176. Nanoscale Materials as Antioxidant Enzyme Mimetics. Invited Lecture at the Indo-German symposium on "Selective Regulation in Nanoscaled Systems" at Kloster Banz, Germany, during December 9-11, 2013.

175. Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones. Invited Lecture at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Proteomics Society of India, during November 28-30, 2013.

174. Functional Mimetics of Selenoenzymes. Invited Lecture at Franklin Science Club, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India, on November 18, 2013.

173. Bioinorganic Chemistry. Workshop for College Chemistry Students and Teachers, Sponsored by the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore and the Foundation for Capacity Building in Science (FCBS), Trivandrum, INDIA, November 15-17, 2013.

172. Functional Mimetics of Selenoenzymes. Invited Lecture at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, India, on November 8, 2013.

171. Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones. Lecture at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, organized by Panjab University in association with CSIR-IMTECH and IISER-Mohali during November 8-10, 2013.

170. Chemistry of Thyroid Hormones. Professor G. Narayan Memorial Lecture, organized by Janatha Education Society, Science and Research Forum and The Karnataka Association for the Advancement of Science (KAAS) at Vivekananda College, Bangalore, on September 13, 2013.

169. Biomimetic Studies on the Regioselective Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones. Invited Lecture in the "Asian Rising Stars" special session at the 15th Asian Chemical Congress (ACC) in Singapore, during August 19-23, 2013.

168. Small Molecule Mimetics of Selenoenzymes. Plenary Lecture at the 12th International Conference on the Chemistry of Selenium and Tellurium (ICCST-12), at Cardiff University, UK, during July 22-26, 2013.

167. Recent Trends in Bioinorganic Chemistry. Invited Lecture at the Second IISc Alumni Association of North America's Global conference, Chicago, USA, during July 19-21, 2013.

166. Nanomaterials as Antioxidant Enzyme Mimetics. Invited Lecture at the RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, on June 19, 2013.

165. Glutathione Peroxidase Activity of Ebselen and Related Organoselenium Compounds. Invited Lecture at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, on June 18, 2013.

164. Regioselective Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones. Invited Lecture at the Monash University, Victoria, Australia, on June 17, 2013.

163. Glutathione Peroxidase Activity of Ebselen and Related Organoselenium Compounds. Invited Lecture at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia, on June 14, 2013.

162. Nanomaterials as Antioxidant Enzyme Mimetics. Invited Lecture at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, on June 13, 2013.

161. Everyday Chemistry. Lecture at the DST-sponsored INSPIRE Science Internship Camp "SCI-Navigate-2013" at Christ University, Bangalore, INDIA on Apr. 26, 2013.

160. Regioselective Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones. Invited Lecture at the 5th NIPER (RBL)-CDRI Symposium on Chemical and Biological Approaches in Drug Development and Delivery Strategies (CBADDDS-2013) organized by the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, INDIA, during March 21-23, 2013.

159. Nanomaterials as Antioxidant Enzyme Mimetics. Invited Lecture at the First National Conference on Mapping the "Materials Genome" organized by Shiv Nadar University, Dadri, UP, INDIA, during March 8-10, 2013.

158. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understand the Functions of Thyroid Hormones. Invited Lecture at R&D Centre, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, Mumbai, INDIA on March 01, 2013.

157. Bioinspired Green Chemistry. Keynote Address at New Horizons in Green Chemistry, Ramnarain Ruia College, Matunga, Mumbai, INDIA on Feb. 28, 2013.

156. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understand the Functions of Thyroid Hormones. Invited Lecture (TIFR Colloquium) at the Tata Institute of Fundamendal Research, Mumbai, INDIA on Feb. 27, 2013.

155. Understanding the Chemistry of the Thyroid by Multidisciplinary Approaches. Invited Lecture at the 4th Indian Peptide Symposium at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, INDIA during Feb. 21-22, 2013.

154. Understanding the Chemistry of the Thyroid by Multidisciplinary Approaches. Invited Lecture at a Conference on "Coalescence of Chemical Sciences to Confront the Future Challenges" organized by RSC-West India and SP College, Pune, INDIA during Feb. 9-10, 2013.

153. Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones by Iodothyronine Deiodinase Mimics. Plenary Lecture at the National Conference on Chemistry of Chalcogens (NC3-2013), Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune, INDIA during Jan. 14-15, 2013.

152. Regioselective Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones by Iodothyronine Deiodinase Mimics. Invited Lecture at the Conference on "Complex Chemical Systems", Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, INDIA during Dec. 3-5, 2012.

151. Excitements in Chemistry. Popular Lecture at Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore, INDIA on Nov. 9, 2012.

150. Understanding the Chemistry of the Thyroid by Multidisciplinary Approaches. Invited Lecture at the Department Day at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, INDIA on Nov. 7, 2012.

149. Bioinorganic Chemistry. REAP-BIOLOGY Programme: Chemistry in Biology, organized by Planetarium and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, September 22, 2012.

148. Bio and Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry. Invited Lecture at the Postgraduate Science Special Lecture Series Programme at DOS in Chemistry, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, INDIA during Sept. 6-8, 2012.

147. Regioselective deiodination of thyroid hormones by iodothyronine deiodinase mimics. Invited Lecture at the RSC-West India IYC-Challenge Symposium in Nagpur during Aug. 31-Sep. 1, 2012.

146. Regioselective deiodination of thyroid hormones by iodothyronine deiodinase mimics. Invited Lecture at the 244th ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia, USA during August 19-23, 2012.

145. Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones by Iodothyronine Deiodinase Mimics. Invited Lecture at the CFM2012: Chemical Frontiers, organized by IIT Bombay and JNCASR, Bangalore at Goa, INDIA during August 14-16, 2012.

144. Regioselective Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones by Iodothyronine Deiodinase Mimics at Physiologically Relevant Conditions. Plenary Lecture at the 2012 TWAS-ROESEAP Symposium on Frontier in Chemical Engineering - Green Chemistry and Engineering of Developing Countries (TWAS-ROESEAP-GCE), organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences at Beijing, CHINA, during July 27-31, 2012.

143. Synthetic Selenium Compounds as Enzyme Mimics: Experimental and Theoretical Investigations. Invited Lecture at Department of Material Science and Chemistry, Wakayama University, Wakayama, JAPAN, on June 01, 2012. 

142. Synthetic Selenium Compounds as Enzyme Mimics. Invited Lecture at Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, JAPAN, on May 31, 2012. 

141. Regioselective Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones by Deiodinase Mimics. Invited Lecture at Department of Chemistry, Tokai University, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, JAPAN, on May 30, 2012.

140. Regioselective Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones by Deiodinase Mimics. Invited Lecture at Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, JAPAN, on May 29, 2012. 

139. Synthetic Selenium Compounds as Enzyme Mimics. Invited Lecture at Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Kamiosaki, Tokyo, JAPAN, on May 28, 2012. 

138. Regioselective Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones by Deiodinase Mimics. Invited Lecture at the 10th International Conference on Heteroatom Chemistry (ICHAC-10), at Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, JAPAN, during May 20-25, 2012. 

137. Zinc Hydrolases in Antibiotic Resistance and Inactivation of Organophosphate Esters. Invited Lecture at the "12th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences (EuAsC2S-12) at Corfu, GREECE, during April 16-21, 2012.

136. Metalloproteins and Drug Discovery. Refresher Course for Teachers organized by Christ University, Bangalore, INDIA, March 21, 2012.

135. Metals in Biology - Bioinorganic Chemistry. Refresher Course for Teachers organized by Christ University, Bangalore, INDIA, March 21, 2012.

134. Bioinorganic Chemistry: Medicinally Important Metalloproteins. Lecture Workshop on Modern Trends in Chemistry, organized jointly by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, The National Academy of Sciences, and St. Joseph's College, Irinjalakuda, INDIA, March 6-7, 2012.

133. Metals in Biology: Bioinorganic Chemistry. Lecture Workshop on Modern Trends in Chemistry, organized jointly by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, The National Academy of Sciences, and St. Joseph's College, Irinjalakuda, INDIA, March 6-7, 2012.

132. Medicinally Important Metalloproteins. Lecture Workshop on Recent Advances in Chemistry, organized jointly by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, The National Academy of Sciences, and the Christ University, Bangalore, INDIA, February 17-18, 2012.

