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10:45 11:00 2.a Ashwini kumar Sinha NCPS2017/103 4.a Rasik Ravindra NCPS2017/161 1.a Sandip Kumar Roy NCPS2017/26411:00 11:15 2.a Arun Kumar Singh NCPS2017/7 4.a Pranab Dev Invited 1.b Naresh Pant NCPS2017/21011:15 11:30 2.a C P Anil Kumar NCPS2017/208 4.a Thamban Meloth NCPS2017/98 1.b M.Ravi Kumar NCPS2017/12211:30 11:45 2.a Anand K. Singh NCPS2017/21 4.a Praveen K. Thakur NCPS2017/22511:45 12:00 4.a Laluraj C M NCPS2017/99 2.e Mukunda M Gogoi NCPS2017/26212:00 12:15 2.b Dr. Ashis K. Mitra NCPS2017/215 2.e Dr Neelesh Kumar Lodhi NCPS2017/912:15 12:30 2.b M.Santosh NCPS2017/212 4.b Ashit Kumar Swain NCPS2017/65 2.e Jis Romal Jose NCPS2017/23612:30 12:45 2.b Sourav Chatterjee NCPS2017/197 4.b Simone Darji NCPS2017/164 2.e Girach Imran NCPS2017/6912:45 13:00 2.c Sabu Prabhakaran NCPS2017/102 4.b Thupstan Angchuk NCPS2017/207 2.e M Sateesh NCPS2017/18513:00 13:15 2.c Divya David T NCPS2017/132 4.c P.S. Sunil NCPS2017/183 2.e Kannan V M NCPS2017/14513:15 13:30 2.c Racheal Chacko NCPS2017/129 4.c Parmanand Sharma NCPS2017/26 2.e Mahesh P NCPS2017/229

16:00 16:15 2.c Swaleha Inamdar NCPS2017/50 4.c Argha Banerjee NCPS2017/238 4.d D. Ram Rajak NCPS2017/14416:15 16:30 2.d Rahul P NCPS2017/49 4.c Naveen NCPS2017/123 4.d Saheed P P NCPS2017/8416:30 16:45 2.d Melena Soares NCPS2017/128 4.c Lavkush Kumar Patel NCPS2017/57 4.d Girija Kalyani Burada NCPS2017/1716:45 17:00 2.d Sarat Chandra Tripathy NCPS2017/35 4.c Mohd Soheb NCPS2017/177 4.d Anurag Kumar NCPS2017/817:00 17:15 2.d Mriganka Sekhar Biswas NCPS2017/203 4.c Arindan Mandal NCPS2017/149 4.d Amita Prabhu NCPS2017/2917:15 17:30 2.d P V Bhaskar NCPS2017/74 4.c Aditya Kudekar NCPS2017/21417:30 17:45 2.d Nibedita Behera NCPS2017/5417:45 18:00 2.d P Muhamed Ashraf NCPS2017/17018:00 18:15 2.d Smitha B R

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Solar-terrestrial Interaction Studies

Weather and Climate Modeling Including Sea Ice Prediction

Southern Ocean Circulation in Climate Dynamics

Biogeochemical Cycle and Oceanic Processes

Chairman: Dr. M. Ravichandran, NCAOR

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Registration

High Tea

Plenary (Auditorium): Dr. Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, Secretary, MoES

Inauguration and Welcome Address by Director NCAOR (Auditorium)

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Glacier processes and glacio-hydrological responses

Key Note : Dr. R. Krishnan, IITM, Pune

Lunch (Basement of Auditorium)

Key Note Dr. Ishmohan Bahuguna Key Note Dr. V. Ravikant, IIT Kharagpur

Geochronology, Geochemistry and Petrology

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Crustal Evolution: Insight from Recent Geophysical and Geological

Investigations

Cultural Progamme Dinner

Chairman: Dr. Thamban Meloth, NCAOR Chairman: Prof. N.C. Pant , DU

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9:30 9:45 3.a Ramesh H. Kripalani NCPS2017/33 5.a C.R. Asha Devi NCPS2017/195 6.a B.Kesavakumart NCPS2017/49:45 10:00 3.a Ramanathan AL NCPS2017/186 5.a Archana Singh NCPS2017/271 6.b Lalit Kumar Ahirwar NCPS2017/282

