CHANDIGARH- November 20, 2008:The Panjab University, having a long tradition of pursuing excellence in teaching and research, is organizing 78th session of NASI in its beautiful and environment friendly campus in the city beautiful Chandigarh from November 21-23, 2008. About 400 delegates are to participate. Bio-medical research, the theme of the Symposium, is witnessing a rapid change in the way the research is being conducted. The Symposium and Annual Session will be inaugurated on 21st November, 2008 at 9.30 a.m. by Prof. M.G.K. Menon. Theme lecture of the symposium will be delivered by Prof. P.N. Tandon. The Symposium on 21st and 22nd will be divided into eight sessions to be addressed by eminent scientists like Prof. M.G.K. Menon, Prof. P.N. Tandon, Dr. Amit Ghosh, Dr. V.P. Sharma, Dr. V.M. Katoch, Dr. Jacob John, Prof. K.K. Talwar, Dr. S.K. Vasu, Dr. Samir Brahmachari on themes like communicable diseases, tuberculosis, HIV, cardiovascular disorders, cancer, emerging areas of Bio-medical research, Structural Biology, Diagnostics vaccines and instruments, Healthcare/delivery and regenerative biology.
On 23rd November, 2008, there will be parallel poster sessions. Children Science Congress on the same day, the first of its kind to be hosted by NASI, with a view to promote scientific awareness among children, will be the hall mark of the event. The NASI will also be presenting Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Awards (2008) and Swarna Jayanti Puruskar for best paper presentation.
The developing countries are in grip of formidable challenges posed by the existing communicable diseases coupled with new emerging infections. Rapid advances in science and technology have brought in new technologies to understand the disease process and find strategies for prevention and cure. There are areas at the cutting edge of science such as molecular medicine, genomics, immunology, which have revoluntionized knowledge for finding rapid diagnostics, vaccines, new drug targets and other therapeutic measurers. There is urgent need that researchers working in the core health sectors like diagnostics, epidemiology, surveillance and cure are exposed to the latest advancements in knowledge and interact with international scientists in there respective field of work.
The NASI is a forum of scientists mooted by a great scientist Prof. Meghnad Saha. It was founded in the year 1930 at Allahabad, having at present about 1390 members and nearly 1050 fellows, including 61 foreign fellows, who are scientists from various disciplines of science and technology. The Academy has regularly been holding annual sessions in different centres of scientific and academic activities.