tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8562055290750941312024-03-05T20:28:40.551+05:30AIPSC 201013th All India People's Science Congress (AIPSC 2010) wil be held on Sree Kerala Varma college.Thrisur is famous for "pooram", known as the cultural capital of kerala. Helpline : 04872381084 (environment centre) email : aipsctcr@gmail.comureeka tcrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13996752124383556693noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-69620817946795058702011-01-14T16:37:00.000+05:302011-01-14T16:37:00.250+05:30AIPSC picspls click the following link<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0098009/photos/58303044@N06/">http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0098009/photos/58303044@N06/</a>Sudheer | അക്ഷരംhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870653715963913992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-12896229006165468562010-12-17T22:04:00.003+05:302010-12-17T22:14:04.431+05:30AIPSC SESSIONS at a glance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNW6pqtVhAbnnPwdGek-T80GiOIgpXdyUsYIH5bNL6d7FvwKOJshKnRzBQ8K04rTQn_ARUnNSXise6o85phh5MjL6Dmg8Pj6dD8GNjtbMh49AljFB1or0e4meJGN3z_CbV0TEc6O0JBWFP/s1600/ai2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNW6pqtVhAbnnPwdGek-T80GiOIgpXdyUsYIH5bNL6d7FvwKOJshKnRzBQ8K04rTQn_ARUnNSXise6o85phh5MjL6Dmg8Pj6dD8GNjtbMh49AljFB1or0e4meJGN3z_CbV0TEc6O0JBWFP/s400/ai2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Sudheer | അക്ഷരംhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870653715963913992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-5849810539898332242010-12-17T21:59:00.004+05:302010-12-17T22:09:43.715+05:30DETAILED PROGRAMME - AIPSC 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33ff33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><strong></strong><span style="color: #ffff33;">27th December, 2010</span></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="color: white;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Opening Plenary</span></strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> (1.00 pm – 3.30 pm)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Chairperson: Sri.C.P.Narayanan (President, AIPSN)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Keynote Presentations:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Dr.Thomas Isaac (Finance Minister, Kerala)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: medium;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Dr.A.Gopalakrishnan (former </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Chairman, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><em style="font-size: large; position: relative;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal;">Atomic</span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Energy Regulatory Board)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: medium;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;">Dr.Prajval Shastri (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">Presentation of Choral song</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Inaugural March by Delegates followed by Cultural Presentations</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">(4.00 pm to 7.00 pm)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #ffff66;">28th December, 2010</span></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">Organisational Sesion: Learning From the Past and Looking to the Future</span></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Peoples Science Movement’s Perspective</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> (9.00 am to 12.00 noon)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Brief Presentations of Perspective paper</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Brief Comments by discussants (those who would have circulated their papers)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;"> ·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">General discussions from the floor</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Presentations on Organisational Perspective</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> followed by Discussions from the floor </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">(1.00 pm to 3.30 pm)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Group Discussions</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> in 8 Groups (4.00 pm to 8.00 pm)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="color: #ffff66;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">29th December, 2010</span></strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">Sub-Congress on Decentralization and Democratization</span>n</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> (9.00 am – 10.30 am)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Chairperson:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Prof.N.Remakantan</em></strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Co-ordinator: <strong><em style="position: relative;">T.Gangadharan</em></strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary Presentations:</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Centre-state relations and fiscal decentralization with special reference to Kerala <strong><em style="position: relative;">Prof.M.A.Oommen</em></strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Decentralisation in India-status and the way ahead</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">S.M.Vijayanand</em></strong>, IAS</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Workshops</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> (1.00 pm to 3.30 pm)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1. Decentralization and Women Empowerment</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Chairperson: Sarada Muralidharan IAS; Co-ordinator: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Smt.Meera Bai, KSSP</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Dr.K.N.Lalitha Bai, KILA; Meera, HGVS; Manjula Behra, PBVM; </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Dr.Retnaraj, KILA; K.Rajesh, KSSP.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2. National Rural Employment Guarantee Sscheme (NREGS) and <em style="position: relative;">Panchayati Raj</em></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Chairperson: J.K.Neela, Karnataka; Co-ordinator: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">K.H.Girish, BGVS Karnataka</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Dr.K.N.Chatterjee, Jharkhand; Shyam Bhore, M.P.; K.Sureshbabu, KILA;</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> K.Venkatesan, Tamilnadu</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">3. Co-operative Movement and Decentralisation</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Co-ordinator: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">P.Ramesh, JVV</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Prof.P.K.Ravindran; Dr.J.B.Rajan, KILA</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">4. Experiences and challenges of Technology Application in Decentralization</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Chairperson: K.P.Raghunath, CERD Co-ordinator: Joginder Walia, STD, HP. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: CTD; STD; CERD; IRTC; MPVS</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 5. Convergence in Development</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Chairperson: Dr.K.N.Chatterjee, BGVS J’Khand Co-ordinator: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Vijay Patel, MP BGVS</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: MP BGVS; BGVS Jharkhand; BGVS Bihar; BGVS Orissa</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">Sub Congress on Agriculture and Food Security</span></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary: Pathways to Sustainable Agriculture</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> (10.30 am to 12 noon)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Chairperson: <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr. </em></strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><em style="position: relative;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Venugopal Rao</span></em></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Co-ordinator: <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dinesh Abrol</em></strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary Presentations</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Introduction</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dinesh Abrol</em></strong>, Delhi Science Forum</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Planning for Agriculture: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Prof.Prabhat Patnaik</em></strong>, Kerala Planning Board</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Biotechnology and Agriculture </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr.S. Krishnaswamy</em></strong>, Madurai University </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Sustainable Agricultural Practices</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">R. Rukmani</em></strong>, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Ecological Perspective in Agriculture</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr.Parthib Basu</em></strong>, Kolkata University</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Workshops</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> (4.00 pm – 6.30 pm)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1. Bio Farm Workshop on Ecological Perspective in Agriculture</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Chairperson: Dr.S.Krishnaswamy Co-ordinator: Parthib Basu</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Parthib Basu, PBVM; </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Dr.V.K.Pillai, Vivekananda Kendra;</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Siraj, GEAG, T.P Raghunath, PSF; Chandersekhar, CSA</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2. Rural Women and value added opportunities in Agriculture and Allied Sectors</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Vijaylakshmi, JVV; S.P. S Guleria, HGVS; Rajinder Singh, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Archana Prasad, DSF; Ramesh, HVM; Rajinder Singh, HGVS; </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Suresh Sharma, MPVS</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">3. Institutional and Policy Reforms for Food & Livelihood Security</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Chairperson: George Thomas Co-ordinator: Tapan Mishra, PBVM</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: R. Rukmani, MSSRF; Alex, KSSP; Tapan Mishra, PBVM;</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Jiju P Alex, KSSP; O.P. Bhurartia, HGVS; T.P. Raghunath, PSF</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">4. Biotechnology and Agriculture: Assessment of alternatives under</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> development in Public Sector and Agribusiness</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Co-ordinator: Dr.Venugopal Rao, JVV</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Prasad Rao, JVV; Satya Prasad, JVV; Dinesh Abrol, DSF;</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">K.D. Verma, HGVS; George Thomas, KSSP</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: white;">Sub-Congress on S&T, Emerging Technologies and Self Reliance</span></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> (9.00 am to 10.30 am)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;">Chairperson: <strong><em style="position: relative;">Prof.Sabyasachi