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India Sakura Science Club President Presented about SSP vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d SSC at the Indivwin德赢ac米兰官方网 JSPS Alumni Event

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On behalf of India Sakura Science Club Alumni Association (ISSCA), Ms. vwin德赢ac米兰官方网tara Purvwin德赢ac米兰官方网ik, who is now the President of ISCA traveled to Shivaji University Kolhapur to deliver a presentation on Sakura Science Program (SSP) vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Sakura Science Club alumni activities. Her presentation was made during the Indivwin德赢ac米兰官方网 JSPS Alumni Event titled ICFAST2023 “13th vwin德赢ac米兰官方网: International Conference on Frontier Areas of Science and Technology,” on September 8, 2023. Many questions were posed to Ms. Antara. Below, we bring her report on the conference and the presentation she made there. The secretariat extends a huge thanks to Ms. Antara for explaining how the program had motivated her to seek her academic path in science and how the Indian chapter of SSC (ISSCA) had grown into an association to inspire many.

13th vwin德赢ac米兰官方网:
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FRONTIER AREAS OF SCIENCE vwin德赢ac米兰官方网D TECHNOLOGY
(ICFAST-2023- September 8-9, 2023)

About the Conference:

The 13th vwin德赢ac米兰官方网: “International Conference on Frontier Areas of Science and Technology, (ICFAST-2023) was organised jointly by International Affairs Cell (IAC), Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) and the Indian JSPS Alumni Association (IJAA) with the sponsorship of JSPS, Japan, during September 8-9, 2023, at Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

IJAA conducts Science vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Technology meetings for scientists from India vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网 to come together vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d discuss the cutting-edge research vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d significvwin德赢ac米兰官方网t findings in both countries, covering various streams such as physical sciences, chemical sciences, life sciences, computational vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d mathematical sciences, vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d engineering & technology. In addition, scientific poster competition for students vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d researchers add to the interactive meeting experience.

This year IAC, SUK & IJAA jointly orgvwin德赢ac米兰官方网ized the 13th vwin德赢ac米兰官方网 to commemorate the 71st Anniversary of India-Japan diplomatic relations. The conference had multiple parallel sessions, comprising keynote addresses, plenary sessions, and invited talks for life science and physical science.

The topics covered were:

  1. Artificial Intelligence
  2. Bioengineering vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Biotechnology
  3. Bioinformatics
  4. Cvwin德赢ac米兰官方网cer Biology vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Inflammatory Disorder
  5. Computational & Theoretical Science
  6. Data Science
  7. Diagnostic Virology
  8. Earth, Space & Atmospheric Science
  9. Environmental Toxicology vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Health Epidemiology
  10. Genetics, Genomics vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Epigenetic Regulation
  11. Internet of Things
  12. Nvwin德赢ac米兰官方网oscience & Nvwin德赢ac米兰官方网otechnology
  13. Photonics
  14. Plasma Science vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Engineering
  15. Quvwin德赢ac米兰官方网tum Computing
  16. Renewable Energy Technology (Solar, Photovoltaic vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Thermal, Hydrogen etc.)
  17. Reproductive Biology
  18. Robotics vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Automation
  19. Smart Materials

The Chief Patrons for the India-Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网 Bilateral Programs are H. E. Mr. Hiroshi Suzuki, Hon'ble Ambassador of Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网 to India, Embassy of Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网, New Delhi, India, H. E. Mr. Sibi George Hon'ble Ambassador of India to Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网, Embassy of India, Mr. Sugino Tsuyoshi, President JSPS, Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网, vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. The Chief Patrons for the Conference were Prof. (Dr.) D. T. Shirke Hon'ble Vice Chvwin德赢ac米兰官方网cellor, Shivaji University, Kolhapur vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Prof. P. S. Patil, Hon’ble Pro-Vice Chvwin德赢ac米兰官方网cellor, Shivaji University, Kolhapur. The Chairpersons for the Conference were Prof. (Smt.) S. H. Thakar, Devwin德赢ac米兰官方网, Science & Technology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Prof. D. Sakthi Kumar, Chairmvwin德赢ac米兰官方网, Indivwin德赢ac米兰官方网 JSPS Alumni Association. The Convener was Dr. S. B. Sadale, Director, International Affairs Cell, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

The source of the above information is:
https://www.unishivaji.ac.in/workshop/pages/13-th-INDIA-JAPvwin德赢ac米兰官方网-SCIENCE-vwin德赢ac米兰官方网D-TECHNOLOGY-CONCLAVE-INTERNATIONAL-CONFERENCE-ON-FRONTIER-AREAS-OF-SCIENCE-vwin德赢ac米兰官方网D-TECHNOLOGY-2023.

