Lectures

Professor Prakash Shetty Lecture Series conducted by St. John’s Research Institute

The 1st Professor Prakash Shetty Public Lecture: 'Nutrition, Diet and Public Health'

The Lecture was delivered by Dr. Professor Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan, FRS, Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India, ex-Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), ex-Director of The National Centre for Biological Sciences on the topic titled "Nutrition, Diet and Public Health", on the 20th September 2019 at 2:45 PM. The link to the recording of the Lecture is below.

The recording of the Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvjUoKHVZxk

 

The 2nd Professor Prakash Shetty Public Lecture: 'The Pandemic: Lessons for Science and Public Health'

The Lecture was delivered by Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO on 03rd October 2020 at 7:00 pm. 
The recording of the Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxkRxmLWxhc&feature=youtu.be

 

Also, an online exhibition from Prof. Shetty’s archives compiled by the Div. of Health and Humanities and digitized by the Div. of Medical Informatics was inaugurated by our Director, Rev Fr. Paul. The link to the exhibition is also below.

The link to the Online Exhibition of Professor Shetty’s archives: Prof Prakash Shetty Online Exhibition

 

The 3rd Professor Prakash Shetty Public Lecture: 'The Science Behind and The Ethics Around the COVID 19 Vaccines'

The Lecture was delivered by Dr. Ravi Vasanthapuram, Nodal Officer for Genomics, Gov of Karnataka and Dr. Anant Bhan, Researcher, Global Health, Bioethics and Health Policy, Yenepoya University, on the 25th of September 2021 at 7:00 pm.

The recording of the Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0Idibjydc

 

The 4th Professor Prakash Shetty Public Lecture: 'The Earth is Ill: Science, Ethics and the Way Forward'

The Lecture was delivered by Dr.Sharachchandra (Sharad) Lele, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Environment & Development, ATREE, Adjunct Professor, IISER Pune and Honorary Professor, Shiv Nadar University, on the 29th of October 2022 at 5:00 pm.

The recording of the Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYlzGssa_BA 


 

The 5th Professor Prakash Shetty Public Lecture: 'Embodying Art: Looking within and beyond the body'

A lecture demonstration by classical dancer-choreographer Ms. Aranyani Bhargav [Artistic Director, Vyuti Dance Company], on September 29th, 2023, 2:30-3:30 pm (IST).

The recording of the lecture demonstration is available at: https://youtu.be/UdUF3LPETC0
 

 

The 6th Professor Prakash Shetty Public Lecture: 'Indian Society & Cancer'

The Professor. Prakash Shetty Public Lecture was delivered by: Dr. Rajendra A Badwe, Padma Shri, Professor Emeritus, Former Director, (2008-23),  Tata Memorial Centre India, on September 24th, 2024, at 2.30 pm 
Venue: Pope Paul Auditorium, St John's Research Institute 
Theme: Dr. Badwe will speak on the topic: 'Indian Society & Cancer' 

The Poster is lited below for your reference.
The video is available through the YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHtXCk15I_E