The Brain Awareness Week 2021 was hosted by the Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar. This week-long event held from March 15 to 21 was a carnival for novices and enthusiasts of Brain Sciences.
The event offered a range of talks, workshops, competitions and panel discussions covering a wide spectrum of topics in neuroscience including Neuroethics and Neuroscience in Education.
The event hosted Talks, Panel Discussions, Workshops, and Competitions offering a range of interactive learning options for those exploring the field.
The talks were by invited speakers across the globe, however, dominated by Indian researchers working in India. The topics were focused on neuroscience research and introduced multiple concepts from varying perspectives to the audience. The panel discussion on Neuroethics was for a general audience while the panel discussion on Neuroscience, technology & education, was targeted towards teachers.
Top left to right: Shriya Naidu, Dr Philipp Kellmeyer, Neurologist and Head at the Neuroethics & AI Ethics Lab at the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Freiburg; Dr Jayashree Dasgupta, Co- Founder and Project Director at Samvedna Senior Care. Bottom left to right: Dr Laura Specker Sullivan, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Fordham University; and Laura Cabrera, Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, and core faculty of the Center for Neural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University.
Two competitions, the Junior Research Competition, and Stories of Scientists were conducted. The Junior Research Competition received a whopping 100 registrations in less than a week from school students from grades 9 - 12. They were given a week to prepare and were provided with assistance from Masters and Ph.D. students from the centre. Three winners were announced for this event.
Workshops were received very enthusiastically. To conduct virtual workshops, we limited the participants to 20 and utilised break-out rooms to form groups and conduct activities. Neuroaesthetics was very well received, followed by Ux & gaming and Neuroscience curriculum design.
Incase you are interested, recordings are available at the IIT Gandhinagar Youtube Page
Media Coverage
Brain Awareness Week: Education Times | NDTV | Education Bytes
Neuroethics Panel Discussion: India Education Diary | Skill Outlook | Daily Hunt
Neuroscience, education & technology panel discussion: India Education Diary | Skill Outlook | Daily Hunt
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