UPCOMING EVENTS

TOPtoTOP coming to India (2010)

The TOPtoTOP Global Climate Expedition is the 1st expedition over the 7-Seas to the 7-Summits that will be achieved by human and nature's power only. A Swiss family together with volunteers share the joy of sport and enviromnmental action to protect the climate with young people all over the world.  
 

PREVIOUS EVENTS

Mario Botta at the School of Architecture in Ahmedabad (8 February 2010)

Conference by Swiss architect Mario Botta at the School of Architecture in Ahmedabad (www.cept.ac.in) followed by inauguration of exhibition on Swiss Italian architecture. Large and enthusiastic audience of approximately 350 people. Also Professor Balkrishna Doshi, a famous architect of Ahmedabad, helped light the flame. 

IIT Bombay Techfest (22-24 Januar 2010)

swissnex is sponsoring ETHZ, EPFL and CERN's participation at IIT Bombay Techfest 2010, the largest Science and Technology festival in Asia. At this prestigious event, two keynote speakers and four teams will be exhibiting Swiss excellence in virtual reality and robotics will be showcased. Lyn Evans, Project Manager at CERN's Large Hadron Collider is also among the keynote speakers and "one of the most eagerly awaited lectures in Techfest's history" according to the organisers. www.techfest.org 

Swiss Delegates of Canton de Vaud to Bangalore (20 - 25 November 2009)

Swiss Delegates of Canton de Vaud will meet with Indian representives from the field of Biotechnology, IT, Business administration, Engineering, Hotel Management, Physiotherapy and Nursing. 

ETH Big Band tour to India (6 - 15 November 2009)

The ETH Big Band will be holding concerts at the Swiss Embassy Delhi, at IIT Delhi, at National Center for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, at IIT Chennai, at Anna University Chennai and at IIT Mumbai. Moreover at all the institutes there will promote education and science in Switzerland.

Indo-Swiss Symposium on Infectious Diseases (12-13 October 2009)

It is with greatest regret that EPFL has to announce the postponement of the Indo-Swiss Symposium, initially scheduled on October 12th and 13th, 2009.

EPFL has just been informed by the Department of Science & Technology that following the severe drought and the subsequent emergency measures taken by the Government of India, the Indian partners have not received the authorization to travel to Switzerland. Therefore, EPFL has been asked to postpone the Symposium to a later date.

For more information please visit: wiki.epfl.ch/indoswiss

SwissCube - First Swiss satellite (23 September 2009)

SwissCube is the first satellite built entirely in Switzerland. This endeavor is led by the EPFL Space Center in Switzerland in collaboration with several Swiss universities since 2006. Although small in size (1 liter, 1kg), it contains all the major sub-systems, that are present in much larger satellites.

SwissCube will be launched in 2009 with an Indian PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) from the Satish Dhawan Center in Sriharikota, on the Indian South-East coast. coast. http://swisscube.epfl.ch

[Source of picture: HES//Valais http://isi.hevs.ch]

Lecture series by Prof. Claude Nicollier and Mrs. Muriel Noca (10-17 August 2009)

Prof. Claude Nicollier, Swiss Astronaut and Mrs. Muriel Noca, Project Manager of SwissCube presented lectures highlighting Space & Astronomy to senior school and pre university students in Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai.  

Networking evening on "Innovation" (2nd February 2009)

A networking evening for swissnex San Francisco representing Nestlé Innovation Partnerships was hosted by swissnex Bangalore at the Swiss Embassy in New Delhi. We are very happy that Federal Counsellor Moritz Leuenberger gracefully took part in the event.

EPFL at IIT Bombay Techfest 2009 (24-26 January 2009)

Two professors from EPFL gave keynote speeches at IIT Bombay Techfest 2009. Prof. Dario Floreano, Director of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems talked about "Evolution of Robots between Biology and Engineering". Prof. Henry Markram, Director of the Blue Mind Institute at EPFL presented the Blue Brain Project which focuses on neuroscience. Two researchers (A. Crespi and J. Knuesel) from the Biologically Inspired Robotics Group (BIRG) headed by Auke Ijspeert presented a "swimming salamander robot". 

The Jaipur Forum (15-20 November 2008)

The Jaipur Forum takes place in the town of Jaipur (Rajasthan, Northern India) from 15-20 November 2008. www.nordsud.ch/english/programme.html

On 19 November 2008 swissnex Bangalore co-organises a round table on "Climate change: ethical and scientific challenges" in collaboration with SDC. On 20 November swissnex Bangalore participates at a panel discussing on "Student exchanges, training and research - future perspectives between Indian and Swiss Universities and Institutes". Panelists are Professor Yadava, Dean of the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India), Professor Suren Erkmann, Chairman of the Commission for International Relations, University of Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland), Preofessor Golapagan Balachandran, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland) and Dr. Silvia Hostettler, Executive Director, swissnex Bangalore (New Delhi, India).

A poster exhibition on Indo-Swiss research projects has been mounted by swissnex Bangalore together with EPFL (ISJRP) and will be shown throughout the week.

2008: Celebrating 60 Years of Friendship

The year 2008 is a year of celebrations for India and Switzerland - a year that commemorates 60 years of the signing of the Indo-Swiss Friendship Treaty and of friendship that dates back to much earlier than that. Visit the www.indiaswitzerland.org website for upcoming and ongoing events.