About the Event

Two-Days Symposium Organized by the Chemical Sciences discipline at the School of Basic Sciences, IIT Mandi.

Theme of the symposium:

The focus is on the eminent current research on fundamental and applied Chemistry in different areas of Chemical Sciences – Organic, Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical, Material and Bio- Chemistry.

  • Invited talks
  • Talks by IIT Mandi Faculty Members
  • Oral presentation by students
  • Poster presentation by students

2022
May 23-24

IIT
Mandi

20
Poster Presentations

12
Oral Presentations by Students

Speakers

Prof. Deb Shankar Ray

IACS Kolkata

Prof. Sameer Sapra

IIT Delhi

Dr. Arijit K. De

IISER Mohali

Dr. Moupriya Das

IIT Mandi

Prof. Upendra Sharma

CSIR-IHBT Himachal Pradesh

Dr. Pralay Das

IHBT Palampur

Dr. Prabal Banerjee

IIT Ropar

Dr. Indranil Chaterjee

IIT Ropar

Dr. Debashis Adhikari

IISER Mohali

Prof. Santanu Kumar Pal

IISER Mohali

Prof. Venkata Krishnan

IIT Mandi

Prof. Kamalakannan Kailasam

INST Mohali

Prof. Rajendra Srivastava

IIT Ropar

Prof. Krishanu Biswas

IIT Kanpur

Event Schedule

Day 1, 23rd May 2022, A1-NKN
Session 1
Session Chair: Prof. Suman K. Pal
Time Event Duration
09:30 a.m. Welcome Address by Symposium Chair 10 Mins
09:45 a.m. Opening Speech by Director 20 Mins
10:00 a.m. Plenary talk (D. S. Ray) 45 Mins
10:45 a.m. Invited talk (S. K. Pal) 30 Mins
11:15 a.m. Tea/Coffee Break 15 mins
Session 2
Session Chair: Prof. Subrata Ghosh
11:30 a.m. Invited talk (A. K. De) 30 Mins
12:00 p.m. Invited talk (P. Das) 30 Mins
12:30 p.m. Student talk (D. Thakur,SG) 15 Mins
12:45 p.m. Student talk (S. Sharma,CKN) 15 Mins
01:00 p.m. Lunch break 1 hour 30 minutes
Session 3
Session Chair: Prof. Sameer Sapra
Time Event Duration
02:30 p.m. Invited talk (U. Sharma) 30 Mins
03:00 p.m. Invited talk (M. Das) 30 Mins
03:30 p.m. Student talk (A. Bhardwaj,BM) 15 Mins
03:45 p.m. Student talk (Y. Aher,ABP) 15 Mins
04:00 p.m. Tea/Coffee Break 30 Mins
Session 4
Session Chair: Prof. Pradeep Parameswaran
04:30 p.m. Invited talk (K. Kailasam) 30 Mins
05:00 p.m. Invited talk (V. Krishnan) 30 Mins
05:30 p.m. Student talk (Anjali,AC) 15 Mins
05:45 p.m. Student talk (C. Madan,AH) 15 Mins
06:00 p.m. Poster Session with High Tea 1 hour 30 Mins
Day 2, 24th May 2022, A1-NKN
Session 1
Session Chair: Prof. Deb Shankar Ray
Time Event Duration
09:30 a.m. Invited talk (S. Sapra) 30 Mins
10:00 a.m. Invited talk (D. Adhikari) 30 Mins
10:30 a.m. Student talk (A. Kar,PCP) 15 Mins
10:45 a.m. Student talk (M. Sharma,VKN) 15 Mins
11:00 a.m. Coffee break 30 Mins
Session 2
Session Chair: Dr. Aditi Halder
11:30 a.m. Invited talk (P. Banerjee) 30 Mins
12:00 p.m. Invited talk (R. Srivastava) 30 Mins
12:30 p.m. Student talk (F. Anjum,CKN) 15 Mins
12:45 p.m. Student talk (K. Sharma,PFS) 15 Mins
01:00 p.m. Lunch break 1 hour 30 Mins
Session 3
Session Chair: Prof. Kamalakannan Kailasam
02:30 p.m. Invited talk (K. Biswas) 30 Mins
03:00 p.m. Invited talk (I. Chatterjee) 30 Mins
03:30 p.m. Student talk (D. Gambhir,RRK) 15 Mins
03:45 p.m. Student talk (B. Biswas,SG) 15 Mins
04:00 p.m. Announcement of awards 15 Mins
04:15 p.m. Concluding Remarks and Vote of Thanks 15 Mins
04:30 p.m. Coffee break 30 Mins
Shifting of the Event Venue to the North Campus
06:00 p.m. Cultural event 2 Hours

Speaker list with title of the talk

23rd May, 2022
Time Speaker Talk title
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m Prof. Deb Shankar Ray Spatio-temporal self-organization in chemical systems
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Prof. Santanu Kumar Pal Ambipolar charge transport in discotics
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Dr. Arijit Kumar De Unravelling competing twisting and isomerization pathways in a push-pull stilbene
12:30 p.m. - 01:00 p.m. Dr. Pralay Das Lignocellulosic bio-mass conversion to furan compounds and their applications for high valued chemicals synthesis
02:30 p.m. - 03:00 p.m. Prof. Upendra Sharma Structure elucidation of natural products isolated from industrially pertinent medicinal plants
03:00 p.m. - 03:30 p.m. Dr. Moupriya Das Representation and limits of information in physics, chemistry and biology
04:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. Prof. Kamalakannan Kailasam Solar fuels from sunlight: Realising Ciamician’s dream
05:00 p.m. - 05:30 p.m. Prof. Venkata Krishnan Strategic Design and Development of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Clean Energy and Environmental Applications
24th May, 2022
Time Speaker Talk title
09:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Prof. Sameer Sapra MoSe2 - a versatile transition metal dichalcogenide and its heterostructures for applications in catalysis and optoelectronics
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Dr. Debashis Adhikari Bioinspired radical-mediated transition metal free synthesis of N-heterocycles
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Dr. Prabal Banerjee Expanding reactivity of donor-acceptor cyclopropane monocarbonyls toward functionalized heterocycles
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Prof. Rajendra Srivastava MOF, MOF-derived, and carbon-based porous materials for sustainable catalysis
02:30 p.m. - 03:00 p.m. Prof. Krishanu Biswas Muticomponent Materials as Catalysts for Clean Energy 
03:00 p.m. - 03:30 p.m. Dr. Indranil Chaterjee Organic synthesis using visible light

Organizing Members

Prof. Laxmidhar Behera
(Director,IIT Mandi)

Patron

Prof. Chayan K. Nandi
(Professor,IIT Mandi)

Symposium Chair

Dr. Moupriya Das
(Assistant Professor,IIT Mandi)

Convenor

Dr. Aditi Halder
(Associate Professor,IIT Mandi)

Co-Convenor

Dr. Bhaskar Mondal
(Assistant Professor,IIT Mandi)

Co-Convenor

Dr. Amit Pawar
(Assistant Professor,IIT Mandi)

Treasurer

Sponsors

Event Location

Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi
Kamand - 175075, Himachal Pradesh