National Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry Feb 19-20, 2010 at BITS Pilani

Jan. 30, 2010 - PRLog -- Green and sustainable chemistry is an important interdisciplinary area of innovation aimed at conservation of natural resources and the protection of environment. Sustainable development has become the accepted goal of governments, industry, and the public. The conference will focus on the role of Green Chemistry in sustainable development and on specific innovations and technical aspects that are bringing us closer to a sustainable development.

Experts from academia and industry working at the forefront of green chemistry will present their research findings. This conference will also provide an avenue for researchers to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations, and update the delegates with the latest advances in research on environmentally sustainable chemical processes.

The broad areas of the conference include catalysis, alternate reaction media, novel reactor technology, eco-friendly materials, pharmaceuticals, nanotechnology, industrial chemistry and environmentally benign synthesis.

The conference is being organized by the Chemistry Group of Birla Institute of Technology and Science – BITS Pilani. The Chemistry group of the Institute was established in the year 1944 and the programmes offered include M.SC (Hons), M.Phil and PhD. Apart from Green Chemistry, research focus of the group cover a wide spectrum of areas such as organic, inorganic, physical, bioinorganic, medicinal, photophysical, computational, nanomaterials and X-ray crystallography.

The group has state of the art instrumentation facility, library and research laboratories. Faculty members of the group have been publishing quality research papers in high impact journals of national and international repute. In the recent past, the group has organized several national and international scientific events. The group has been recognized under DST-FIST and UGC-SAP programmes. The Chemistry group is a recipient of funds for research projects from a number of agencies such as CSIR, DST, UGC and DRDO.

Corporates interested in sponsoring the conference are requested to contact Dr. Dalip Kumar Convener, Chemistry Group, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani-333031 Rajasthan Email: nsgsc2010@gmail.com  Mob.: 09829168047, 09887435690 Ph: 01596-245073 Ex-279; Fax: 01596-244183. http://discovery.bits-pilani.ac.in/conference/NCGSC2010/i...

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About BITS Pilani: The Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani is a Deemed to be University established vide Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956 under notification No. F.12-23/63.U-2 of June 18, 1964. NAAC - National Assessment and Accreditation Council reaccredited BITS with 3.71 CGPA out of 4 and awarded "A" grade "Very Good" status. It is indeed a matter of pride that for the year 2009, BITS Pilani has been ranked among the top ranking universities along with IITs in various Magazine surveys such as India Today, Outlook, LiveMint DataQuest etc. BITS offers degrees in various disciplines presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad campuses. BITS Pilani has done pioneering work in industry university collaborations in terms of Practice School and Work Integrated Learning Programmes. Alumni of the Institute who are Proud to be BITSians and ambassadors for Brand BITS Pilani are spread across all continents from Australia to America.