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October 9, 2024 Wednesday 9.00 am to 5.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopIn-person, one-day hands-on Teacher training workshop in STEM.The workshop is FREE and Open for all the teachers teaching Science and Maths to grades 5th to 10th. | Report |
October 4, 2024 Friday 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm (IST) | Role Model Public Talk seriesEmpowering excellence: Roadmap for the next generation of womenThis series is conducted in an informal conversational format to help the audience relate to the lives of successful women professionals in S&T, knowing first-hand about their success stories, their failures, and how they moved ahead to make a mark in their field. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
September 27, 2024 Friday 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm (IST) | Health Public TalkInnovating for Public HealthThe speaker will discuss recent innovations in India that have contributed towards bridging the gaps, and strengthened public health as well as the overall ecosystem, highlighting the role played by deep tech, telemedicine, molecular techniques, and AI. | Poster |
September 20, 2024 Friday, 10.30 am to 12.00 pm (IST) | WorkshopOnline Teacher Training Workshop on 'Gamification'In this workshop, the participants will learn about game-based teaching and its importance. Participants will get to play games in science/chemistry and get a glimpse of how to integrate games with regular teaching in classes. | Registration Link Outline Report |
August 16, 2024 Friday 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkAwareness session for WEnyan Scholarship Program 2024Eligibility - Women Pursuing Undergraduate (FY)/Post-graduate (SY)Courses /Ph.D. in subjects related to Chemistry/ Biochemistry/ Microbiology/ Biotechnology/ PharmacyThe session will cover: • The offering of the WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) • Application Process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया ) • Address queries from the participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) • Onsite assistance with the application at post-session kiosks • Interaction with the PKC team to learn more about the latest PKC initiatives | Zoom Link |
August 9, 2024 Friday 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkAwareness session for WEnyan Scholarship Program 2024Eligibility - Women Pursuing Undergraduate (FY)/Post-graduate (SY)Courses /Ph.D. in subjects related to Chemistry/ Biochemistry/ Microbiology/ Biotechnology/ PharmacyThe session will cover: • The offering of the WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) • Application Process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया ) • Address queries from the participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) • Onsite assistance with the application at post-session kiosks • Interaction with the PKC team to learn more about the latest PKC initiatives | Zoom Link |
August 2, 2024 Friday 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | SustEn Public Talk seriesIn the Interest of Our Quality of LifeApplying ecological concepts such as carrying capacity, for development of a decision support system thatinforms various policies related to the environment, energy, livelihoods, disaster risk reduction, health, settlement planning and urban development. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
August 2, 2024 Friday 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkAwareness session for WEnyan Scholarship Program 2024Eligibility - Women Pursuing Undergraduate (FY)/Post-graduate (SY)Courses /Ph.D. in subjects related to Chemistry/ Biochemistry/ Microbiology/ Biotechnology/ PharmacyThe session will cover: • The offering of the WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) • Application Process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया ) • Address queries from the participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) • Onsite assistance with the application at post-session kiosks • Interaction with the PKC team to learn more about the latest PKC initiatives | Zoom Link |
July 26, 2024 Friday 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkAwareness session for WEnyan Scholarship Program 2024Eligibility - Women Pursuing Undergraduate (FY)/Post-graduate (SY)Courses /Ph.D. in subjects related to Chemistry/ Biochemistry/ Microbiology/ Biotechnology/ PharmacyThe session will cover: • The offering of the WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) • Application Process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया ) • Address queries from the participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) • Onsite assistance with the application at post-session kiosks • Interaction with the PKC team to learn more about the latest PKC initiatives | Zoom Link |
July 19, 2024 Friday, 9.30 am to 5.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopEmpowering Educators: NEP & NCF Implementation Workshop for Science and Mathematics teachersIt will be one day hands-on workshop in collabration with DLRC, Pune. The workshop is FREE and Open for teachers teaching Science and Mathematics to 5th to 10th grades. | Registration Link Report |
July 12, 2024 Friday 4.30 pm to 6.00 pm (IST) | Role Model Public Talk seriesAn adventure ride in the automotive sectorThis series is conducted in an informal conversational format to help the audience relate to the lives of successful women professionals in S&T, knowing first-hand about their success stories, their failures, and how they moved ahead to make a mark in their field. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
July 5, 2024 Friday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST) | Special Talk COMPUTATIONAL Cooking is an art. Besides being the basis of nutrition | Poster (PDF) |
July 3, 2024 Wednesday, 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopJUMPSTART PROPOSALS: NAVIGATING THE BASICS OF PROPOSAL WRITING FOR BEGINNERSIt is an online workshop for training students in writing project proposals. This basic workshop aims to help college students and early Ph.D scholars in conceptualizing, framing and writing their scientific proposal that are often used while applying for scholarships/grants. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
June 28, 2024 Friday 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkAwareness session for WEnyan Scholarship Program 2024Eligibility - Women Pursuing Undergraduate (FY)/Post-graduate (SY)Courses /Ph.D. in subjects related to Chemistry/ Biochemistry/ Microbiology/ Biotechnology/ PharmacyThe session will cover: • The offering of the WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) • Application Process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया ) • Address queries from the participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) • Onsite assistance with the application at post-session kiosks • Interaction with the PKC team to learn more about the latest PKC initiatives | Zoom Link |
