S. Vishnu Sharma
IIT Madras webinars is all about the webinars going to be organised by the well-known educational institution to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
The IIT Madras webinars will deal with topics of national relevance and would be a part of the ‘SIDDHI’ fortnightly webinar series as the ‘Health and Environment Week.’
IIT Madras webinars to speak on great topics of national relevance
This lecture series, IIT Madras webinars were launched on 14 August this year by the Institute.
The SIDDHI (Self-reliant India: Discussions and Dialogues for Humane Innovations) webinar series, IIT Madras webinars will focus on topics namely ‘socially relevant technologies’ ‘technology for self-reliance (Atma Nirbhar Bharat) and ‘technology and rural development’
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IIT Madras webinars will be conducted from 1 to 4 October.
The webinars would start after a grand inauguration by IIT Madras director Dr. Bhaskar Ramamurthi. Several important topics will be discussed during IIT Madras webinars.
Speaking about IIT Madras webinars, Professor Raghunathan Rengaswamy, Dean (Global Engagement), IIT Madras said they are very happy to present discussions by eminent people addressing important problems in health and environment faced by our nation today.
The engagement of participants from all sections of the society in this IIT Madras webinars is encouraging and a testament to the relevance of the topics being discussed, he said.
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The first topic to be discussed in the IIT Madras webinars is ‘Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in India: where are we and the way forward?’ This has been scheduled for 6.30 pm on 1 October.
The session would be moderated by Prof. V.R. Muraleedharan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, and feature eminent speakers including Dr. Girija Vaidyanathan, former Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu.
Those willing to take part in IIT Madras webinars can register themselves at ‘https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_c-EfrYOMQmeTRHa27US6xA’
Another session of IIT Madras webinars will deal about ‘Designed for Independence: Enhancing Quality of Life for Persons with Disability’ is scheduled for 6.30 pm, 2 October.
The session would be moderated by Prof. Sujatha Srinivasan, Head, TTK Center for R2D2, IIT Madras, who developed ‘Arise,’ India’s first standing wheelchair.
Speakers include Mr. V.R. Feroze, Senior Vice President, Head, of SAP Academy for Engineering, SAP SE and Founder of India Inclusion Foundation.
Those willing to take part in this session of IIT Madras webinars can register themselves at this link ‘https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bqsS6QyXS-SyiOnLaGDxFw’
The next session in IIT Madras webinars will speak on ‘Wastewater Management in the 21st Century’ and would be held at 7:30 pm on 3 October.
It would be addressed by Prof. George Tchobanoglous, Emeritus Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, and moderated by Professor Indumathi M. Nambi, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras.
Interested participants can click the link ‘https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NnZgvFgiQtaD26DzsjwH3A’
The final session of IIT Madras webinars will speak on the topic ‘Sustainable water and waste management in villages’ and is scheduled to take place for 6:30 pm on 4 October.
Professor Ligy Philip and Professor B.S. Murty, Institute Chair Professors, IIT Madras will speak at final sesssion of IIT Madras webinars.
Interested persons can click the link ‘https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fH6Npbp5Q7GWTZQFO6W7Og’
SIDDHI is a collaborative endeavour with faculty, researchers and students involved in projects sponsored by Government of India under SPARC, VAJRA and socially relevant projects approved by the Government of India such as Unnat Bharat Abhiyan and New India Internship.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) was established in 1959 by the Government of India as an ‘Institute of National Importance.’
The activities of the Institute in various fields of Science and Technology are carried out in 16 academic departments and several advanced interdisciplinary research academic centres.
The Institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to B.Tech., M.Sc., M.B.A., M.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D., degrees in a variety of specialisations.
IITM is a residential institute with more than 580 faculty and 9,500 students. Students from 18 countries are enrolled here.
IITM fosters an active entrepreneurial culture with strong curricular support and through the IITM Incubation Cell.
IITM has been ranked No.1 in the ‘Overall’ Category for the second consecutive year in India Ranking 2020 released by National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.
The Institute has also been ranked No.1 in the ‘Engineering Institutions’ category in the same Rankings for five consecutive years – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
It was also adjudged as the ‘Top innovative Institution’ in the country in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) in 2019 and 2020. ARIIA Ranking was launched by Innovation Cell of Ministry of Education.