Chatterjee</em></strong>, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary Presentations</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Self Reliance in the Context of Neoliberal Economic Policies</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Prabir Purkayastha,</em></strong> Delhi Science Forum</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">New Technologies: Promises and Pitfalls</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr.B.Ekbal</em></strong>, KSSP and former VC, Kerala University</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Self Reliance and the debate on Nuclear Technology in India</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr.Gopalakrisnan</em></strong>, former </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Chairman, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><em style="position: relative;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Atomic</span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Energy Regulatory Board</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Workshops</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> (1.00 pm to 3.30 pm)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1. Free and Open Source Software</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">‘Teach in’ Organised by Movement for Free Software in India (MFSI)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2. Contours of the Debate on GM Technologies</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Prabir Purkayastha, DSF; B.Ekbal, KSSP (followed by open discussions)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">3. Intellectual Property: Fencing of the Knowledge Commons</span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Amit Sengupta, DSF; Amitava Guha, FMRAI; </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> K.M.Gopakumar, Third World Network</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> (10.30 am – 12 noon)</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary Presentations:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Overview of Environmental Problems in India</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">D.Raghunandan</em></strong>, Delhi Science Forum</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">The Politics of Climate Change and India’s Position</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Prof.T.Jayaraman</em></strong>, Tata Institute of Social Sciences</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Ecology and Economy in the era of Liberalisation</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr.Vinod Raina</em></strong>, BGVS</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Workshops:</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> (4.00 pm – 6.30 pm)</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">1. Teach in on Climate Change</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Co-ordinated by Prof.T.Jayaraman</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">2. Environmental Issues in Different States</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">State presentations co-ordinated by Tapan Sarma, BGVS, Assam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">3. Safeguarding the Commons: Water resources in India</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #ffff66;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">30th December, 2010</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Sub-Congress on Education</span></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> (9.00 am – 10.30 am)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Chairperson: <strong><em style="position: relative;">Sh. C. P. Narayanan</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Co-ordinator: <strong><em style="position: relative;">Ms. Asha Mishra</em></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary Presentations:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Perspective on Education </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr. M. P. Parameswaran</em></strong>, KSSP</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Right to Education </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr. Veena Gupta</em></strong>, BGVS U.P.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Continuing Education and Saakshar Bharat </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">K. K. Krishnakumar, KSSP</em></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">States Perspective </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">K. T. Radhakrishnan</em></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">Workshops (4.00 pm – 6.30 pm)</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">1. Monitoring and Implementing of RTE Act</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">Chairperson: Ms. Asha Mishra</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">Presentations: C. Ramakrishnan, KSSP; Blorin Mohanty, BGVS Orissa;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';"> Shafiq Rehmani, MP BGVS, Dr. Veena Gupta, BGVS U.P.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">2. Continuing Education and Saakshar Bharat</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">Chairperon: Dr. D. Barkataki, BGVS Assam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">Presentations Dr. O. P. Bhuraita, Himachal BGVS; Ms. Komal Srivastava, BGVS Rajasthan; </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';"> Dr. Pramod Gouri, Haryana BGVS; Dr. B. G. Mazumdar, BGVS Tripura;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';"> Dr. Kashi Nath Chatterjee, BGVS J’Khand; Ghalib, BGVS Bihar</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">3. Creating Science Popularization Material for Neo-Literates</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">Chairperson: K. K. Krishnakumar, KSSP</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">Resource Persons: Manoj Kulkarni, MP BGVS, Dr.Prajval Shastri, IISc. Bangalore;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';"> D.Raghunandan, DSF; Dr.D.P. Duari, Director Birla Planetarium;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">Dr.Subodh Mohanty, Vigyan Prasar; Dr.Irfana Begum, Vigyan Prasar;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">4. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Resource Centers as the centers of learning for teachers and children</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">Presentations: Chamrajnagar (DIET); Tara, BGVS Karnataka; </span><span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">Kantharaju, Deenabandhu</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary : Globalisation and Health</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> (10.30 am – 12 noon)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Chairperson: <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr.B.Ekbal</em></strong>, KSSP and former VC, Kerala University</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Co-ordinator: <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr.Ajay Khare</em></strong>, MPVS</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary Presentations</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Challenge of Globalisation and impact on health </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;"> Dr.Amit Sengupta</em></strong>, Delhi Science Forum</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">National Rural Health Mission: The Ground Realities</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr.T.Sunderaraman</em></strong>, Director, National Health Resource Centre, New Delhi</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Workshops</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">: (4.00 pm – 6.30 pm)</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1. Ground realities after Five years of National Rural Health Mission</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Co-ordinator: Gouranga Mahapatra, BGVS Odisa</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Community Monitoring and survey by AIPSN members: Gourang Mahapatra;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Anil, BGVS Rajasthan; Prabha, BGVS Karnataka; P. Rajmanikam, TNSF</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Privatization and PPP: Sanjeev Sinha, BGVS UP</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Health among marginalized communities: Dr Ajay Khare, MPVS; </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Basavraju, BGVS Karnataka</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Challenges NRHM posing and facing in present scenari: V R Raman</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2. Availablity of Drugs and Vaccines </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Co-ordinator: Amitava Guha, FMRAI</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Crisis in availability of drugs and vaccines: Amitava Guha, FMRAI</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Campaign on Access to Medicines: Dr.Amit Sengupta, DSF</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">3. Right to Health Bill</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Co-ordinator: Dr.Rahul Sharma</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Context and time of National Health Bill: Dr.T.Sunderaraman</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Experiences from Health insurance schemes: </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Dr Geyanand, JVV, A.P.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">4. Kerala Health: From Success to Crisis</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Chairperson: Dr K R Thankappan Co-ordinator: Dr.B.Ekbal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Rapporteur: Dr. K Vijay Kumar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Kerala - Current Status: Dr Biju George</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> KSSP Studies on Kerala Health: Dr K P Aravindan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Decentralised Planning and Health Sector in Kerala: Dr K G Radha Krishanan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Status of Ayush in Kerala: Dr Deepa Chandran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> NRHM, Health Insurance schemes in Kerala: Dr Mubarak Sahni</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Kerala Health Policy Initiative: Dr K Rajmohan</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #0c0c0c; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Sub Congress on Social Exclusions</span></strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> (9.00 am – 10.30 am)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Co-ordinator: Usha, BGVS, Bihar</span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Plenary Presentations:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">PSM Perspective on Social Exclusions: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><strong><em style="position: relative;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Komal Srivastava</span></em></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">, Rajasthan BGVS</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Problems of development and Identity Politics </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr.Archana Prasad</em></strong>, Delhi Science Forum</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Living Beyond Our Means - Natural Assets and Human Well-being</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><strong><em style="position: relative;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Prof.M.K.Prasad</span></em></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">, KSSP</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Micro Finance </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">T.Franco</em></strong>, TNSF</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Workshops</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> (1.00 pm – 3.30 pm)</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1. Gender </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Co-ordinators: Usha, BGVS Bihar and Rina, Himachal BGVS</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Honour Killings: BGVS Haryana</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Violence Against Women: Asuntha Parde, BGVS Maharashtra</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2. S&T and Marginalised groups</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Co-ordinator: Vinaya, BGVS Maharashtra </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: S&T women and for livelihood improvement: Pondicherry experience. