CONFERENCE OF WOMEN SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS: ROLE IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT –
8-9^th  MARCH, 2002, VIGYAN BHAWAN, NEW DELHI

Messages    

From Honorable Prime Minister

From Honorable Minister S & T, Prof. Murli Manohar Joshi

From Secretary, DBT, Dr. Manju Sharma

Address by Dr. Manju Sharma, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology

Post-Conference Papers  

• Role of empowered women in empowering women

Dr. V. Prakash, Director
Central Food Technological Research Institute
MYSORE – 570 013

• Achievements of women scientists and technologists

Dr. Maria Lisette D’Souza
National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa.

• Women scientists & technologist for national development

Dr. Poonam Tandon, Lucknow

• Role of professional women agriculturists in bridging gap between technology generation and utilization

Dr. Indu Grover, Ex. Dean, College of Home Science
Professor, Home Science Extension Education, 
College of Home Science, 
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

• Perspective of a chemical engineer in space programme

Dr. Manjari Rajan, Head CPCC, VSSC Trivandrum

• Career options for women in science: marine science

Dr. Sugandha Sardessai
National Institute of Oceanography, Dona-Paula, Goa

• Career opportunities for women scientists and chemical engineers

Dr. R. Saraswathi, Department of  Materials Science, 
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai – 625 021

• Women in Indian space programmes, technology  and vision

Dr. BARKHA GUPTA, Scientist/Engineer, 
Space applications centre, Ahmedabad. 
Indian Space Research Organisation
Department of Space

• Women in the field of environmental sciences

Dr. Rani Sahu, Center for Energy Studies, 
Indian Institute of Technology, Delh110016

• Science careers and women : mind sets that matter.

Dr. Rukhsana Chowdhury
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 
Kolkata 700 032

• Natural resource conservation in developmental planning : a case study

Dr. (Mrs.) Rekha Thakre
Assistant Director, Geo Environment Mgt. Division, 
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, 
Nagpur 440 020

• Reaching the unreached: biology and medicine

Dr. Jayasree Sengupta
Department of Physiology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

• Reaching the unreached through commercializable biotechnologies

Dr. Leela Sahijram
Senior Scientist
Division of  Biotechnology
Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), 
Hessaraghatta
Bangalore - 560 089

• Facilitating entrepreneur-ship amongst rural women of himachal pradesh through biotechnological application

Dr. Madhu Sharma, Anil Sood and P.S. Ahuja, 
Department of Biotechnology, 
Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, 
Palampur-176 061 (Himachal Pradesh)

• Structural application of smart materials

 Dr.K. Muthumani* & Dr. R. Sreekala**SERC, Chennai

• Potential of pineapple.

Dr. K. Rajshree, Ph.D. student of JNU, Delhi

• Potential of ginger

 Dr. Y. Sangita Devi, Ph.D. Student of JNU, Delhi.

• Cultivation of medicinal plants for the benefit of marginal women farmers in bhima catchment area.

Dr. Sujata Tetali,  Dr. Kishori Apte and Mr. Anant Gogte
Gram Vardhini, Pune (Maharashtra).

• Technology for production of uranium oxide for nuclear power reactor
  
  Dr. Sheela, Dr. Meena R, Dr. Anuradha, 
  Dr. R.M. Kartha, Dr. R.K. Pujar, Dr. Ajit Singh, Dr. C. Ganguly
  Nuclear Fuel Complex
  Hyderabad.
  

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