UPCOMING EVENTS
IIT Madras technical festival "Shaastra" (September/October 2010)
Shaastra (meaning "Science" in Sanskrit) is one of the biggest science and technical festivals of India, with a slew of events, encompassing all aspects of science and technology and attracting thousands of students across the country.
swissnex India is happy to announce the sponsoring of a lecture by Dr. Lyn Evans, Project Leader at CERN, Large Hadron Collider. More information on www.shaastra.org/2010
06.09.2010 - ScienceSuisse Exhibition with conference by Prof. Bernd Scholl (ETHZ)
On the 6th of September swissnex inaugurates the ScienceSuisse exhibition at Dayananda Sagar Institutions, Bangalore. Prof. Bernd Scholl, Head of the Institute for Spatial and Landscape Planning will give an inaugural conference on his research. For more information please contact swissnex.bangalore@gmail.com.
This event is only open to faculty and students of DSI.
Swathi Ramanathan, Sathya Prakash Varanasi from Bangalore as well as Prof. Bernd Scholl from Switzerland will present their perspectives on urban planning. The discussion will be moderated by architect Soumitro Ghosh. Excerpts from the event "From Chandigarh to NanoCity: Past and Future of Urban Planning in India" that took place at swissnex San Francisco on 8 July 2010 will be screened. Venue: National Gallery of Modern Art, 49 Palace Road, Bangalore, auditorium, 6-8pm. Email confirmation appreciated to swnxindia@gmail.com.07.09.2010 - The challenges of urban planning: a series of presentations at NGMA Bangalore
27.09.2010 - 10.10.2010 TOPtoTOP coming to Bangalore
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. www.toptotop.org
PREVIOUS EVENTS
EPFL Summer School event (27 August 2010)
The EPFL Summer School travels to Bangalore and Shanghai for 4 weeks. Introductions to topics such as (mega) cities, company life, universities/research labs, consumerism and art are followed by filed trips. The main instructors to the Summer School are scholars from local universities and locals professionals/experts.
During their stay in Bangalore swissnex invited the EPFL Summer School and the local instructors for an informal dinner.
SCIENCEsuisse in Bangalore (9 and 20 July 2010)
SCIENCEsuisse showcases 25 world class researchers working in Switzerland. Nationality was irrelevant; excellent research was the key criterion to be portrayed in the exhibition. The portraits present research and achievements in a wide variety of disciplines ranging from astrophysics, geology, medicine, and robotics to art history and philosophy.
swissnex presented the SCIENCEsuisse exhibition at Christ University and at St. Joseph's College along with a talk by Dr. Silvia Hostettler, Director swissnex India. More than 1'300 students attended the two event.
EPFL Alumni event (3 June 2010)
swissnex held an EPFL/ETHZ alumni event in Bangalore . It was an informal evening around a fondue and BBQ - a great evening with many EPFL/ETHZ alumni attending.
MoT at EPFL, 5.30pm Swiss time (6 May 2010)
Under the framework of the Executive MBA in Management of Technology - MoT. MoT Event 2010: Becoming a Global Entrepreneur at EPFL, Auditorium CO1, with a video link with swissnex.
ETHZ President Prof. Ralph Eichler visits Bangalore (8 April 2010)
A high level delegation from ETH Zurich visited Infosys and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to explore future collaboration.
EPFL Professor Michael Grätzel - lecture at JNCASR in Bangalore (31 March 2010)
Prof. Graetzel discovered a new type of solar cell based on dye sensitized mesoscopic oxide particles. He is author of over 500 publications and amongst the most highly cited scientists in the world. His lecture at the Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Bangalore focused on "The Advent of Mesoscopic Solar Cells".
Focus India (30 March 2010)
Focus India is a student project within the bachelor degree programme "International Management" at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). It is organized by students for students in their final year of studies. Launched five years ago, it has the core objective to give students deep insights into various aspects of India with focus on its business environment.
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)
EPFL at IIT Bombay Techfest 2009 (24-26 January 2009)
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.
