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Summary of ICTP activities in support of science in

India

15/07/2013 ICTP Public Information Office

*For the period 1970-1982, 847 visitors came from India; the total number of visitors is 8641.

Average percentage of women since 2001 is 22% of total visits from 2001-2012.

**Data on female visitors not available before 2001.

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}  Scientific visitors from India ◦  8641 (1970-2012) ◦  741 women since 2001 (22%)

}  Indian participation in ICTP Programmes ◦  99 Affiliates (From 35 Federated Institutes) ◦  387 Associate Members (50 female) ◦  3 Postgraduate Diploma Students ◦  204 TRIL Fellows (32 female) ◦  4 STEP Fellows ◦  190 ICTP-ELETTRA Students (36 female)

}  Padma Shri Award, 2012 ◦  Jagadish Shukla �  Long-time ICTP course director and advisor

}  Indian National Science Academy's Young Scientist Award, 2011 ◦  Vijayakumar Nair �  ICTP Postdoctoral fellow in ESP

}  Hind Rattan Award in 2013 ◦  Padma Kant Shukla (1950-2013) �  ICTP course director for training activities in

plasma Physics since 1995 �  Associated with ICTP since 1980’s

}  Award for Advancement of Renewable Energy in Africa, 2010 ◦  Vinod Kumar Sharma

�  Senior Scientist at ENEA, Matera �  ICTP-TRIL Fellow 1988-2007

}  ICTP Dirac Medallists ◦  E. C. George Sudarshan, 2010 ◦  Jogesh Pati, 2000

}  ICTP Prize ◦  Shiraz Minwalla, 2010 ◦  Abhishek Dhar, 2008 ◦  Rajesh Gopakumar, 2006 ◦  Manindra Agrawal, 2003 ◦  Mohit Randeria, 2002 ◦  T. N. Venkataramana, 2000 ◦  Nitin Nitsure, 1997 ◦  A.M. Jayannavar, 1996 ◦  Spenta Wadia, 1995 ◦  Deepak Dhar, 1993

}  ICTP Prize (continued) ◦  Ashoke Sen, 1989 ◦  Ganapathy Baskaran, 1983

}  ICO/ICTP Prize ◦  Revati N. Kulkarni, 2004 (shared Prize)

}  Ramanujan Prize Winner ◦  Ramdorai Sujatha, 2006

}  Shri Debabrata Saha ◦  Visited ICTP in 2012 �  Ambassador of India to Italy

}  Saroj Kumar Jha ◦  Visited ICTP in 2010, "ICTP After 45" �  World Bank

}  R. Dogra ◦  Visited ICTP in 2005 �  Ambassador of India to Italy

}  Shobhana Narasimhan ◦  ICTP Associate 1996-2006 ◦  Organizer of ICTP “Career Development Workshop

for Women in Physics”, 16-19 September 2013

}  Rohini Godbole ◦  Visited ICTP in 2010, "ICTP After 45" �  ICTP Associate 1984-2000 �  Indian Institute of Science

(Image Source: http://www.jncasr.ac.in/shobhana/)

}  Spenta Wadia ◦  Visited ICTP in 2010, "ICTP After 45" �  High Energy Staff Associate 1998-1999 �  ICTP Associate 1986-1991 �  Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

}  Hari Prakash Garg �  ICTP Associate since 1984 �  Indian Institute of Technologies

}  Ramakrishna Ramaswamy ◦  Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad �  ICTP Associate 1988-1994, 1996-2001

}  M.S. Narasimhan, 2010-present }  Ashoke Sen, 2004-present }  Praveen Chaudhari, Chairman 1998-2002 }  T. V. Ramakrishnan, 1996-1998 }  Yash Pal, 1984-1993 }  B.D. Nag Chaudhuri, 1975-1983 }  Daulat Singh Kothari, 1970-1974

}  Katepalli R. Sreenivasan ◦  ICTP Director, 2003-2009

}  Kumar Narain ◦  Head of ICTP-HECAP Section, 2013 ◦  Head of Postgraduate Diploma Programme, 2013 ◦  Coordinator of Postgraduate Diploma in High Energy

Physics, 2005 ◦  Research Scientist since the 1980’s �  ICTP-HECAP Section

}  Ramadas Ramakrishnan ◦  Head of ICTP Math Section, 2010 ◦  ICTP Math Section, 2003 ◦  Joint Head, Office of Associates

}  Mudumbai S. Narasimhan ◦  Head of ICTP Math Section 1992-1998

}  Coordinator of Diploma Programme in CMSP ◦  Subodh Shenoy, 1994-2005

}  Coordinator of Diploma Programme in CMSP ◦  Vijay Kumar, 1990-1993 �  ICTP Associate Member, 1986 �  Currently President of Vijay Kumar Foundation

Projects Networks Scientific

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Consultants ICTP Fellows at Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata (2007)

Network in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Bangalore, (2002)

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Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Madras (1994), no longer active

China-India-Viet Nam Network 2000 in commutative algebraic geometry, Mumbai, (2000), no longer active

Regional Network in Semiconductor Science and Technology, Delhi, (1990), no longer active

}  Winter School in Quantitative Systems Biology, Bangalore, 2013

}  Fundamentals of Ocean Climate Modelling at Global and Regional Scales, Hyderabad, 2013

}  Targeted Training Activity (TTA): Intraseasonal Monsoon Predictability and Prediction, Pune, 2013

}  Physware 2012: A Collaborative Workshop on Low-Cost Equipment and Appropriate Technologies that Promote Undergraduate-level, Hands-on Physics Education throughout the Developing World, New Delhi, 2012

}  Conference on Research Frontiers in Ultra-Cold Atomic and Molecular Gases, 10-14 Jan, Goa, 2011

}  Workshop on 'Palaeoclimates and human dispersal during Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS3)', Chennai, 2011

}  Advanced School on Convection in Industrial Applications, Bangalore, 2010

}  Hands-on Research on Complex Systems - Winter School, Bhat, 2008

}  Workshop on Seismic Hazard in Asia, Bangalore, 2008 }  Summer School on Electronic Structure Methods and

their Applications, and Workshop on Computational Materials Theory, Bangalore, 2006

}  MoU with Indian Institute of Science in 2011 ◦  To encourage collaboration in research areas of

mutual interest }  MoU with I2IT, Pune in 2005 ◦  To promote teaching, training, research, projects

and professional activities }  Agreement with DST, New Delhi in 1999 ◦  To implement of Fellowships in institutions of

education and research throughout India ◦  renewed every 5 years

}  ICTP Chapter in India in 1993 ◦  Initiative of H.P. Garg, Indian Institute of Technology ◦  To coordinate collaborative efforts between the Indian

scientific community and ICTP

}  The amounts shown on the following page give a lower-bound estimate of the financial support ICTP has provided to Indian science during the period 1996 to 2012.

ICTP programmes Financial support in Euro

Postgraduate Diploma Programme*

8,000

STEP Programme* 17,000 Federation Programme 137700 ICTP-ELETTRA Programme 303500 OEA Programme 420400 Research Group Visitors 684800 Associate Programme 1302500 Postdoctoral Fellows 1391000 Conference Participants 2365000 TRIL Programme 3071300 TOTAL 9,701,200

*Postgraduate Diploma and STEP Programmes, less than 1%

1% 3%

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14% 25%

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ICTP financial support to India Share by programme, 1996-2012

Federation Programme

ICTP-ELETTRA Programme

OEA Programme

Research Group Visitors

Associate Programme

Postdoctoral Fellows

Conference Participants

TRIL Programme