ISSUE 182: OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2005

Antapur Venkoba Rao

(b 20 August 1927; d 25 September, 2005) was born in Kavutalam, Andhra Pradesh and did his D.Sc. in 1978 from University of Madras specializing in Psychological Medicine. He had been Officer-in-Charge, Indian Council of Medical Research, Centre for Advanced Research on Health & Behaviour, Madurai. Dr Venkoba Rao served as WHO Consultant on Psychiatric Diseases. Venkoba Rao had

 		   Jan Karol Kostrzewski

(b 2 Decemberr, 1915; d May 27, 2005) was born in Cracow, Poland and did his M.D. in 1948 from Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland; Hony Diploma, Polish Medical Alliance, Chicago, U.S.A. in 1974 specializing in Epidemiology. He had served as Vice-Minister of Health and Chief State Sanitary Inspector.
                            Kostrzewski’s investigations span over a wide field which included: mortality from typhus fever in Poland reticuloendothelial system in malaria; the epidemiology of trench fever; the diagnosis of typhus fever in interepidemic period; the epidemiology of poliomyelitis in Poland; the epidemiology and prevention of diphtheria in Poland; the role of recrudescences in epidemiology of louse borne typhus fever, and time trends in certain acute infectious deiseases during the last thirty years; evaluated oral poliomyelitis vaccine prepared from Koprowski’s type 1 (Chat) and type 3 (W-Fox) strains and the safety and effect of mass of oral vaccination with attenuated poliomyelitis type 1 and type 3 strains with respect to the epidemiologic situation of poliomyelitis in Europe; and also evaluation of typhoid vaccines in the laboratory and in a controlled field trail in Poland. He was Member/Fellow of various national and international scientific societies.
                      Professor Jan Karol Kostrezewski was elected to the Foreign Fellowship of Indian National Science

done important researches affective disorders (specially depressive disease),  psychiatry  of old  age, suicidology, clinical use of lithium, biological psychiatry, especially melatonin studies in depression; psychotherapy based on Gita and other Indian scriptures; and history of psychiatry with reference to Ayurveda and Indian philosophical systems. He was Fellow of number of scientific societies and the recipient of T.S. Tirumurti Memorial Lecture of INSA in 1995.
         Dr A Venkoba Rao was elected to the Fellowship of Indian National Science Academy in the year 1989.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Last Date for Making Nomination for Election of Fellows and Foregin Fellows
Attention is drawn of Fellows of INSA that 15 October 2006 is the last date for receiving nomination for election as Fellow and Foreign Fellow. The nominations received on or before October 15 will be included for consideration in the year 2007, while those received after October 15, will go to the year 2008. The Fellowship Nomination Form can be procured by the INSA Fellows from the office of the Academy.

Strengthening of Security in INSA Complex

The surrounding of the Academy (INSA), its multistoreyed building and multifaceted activities demands special precautions and strengthening of the security arrangement. Sometime back Fellowships were provided cards to facilitate uninterrupted access to INSA premises. In view of the recent incidence in the Scientific Institution, an appeal is being made to Fellowship to send stamp size photograph for a new Fellowship card.

Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy

 From 1st January 2006 Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, which were published in two parts covering areas in Physical Sciences and Biological Sciences respectively in alternate months, has been merged and a single volume will be published. Each issue will cover areas under Biological Sciences and Physical Sciences. There will be four issues each year to be brought out in March, June, September and December. The Proceedings will contain review papers, original research articles, short communications, commentaries, lateral thinking and emerging techniques etc. Dr Krishan Lal, FNA has been appointed Editor-in-Chief with Professor M M Johri and Professor S K Dogra as the Editors for the Biological Sciences and the Physical Sciences respectively with new Editorial Boards.


INSA Medal for Young Scientist

The upper age limit for the young scientist medal award has been raised from 32 years to 35 years from the year 2006.


Call for Research Projects on History of Science

Research proposals are invited from researchers interested in taking up source and theme oriented studies by compiling important sources for study, translation of important scientific and technical works and making critical assessment in the areas like mathematics, astronomy, medicine, architecture, product, life and works of eminent scientists, institutions, science and societies etc. relating to Indian science and technology in proper historical perspective. Interested researchers may obtain application form from History of Science Unit, of the Academy.


Anil Kumar Bose Memorial Award

The upper age limit for A K Bose Memorial Award has been raised from the present 37 years to 40 years, keeping in view of the recently raised age limit for Young Scientists award from 32 to 35 years.


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