131. Metals in Biology. Lecture Workshop on Recent Advances in Chemistry, organized jointly by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, The National Academy of Sciences, and the Christ University, Bangalore, INDIA, February 17-18, 2012.

130. Thyroid Hormones and Antithyroid Drugs. Invited Lecture at the National Conference on Chemistry - Challenges & Opportunities (NCCCO-2012), organized by St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, India during February 16-18, 2012. 

129. Bioinorganic Chemistry - Medicinally Important Metalloproteins. Invited Lecture at the Faculty Development Programme, organized by the Karnataka State Open University, Mysore and Vision Group on Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka, India, on February 8, 2012. 

128. Biomimetic Studies on Antibiotic Resistance and Thyroid Hormone Synthesis. AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award Lecture at AstraZeneca India Pvt Ltd., Bangalore, India, on January 31, 2012. 

127. Biomimetic Studies on Antibiotic Resistance and Thyroid Hormone Synthesis. Invited Lecture at Hikal Ltd, Bangalore, India, on January 19, 2012. 

126. Regioselective Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones by Deiodinase Mimics. Invited Lecture at the International Conference & Humboldt Kolleg on Recent Aspects of Organic/Organometallic Compounds, organized by the Lucknow University, Lucknow, India, during January 3-6, 2012. 

125. Regioselective Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones by Iodothyronine Deiodinase Mimics. Bronze Medal Lecture at the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Zonal Meeting, organized by Pondicherry University, India during December 16-17, 2011. 

124. Zinc Hydrolases in Antibiotic Resistance and Inactivation of Organophosphate Esters. Invited Lecture at the 14th Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XIV), at University of Hyderabad, India during December 10-13, 2011. 

123. Regioselective Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones by Iodothyronine Deiodinase Mimics. Invited Lecture at the International Symposium on Chemistry and Complexity, organized by IACS, Kolkatta, India during December 6-8, 2011. 

122. Zinc Hydrolases and Their Synthetic Analogues. Lecture Workshop on Emerging Trends in Chemistry, organized jointly by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, The National Academy of Sciences, and the Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary's College, Chennai, INDIA, December 2-4, 2011.

121. Metals in Biology: Bioinorganic Chemistry. Lecture Workshop on Emerging Trends in Chemistry, organized jointly by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, The National Academy of Sciences, and the Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary's College, Chennai, INDIA, December 2-4, 2011.

120. Activation and Inactivation of Thyroid Hormones by Iodothyronine Deiodinase Mimics: Role of Halogen Bonding in Deiodination. Invited Lecture at Department of Chemistry, Politechnico di Milano, Milan, ITALY on November 22, 2011. 

119. Regioselective Deiodination of Thyroid Hormones by Deiodinase Mimics. Invited Lecture at the Indo-European Symposium on Frontiers of Chemistry, organized by NISER, Bhubaneswar, India during November 10-12, 2011. 

118. Bioinorganic Chemistry. REAP-BIOLOGY Programme: Chemistry in Biology, organized by Planetarium and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, November 5, 2011.

117. Metals in Biology. REAP-BIOLOGY Programme: Chemistry in Biology, organized by Planetarium and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, November 5, 2011.

116. Zinc Hydrolases in Antibiotic Resistance and Inactivation of Organophosphate Esters. Invited Lecture at the 3rd Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACCC-2011), organized by IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi, India during October 17-20, 2011. 

115. The Chemistry of the Thyroid Gland. Invited Lecture at the DCS Annual Meeting at Tata Institute of Fundamendal Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, during September 29-30, 2011. 

114. Bioinorganic Chemistry: Medicinally Important Metalloproteins. Invited Lecture at the Celebrations of International Year of Chemistry at University of Mysore, Mysore, India, on September 24, 2011. 

113. Bioinorganic Chemistry - II. Invited Lecture at the Afro Asia Workshop on Advanced Topics in Chemistry, Organized by the TWAS-ROCASA at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India, during June 13-17, 2011. 

112. Bioinorganic Chemistry - I. Invited Lecture at the Afro Asia Workshop on Advanced Topics in Chemistry, Organized by the TWAS-ROCASA at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India, during June 13-17, 2011. 

