhibit Nil Nil Sl. No. Title of the Conference Organisation/Agency with date Convener and Email Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai C-22 National Level Workshop on “Recent trends in Chronomedicine” 6th – 7th March 2010 C-23 International Workshop on Rhizosphere Biology for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry: Present and Future 25th – 27th February 2010 National Seminar on Validation of Ayurvedic Drugs 8th February 2010 National Seminar on “Environmental Awareness and Research for Sustainable Developkent” 26th-27th March 2010 C-24 C-25 C-26 Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarkhand Dr. P S Subramanian psub@rediffmail.com Dr. P B Rao Aniksharma_99@yahoo.c om Total Assistance requested Remarks Budget from DBT (Rs in lakhs) halls, prizes for best biological science stall, stationery/ folders, souvenir, momentous for dignitaries, scientists 1.50 Rs.1.0 lakh for Not a priority pre-conference printing, contingency, miscellaneous (chemicals) 7.75 Rs.2.75 lakhs for No proper TA, stationery, rental provided for venue, contingency Srimad Andavan Arts Dr. K Prerma & Sciences College, Tiruchirappalli 1.72 Rs.0.50 lakh for publication proceedings Department of Dr. P Ronald Ross Zoology-DDE, r_ross1971@yahoo.co.in Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar 3.00 National Seminar on Saveetha University Dr. B Jayachandran Dare “Panoramas in Bio- (Deemed University) nanotechnology” Biomedical Research 26th February, 2010 Unit & Lab Animal 0.77 Amount recommended (in lakhs) Nil details Nil Not a priority Nil of Rs.0.75 lakh for Not a focused program TA/DA, pre-conference printing, publication of proceedings, rental for venue, stationery/ folders, contingency, misc./other items (food and refreshment) Rs. 0.20 lakh for No relevant documents TA/DA for speakers, pre-conference printing & contingency Nil Nil Sl. No. C-27 C-28 C-29 C-30 C-31 Title of the Conference Organisation/Agency with date International Conference on convergence of science & engineering in education and research – A global perspective in the new millennium, ICSE2010 21st – 23rd April 2010 National Seminar on “Recent research trends in synthetic organic and natural products chemistry-II” 29th – 30th March 2010 National Seminar on Vermitechnology, Use of Biofertilizers and solid waste recycling for sustainable rural development 18th – 19th March 2010 Organizing 9th Postgraduate Course in Endocrine Surgery 12th – 15th November 2009 Convener and Email Centre (BRULAC) Chennai Dayananda Sagar Dr. G S Jagannatha Rao Institutions, Dsce_icse2010@yahoo.c Kumaraswamy o.in Layout, Bangalore-560 078 Total Assistance Budget from DBT (Rs in lakhs) requested Remarks Amount recommended (in lakhs) 30.0 Rs.5.00 lakhs for No biotechnology proceedings, secretarial assistance, souvenir, conveyance Nil Department of Prof. C Venkata Rao. Chemistry, Sri cvrsvu@gmail.com Venkateswara University, Tirupati 6.00 Rs. 1.00 lakh No relevant documents Nil Department of Dr. Thilagavathy Daniel Biology, Gandhigram thilagavathidaniel@yaho Rural Institute o.co.in 4.00 Vague and program Department of Dr. S K Mishra Endocrine Surgery, skmishra@sgpgi.ac.in SGPGIMS, Lucknow 23.95 Rs. 1.50 lakhs for TA/DA to external experts, pre-conference printing, seminar folders, printing of proceedings & contingency Rs.3.00 lakhs for printing of course manual & DVD, contingency, subsidy for accommodation & registration for delegates Rs.0.80 lakh for TA/DA, pre-conference printing, publication of proceedings, rental for National Workshop on Department of Prof. M Sivanandham real time PCR for the Biotechnology msiva@svce.ac.in diagnosis of diseases and Sri Venkateswara molecular evaluation College of 0.80 sketchy Nil Event over Nil Not a priority Nil Sl. No. C-32 C-33 C-34 C-35 Title of the Conference Organisation/Agency with date 16th – 17th February 2010 Engineering, Chennai X-Symposium on “Advances in teaching and learning anatomy” 20th February 2010 National Workshop on “Image Mining – Tools and Techniques”. 