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Visit to Lund University by Mr. Rajesh Vaishnaw, First Secretary (PCI), Embassy of India, Stockholm 9–11 May 2007

Mr. Rajesh Vaishnaw, First Secretary (Press, Information, Culture) at the Embassy of India in Stockholm visited Lund University 9–11 May 2007. The programme was prepared by SASNET, and he was accompanied by its Deputy Director Lars Eklund.

Wednesday 9 May:

Mr. Rajesh Vaishnaw and Prof. Roger Greatrex.

15.00 Meeting with Prof. Olle Qvarnström and Dr. Martin Gansten, Division of Indic Religions, Department of History and Anthropology of Religion; Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Allhelgona Kyrkogata 8

19.00 Dinner at the residence of Lars and Bubu Eklund, Råbygatan 5 B

Thursday 10 May:

09.00 Meeting 20 students from the Masters Programme in Asian Studies at Lund University. At the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies (ACE), Scheelevägen 15 D.

10.00 Meeting with Prof. Roger Greatrex, Director, ACE.

10.30 Visit to SASNET’s office, Scheelevägen 15 D. Discussion with Deputy Director Lars Eklund.

Mr. Rajesh Vaishnaw, Prof. Klas Malmqvist and Prof. Baboo Nair.

11.00 Meeting Klas Malmqvist, Professor of Nuclear Physics, Pro Rector LTH/LU, at LTH-Rectors Office, John Ericssons väg 4

11.30 Meeting Baboo Nair, Professor Emeritus of Applied Nutrition, LTH (organising secretary of SASNET-Fermented Foods Project group) and Prof. Christian Trägårdh, Dept. of Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry. Study tour around the department and the laboratories.

Dr. Kalidas Paul, Amalendu Ghosh, Assocuate Professor Åsa Ljung and Mr. Rajesh Vaishnaw .

12.30 Lunch Ideon Rest.

13.15 Meeting Associate Professor Åsa Ljungh, Dept. of Medical Microbiology, LU. Study tour around the department, also meeting two guest researchers from the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology in Kolkata, India: Kalidas Paul and Amalendu Ghosh.

Friday 11 May:

Prof. Bo Mattiasson, Dr. Maria Andersson and Mr. Rajesh Vaishnaw.

10.30 Visit Dr. Maria Andersson, Deputy Head of the Department of Biotechnology. Study tour around the department. Meeting with Prof. Bo Mattiasson and other researchers within the department.

12.30 Lunch at Hotel Lundia with Associate Professor Catarina Kinnvall, Dept. of Political Science, Senior Lecturer Pernille Gooch, Human Ecology Division, and Dr. Sidsel Hansson, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies.

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