June 28, 2024 Friday 9 am to 5.30 pm (IST) | ConclaveCurb the Carbon Conclave 2024: Transitioning to SustainabilityThe conclave will focus on setting an understanding of carbon accounting frameworks and tools, and the role of academia, research institutions and industries in the de-carbonizing effort towards India’sgoal for Net Zero. | Poster Agenda Outline Conclave Recording YouTube Playlist |
June 14, 2024 Friday 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkAwareness session for WEnyan Scholarship Program 2024Eligibility - Women Pursuing Undergraduate (FY)/Post-graduate (SY)Courses /Ph.D. in subjects related to Chemistry/ Biochemistry/ Microbiology/ Biotechnology/ PharmacyThe session will cover: • The offering of the WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) • Application Process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया ) • Address queries from the participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) • Onsite assistance with the application at post-session kiosks • Interaction with the PKC team to learn more about the latest PKC initiatives | Zoom Link |
June 7, 2024 Friday 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkAwareness session for WEnyan Scholarship Program 2024Eligibility - Women Pursuing Undergraduate (FY)/Post-graduate (SY)Courses /Ph.D. in subjects related to Chemistry/ Biochemistry/ Microbiology/ Biotechnology/ PharmacyThe session will cover: • The offering of the WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) • Application Process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया ) • Address queries from the participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) • Onsite assistance with the application at post-session kiosks • Interaction with the PKC team to learn more about the latest PKC initiatives | Zoom Link |
May 31, 2024 Friday 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkAwareness session for WEnyan Scholarship Program 2024Eligibility - Women Pursuing Undergraduate (FY)/Post-graduate (SY)Courses /Ph.D. in subjects related to Chemistry/ Biochemistry/ Microbiology/ Biotechnology/ PharmacyThe session will cover: • The offering of the WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) • Application Process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया ) • Address queries from the participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) • Onsite assistance with the application at post-session kiosks • Interaction with the PKC team to learn more about the latest PKC initiatives | Zoom Link |
May 29, 2024 Wednesday, 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm (IST) | WorkshopLevel-2 Online Teacher Training Workshop on "Gamification"The workshop is FREE and Open for all the teachers teaching Science and Maths to grades 5th to 10th. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
April 25 2024 Thursday 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm (IST) | Health Public TalkAir Pollution and its Effects on HealthThe quality of air we breathe has a big impact on our health. Even before we are born, we get exposed to the air pollutants that the mother inhales and this continues throughout our life.It is important to understand the different air pollutants, their sources and the impacts they have on our health. Mitigating the harmful effects of air pollution on our health are necessary and important and evolving research is guiding us in this direction. | Poster Outline YouTube Link |
April 8, 2024 Monday 11.45 am to 4.30 pm (IST) | MeetingPrincipal Scientific Advisor's visit to PKCProf. Ajay Sood, the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India visited Pune Knowledge Cluster to interact with various partners from industry, academia, government and R&D sectors. | Outline Photos |
March 11, 2024 Monday, 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm (IST) | WorkshopOnline Teacher Training Workshop on "Game based learning"The workshop is FREE and Open for all the teachers teaching Science and Maths to grades 5th to 10th. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
March 6, 2024 Wednesday 9.00 am to 5.30 pm (IST) | Public TalkWenyan Showcase and ChemAmaze Launch This event will have the ‘WEnyan Showcase’: A felicitation and networking event for the WEnyan Scholarship Awardees and Mentors, and the ‘ChemAmaze’ Launch: Launch of the gamification platform for chemistry. | Agenda (PDF) Outline |
February 27, 2024 Tuesday 9.00 am to 5.30 pm (IST) | EduConclave: Sharing Best Practices in EducationEduConclave: Sharing Best Practices in EducationIt is one day conference, aims to bring together educators, thought leaders, and experts in the field of STEM education to explore innovative teaching methods, share successful practices, and discuss the latest trends in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education (STEM). | Teacher - Poster (PDF) For NGOs/Start-ups/Organisations Poster (PDF) Outline |
January 30, 2024 Tuesday 9.00 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopIn-person, one-day hands-on Teacher training workshop in STEM.The workshop is FREE and Open for all the teachers teaching Science and Maths to grades 5th to 10th. | Poster (PDF) Report |
January 25, 2024 Thursday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST) | SustEn Public Talk seriesCommunity Participation in Groundwater Management in the Urban areasParticipatory community groundwater recharge and public recharge systems depend on extensive hydrogeological studies and primary surveys. How can the community contribute to the survey, conservation and implementation of scientific groundwater recharge for sustainability of groundwater? The speaker will be sharing experiences and projects being undertaken across Pune and India on Urban Groundwater Recharge. | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
January 24, 2024 Wednesday 9.30 am to 1.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopSAKSHAM WORKSHOP ON VECTOR BORNE DISEASES FOR FIELD WORKERS at AMBEGAONPune Knowledge Cluster (PKC), organized a half-day refresher workshop, for the field health workers, to help them control the spread of mosquito borne diseases like Dengue and Chikungunya. | Report (PDF) |
November 30, 2023 Thursday 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopOnline Teacher Training Workshop on "NEP Roadmap - From Concept to Practice"The workshop is FREE and Open for all the teachers teaching Science and Maths to grades 5th to 10th. | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
