** old ** IAMAS/IAPSO Joint Scientific Assemblies

Date: 1-9 July 1997

Place: World Congress Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Contact:

IAMAS/IAPSO Secretariat
Port Melbourne Victoria 3207
Australia
Phone: +613 9646 4122
Fax: +61 3 9646 7737
E-mail: mscarlett @peg.apc.org

Date: 28 April-1 May 1996

Date: 6-8 January 1999

Place: Tuticorin

Themes include: Development of fisheries technology-  Aquaculture technology; Fishing technology; Fish processing technology; Fisheries biotechnology. Transfer of fisheries technology- Economics of fisheries technology; Extension methods for transfer of fisheries technology.

Contact:

The Organizing Secretary
National Seminar on Development and Transfer
of Fisheries Technology
Fisheries College and Research Institute
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences
University,
Tuticorin 628 008
Phone: 0461-340154,
Fax: 0461-340574

Date: 9-11 March 1999

Place: Lucknow

Themes: The symposium would deliberate on the following aspects of snow, ice and glaciers, in Himalayan perspective- I. Glacier mass balance and dynamics; methodology, modern practices and R&D; II. Glacier, environment and mankind; Environmental interaction vis-…-vis planning and development in glaciated regime, watershed management; III. Glacial hydrology, run-off modelling, water resources management, sediment load and stream water quality in changing environment; IV. Plaeoglaciation, palaeoclimate including sea level changes; V. Geomorphology (glacial and periglacial), glacier inventory and polar glaciology; VI. Natural hazards, mitigation and environmental impacts; Ice/snow properties and snow cover; Geotechnical aspects of glaciated terrain; Geophysical and drilling practices in glaciology, modern surveying techniques in high altitude areas; VII. Logistic and communication problems in glaciated terrains; medical aspects of high altitude areas.

Contact:

Deepak Srivastava
Organizing Secretary
Glaciology Division
Geological Survey of India
Plot-2, Sector-E, Aliganj
Lucknow 226 024
Tel: 0522-321720, 370796, 326231, 326896 Extn 490
Fax 0522-376407
e-mail: gsiluck@up.nic.in; geodatnr@hotmail.com

Date: 18-20 February 1999

Place: New Delhi

Particular emphasis will be laid to sort out the following issues, among others, in this workshop: Inadequate knowledge to ascertain the reliability of historical information; Inadequate and approximate nature of references to status of land use in a particular historical land frame; Conversion of historic verbal/ qualitative statements to quantities and statistics usable in land use/cover change analysis; Difficulty in delineating the precise geographic region being referred to in historical records; Conversion of historical information into GIS compatible data formats and statistics.

Contact:

Prof. Yash P. Abrol
Convener
Division of Plant Physiology
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa
New Delhi 110 012, India
Fax: 91-11-576 6420
e-mail: vpabrol@nd.vsnl.net.in

or

Dr. M. K. Tiwari
Co-Convener,
Centre on Global Change
National Physical Laboratory
K.S. Krishnan Road,
New Delhi 110 012, India
Fax: 91-11-575 2678
e-mail: mktiwari@del3.vsnl.net.in

Date: 5 February 1999

Place: Pune

The disciplines covered will be Ayurveda, Yoga, Modern Cardiology, Acupuncture, Acupressure, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Chinese medicine systems and other allied fields.

Contact:

Prof. P. H. Kulkarni
Ayurveda Academy
36, Kothrud, Opp. Mhatoba Temple
Pune 411 029, India
Phone: 91-0212-332130/343933
Fax: 91-0212-363132/343933
e-mail: ayurveda.academy@jwbbs.com
sagar.kulkarni@gems.vsnl.net.in

Date: 25, 26 February 1999

Place: Chennai

The symposium envisages the recognition of the value and relevance of biotechnological approaches in the formulation of novel strategies for insect pest management. The topics to be covered include: Biotechnology for the sustainable and potential use of biocontrol agents; Biotechnology in relation to natural pesticides (biopesticides) for use in integrated pest management; Transgenics in integrated pest management; Developing pesticidal engineered crops-scope in Indian sub-continent.

Contact:

Director
Entomology Research Institute
Loyola College
Chennai 600 034
Telefax: 044-826 5542
e-mail: erilc@tn.nic.in

Date: 1-5 February 2000

Place: Udaipur

The scientific programs will feature: Group Discussion on Focal Theme (Emerging Opportunities and Geological Curricula of the 21st Century); Technical Sessions of IGC-2000; National Seminar on `Groundwater Resources'; Field Trips.

Contact:

Date: 21-22 January 1999

Place: Coimbatore

Themes include: Biotechnological approach to biological control of insects; neem and other botanicals and pest management; viral, bacterial and fungal pesticides; entomopathogenic nematodes; vector control; prey-predator-parasite relationships; biocontrol in sericulture; eco-friendly pesticides and bio-diversity; bio-park, bio-farming and conservation.

Contact:

Dr K. Murugan
Organizing Secretary BCI'99
Division of Entomology
Department of Zoology
Bharathiar University
Coimbatore 641 046, India
Tel: (O) 0422-422 222 Extn 241
(R) 0422-423 894
Fax: (O) 0422-422 387
(R) 0422-423 894
e-mail: murugan@as250.bharathi.ernet.in

Date: 5-7 February 1999

Place: Raipur

Objectives: (i) To review the status of pineal research in India; (ii) To provide a platform for interaction among researchers in this field; (iii) To identify thrust areas of research and to transmit consensus report to various funding agencies with a view to promote research activities on the pineal gland that is going to play a vital role in human health and medicine in the coming century.

Contact:

Dr (Mrs) Renu Maheshwari
Organizing Secretory
National Symposium on Recent Advances in Pineal
Research
Department of Zoology
Govt College of Science
Raipur 492 010
Phone: (O) 0771-223131
<~> 0771-254999/537189/255999

Date: 8-11 December 1998

Place: Pune

The principal objective of the workshop will be to collate and examine the climatic data from the geological and archaeological records from arid and semi-arid regions in Asia and neighbouring regions and examine their relationship with other regions with similar present day climate.

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