List of Indian Institutions with Research Areas

List of Indian Institutions with Research Areas (This is only a suggestive list of Indian institutions which may be suitable for joint research opportunity to scientists interested to apply for Fellowship under RTF-DCS Programme. The applicants are however free to approach any other institutions in India relevant to their areas of interest) Number of Institutes listed in this document

S.No Areas of Research Total I. Agricultural Sciences 66 II. Biological and Medical Sciences 60 III. Chemical Sciences 09 IV. Physical Sciences and Mathematics 16 V. Earth Sciences 16 VI. Engineering Sciences 23 VII. Materials, Minerals and Metallurgy 09 VIII. Multi-disciplinary and Other Areas 17 Total 216

No. Name of Institution Research Areas Contact Person I Agricultural Sciences I.I Indian Agricultural Genetics & Plant Breeding; Plant Dr. I. Sekar, Principal Research Institute Pathology; Microbiology; Post Scientist & In-charge PME (IARI), New Delhi Harvest Technology Tel.: +91-11-25842416 (www.iari.res.in ) Email: [email protected] I.2 Indian Institute of Horticultural Research: Dr. M. Krishna Reddy Horticultural Research, Biotechnology; Entomology; Mobile:+91-9449671343 Bangalore, Karnataka Pathology Email: (www.iihr.ernet.in ) [email protected], [email protected] I.3 Agharkar Research Biodiversity & Palaeobiology, Dr. K. M. Paknikar, Director Institute, Bioenergy, Bioprospecting, Tel.: +91-20-25654357 Pune, Maharashtra Development Biology, Genetics Email: [email protected] (www.aripune.org ) & Plant Breeding, Nanobioscience

I.4 National Research Centre Meat animal and meat Dr. V. V. Kulkarni, Director on Meat, inspections; Fresh meat Tel.: +91-40 -27204541, Boddupal, Hyderabad Technology; Processed meat 27201674, Extn: 201 (www.nrcmeat.org.in ) Technology Fax: +91-40 -27201672 Email: [email protected] I.5 National Dairy Research Dairy & Food Technology; Dr. A. K.Srivastava , Director Institute, Dairy Microbiology; Artificial Tel.: +91-184-2252800 Karnal, Haryana Animal Breeding; Animal Email: [email protected] (www.ndri.res.in ) Reproduction; Animal Biotechnology; Animal Genomics; Animal Nutrition I.6 National Bureau of Plant Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) Dr. I.S. Bisht, Principal Genetic Resources Management and Use, Policy Scientist & Professor (NBPGR), Issues on Exchange of Genetic Tel.: +91-11-25843697 New Delhi Resources: Quarantine, IPR; Mobile: +91-9873425491 (www.nbpgr.ernet.in ) Assessing Economic Value; Email: [email protected] , Conflicts over Ownership [email protected] Management and Use; National and International Treaties / Dr. K.V. Bhat, Principal Legislation; CBD, IT-PGRFA, Scientist and Officer-in- GPA, PVP&FR Act, Biodiversity Charge, Division of Genomic Act etc, Genomics and Resources : Genomic Tel: 011-25849214, 9208, Resources Generation, Use and 3296 Ext. 264 Conservation, GM Crops; GM Email: Detection Techniques [email protected]

I.7 Forest Research Institute Forest Management, Dr. P.S. Rawat, Scientist - D, (FRI), Menstruation and JFM Research Coordination Dehradun, Uttarakhand Silviculture, Agro Forestry and Section (fri.icfre.gov.in ) Urban Forestry, Climate Change, Tel.: +91-135-2224353 Wood Science and Technology, Email: [email protected] Biodiversity Conservation, Forest Protection, Chemistry of Natural Dr. Sadhna Tripathi, Product, NWFP; Ecology and Scientist F Environment, Forest Genetics Tel.: 0135-2224398 and Tree Propagation Email: [email protected] I.8 Institute of Forest Tree improvement; Bamboo Dr. Mathish Nambiar – Genetics and Tree Cultivation; Bio-prospecting of Veetil Breeding, Forest Natural Resources; Gene Tel.: +91-422- 2450542 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu function Analysis and Transgenic Mobile:+91- 9488167842 (ifgtb.icfre.gov.in ) for Salt and Insect Tolerance in Email: [email protected] Trees; Climate Change Adaptation Research in Trees with Specific Reference to Elevated CO 2; Tree Physiology and Seed Biochemistry; Seed Science & Technology; Species Recovery Research on Threatened Species; Insect Diversity in relation to Tree Cultivation; Biopesticides; Techniques in Mycorrhizae/ Beneficial Microbes (Biofertilizers); Non Timber Forest Produce and Tree Borne Oil Seeds