POST CENTENARY 150TH YEAR CELEBRATIONS OF MAHATMA GANDHIJI

Under the INDO-US-SPAIN SPARC program (MHRD)

10TH SEPTEMBER 2020 & 11TH SEPTEMBER 2020
DAY 1

Welcome Karmayogi

DAY 1
Professor Dr. Venkatachalam, Dr. Pankaj B. Shah, PI SPARC project, Professor and Head,
Coordinator for SPARC project, SRIHER 0615pm to 0620pm Dept. of Community Medicine, SRIHER 0900pm to 0920pm

Inaugural Address Student events and Culturals

Professor Dr. P. V. Vijayaraghavan, Vice Chancellor, SRIHER 0620pm to 0630pm Dr. Yamini, Dr. Anisha, Ms. Ramya, Mr. Ratheesh,
Art work exhibition, Ms. Swedha, Ms. Prathiksha and Ms. Urmila 0920pm to 1030pm
Special Address
Dr. Mahesh Vakamudi, Dean of Faculties, SRIHER 0630pm to 0635pm
SPARC and Research

DAY 2
Introduction of Guest of Honor
Dr. S. Anandan, Dean of Medical College, SRMC & RI 0635pm to 0640pm Prof. S. P. Thyagarajan,
Professor of Eminence & Dean (Research), SRIHER 0845am to 0900am
Gandhi : The future
Guest of Honor Chairperson - Prof. S. P. Thyagarajan, Professor of Eminence & Dean (Research), SRIHER
Dr. T. Ramaswami, Former Secretary,
Gandhi's Experiment in Health
Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India 0640pm to 0715pm
Mr. A. Annamalai, Director, National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi 0900am to 0940am

Chairperson - Dr. J. S. N. Murthy, Former Vice Chancellor, SRIHER Self Made Individual
Dr. Muthu MS, PI SPARC project ,Professor and Head,
Equality: No discrimination in the name of caste, creed, religion or gender Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, SRIHER 0940am to 1000am
Dr. Chittoor B. Sai Sudhakar, Professor & Chief, General Surgery,
University of Tennessee, Health Science Centre 0715pm to 0730pm Chairperson - Dr. Padma Srikanth, PI SPARC project, Professor,
Department of Microbiology, SRIHER
Applying Gandhian principles in Research
Dr. Jonsson, Colleen. B, Excellence in Virology and Director,
Living in the present/On being an Optimist
Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, Dr. Jayakumar, PI SPARC project, Professor and Head,
University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, Memphis 0730pm to 0745pm Department of Nephrology, SRIHER 1000am to 1020am

Chairperson - Professor Randall J Cohrs, University of Colorado, Denver Maintaining high standards in medical research
Prof. Partha P Majumder,
Philosophy of Life President of Indian Academy of Sciences 1020am to 1040am
Professor Ravi Mahalingam, Professor,
Department of Neurology, University of Colorado, Denver 0745pm to 0800pm Chairperson -

Research Internalisation, collaboration as Non Violence

key factors for success in science Dr. N. Malathy, PI SPARC project, Professor,
Dr. Arben Merkoci, ICREA Professor & Department of Oral Pathology, SRIHER 1040am to 1100am
Director of the Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group,
Autonomous University of Barcelona 0800pm to 0820pm Truth
Mr. R. Aravindan, Vedanta Academy 1100am to 1140am

Self Transformation Open House 1140am to 1155am

Dr. Yazhini Ravi, Assistant Professor,
University of Tennessee, Health Science Centre 0820pm to 0830pm Vote of Thanks
Dr. Padma Srikanth, PI SPARC project, Professor,
Strategies for resolution of conflict Department of Microbiology, SRIHER 1155am to 1200pm
Dr. Latha Ravichandran, Associate Dean of Education, SRIHER 0830pm to 0845pm

The Pragmatic Idealist

Dr. Padma Srikanth, PI SPARC project, Professor,
Department of Microbiology, SRIHER 0845pm to 0900pm
Convenor : Dr. Padma Srikanth, PI SPARC project,
Professor, Department of Microbiology, SRIHER