Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Mauritius Research Council
University of Technology, M’tius
Centre for Biomedical and Biomaterials Research, University of Mauritius
TRAINING WORKSHOP IN NANOTECHNOLOGY (06 – 07 April 2016)
DRAFT PROGRAMME Venue:
Conference Hall, Level 1, Cybertower 1, Cybercity, Ebène
Date:
Wednesday, 6th April 2016
Time:
09:00 hrs
Please, consult the MRC Website for updates of the programme
DAY 1, WEDNESDAY 6TH APRIL 2016 Time Agenda Item 09:00 – 09:30 Registration of Participants 09:30 – 10:30 Opening Ceremony Addresses Dr A Suddhoo, Executive Director, Mauritius Research Council Dr S P Seetulsingh-Goorah, Director General, University of Technology, M’tius Prof G U Kulkarni, Director Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences 10:30 – 11:00 TEA BREAK/POSTER SESSION SESSION I 11:00 – 11:45 Nanotechnology Contributions in Drug Design and Delivery - Nanotechnology Approaches to Regenerative Medicine & Smart Delivery Systems Speaker: Prof S Swaminathan, Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Biomaterials
11:45 – 12:30
Nanofibres and Nanoparticles for Tissue Engineering and Sustained Drug Delivery Applications Speaker: Prof D Jhurry, Centre of Excellence for Biomedical & Biomaterials Research 12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH SESSION II 13:30 – 14:15 Confinement effects in nanomaterials of different dimensionalities 14:15 – 15:00
15:00 – 15.45
Porous materials and Catalysis (Title can be modified to focus on areas that will also be of interest to the sugar sector) SESSION III Computational Methods Applied to Nanotechnology
- First-Principles Computer Simulations: From Prediction of Nano-materials to Nano-technologies Speaker: Prof U V Waghmare, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
DAY 2: THURSDAY 07TH APRIL 2016 SESSION IV 09:00 – 09:30 Registration of Participants 09:30 – 10:15 Nanolithography and Device Fabrication - Design of nanostructures for solar photovoltaics and censor applications Speaker: Prof A Ganguli, Institute of Nanoscience and Technology
10:15 – 11:00
Sensors based nanomaterials
11:00 – 11:30 TEA BREAK/POSTER SESSION 11:30 – 12:15 New Generation 2D Nanomaterials - Twisted Graphene as a new generation 2D Nanomaterial Speaker: Prof G U Kulkarni, Centre for Nano and Soft matter Sciences
12:15 – 13:00
Nanotechnology and the Food Sector - Nanotechnology Contributions in the Food Sector Speaker: Dr K Subaharan, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources
13:00 – 14:00
LUNCH SESSION V
14:00 – 15:00 Closing Ceremony Addresses Prof G U Kulkarni, Director Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences Hon E Sinatambou, Minister of Technology, Communication and Innovation (to be confirmed) Her Excellency, Mrs A Gurib-Fakim, President of the Republic of Mauritius
Prof G U Kulkarni Director Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences Bangalore http://www.cens.res.in/Faculty/Details/Kulkarni
Prof Ashok K Ganguli Director Institute of Nanoscience and Technology, Mohali http://www.inst.ac.in/director.php
Dr K Subaharan Principal Scientist (Entomology) Division of Insect Ecology National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengalore http://www.nbair.res.in/subaharan.php
Dr S Swaminathan Director Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Biomaterials, Bangalore http://www.bangalorenano.in/nano_2012/SWAM INATHAN.html
Prof U V Waghmare Chair, Theoretical Sciences Unit Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore https://nanohub.org/members/44539