Genetics; Plant Microbiology I.9 Tropical Forest Development of Agro-forestry Director or Head Extension Research Institute, models; Genetics and Plant Divison Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Propagation; Forest Pathology; Tel.: +91-761-2840483, (tfri.icfre.gov.in ) Silviculture and joint Forest 2840627 Management; Sustainable Fax: +91-761-2840483 harvesting and cultivation Email: [email protected] techniques; Forest Entomology; Forest Ecology and rehabilitation; studies on plant diversity, enthnobotany, ecotones, influence of climate change on biodiversity, documentation of indigenous traditional knowledge of plant resources I.10 Central Soil Salinity Reclamation and Management of Dr. D. K. Sharma , Director Research Institute, Salt Affected Soils; Physics and Tel.: +91-184-2290501 Karnal, Haryana Chemistry of Saline and Sodic Email: [email protected] (cssri.nic.in ) Soils; Assessment of Salt Affected Soils through Remote Dr. T. Damodaran, Regional Sensing and GIS; Conservation Research Station, Lucknow Agriculture and Integrated Email: [email protected] Nutrient Management on Salt Affected Soils; Enhancing Water Dr. Parbodh Chander Productivity through Multi Sharma, Principal Scientist Enterprise Agriculture; Tel.: +91-184-2209329 Management of Poor Quality Email: Waters in Agriculture and Other [email protected] Land Uses; Bio-Remediation of Waste Waters; Bio-Drainage for Controlling Water Logging and Soil Salinity; Carbon Sequestration Potential in Saline Environment under Changing Climatic Conditions; Solid Waste Management for Soil Improvement I.11 Indian Veterinary Veterinary Research: Molecular Dr. P. Joshi, Acting Joint Research Institute Diagnosis for Animal Diseases; Director (IVRI), Rumen Microbes and Their Role Mobile: +91-9897279493 Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh in Feed Degradation; Fracture Email: [email protected] (www.ivri.nic.in ) Management in Large Animals; Rapid Detection of Food Borne and Zoonotic Pathogens; Stem Cell Research and Therapeutic Use I.12 Central Institute of Post- Post-Harvest Engineering: Dr. R.K. Gupta, Head (FG & Harvest Engineering & Rapid Evaluation of Food Quality OP) Technology, and Safety; Packaging and Mobile: +91-9872859024 Ludhiana, Punjab Storage of Agricultural Produce Email: (www.ciphet.in ) and Products; Extrusion [email protected] Processing Technology; Micro- encapsulation; Milling of Food Grains and Oilseeds I.13 Central Marine Fisheries Marine fish catch estimation Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan, Research Institute, through Multistage Stratified Director Kochi, Kerala Random Sampling; Marine Fish Tel.: +91-484-2394798 (www.cmfri.org.in ) Stock Assessment; Ecosystem Fax: +91-484-2394909/ Approaches to Fisheries 2396685 Management (EAFM); Email: [email protected] Taxonomy of Marine Finfish, Shellfish, Corals, Sponges and Marine Mammals; Cage culture of Marine fish and Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA); Marine Bivalve farming; Mabe pearl production from pearl oyster; Breeding and seed production of marine food and ornamental fish; GIS application in capture fisheries; Remote sensing and GIS for marine fisheries resource management; Carbon foot print and life cycle analysis in marine environment; Vulnerability Assessment and livelihood analysis; Artificial Reef for conservation and resource management; Fish age estimation; Bionomics of marine fish and shellfish; Genetic stock structure analysis using advanced molecular markers; DNA Barcoding of marine organisms; Functional genomics; Marine fish cell line development; Disease diagnosis of marine organisms; Feed formulation and fish nutrition; Marine Bio-prospecting and development of nutraceuticals; Proximate composition analysis of finfish and shellfish; Economic valuation of marine biodiversity; Gender mainstreaming in fisheries; Fish supply chains; Policy analysis and development I.14 Central Institute of Harvest and Post-harvest Dr. S. Balasubramaniam , Fisheries Technology, Technology Development in HOD, Extension Division Kochi, Kerala Fisheries - Fishing Technology; Tel.: +91-484-2666845, Extn: (www.cift.res.in ) Fish Processing Technology; Fish 316 Biochemistry & Nutrition; Email: [email protected] Microbiology; Biotechnology