Science Circle Newsletter
Science Circle Newsletter – March 2009
Index
2nd MPG-India Partner Group
Head Meeting, February 25-27, 2009
14th Science Circle Lecture by Prof. Dr. Ute
Frevert, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany
The German Embassy, New Delhi, is organising its next Science
Circle Lecture on March 12, 2009. Prof. Dr. Ute Frevert, Director,
Max Planck Institute for Human Development will give a talk on
“Does Trust Have a History”. The Lecture will be followed by
informal discussions and a get together. For details contact
Bhumica Chugh.
During her visit to India, Prof. Dr. Frevert will also
participate in a workshop in Neemrana and a workshop in New Delhi
on “Cultivating Emotion – History, Culture, Society” organised
jointly by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the
Centre for the Study of Development of Society, India.
Prof. Dr. Frevert's CV
Max
Planck Institute for Human Development
13th Science Circle Lecture by Prof. H.J.
Schellnhuber, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
(PIK), Germany, February 6, 2009
The Embassy's 13th Science Circle Lecture on “Avoiding Dangerous
Climate Change” by Prof. H.J. Schellnhuber was organised on
February 6, 2009 and a large number of academicians participated
in the same.
To receive Prof.
Schellnhuber's presentation contact us
Picture Gallery of the event
Delegation from the Research Centre, Juelich (FZ
Juelich) visits India, Feb 2009
Prof. A. Bachem, Chairman of the Board of Directors, accompanied
by Mr. Guenter Lincks from the International Division of the
Research Centre Juelich visited India on February 26 and 27,
2009. The Delegation met senior representatives from the
Government of India and visited premier science and research
institutes in Delhi to discuss the possibilities of enhancing
cooperation.
Indo-German Science and Technology Centre: Call
for Proposals 2009
Project proposals are invited in the fields of Biotechnology,
Energy, Environmental Technologies, Health Research, and
Production Technologies, under the “Indo-German Science and
Technology Centre” . The IGSTC was inaugurated jointly by the
German Minister for Education and Research, Dr. Annette Schavan,
and the Indian Minister for Science and Technology and Earth
Sciences, Mr. Kapil Sibal in September 2008. The aim is to
intensify cooperation between German and Indian partners from
research institutions and private companies by means of 2+2
projects. Deadline of applications: April 30, 2009.
More Details
Max Planck Society: Cooperation Programme with
India
Max Planck Partner Groups and Max Planck India Fellowships:
Three new Max Planck Partner Groups established, in Quantum Field
Theory at the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research,
Pune, in Biological Physics at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
and in Art History at Delhi University. A total of 15 Max Planck
Partner Groups will be running in India in 2009, as many as in no
other country. Partner Groups are led by former Indian guest
researchers at Max Planck
Institutes of proven scientific excellence, who have returned to
their
institutions in India.
Five young scientists have been awarded a "Max Planck India
Fellowship", thereby bringing the number of Awardees to 25 in
2009. The "Max Planck-India Fellowship" is a travel grant and
gives young Indian researchers an opportunity to spend minimum
one month every year at a Max Planck Institute for a period of up
to four years.
2nd MPG-India Partner Group Head Meeting,
February 25-27, 2009
The 2nd annual meeting of the Heads of the Max Planck India
Partner Groups was organised from February 25 - 27, 2009 at the
S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata. The heads
of the partner groups presented an overview of their projects and
had site visits to the Indian Association for the Cultivation of
Science and Saha Institute for Nuclear Physics.
The next Call for proposals Max Planck Partner Groups and Max
Planck India Fellowships will be posted in March 2009. Please see
DST website
or contact Felix Kahle.
DAAD Scholarship announcements
IIT Master Sandwich Programme- DAAD offers up to 50
"Sandwich-Model" scholarships to post-graduate students
registered for a Master’s degree at the following Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Madras, Bombay, Kanpur,
Roorkee, Kharagpur, Guwahati. The "Sandwich Model" for Master’s
students is a multi-phased scheme, in which candidates carry out
their course work and research in India and Germany alternately,
under the supervision of a mentor from an Indian Institute of
Technology, and a mentor from a German University of Technology.
The IITs will fix their own deadlines for receipt of applications,
and will forward the completed applications of eligible students
to the DAAD Office in New Delhi by March 31, 2009.
DLR – DAAD Research Fellowships- Applications are invited from eligible and interested candidates for a new programme implemented by the ‘Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt’ (DLR) and the ‘German Academic Exchange Service’ (DAAD). DLR is Germany's national research center for aeronautics and space. Its extensive research and development work in Aeronautics, Space, Transportation and Energy is integrated into national and international cooperative ventures. As Germany´s space agency, DLR has been given responsibility for the forward planning and the implementation of the German space program by the German federal government as well as for the international representation of German interests. This special programme is intended for highly-qualified foreign doctoral and postdoctoral students as well as senior scientists. DLR-DAAD Fellowships offer outstanding scientists and researchers the opportunity to conduct special research at the institutes of the DLR in Germany.DLR-DAAD Fellowships are defined and awarded on an individual basis. Each Fellowship announcement will indicate the specific qualification requirements and terms of the visit.
Sciencexpress : A Science Exhibition on wheels
‘Sciencexpress’ is a state-of-the-art science exhibition on a
train traveling around India. During its journey from 30 November
2008 to 30 May 2009, it will travel around 17, 000 km covering 51
cities of the country. This 16-coach fully air conditioned train
houses an exhibition which showcases cutting-edge research in
science and technology. Sciencexpress is a modified version of
the earlier Science Express, an Indo-German collaborative project
that was flagged off by India’s Honorable Prime Minister Dr.
Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel. The Max
Planck Society and the German Exhibition partners have donated
majority of the exhibits to the Department of Science and
Technology after the first successful journey of the Science
Express, during which more than 2 Million people visited the
train.
More details
Tour
map of the Sciencexpress
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