The third lecture was conducted by Dr. Dinesh Pathak starting at 3:00 pm. He talked about the potential to be tapped in India in terms of solar energy, various types of solar cells, their efficiencies, about hybrid solar cells and why we need them. He also talked about exploring new … Continue Reading

In his second visit to Manipal, Dr. Henning Hintzsche spoke about his work with Vinca alkaloids. He reminisced about how vinca alkaloids were first experimented with as potential anti-diabetic drugs. It was only as an accident, that the ability of these drugs to kill white blood cells, was discovered. Whilst … Continue Reading

The third day of the hitherto successful conference was kick-started by the much awaited session by Dr. Naman Agrawal. His maiden lecture, in IGCLA 2015, opened emergency medicine as a highly demanding and challenging option for specialization to undergraduates. This year, he delivered an important lesson to all those interested … Continue Reading

The afternoon session began at 2:00 pm with a webinar conducted by Mr. Vladimir Golkov from the Technische Universitat Munchen. His talk centered primarily around the mathematics behind deep learning and inverse problems and the applications this could have on modern day research. The latter part of the discussion was … Continue Reading

The second talk of the afternoon was by Dr. Yaseen Emanee. His lecture was about the possibility of conducting research in rural areas and its feasibility. He also dwelt on the existing difficulty of health care professionals in rural areas, including the conditions in which doctors are forced to work. … Continue Reading

In an interactive session, Dr. Vivek M Joshi delivered a speech on “Ligation of Internal Iliac Arteries”. His talk was brilliant, with audio-visual aids and videos showing C-Sections followed by the ligation of the internal iliac arteries. Though surprised that undergraduate students would have so many questions, he patiently answered … Continue Reading

The fourth lecture of the day was by Ravi Kumar Kannaparthi, Assist. Professor, Dept. Of Chemistry, Central University of Kerala and his talk was on dye sensitized solar cells. The working principle of a dye sensitized solar cell draws from photosynthesis .i.e. a light sensitive molecule gets excited by light … Continue Reading

The fifth and final talk of the evening was by Tanvi Sinha, who is an alumnus of Manipal university. She spoke to the audience about the Teach for India campaign. She shared a very inspiring video presentation about educational inequity in our country and how a lot of children get … Continue Reading