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Working with Leather workers: Experience of H.P. (STD)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Skill Upgradation amongst Adivisi communities: Shilpa, BGVS Rajasthan</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">3. SHG and Micro Finance </span></strong><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Co-ordinators: T.Franco, TNSF and Pushpa, BGVS Bihar</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: Experiences from </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A.P. (JVV); Assam (Procheta); Tamilnadu (Malar),</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Bihar, U P., Mandi, H.P., </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Orissa</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">4. Poverty inequity and inclusive development of marginalized groups </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro';">Co-ordinators: Asha Mishra, MP BGVS, Dr.Archana Prasad, DSF</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Presentations: BGVS Rajasthan Experience with Muslim Minorities in Jaipur slums</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Issues related to tribal’s development: BGVS Jharkand Experience </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Issues related to Dalits: BGVS UP and Tamil Nadu Science Forum</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: the reticent colossus --</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr.Debi Prasad Duari</em></strong>, Director, Birla Planetarium, Kolkata</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">P.C.Ray: the chemist and the catalyst for social action --</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr.Shyamal Chakraborty</em></strong>, Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">M.Visvesvaraya: the engineer, who planned for the nation –</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> <strong><em style="position: relative;">Dr.P.V.Unnikrishnan</em></strong>, State Planning Board, Kerala.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Children’s Science Festival (experiences)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Myths, Superstition and PSM</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">3. Sharing Experiences on PSM publications</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Chairperson: C.P.Naryanan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Special Address: Dr.Roger Penrose (to be confirmed)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Report of rapporteurs of Group discussions on 28th </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Announcement of new office bearers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Address by new General Secretary</span></fonttimes></fonttimes></fonttimes></span>Sudheer | അക്ഷരംhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870653715963913992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-27040166422187910452010-12-04T06:42:00.001+05:302010-12-04T06:45:50.614+05:30Science and SecularismNational seminar on SCIENCE and SECULARISM held on 27 Nov 2010 at Tagore Centenary Hall, Thrissur.<br />
Seminar was inaugurated by Mr. Sitaram Yachuri(MP), Presided by Sri.CP Narayanan. Prersentations were done by Dr.Rajendran, Dr. KN Ganesh, Dr. Amit Sen Gupta and Dr.B Ikbal<br />
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<span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> </span><span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-size: 100%;"> '<span style="font-weight: bold;">Lifestyle & Health</span>' - Study class conducted jointly by <span style="font-weight: bold;">K</span>erala <span style="font-weight: bold;">S</span>astra <span style="font-weight: bold;">S</span>ahithya <span style="font-weight: bold;">P</span>arishath and Yuvajana Samajam Granthaalaya & Vayanasala at Thampuranpadi, Guruvayur, in Chavakkad Mekhala on 07.11.2010 Sunday. The main speach given by Mr. Seby Varghese, Junior Health Inspector of Primary Health Centre, Pookode and function was presided by Mr. M Balan Master, the president of the Yuvajana Samajam Granthaalaya & Vayanasala. Welcome speach by Mr. M Kesavan, the president of KSSP Chavakkad Mekhala and vote of thanks by Mr. P Gopalakrishnan, the secretary of Yuvajana Samajam Granthaalaya & Vayanasala. Around 30 people were attended the class.</span>shadeed | ഷെദീദ്http://www.blogger.com/profile/05409079989429278022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-10788458308702761962010-11-09T13:50:00.006+05:302010-11-12T23:22:51.405+05:30AIPSC Pre event Activity : Consultation Meeting of Scientists working in our R&D institutesThe People’s Science Movement (PSM) is a new genre of people’s movement that came into existence in the 1970s.Its sphere of activity lies between science and chnology on the one side and society on the other. There are about thirty organizations in this genre in India operating in different states. They are linked in the form of a network – the All India People’s Science Network (AIPSN) that came into being in 1988. It organizes All India People’s Science Congress (AIPSC) every two years.<br />
The 13th AIPSC is hosted by the Kerala SasthraSahitya Parishath that pioneered<br />
Science movement in India. The congress will be held at Thrissur from 27-31 December 2010. Around 600 delegates representing the member organizations from 21 states will attend the Congress. Former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan will inaugurate the Congress which will be attended by other eminent Scientists also.<br />
As a prelude to this Congress a number of mass education programmes are<br />
arranged which include campaigns on energy conservation, green technology, health and hygiene. A National Seaninar is scheduled on 27th November on the topic Science for Democracy, Secularism and Development.<br />
Recently, on 6th November 2010 a high level brain storming session was organized by the Kerala State Council for Science , Technology and Environment, Government of Kerala at Thiruvananthapuram. The Cabinet Secretary GoI, Chief Secretary GoK, Secretary DST(GoI), DG (ICAR), DG (ICMR), Senior Officers from DRDO, DAE as well as from R&D Institutions in Kerala were present. The theme of the brain storming was how to strengthen the partnership between Central and State R&D Institutions in solving the problems facing the country. Particular emphasis was given to S&T requiremaents fordecentralized local level development. This demands a close interaction between S&T Institutions and elected representatives of the people.<br />
In this connection and as part of AIPSC, the KSSP wants to place before you a<br />
specific suggestion: a consultation meeting of Scientists working in our R&D<br />
Institutions to be held on 18th November 2010 at Balabhavan auditorium, Thrissur.<br />
The primary objective of the meeting is to trigger a collective thinking process for organizing a series of interactive sessions where in socially committed scientists from our R&D institution interact with LSG Institutions and meet their demands for technology, thus ensuring the well being of the society The intention of the meeting, thus is to bring together for a dialogue, all those, who demand knowledge, all those who may be able to supply them and also those who can enterpret such demands into the language of scientist Brief presentations will be made by Dr. M.P.Parameswaran, Dr.B.Ekbal , Dr.RVG Menon and Dr. Jiju P Alex. Developmental issues that demands immediate attention will be the focal point<br />
of the discussion. In addition to agriculture and health care, sustainable utilization of natural resources will also be brought into the purview of the discussion.Dr.KV..Sankaran, Director, KFRI , Peechi who is also the chairman of the seminar committee of AIPSC 2010, will chair the meeting.<br />
We request your esteemed presence on the occasion and offer your valuable suggestions.<br />
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Dr. K.V.Sankaran Prof. V.R.Raghunandanan Dr.Kavumbayi Balakrishnan Chairman Convener General Convener<br />
Seminar Committee AIPSC 2010<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Programme</span><br />
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Date : 18-11-2010, Thursday<br />
Time : 2pm – 6.30pm<br />
Venue : Balabhavan Auditorium (near Town hall)<br />
2.00 - 2.15 Welcome : Prof. V.R.Raghunandanan<br />
2.15 – 2.30 Chairman’s addres : Dr. KV.Sankaran , Director KFRI and Chairman<br />
Seminar Committee AIPSC 2010<br />
2.30 - 2.45 About AIPSC 2010 : Dr. Kavumbai Balakrishnan<br />
2.45 – 3.30 Lead Papers : 1. Dr. M.P.Parameswaran<br />
2. Dr. B.Ekbal<br />
3. Dr.R.V.G. Menon<br />
4. Dr. Jiju P Alex<br />
3.30 – 5.15 : Discussions in 3 Consultative Groups<br />
5.15 – 6.15 : Plenary<br />
Vote of Thanks : Dr. K.Vidyasagaranpsrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02170317464552211421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-33323420983076028992010-11-09T00:40:00.002+05:302010-11-09T00:49:21.080+05:30<span style="font-weight:bold;">27/12/2010</span><br /><br /><br />Morning session - Inauguration, After Noon: Plenary<br /><br />Evening : Cultural Presentations/ Evening Lectures<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">28/12/2010</span><br /><br />Morning session - Workshop After Noon: Workshop<br /><br />Evening : Cultural Presentations/ Evening Lectures<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><br />29/12/2010</span><br />Sub Plenary 1: (9.00-10.30)<br />• Science Popularization<br />Sub Plenary 2: (10.30-12.00)<br />• Agriculture & Food Security<br />Sub Plenary 3: (9.00-10.30)<br />• Health <br />Sub Plenary 4: (10.30-12.00)<br />• Environment, Climate Change & Development<br />LUNCH<br />Workshops on Themes:<br />• Science Popularization<br />• Agriculture & Food Security<br />Workshops on Themes:<br />• Health <br />• Environment, Climate Change & Development<br />Cultural Presentations/ Evening Lectures<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">30/12/2010</span><br />Sub Plenary 5: (9.00-10.30)<br />• Education<br />Sub Plenary 6: (10.30-12.00)<br />• Decentralization and Democratization & Technology Application<br />Sub Plenary 7: (9.00-10.30)<br />• Social Exclusions <br />Sub Plenary 8: (10.30-12.00)<br />• S & T, Emerging Technologies & Self Reliance<br />LUNCH<br />Workshops on Themes:<br />• Education<br />• Decentralization and Democratization & Technology Application<br />Workshops on Themes:<br />• Social Exclusions <br />• S & T, Emerging technologies & Self Reliance<br />Cultural Presentations/ Evening Lectures<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">31.12.10</span><br />Discussion on the future course of Action by AIPSN <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Plenary</span><br /><br />Decentralization and Democratization & Technology Application<br />Convenor: T. Gangadharan (tgkannur@rediffmail.com )<br /><br />Chair:C.P.Narayanan<br />Convenor:T.Gangadharan<br />Rapporteur:Ravi Prakash/Ranjit K.Sarma<br /><br />Centre state relations and Political and Fiscal Decentralization in India<br />Dr.G.Gopakumar, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala<br /><br />Women Reservation and Decentralisation: A Case study on Bihar<br />Komal Srivastava<br /><br />Decentralised Governance &Technology Application-The Indian Experience and Perspective<br />D.Raghunandan<br /><br />A Critical Appraisal of Peoples Planning Campaign of Kerala<br />Dr.K.P.Kannan (CDS)<br /><br />Workshops<br /><br />1.Decentralisation and Women empowerment<br />Chair:Sarada Muralidharan, IAS<br />Convener:Meer Bai<br /><br />2.NREGA and Panchayati raj<br />Chair:T.Radhamai<br />Convener:K.H.Girish<br /><br />3.Co-Operative Movement and Decentralisation<br />Chair: PBVM to suggest from Bengal<br />Convener: Ramesh (JVV)<br /><br />4.Challenges and Experiences of Decentralisation of Technology application<br />Chair: Raghu (PSF)<br />Convener: Joginder Walia (STD)psrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02170317464552211421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-63465943143849032812010-11-09T00:32:00.001+05:302010-11-09T00:32:34.422+05:30AIPSC : Expeted Participants from StatesAIPSC, Thrissur Delegates List (Quota-wise)<br /><br />Sl.No. Organisation AIPSN Quota<br />1 Assam (BGVS + Assam Science Society) 25<br />2 H.P.