Mangalore, December 5: Mangalore University will be organising a three-day International Conference on Synthetic and Structural Chemistry (ICSSC-2011) on its Mangalagangothri campus near here from December 8.
Announcing this at a press conference here on Monday, University Vice Chancellor of the Prof T C Shivashankar Murthy said that the conference gains significance in that the UN General Assembly, at its 63 rd session in December 2008, had declared 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry in recognition of its achievements of chemistry and its contribution to wellbeing of mankind.
He said that department of Chemistry thought that it is qualified to host the conference, to commemorate the year. The objective is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas and create an environment for collaborative endeavours in frontier areas, he added.
The 3 day International Conference will be inaugurated on December 8, 2011. Prof T N Guru Rao, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, IISC, Bangalore will deliver the key note address. Prof M R Gajendragad , Former Vice Chancellor, Kuvempu University , Dr KA Suresh , Director Centre for Soft Matter Research , Bangalore , Dr P M Akberali, Managing Director, Apotex Pharmachem India, Pvt ltd will be the chief guests. Prof Murthy himself would preside over the function.
About 20 experts are delivering the plenary and invited lectures on varied topics in the research areas of synthetic and structural chemistry. About 300 research papers will be presented in oral and poster presentations. More than 500 delegates from various Universities, Industries and Research institutes are participating in the conference. In the concluding session, internationally well-known crystallographer Prof. H K Fun from University of Sains, Malaysia will deliver the Valedictory address. Prof BS Sherigara, DR K J Divakar, Prof S P Hiremath will preside over the function.
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