Workshop/Conference Organized

CONFERENCE ORGANIZED: 

(i)  Coordinator of the international conference on "Green Initiatives in Chemical Sciences for Sustainable Development (ICRICSSD-2022)" organized by Dept. of Chemistry, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology in association with Association of Chemistry Teachers and Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi held during 18 - 19 November 2022 at SMIT, Sikkim.

(ii) Coordinator of the National Convention of Chemistry Teachers (NCCT-2021) and International Conference on Recent Trends in Chemistry & Chemical Education (ICRTE & CE- 2021), jointly organized by Dept. of Chemistry, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology & Association of Chemistry Teachers at SMIT, Sikkim, held during 28-30 December 2021.

(iii) Joint-Convener of the International Conference on “Synthetic Potent Molecule and its Application” (ICSPMIA 2018) (ISBN of Conference Proceedings: 978-93-88467-02-5, Published by 24by7 Publishing, Kolkata) organized by Dept. of Chemistry, SMIT, in collaboration with Royal Society of Chemistry (Eastern India Section) held during 30-31 October 2018 at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim.

(The Conference was sponsored / funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Govt. of India and CSIR - IICT Hyderabad, CSIR - CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, Govt. of India).

(iv) Co-Convener (Tech) of the National Conference on “Recent Trends in Chemistry - 2017" organized by Dept. of  Chemistry, SMIT, in  collaboration with Association  of Chemistry Teachers, Wilson College, Mumbai;  held during   17-18 February 2017 at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim. (The Conference was sponsored /  funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST,  Govt. of India and Defence Research and  Development Organization (DRDO), Govt. of India)

(v) Co-Convener (Tech) of the National Conference on “Recent Trends in Chemistry - 2012” (ISBN of Conference Proceedings: 978-93-80813-16-5, Published by Cygnus, Kolkata) organized by Dept. of Chemistry, SMIT, in collaboration with Association of Chemistry Teachers, Wilson College, Mumbai;  held during 23-25 January 2012 at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim. This conference has also been recognized by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as one of the activity of International Year of Chemistry 2011.

(vi) Treasurer of the National Conference “Membranes, Microemulsions and Self-Assembled Systems (MMSAS-2010”,  Website: issstindian.org) Organized by Department of Chemistry, SMIT,  in collaboration with North Eastern Chapter, Indian Society for Surface Science & Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, during September 28-30, 2010.

(vii) Organizing Committee member of the 2nd Indo-Swiss Bonding International Symposium (ISB-2010) held at SMIT, Sikkim during 11-13 February 2010.

Upcoming event (Postponed due to Covid): In pipeline

"Science Academies"Lecture Workshop on "Green Chemistry and its Relevance in Pharmaceutical Industry"

Resource Persons:

Prof. Brindaban C. Ranu, FNA, FASc, IACS Jadavpur

Prof. B. K. Patel, FASC, IIT, Guwahati

Prof. Prodeep Phukan, Gauhati University

Dr. Ranjan Jana, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata


WEBINAR ORGANIZED:

1. Coordinator of the International Webinar on “Empowering Diversity in Science” during 9 February 2021 organised by Dept. of Chemistry, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology in Association with Association of chemistry Teachers, C/O. Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR), Mumbai in collaboration with International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), Global Women’s Breakfast.

2. Coordinator of the Webinar on "Advanced Nanotechnology, Versatile molecule and Spectroscopy" during 3 - 4 July 2020 organised by Dept. of Chemistry, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology in Association with Association of chemistry Teachers, C/O. Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR), Mumbai.

Speakers are-Prof. W. B. Gurnulea, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Kamala Nehru Mahavidyalay, Nagpur (Topic - Nanoscience and its impact on Society); Prof. Sanjay Dahal, Professor & Head, Dept. of Chemistry, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (Topic - Porphyrin - A Versatile Molecule), Prof. Somenath Chatterjee, Professor & Head, CMSNT, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (Topic - Plenty of space at the bottom - Nanotechnology); and Prof. M. Swaminathan, Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Annamalai University (Topic - Fluorescence Spectroscopy).

3. Member of the Webinar on : Scintillating Chemistry" organized by Association of Chemistry Teachers - East Zone on 28 June 2020. The resource person of this Webinar was Prof. N. Sathyamurthy, Former Director, IISER, Mohali (Recipient of Prestigious S.S. Bhatnagar Award in the year 1990); Prof. Uday Maitra, Professor, IISC Bangalore (recipient of Prestigious S.S. Bhatnagar Award in the year 2001); Prof. Anindya Dutta, Professor, IIT - Mumbai; and Dr. Prabodh Chobe, Former Senior General Manager and Head, R&D Centre, BASF (India), Former Chief Mentor, innovation Hub, Nehru Science Centre, Former Regional Director, YCMOU.