(BHVS + STD) 30<br />3 Maharashtra (BGVS) 20<br />4 Punjab (BGVS) 5<br />5 West Bengal (PBVM) 40<br />6 Haryana ( BGVS+Vigyan Manch) 20<br />7 A.P. (JVV) 30<br />8 Orissa (BGVS + Vigyan O Prajukti Mancha) 20<br />9 M.P. (BGVS + MPVS + Eklavya) 30<br />10 Uttaranchal (BGVS) 10<br />11 Bihar (BGVS) 25<br />12 Karnataka (BGVS + KRVP) 30<br />13 Delhi (DSF + CTD) 10<br />14 Jharkhand (BGVS + Science for Society) 20<br />15 Tamilnadu (TNSF) 30<br />16 Tripura (BGVS) 5<br />17 U.P. (BGVS) 25<br />18 Rajasthan (BGVS) 10<br />19 Pondicherry (PSF) 10<br />20 Others (other NE, Guajrat, Chhattisgarh, NCOA,FMRAI etc. 20<br />21 Kerala - KSSP (delegates) 50<br />22 Kerala (Observers and Volunteers) 150<br />23 Resource Persons 20<br /> <br /> Total (Approx.) 635psrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02170317464552211421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-48910593964995895812010-11-06T18:22:00.004+05:302010-11-07T08:14:12.572+05:30Souvenir Advrtisementswork on souvenir subject to 13th conference of AIPSN going on. please send the advertisements collected by the KSSP district committees and friends<br />
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Adv. K.P.Raviprakashraviprakashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196237715140292276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-34241922029515379172010-11-06T17:22:00.001+05:302010-11-06T17:25:21.354+05:30A Report of the Twelfth AIPSC held at Ranchi<div align="center"><strong style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">A Report of the Twelfth Congress of the All India Peoples Science Network held at Ranchi</strong><br /><br /><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Amit Sen Gupta</strong><br /></div><br /><br />ON December 20, 2008, the streets of Ranchi reverberated to the sounds of Jan Vigyan Zindabad, AIPSN Zindabad as over 2,500 activists of the All India Peoples Science Network marched to mark the opening of the twelfth All India Peoples Science Congress. The twelfth congress of the AIPSN also marked its 20th anniversary, after its formation in 1988 in Cannanore. Participants in the rally included over 600 delegates who had congregated in Ranchi from 24 states in the country, representing over 30 organisations and over 5,00,000 activists that are part of the AIPSN. It also included over 2,000 activists who had come to Ranchi from different parts of Jharkhand, led by an over 1,000 strong contingent from Dhanbad.<br /><br /><strong>HARNESSING SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE</strong><br /><br />The rally culminated in the open session at the Gossner College grounds of Ranchi, that marked the opening of the congress. The session was conducted by Ashim Sircar, secretary of Jharkhand Gyan Vigyan Samiti, the hosts of the twelfth congress of the AIPSN. Welcoming the delegates, Amit Sengupta, general secretary of AIPSN, said that the congress was being held in the backdrop of several challenges that are starting to affect the lives of common people across the world. The world food crisis a year back has been followed by a global economic meltdown. While countries try to bail out big business and capitalist banks, global capital will try to pass on the burden of the crisis on to the people. He said that this crisis has been brought about due to the pursuance of neoliberal economic policies across the globe and had been predicted by many, including the Peoples Science Movement. As the crisis deepens, more and more people are being forced to compete for less and less, thus creating conditions for communal and fundamentalist forces to divide people on the basis of religion. The challenge for us today is to help maintain the unity of the working people on one hand and to pose alternatives through the use of advances in Science and Technology, that address the real needs of working people.<br /><br />M P Parameswaran, former president of AIPSN, in his address retraced the route of decentralised democracy in India and spoke of experiments in decentralisation in the three Left led states of West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura. While speaking of the experience of Peoples Plan Campaign in Kerala, he lamented the total absence of the same in Hindi heartlands of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan. He appealed to the Peoples Science Movement to take forward to much larger constituencies its experience on decentralised planning and peoples participation. Prabir Purkayastha, from the Delhi Science Forum, spoke about the need to define development in terms of its ability to make a real difference in the lives of common people. He said that the agenda of development has been hijacked by global capital, and today it means immense prosperity for a few and increasing misery for the vast majority of people. He warned against creating a false contradiction between science and technology on one hand and inclusive development on the other, and said that the former needs to be harnessed in a way so that its full potential can be controlled by people and utilised in their own interest.<br /><br />The session was also addressed by J S Majumdar, one of the founders of the All India Peoples Science Network in 1988, as the then general secretary of the Federation of Medical Representatives Association of India (FMRAI). He spoke about the special needs of Jharkhand and its unique situation. Jharkhand is one state in India where whole families continue to migrate to other regions to look for work. While Jharkhand is one of the best endowed in the country in terms of mineral and natural resources and the presence of heavy industries and science and technology institutions, it is also one of the poorest in the country. He spoke about the need to challenge the entrenched feudal structure in the state as a fundamental requirement to change the conditions of the people. He also spoke about the need to understand and address the genuine concerns of adivasis and other working people, who are opposing a model of development that leads to further pauperisation and displacement of the local people. The open session was also addressed by veteran trade union leader of Jharkhand, A K Roy, and Dayamani Barla, activist and leader of adivasi struggles in the state. C P Narayanan, president of AIPSN, in conclusion, said that the Peoples Science Movement is uniquely placed to bridge the gap between the promise of science and its present situation where it is largely used as an instrument of power by the ruling classes. He expressed the hope that the twelfth congress would help the AIPSN chart out a course that would be designed to do this work. The cultural troupe of the Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGVS) also presented a colourful skit titled Gyan Vigyan ki Rail which depicted the need and the potential to use the power of learning to change the circumstances and the conditions of ordinary people.<br /><br /><strong>Interactive Discussions Sharing of Experiences</strong><br /><br />In the next two days of the congress, over six hundred delegates divided themselves into separate sessions that deliberated on the eight sub themes of the congress: science popularisation; health; rural technology, enterprises and self help groups (SHGs); exclusions and marginalisation; agrarian crisis and sustainability; education and literacy; decentralised governance and entitlements; and environment and climate change. The discussions were structured into eight short sub-plenary sessions where presentations focused on the AIPSNs perspective, experience and future strategy in the respective areas. These were interspersed with 30 interactive workshops, in which specific issues related to each sub-theme were discussed in detail. A special feature of this congress was a focus on concrete experiences within the AIPSN and their sharing with others. More than 50 written papers were submitted, and the AIPSN shall compile them for distribution among member organisations. Those presenting in the sessions prepared written papers, thus also initiating the work of documentation of the rich experience that the peoples science movement has gained over the past two decades. Another unique feature of the delegate sessions was that each session was preceded by a choral song prepared by the Kala Jatha group of the Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti. Each song was specially prepared to express the thematic content of that particular session.<br /><br />Senior activists and experts who spoke at the different plenaries and workshops included Suneet Chopra (All India Agricultural Workers Union), T Jayaraman (Tata Institute of Social Sciences), Raminika Gupta, V Venkatachalam (director general, CAPART), Vijender Sharma (Democratic Teachers Front), Ashok Aggarwal, Sabyasachi Chaterjee (Indian Institute of Astrophysics), K K Krishnakumar, Amitava Guha, D Raghunandan, Asha Mishra, T Gangadharan, M K Prasad, Aniruddha Das, R S Dahiya, Dinesh Abrol, K Sashidharan, Manoj Kulkarni, Vinod Raina, Vivek Monteiro, etc.<br /><br />The different sessions deliberated on the movement’s diverse experiences and attempted to evolve some future directions. A wide range of discussions were held in packed halls and class rooms on diverse topics such as: the Right to Education Bill; the National Rural Health Mission; Medicines and Patents policies; strategies to diversify and deepen work with SHGs and in setting up of rural enterprises; experiences of the SAMATA network of the peoples science movement; the AIPSN’s nationwide campaign on climate change and global warming; experiences within the movement on working with marginalised sections such as dalits, adivasis and minorities; experiences in different states in conducting anti-superstition programmes and in publishing science magazines; the proposed campaign in 2009 on the International Year of Astronomy; experiences in peoples planning and decentralised governance etc. The way the congress was structured allowed a large number of activists to present their experiences and suggestions making the congress perhaps the most participatory and interactive ever.