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| Savitribai Phule Pune University |
| Title | On being a scientist |
| Speaker |
Madhav Gadgil,
Madhav Dhananjaya Gadgil (born 1942) is an Indian ecologist, academic, writer, columnist and the founder of the Centre for Ecological Sciences, a research forum under the aegis of the Indian Institute of Science. He is a former member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India and the Head of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) of 2010, popularly known as the Gadgil Commission. He is a recipient of the Volvo Environment Prize and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri in 1981 and followed it up with the third highest award of the Padma Bhushan in 2006. (-Wikipedia) |
| Date & Time | Wednesday, 14 August 2019 | 11:00-13:00 |
| Venue | Kelkar lab, CMS, SPPU. |
| Abstract |
While still in high school I decided to pursue ecology because of my fascination
with the natural world . But other aspects of science, in particular its
insistence on sound logic attracted me . This implied that science was not a
mere collection of facts as much of natural history tends to be, but of making
observations to test some particular hypothesis. I did my doctoral work at a
time when computers were just beginning to be applied in science, posing the
problem of allocation of limited resources by living organisms towards
maintenance, growth and reproduction using techniques of industrial engineering.
One of my predictions was that the level of allocation of resources to
reproduction will be higher in organisms facing higher levels of density
independent mortality. I proceeded to validate this hypothesis through
ecological field work. I have continued to pursue such an approach through all
my work, including some very applied ecological work that followed.
(Note: Session will consist of informal discussion.) |
| Organizer/Host | Snehal Shekatkar for Student Induction Program 2019 |
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