24.Nov.22 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Department of Instrumentation and USIC The Department of Instrumentation and USIC, Gauhati University in collaboration with Shivaji University (Kolhapur, Maharashtra) is going to organize a workshop (in-person mode) on Opportunities for Research and Innovation using the DST-sponsored Facilities of Gauhati University from 24 to 30 November, 2022. All the lectures will be presented by experts and researchers from various fields. The programme will address all the aspects, from basic theory, instrumentation, experiment and analysis of the DST-sponsored facilities present at Gauhati University. There will be extensive hands-on sessions for each experimental technique mostly from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, which will cover topics from sample preparation to data analysis. It is meant for young students, researchers and faculty members of colleges, universities & research institutes. Sponsorship The training programme is financially sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India under Synergistic Training Program Utilizing The Science & Technology Infrastructure (STUTI). Deliverables: Powder XRD with SAXS attachment SCXRD XRF NMR UV-Vis-NIR Spectrometer DSC and TGA Last Date for Registration: 17 November 2022 (03:30 PM) registration over Brochure Final Selection List Workshop Schedule >> Registration fees: FREE Speakers Prof. Ananthakrishnan Srinivasan Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati Dr. Ananthakrishnan Srinivasan is a professor in the department of Physics and Dean of Faculty affairs (IIT Guwahati). He received the Young Scientist Research Award in Physics for the year 1996 from Department of Atomic Energy (Govt. of India). He is also a Fellow of Instruments Society of India. He got his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and got his post-doctoral degree from Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, C.S.I.C., Madrid, Spain. Prof. Jubaraj Bikash Baruah Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati Prof. Jubaraj Bikash Baruah is a professor at the department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. He worked as a Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology during May- July 1999. He received his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He also get the Bronze medal from Chemical Research Society of India in 2005. Prof. Gopal Das Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati Prof. Gopal Das is a professor and Head of the department of Chemistry at IIT, Guwahati. He received the fellowship of Swiss National Science Foundation for the year 1999 and got recognized as the author of "Most Requested Journal Article" by the Chemical Abstract Services (CAS), USA and American Chemical Society (ACS) in 2004. He got his PhD degree from IIT, Kanpur (1994-1999) and his post-doctorate degree from University of Geneva, Switzerland (1999-2003). Dr. Ranjit Thakuria Gauhati University Dr. Ranjit Thakuria is serving as an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Gauhati University since 2014. He received his BSc (2000–2003) from B. Borooah College and MSc (2004–2005) from Gauhati University, India. He then moved to the University of Hyderabad, where he received his PhD (2011) in Crystal Engineering under the supervision of Professor Ashwini Nangia. After obtaining his PhD, he carried out one year postdoctorate with Professor William (Bill) Jones at the University of Cambridge, UK (2011–2012). Then, he spent a year at Tel-Aviv University, Israel, as a postdoctoral researcher with (late) Professor Israel Goldberg (2013–2014). His major research interest includes pharmaceutical cocrystals, heterogeneous catalysis, and design and synthesis of functional materials based on mechanochemistry. He is a recipient of multiple national and international awards including SERB-Young Scientist Award; Emerging Investigators in Cryst. Growth Des., ACS (2019), and Teacher of the Year Awards 2021 by Academisthan foundation. He was also selected among the top 100 000 or 2% scientists during the year 2020 by Elsevier BV, Standford University. He served as a guest editor for a Cryst. Growth Des. virtual special issue on “π–π Stacking in Crystal Engineering: Fundamentals and Applications”. He has published more than 50 research articles including 4 review articles and a few book chapters in well reputed international journals. He is a reviewer of various international journals including CrystEngComm (RSC), Chem. Commun. (RSC), Cryst. Growth Des. (ACS), International Journal of Pharmaceutics (Elsevier), etc. Dr. Rupam Sarma Gauhati University Dr. Rupam Jyoti Sarma is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Gauhati University. He received his MSc from Gauhati University and PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. His field of research lies in Physical Organic Chemistry, Reaction Intermediates in Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Spectroscopic and Analytical Methods, Organic Synthesis and Carbohydrate Chemistry. He was awarded the INSA Visiting Scientist (2010) by Indian National Science Academy, DAE-Young Scientist Award by Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences and Commonwealth Award by Commonwealth Commission. Dr. Pranjal Kumar Baruah Gauhati University Dr. Pranjal Kumar Baruah is an associate professor of the department of Applied Sciences at Gauhati University. He received the prestigious “Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship” from European Commission and with the help of which he was able to carry out his post-doctoral research at University of Oxford, UK. He was one of highly cited author (top 5%) among the Royal Society of