<br /><br />The venue reverberated in the evenings to the sounds of cultural presentations. One day was devoted to performances from Jharkhand while the second day saw performances by different member organisations of the AIPSN. The performances captured the rich cultural and social diversity of the country and depicted the ability of the peoples science movement to capture this diversity.<br /><br />The venue was also dotted with colourful stalls where member organisations displayed their publications, products made by SHGs and rural enterprises and exhibited the work that they are involved in. Exhibitions were put up all around the venue and an exhibition on science films ran continuously in one hall.<br /><br /><strong>A Memorable Congress</strong><br /><br />Kashinath Chaterjee conducted the closing plenary of the congress, which, while bidding farewell to all the delegates, expressed the resolve to take forward the work of the peoples science movement. The congress resolved to strengthen the ideological bonds that bind the partners of the AIPSN together by forging common programmes and by increasing the capability within individual organisations to intervene in diverse issues that now form part of the mandate of the AIPSN. The congress committed itself to building and strengthening the ongoing campaign of the AIPSN on Planet Earth, Development and Sustainability. Delegates at the closing plenary were also introduced to the new office bearers of the AIPSN. A 21 member executive committee was elected by the general council, which also re-elected C P Narayanan as president, Amit Sengupta as general secretary and D Raghunandan as treasurer. Also elected were Sabyasachi Chaterjee and Komal Srivastava as vice presidents, and Satyajit Chakravarty and Joginder Walia as joint secretaries.<br /><br />Three resolutions were adopted by the congress. The first was an appeal from all delegates to the Jharkhand government to immediately initiate measures to hold Panchayati Raj elections in the state. The second was a resolve to carry out a countrywide campaign against the practice of sex-selective abortions. Finally, the congress resolved to build a national programme that explores the multi-cultural heritage of our country, including the heritage of science and technology that has drawn and nourished itself from a large diversity of sources.<br /><br />Delegates returning from the congress took back two abiding memories. The first was the participation of over 2000 activists from different districts of Jharkhand in the opening rally and open session. They came to the congress after traveling all through the night, in harsh cold and foggy weather. Yet they brightened up the congress with their slogans, their traditional cultural performances and their commitment to the movement. Their presence showed that the AIPSN is on the right path in trying to build a peoples movement. Finally, delegates will take back the memory of numerous volunteers from Jharkhand BGVS, helped by some volunteers from other states, who ensured that the congress functioned with clockwork precision. It was a huge challenge to organise the congress in Ranchi amidst financial and organisational constraints. Ranchi was chosen as a venue as it was the state capital, though the organisational strength of BGVS Jharkhand lay in other parts of the state like Dhanbad. The admirable conduct of the congress is a tribute to the hard work and dedication of activists of the state.psrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02170317464552211421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-51256226552114015742010-11-06T11:21:00.003+05:302010-11-06T11:27:50.312+05:30HEALTH CLASS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTVOCVpkttgYHEo7xZn_ckLww4l2fIWqfb2nwPd6GDna2hBOXHDSGO-sMw3RRsR27DacZpK_E85tBnOEFjZCwvT62OohHRMU5KoMXuLSu6TvcFZc1Y0EJnTIMN8zAFhQejoFLmLV0fIpc/s1600/Lifestyle.bmp"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTVOCVpkttgYHEo7xZn_ckLww4l2fIWqfb2nwPd6GDna2hBOXHDSGO-sMw3RRsR27DacZpK_E85tBnOEFjZCwvT62OohHRMU5KoMXuLSu6TvcFZc1Y0EJnTIMN8zAFhQejoFLmLV0fIpc/s320/Lifestyle.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536311349005674866" border="0" /></a><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><u><span style=";font-size:14pt;color:maroon;" >NOV. 7 CLASSES</span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><u><span style=";font-size:14pt;color:maroon;" ><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b>Veetumutta classes on Lifestyle diseases are designed as a awareness campaign against lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, heart attack, stroke, hyper tension and cancer and also as the academic propaganda of the 13<sup>th</sup> All India People’s Science Congress.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The training of Resource Persons were conducted on 16<sup>th</sup> and 23<sup>rd</sup> November, 2010 at the Parisarakendram, Thrissur. Health workers from Public Health Centres and Sub Centres and ASA workers under the NRHM were trained on 16<sup>th</sup>. Nearly 120 persons attended the training. More than 60 NSS volunteers from Vimala College, St. Thomas College and Co-operative College and St. Joseph’s College were undergone the training on 23<sup>rd</sup>. The sessions were led by Dr. KG Radhakrishnan, State Executive Committee Member, KSSP.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It is decided to conduct 500 veettumutta classes in the month of November in Thrissur district. The first class on the topic was organized in Chalakkudi meghala. Nearly 80 persons of all age groups from nearby 20 families were present in the class from 7 pm to 8.30 pm at the house of Sri. Shailajan, Konur, Koratty Panchayath. Sri. KM Baby took the class. Dr. KG Radhakrishnan presented the class at uzhingara colony in Pottore Panchayath in Ollukkara maghala and Sri. Rajesh, at Kodakara on 31<sup>st</sup> Nov. More than 60 persons attended both the classes.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Large number of classes will be conducted on 7<sup>th</sup> Nov. Following classes are planned at present.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Irinjalakkuda</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Pullor (3 pm), Azad Road (7 pm)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Puthenchira</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Vallivattam Milk Society (2.30 pm), Kuzhoor Library (7 pm)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Kodakara</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Nedumbal, Moolamkudam, Pookkode (6.30 pm)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Ollukkara</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Kolazhy (2 Pm), Achuthapuram</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Kodungallur</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Eriyad Bhagat Singh Club, Eriyad Cheraman, Block office.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Cherpu</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Vallachira, Paralam</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Chavakkad</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Thampuranpadi Library(7 pm)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Mathilakam</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">SN Puram (7 pm)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""> </span>Another major programme is decided on 14<sup>th</sup> Nov., the World Diabetes Day. Mass campaign of Body Mass index examination is planned at Thrissur Round at 6 spots. 5 health workers will be present at each place, taking BMI and displaying banners and placards with the slogans of right lifestyle. Pilot programme of this is organized at Thriprayar on 13<sup>th</sup> evening. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Institutional health classes in schools, civil stations and work places are being conducted in the latter half of the month.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">BMI verification is planned as an invariable part of the classes. Parishath Hot Box will be exhibited at all centres.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>Baby KMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417857716888170403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-81955651025760041702010-11-04T11:03:00.005+05:302010-11-04T11:55:00.050+05:30Let us take control of diabetes. Now.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDo-4IePfdqy1FUNW0firMv1xGaEneFNGgMwBaX5eqvTXh_3QGCmCPt25Qswa_24I-y1HGL_Ei0pnWnV2Ah4Hs3h9Bp0EzoUDZGVqrSnu60yFI1ThpPcD8SbHfnZ2XbzsaNZnQ7t4YAE/s1600/Diabetes.bmp"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 119px; height: 76px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDo-4IePfdqy1FUNW0firMv1xGaEneFNGgMwBaX5eqvTXh_3QGCmCPt25Qswa_24I-y1HGL_Ei0pnWnV2Ah4Hs3h9Bp0EzoUDZGVqrSnu60yFI1ThpPcD8SbHfnZ2XbzsaNZnQ7t4YAE/s320/Diabetes.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535566041726987474" border="0" /></a><br /><!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults ext="edit" spidmax="1027"> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout ext="edit"> <o:idmap ext="edit" data="1"> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <h1 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">About World Diabetes Day</span></u></h1> <p style="text-align: justify;">World Diabetes Day (WDD) is celebrated every year on November 14. The World Diabetes Day campaign is led by the <a href="http://www.idf.org/" target="_blank" title="International Diabetes Federation">International Diabetes Federation</a> (IDF) and its member associations. It engages millions of people worldwide in diabetes advocacy and awareness. World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat that diabetes now poses. World Diabetes Day became an official United Nations Day in 2007 with the passage of United Nation Resolution 61/225. The campaign draws attention to issues of paramount importance to the diabetes world and keeps diabetes firmly in the public spotlight. This year sees the second of a five-year campaign that will address the growing need for diabetes education and prevention programmes. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">World Diabetes Day is a campaign that features a new theme chosen by the International Diabetes Federation each year to address issues facing the global diabetes community. While the themed campaigns last the whole year, the day itself is celebrated on November 14, to mark the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best, first conceived the idea which led to the discovery of insulin in 1922. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Diabetes Education and Prevention is the World Diabetes Day theme for the period 2009-2013. The campaign slogan for 2010 is <a href="http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/node/6508">'Let's take control of diabetes. Now.'</a></p> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Where is it celebrated?