111. Thyroid Hormones and Antithyroid Drugs. Invited Lecture at the Indo-US Symposium on Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery at JSS University, Mysore, India, during April 21-23, 2011. 

110. Bioinorganic Chemistry: Medicinally Important Metalloproteins. Invited Lecture at the National Symposium on Renaissance in Chemistry at Pondicherry University, India, on March 30, 2011. 

109. Bioinorganic Chemistry: Medicinally Important Metalloproteins. Invited Lecture at the National Seminar on Relevance of Chemistry in Chemical Biology at St. Philomena's College, Mysore, India, during March 22-23, 2011. 

108. Bio and Medicinal Chemistry Aspects of Thyroid Hormones and Antithyroid Drugs. Invited Lecture at the National Symposium on Frontiers in Organic Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry at Periyar University, Salem, India, during February 17-18, 2011. 

107. Chemistry of the Thyroid Gland: Thyroid Hormones and Antithyroid Drugs. Invited Lecture at the Chennai Chemistry Conference at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, India, during February 11-13, 2011. 

106. Chemistry of the Thyroid Gland: Thyroid Hormones and Antithyroid Drugs. Invited Lecture at the Humboldt Kolleg on Self Organized Criticality, organized by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India, during February 2-5, 2011. 

105. Zinc Hydrolases in Antibiotic Resistance and Inactivation of Organophosphate Esters. Invited Lecture at the International Symposium on Frontiers in Inorganic Chemistry (FIC-2010), organized by the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India during December 11-13, 2010. 

104. Chemistry of the Thyroid Gland: Thyroid Hormones and Antithyroid Drugs. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, INDIA, November 23, 2010.

103. Selenium in Biology: Mammalian Selenoenzymes and their Mimics. Invited Lecture at the 5th Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (AsBIC-V), organized by the Taiwan Biological Inorganic Chemical Society at Kaohsiung, TAIWAN, during November 02-05, 2010. 

102. Bio and Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry. Workshop for College Chemistry Students and Teachers, Sponsored by the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore and the Foundation for Capacity Building in Science (FCBS), Trivandrum, INDIA, October 25-27, 2010.

101. Metals in Biology - Part II. REAP-BIOLOGY Programme: Chemistry in Biology, organized by Planetarium and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, October 09, 2010.

100. Metals in Biology - Part I. REAP-BIOLOGY Programme: Chemistry in Biology, organized by Planetarium and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, October 09, 2010.

99. Bio and Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry. Lecture Programme on Advances in Chemistry, organized jointly by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, The National Academy of Sciences, and the Department of Chemistry, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, INDIA, October 7-8, 2010.

98. Heme Proteins - From Oxygen Transport to Enzyme Catalysis. Lecture Programme on Advances in Chemistry, organized jointly by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, The National Academy of Sciences, and the Department of Chemistry, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, INDIA, October 7-8, 2010.

97. Metalloproteins as Drug Targets: Inhibition of Peroxidase-catalyzed iodination by Antithyroid Drugs. CDRI Award Lecture, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, INDIA, Sep. 26, 2010.

96. Biochemical and Therapeutic Aspects of Iodine. Invited Lecture at the 5th International Symposium on Halogen Chemistry (HALCHEM-V) at Sardinia, Italy, during September 19-23, 2010. 

95. Zinc Hydrolases and Bacterial Drug Resistance. RSC West India Symposium, Goa University, Goa, INDIA, Sep. 3-4, 2010.

94. Antioxidant Activity of Organoselenium Compounds. School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, UK, July 15, 2010.

93. Zinc Hydrolases in Bacterial Drug Resistance and Inactivation of Organophosphate Esters. Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, INDIA, May 13, 2010.

92. Effect of Nonbonded Se...O/N interactions on Biological Activity of Organoselenium Compounds. Department of Material Science and Chemistry, Faculty of Systems Engineering, Wakayama University, Wakayama, JAPAN, December 25, 2009.

91. Antioxidant Activity of Organoselenium and Tellurium Compounds. Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, JAPAN, December 24, 2009.

