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Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) Forum and Monthly Lecture Series

New initiatives such as ‘Make in India, ‘Skill India’, Digital India’ and ‘Start Up India’ call for harnessing science, technology and innovation to meet multiple objectives. The central role of innovation in furthering economic development and employment generation is obvious. The government and the political leadership have also shown eagerness to make India a global leader in science and technology so that the gains from S&T could result in positive outcomes in different sectors including industry, agriculture, health care and education. This necessitates using the potential of national innovation system comprising R&D institutions, including universities, technology institutions, industry, government and other policy making bodies.

RIS as a policy research think tank, is committed to explore and understand science-society connect. Keeping this broad perspective in view, RIS, in collaboration with India Habitat Centre (IHC), and prominent institutions working on S&T issues, including The Energy Research Institute (TERI), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR/CEFIPRA) and Vigyan Prasar has launched the Science Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) Forum..

The STIP Forum has been founded with objectives, inter alia, of promoting informed debate on various aspects of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. Keeping this in mind a monthly Lecture Series aimed at the broader public is being organized. The STIP Forum will also bridge the gap between the science and society through dissemination of information on developments in S&T as well as through kindling debate of societal aspirations and expectations from S&T and Innovation. Under the Monthly Lecture Series, a partner institution will take the lead to organize a lecture by a distinguished expert.

 

Lecture No. 

Topic of the Lecture

 Name of the Speaker and Chair Date
1. Sustainable Development: Role of Science, Technology and Innovation Speaker: Dr.R.Chidambaram, PSA, Government of India 26 September 2017
2. Leveraging Technology and Orchestrating Policy for Future Urban Mobility  Speaker: Dr. V. Sumantran, Chairman of  Celeris Technologies
Chair: Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, TERI
Discussant : Puneet Goyal, Municipal Commissioner of South Delhi		 30 October 2017
3. Technology and Indian Foreign Policy: Trends and Opportunities Speaker: Dr. Bhaskar Balakrishnan, former Diplomat
Chair:Dr.R.Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India		 30 November 2017
4. Reversing Climate Change with the Molten-salt Technologies. Speaker: Dr. Frank Shu, Eminent Astrophysicist, Retired from UC Berkeley and the National Tsinghua University, Taiwan
Chair: Dr. Jairam Ramesh, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)		 21 December 2017
5.     

Technologies and Strategies for Achieving Excellence in Health Care for Indian Masses.  

 Speaker: Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch, Former Secretary, Department of Health Research (DHR), Govt of India and Ex. Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research
Chair:Prof. Vinod K. Paul, Member, NITI Aayog, GOI		 15 January 2018
6.   The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Imperatives for India. Speaker: Dr. Anurag Agrawal, Director, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)
Chair: Dr. Kiran Karnik, Former President, NASSCOM, President, India Habitat Centre		 27 February 2018
7. Innovative financial models for scaling-up energy efficiency in India’ Speaker: Mr. Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)
Chair: Shri Ashok Lavasa, Election Commissioner of India		 6 March 2018
8. The Future of Toilet and Sewage Treatment: Innovation for Sustainability Speaker: Prof. Kartik Chandran, Columbia University, USA and Prof. Chris Buckley, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Moderator: Dr. Chandra Bhushan, DDG, CSE		 18 May 2018
9.

Science, Technology and Innovation in Building a Knowledge Economy

 Speaker: Prof. K. VijayRaghavan,Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
Moderator: Amb.Dr.Bhaskar Balakrishnan,Former Indian Diplomat and Science Diplomacy(Fellow), RIS		 19 June 2018
10.

Future of Science, Technology & Innovation 

 Speaker: Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
Moderator: Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India

13 July, 2018
11

STIP Forum Lecture: Pulse Revolution for Addressing Protein Malnutrition

 Speaker: Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education & Director Genral, ICR
Chair: Dr. Rajender Singh Paroda, Former DG,ICR and Chairman, Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Science (TAAS)		 7 August 2018
12 Frugal Innovation for Health Care Speaker: Prof. Balram Bhargava, Secretary, DHR, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India & DG, ICMR
Chair: Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog).		 10 September 2018
13

Science, Technology and Innovation for Development: Role of Science Diplomacy. 

Speakers: Dr. Sune Kaur-Pedersen,Counsellor, Research & Innovation/Deputy Head, Innovation Centre, Embassy of Denmark, India, & Ms. Tania Friederichs, R&I Counsellor for India & Bhutan, Delegation of the European Union to India.
Chair: Dr. Bhaskar Balakrishnan, Science Diplomacy Fellow, RIS and Former Ambassador

31 October 2018
14. IPCC's 1.5-degree Report and the Future of the Paris Agreement: A debate on Science and Politics of Climate Change

Topic: IPCC's 1.5-degree Report and the Future of the Paris Agreement: A debate on Science and Politics of Climate Change.
Speakers: Shri Rajani Ranjan Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow, Earth Sciences and Climate Change, TERI  &  Dr. Navroz K. Dubash, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research and Coordinator, Climate Initiative.
Moderator: Dr. Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General, CSE

 

 13 November, 2018
15. "The Importance of Design in Building Sustainable Cities"
  • Topic : "The Importance of Design in Building Sustainable Cities"
  • Speaker:  Prof Helen Lochhead, Dean of the Faculty of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Sydney
 12 December, 2018
16. "Science Movements in India"
  • Topic : " Science Movements in India"
  • Speakers :
    1. Prof.V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Swadeshi Science Movement
    2. Dr. D. Raghunandan,   All India Peoples Science Network
    3. Prof. Dinesh Abrol, Delhi Science Forum
    4. Mr. Jayant Sahasrabuddhe, VIBHA 
  • Chair :  Prof. M Jagadesh Kumar, VC, JNU