4. Convener of the Webinar "Cybersecurity Careers in post Covid World"on 27 June 2020. The resource person of this Webinar was Mr. Sourav Chanda (SMIT batch 2003). It was organized in association with Vaave.

Workshop / Conferences /SMIT Alumni Meet Organized (2021)

[A] Organized Virtual Alumni Meet on 1st May 2021 for the SMIT batches 2001 – 05 in the virtual Platform Air-meet. 130 Alumni participated in the event.

Workshop / Conferences/SMIT Alumni Meet Organized up to 2020:

[A] Chief Coordinator of 4th Edition of SMIT Global Alumni Meet – 2020 held at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technoogy, Sikkim on 15 February 2020.

[B] Organized Alumni Talk at SMIT to motivate our students on 29th April 2019. The resource persons of the talk were Mr. Mayank Shridhar, Principal Technologist, Infosys (SMIT Batch 2003).

[C] Organized Alumni Talk at SMIT on “Digital Payments and Banking – How India is leading digitalization in the financial services industry” (Resource person – Ms. Priyanka Paul, SMIT batch 2005) and “Future of work – Automation of services, Successful program management” (Resource person – Mr. Harsh Singh, SMIT batch 2002), to motivate students of SMIT on 1st February 2019.

[D] Coordinator of SMIT Global Alumni Meet – 2019 held at JRC Conventions & Trade Fairs, Hyderabad on 23 February 2019.

[E] Coordinator of the workshop on “Introduction to Game Design”on 20th September 2018 held at SMIT. Resource person of the workshop was Ms. Vasundhara Agarwal, Alumni of SMIT (Batch 2010).

[F] Organized Alumni Talk at SMIT to motivate our students on 6th September 2018. The resource persons of the talk were Mr. Prakash Natarajan (Batch 2017) and Mr. Varun Anand Modi (Batch 2007).

[G] Chief Coordinator of the SMIT Global Alumni Meet – 2018 held in Tivoli Garden Resort, Chattarpur, Mehrauli, New Delhi – 110074 on 16th June 2018. Around 200 alumni have participated in the event.

[H] "Science Academies"Lecture Workshop on "Emerging trends in Chemistry and its pharmaceutical applications"

Coordinator of the  two day's lecture workshop on "Emerging trends in Chemistry and its pharmaceutical applications"  held during 30 - 31 October 2017 in the Dept. of Chemistry of Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology.

Resource Persons:

Prof. Brindaban C. Ranu, FNA, FASc, IACS Jadavpur

Prof. Arun Chattopadhyay, FASc, IIT, Guwahati, Guwahati

Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj, FNA, FASc, FNASc, IIT, Kharagpur

Prof. Tapan Paine, INSA Young Scientist, IACS.

[I] Workshop on "Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning" during 19 - 21 August 2017 at SMIT

Coordinator of the three day's workshop on " Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning"  organized at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT) by Alumni Engagement Cell.

during 19 - 21 August 2017.

            Resource Persons: Mr. Jaskirat Singh and his team (from Jaipur)

[J] 2nd Leadership Summit - 2017:

Coordinator of the 2nd LEADERSHIP SUMMIT - 2017 (A conference for Academicians) organized at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT) during 30th January to 1st February 2017.

[K] Faculty Development Program:

Coordinator of the faculty Development Program organized at SMIT (for SMIT faculty members) during 3 - 4 May 2017.

Resource Persons:

Prof. K Ramnarayan, MBBS, MD, PG Dip. Higher Education. Vice President-Faculty Development & Alumni Relations, Manipal University, Manipal 576104

Prof. Sudhakar Nayak, MBBS, MD, PhD, Dip. NB, Director-Manipal Centre for Professional & Personal Development, Manipal University, Manipal 576104 

[L] 1st Leadership Summit - 2016:

Coordinator of the LEADERSHIP SUMMIT - 2016 (A conference for Principals on Educational Leadership in 21st Century) organized at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology during 21 - 23 July 2016.

Resource Persons:

Prof. K Ramnarayan, MBBS, MD, PG Dip. Higher Education. Vice President-Faculty Development & Alumni Relations, Manipal University, Manipal 576104

Prof. Sudhakar Nayak, MBBS, MD, PhD, Dip. NB, Director-Manipal Centre for Professional & Personal Development, Manipal University, Manipal 576104  

[M] CONCOURS 2016:

Chief Coordinator of CONCOURS - 2016: SCIENCE EXHIBITION AND QUIZ held at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT) during 10 & 11 November 2016.

[N] REFRESHER COURSE ORGANIZED AS COORDINATOR: 

Coordinator of the Refresher course “Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences and its Technological Applications” sponsored by Indian    Academy of Sciences, Bangalore; Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi & The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad, held during 8-21 December 2010 at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim (Adv. Published in Current Science, Vol. 99, No. 3,  10 August 2010)