</span></h2> <p style="text-align: justify;">World Diabetes Day is celebrated worldwide by the over 200 member associations of the International Diabetes Federation in more than 160 countries and territories, all Member States of the United Nations, as well as by other associations and organizations, companies, healthcare professionals and people living with diabetes and their families. </p> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">How is it marked? </span></h2> <p style="text-align: justify;">The global diabetes community including International Diabetes Federation member associations, diabetes organizations, NGOs, health departments, civil society, individuals and companies develop an extensive range of activities, tailored to a variety of groups. Activities organized each year include:</p> <ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Radio and television programmes</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Sports events</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Free screenings for diabetes and its complications</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Public information meetings</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Poster and leaflet campaigns</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Diabetes workshops and exhibitions</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Press conferences</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Newspaper and magazine articles</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Events for children and adolescents</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Monument lightings</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Human blue circles</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Walks</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Runs</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Cycle Race</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Political Events</li></ul> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Is there a theme?</span></h2> <p style="text-align: justify;">Each year World Diabetes Day is centred on a theme related to diabetes. Topics covered in the past have included diabetes and human rights, diabetes and lifestyle, and the costs of diabetes. Recent themes include:</p> <p>2005: Diabetes and Foot Care<br />2006: Diabetes in the Disadvantaged and the Vulnerable<br />2007-2008: Diabetes in Children and Adolescents<br />2009-2013: Diabetes Education and Prevention</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Understand diabetes and take control</b></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Diabetes Education and Prevention is the World Diabetes Day theme for the period 2009-2013. The campaign calls on all those responsible for diabetes care to understand diabetes and take control. For people with diabetes, this is a message about empowerment through education. For governments, it is a call to implement effective strategies and policies for the prevention and management of diabetes to safeguard the health of their citizens with and at risk of diabetes. For healthcare professionals, it is a call to improve knowledge so that evidence-based recommendations are put into practice. For the general public, it is a call to understand the serious impact of diabetes and know, where possible, how to avoid or delay diabetes and its complications. The key messages of the campaign are:</p> <ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Know the <a href="http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/the-campaign/diabetes-education-and-prevention/diabetes-risk-factors" title="Diabetes risk factors">diabetes risks</a> and know the <a href="http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/the-campaign/diabetes-education-and-prevention/diabetes-warning-signs" title="Diabetes warning signs">warning signs</a></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Know how to respond to diabetes and who to turn to</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Know how to manage diabetes and take control</li></ul> <p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Campaign Objectives</b></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The objectives for the 2009-2013 campaign were informed by the work of the Federation’s Consultative Section on Education and its Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention. The objectives were further informed by the World Health Organization’s 2008-2013 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases. This document is available online in English at <a href="http://www.who.int/nmh/en/" title="http://www.who.int/nmh/en/">http://www.who.int/nmh</a></p><div style="text-align: justify;">The World Diabetes Day logo is the blue circle - the global symbol for diabetes which was developed as part of the Unite for Diabetes awareness campaign. The logo was adopted in 2007 to mark the passage of the United Nations World Diabetes Day Resolution. The significance of the blue circle symbol is overwhelmingly positive. Across cultures, the circle symbolizes life and health. The colour blue reflects the sky that unites all nations and is the colour of the United Nations flag. The blue circle signifies the unity of the global diabetes community in response to the diabetes </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>The campaign goals are to:</b></p> <ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Encourage governments to implement and strengthen policies for the prevention and control of diabetes and its complications.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Disseminate tools to support national and local initiatives for the prevention and management of diabetes and its complications.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Illustrate the importance of evidence-based education in the prevention and management of diabetes and its complications.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Raise awareness of the warning signs of diabetes and promote action to encourage early diagnosis.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Raise awareness of and promote action to reduce the main modifiable risk factors for type 2 diabetes.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Raise awareness and promote action to prevent or delay the complications of diabetes.<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span></li></ul>Baby KMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417857716888170403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-84371112888156228342010-11-01T08:29:00.002+05:302010-11-01T08:31:38.668+05:30<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcoWoOuQIYda8LUZQt_QPwpd8qRuf6kC1zOb1wVSCn-K-woGlMMxJBmo-MCSFgg_UTm7UhMunBvFgkLUVayI-Z0OLKNvboMs9qMVllIa1Ybc5KUnfuuPGK3fljVTN-Ox4wx8IjsdKO4c/s1600/Haritham-Brochure.bmp"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcoWoOuQIYda8LUZQt_QPwpd8qRuf6kC1zOb1wVSCn-K-woGlMMxJBmo-MCSFgg_UTm7UhMunBvFgkLUVayI-Z0OLKNvboMs9qMVllIa1Ybc5KUnfuuPGK3fljVTN-Ox4wx8IjsdKO4c/s320/Haritham-Brochure.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534411024039327522" border="0" /></a><br />Haritham-BrochureBaby KMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417857716888170403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-88961278388840878072010-11-01T08:15:00.001+05:302010-11-01T08:18:12.841+05:30<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwOk1MOS71Hp03V-NNm-PAP3MJ1k0UvK3DHLnjXpAbvTZIb2ERy2hLXWT9xVPOOswZnEVV9EgA7FAnBUeWWnBFZ52YZ3e8v5F7Q5YgfmIFhIRGwCFOD6gqkW3XHmzIICdPYedCTQ1dd8/s1600/Haritham+-+inner.bmp"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwOk1MOS71Hp03V-NNm-PAP3MJ1k0UvK3DHLnjXpAbvTZIb2ERy2hLXWT9xVPOOswZnEVV9EgA7FAnBUeWWnBFZ52YZ3e8v5F7Q5YgfmIFhIRGwCFOD6gqkW3XHmzIICdPYedCTQ1dd8/s320/Haritham+-+inner.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534407569271223154" border="0" /></a><br />Haritham-Brochure(inner)Baby KMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417857716888170403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-66696821669939128132010-10-31T16:23:00.006+05:302010-10-31T21:57:11.370+05:30Documentation CommitteeDocumentation committee of AIPSC 2010 held at Parisara Kendram, Thrisur. Number of participants are 21. Following are the brief of the Programme.<br />
1. Strategies to be implemented for documentation presented by M.Ramanunni, Chairman of the documentation committee.<br />
2. Story board development and blog content creation presented by Dr.Vidyasagar.K.U.<br />
3. Material collection was presented by Sudheer.K.S.<br />
4. Exhibition of the documentation was presented by V.Manoj.<br />
And discussion were made and the following decisions were taken.<br />
<div style="color: orange;">I. CD should comprise these contents.</div>1. History of KSSP (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow). 2. Regular activities of KSSP<br />
3. Special activities in connection with AIPSC 2010 4. Different sessions and discussions in the AIPSC.<br />
<div style="color: orange;">II. Documentation of Special activities in conection with AIPSC 2010 at various places during November and December, 2010.</div>Material collection and uploading to the Organising centre.<br />
Photos and vedeos from Mekhalas<br />
<div style="color: orange;">III. Charges of each area are assigned for collecting and uploading to the folowing team.</div>1. Mathilakam &Kodungallur - Manoj(9497654765), Sreejith(9349013048), Nelson(9495503624).<br />
2. Kunnamkulam, Chavakkad - Ravi (9446939482)and Shadeed((9746069010)<br />
3. Cherpu - Tony and VV Subramanian(9446343670)<br />
4. Thrissur, - Joseph(9447238280),<br />
5.Ollukkara-Nijil and Kiran(9447778178).<br />
6. Chalakudy , Kodakara-Dileep(9539415475), Vipindas(9605707202)<br />
7. Irinjalakuda, Puthenchira- VN Krishnankutty(9446502468) and Shihab.<br />
In the Afternoon session training to develop the skill of photography given by Dipumanohar.<br />
The charges were given to<br />
1. Exhibition of Documentation - Manoj.V(9497654765)<br />
2. CD Production - M.Ramanunni(9388555988) and Dr.Vidyasagar.K.V.<br />
3.. Co-ordination - Sudheer( 9495576123)and Seraphin(9446375081)<br />
<span style="color: magenta;">Next sitting on 9.10.2010. 5.30pm</span><br />
The meeting concluded at 4 p.m.seraphine pinheirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055424478535781503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-23877960901595918112010-10-31T12:52:00.003+05:302010-11-01T15:34:33.842+05:30<h1 class="title">The All India People's Science Network<br />
</h1>All India People's Science Network (AIPSN )is a network of scince organisations, basically peopls science movements, working in all states with a social outlook. Currently Sri C P Narayanan, a senoir KSSP Activist is the president of it.<br />
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGVS) or 'Indian Organization for Learning and Science' is a National Organization with units in 23 states, 350 districts with 300,000 volunteers in more than 10,000 villages</span></span></span></span></span></span> which work in close association with AIPSN. currently K K Krishnakumar, a senior KSSP activist is its President. Go to BGVS <a href="http://www.bgvs.org/rubrique20.html">http://www.bgvs.org</a></div></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">AIPSN Members (updated in 2008 , There may be changes.)</span><br />
<div class="tabs"></div><b>Jan Vigyan Vedika, A.P.</b><br />
B4, F2, HIG<br />
Bagh Lingham Palli,<br />
Hyderabad<br />
Andhra Pradesh- 500 047<br />
<b>Ramesh, General Secretary,</b><br />
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<b>Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Assam </b><br />
Mandovi Apartment, Unit, C & D,<br />
G. N. B. Road, Ambari,<br />
Guwahati<br />
Assam- 781 001<br />
<b>Mozibur Rahman, General Secretary</b><br />
<br />
<b>Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti – Bihar<br />
Raj Nilay, </b><br />
Ashok Puri Chauraha, Khajpura (Baity Road)<br />
P. O. V. Collage<br />
Patna<br />
Bihar- 8000 014<br />
<b>Sachchidanand, General Secretary</b><br />
<br />
<b>Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Haryana<br />
77/29 Chanakya Puri </b><br />
(Behind Shiela Cinema)<br />
Sonepat Road<br />
Rohtak<br />
Haryana - 124 001<br />
<b>Raj Pal Dhaiya, General Secretary</b><br />
<br />
<b>Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, H.P.<br />
Tirath Niwas, Engine Ghar, </b>Sanjauli<br />
Shimla<br />
Himachal Pradesh - 171 006<br />
<b>Jia Nand Sharma, General Secretary,</b><br />