and Fermentation; Quality Assurance & Management; Fishery Engineering and Fisheries Extension; Economics & Statistics I.15 Central Institute of Aquaculture and Molecular Dr. J. K. Sundaray , Principal Freshwater Aquaculture, Endocrinology; Fish Genetics and Scientist & Head of Division- Bhubaneswar, Odisha Biotechnology; Soil and Water Fish Genetics & (www.cifa.in/web/ ) Quality Management for Biotechnology Freshwater Aquaculture Mobile: +91-9437166872 Practices; Feed and Feed Email: [email protected] , Management Technology; [email protected] Immunology, Nanotechnology and Immunodiagnostics I.16 Dr. B.V Rao Institute of Poultry Housing; Poultry Dr. Hingane, Director , Poultry Management and Management Tel.: +91-20-26926320, +91- Technology, Poultry Nutrition; Poultry Health 20-26926321, +91-20- Pune, Maharashtra 26926509 (http://www.venkys.com/se Fax: +91-20-26926508, rvices/dr-bv-rao-institute- 24332287, 24337760 of-poultry-management- Email: [email protected] technology/ ) , [email protected] I.17 Kerala University of Fisheries; Ocean Studies & Dr. K. Dinesh, Assistant Fisheries and Ocean Technology; Ocean Engineering; Professor & Head, Fisheries Studies (KUFOS), Climate Variability & Aquatic Station Panagadh, Kerala Ecosystems; Management & Mobile: +91-9446032977 (www.kufos.ac.in/ ) Social Sciences Fax:+91-484-2502587 Email: [email protected] I.18 Central Avian Research Poultry Production; Poultry Dr. J.M Kataria, Director, Institute, Nutrition; Poultry Health Tel.: 91-581-2301261(O) Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh Fax: +91-581-2301321 (www.icar.org.in/cari/ ) Email : [email protected] I.19 Directorate of Sorghum Sorghum related Research Dr. J.V Patil, Director, Research, Tel.:+91 -040 – 24015349, Hyderabad, Andhra +91 -040 – 24018651 Pradesh Fax: +91 -040 – 24016378 (www.sorghum.res.in/ ) Email: [email protected] [email protected] I.20 Central Arid Zone Rodent Control, Arid Legumes Dr. M.M Roy , Director Research Institute, Tel.: +91-291-2786584 Jodhpur, Rajasthan Fax: +91-291- 2788706 (www.cazri.res.in ) Email: [email protected] I.21 Central Potato Research Development of Varieties; Dr Bir Pal Singh, Director Institute, Sustainable Technologies for Tel.:+ 91-177-2625073 Shimla, Himachal Pradesh enhancing Productivity & Fax: +91-177-2624460 (www.nbri.res.in/) Utilization of Potato Email: [email protected], [email protected] I.22 Central Plantation Crops Crop Improvement; Production; Dr. George V. Thomas , Research Institute, Protection; Plant Physiology Director Krishnapuram, Kerala Biochemistry & PHT; Social Tel.: + 91-177-2625073, + 91- (www.cpcri.gov.in/ ) Science 4994-232333 (O), Ext: 222 Mobile: 9446051847 Email: [email protected], [email protected] I.23 Indian Institute of Crop Agricultural Process Engineering; Dr. K. Singaravadivel Processing Technology, Incubation Center for Processing Director Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu of Horticultural Crops; Extrusion Tel.: + 91-4362-228155, (http://www.iicpt.edu.in/ ) Technology; Processing of + 91-4362-226676 Cereals, Pulses and Millets; Food Mob.: + 91-9750968410 Microbiology; Fermentation; Fax: + 91-4362 227971 Agricultural Waste and Email: [email protected] Byproduct Utilization; Food Safety and Quality Testing; Food Storage; Packaging Technology; Drying; Processing of Spices and Plantation Crops; Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals; Food Product Development; On-farm and Rural-Level Gadgets for Food Processing; Renewable Energy for Food Processing; Technology Dissemination I.24 Indian Institute of Applied research for developing Dr. B. Singh, Director Vegetable Research, technologies to enhance Tel.: + 91-542-2635247, + 91- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh productivity of vegetable crops; 542-2635236 (www.iivr.org.in/) their nutrient quality; post harvest Fax: + 91-544-3229007 management and value addition Email: [email protected] I.25 Central Sheep and Wool Sheep and Wool Research Dr. S.M.K. Naqvi, Director Research Institute, Tel.: +91-1437- 220162, +91- Avikanagar, Rajasthan 1437- 240490, +91-1437- (http://www.cswri.res.in/th 220295 (R) rust_area_infrastructure.as Fax: +91-1437- 220163 p) Email: [email protected], [email protected] I.26 Directorate