November 25, 2023 Saturday 9.30 am to 1.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopSAKSHAM WORKSHOP ON VECTOR BORNE DISEASES FOR FIELD WORKERS at BARAMATIPune Knowledge Cluster (PKC), organized a half-day refresher workshop, for the field health workers, to help them control the spread of mosquito borne diseases like Dengue and Chikungunya. | Report (PDF) |
Novmember 24, 2023 Friday, 10.00 am to 11.30 am (IST) | WorkshopOnline Teacher Training Workshop on "Digital Tools In Education"The workshop is FREE and Open for all the teachers teaching Science and Maths to grades 5th to 10th. | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
November 23, 2023 Thursday 9.30 am to 1.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopSAKSHAM WORKSHOP ON VECTOR BORNE DISEASES FOR FIELD WORKERS at BHORPune Knowledge Cluster (PKC), organized a half-day refresher workshop, for the field health workers, to help them control the spread of mosquito borne diseases like Dengue and Chikungunya. | Report (PDF) |
November 21, 2023 Tuesday 9.30 am to 1.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopSAKSHAM WORKSHOP ON VECTOR BORNE DISEASES FOR FIELD WORKERS at MAWALPune Knowledge Cluster (PKC), organized a half-day refresher workshop, for the field health workers, to help them control the spread of mosquito borne diseases like Dengue and Chikungunya. | Report (PDF) |
November 1, 2023 Wednesday 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm (IST) | SustEn Public Talk seriesGreen Hydrogen for India : Prospects and Impending ChallengesIn this talk, we will explore green hydrogen’s pivotal role in global decarbonization, emphasizing its rapid global rise backed by significant investments. While underscoring its vast potential in energy security and sustainability, we will navigate through critical challenges from establishing its eco-credentials to commercials, and application specificity, setting the stage for this nascent industry’s impactful journey ahead. | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
October 26, 2023 Thursday 9.30 am to 1.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopSAKSHAM WORKSHOP ON VECTOR BORNE DISEASES FOR FIELD WORKERS at WAGHOLIPune Knowledge Cluster (PKC), organized a half-day refresher workshop, for the field health workers, to help them control the spread of mosquito borne diseases like Dengue and Chikungunya. | Report (PDF) |
October 6, 2023 Friday 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Role Model Public Talk seriesVision to Victory: This series is conducted in an informal conversational format to help the audience relate to the lives of successful women professionals in S&T, knowing first-hand about their success stories, their failures, and how they moved ahead to make a mark in their field. | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
September 13 & 14, 2023 Wednesday & Thursday 12.00 pm to 1.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopOnline Teacher Training Workshop on "Active Learning Strategies in STEM"The workshop is FREE and Open for all the teachers teaching Science and Maths to grades 5th to 10th.Day 1: Wednesday,13 September 2023: Game-Based Learning Trainer- Mr. Kartic Vaidyanathan (Consultant PKC, IIT- Madras) Day 2: Thursday,14 September 2023 - The super FiVE- STEAM Engine for effective learning Trainer- Mrs. Shanti Pise (Teacher Educator and Outreach Enthusiast at IISER-Pune) | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link 13 Sept YouTube Link 14 Sept |
August 21 - 25, 2023 Monday to Friday 9.30 am to 5.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopA Five-day Hands-on Laboratory Workshop on Fiber OpticsThe workshop will cover the basic understanding and importance of Fiber optics in communication, industry, and research applications.Eligibility: 1) B.E./ B.Tech 4th year students 2) M.Sc/ M.Tech/ M.E/ Ph.D students (completed or pursuing) Physics/ Electronics/ Instrumentation or related areas 3) Research Faculty/ Industry Professionals working in related areas Please Note - Its a paid workshop and all details are available in the workshop outline. Last date of registration : 15 August 2023 | Poster (PDF) Outline |
August 2, 2023 Wednesday 11.00 am to 1.00 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkInteractive Session about ENTICEPune Knowledge Cluster (PKC) and the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India (OPSA) are collaborating with Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet to conduct an interactive session about ENTICE- Energy Transitions Innovation Challenge in Pune. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
July 12, 2023 Wednesday 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkKnow More About ENTICEPune Knowledge Cluster (PKC) and Manthan platform curated by the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India (OPSA) are collaborating with Global Energy Alliance for People & Planet (GEAAP) to conduct an online session about the ENTICE program. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
July 10, 2023 Monday 9.00 am to 1.30 pm (IST) | Public Talk Roundtable on One Health, Disease Surveillance & Pandemic PreparednessThe G20 Chief Science Advisers Roundtable (CSAR) side event is jointly organized by Pune Knowledge Cluster (PKC) and the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India (OPSA) under the aegis of India's G20 presidency. The event will enable discussions on designing a reliable public health strategy for disease surveillance and building on early warning system. | Poster (JPG) Outline Resources (Photos/Posters) |
July 7, 2023 Friday 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkKnow More About ENTICEPune Knowledge Cluster(PKC) and the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India (OPSA) are collaborating with Global Energy Alliance for People & Planet (GEAAP) to conduct an online session about the ENTICE program. | Poster (JPG) Outline |
July 4, 2022 Tuesday 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkAwareness session for WEnyan Scholarship Program 2023Eligibility - Women Pursuing Undergraduate (FY)/Post-graduate (SY)Courses /Ph.D. in subjects related to Chemistry/ Biochemistry/ Microbiology/ Biotechnology/ PharmacyThe session will cover: • The offering of the WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) • Application Process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया ) • Address queries from the participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) • Onsite assistance with the application at post-session kiosks • Interaction with the PKC team to learn more about the latest PKC initiatives | Outline Registration Link |
