By TCN News,
New Delhi: University of Kashmir graduate Nadeem Bashir will be interacting with 60 Nobel Laureates at the 60th Annual Nobel Laureates Meeting in Lindau, Germany. Bashir, lone Muslim, is among 20 Indian students and young researchers nominated by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, for the 27th June to 2nd July 2010 meeting.
Since 2001, group of young Indian researchers has been attending the Annual Nobel Laureate Meetings. The Indian participation at this annual meeting has jointly been sponsored and supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Lindau Council and the German Research Foundation (DFG). This year, the interdisciplinary meeting in the fields of Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, will give the group the unique opportunity to interact with the Nobel Laureates at scientific sessions and discussions as well as at social events.
The Lindau meeting (27th June to 2nd July 2010) will be followed by a weeklong visit (from 5th to 9th July) to German universities and research institutions in Leipzig, Dresden, Jena and Bonn, which is organized and supported by DFG. The institutional visits which are organized by the DFG India Office provide a unique opportunity for the young researchers and students to have first hand information and exposure to the state of the art facilities at the German research laboratories through discussions with faculty members as well as students.
The Indian team of students shall have briefing and de-briefing sessions in Delhi with eminent scientists and dignitaries before and after participation in the Nobel Laureates meeting.
According to the website of the Lindau Meeting, the 2010 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting will be an interdisciplinary meeting bringing together more than 650 young researchers from around the globe with 61 Nobel Laureates from the fields of physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry.
“The annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings provide a globally recognised forum for the transfer of knowledge between generations of scientists. They inspire and motivate Nobel Laureates and international Best Talents. Lectures of Nobel Laureates reflect current scientific topics and present relevant fields of research of the future. In panel discussions, seminars and during the various events of the social programme young researchers nominated by a worldwide network of Academic Partners interact with Nobel Laureates,” says the website.
Among 650 young researchers from around the globe, 32 will be from India – 20 selected by Indian Government from Indian universities and educational institutes while 12 others are coming from foreign universities.
One of them, Swetambar Das, is from Patna University in Patna, Bihar.
Link:
http://www.lindau-nobel.de