10:00 10:15 3.a K Jeeva NCPS2017/168 5.a Krishnapriya P.P NCPS2017/232 6.c Ragavendrasamy NCPS2017/13110:15 10:30 3.a P K Shrivastava NCPS2017/265 5.b Rohan K. Menzies NCPS2017/85 6.d N.Ravi NCPS2017/18810:30 10:45 3.a Nuncio Murukesh NCPS2017/114 5.b Felix Bast NCPS2017/268 6.d Bhanu Pratap NCPS2017/25110:45 11:00 3.a Aditya Vaishya NCPS2017/252 5.b Devendra Singh NCPS2017/17311:00 11:15 3.a Rishav Goyal NCPS2017/166 5.b Mohammed Naufal NCPS2017/3711:15 11:30 3.a Dhirendra Kumar NCPS2017/288 5.b Anant Pande NCPS2017/11911:30 11:45 3.a Anubhav Choudhary NCPS2017/291 5.b Sabuj Bhattacharyya NCPS2017/13611:45 12:0012:00 12:15 3.b Vikash Kumar NCPS2017/61 5.c N.Ramaiah12:15 12:30 3.b Mahesh Badanal NCPS2017/281 5.c Rajib Bandopadhyay NCPS2017/6312:30 12:45 3.b Vartika Singh NCPS2017/115 5.c APARNA BANERJEE NCPS2017/6412:45 13:00 3.b Salman Khan NCPS2017/70 5.c BINISH M.B. NCPS2017/14213:00 13:15 3.b Shubham Tripathi NCPS2017/90 5.c Urmi Halder NCPS2017/4413:15 13:30 3.b Aabha Tayshetye NCPS2017/292 5.c K. SIVAKUMAR NCPS2017/235

16:00 16:15 3.b Shabnam choudhary NCPS2017/17816:15 16:30 3.b Yogesh Ray NCPS2017/1816:30 16:4516:45 18:00

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Award distribution and valedictory function (Auditorium)

Chairman: Dr. P.C. Pandey , Former Director, NCAOR Chairman: Dr. S. SatyaKumar, WII, Dehradun Chairman: Shri. Mirza Javed Beg, NCAOR

Poster Session (Theme 1, 3, 5, 6 )

Key Note Prof. R. Ramesh, NISER, Bhubaneswar

Lunch (Basement of Auditorium)

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Parallel Session 3 (Auditorium Conferenc Room)

Registration

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Medical & Social issues: Polar medicine, impacts of the polar

environment and isolation over winter on individuals and

communities

Paleorecords and their climate linkages

Planktons of the past and present: climatological and ecological

perspectives

Key Note Dr. S. Shivaji, Director LVPEI Key Note Dr. Rasik Ravindra, Former Director, NCAOR

Safety: human safety, equipment, clothing, operating procedures

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Microbial diversity: their role in the environment and

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Physical forcings, biogeochemical feedbacks, variability

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10:45 2.aAshwini Kumar Sinha

NCPS2017/103 On the characteristics of day side precipitation of 100S of Kev Electrons at L=5- A Statistical Study

11:00 2.a Arun Kumar Singh NCPS2017/7 High latitude Ionospheric Response to the Interplanetary Shock

11:15 2.a C P Anil Kumar NCPS2017/208 Investigation of response of the geomagnetic potential at high latitudes - Antarctica

11:30 2.a Anand K. Singh NCPS2017/21 Does the poleward expanding substorm electrojet arrive earlier in the winter hemisphere?

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12:00 2.b Dr. Ashis K. Mitra NCPS2017/215 Understanding and Prediction of Polar Regions by Global Coupled Modelling System

12:15 2.b M.Santosh NCPS2017/212Observations of vertical structure of diurnal variability in the atmospheric boundary layer over Indian station Bharati (68oS, 76oE) a coastal island in East Antarctica during the austral summer of 2016-17

12:30 2.b Sourav Chatterjee NCPS2017/197ENSO Related SST Anomalies and Relation with Surface Heat Fluxesover Southern Ocean

12:45 2.c Sabu Prabhakaran NCPS2017/102Observational evidence of anomalous warming in the Prydz Bay, coastal waters of east Antarctica during austral summer of 2017

13:00 2.c Divya David T NCPS2017/132Observational evidence of physical and biochemical coupling in an Arctic fjord from IndARC

13:15 2.c Racheal Chacko NCPS2017/129Variability of Polar Front in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summer: An overview from in-situ and satellite data

16:00 2.c Swaleha Inamdar NCPS2017/50 Halogen Chemistry in the Southern Ocean Marine Boundary Layer

16:15 2.d Rahul P NCPS2017/49 Stable isotope ratios in water vapor, rainwater and estimation of recycled moisture over the Southern Ocean