<br />
<b>Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Jharkhand </b><br />
Saraswati Sadhan, Professors Colony<br />
Chiragra, Hirapur,<br />
Dhanbad<br />
Jharkhand- 826 001<br />
<b>Asim Sarkar, General Secretary</b><br />
<br />
<b>Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Karnataka </b><br />
C/o Electro Chemical Society of India,<br />
Indian Institute of Science Campus<br />
Bangalore – 560 012<br />
<b>F. C. Chegareddy, General Secretary </b><br />
<br />
<b>Kerala Shastra. Sahitya Parishad </b><br />
Parishad Bhavan, Chalappuram<br />
Kozhikkode<br />
Kerala – 673 002<br />
<br />
<b><br />
<b>Kavumbai Balakrishnan - President</b><br />
TP Sreesankar- General Secretary<br />
<br />
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</b><br />
<b>M.P.Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, </b><br />
E-7/32-B (SBI) Arera Colony,<br />
Bhopal<br />
Madhya Pradesh- 462 016<br />
<b>Rahul Sharma</b><br />
<br />
<b>BGVS, Maharashtra </b><br />
Flat No- 9, Apoorva Society,<br />
Adhar Apartments, 305 Narayan Peth<br />
Pune<br />
Maharashtra- 411 030<br />
<b>Vinaya Malati Hari</b><br />
<br />
<b>Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Orissa </b><br />
C-2, (HIG) Housing Board Colony,<br />
Baramunda,<br />
Bhubaneswar<br />
Orissa- 751 003<br />
<b>Amulya Das</b><br />
<br />
<b>Pondicherry Science Forum </b><br />
46, II Street, P.R. Gardens,<br />
Reddiarpalayam,<br />
Pondicherry- 605010<br />
<b>T. Parshuraman</b><br />
<b>Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Punjab</b><br />
H.No.1065, Ground Floor, Sector-21 B,<br />
Chandigarh- 160 022<br />
<b>Pyare Lal Garg</b><br />
<br />
<b>Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Rajasthan </b><br />
80/200, Nyapath, Patel Marg,<br />
Mansarovar, Aggarwal Farm,<br />
Jaipur<br />
Rajasthan- 302020<br />
<b>Vijay Raghav, General Secretary</b><br />
<br />
<b>Tamil Nadu Science Forum </b><br />
New No-245, Old No-130(3),<br />
Avvai Shanmugam Sali, Gopal Puram,<br />
Chennai<br />
Tamil Nadu – 600 086<br />
<b>S. T. Balakrishnan</b><br />
<br />
<b>Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Tripura </b><br />
Melarmath (Near Nazrul Chhatrabash)<br />
Agartala<br />
Tripura- 799 001<br />
<b>Braja Gopal Mazumdar</b><br />
<br />
<b>Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, </b>Uttaranchal<br />
Sector-2, A- 96 Defence Colony<br />
Dehradun<br />
Uttaranchal- 248 001<br />
<b>Vijay Bhatt, General Secretary</b><br />
<br />
<b>Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti </b><br />
B-8, Bramhapuri,<br />
Behind Lakshmanpuri,<br />
P.O. R. S. M. Nagar,<br />
Lucknow<br />
Uttar Pradesh- 226 016<br />
<b>Sanjeev Sinha, General Secretary</b><br />
<br />
<b>Paschimbanga Vigyan Mancha </b><br />
162-B Charya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road,<br />
Flat No. - 401, 402<br />
Kolkata - 700 014<br />
<b>Satyajit Chakrabarty, General Secretary</b><br />
<br />
<b>Society for Technology and Development, H.P.</b><br />
Village – Malori, Post - Behna,<br />
Dist. Mandi.<br />
H.P – 175 006<br />
<b>Joginder Walia</b><br />
<br />
<b>Madhya Pradesh Vigyan Sabha</b><br />
Gyan Vigyan Parisar<br />
(P.O.) Koluva Khurd<br />
Raisen Road,<br />
Bhopal – 462021<br />
<b>S.R.Azad, General Secretary,</b><br />
<br />
<b>Navnirmiti </b><br />
2 Rani Niwas, Ganesh Nagar,<br />
Quarry Road, Bhandup,<br />
Mumbai 400 078<br />
<b>Vivek Monterio</b><br />
<br />
<b>Assam Science Society</b><br />
Lamb Road,<br />
Latasil.<br />
<b>Guwahati-781 001</b><br />
<br />
<b>Federation of Medical Representatives Associations of India (FMRAI)</b><br />
372/21 Russa Road East<br />
Calcutta- 700 033<br />
<b>Amitava Guha</b><br />
<br />
<b>Delhi Science Forum</b><br />
D-158, LGF, Sakrt<br />
New Delhi – 110 017<br />
<b>D.Raghunandan, Secretary</b><br />
<br />
<b>Forum of Scientists, Engineers and Technologists (FOSET)</b><br />
15 N, Lindsay Street (5th Floor),<br />
<b>Kolkata – 700 087, West Bengal </b><br />
<br />
<b>National Confederation of Officers’ Assns. (Central PSUs)</b><br />
<b>Ashok Rao</b><br />
<br />
<b>National Secretariat</b><br />
c/o Delhi Science Forum<br />
D-158, LGF, Sakrt<br />
New Delhi – 110 017<br />
Ph. 26524323, email: <a href="mailto:ctddsf@vsnl.com">ctddsf@vsnl.com</a><br />
<b>Dr.Amit Sen Gupta, General Secretary</b>psrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02170317464552211421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-36302328241637535172010-10-30T21:16:00.009+05:302010-11-01T15:39:24.777+05:30Thrisur Location map<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1NYgY_GbsK8o5vDMF4Ng5hCAnYu2p8vn7qiDWU_riSMCIAHBYCSqBJgzYKpu47iw2G9BUA9OqgpeUB93p7oDKgybDP9FZsR9FbUiVpi-Ox8N2ozILh4qPQ0LKm3L2cfvHBUYI3dq2rXk/s320/tsr2.jpg" width="320" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To get rout map from Thrisur Rly<span style="color: lime;"></span> Stn<span style="color: lime;">(A)</span> to Kerala Varma College<span style="color: lime;">(B) </span> click the following link </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Poothole+Rd&daddr=Unknown+road&geocode=FZ5woAAdENSKBA%3BFWCpoAAdpKmKBA&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&sll=10.52275,76.203446&sspn=0.019367,0.027595&ie=UTF8&z=15">http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Poothole+Rd&daddr=Unknown+road&geocode=FZ5woAAdENSKBA%3BFWCpoAAdpKmKBA&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&sll=10.52275,76.203446&sspn=0.019367,0.027595&ie=UTF8&z=15</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Sudheer | അക്ഷരംhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870653715963913992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-60249223160210552642010-10-21T20:00:00.009+05:302010-10-31T17:11:55.408+05:30HARITHAM ‘10<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:24pt;color:green;" >ഹരിത</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:green;" >o</span><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:24pt;color:green;" > </span></b><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:green;" >'10</span><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:24pt;color:green;" ><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;color:green;" >FIRST GREEN AND RURAL TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION<br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color:maroon;">IN </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOI4a_vkGq9qRslUDqcx4BSrQFjxQr5iPxKFL3UdtEYaeGh6Un9sViQ3f2CbwAJGlOh8QAv8pHH8VM3oB2OGJvRokv7CcwAlsmHW7BNOMdqBaFc-DbaoA6WpI1UmAB5WZwqrW3DpP9gg/s1600/green-technology.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530519748890218258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOI4a_vkGq9qRslUDqcx4BSrQFjxQr5iPxKFL3UdtEYaeGh6Un9sViQ3f2CbwAJGlOh8QAv8pHH8VM3oB2OGJvRokv7CcwAlsmHW7BNOMdqBaFc-DbaoA6WpI1UmAB5WZwqrW3DpP9gg/s400/green-technology.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 179px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 179px;" border="0" /></a><span style="color:maroon;">ASSOCIATION WITH<b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color:maroon;"><b>ALL INDIA PEOPLE's SCIENCE CONGRESS </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color:maroon;">27 – 31 DECEMBER 2010, THRISSUR, KERALA</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color:maroon;">SREE</span></b><b><span style="color:maroon;"> KERALA VARMA COLLEGE</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;"> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">PEOPLES SCIENCE MOVEMENT is a nation – wide movement with 300,000 members, coming from all walks of life, distributed in 30 organizations in various States and Union Territories. These organizations are linked together in the form of a network – ALL INDIA PEOPLES’ SCIENCE NETWORK. The 13<sup>th</sup> Congress of AIPSN is being hosted by Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishath and will be held at Thrissur from 27 to 31 December,2010. The AIPSC will be attended by over seven hundred delegates, five hundred of them coming from various parts of India.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">On the occasion of the 13<sup>th</sup> AIPSC, a Science and Technology Exhibition is being conducted from 26 to 31 December,2010 at the Sree Kerala Varma College premise, Thrissur. It is named as HARITHAM '10, the first Green and Rural Technology Exhibition.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Our state, Kerala, is undergoing vast changes under the rapid pace of urbanization, making the whole State with urban environment. The rural and urban are alike confronted with the same set of developmental problems : solid waste issues, energy and drinking water shortage, fall in agricultural production and ecological turbulences. This exhibition is addressing all these problems and presenting technological solutions, befitting for all rural and urban regions, under one umbrella. These are the prime exhibit profiles:</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Solid Waste management: Collection, treatment, storage, transportation and disposal of solid waste, Waste recycling,Waste to energy, Composting, Bio-gas plants and Gasifiers.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Energy and conservation: Unconventional energy like Solar energy and Windmills, Renewable energy and LED lighting.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Construction and Building Technologies: Building materials using mud and bamboo, Architectural products and services.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Agro Industries: Agricultural machines and tools, Food processing, Value added products using coconut tree and water hyacinth.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Technology for value added products in Pottery,Handloom, Khadi and Coir.</li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;">Hon. Ministers, renowned Scientists, Mayors, Municipal Chairpersons, Grama Panchayath Presidents, Industry Professionals/ consultants, Public Administrators, Public Utility Providers, Water and Waste water Consultants, Experts, Town planners, Architects, Engineers and Professionals will attend and participate in the Exhibition. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b> </b></div>Baby KMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417857716888170403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-58178012735465318532010-10-17T20:44:00.000+05:302010-10-18T07:08:31.125+05:30Classes on Lifestyle Diseases<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> AIPSC 2010, the national level peoples’ science congress, is reached at the threshold , which is in the last week of December, 2010. To spread the message of the Science Congress, the Sub Committee (Classes) is conducting “One Thousand Classes” related to public health in November in all the Grama Panchataths and Municipalities in Thrissur District.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""> </span>Topic selected for the class is "Lifestyle and Health". High morbidity of lifestyle diseases is the main reason for selecting the subject for the class. Also, the mortality rate due to the diseases is raised to 95% of the total deaths. It is the biggest threat that the State now confronts in social arena.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="color:black;">( Lifestyle Diseases – <span style=""> </span>A time bom</span></b><b><span style="color:black;">b is ticking ….