June 30, 2023 Friday 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Role Model Public Talk seriesThe Journey from Scientist to EntrepreneurThis series is conducted in an informal conversational format to help the audience relate to the lives of successful women professionals in S&T, knowing first-hand about their success stories, their failures, and how they moved ahead to make a mark in their field. | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
June 5, 2023 Monday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST) | SustEn Public Talk seriesPlastic Waste ManagementIn this talk, the speaker will be sharing her thoughts on Understanding more about Plastic and its effects on the Environment. Focusing on this year’s Environment Day theme: Solutions to plastic pollution under the campaign #BeatPlasticPollution | Poster (PDF) Outline |
May 19, 2023 Friday 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Role Model Public Talk seriesFrom Academics to the Corporate WorldThis series is conducted in an informal conversational format to help the audience relate to the lives of successful women professionals in S&T, knowing first-hand about their success stories, their failures, and how they moved ahead to make a mark in their field. | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
May 4, 2023 Thursday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST) | Special TalkThe Astrobiological Narrative of Life’s OriginIn this talk, the speaker will give an overview of the current understanding prevalent in the field, while also sharing some of the contributions that they at the COoL lab@IISER,Pune have made towards these attempts. Discerning the aforementioned phenomenon also has important implications for figuring out life’s distribution in the universe. Importantly, this talk will get us all thinking about our attitude towards the only home we might ever know! | Poster (PDF) Outline (PDF) YouTube Link |
April 22, 2023 Saturday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST) | SustEn Public Talk seriesCarbon Accounting for Investing in A Safe Future on EarthThe science of climate change will be briefly described leading to the principles of carbon accounting. Why knowledge of carbon accounting is important for a focused response to the challenge of climate change will be discussed. The basic framework of carbon accounting (the scopes) will be outlined. The personal carbon footprint calculator and the online course on Basic carbon accounting will be introduced. The carbon neutral campus initiative will be described in brief. | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
March 27, 2023 Monday 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopMisconceptions in MATHEMATICSThis workshop will cover various strategies that will be useful for the teachers to tackle the major challenge of handling misconceptions.Eligibility: School Teachers teaching Mathematics for Class 6-10. Important Note: 1. The workshop will be conducted online for the registered participants. 2. Registration on first-come first-serve basis. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link |
March 11, 2023 Saturday 4 pm to 5 pm (IST) | Special TalkFrom Zero to ChatGPTChatGPT is next in the series of GPTs (Generative Pre-trained Transformers) coming from OpenAI. In this talk, the speaker will cover introduction to basic prerequisites such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Word Embeddings, Transformers and introduction to ChatGPT, its applications, advantages and disadvantages. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
February 24, 2023 Friday 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Role Model Public Talk seriesSTEM as a Powerful Tool for Women EmpowermentThis series is conducted in an informal conversational format to help the audience relate to the lives of successful women professionals in S&T, knowing first-hand about their success stories, their failures, and how they moved ahead to make a mark in their field. | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
Feb 2023 | Course on Exoplanets Short Course on Planets Orbiting Stars other than SunThe course will be conducted online in three parts and will cover important topics related to exoplanet studies including characterization, atmospheres and habitability, missions, and instrumentation. | Poster (PDF) |
February 14,2023 Tuesday 9.30 am to 3.00 pm (IST) | RoadshowSmart City & Innovation Road Show on Smart Sustainable SolutionsThe program will cater to the need to set up research collaborations among leading research agencies and universities from Sweden and India to develop next-generation sustainable solutions for cities solutions that can be tested in local conditions. | Agenda Poster (PDF) |
January 30 & 31 2023 Monday and Tuesday 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopBringing Computational Thinking to SchoolsThis workshop is Online Teacher Training Workshop on "Bringing Computational Thinking to Schools".Eligibility: School Teachers teaching Science & Mathematics for Class 6-9. Important Note: 1. The workshop will be conducted online for the registered participants. 2. Registration on first-come first-serve basis. 3. Sessions will focus on Computational Thinking Skills. 4. Certificate of Participation will be provided on attending all sessions for full duration as scheduled (Both days of the workshop). | Poster (PDF) Outline |
January 25, 2023 Wednesday 5 pm to 6 pm (IST) | Health Public TalkIntroduction to Clinical GenomicsThe speaker says: Several diseases, including cancer, are caused by genomic mutations. Identifying the causative mutation requires sequencing the genome and then analyzing the data that results. What follows is often confounding in various ways, as this talk will illustrate with real examples-infants who pass away mysteriously, siblings with misplaced organs, sisters whose heart fails in their 20s, an infant whose blood can’t carry enough oxygen, and my own colour blindness. Some of these stories are captured in my book Genomic Quirks. The talk will also touch on how genomic screening can benefit adults. | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
January 23, 2023 Monday 4 pm to 5 pm (IST) | Special TalkMultistakeholder Collaboration Opportunity over Manthan PlatformThe Manthan Platform - India's Platform for research and Innovation is an initiative led by the Office of PSA with the potential to change the landscape of science and technology-based social impact innovation and solutions in India. This platform promotes collaboration at scale between industry and the scientific research and development ecosystem to help meet India’s national targets and United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The platform aims to empower various stakeholders to scale up the interactions with researchers/innovators and facilitate R&D/ Innovation, share challenges focused on emerging technologies, other scientific interventions, as well as those with a social impact. | Poster (PDF) Outline (PDF) YouTube Link |