16:30 2.d Melena Soares NCPS2017/128 Characteristics of particulate organic matter across the fronts in the Southern Ocean: A Stable Isotope Approach

16:45 2.dSarat Chandra Tripathy

NCPS2017/35Nitrogen uptake by phytoplankton in surface waters of the Indian sector of Southern Ocean during austral summer

17:00 2.dMriganka Sekhar Biswas

NCPS2017/203 Reactive halogen species in the Antarctic boundary layer

17:15 2.d P V Bhaskar NCPS2017/74 Microbial dynamics and biochemical characteristics of organic carbon in Kongsfjorden during June 2011

17:30 2.d Nibedita Behera NCPS2017/54 Influence of Polar Water on the Biology of Southern Indian Ocean

17:45 2.d P Muhamed Ashraf NCPS2017/170 Inherent and Apparent Optical properties in the Indian Sector of Southern Ocean

18:00 2.d Smitha B RSub-seasonal variations in fjord dynamics in response to the differential advection rates- A case study in Kongsfjorden.

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Welcome address by Director, NCAOR (Auditorium)

Plenary (Auditorium): Dr. Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, Secretary, MoES

High Tea

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Southern Ocean Circulation in Climate Dynamics

Biogeochemical Cycle and Oceanic Processes

Key Note: Dr. R. Krishnan, IITM, Pune

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10:45 4.a Rasik Ravindra NCPS2017/161Antarctic Coast to Pole- A geomorphologic Traverse

11:004.a Pranab Dev Invited

Modelling of West Antarctic climate during austral summer, 1979-2015 using a high-resolution atmospheric model

11:154.a Thamban Meloth NCPS2017/98

MADICE-study of the dynamics and evolution of ice rises and past climate of the coastal Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

11:304.a Praveen K. Thakur NCPS2017/225

Study of Antarctic Ice Sheet/Sea Ice Features and Glacier Landforms using Satellite Data

11:454.a Laluraj C M NCPS2017/99

Does global warming increase dust deposition in Antarctica? A case study from an ice core proxy record

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12:15 4.b Ashit Kumar Swain NCPS2017/65 Glacial dynamics of Polar ice sheet between Schirmacher Oasis and Wohlthat Mountains, East Antarctica

12:30 4.b Simone Darji NCPS2017/164 Spatial - Temporal Investigation of Ice Dynamics over the Amery Ice Shelf

12:45 4.b Thupstan Angchuk NCPS2017/207Surface Energy Balance, Meteorological Conditions and Snow Melt Measurement at Schirmacher Oasis, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

13:00 4.c P.S. Sunil NCPS2017/183Surface velocity and strain rate mapping of Vestre Broggerbreen Glacier, Svalbard using Global Positioning System (GPS)

13:15 4.c Parmanand Sharma NCPS2017/26Water balance investigation of Chandra basin, Western Himalaya, India: Implications for evaporation and sublimation estimation modeling complexity

16:00 4.c Argha BanerjeeNCPS2017/238 The control of debris thickness on the diurnal discharge profile in extensively

debris-covered glaciers

16:15 4.c NaveenNCPS2017/123 Tracer based estimation of temporal variation in chemodynamics and water sources in upper Chandra glacier

catchment

16:30 4.cLavkush Kumar Patel

NCPS2017/57 Spatial and temporal variability of snow water equivalent in early spring at two valley glaciers around Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

16:45 4.c Mohd SohebNCPS2017/177 Mass balance reconstruction and volume change in over two decades of Stok glacier in cold-arid Ladakh region,

trans-Himalayas India.

17:00 4.c Arindan MandalNCPS2017/149 Sub-seasonal melt measurement, its modelling and relation to local meteorology on Chhota Shigri glacier during

2015 and 2016

17:15 4.c Aditya KudekarNCPS2017/214 Glacier Dynamics Studies using Geospatial Tools in part of Pindar river basin

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Registration

Plenary (Auditorium): Dr. Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, Secretary, MoES

High Tea

08:00 to 09:00

09:15 to 09:45

09:00 to 09:15 Welcome address by Director, NCAOR (Auditorium)

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Sessions Chair: Dr. Thamban Meloth, NCAOR

Key Note: Dr. Ishmohan Bahuguna10:15 to 10:45

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10:45 1.a Sandip Kumar Roy NCPS2017/264New constraints from U-Pb Zircon ages from Larsemann Hills, area: Implications for Late Neo Proterozoic Gondwana reconstruction.