of Cashew Cashew research Prof. P.Saroj, Director Research, Tel.: +91-8251 - 231530, +91- Puttur, Karnataka 8251 - 230902, +91-8251 - (www.cashew.res.in/ ) 236490 (O) Fax: +91-8251–234350 Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] I.27 National Bureau of Fish Development of fish databases; Dr. J.K. Jena, Director Genetic Resources genetic characterization; gene Tel.: (0522) 2442440, (Indian Council of banks; fish germplasm and habitat 2442441 Agricultural Research) , inventory; risks analysis of exotic Fax: (0522) 2442403 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh species; diagnostics for OIE Email: [email protected], (www.nbfgr.res.in/) notified pathogens; aquatic [email protected], microbes and other areas of [email protected] germplasm conservation with special focus on threatened; prioritized and exotic fish species I.28 Central Tuber Crops Development of agro techniques Dr. S.K. Chakrabarti, Research Institute, for tuber crops; development of Director Thiruvananthapuram, new varieties of tropical tuber Tel.: 0471-2598431 Kerala crops; Development of plant Fax: 0471-2590063 (http://www.ctcri.org/) protection technologies; Email: [email protected] Development of processing technologies to add value to tuber crops and machinery for cost effective processing I.29 International Crops Crops genomics and molecular Dr. Rajeev K Varshney, Research Institute for the breeding Research Program Director- Semi-Arid Tropics, Grain Legumes and Director, (ICRISAT) Center of Excellence in Hyderabad, Telangana Genomics (http://www.icrisat.org/) Tel.: 040-30713305 Email: [email protected] I.30 National Centre for Pest Management Dr. Lal Bahadur Shastri Integrated Pest Tel.: 91-11-25843935 Management (ICAR), Fax: 91-11-25841472 Delhi Email : [email protected] (www.ncipm.org.in/) I.31 Indian Institute of Spices Collection, conservation, Dr. M. Anandaraj, Director Research, evaluation and cataloging of Tel.: 91-9447132294 Kozhikode (Calicut), germplasm; Development of Email: Kerala varieties of high yield, quality and [email protected] (http://www.spices.res.in/) resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses through conventional and biotechnological approaches; Standardizing propagation methods to ensure large scale production and distribution of high yielding genotypes; Development of agrotechniques for increasing production and productivity. Integrated pest and disease management; Post harvest technology; Socio-economic aspects of cultivation, marketing and dissemination in spices; Investigation on nutraceuticals and pharmacokinetics aspects of spices. I.32 Kakatiya University, Plant tissue culture; Protoplast Dr. A.V. Rao, Head of the Department of Culture; Embryo Rescue; In Biotechnology Department Biotechnology and Vitro Mutagenesis; Genetic Tel.: 0091-0870-2461455 Department of Botany, Engineering; Molecular Biology; Email: Warangal, Andhra Pradesh Transgenic Technology; [email protected] (www.kakatiya.ac.in ) Transplastome Technology; Root- knot Nematode interactions; Prof. A Ragan, Nitrogen fixation; Telomerase Department of Botany and Cancer Detection; Email: Biomedical Studies; [email protected] Biodesulphurization and Molecular Markers; Cytology; Cytogenetics and Mutation Breeding; Genetics and Plant breeding; Comparative Morphology; Chemotaxanomy and Palynology; Reproductive Biology; Phycology and Hydrobiology; Mycology & Plant Pathology; Microbiology; Physiology & Tissue Culture; Radiation Botany; Taxonomy and Floristics; Ecology and Plant Biotechnology and Genetic transformation I.33 Central Institute for Crop Improvement, Crop Dr. K. R. Kranthi, Director Cotton Research , Production, Crop Protection, Post Email: [email protected] Nagpur, Maharashtra Harvest Technology (www.cicr.org.in/) I.34 Central Institute for Improvement in Ginning of Dr. P. G. Patil, Acting Research on Cotton cotton; Improvement and Quality Director Technology (CIRCOT), Evaluation of Fibre; Yarn and Email: Mumbai, Maharashtra Fabric; Finishing and Dyeing of [email protected] (http://www.circot.res.in/) Cotton with Natural and Environment Friendly Agents; Utilisation of Cotton Plant Residues for Production of Value Added Products; Development of Entrepreneurship for Utilisation of CIRCOT Technologies