Accommodation and Transport

Those who wish to avail accommodation

facilities, please go to the Indian Science

Congress Official website https://isc2020uasb.

org and fill the required forms.

Bengaluru is well connected with bus, train

and airline facilities. To reach the venue,

participants can use city bus service, Uber or

Ola cabs.

The Registration Fee(along with the Registration Form)has to be paid as follows :

Money transfer/NEFT/RTGS(Inter bank tranfer) toCANARA BANK, GKVK Branch, BengaluruA/c : 2737101019606 IFSC : CNRB0002737

Money transfer can also be done throughinternet banking.

All payments should be addressed to107th Indian Science Congress

https:/ / isc2020uasb.org

About ScienceCommunicators’ MeetPreamble

Science Communicators' role is to facilitate

public engagement with scientific issues.

Science communication plays an integral part

in one's scientif ic career. Being able to

effectively disseminate research f indings

within the community and to consider

collective opinions in prioritizing research

needs is an important attribute of scientific

maturity. Thus, dissemination of scientific

information and inculcation of scientif ic

attitude among masses at large is the need

of the hour.

With this broad goal, Science Communi-

cators' Meet is held every year at the Indian

Science Congress for understanding and

promoting effective communication of

science to diverse audiences. It provides an

opportunity to academicians, science

journalists, activists, filmmakers, scientists

and other communicators from all over the

world to meet, deliberate and exchange their

views on how to develop science communi-

cation. The aim of this years Science Commu-

nicators' Meet is to bring together experts in

the f ield of science communication with

particular reference to rural development.

Call for Poster Presentation

Abstracts are invited for poster presentation

and should be sent to umashaanker

@gmail.com. Abstracts should be within 100

words, without any sketches and tables.

Guidelines

1. Abstracts should address the theme of

Science Communicators’ Meet.

2. The model format for abstract is

available at https://isc2020uasb.org

3. Each author is entitled to submit only two

abstracts.

4. Abstracts should reach on or before

October 30th 2019.

5. List of abstracts accepted will be notified

on the website by 15th November 2019.

6. The authors should submit full length

paper of the accepted abstracts by 30th

November 2019. The abstracts of the

papers approved will be printed in Part II

of the Proceedings of the Science

Communicators’ Meet.

7. Size of each poster should be 5 feet

(height) x 3 feet (width) and should be

neatly prepared which can be read from

a distance of 3 feet.

8. Please note that there is no separate

registration for Science Communicators’

Meet. Members of Indian Science

Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata and

those registered for Indian Science

Congress ISC2020 are eligible to send

abstracts.

9. All the delegates are requested

to register online at website :

www.isc2020uasb.org

107 ISC 2020 Organising Committee

Dr. S. Rajendra PrasadVice-Chancellor & Chairman

Dr. Y.G. ShadakshariDirector of Research, UASB &Local Secretary

Dr. K.C. Narayana SwamyController of Examinaiton, UASB &Local Secretary

For further details contactDr. R. UmashaankerProfessor (Emeritus)Department of Crop PhysiologyUniversity of Agricultural SciencesBengaluruMobile : 09845203561Email : umashaanker@gmail.com

Dr. Anoop Kumar JainGeneral Secretary (Scientific Activities),ISCA251, AnandpuriKanpur - 208 023Mobile : 093360 35646Email : anupjainmumbai@gmail.com /anoop.jain1960@yahoo.com

University of Agricultural Sciences,Bengaluru

The University of Agricultural Sciences,

Bengaluru (UASB) was established in 1964

and is a premier institute of agricultural

education, research and outreach. The mission

of university is adoption of total quality

management to equip students for market

needs and to reach out to farmers with

economical and sustainable agricultural

technologies. The verdant University campus

is filled with trees and greenery spread over

1200 acres. The University currently offers six

Under-Graduate Degree programs in

Agriculture, Sericulture, Food Technology,

Agricultural Marketing & Cooperation, Agri-

Biotechnology and Agricultural Engineering;

and Master’s Degree programme in 22

disciplines. Doctoral degree programme is

offered in 15 disciplines. across its f ive

campuses in Bengaluru, Hassan, Chintamani,

Mandya and Chamarajanagara. The

University also offers Diploma and Certificate

courses to meet the human resource needs

of technology, services, marketing and

extension in agriculture and allied sectors.

The curriculum in all academic programmes is

dynamic and backed by University’s f ive

decades of experience in higher education.

Aim

The aim of science communicators’ meet is to

cultivate and build-up a more closely knit

science communication community in the

country for disseminating science information

for greater participation of citizens in science.

Objectives

To bring science communicators to discuss

the development and optimum utilization

existing & new media and arenas to

strengthen the dialogue between the

research community and the society.

To provide opportunities for practitioners

of science communication to discuss

communi-cation strategies and receive

critical feedback.

To spread scientific thinking among people

and make science accessible to them.