11:00 1.b Naresh Pant NCPS2017/210 Linking ICECAP-2 Aerogeophysical observations to subice geology in Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica

11:15 1.b M.Ravi Kumar NCPS2017/122 Crust and Lithospheric structure beneath Antarctica plate inferred from global gravimetry data

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11:45 2.e Mukunda M Gogoi NCPS2017/262 Radiative implications of spring time aerosols in the Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard Island)

12:00 2.eNeelesh Kumar Lodhi

NCPS2017/9 Atmospheric constituents influence ground-based solar radiation over Maitri Antarctica

12:15 2.e Jis Romal Jose NCPS2017/236 Studies on the natural background radiation in and around Bharati station, Larsemann Hills, Antarctica

12:30 2.e Girach Imran NCPS2017/69 Surface ozone variation during summer season at Bharati station, Antarctica

12:45 2.e M Sateesh NCPS2017/185 Preliminary results of Surface Meteorological and Vertical Ozone Profile Observations at Bharati, Antarctica

13:00 2.e Kannan V. M. NCPS2017/145 Temporal trends of selected heavy metals in the core sediment of Kongsfjorden, Ny-Älesund

13:15 2.e Mahesh P NCPS2017/229 Climate change; no mercy even to the last station on the earth, Antarctica-an observation

16:00 4.d D. Ram Rajak NCPS2017/144 Estimation of the Antarctic Sea Ice using Scatsat-1 Super Resolution Data

16:15 4.d Saheed P. P. NCPS2017/84 Sea Ice Representation in the global Ocean Data Assimilation System

16:30 4.dGirija Kalyani Burada

NCPS2017/17 Seasonal trends in Antarctic Sea-Ice –A Comparison Over 1980-2015 and 2000-2015 periods

16:45 4.d Anurag Kumar NCPS2017/8 Effect of Air-Sea Forcing on the Sea Ice Variability around Indian Antarctic stations

17:00 4.d Amita Prabhu NCPS2017/29 Greenland Sea Ice Variability: Association with South and East Asian Monsoons

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Geochronology, Geochemistry and Petrology

Crustal Evolution: Insight from Recent Geophysical and Geological Investigations

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Sea-ice variability and dynamics through time and space

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Welcome address by Director, NCAOR (Auditorium)

09:15 to 09:45

Plenary (Auditorium): Dr. Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, Secretary, MoES

19:30-22:00 Dinner

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Lunch

14:30 to 16:00

Poster Session

18:30-19:30 Cultural Programme

09:45 to High Tea

10:15 to 10:45

Sessions Chair: Dr. V. Ravikant, IIT Kharagpur

Key Note: Prof. N. C. Pant, Delhi University

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9:30 3.a Ramesh H. Kripalani NCPS2017/33 Monsoon Variability vis-a-vis the Southern Annular Mode

9:45 3.a Ramanathan AL NCPS2017/186Isotopic signature of snow, rain and ice over over three Poles (Arctic, Antarctic and Himalayas) using PICARRO-CRDS at JNU

10:00 3.a K Jeeva NCPS2017/168 Relationship between Atmospheric electricity parameters, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and surface weather

10:15 3.a P K shrivastava NCPS2017/265 Late Quaternary climate change in Larsemann Hills and Schirmacher Oasis of East Antarctica

10:30 3.a Nuncio Murukesh NCPS2017/114 Recent changes in Arctic Temperature and Precipitaition10:45 3.a Aditya Vaishya NCPS2017/252 Regional and synoptic source influence on Arctic (Ny-Ålesund) aerosols during spring

11:00 3.a Rishav Goyal NCPS2017/166Heat Content Variability over Northern Indian Ocean during the pre andpost hiatus period

11:15 3.a Dhirendra Kumar NCPS2017/288 Assessment of seasonal mean temperature over Himalayan region under future climate scenarios

11:30 3.a Anubhav Choudhary NCPS2017/291 Understanding elevation dependent warming in future over Himalayan region from CORDEX-SA simulations

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12:00 3.b Vikash Kumar NCPS2017/61Geochemical Investigation of Surface and Core Sediments at an Arctic Fjord - Kongsfjorden

12:15 3.b Mahesh Badanal NCPS2017/281 Holocene climate reconstruction from lacustrine sediment cores of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

12:30 3.b Vartika Singh NCPS2017/115Dinoflagellate cysts from Kongsfjorden, NY-Ålesund, Svalbard: A Proxy tool for palaeoceanographic reconstructions

12:45 3.b Salman Khan NCPS2017/70 Mid- Pliocene Climate and Vegetation Equilibrium: Arctic-Asian monsoon teleconnections

13:00 3.b Shubham Tripathi NCPS2017/90 Linkages between Northern Hemisphere Glaciation and South Asian Monsoon