January 15, 2023 Sunday 10.30 am to 11.30 am (IST) | Special TalkResurgence of COVID-19In view of the sudden spurt in COVID-19 cases in some countries, India is considering adequate measures to mitigate the spread of infections. According to experts, India is well-equipped to deal with a possible outbreak. There is no need to panic, considering the vaccine coverage and hybrid immunity, especially in the adult population in the country. The resurgence of COVID-19 in some countries, and the steps which have to be taken to keep the situation under control in India, need to be understood by the public. Pune Knowledge Cluster (PKC), in collaboration with National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, has arranged an interactive bilingual session, in Marathi and English, open for the public to help with the understanding. | English Poster (PDF) Marathi Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
January 13, 2023 Friday 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (IST) | Role Model Public Talk seriesJourney from Academics to EntrepreneurshipThis series is conducted in an informal conversational format to help the audience relate to the lives of successful women professionals in S&T, knowing first-hand about their success stories, their failures, and how they moved ahead to make a mark in their field. | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
December 16, 2022 Friday 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm (IST) | Role Model Public Talk seriesFringe of STEM: Vision Vs VisibilityThis series is conducted in an informal conversational format to help the audience relate to the lives of successful women professionals in S&T, knowing first-hand about their success stories, their failures, and how they moved ahead to make a mark in their field. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
December 08, 2022 Thursday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST) | Health Public TalkFuture of DiagnosticsIn this talk the speaker will talk about initiatives at PATH where they design and test robust, easy - to - use, and purpose - built diagnostic tools in the lab and on field, and advocate for policies that make new diagnostic technologies sustainable around the world. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
December 07 to December 08, 2022 Wednesday and Thursday 10.00 am to 5.00 pm (IST) | WorkshopSTEM Teacher Training WorkshopThis workshop is majorly focused on hands-on activities in science along with introduction to digital pedagogy in teaching STEM. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
December 05, 2022 Monday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST) | SustEn Public Talk seriesBiocharring A Solution to Multiple Sustainability ChallengesIn this talk, the speaker will describe the various possibilities around biocharring to address several sustainability and climate change challenges. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
November 14, 2022 to November 18, 2022 Monday to Friday 9.30 am to 5.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopFive Day Hands-on Residential Training Workshop on Sensor TechnologyThe workshop will cover Introduction to Sensors, Sensor characteristics, Material characterization, Data acquisition and signal processing, Introduction to microcomputers, Advanced sensors, Introduction to Machine Learning, and Mini project and prototype development. The workshop will consist of 12 Lectures and 12 Laboratory Sessions. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
September 23, 2022 Tuesday 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm (IST) | RoundtableRoundtable Discussion on Wastewater Management with the Delegation from Baden-Württemberg (Germany)The Pune Knowledge Cluster is hosting a German Delegation comprising of German government, German Water companies, Research Institute (Fraunhofer) and Industry body (UTBW). | Poster (PDF) |
September 22 to September 23, 2022 Thursday and Friday 9.30 am to 5.30 pm (IST) | WorkshopHands-on STEM Teacher Training WorkshopThis workshop is majorly focused on hands-on training and conceptual understanding of the difficult topics from the syllabus along with introduction to digital pedagogy. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
August 30, 2022 Tuesday 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm (IST) | RoundtableRoundtable Discussion On Waste Management- Exploring Synergies Between Norway and PuneThe Pune Knowledge Cluster and The Royal Norwegian Consulate General, Mumbai are hosting a series of focused group conferences on the theme of Circular Economy, Sustainability and Environment in Pune. This roundtable will be a platform for Technology Transfer, B2B opportunities, discussions on innovation and networking opportunities. | Poster (PDF) |
August 24, 2022 Wednesday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST) | Health Public TalkDeveloping Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases: The Journey of Module InnovationsIn this talk Mr. Sachin Dubey will share Module Innovation’s journeyfrom a company that started in an incubation center to a company that is now funded through investments from several countries, working towards making precision diagnostics for infectious diseases and Anti-Microbial Resistance. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link |
August 23, 2022 Tuesday 2.30 pm to 6.40 pm (IST) | RoundtableTech for Impact - Bharat 2022A Joint initiative of PKC, CSRBOX and the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India. | Agenda Poster (PDF) |
August 9, 2022 Tuesday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST) | SustEn Public Talk seriesInitiating Sustainable ESG Journeys in CorporatesIn this talk, the speaker will shed light on how ESG journeys are designed by corporates, their importance, practical sustainability of ESG practices and the way forward. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
July 30, 2022 Saturday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST) | Role Model Public Talk seriesMy Pursuit of a Research Career in Drug Discovery: Prof. Sadhana SathayeThis series is conducted in an informal conversational format to help the audience relate to the lives of successful women professionals in S&T, knowing first-hand about their success stories, their failures, and how they moved ahead to make a mark in their field. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