</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color:black;">Kerala’s </span><span style="color:black;">achievements in health have been universally recognized and praised. The dramatic decline in fertility and child mortality during the last four decades has given Kerala reputation as the healthiest state in India. Our female life expectancy has touched</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:black;">76 years while male life expe</span><span style="color:black;">ctancy is languish</span><span style="color:black;">ing at 70 years. During the last decade, crude death rate has shown a steady rise f</span><span style="color:black;">rom an all time low of 5 per hundred to the current levels of 6 per hundred. The increase cannot be solely accounted for by the shift in age while male life expectancy is languishing at 70 years.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:black;"> During the last decade, crude death rate has shown a steady rise from an all time low of 5 per hundred to the current levels of composition alone; rather it suggests an increase in mortality in the middle age g</span><span style="color:black;">roup. Kerala has experience</span><span style="color:black;">d a health transition from that of a high child mortality- high morbidity picture to that of low child mortality- high adult morbidity situation in just over one generation time. In other words our health picture has taken a</span><span style="color:black;"> quantum leap from that of an under developed society to that of a developed, urbanized society. The paradox is that by western standards we are still a low consuming society both in terms of food consumption and economic consumption. Our per capita income is still around 500 US Dollars as against</span><span style="color:black;"> 30,000 Dollars plus in the west! The striking similarities in the profiles of death between Kerala and the United States of America is seen in the Table.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOHGcPfzvvtthX97_5jPQP_eq4ZBEIvJfl-YkucuJgpOg6n3Q4ICtc-Av_eWDjJf0hGcagCFbtTOw7oLOQavu9H-YleMu5v7U9RHhnha17886oJ1-eHIRjQCVgrHqK7Uo4ta-f5TAtIW1/s1600/heal.jpg"><span style="color:black;"></span></a><span style="color:black;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlLHzi9pN-eF5Bg742_Yv8nglyOcL1rUSIJGwnX649OsA4iEzFb1z9_MAqg6pwdCDQkNy0utKBA1nw4w2aB5KWusMX2Sy3ywhtCFGlyfp7DWNFuhf2fGgTnP8jGsoaYNs6dsnEtZ-lCOo/s1600/heal1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlLHzi9pN-eF5Bg742_Yv8nglyOcL1rUSIJGwnX649OsA4iEzFb1z9_MAqg6pwdCDQkNy0utKBA1nw4w2aB5KWusMX2Sy3ywhtCFGlyfp7DWNFuhf2fGgTnP8jGsoaYNs6dsnEtZ-lCOo/s400/heal1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529191888381360050" border="0" /></a></span></p><span style="color:black;">The data presents a frightening scenario in terms of its implications to the society of Kerala. When cardiovascular deaths contribute to nearly half the deaths in a population, the state of health of the people is far from satisfactory. The tale that the dead tells is a picture of highly morbid society, weighed down by heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, cancer and diabetes. Collectively, these diseases are called modern lifestyle diseases, denoting the negative side of westernization of our culture. Health Action by People, an NGO, working in Kerala is involved in delineating the health profile of Kerala through rigorous field studies. </span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color:black;">The studies were initiated in 1998 and are continuing. The information so far gathered is alarming necessitates corrective action on a war footing. The emergence of the silent epidemic of lifestyle diseases poses disastrous consequences for our state. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus and high blood pressure in Kerala is much higher than the reported estimates in thewest. While about eight percent of adults are diabetic in Kerala, the proportion in Kerala ranges from six percent in rural areas to nearly 20 percent in the cities. The only exception for high prevalence of diabetes is the coastal sea-going fisher folk among whom the prevalence is as low as three percent. The lessons that we learn from the protective factors will certainly help in evolving strategies to combat the diabetes epidemic in other communities. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color:black;">By a most conservative estimate there are about 1.5 million diabetic subjects in Kerala. These people need lifetime management involving lifestyle modifications, drugs and diet. The economic cost of managing diabetes in Kerala is mind-boggling. When we learn from our studies that most of the diabetic subjects are getting irrational and unscientific management in our state, we can only shudder at the thought of future increase in numbers of people suffering from advanced renal failure, and blindness two dreaded complications of diabetes.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color:black;">Recent surveys in different categories of subjects in Kerala reveal that one out of three adults in Kerala is a hypertensive. Unlike in the case ofdiabetes, where most persons are <span style=""> </span>aware of their sickness, most cases of hypertension are detected the first time during screening programmes. Hyper tension, the insidious killer contributes to heart attacks, stroke and kidney failure in addition to eye complications. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color:black;">Hypertension too is a lifelong disease and needs careful sensible management throughout life. The alarming increase in heart attacks and strokes in Kerala is partly the contribution of the high prevalence of hypertension in our society.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:black;">An interesting feature that has emerged recently in Kerala is the alarming increase in overweight and obesity. Overweight and obesity are indications of an increasingly indolent society. Our bodyweight is a reflection of the balance between food energyi ntake and expenditure. Physical activity determines the total energy output of an individual. When intake of energy exceeds output, the extra energy is stored as fat. Over years extreme corpulence sets in and invites a host of medical problems. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color:black;">Obesity is a risk factor for heart attack, hypertension, breast cancer, and diabetes and joint problems. Obese people are also prone to chronic lung diseases. In other words most of the lifestyle diseases that we mentioned earlier are woven into the fabric of overweight and obesity that exists in our population. The accumulation of fat in our population is strikingly different in our people. We suffer from “apple obesity” or truncal obesity unlike the western population in whom the fat is more generally distributed. The abdominal obesity that characterizes our people is causally implicated in the emergence of diabetes. Recent studies on the urban and rural people of Kerala suggest that nearly fifty percent of women in Kerala are overweight, of which 15 percent are frankly obese. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color:black;">Heart attacks constitute over 21 percent of all deaths, followed by stroke (13 percent) Infectious diseases do not contribute more than 6 percent of the deaths, while two decades ago it contributed to more than twenty percent of deaths. The most tragic picture is the alarming rise in suicides deaths in our state. 8 percent of deaths is from suicides. If we add on accidents and violence it will rise to 13 percent, and jump to second place among important causes of death. The tragedy of Kerala is that the suicide rate of women in Kerala, which stands at 31 per 100,000 women is the highest reported anywhere in the world! A tragic reflection of the mental health of our people! The median age of deaths from suicides is only thirty years in women, while the age is 75 years for deaths from all causes. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color:black;">Fortunately for Kerala, cancers contribute only about 10 percent of deaths. This is likely to rise in future. Already there are disturbing trends. Breast cancer has emerged as the leading cancer among both sexes. More over, women suffer from breast cancer nearly</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:black;">ten years earlier than in the west. In the context of the established relationship between breast cancer and obesity, the future does not augur well unless we act fast. What, then are <span style=""> </span>the lifestyle factors that have given rise to this disturbing picture? Is it diet or is it indolence? One who knows the Kerala society do not have to look for new and mysterious factors? There is no doubt that the single most important contributor to the modern ills of Kerala is lack of physical activity. Indolence breeds heart attacks; it invites overweight and obesity and creates a favorable milieu for diabetes and hypertension.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:black;">Walking has become a reassured memory for the Keralite, for anyone with means walking is unfashionable. Children will be discouraged from dangerous activities like running! This morbid fear of physical activity has become pathological in Kerala. We eat less, but spend energy lesser still, resulting in overweight and obesity. Schools have no playgrounds; those places with playground are the undisputed domain of the canine citizens of India. The increasing use of tobacco as cigarettes and beedis has also contributed to the rise in heart attacks and lung cancer. We have not yet seen the peak of the tobacco related epidemic.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:black;"> The emergence of overeating and increasing tendency to snacking during TV watching also may contribute to further worsening of the health scene. What then is the solution? Kerala has to undertake a massive lifestyle education programme. The thrust has to be on physical activity, prudent eating and abstinence from tobacco. Early detection through screening for diabetes hypertension and overweight have to be integrated into the culture of theKeralite. Time is not on our side. Only timely action can help defuse the bomb –Courtesy :Wikipedia)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""> </span>The discussion session was convened on 16<sup>th</sup><span style=""> </span>October at Parisarakendram, Thrissur. The inaugural presentation made by Dr. KG Radhakrishnan, State Committee<span style=""> </span>member<span style=""> </span>of KSSP.<span style=""> </span>Dr. K Vijayakumar, Dr. PS John, Prof. M Haridas, KM Baby, P. Radhakrishnan, C Prasad, Sudheerkumar and Sijukumar addressed the gathering.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""> </span>On November 7, 100 classes are being conducted in Panchayath centres. It is proposed to convene the Meghala Committees on 31<sup>st</sup> October to plan the <i style="">VEETTUMUTTACLASS</i> (Courtyard Class), by trained resource persons, inviting the neighboring residents.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="">By</i> Baby KM, Convener.</p>Baby KMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417857716888170403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-4586863299369470262010-10-15T19:32:00.001+05:302010-10-21T21:01:05.306+05:30AIPSC Organising CommitteeAll India People's Science Congress organising committee is formed. Dr Kavumbai Balakrishnan is elected as the General Convenor. His mobile number : 09447614774Sudheer | അക്ഷരംhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870653715963913992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-856205529075094131.post-9700330786080678092010-10-14T17:39:00.001+05:302010-10-21T21:01:50.174+05:30WelcomeAll India People's Science Congress 2010 at Thrissur welcomes youureeka tcrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13996752124383556693noreply@blogger.com1