<div dir="ltr">Dear  CIG  community:<div><br><div>We are pleased to announce  the new initiative from India to be presented during AGU 2013.</div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
Several new institutions in India ( IISERs & IITs) are in the process of developing new academic programs in Earth and Climate sciences. We have taken initiative to meet young researchers in these subjects during AGU meeting  on 9 Dec 2013 12:30 pm- 1:30 pm , MOSCONE WEST    Room No.2016.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> In case you are  attending AGU please join us and also circulate this to your colleagues , Post- docs and students.  You may find the details below.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Looking forward to your support. </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Regards</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
S.S. Rai</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
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TH12K. Earth & Climate Science Education and Research Opportunities in India</h1><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:24px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(38,56,66)">
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</div><p style="font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">A new initiative on science and technology in India has spurred the expansion of education and research with new institutions and funding, which have provided career opportunities for bright young scientists. Indian presence is especially poor in Earth system sciences. We invite Young Investigators and Senior Scientists to discuss strategies for scientific success. A follow-up meeting will be held to take full advantage of the contacts made in the first meeting. Contact: Raghuram Murtugudde, <a href="mailto:ragu@essic.umd.edu" target="_blank">ragu@essic.umd.edu</a>.</p>
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<div>new link for our meeting is <a href="http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/events/th12k-earth-climate-science-education-and-research-opportunities-in-india/" target="_blank">http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/events/th12k-earth-climate-science-education-and-research-opportunities-in-india/</a><br>
<br></div>they have also uploaded our write up as a PDF...<br><br><a href="http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/files/2013/10/AGU2013_a-townhall-meeting-on-India.pdf" target="_blank">http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/files/2013/10/AGU2013_a-townhall-meeting-on-India.pdf</a><br>
<br></div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal">please do circulate to as many contacts as possible. </span></h1><div><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/ca/u/0/images/cleardot.gif"></div>
</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left">Shyam S. Rai, PhD<br>JC Bose National Fellow & Chief Scientist,</div><div style="text-align:left">
Project Leader - Seismic Tomography,<br>CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute<br>Uppal Road, Habsiguda<br>Hyderabad 500007, India<br>Phone: +91-40-27012827</div><div style="text-align:left">Fax: +91-40-23434651</div>
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