13:15 3.b Aabha Tayshetye NCPS2017/292A 21 kyr climate record reconstructed from Mochou Lake sediment core of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica: perspectives gained from diatom abundance and sedimentary organic matter

16:00 3.bShabnam choudhary

NCPS2017/178 Lacustrine sediments: their source, depositional processes and productivity, Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

16:15 3.b Yogesh Ray NCPS2017/18 Geomorphic configuration and Lithofacies variation in Glacial Deposits of Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica

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Paleorecords and their climate linkages

Key Note: Prof. R. Ramesh, NISER, Bhubaneswar

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Sessions Chair: Dr. P. C. Pandey, Former Director, NCAOR

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9:30 5.a C.R. Asha Devi NCPS2017/195 Ecological characteristics of microzooplankton in an Arctic Fjord and comparison with major ecosystems

9:45 5.a Archana Singh NCPS2017/271 Spatial distribution of biomarker pigments in surface sediments of Kongsfjorden and Krossfjorden, Arctic

10:00 5.a Krishnapriya P.P NCPS2017/232 Feeding guild analysis of free living Meiobenthic nematodes from Arctic Kongsfjord, Svalbard

10:15 5.b Rohan K. Menzies NCPS2017/85Genetic validation of a long-term database of an endemic and endangered sub-Antarctic species – the Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes)

10:30 5.b Felix Bast NCPS2017/268 Floristic Diversity of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica10:45 5.b Devendra Singh NCPS2017/173 Diversity of Bryophytes of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

11:00 5.b Mohammed Naufal NCPS2017/37 Polar Bryozoan Research by India, Status and Potentials

11:15 5.b Anant Pande NCPS2017/119 Testing methods to plug the gaps on marine mammals of the southern ocean: challenges and opportunities

11:30 5.bSabuj Bhattacharyya

NCPS2017/136 Assessing Climatic Vulnerability of an Alpine Lagomorph in Western Himalaya

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12:00 5.c N.Ramaiah Micronutrient Enrichment Stirs-up Disparate Responses Among Antarctic Microbial Assemblages

12:15 5.cRajib Bandopadhyay

NCPS2017/63 Microalgae and bacteria from Southern Ocean (Indian Sector): Present research and its future applications

12:30 5.c Aparna Banerjee NCPS2017/64Exploring the biological potential of Southern Ocean (Indian Sector) microorganisms: Exopolysaccharide production and its characterization

12:45 5.c Binish M. B. NCPS2017/142 Mercury reduction potential of bacteria isolated from melt water streams, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

13:00 5.c Urmi Halder NCPS2017/44 Insight into the genome of UV-resistant Bacillus altitudinis from 3.8km depth of Southern Ocean, Indian Sector

13:15 5.c K. Sivakumar NCPS2017/235 Actinobacterial diversity of the Southern Ocean waters (Antarctica)

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Sessions Chair: Dr. S. Satya Kumar, WII, Dehradun

Key Note: Dr. S. Sivaji, Director, LVPEI

Diversity and Ecology of Flora and Fauna

Microbial diversity: their role in the environment and industry

13:30 to 14:30 Lunch

14:30 to 16:00 Poster Session (Theme 1.3,5,6)

16:30 to 18:00 Award Distribution and Valedictory Function

Planktons of the past and present: climatological and ecological perspectives

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9:30 6.a B.Kesavakumart NCPS2017/4 Challenges in data collection of Indian Arctic underwater moored observatory(IndARC)

9:45 6.a Lalit Kumar Ahirwar NCPS2017/282 Remote Management and Archival of Technical Issues at Antarctic Stations

10:00 6.c Ragavendrasamy NCPS2017/131 Does Yoga enable adaptation to cold in Antarctica - A brief report of observations

10:15 6.d N.Ravi NCPS2017/188 Application of Optimization Techniques in Operation and Management of Ocean Research Vessels

10:30 6.d Bhanu Pratap NCPS2017/251 Logistics and Safety Challenges of Glaciological Field Campaigns in Antarctica - A Case Study of MADICE Project10:45

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Safety: human safety, equipment, clothing, operating procedures and search & rescue

Cold climate engineering: buildings, mechanical, systems, and alternative energy systems

08:00 to 09:00

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Sessions Chair: Shri Mirza Javed Beg, NCAOR

Key Note: Dr. Rasik Ravindra, Former Director, NCAOR

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16:30 to 18:00

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Parallel Session 3 (CONFERENCE ROOM IN AUDITORIUM BUILDING)

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