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In Her Element: Celebrating women shaping science
A one-day symposium celebrating the journeys, leadership, and invisible work of women in science.

Programme Schedule
9.30 – 10.15 am Inaugural session & Keynote addresses
10.15 – 10.20 am Book Launch: In Her Element – Letters to My Younger Self
10:20  - 10:30 Group Photo
10:30 - 10:45 Tea Break
10.45 am – 11.30 am Session : Talks by leading scientists from industry & government
11.30am – 12.30 pm Panel Discussion I  Invisible work behind women’s journey in science
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1.30pm– 3.00 pm Panel Discussion II: Redefining success in science
3.00pm-4:00pm Session II: Talks by leading scientists from academia & startup
4:00pm - 6:00pm Networking Tea & R&D visit 

Keynote & Session chairs
Special Address: Secretary, Government of Karnataka
Event Chair: Dr Sweta Raghavan, Å·ÃÀAV
Welcome Address: Dr Anitha Varghese, Professor & Head, Department of Chemistry, Christ University
Presidential Address: Dr Fr Jose C C, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Christ University
Session Chairs : Dr Pintoo Ganguly FÅ·ÃÀAV, Calibre Chemicals and Prof Channabasaveshwar Yelamaggad FÅ·ÃÀAV, CeNS Centre for nano and Soft Matter Sciences 

Session Speakers
Dr Susheela Negi - Associate Head, S&T Capacity Building Division, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
Dr Aparna Kasinath Head, GLP Test Facility Management, Translation & Clinical Research Unit, Syngene International Limited
Dr Savitha Nagaraj Professor, Department of Microbiology; Head, Quality & Patient Safety,
St John’s Medical College Hospital
Prof Tharamani C Nagaiah Professor & Head, Career Development & Placement, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Prof Shobha Shukla Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 
Dr Manjusha Shelke Principal Scientist, Physical & Materials Chemistry Division,
CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
Dr Garima Jindal Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Dr Neeraja Dashaputre Principal Technical Officer (Education), IISER Pune
Dr Shivranjani Moharir Senior Scientist, Tata Institute for Genetics & Society
Dr Kezia Sasitharan Leverhulme Early Career FellowSchool of Natural and Environmental Sciences Newcastle University, UK
Dr Sreeparna SamantaProject Manager, BeST Cluster

Christ University

Christ University, Block 1, II Floor, Christ (Deembed to be University), Bnagalore Central Campus, Bangalore , 560029, India