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| Monday, August 20,
2018 | |
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| 09:40-09:45 | Welcome | |
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| 09:45-11:00 | What scientists really want (from science
journalists) |
Sutirth Dey, D. Indumathi, Srikanth Sastry, Mukund
Thattai |
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| 11:00-11:30 | COFFEE/TEA | |
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| 11:30-12:45 | "Opinions differ on shape of earth": Balance vs
accuracy | Sunil Laxman, R. Prasad, Subhra
Priyadarshini, T.V. Venkateswaran |
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| 12:45-13:45 | LUNCH | |
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| 13:45-15:00 | "Ancient Indian Aviation Technology": Pseudoscience in the media and from the government
| Sowmiya Ashok, D. Balasubramanian, Vasudevan Mukunth, T V
Padma, Niruj
Mohan Ramanujam |
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| 15:00-15:15 | COFFEE/TEA | |
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| 15:15-16:30 | "Why so few?": Women and
minorities in science | Shreya Ghosh, Nandita Jayaraj, Mathangi
Krishnamurthy, Sunil Mukhi |
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| 16:30-16:45 | COFFEE/TEA | |
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| 16:45-18:00 | Perspective from institutions,
funders and policymakers | Raghavendra Gadagkar,
Amitabh Joshi, Banya Kar, K
VijayRaghavan
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| Tuesday, August 21, 2018 | |
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| 09:45-11:00 | What science journalists really want (from
scientists) | Pallava Bagla, Shubashree Desikan,
Mayanglambam Merina Leimarenbi, Vasudevan Mukunth, Aathira Perinchery |
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| 11:00-11:30 | COFFEE/TEA | |
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| 11:30-12:45 | Communicating Science in Indian
languages | Narmadha Devi, Pathik Guha, Dileep
Mampallil, Peer Mohamed, Gauhar Raza, Kollegala Sharma
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| 12:45-13:45 | LUNCH | |
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| 13:45-15:00 | Tackling
stereotypes about science and scientists | Sandhya
Koushika, KP Madhu,
Mukund Thattai, S Krishnaswamy |
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| 15:00-15:15 | COFFEE/TEA | |
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| 15:15-16:30 | "Science as Storytelling": Science, Media and the Public
| Pathik Guha, Janaki Lenin, Spoorthy Raman, R. Ramanujam, Nithyanand Rao |
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| 16:30-16:45 | COFFEE/TEA | |
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| 16:45-18:00 | Opportunities in Science and in Science Journalism:
Where are the jobs, the students and the
teachers? | Shreya Ghosh, Nalini Rajan, M Sai Baba, Srikanth Sastry |
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