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Green Talents Award 2021

Are you a promising researcher who is looking to create a better, more sustainable future for all? Are you working on sustainable, innovative ideas to help realise the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Are you interested in diving deeper into Germany’s approach to research for sustainability?
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IGCS Virtual Summer School 2021 on “Sustainable Water Management at the Saltwater – Freshwater Interface”

Kiel University (CAU), Germany in collaboration with The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) in India, will host the IGCs Virtual Summer School 2021 from 12-23 July 2021.
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TUM Global DeepTech Venture Initiative

Thinking about founding your own tech start-up? Curious about the German market? Even in times of travel restrictions, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) welcomes you with open arms. Take a deep dive into Munich’s founder scene and become part of Germany’s exclusive entrepreneurial network!
Virtual workshop on ‘Wire-free, multi-modal non-contact physiological sensing and monitoring’

The workshop on ‘Wire-free, multi-modal non-contact physiological sensing and monitoring’ is a virtual workshop organized by Indian Institute of Technology Madras and RWTH Aachen University. Eighteen speakers from different universities and organizations will talk on the latest developments in non-contact monitoring. The talks will be between 7th April 2021 and 20th April 2021, with two talks per day. Each talk will be for a duration of 30 to 45 minutes with Q & A. The two talk timings everyday are 2:30 pm and 6:30 pm IST (11 am and 3 pm CEST)
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PhD Positions at IMPRS “The Exploration of Ecological Interactions with Molecular and Chemical Techniques”

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) “The Exploration of Ecological Interactions with Molecular and Chemical Techniques” in Jena, Germany, invites applications for 5 PhD positions in Molecular and Chemical Ecology and Evolution beginning in September 2021 – January 2022.
Publication on “Air quality in India with a particular focus on Delhi, Punjab and Haryana during the crop residue burning period” funded by Max-Planck Partner group grant

Dr Dhanyalekshmi K. Pillai, Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal and the Head, Max Planck Partner Group (MPI-BGC Germany) has recently published in ACP (Copernicus Publications) investigating air quality in India with a particular focus on Delhi, Punjab and Haryana during the crop residue burning period. The research is completely funded by the Max-Planck Partner group grant.
Call for Papers: Winter School “Making and Un-Making Worlds of Coercion and Confinement”

The Max Weber Stiftung (MWS), India Branch Office and the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS) are organising the Winter School “Making and Un-Making Worlds of Coercion and Confinement”. The winter schools of the India Branch Office bring together graduate students and experienced scholars within an informal and lively environment aimed at exploring the worlds of South Asian societies and cultures in history and in the present, and using the experience of this exploration as a starting point for new ventures and departures in scholarly discourse.