Welcome to

                          Invited Talks & Co-chairship: (Dr. Anirban Chowdhury)

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                                                                              2026​

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18. "Development and Characterisations of Novel Catalyst Compositions for the Remediation of Environmental Pollution by Dyes''  at Dept. of  Chemical Engineering, NIT Durgapur  during 17th April, 2026

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17. "Dopant-free Illumination in ceramics minus the “Ubiquitous” rare earth' in Next-Generation Ceramics for a Sustainable Future (NGCSF 2026) IIT BHU during 17th- 18th February, 2026

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                                                               2025

16. "Giant Electrostriction in La2Ce2O7 Ceramic: Is Texture Always Helpful for Functional Properties?"  IEEE South Asian Ferroelectric Symposium (SAFS) at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 5th - 8th of August, 2025

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15. "Energy Efficient Sintering Processes: Necessity or Jinx?" National Workshop on Advances In Energy Efficient Materials Processing and Winter School on Flash Sintering, IIT Patna, 20th - 21st February, 2025

  

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                2023           

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14. "Shape Strain Effects in Nanoceramics" THERMEC'2023 – International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of advanced Materials, VIENNA, AUSTRIA, on July 03 – 07, 2023

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13. "Utilization of Thermal Analyses and Raman Spectroscopy in High Temperature Materials" in an online short-term course on “Characterization and Testing of Components Following Laser Materials Processing including Surface Engineering and Additive Manufacturing” organised by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in association with Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Mesra, and the Kharagpur Chapter of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi in virtual mode during 18th - 26th March, 2023

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12. "The Curious Case of 'Zirconia Stabilisation’: Pinnacle and Peculiarities"  National Institute of Technology Surathkal jointly organised by Indian Institute of Metal, Surathkal Chapter and Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka – Surathkal, on January-30,  2023

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          2021 

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11. “Utilisation of Raman Spectroscopy in Ceramics: Some Case Studies” in the Virtual Webinar and training program on ‘Raman Spectroscopy’, jointly organized by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and HORIBA Scientific India, on 11-12 November, 2021

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10. “Materials Science in Nanotechnology"  Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology at Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna, 18th March, 2021 (Online Lecture)

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         2020 

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9. “Analyzing Materials’ Surfaces: Issues and Case Studies" in the ONLINE workshop, titled, 'Surface Characterization: Tools and Applications' (SCTA 2020), NIT Surathkal, 14th – 18th of December 2020

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8. “Pushing the Limits of Thermal Analyses Tools: Issues, Concerns and Possible Solutions” in “THERMANS- 2020” (22nd DAE – BRNS Workshop & Symposium on Thermal Analysis), BARC, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2020

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7. “Insights into the Remarkable Ionic Conductivity obtained for a Textured La2Ce2O7 Ceramic via Pressureless Sintering” International Conference on Functional Materials  in Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, 06 - 08 Jan 2020

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     2019

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6.  “Synthesis and Serendipity: How far can they collaborate?” in First Indian Materials Conclave (IndMaC) by MRSI (Materials Research Society of India) at IISc Bangalore February 12-15, 2019. (Also acted as invited Co-chairman for the conference theme: “Nanomaterials Synthesis & Solutions Route”)

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     2017

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5.  “High-temperature materials for defense & marine applications", Workshop on Nanostructured & Smart Materials/ Coatings (WNMC2017) in the International Conference and Technology Meet on Military and Marine Applications (IWCEM 2017), Hotel Crowne Plaza, Jaipur, 03 - 05 June 2017

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4. “Improving Metal-Rubber Adhesion via Multifunctional Oxide Coating”, 8th International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials (CIPET APM 2017), IISc Bangalore, February 12-13, 2017

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3. “Compositional Anomalies in Oxide Nanoparticles: Impact on the Target Functional Properties”,  Fourth International Conference on Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites (ICNM 2017) at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 10-12 February 2017

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2.  Invitation to Dr. A. Chowdhury for a lecture for TEQIP Short Term Course on, “Strengthening of Institute-Industry Interaction” at NIT Patna, 30th Jan. – 4th Feb., 2017

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     2016

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1. Invitation to Dr. A. Chowdhury to serve as a Co-chairman for the theme: “Nanomaterials Devices & Applications” in International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICYRAM 2016), Dec. 11-15, 2016 at IISc Bangalore