Draft of Global Scientific Council Released

Draft of Global Scientific Council Released. Please see link below.
http://www.slideshare.net/biharbrains/global-scientific-council-draft-presentation

Thanks to local scientific council members namely Prof RP Sinha, Prof Dolly Sinha , Prof KV Sriniwasan, Prof Jainendra Kumar , Dr.. BK SharmaProf Animesh Jha.
Special thanks goes to Prof Animesh Jha, Univ of Leeds, UK for his input for the finalization of the draft and to Prof KV sriniwasan for editing and making final touch of the draft.

Thanks to all who were directly or indirectly involved in finalising the draft.

-- Bibhuti Bikramaditya

Report on Fisrt Bihar Science Conference 2008 Released

Please find a report on Bihar Science Conference 2008 on following link

http://www.slideshare.net/biharbrains/bihar-science-conference-2008-a-report-presentation

NASA’s Upendra N. Singh Elected to Board of Directors for SPIE – The International Society for Optics and Photonics

BELLINGHAM, WA, USA – 23 September 2008 - Upendra N. Singh, Chief Technologist, Systems Engineering Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center, was elected by his peers to serve a three-year term as a Director of SPIE for 2009-2011. In his role as a Director, Singh will represent his peers in Society governance activities and act as an advocate for SPIE and its mission of advancement of optics and optical engineering.

Singh is an established leader in active/passive remote sensing applications for space, especially lidar systems for earth and planetary remote sensing, and sensors and electro-optics systems for atmospheric and chemical/biological sensing. He is an Associate Editor of the SPIE Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, a past member of the SPIE Symposia Committee, and a Fellow of the Society since 2003.

He has chaired over 20 SPIE international conferences in the USA, Europe, and Asia-Pacific regions including serving as a General Symposia Chair for six SPIE’s Asia Pacific Remote Sensing Symposia and as a Conference Chair for SPIE Lidar Remote Sensing For Industry And Environmental Monitoring, SPIE Laser Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Ecological Applications, SPIE Laser Radar Technology & Applications, SPIE Conference on Laser Radar Technology & Applications, and the EOS/SPIE Conference on Laser Radar Technology.

Founded in 1955, SPIE is an international optics and photonics society serving 17,000 Members in 138 countries. Over 40,000 attendees participate in 25-30 SPIE conferences, educational programs, and technical exhibitions annually. SPIE publishes six scholarly journals and the SPIE Digital Library publishes 20,000 proceedings papers each year covering the lasted research in the field.
In support of students, the Society contributes more than $1.5 M annually in scholarships, grants, and financial support. With 129 Student Chapters around the world, SPIE is expanding opportunities for students to develop professional skills and utilize career opportunities, supporting the next generation of scientists and engineers.
For more information about SPIE, visit http://SPIE.org.

Bihar Science Conference 2009 rescheduled and shifted back on Jan 30-Feb 1,2009

Dear Friends,

Global Scientific council has decided to hold this second Bihar
Science Conference on Jan30 to February 1,2009 (earlier it was announced
on Feb 12-14,2009). This is due to Saraswati Puja and state level
Intermediate examinations in the second week of February 2009,
The rescheduled date is around 2 weeks before the earlier announced date.
Sorry for your inconvenience.


Prof Jainendra Kumar
Chairman,Bihar Science Conference,2009

Condolence Message

Dear Friends,

We feel very sorry to know that Prof Sireteanu of Max Planc Research Institute, Germany is now no more.

On behalf of BBrains Development Society and Patron of Bihar Science Conference,I express my deep condolence to the bereaved family. May God give peace in her soul.


-- Bibhuti Bikramaditya

MOM of the Global Scientific council: Sept 6,2008

A meeting of the scientific council of BBrains Development Society was held in the society’s office at 4 pm on 06.09.2008. The following members were present

1.Prof Rajmani Pd sinha, Chairman, Scientific council, ex-VC, LNMU
2.Prof A. Yadav, EX-VC, BU
3.Prof Dolly Sinha, convenor, Scinentific council(Dept of Physics, Magadh Mahila College, Patna
4.Prof Jainendra Kumar,HOD Botany and Biotechnology, College of Commerce Patna
5.Dr. B.K. Sharma, HOD, Electronics, NIT,Patna
6.Prof. KV Sriniwasan, Ex-HOD, Chemistry, Patna Science college
7.Dr. Santosh Kumar, Dept of Physics, B.S College Danapur
8.Prof Santosh Kumar, ex HOD CWRS, NIT,Patna