28th – 29th April 2010 Department of Anatomy, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Univesity Department of Computer Applications, School of computer Technology and Applications, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, GKVK University Campus Old Bellary Road, Bangalore Nalanda College, Biharsharif, Bihar 35th Mahabaleshwar Seminar 2009 on “Evolution of molecular function and principles of protein design”. 21st – 28th February 2010 National Seminar on Environmental Pollution : Threat to Living World. 30th – 31st March 2010. C-36 National Conference on Medical BiotechnologyVision 2020. 16th – 18th April 2010. C-37 31st Annual Convener and Email Dr. Shakunthala R Rai anatomy@manipal.edu Total Assistance requested Remarks Budget from DBT (Rs in lakhs) venue, stationery/folders, contingency, misc. & other items 3.20 Rs.0.80 lakh for Not a priority Guest speakers – travel, brochure & stationery Ms. S Shanthi. 0.87 shanthis@kongu.ac.in Prof. Jayant Udgaonkar. 10.00 jayant@ncbs.res.in Dr. D D Pandey Advanced Centre for Prof. S K Gakhar Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak – 124 001 PTCA Department of Botany, Dr. Sumita 2.00 7.50 Jha 12.50 Rs.0.87 lakh for Not a priority TA/DA, pre-conference printing, publication of proceedings, rental for venue, stationery / folders, contingency, miscellaneous / other items Rs.2.00 lakhs for Recommended as per general expenditure proposal and applicable heads subject to submission of technical program and approval from MoF Rs.1.15 lakh for Recommended as per TA/DA, pre- proposal and applicable conference, publication heads of proceedings, local transport Rs.2.50 lakhs for Sketchy program TA/DA, pre-conference printing, publishing of printing, stationary / folders, secretarial assistance. Rs.3.80 lakhs for Recommended as per Amount recommended (in lakhs) Nil Nil 1.00 0.50 Nil 1.00 Sl. No. C-38 C-39 C-40 C-41 Title of the Conference Organisation/Agency with date Meeting & National Symposium on PLANT CELL TISSUE & ORGAN CULTURE : THE PRESENT SCENARIO. 3rd – 5th March 2010 Cancer Research and Translational Initiatives. 27th – 28th February 2010 A National seminar on “Current trends in Bioprocess Technology – A special emphasis on value added bioproducts (Alternative fuels, Therapeutics and th Vaccines)” on 12 13th February 2010 National Conference on “Nano materials and nano technology”. 18th – 20th January 2010 XXXV Annual Conference of Environmental Mutagen Society of India (EMSI) & International Symposium Total Assistance requested Budget from DBT (Rs in lakhs) 35, Ballygunge sjha_123@yahoo.com , TA/DA, including Circular Road, ptckolkata@gmail.com accommodation University of Calcutta, charges) PreKolkata – 700 019 conference printing, rental for venue, contingency, stationary / folders Department of Dr. Sanjeev Puri 9.80 Rs.3.00 lakhs for Biotechnology, spuri@yahoo.com TA/DA, stationary & University Institute of bags Engineering & Technology, (UIET) Punjab University, Chandigarh. Deptt. of Dr. B V Raman 12.50 Rs.3.35 lakhs for Biotechnology, TA/DA to scientists College of Engineering, KLEF University, Vaddeswaram, Green fields, Guntur – 522 502 Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Punjab University, Chandigarh Convener and Email Remarks Amount recommended (in lakhs) proposal and applicable heads subject to submission of list of speakers, technical programme and approval from MoF Recommended as per 0.50 proposal and applicable heads subject to submission of approval from MoF Not a focused program Dr. S S Umare ssumare@chm.vnit.ac.in, ncnn@chm.vnit.ac.in 7.95 Rs.2.30 lakh for Event over breakfast/lunch/Dinner @ Rs.400/- per day, per head for 150 persons for 3 days. Prof. Karan Vasisht kvasisht@hotmail.com 10.50 Rs.2.50 lakh for pre-conference printing, rental for venue, contingency, miscellaneous, Nil Nil Recommended as per 1.00 proposal and applicable heads subject to submission of list of speakers and approval Sl. No. Title of the Conference Organisation/Agency with date C-42 on Mutagens and Genetic Diversity of Health and Agriculture 12th – 13th March 2010 National Seminar on “Frontiers in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics 5th – 6th March 2010 C-43 Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Pds. Dr D Y Patil University, Navi Mumbai-400 614 National Conference on “ Department of Impact of Climate Change Zoology, School of on the Biodiversity of Life Sciences, Insects and Environment” Bharathiar University, 15th – 16th March 2010 Coimbatore-641 046 Convener and Email Total Assistance requested Remarks Budget from DBT (Rs in lakhs) stationery/folders from MoF Amount recommended (in lakhs) Prof. D A Bhiwgade bhiwgade@dypatil.edu 5.50 Rs.1.00 lakh for Not a focused program TA/DA for resource persons Nil Dr. K Murugan kmvvk@yahoo.com, kmvvk@rediffmail.com 4.90 Rs.2.75 lakhs for TA/DA for domestic travel, pre-conference printing, rental venue, contingency, misc., stationery/foders Rs.0.90 lakh for TA/DA, pre-conference printing, ;publication of proceedings, rental for venue, stationery, folders, contingency, misc. & other items Rs.3.00 lakhs for TA/DA for invited speakers, stationery/ folders C-44 Algae Biofuel Workshop Growdiesel Climate Mr. Atul Saxena 2010 Care Council 12th – 13th April 2010 Delhi-110 092 0.90 C-45 National Symposium on “Genomics and Crop Improvement: Relevance and Reservations” 25th – 27th February 2010 National Conference on “Biotechnology: Fusion of Advanced Research and Teaching” 2nd – 4th January 2010. 19.0 C-46 Acharya N G Ranga Agriclutural University (ANGRAU), Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai Dr. P Raghava Reddy Vc_angrau@yahoo.com Dr. S Krishnaswamy 15.00 sbtmku@mrna.tn.nic.in Recommended as per 0.50 proposal and applicable heads Not a focused program Nil Recommended as per 1.00 proposal and applicable heads subject to submission of approval from MoF Rs.3.90 lakhs towards Already approved Nil TA/DA for domestic travel, pre-conference printing, publication of procedings, rental for venue, stationary / Sl. No. Title of the Conference Organisation/Agency with date C-47 National Workshop on “Recent Advances in EcoFriendly Lubricants (RAIEFL-2010)”. 1st-2nd March 2010 National Seminar on Biotechnology & Health Programme. 19th – 20th March 2010. C-48 Convener and Email Total Assistance requested Remarks Budget from DBT (Rs in lakhs) folders, contingency refreshments, Honorarium, misc. / other items Department of Dr. R T Naik 8.00 Rs.3.00 lakhs for Not a priority Mechanical rtnaik@mecheng.iisc.erne publication of Engineering, Indian t.in proceedings, travel and Institute of Science, local hospitality Bangalore Dept.ofBiotechnology, Mr. Ajit Kumar 5.00 Rs.2.00 lakh for Not a focused program Institute of Allied ajitcreation@rediffmail.c TA/DA, pre-conference Sciencesand Computer om, and publications Applications, Gwalior. ajit.kumar.iasca@itmuniv erse.in Amount recommended (in lakhs) Nil Nil