The first Dr MA Govinda Rau Founder Memorial Lecture - IISc baglore 2022

Dr Sethuraman Panchanathan The Alumnus of IISc Bangalore delivered The first Dr MA Govinda Rau Founder Memorial Lecture at IISc Bangalore 2022.

The first Dr MA Govinda Rau Founder Memorial Lecture - IISc baglore 2022

It was a pleasure to host our Distinguished Alumnus Dr Sethuraman Panchanathan ( @DrPanch ), Director @NSF . He delivered the first Dr MA Govinda Rau Founder Memorial Lecture, instituted to honour the Founder of @chemengiisc , by Dr Govind Rao (grandson of Dr MA Govinda Rau).

Dr Panchanathan extolled Dr Govinda Rau as a fantastic scientist, innovator, creator, designer & leader. Describing NSF's work, he highlighted the importance of inclusion, diversity, accelerating scientific frontiers, building resilient futures & Indo-US collaborations.

He also spoke at the Indo-US Visioning Workshop on Developing a Diverse, Robust AI Workforce (https://usiai.iusstf.org/visioning-workshop). A report on "The AI & Data Science Workforce: The State of Higher Education in India and an Overview of the US Landscape" was released.

Dr Panchanathan also received his Distinguished Alumnus Award, and paid a visit to @CBR_IISc.