Dr. Santosh Kumar placed necessary documents for discussion. The agenda of the meeting is

1.Finalization of draft of the scientific council
2.Sending Proposal to British Council
3.Making team of fund management for BSC 2009
4.Meeting with Hon'ble CM and DY CM for their patrons hip and participation in BSC 2009
5.Release of BSC 2009 Brochure to media

The following matters were discussed

1.The date of the BSC 2009 is decided to be on Jan 30, Jan 31, and Feb 1,2009
2.The draft of the scientific council was reviewed. The revised draft of the council is enclosed which is approved unanimously.
3.The core group of the scientific council was reviewed, revised and approved. List enclosed.
4.The fund management committee of the council will comprise of following members
a.Prof A. Yadav,
b.Prof RP Sinha
c.Prof Jainendra Kumar,
d.Prof. KV Sriniwasan,
e.Dr. Santosh Kumar

The fund management committee for the BSC 2009 will be decided in the next meeting.

5.The paper and format for the application form for submitting project to British council and any other such organizations /funding agencies should be provided by BBrains development society in the next meeting.
6.The next meeting of the organizing committee will be held on 21.09.2008 at 11 am.



Report compiled by Prof K.V Sriniwasan (Member, Scientific Council)

Dr. Upendra Nath Singh Elected President and CEO of International Lidar Organization, LaRC, NASA

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/rn_singh.html

In rare scientific achievements, Dr. Upendra N. Singh, a resident of Purnia district of Bihar and Chief Technologist Systems Engineering Directorate at NASA Langley Research Center was unanimously elected to be the President and Executive Officer of the international Lidar Organization, ICLAS for a six year.
This was decided during the recently held 24th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC) held in Boulder, CO in July 2008.

The ICLAS is a nonprofit constituent Working Group of the International Radiation Commission. The ICLAS and its predecessor organizations have over the last 40 years provided guidance and support for the series of 24 bi-annual successful ILRC conferences in North America, Japan, Russia, and Europe and have showcased the exciting lidar developments and atmospheric observations by lidar scientists around the world. ILRCs highlight application results and recent technological advances in laser remote sensing of the atmosphere, ocean and surface properties. Suggested topics include but are not limited to aerosols and clouds, temperature and humidity, atmospheric trace gases and chemistry, air quality, bioaerosols, winds, transport processes, dynamics of the atmosphere, radiative transfer, radiation budget, space lidar, lidar networking, precision altimetry, and commercial lidar.

Prior to his election to the President of ICLAS, Dr. Singh served as a Working Group member of ICLAS for eight years (2000-2008) and co-chaired the 19th ILRC Conference in 1998 at Annapolis, Maryland. He is the Principal Investigator of the NASA’s Laser Risk Reduction Program at NASA Langley Research Center (2002-2008). He is an internationally recognized expert of lidar and has the distinction of chairing more than 25 international conferences in remote sensing area and has authored/co-authored more than 250 publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He is also an elected fellow of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) and an Associate Editor for Journal of Applied Remote Sensing.

Dr. Upendra N.Singh is a resident of Katihar district of Bihar. He is son of Prof. Ram Dahin Singh (Retired Principal and Head, Department of Commerce, D.S. College, Katihar. The Purnia borned scientist graduated was graduated from D.S College, Katihar, Post graduated in Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra(Ranchi) and then completed Ph.d from PhD, Physics, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France. He joined NASA in 1996 but in a very short span of time, he acclaimed highest posts of NASA; he got many international awards in NASA for his outstanding work. Earlier he worked as Head, Electro-Optics and Controls Branch, NASA LaRC ,
Aerospace Technologist, Remote Sensing Technology Branch, Chief Scientist, Hughes STX Corporation , Principal Scientist, Hughes STX Corporation , Assistant Research Scientist, University of Maryland, Research Associate, University of Maryland etc.

Recently he has been selected as member of (25 member) Global Core Scientific council member of BiharBrains (www.biharbrains.org ) and also been invited as keynote speaker in Second Bihar Science Conference,2009 which is scheduled to be held on Feb 12-14 at Patna . This conference is being hosted by Magadh University at its PG center of College of Commerce, Patna.