SPEAKERS

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Jyeshtharaj Bhalchandra Joshi (Padma Bhushan)

Chancellor, ICT Mumbai

Prof. Jyeshtharaj Bhalchandra Joshi (Padma Bhushan)

Chancellor, ICT Mumbai

Jyeshtharaj Bhalchandra Joshi is an Indian chemical engineer, nuclear scientist, consultant and professor, widely known for his innovations in nuclear reactor designs and generally regarded as a respected teacher. He is the DAE-Homi Bhabha Chair Professor, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, and is the recipient of Shantiswarup Bhatnagar Prize for Engineering Sciences and many other awards and recognitions. He received the third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, in 2014 for his services to the field of chemical engineering and nuclear science. Research Area: Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Design of Multiphase Reactors, Absorption of NOx Gases, Renewable Energy Resources

Prof. Bhagavatula LV Prasad

Director of the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore.

Prof. Bhagavatula LV Prasad

Director of the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore.

Dr. Prasad is also working as a Senior Principle Scientist, Physical/Materials Chemistry Division of National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, India. His group is actively working in the general area of material synthesis and in particular nanoparticles and nanoscale materials, Catalysis and new methods and Biomolecular Chemistry. He has published more than 125 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has 8 international patents to his credit. He was invited as visiting professor by different universities in many countries, including Japan, USA, UK, France and Germany.

Prof. Jiaqian Qin

Chulalongkorn University Thailand, Bangkok

Prof. Jiaqian Qin

Chulalongkorn University Thailand, Bangkok

Dr. Jiaqian Qin obtained his PhD in physics from Sichuan University in 2010, and subsequently worked as JSPS Post doctoral Researcher at Ehime University, Japan and joined the Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University and established the energy conversion and storage Lab in 2012. He was promoted to Senior Expert Researcher (Professor) in 2022. His major research interest includes photo-/electro-catalysts, supercapacitors, and batteries. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals like Adv. Mater, Energy Environ. Sci., and Adv. Energy Mater. He is the editor board member of Advanced Powder Materials, Scientific Reports and Journal of Metal, Materials and Minerals.

Prof. Sanjat Kumar Sahu

Sambalpur University

Prof. Sanjat Kumar Sahu

Sambalpur University

Prof. Sanjat Kumar Sahu, completed his M.Sc , MPhil and PhD (Life sciences) from Sambalpur University.. Prof Sahu has authored 4 book and published 120 research articles in referred journals of national and international repute. He has completed 12 projects, 12 consultancy works, guided 17 Ph.D scholars, 70 MPhil scholars, 40 M.Tech students and also organized many national and international conferences. He is a members of project evaluation committee of DST, UGC and MOEF. Prof Sahu is also a member of NAAC pear team experts, NET question setter for UGC and evaluator. He has many more involvement with different universities. Presently he is the chairman of PG council, Sambalpur University. Research Area: Environmental Biology and Ecotoxicology Environmental Pollution and Monitoring Biodiversity and Carbon Sequestration Soil Biotechnology and Solid Waste Management

Invited Speakers

Prof. Bhishma Kumar Patel

IIT Guwahati

Research Area: Bio-Organic Chemistry and Newer Methodologies.

Prof. Bhishma Kumar Patel

IIT Guwahati

Prof. Bhabani Kumar Satapathy

IIT Delhi

Research Area: Morphology and Phase Behaviour of Polymer Blends, Micromechanics, Fracture and Fatigue of Micro and Nanofilled Polymer Composites, Tribology of Polymers and Composites

Prof. Bhabani Kumar Satapathy

IIT Delhi

Prof. Shailendra Kumar Shukla

IIT BHU

Research Area: Thermal Engineering and Renewable Energy Technology

Prof. Shailendra Kumar Shukla

IIT BHU

Prof. Dilip Kumar Panda

Clemson University, South Carolina

Research Area: Supramolecular Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Materials Chemistry

Prof. Dilip Kumar Panda

Clemson University, South Carolina

Prof. Chandra Sekhar Rout

Centre for Nano & Material Sciences, Jain University

Research Area: MXene, 2D Materials, Energy Storage & Conversion, Chemical and Biosensors

Prof. Chandra Sekhar Rout

Centre for Nano & Material Sciences, Jain University

Prof. Pabitra Nayak

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, India

Research Area: Soft Semiconductor Materials and Dopant Development, Photophysics and Spectroscopy, Optoelectronic and Solar Cell Devices

Prof. Pabitra Nayak

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, India

Prof. Yogendra Kumar Mishra

University of southern Denmark

Research Area: New Materials (3D Soft), Hybrid Materials, Sensors (UV, Force, Heat, Gas, Environmental, Biological), Smart Composites, Biomaterials, Energy Materials, Plasmonics, Photonics, Metamaterials (Ion Beam Irradiation), Catalysis, Heavy Metal Adsorption, Water purification, Filter

Prof. Marco Carlotti

University of Pisa

Research Area: Nanomaterials, Synthesis, X-ray Diffraction, Thin Films and Nanotechnology, Polymers, Advanced Materials, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Inorganic Materials, Nanoscience, Nanofabrication, Surface Modification, Molecular Electronic, Materials

Prof. Marco Carlotti

University of Pisa

Er. Bibekananda Mohapatra

Aditya Birla Group

Advisor & Consultant | Ultratech Cement | Aditya Birla Group | Former Director General at National Council for Cement & Building Materials (NCCBM) | DPIIT, Govt. Of India

Prof.Raghunath Acharya

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai

Research Area: Nuclear Analytical Chemistry, k0 NAA, PGNAA, PIGE, Chemical Characterization of Materials