NIAS-MAIYA PRODIGY Fellowship programme successfully conducted its third Talent Search workshop on 9th & 10th of May 2019. The programme invited eminent scholars (as Mentors) from across the world, providing opportunities to the students to engage in various fields of Astrophysics, Biophysics, Architecture, Theatre, Music and many more.... The students spoke about their own interest areas and got connected with a mentor in their specific field. The invited resource persons (mentors) were Dr. Shailesh Nayak (Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies), Dr. S.S. Iyengar (Director SCIS, Florida International University, USA), Prof. Zvi Galil, (Dean, College of Computing, Georgia Tech USA), Dr. A.H. Rama Rao (President, National College Bangalore), Dr. Anitha Kurup (Dean & Professor, NIAS), Dr. R. Ravichandran (Principal Director, Income Tax Investigation), Mr. Ricky Kej (Environmentalist, Music composer, Grammy award winner), Mr. Jayachandran Palazhy (Artistic Director, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore), Ms. Rebecca Spurgeon (Artistic Director, Jagriti Theatre, Bangalore), Mr. Subramanian Sivakumar (CEO, World Research Center), Dr. Jagadeesha Chinagudi (Research Scientist/Engineer, ISRO), Dr. David Rifkind (Associate Professor, Florida International University), Dr. M.V. Hosur (Adjunct Professor, NIAS), Dr. Dinesha KV (Professor, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore), Dr. Nithin Nagaraj (Associate Professor, NIAS), Dr. Anindya Sinha (Professor, NIAS), Dr. Arkalgud Ramaprasad (Director, Ramaiah Public Policy Center), Dr. Prajval Shastri (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore), Dr. K.R. Venugopal (Special Officer, DVG, Bangalore) and Dr. Mahesh Jambardi (Chief Operating Officer, Excelsoft).