 

 10 January, 2019
17. "Science, Technology, and Society: The Challenge of Reaching Out"
  • Topic : " Science, Technology, and Society: The Challenge of Reaching Out"
  • Speakers : Prof. M. Sai Baba, T.V. Raman Pai Chair Professor National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangaluru
  • Chair :  Shri Gauhar Raza, Leading Science Communicator and Former Scientist, CSIR
 15 February 2019
18.   Development of Solar Energy in India
  • Topic     : Development of Solar Energy in India
  • Speaker : Dr. Arun Kumar Tripathi, Director General, National Institute of  Solar Energy (NISE)
   12 March 2019
19. Response to emerging infectious diseases in the context of urbanization and global warming: where is the Science gone?
  • Topic : Response to emerging infectious diseases in the context of urbanization and global warming: where is the Science gone?
  • Speakers : Dr. Olivier Telle, Researcher at CNRS, France, currently affiliated with Centre de Sciences Humaines, Embassy of France, India. 
  • Chair :  Dr. Dinakar M. Salunke, Director, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi
 22 April 2019
20. Relationship between S&T and Evolution in Methods of Knowledge Production
  • Topic     : Relationship between S&T and Evolution in Methods of Knowledge Production
  • Speaker : Prof. Ravi B. Grover, Emeritus Professor and Former VC, Homi Bhabha National Institute and Member, Atomic Energy Commission.
 7 June 2019
21

21st STIP Lecture: Why India Needs to Strengthen its Quality Infrastructure?
  • Topic     : Why India Needs to Strengthen its Quality Infrastructure?
  • Speaker : Shri Gauhar Raza, Leading Science Communicator and Former Scientist, CSIR
 12 July 2019
22 Financing Renewable and Clean-tech
  • Topic     : Financing Renewable and Clean-tech
  • Speaker : Mr. Manish Chourasia Managing Director, Tata Cleantech Capital Limited
  • Chair :  Shri R. R. Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow and Programme Director, TERI
 12 August 2019
23

Science, Technology & Innovation for Society
  • Topic     : Science, Technology & Innovation for Society
  • Speaker : Dr Shekhar C. Mande Secretary, DSIR & Director General, CSIR
  • Chair :  Dr. Chandrima Shaha
    Professor of Eminence and Former Director, National Institute of Immunology and President-Elect, Indian National Science Academy
 19 September 2019
24

Innovation and policy in the Energy Revolution: some insights from Europe
  • Topic     : Innovation and policy in the Energy Revolution: some insights from Europe
  • Speaker : Prof. Michael Grubb
    Research Director and Professor of Energy and Climate Change, University College London
 03 October 2019
25 IT Skills Training through Spoken Tutorials for Education and Employment
  • Topic     :IT Skills Training through Spoken Tutorials for Education and Employment
  • Speaker : Prof. Kannan M. MoudgalyaErach and Meheroo Mehta Advanced Education Technology Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay
  • Chair: Dr Bhaskar Balakrishnan
    Seience Diplomacy Fellow, RIS
 18 November 2019
26 Vision and Works of Patrick Geddes: His Relevance in Today’s World
  • Topic     :Vision and Works of Patrick Geddes: His Relevance in Today’s World
 18 December 2019
27 Space Technology & Applications for Development.
  • Topic     :Space Technology & Applications for Development.
  • Speaker : Prof. Kannan M. MoudgalyaErach and Meheroo Mehta Advanced Education Technology Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay
  • Chair: Dr Bhaskar Balakrishnan
    Seience Diplomacy Fellow, RIS
 10 January 2020
28 Engaging with Energy Innovation: A Personal Perspective
  • Topic     :Engaging with Energy Innovation: A Personal Perspective
  • Speaker : Prof. Ambuj Sagar, Head of the School of Public Policy, IIT Delhi
  • Chair: Mr. Manjeev Singh Puri, Former Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the UN
 28 February 2020
29

Making of India’s STIP Policy 2020
  • Topic     : Making of India’s STIP Policy 2020
  • Speaker : Professor K. VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
  • Chair: Mr Sanjay Kirloskar, Chairman and Managing Director, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd.
 30 September, 2020
30 Understanding Black Holes

Speaker:   Dr. Somak Raychaudhury, Director,  Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune

Chair :  Prof. Patrick Das Gupta, Professor of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi

 3 November 2020
31 The Art of Science in the Brave New World

Speaker: Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST

Chair :  Dr. R. Ramanan,  Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog

 17 December 2020
32

Digital Payments and QR Code: What Way Forward

Speaker: Prof. Deepak B. Phatak, Emeritus Professor, IIT-Bombay

Chair :  Dr. Kiran Karnik, Chairman, ReBIT and Former President, NASSCOM

 23 January 2021
33

Digitalisation in Engineering & Construction

Speaker: Mr. Amit Sharma, Managing Director, Tata Consulting Engineers Limited

Chair :  Mr. Ajay Shankar, Distinguished Fellow, TERI

 26 February 2021
34 Building Innovation Ecosystem in Educational Institutions

Speaker: Dr. Abhay Jere, Chief Innovation Officer, Ministry of Education, Government of India

convener:  Dr. Nakul Parashar, Director, Vigyan Prasar

 24 March 2021