Schedule: Workshop on Academic Ethics, July 15-16, 2011

TimeNameTalk title/area
FRI, JULY 15
09:30OrganisersIntroductory remarks
09:45T A AbinandananScientific Misconduct in India: An Analysis of Retracted Papers in PubMed
10:15Rohini MuthuswamiPlagiarism amongst students: Causes and possible remedies
10:45Rahul SiddharthanPlagiarism and the commons
11:15COFFEE/TEA BREAK
11:30N RaghuramEthics in science, technology, regulation and governance in the knowledge economy
12:00S R HashimRole of Educational Policies and Social Goals in Promoting Academic Ethics
12:30Anuradha LohiaAcademic Ethics & The India Alliance - A Funding Agency’s Perspective
13:00LUNCH BREAK
14:00P BalaramScientific Misconduct: Experiences as an Editor and Administrator
14:30K NarayananEthics in thesis and assignment writings
15:00Neelima GupteIs ethical behaviour encouraged?  Principles and practice
15:30Gautam I. MenonTBA
16:00COFFEE/TEA BREAK
16:20Panel discussion: T A Abinandanan, T V Jayan, S Mukhi (chair), B L Pandit, N Raghuram Dealing with misconduct
SAT, JULY 16
09:30D K SrivastavaAcademic Ethics and Economics
10:00Gautam R. DesirajuAcademic ethics in India. Some current concerns
10:30LS ShashidharaInappropriate authorship /ethics of mentorship
11:00COFFEE/TEA BREAK
11:20N. S. SiddharthanAcademic Ethics - Some issues and policy options
11:50Sunil MukhiSome prescriptions for creating an ethically strong academic environment
12:20K VijayRaghavanEntropy: Acknowledging and battling it.
12:50LUNCH BREAK
14:00Amar JesaniEthics in and of biomedical and public health experiments on humans
14:30Chiranjib SenEthical issues in the competition of academic ideas - the case of economic paradigms
15:00Aparna BasuNeed to define ethical behaviour in a 'collective' scientific context
15:30Satyajit RathThe roots of dodgy ethics in science: Profit, prestige, and community value systems
16:00COFFEE/TEA BREAK
16:20Journalist perspective: R Ramachandran, T V JayanBlind watchdogs
16:35Summary and open discussion
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