90. Organoselenium compounds as Glutathione Peroxidase Mimics. Interactive Research Center of Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JAPAN, December 22, 2009.

89. Biomimetic Models for the Antioxidant Enzyme Glutathione Peroxidase. Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, School of Advanced Science & Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, JAPAN, December 21, 2009.

88. Sulfenyl and Selenenyl Amides: Synthesis, Structure and Biological Activity. Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University Sakura-ku, Saitama, JAPAN, December 21, 2009.

87. Organoselenium compounds as Glutathione Peroxidase Mimics, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, JAPAN, December 18, 2009.

86. Sulfenyl and Selenenyl Amides: Synthesis, Structure and Biological Activity. Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. Takada Odawara, Kanagawa, JAPAN, December 17, 2009.

85. Ebselen and Related Organoselenium Compounds: Synthesis and Biological Activities. School of Science, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, JAPAN, December 16, 2009.

84. Synthesis and Antioxidant Activity of Organoselenium Compounds. Department of Chemistry, Kanagawa University, Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JAPAN, December 15, 2009.

83. Biomimetic Studies on Zinc Hydrolases. Department of Chemistry, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN, December 14, 2009.

82. Antioxidant Activity of Organoselenium and Tellurium Compounds. Plenary Lecture at the "36th Symposium on Main Group Elements Chemistry, Tottori, JAPAN, during December 10-12, 2009. 

81. Bio and Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry - II. UGC-sponsored Refresher Course for college teachers on "Recent advances in Chemistry", School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, INDIA, November 14, 2009. 

80. Bio and Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry - I. UGC-sponsored Refresher Course for college teachers on "Recent advances in Chemistry", School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, INDIA, November 14, 2009.

79. Metals in Biology. REAP-BIOLOGY Programme: Chemistry in Biology, organized by Planetarium and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, September 06, 2009.

78. Zinc Hydrolases and Their Synthetic Mimics. Invited Lecture at the Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC-2009), Organized by Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, during November 04-07, 2009. 

77. Zinc Hydrolases and Their Synthetic Mimics. Invited Lecture at the National Conference on Protein Folding Dynamics and Diseases (NCPFDD2009), Organized by Department of Biotechnology, PES Institute of Technology (PESIT), Bangalore, India, during October 29-31, 2009. 

76. Zinc and Bacterial Drug Resistance. Invited Lecture at the "2nd German-Indian Symposium on Frontiers of Chemistry", University of Leipzig, GERMANY, Sep. 16-19, 2009. 

75. Antioxidant Activity of Ebselen and Related Compounds. Invited Lecture at the "12th International Symposium on Inorganic Ring Systems (IRIS-12)", Organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, INDIA, during August 16-21, 2009. 

74. Antibiotic Resistance and Metallo-b-lactamases. Invited Lecture at the "Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Biology: Proteins Structure, Function and Dynamics (FMCB-2009)", Organized by Indian Institute of Science and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, INDIA, July 01-06, 2009. 

73. Bio and Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry. Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Trivandrum, INDIA, May 07, 2009.

72. Bioinorganic Chemistry: Metalloproteins and Drug Design. Department of Biochemistry, Garden City College, Bangalore, INDIA, March 25, 2009.

71. Bioinspired Chemistry. Chemistry Forum, Khadir Mohideen College, Adirampattinam (Tanjavoor), INDIA, March 8, 2009.

70. Antibiotic Resistance and Metallo-beta-lactamases. Invited Lecture at I2CAM School on Emergence in Genomic Matter: An interdisciplinary approach to understand the human genome organization, Organized by the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, INDIA, February 8-15, 2009.

69. Bioinspired Molecules: From Protein Chemistry to Drug Design. Invited Lecture at the "Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemistry (ETC-2009)", Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA, May 13-15, 2009. 

68. Bioinspired Molecules: From Protein Chemistry to Drug Design. Invited Lecture at the "3rd Indo-US Frontiers of Science Symposium", Organized by US National Academy of Sciences and Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum, INDIA, March 1-4, 2009. 

67. Bioinspired Molecules: From Protein Chemistry to Drug Design. Invited Lecture at the "3rd National Frontiers of Science Symposium", Organized by Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum, INDIA, January 21-22, 2009.