[kanchilug] Fwd: [FSFTN] Lecture by Prof. S. K. Brahmachari, Former DG of CSIR | 7.30 PM on Tuesday, 28 January 2014 | IC & SR Main Auditorium
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From: "Deepak Johnson" <deepak@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Jan 27, 2014 9:05 AM
Subject: [FSFTN] Lecture by Prof. S. K. Brahmachari, Former DG of CSIR |
7.30 PM on Tuesday, 28 January 2014 | IC & SR Main Auditorium
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Dear all,
FSFTN and EML Team, IIT Madras are organising a lecture in relation to the
Education Freedom Day programmes. The lecture is delivered by Prof. S. K.
Brahmachari, former DG of CSIR addressing the theme of the open innovation.
Prof. Brahmachari is the chief mentor of open source drug discovery, one
such initiative which focuses on developing drugs for diseases that affect
the third world, largely. Please find further details below:
*Extra Mural Lectures Team, IIT Madras and Free Software Foundation, Tamil
Nadu *
Present
an Extra Mural Lecture
by
*Prof. Samir K. Brahmachari*
Chief Mentor for OSDD and Former Director-General of CSIR
On
*'**Open Innovation, Big Data and Crowd Sourcing : The Next Frontier *
*' *
*Tuesday, 28th January*
*Venue: IC & SR Main Auditorium*
*Time: 7.30 PM*
The phrase open innovation is used to refer to a development model first
came to the forefront with the advent of the Internet. The ideology,
pioneered by the development of the free and open source software movement,
has found considerable following in a variety of other fields, one of which
is drug discovery. Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD), a research consortium
based in India, is one of the groups spearheading this developmental
philosophy, encouraging research in the spirit of free and open source
software. Their ambition is to provide affordable health services for all
by developing better treatment for diseases such as tuberculosis and
malaria that are often neglected by big medical companies.
Professor Samir K. Brahmachari is the Chief Coordinator and Mentor for the
OSDD. He is a biophysicist and the former Director General of the Council
of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR). He holds the distinction of
being awarded numerous national and international honours, and was named as
one of the 25 Most Valuable Indians by The Week magazine in 2009.*
‘GNU/Linux’, ‘Firefox’ and ‘Wikipedia’ have taken the electronic world by
storm, and the field of drug discovery seems primed for such a revolution.
Do not miss out on this opportunity to hear from one of the pioneers of an
idea that could lead to very real and tangible benefits in India as well as
around the world.*
Regards,
FSFTN & Extra Mural Lectures Team,2013-'14
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