July 29, 2022 Friday 4.00 pm to 4.30 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkKnow More About WEnyan Scholarship Program for WomenSession will cover: # Offerings of WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) # Application process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया) # Address queries from participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) | Poster (JPEG) Zoom session |
July 27, 2022 Wednesday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST) | Health Public TalkEvidence-based Decisions in Healthcare: The Role of StatisticsThis webinar will provide a snapshot of application of statistics all the way from research to ensuring optimal outcomes for patients. The talk will especially benefit students of statistics & pharmacy, biopharma professionals & start-ups, and clinical researchers. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
July 22, 2022 Friday 4.00 pm to 4.30 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkKnow More About WEnyan Scholarship Program for WomenSession will cover: # Offerings of WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) # Application process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया) # Address queries from participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) | Poster (JPEG) Zoom session |
July 15, 2022 Friday 4.00 pm to 4.30 pm (IST) | Awareness TalkKnow More About WEnyan Scholarship Program for WomenSession will cover: # Offerings of WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) # Application process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया) # Address queries from participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) | Poster (JPEG) Zoom session |
July 13, 2022 Wednesday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm (IST) | Public Talk - Astronomy The Search for Alien Life in our Galaxy We are on the verge of answering one of the oldest and most profound questions in the history of humanity: Are we alone in this Universe? Is there alien life, either biological or technological, beyond Earth? In this talk, the speaker will summarize the current status regarding the search for habitable worlds in our galaxy, our solar system's unique position in the Universe, and conclude with future prospects of discovering extra-terrestrial life. | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
July 9, 2022 Saturday 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Public Talk - India S & T @ 75 series Evolution, Energetics and Environment of Energetic Explosions Dr Chandra will introduce exotic life story of massive stars and their deaths which is throwing new light towards the mysteries of our universe. | Poster (PDF) Outline YouTube Link |
July 8, 2022 Friday 4.00 pm to 4.30 pm | Awareness TalkKnow More About WEnyan Scholarship Program for WomenSession will cover: # Offerings of WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) # Application process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया) # Address queries from participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) | Poster (JPEG) Zoom session |
July 1, 2022 Friday 4.00 pm to 4.30 pm | Awareness TalkKnow More About WEnyan Scholarship Program for WomenSession will cover: # Offerings of WEnyan Program (शिष्यवृत्ती कार्यक्रमाबद्दल तपशील) # Application process (अर्ज प्रक्रिया) # Address queries from participants (शंकांचे निराकरण) | Poster (JPEG) Zoom session |
June 30, 2022 Thursday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm | Role Model Public Talk seriesMy journey in Chemistry: Dr. Shobha WaghmodeThis series is conducted in an informal conversational format to help the audience relate to the lives of successful women professionals in S&T, knowing first-hand about their success stories, their failures, and how they moved ahead to make a mark in their field. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
June 28, 2022 Tuesday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm | Health Public TalkImportance of Epidemiology from a public health perspectiveThis talk will focus on the interdependencies of Public Health and Epidemiology. The speaker will address how as a society/city/researcher we can use epidemiological tools to study, learn and reduce disease burden, and pre-empt, and predict diseases. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
June 22, 2022 Wednesday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm | SustEn Public Talk seriesHow India can expand | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
May 28, 2022 Saturday 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Public Talk - India S & T @ 75 seriesPhase transitions in spaces of non-integer dimensions: FractalsProf. Deepak Dhar gives a popular level introduction to the subject, and also discuss some of his work dealing with this question. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
May 27, 2022 Friday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm | WorkshopTools and Techniques in STEM EducationThe workshop for teachers emphasises using Techniques and teaching tools to develop skills and deep content understanding. The session will focus on Creative thinking, higher order thinking skills that teachers can develop and use in their classroom teaching to improve the teaching learning process | Outline |
May 17, 2022 Tuesday 4.30 PM to 5.30 PM | Health Public TalkPrevention and Control of HypertensionDr. Harshal Pandve gives a popular level introduction to | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
April 27, 2022, Friday 10.30 AM -12 PM | Panel DiscussionGround Water in Pune: Perspectives on Problems, Technology Interventions, Significance in Planning for the Future of Pune Metropolitan RegionAs a first step towards conservation andsustainable use of water, we have invited different stakeholders to participate in a discussion to understand - "Ground water in Pune, Problems, technology interventions and its importance in planning for the future of Pune Metropolitan Region." | Outline |
April 20 to April 21, 2022 Wednesday & Thursday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm | WorkshopHands on STEM Teacher Training WorkshopThis workshop will majorly focus on hands-on training and conceptual understanding of the difficult topics from the syllabus. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
April 9, 2022 Saturday 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Public Talk - India S & T @ 75 seriesM N Saha and S S Bhatnagar as pioneers of Research and Development in IndiaThe talk focuses on the narrative as to how Saha and Bhatnagar seized up the opportunities before and after the second world war to conceive plans for scientific R&D of India. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
