12 Dec Founder Memorial Lecture
56th Founder Memorial Lecture
The Shriram Institute Founder Memorial Lecture was delivered by Prof. Anurag Kumar, Honorary Professor, I.I.Sc. Bengaluru on “Cyber Physical Systems for Industry 4.0” on April 23, 2022.
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Dr. Bansi Dhar Science, Technology And Innovation Lecture Series
The 4th Dr. Bansi Dhar Science, Technology and Innovation Lecture organized by Shriram Institute for Industrial Research (SRI) was delivered by Prof. Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi, Meghnad Saha Distinguished Professor of NASI, University Of Delhi, South Campus on “Diversifying Crop Genome”, January 25, 2022.
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Reaching the targets of several UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) depends on the success of agricultural sector. To achieve more output from crops, humans have been selecting natural diversity and genetically modifying them for long. In recent years, marker-assisted breeding has taken lead in combination with conventional breeding due to crop genome sequencing and trait-associated marker development. More diversity and potential of crop genomes is being unraveled by pan-genome approach and Earth Biogenome Project (EBP) has been launched to understand and sustain biodiversity. The potential of genome/gene editing is being explored to create new alleles and knockdown of undesirable genes. These approaches promise rapid diversification of crop genomes to create benefits to society if implemented keeping the sustainability in view.
Speaker : Prof. Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi
Born in 1956, Prof. Tyagi received doctoral degree from the University of Delhi. He works at the Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, as Former Director, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi. He has earlier served as Senior Professor at the University of Delhi, Director, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi and Executive Director, National Agri-food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali. Working in areas of genomics and biotechnology, he led the first successful Indian initiative on genome-wide sequencing in rice, tomato and desi chickpea. This work is highly relevant to understand gene function, evolution and crop improvement. In recognition of his contributions, Prof Tyagi received several awards including JC Bose National Fellowship Award, National Bioscience Award, NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award etc. He is Fellow of all the national science academies and The World Academy of Sciences. He also had the distinction of serving as President, National Academy of Sciences, India.
The 3rd Dr. Bansi Dhar Science, Technology and Innovation Lecture organized by Shriram Institute for Industrial Research (SRI) was delivered as a webinar by Dr Renu Swaroop, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India on the topic: “Building a strong science and technology foundation for a robust innovation ecosystem” on August 03, 2021.
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The 2nd webinar of the lecture series was delivered by Prof. Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, The Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan, Former Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on “The Need for a Contemporary Liberal Education” on March 8, 2021.
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The 1st lecture was delivered by Prof. Neeraj Nischal, Associate Professor, AIIMS, Delhi on “Living With the Virus – The Way Forward” via a webinar on November 26, 2020.Extract of video from the lecture can be viewed as below:
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