Dr. Bhavani served on the Program Advisory Committee for the Ernst Struengmann Forum at Schloss Rettershof, Germany November 13 – 15, 2019. The forum was to review a special proposal titled “Collaboration Within and Between Biological and Artificial Systems” between Amrita and other institutions. The main collaborators on the proposal include the Ernst Strüngmann Forum, the University of Michigan, the School of Culture and Society – Interacting Minds Centre, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Engineering Sciences, and Imperial College.