March 22, 2022 Wednesday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm | SustEn Public Talk seriesImportance of green spaces for well being of citizensThrough this series, we aim to promote collaborations, co-creation of technologies, and conceptualization of city-scale projects to solve key issues related to carbon emissions, wastewater treatment, improving air quality, and green energy production. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
Feb 28, 2022 to Apr 4, 2022 Monday & Thursday 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm | Course with Hands on TrainingArtificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Cyber SecurityThis online course will consist of lectures by IBM Security experts and will include theory along with hands-on sessions. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
February 26, 2022 Saturday 11.00 AM to 12.30 PM | National Science Day Special Talk Electric and Sustainable Mobility In this session is arranged to deliberate and enlist the best practises being followed by different key players working in the field of sustainable electric mobility. The program on the occasion of National Science Day aims to create awareness about Electric Vehicles and Ecosystems. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
January 22, 2022 Saturday 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Public Talk - India S & T @ 75 seriesBuilding Science Park: Exploratory, Innovative Space for Experiential Learning | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
Nov 20 , Nov 27 & Dec 4, 2021 Saturday 11.00 am to 1.00 pm | Course Course on "Starting the Innovation Journey"Innovation is an extremely important discipline to master in today's VUCA world. The digital push has changed the way people look at innovation. This course is a preamble to the vast topic of innovation. Being an introductory course, we have designed it to suit a varied audience. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
November 15, 2021 Tuesday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm | Public Talk - CODATA seriesMachine Learning & Artificial Intelligence for Geoscience ApplicationsThe growth of data science, machine learning and deep learning has opened several new research avenues in the Geo-sciences, which has rich spatiotemporaldatasets and physics-based models. We focus on recent applications of machine learning in satellite oceanography, human-wildlife conflict, and routing of autonomous marine vehicles. Specially, we show a novel W-Net architecture that we developed for extracting synoptic ocean features from concurrent satellite images. Second, we illustrate a random forest algorithm for studying the habitat suitability of Asian elephants in India. Finally, we show a GPU accelerated path planning algorithm for guiding autonomous underwater vehicles in a stochastic dynamic ocean. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
November 13, 2021 Saturday 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Public Talk - India S & T @ 75 seriesNature & Nurture: How the Environment Shapes our Genes The speaker illustrates the technological breakthroughs and trans-disciplinary approaches that have enabled a deeper understanding of disease susceptibility, especially focusing on lifestyle disorders | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
October 30, 2021 Saturday 5.00pm | WebinarPrevention is Health and WealthUnderstanding the full value and potential impact of vaccines is the main goal of this webinar. | Poster (PDF) YouTube (link) Outline |
Oct 18, 2021 to Jan 10, 2022 Every Monday 11.00 am to 12.30 pm | Course Course on "Concepts in science and Skill Development Program | YouTube Link Outline |
Oct 11 to Oct 29, 2021 11.00 am to 1.00 pm | Course Course on "Entrepreneurial skills development course for young researchers in biotechnology"The course aims to encourage researchers to translate their laboratory research into field technology. The course will include ideas genera on, opportunity evaluation, planning, company formaon/launch and growth, funding opportunities, and inspirational talks/ success stories. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
October 9, 2021 Saturday 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Public Talk - India S & T @ 75 seriesThe Indian Monsoon and its VariabilityIn this lecture, the speaker introduces the physics of this fascinating phenomenon, share the present understanding of some facets of monsoon variability, and the challenges ahead for better predictions. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
September 21, 2021 Tuesday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm | Public Talk - CODATA seriesBig Data & The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) TelescopeProf. Yogesh Wadadekar describes how astronomers and engineers are working together to understand and solve challenging problems in data acquisition, transport, processing, delivery and visualisation of exa byte scale datasets. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
September 11, 2021 Saturday 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Public Talk - India S & T @ 75 seriesPlanning for a Clean And Green Tomorrow: Options and OpportunitiesIn this talk, the speaker discusses the options we have as a country and the potential opportunities that could be created for a cleaner and greener future for our people through a vibrant academic-industry-government nexus. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
September 3, 2021 Friday 4 PM - 5.30 PM | Panel DiscussionA Roundtable with Industry experts in Accelerating Social Good with AI TechnologiesThe objective will be to share practitioner stories, inspire professionals, startups,and citizens to reflect and act on the social aspect while building AI ecosystems and solutions and in the process create a better world for us. | Outline |
August 24, 2021 Tuesday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm | Public Talk - CODATA seriesCOVID-19 Data and AnalysisCOVID-19 epidemiological surveillance activities that were conducted by a large group of volunteers in Pune city since March 2020.Starting as an effort to curate and collate the data that was being collected by the city administration, it soon transformed into a comprehensive effort to estimate the state of the epidemic in Pune city and inform the city’s efforts to contain and manage the epidemic. The enabling factors, results and challenges encountered during the past year, and briefly reflect upon what could have helped us stay ahead of the (epidemic) curve. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
