Dear all,
Satyajit Rath had suggested :
Secondly, IISER, Pune. I have now talked with Shashi (Shashidhara) as well
as Bhas and Vineeta. Shashi is very enthusiastic about pretty much all the
tentative plans that Anish had summarised (although how much will actually
happen is somewhat unclear!). However, again, it would be good to start
by having formal letters go to him asking for collaborative assistance from
both you and the government of Maharashtra, and again, I will be glad to
work with you on those drafts. Shashi pointed out (and Bhas agreed) that
IISER-Pune already has a funded effort going on called COESME which is very
appropriate for this purpose (http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/outreach/coesm,
and of which he is currently the head. So the letters should go to Shashi
as head, COESME, to begin with. Shashi too suggests that he will invite
Eklavya to come down for a meeting, and we can take it on from there in all
these directions.