Chemistry Journals in the year 2020. He was selected as an academician to provide in the World University Rankings by the prestigious Times Higher Education, 2020. Dr. Bimal Kumar Sarma Gauhati University Dr Bimal Kumar Sarma is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Gauhati University. He received his MSc from Gauhati University and PhD from the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology. His field of research lies in Nanoscale Physics and Material Science. Accomplished projects include Biometric approach to Nanocrystals (2014-2016), Smart Transparent Electrode (2015-2018) and ZnO-based systems (2018-2021). He also received a patent in 2020 for “An improved AZO sputtering target for manufacturing transparent conducting film and the method thereof”. Dr. Pranjit Hazarika Gauhati University Dr. Pranjit Hazarika completed his B.Sc. in Geology from Cotton College in 2008, following which he did his M.Sc. in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University. He enrolled for a PhD program at IIT Kharagpur in 2010 and had completed his Ph.D by 2016. He has been offered postdoctoral positions in University of Johanesburg and Geological Survey of Canada. He joined the Department of Geological Sciences, Gauhati University in October 2016. Currently, he has three major research projects funded by DST, Department of Atomic Energy-Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (DAE-BRNS) and Ministry of Earth Sciences. He was awarded INSA Young Scientist Medal for the year 2020 by Indian National Science Academy and Professor N.N. Chatterjee medal for contributions to Economic Geology by Asiatic Society, Kolkata in 2019. Dr. Hemen Kalita Gauhati University Dr. Hemen Kalita is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Gauhati University. He received his MSc from Gauhati University(2008) and PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay(2016). His field of research lies in 2D materials especially Graphene and related devices, Design and Growth of Nanomaterials/Thin films, Optical Transport properties of Graphene and its derivatives, Graphene based humidity, Soil Moisture and Chemical Sensors, Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment and Water Filtration. He also received a patent for ‘Filter Adsorbent’, ‘Soil moisture sensor based on Electrochemically Synthesized Graphene Quantum Dots’ and ‘Method of Synthesis of monodispersed graphene quantum dots’. He was awarded the Young Scientist Award (2020) in the Assam State Awards for Scientific Excellence by Science & Technology Department, Govt. of Assam, Research Excellence Award and Young Achiever Award (2020) by the Institute of Scholars and Early Career Research Award by DST-SERB, Govt of India (2018). Dr. Nilamoni Nath Gauhati University Dr. Nilamoni Nath is an assistant professor of the department of chemistry at Gauhati University. He received both Max-Planck postdoctoral fellowship (2011) and VATAT postdoctoral fellowship (Israel, 2013). He has multiple publications in reputed journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, the Journal of Physical Chemistry and many more. Dr. Tridib Sarma Cotton University Dr. Tridib Sarma is an assistant professor of the department of Chemistry in Cotton University. He got his PhD degree from University of Hyderabad in 2014 and got his post-doctoral degree from University of Texas at Austin, USA. His research area includes organic chemistry, Synthetic Porphyrinoid Chemistry, supra molecular Chemistry and Light harvesting artificial photosynthetic antenna. His works have been published in many reputed journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Reviews, Nature Chemistry and many more. Dr. Sujoy Bose Gauhati University Dr. Sujoy Bose is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Gauhati University. He completed his MSc from Gauhati University and PhD from Jamia Milia Islamia. His field of research lies in Molecular Virology and Cancer Biology. He was awarded the International Student Travel award & Appreciation award in Japan (2005), Young Investigator Bursary Award, EASL monothematic conference on signaling in liver organized in Amsterdam, Young Investigator Bursary Award- EASL (2010) for presenting a paper in EASL monothematic conference on Alcoholic liver disease, Greece (2010), DST-Fast track Scientist Award for under 35 years of age, Young Investigator Bursary Award, EASL monothematic conference on“Translational Research in Chronic Viral Hepatitis - Bridging Basic Science and Clinical Research” held in France in November 2013, and DST-SERB International travel scheme award to present paper in the International Congress of Immunology 2016 held at Melbourne, Australia. Venue and Hotel Information Venue: All meetings and events are scheduled at the Department of Instrumentation & USIC (Gauhati University), unless otherwise specified. google maps widget html Hotel: The Neexotica is the preferred hotel for all sleeping room reservations. Neexotica is located just short of Guwahati International Airport, catering to customers of varied choice of rooms and cuisines. Hotel Details: Hotel Neexotica Opp Mountain Shadow, KV BorjharGuwahati - 781017, Assam +91-87230-94400, +91-88768-61503 Room Reservations Rooms will be reserved for the participants who requested for accomodation. More details will be communicated to the participants by email. Check-In: 23-November-2022 12:00 PM onwards Dining schedule at Hotel: Breakfast: 08:00-09:00 AM Dinner: 07:30-09:30 PM Transportation: The organiser will provide shuttle service between Gauhati University and Neexotica at the following timings: From Neexotica to Gauhati University: 09:15 AM From Gauhati University to Neexotica: 05:30 PM google maps widget html
