University of Southampton India Launch Day Event
- Time:
- 13:30 - 17:30
- Date:
- 13 March 2019
- Venue:
- Garden Court, Building 40, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, SO17 1BJ
Event details
Join us to celebrate our success and advancement in research scholarship and academic partnership with esteemed alumni, stakeholders, and higher education institutions in India and the UK, and the launch of the India Centre for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development
Part 1: 13.30 - 15.15
STRENGTHENING SOUTHAMPTON–INDIA RELATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
India Centre for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development at Southampton by Professor Jane Falkingham, Executive Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
Unveiling the India Centre by His Excellency Mr Charanjeet Singh, Hon'ble Deputy High Commissioner of India to the UK and Guest of Honour address: India's higher education landscape in a global context
Lord Kamlesh Kumar Patel of Bradford Keynote address: Cricket and the Diaspora – historical and cultural ties
Part 2: 15.30 - 17.35
SOUNDBITES: INDIA-UK RESEARCH ON GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The pivotal role of India in the future of the internet - Regius Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Regius
Professor of Computer Science and Executive Director of Web Science Institute
Preventing type 2 diabetes by building better babies in India - Professor Caroline Fall, Professor of International Paediatric Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine
Lighting up the world - Professor Sir David Payne, Professor of Photonics and Director Optoelectronics Centre
Population ageing in India - Professor Maria Evandrou, Professor of Gerontology and Director of Centre for Ageing Research, Faculty of Social Sciences
Mapping population distributions, characteristics and dynamics in India - Professor Andy Tatem, Professor of Spatial Demography and Epidemiology and Director of WorldPop and Flowminder, Faculty of Environment and Life Sciences
SOUNDBITES: FRONTIERS IN INDIA-UK HIGHER EDUCATION
Social enterprise and entrepreneurship in India - Dr. Pathik Pathak, Director, Social Impact Lab
Training the teachers in Assam, India - Mr. Phil Green, Director of Internationalisation, School of Education
Connecting Southampton and Kerala students through the application of research methods - Dr. Claire Bailey, Head of Teaching, Social Statistics and Demography, School of Economic, Social and Political Sciences
17.35 - 18.45
Reception and Networking (Open to All)
Join the conversation using #UoSIndiaDay