Acharya P C Ray NYS Conference

Date: 23-01-2012. dVijnan Mission (VijnanajBharati, West Bengal unit) Vijnana Bharati welcomes you to the 3rdNational Young  Scientists' Conference to be held at Presidency University  and Calcutta University on 17th & 18th February  – 2012. The first conference was held at NIT, Kurukshetra,  Haryana followed by the second conference in Doon  University, Dehradun, Uttarkhand. The conference includes Plenary lectures, Technical Sessions,  Interaction with Scientists and Scientific Expo. The focal  theme of the conference is on "Advances in Chemical,  Pharmaceutical and Ayurvedic Sciences". We are in receipt  of 200 Research papers till date. I nauguration The conference will be inaugurated by Hon. Former  President of India, Prof. APJ Abdul Kalam.  He is a  renowned Aerospace Engineer, Professor  (of Aerospace Engineering) and first Chancellor of IIST,  Thiruvananthapuram. He was awarded Bharat Ratna,  India's highest civilian honour in 1997. Keynote Address Keynote address will be delivered by Prof.Samir  Brahmachari (Director General, CSIR) in a separate  session. He has discovered two genes linked  to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia respectively  and his most significant achievement is considered  to be the discovery of three genes linked to SARS virus. Interactive Session Tathagat Avatar Tulsi (IIT,Mumbai), the youngest  faculty member ever at an IIT, will interact with  the delegates. He is an Indian Physicist, best  known as a child prodigy. He completed highschool  at the age of 9 and BSc. at the age of 10 and MSc.  at the age of 12. He got his Ph.D from the Indian  Institute of Science, Bangalore at the age of 22. Experts on the concerned subjects will address the  delegates. Registration is available online at www.youngscientists.in    The conference is organised by Vivekananda Vijnan  Mission( Vijnana Bharati, WB Unit) in association with  Presidency University and Culcutta University.