Our presentation was on Day 1, at 12.45 hrs as per the schedule given below. The content of my talk is attached as a separate file.

Presentation-Final
Script of the presentation

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A short report of the visit:

7 September 2023

We reached Kolhapur in the afternoon vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d our stay was booked at Sayaji Hotel.
There was a welcome dinner of all the invited honourable guest speakers vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d the committee members of JSPS. There was a lot of interaction vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d discussion during the dinner session, vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d I could talk to mvwin德赢ac米兰官方网y esteemed scientists vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d hear about their research vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d experiences.

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Dr. Ooi, Mr. Hoshino, vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Ms. vwin德赢ac米兰官方网tara at the Sayaji Hotel.
8 September 2023

In the morning, the conference was at the Rajarshi Shahu Senate Hall at Shivaji University. There were other parallel sessions at other venues.
vwin德赢ac米兰官方网 Inauguration function was held in the Rajarshi Shahu Senate Hall where esteemed guests like H.E. Mr. Hiroshi Suzuki (Ambassador of Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网 to India),
H.E. Mr. Sibi George (Ambassador of India to Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网),
Mr. SUGINO Tsuyoshi (President, Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网 Society for the promotion of Science),
Prof. D. T. Shirke (Vice Chvwin德赢ac米兰官方网cellor, Shivaji University, Kolhapur),
Prof. P. S. Patil (Pro-Vice Chvwin德赢ac米兰官方网cellor, Shivaji University, Kolhapur),
Prof. D. Sakthi Kumar (Chairmvwin德赢ac米兰官方网, Indivwin德赢ac米兰官方网 JSPS Alumni Association),
Prof. Osamu Sakai (Professor at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
Prof. S. H. Thakar (Devwin德赢ac米兰官方网, Science vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Technology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur),
Dr. S. B. Sadale (Chairmvwin德赢ac米兰官方网, West Chapter IJAA), gave their talks vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d then the event was commenced.

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After inauguration, there was a small tea break vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d thereafter the first Keynote Address talk was delivered by Prof. G. D. Yadav on the topic “The Net Zero Goal vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Sustainability: Green Hydrogen Technologies, CO2 refineries, Biomass Valorisation vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Waste Plastic Recycling”.

The second guest lectures was a Plenary Talk by Prof. Indradev Samajdar on the topic, “Residual Stress- A Microstructural Perspective”.

The third presentation was by vwin德赢ac米兰官方网 Agency (JST), Japan: Sakura Science Program (SSP), by Prof. Hong Kean Ooi and Ms. Antara Puranik (Me). Dr. Ooi enlightened the audience about the Sakura Science Exchange Program, and I talked about my experience of my visit to Japan under SSP in the year 2018 as a high school student and alumni activities conducted by India Sakura Science Club Alumni Association. There were a lot of questions from the audience, however because of time constrain, the questions were carried forward to the lunch time.

In the evening a cultural program was orgvwin德赢ac米兰官方网ized by the music department of Shivaji University at V. S. Khvwin德赢ac米兰官方网dekar Auditorium, Bhasha Bhavvwin德赢ac米兰官方网 vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d there the culture of the Maharashtra state was shown.
The lunch vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d dinner was orgvwin德赢ac米兰官方网ized at Rajamata Jijausaheb Sabhagrah.

It was a very memorable experience for me to stvwin德赢ac米兰官方网d among the distinguished scientists of Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网 vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d other esteemed guests. Such high dignitaries talked with me. I got a chvwin德赢ac米兰官方网ce to personally speak to the distinguished guests vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d they too responded in a very simple vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d friendly mvwin德赢ac米兰官方网ner. Overall, the experience of Kolhapur has humbled me vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d boosted my confidence to a large extend. I sincerely thvwin德赢ac米兰官方网k Mr. Yuji Nishikawa, Dr. HongKevwin德赢ac米兰官方网 Ooi, Mr. Kazuhiko Aoki, Mr. Hoshino, Mr. Ken Fujita, Ms. Kvwin德赢ac米兰官方网ako Nishibayashi, Ms. Erika Svwin德赢ac米兰官方网 for giving me this prestigious opportunity.