As part of commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of India's Independence "BHARAT KA AMRUT MAHOTSAV", the Water Innovation Center: Technology Research & Education (WICTRE) at IIT Bombay is organizing one day symposium (webinar), on the occasion of World Water Day celebration on March 22, 2021.

Following are the details of the symposium on “World Water Day”:

Speaker: Prof. Shobha Shukla, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Sciences

Day & Date: Monday, March 22, 2021

Time: 9.30 am

Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director, IIT Bombay will inaugurate the symposium.

Prof. K Narasimhan, Head of the Department, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Sciences, IIT Bombay will deliver the opening remarks. The symposium features a panel of well-known national and international personalities/experts who will discuss developing indigenous technologies for water and wastewater treatment, sustainable materials for advanced water treatment (SMART)' in the 2020s etc.

Panel Discussion Moderator:
Dr. Rajeev  Mehajan, Director, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)

Detailed schedule follows:

Timing

Topic

Speaker

9:30 am

9:35 am

Welcome note

Prof. Shobha Shukla

9:35 am

10:00 am

Opening remarks

Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director IIT Bombay & Prof. K. Narasimhan, Head MEMS, IIT Bombay

Talks & Discussion (20+5 min)

10:00 am

10:25 am

Global Reconnaissance of Antimicrobials and Other Emerging Contaminants in Water by Non-target Analysis

Prof. Diana S. Aga, University at Buffalo, USA

10:25 am

10:50 am

Fiber Sensor for Waterworks Applications

Prof. Ken-Tye Yong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

10:50 am

11:15 am

Graphene Based Material For Water Sensing and Purification.

Prof. Sumit Saxena & Prof. Shobha Shukla, IIT Bombay, India

11:15 am

11:40 am

Graphitic Nanosystems for Waste Water Remediation

Prof. Dhirendra Bahadur, IIT Goa, India

11:40 am

12:05 am

Graphene Oxide-Metal Nanohybrid Enabled Polymer Mixed Matrix Hollow Fiber Membranes: Preparation, Characterization, & Application for Efficient Removal of Water Contaminants

Prof. Jayesh Bellare & Prof. A.K Suresh, IIT Bombay & Ulhas Kharul NCL Pune, India

12:05 pm

12:30 pm

Functional Nanomaterials and Hybrids for Sensing and Removal of Contaminants from Water

Prof. Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya., & Prof. Ruchi Anand IIT Bombay, India

12:30 pm

12:55 pm

Developing Indigenous Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment

Prof. Vinay M. Bhandari NCL Pune, India

Student flash talk cum Lunch (13:00 to 14:00)

14:00 pm

14:25 pm

Freshwater Ecotoxicity – Assessing the Impacts of Microplastics and Engineered Nanomaterials

Prof. Iseult Lynch, University of Birmingham, UK

14:25 pm

14:50 pm

Recent Advances in Colloid Transport through Porous Media

Prof. Seetha N., IIT Hyderabad, India

14:50 pm

15:15 pm

Titanium Dioxide Coated Electrodes for Removal of Dyes in Photo- Electrocoagulation

Prof. Brijesh Tripathi & Prof. Manoj Pandey, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, India

15:15 pm

15:40 pm

Biolector: High Throughput Micro- cultivation System for Microbial Applications (Industry talk)

Jagadish Bennale, Business Development Manager at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

15:40 pm

16:05 pm

Water Resources in the Context of Climate Services

Dr. Rajeev Mehajan, Director SERB, DST, Govt of India

16:05 pm

16:30 pm

Sustainable Materials for Advanced wateR Treatment (SMART) in the 2020s

Prof. Nirupam Aich, University at Buffalo, USA

Panel Discussion (16:30 to 17:30) Moderated by- Dr. Rajeev Mehajan, Director SERB

(Delegates from ONGC, TATA steel, Ion Exchange India Ltd, Beckman coulter, Engineers India Limited, Jubilant Ingrevia, Grasim Industries Limited)

17:30 pm

17:40 pm

Closing remarks

Prof. Suhas S. Joshi, Dean ACR, IIT Bombay

17:40 pm

17:45 pm

Vote of thanks

Prof. Shobha Shukla

 Following link contains the flyer and schedule details of the event:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1UAUaXst9Vg4f505Gbe9tDzWOOl8nQLYm