August 14, 2021 Saturday 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Public Talk - India S & T @ 75 seriesConserving Biodiversity Towards a Scientific ApproachThe way forward is to hand over biodiversity management to democratic institutions, and to involve local people with substantial experiential knowledge of local ecosystems alongside school, college teachers and other scientists to document biodiversity to create a basis for effective management. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
July 26, 2021 Saturday 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Public Talk - India S & T @ 75 seriesMathematical Physics and RealityMathematical Physics is sometimes thought of as a realm of abstruse speculation disconnected from experimental reality. Using history as a guide, the speaker shows that quite the opposite is true -- considerations of theoretical and mathematical consistency have explained and even predicted many important experimentally observed phenomena over the past century. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
Jul 20 to Aug 27, 2021 11.00 am to 1.00 pm | Course Course on "Understanding and exploring Epidemiology"The course aims to provide an introduction to fundamental concepts, principles, measurements, and methods of epidemiological research. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
July 20, 2021 Tuesday 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm | Public Talk - CODATA seriesData DemocratizationData has emerged as the key resource of Digital Economy. Citizens, Organizations and Society at large will benefit from the democratization of data as it will become usable by anyone to derive insights out of it and build inclusive solutions for the development of our society. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
July 10, 2021 Saturday 5.00pm | WebinarCan We Learn from Insect Societies?In this talk, the speaker attempts to answer this question in the affirmative, but with caution. He considers such relatively non-controversialtopics as communication, agriculture, and robotics but also some relatively controversial topics such as cooperation, conflict, collective decision making, and democracy | Poster (PDF) YouTube (link) Outline |
July 7 & 8, 2021 Wednesday & Thursday 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm | Public Talk Targeted Therapies in OncologyTargeted Therapies in Oncology, this technology is promising for point-of-care testing to be taken to monitor dynamic changes in the molecular landscape during tumor progression or drug treatment | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
June 19, 2021 Saturday 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Public Talk - India S & T @ 75 seriesStatistical Search for a Genetic Connection Between Tobacco & Oral CancerThe lecture describes various steps in the statistical analysis of these data leading to a strong suggestion that a single gene or possibly a small group of genes may be responsible for oral cancer. Methods of analysis are elementary. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
Jun 14 to Jun 25, 2021 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Course Course on "Plant Breeding Today – New Skills & New Technology"To provide information about some of these new technologies and their application in the real-time development of novel varieties, the Pune Knowledge Cluster formulated a course on “Plant Breeding Today – New techniques, new skills | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
April 15 to April 30, 2021 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Course Course on "A primer on biodiversity and ecology of Freshwater ecosystems of the western ghats"The Western Ghats is lauded as a biodiversity hotspot for the last four decades based on its terrestrial biodiversity. However, the freshwater biodiversity of thisregion is underappreciated. Water bodies in the Western Ghats support the entire Peninsular India by providing water for drinking, irrigation, and hydro power generation and sustaining nearly 40 crore people across eight states. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
April 8 to May 25, 2021 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Course Course on "NLP acceleration Program"The course will give an overview of NLP - trends and techniques - focusing on usage and importance in contract management. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
April 5 to May 31, 2021 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Course Course on "Responsible Artificial Intelligence"Responsible AI is a framework that each software developing organization needs to adapt to build customer trust in the transparency, accountability, and fairness of deployed AI solutions. | Poster (PDF) YouTube Link Outline |
Feb 16 to Feb 25, 2021 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Course Course on "Skills for Innovators"This course is mainly based on management research on the practices of successful innovators and entrepreneurs. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
Feb 15 to Feb 26, 2021 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Course Course on "Microbial Processes for Energy Recovery from Organic Wastes". The course will provide academic as well as industrial perspectives about different biofuels and their microbial production methods. The participants will gain basic knowledge of different types of microbes and their potential role in anaerobic processes for energy recovery from organic wastes. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
January 30, 2021 Saturday 5.00pm | WebinarMy Journey: In Search of ResearchIn this talk, the speaker attempts to explain her journey from getting MBBS from Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) till to achieve the three-star rank in the Indian Armed Forces. | Poster (PDF) YouTube (link) Outline |
Jan 15 to Feb 5, 2021 11.00 am to 12.00 pm | Course Course on "A virtual Course on Vaccine production, Basics, Pitfalls and Trouble -shooting". . This inaugural course of PuneKnowledge Cluster (PKC) in partnership with Serum Institute of India, Pune, is designed to provide an industry perspective to enhance any basic academic knowledge you already have about vaccine production by acquainting you with its real-life setbacks and pitfalls. | Poster (PDF) Outline |
October 2, 2020 Saturday 5.00pm | WebinarSustainable Inclusive Growth through Gandhian EngineeringThe inaugural webinar of the PKC is delivered by the renowned scientist Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, FRS. In this talk, he attempts to explain Gandhian Engineering approach. | Poster (PDF) YouTube (link) Outline |