Presentations
In addition to the following, our faculty participated in other international/national scientific and non-scientific forums during the year. At several meetings multiple presentations were made.
Sayed Imtiaz Ahmed
National
Faculty
Public Health Field Leader Fellowship Program, Public Health Management Institute (in collaboration with CDC, Atlanta), Hyderabad. September 27, 2008
Invited speaker
EyeExcel - Achieving Excellence in Training, LAICO (in Collaboration with SEVA Foundation, USA), Madurai, India. October 9-11, 2008
Hemalatha Arunachalam
National
Host faculty
19th Low vision Awareness Program (LAP), LVPEI, Hyderabad. April 25-27, 2008
20th Low vision Awareness Program (LAP), LVPEI, Hyderabad. September 19-21, 2008
K Hari Babu
International
Poster presentation
2nd Asia ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) meeting, LVPEI and Indian Eye Research Group, Hyderabad. January 15-18, 2009
Deepak K Bagga
International
Invited speaker
Special Interest Group Symposium, 2nd Asia ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) meeting, LVPEI and Indian Eye Research Group, Hyderabad. January 15-18, 2009
National
Host faculty
19th Low vision Awareness Program (LAP), LVPEI, Hyderabad. April 25-27, 2008
In-house faculty
Eye-PEP 2008, Postgraduate Education Program in Ophthalmology, LVPEI, Hyderabad. May 9-11, 2008
20th Low vision Awareness Program (LAP), LVPEI, Hyderabad. September 19-21, 2008
Diabetic Retinopathy Symposium, Lions Clubs International Foundation and LVPEI, Hyderabad. October 4-5, 2008
Invited speaker
Macula workshop, LVPEI, Hyderabad. October 19, 2008
D Balasubramanian
International
Participant
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2008 meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. April 27 - May 1, 2008
Invited speaker
Cold Spring Harbor Symposium, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA. May 28 - June 2, 2008
University of Pennsylvania & National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. June 3-15, 2008
Member
Third World Academy of Sciences Officers meeting, London. June 26, 2008
Invited speaker
World Ophthalmology Congress, International Council of Ophthalmology, Hong Kong. June 28 - July 2, 2008
International workshop on Science Journalism, Colombo. September 7-9, 2008
Human Genome Organization (HUGO) meeting 2008, Hyderabad. September 27-30, 2008
Annual congress of European Association for Vision & Eye Research, Portoroz, Slovenia. September 30 - October 5, 2008
Secretary General
Third World Academy of Sciences meeting and 25th anniversary celebrations, Mexico. November 7-16, 2008
Chair
2nd Asia ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) meeting, LVPEI and Indian Eye Research Group, Hyderabad. January 15-18, 2009
Secretary General
Third World Academy of Sciences meeting, Paris. February 24-26, 2009
National
President
Council Meeting, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. April 19-20, 2008
Invited speaker
Foundation Day lecture, Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. July 25, 2008
Annual meeting, Indian Eye Research Group, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai. July 26-27, 2008
Chair
Stem Cell Task Force meeting, Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi. August 4-5, 2008
Life Sciences Research Board meeting, Defence Research & Development Organization, New Delhi. August 7, 2008
Member
Academic Council meeting, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. August 8, 2008
Chair
Research Council meeting, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. August 18, 2008
Invited speaker
Sir J C Ghosh Memorial lecture, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. August 29-30, 2008
Inauguration of Kamalnayan Bajaj Research Institute of Vision Sciences, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai. September 5, 2008
Biotechnology Forum, Confederation of Indian Industry meeting, Hyderabad. September 16, 2008
John F Welch Technology Centre meeting, General Electric Corporation, Bangalore, September 22, 2008
Chair
2nd expert committee meeting on bioresource development and utilization, Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi. October 10, 2008
Invited speaker
Centenary celebrations of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. October 11, 2008
President
Indian Academy of Sciences annual meeting, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. October 31 - November 2, 2008
Invited speaker
Indian Institute of Science centenary conference, Bangalore. December 16, 2008
President
Society of Biological Chemists of India meeting, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai. December 18-20, 2008
Invited speaker
Department of Atomic Energy - Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Life Sciences Symposium, Mumbai. December 22, 2008
Chair
XXI Meeting of Life Sciences Research Board, New Delhi. January 7, 2009
Indo-US Joint Working Group meeting, Hyderabad. January 14, 2009
Task Force meeting, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore. January 27-28, 2009
Invited speaker
BioAsia, Hyderabad. February 4, 2009
Foundation Day lecture, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar. February 11, 2009
Chair, Jury
Science & Technology workshop and Jury meeting, New Delhi. February 12-13, 2009
Member
Meeting of Academy Council of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. February 18, 2009
Invited speaker
International symposium on interface between chemistry and biology, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore. February 19, 2009
30th Prof K K Nair Commemoration Lecture, Osmania University, Hyderabad. February 21, 2009
3rd Prof Alladi Prabhakar Endowment Lecture, The Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers, Hyderabad. February 27, 2009
Prof K Rangadhama Rao Memorial Lecture, Telugu University, Hyderabad. February 28, 2009
Chief Guest/Invited speaker
3rd Indo-American Frontiers of Science Symposium, US National Academy of Sciences, Agra. March 2-4, 2009
Chair
Institutional Biosafety Committee, Blue Peter Research Centre, Hyderabad. March 9, 2009
Invited speaker
Academy Lecture, Vivekananda College, Madurai. March 13, 2009
Keynote speaker
Dr MGR University, Chennai. March 26, 2009