I.35 Directorate of Cashewnut Cocoa production and processing Dr. Venkatesh N. Hubballi, & Cocoa , Director & Transparency Agri, Kerala Officer (www. dccd.gov.in/) Tel.: 0484 - 2377151 (O) Fax: 0484-2377239 Email : [email protected] I.36 National Research Center Genetic engineering for biotic Dr. T. R. Sharma , Project on Plant Biotechnology , resistance; exploitation of Director Pusa Campus, New Delhi heterosis for enhancement of crop Tel.: 011-25848783, 011- (www.nrcpb.org) productivity; molecular breeding 25841787, 011-25843554 to unlock the genetic potential Fax: +91 +11 25843984 from diverse germplasm and Email: [email protected] , integrate in cultivated crop [email protected] varieties; various crop and microbe sequencing projects I.37 Tamil Nadu Veterinary Animal Biotechnology; Animal Director of Research and Animal Sciences Sciences(Research); Animal Tel.: +91-44-2555 1583 University, Health EPBX: +91-44-2555 Chennai, Tamil Nadu 1586/1587 (www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in ) Email: [email protected] [email protected] I.38 National Institute of Epidemiological investigation of Dr H. Rahman Veterinary Epidemiology livestock diseases; National Tel.: +91 80 2351 4330, 2341 and Disease (NIVEDI), Animal Disease Referral Expert 9576 / 2341 2531 Bengaluru, Karnataka System ; Prevalence of Leptospira Email: (www.pdadmas.ernet.in) inadai subspecies in man and [email protected] animals in India identified

I.39 Indian Institute of Soil Environmental soil science; Soil Dr. A.K. Patra, Director, Science, (IISS), Chemistry and fertility; Study of Tel.: 0755-2730946 Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Organic and inorganic nutrient Fax: 0755-2733310 (http://www.iiss.nic.in/) sources affect soil biological Email: [email protected] , activity ; effect on runoff; soil and [email protected] nitrogen losses; Crop productivity in organic farming; Soil physics. I.40 Department of Zoology, Pesticide toxicology; Dr. Dileep Kumar Singh University of Delhi, bioremediation of pesticide Tel.: 91-11-27667191 (Office) Delhi molecules and heavy metals; soil Email: (ww.du.ac.in ) microbial ecology; soil microbial [email protected] , taxonomy; soil health and soil [email protected] fertility; waste water treatment; food and feed traceability I.41 University of Develop crop varieties resistant to Dr. M. A Shankar, Director Agricultural Sciences, pests; diseases and drought Tel.: +91 80-2333 0206, +91 Bellary Road, Bangalore 80-2333 0153 (Ext. 215), +91 (www.uasbangalore.edu.in 94498 66903, +91 80-2333 ) 0206 [email protected] I.42 Sugarcane Breeding Breeding of superior sugarcane Dr. N.V Nair, Director Institute, ICAR, varieties/ genotypes; crop Email: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu improvement; production and [email protected] (http://www.sugarcane.res. protection aspects of sugarcane in/ ) Dr. R. Viswanathan, Head, Division of Crop Protection Email: [email protected] , [email protected] I.43 National Institute of Structural and Functional Prof. Akhilesh Kumar Plant Genome Research Genomics in plants; Tyagi, Director (NIPGR), ; Genome Tel.: 011-26742267, New Delhi Analysis and Molecular Mapping; 26735169 (http://www.nipgr.res.in/ ) Molecular Mechanism of Abiotic Fax: 011-26741759 Stress Responses; Nutritional Email: [email protected] , Genomics; Plant Development [email protected] and Architecture; Plant Immunity; Molecular Breeding; Transgenics for crop improvement and other emerging areas based on plant genomics I.44 National Centre for Agricultural technology policy; Dr. Ramesh Chand , Director Agricultural Economics Sustainable agricultural systems; Tel.: 91-11- 25847628, and Policy Research Markets and trade; Institutional 25848731 (NCAP), change; Agricultural growth and Fax: 91-11-25842684 New Delhi modeling Email: [email protected] (http://www.ncap.res.in/) I.45 Kerala Forest Research Fungicidal management of quick Dr. K Yesodharan , Scientist Institute, wilt disease; Macrofungal flora of C, Botany Department, Forest Thrissur District, Kerala Peechi and Vazhani Wildlife Ecology and Biodiversity (http://www.kfri.res.in/) Sanctuary; Biodiversity of plant Conservation Division pathogenic fungi in the Kerala Mobile: 9961490250 part of the Western Ghats; Email: Ecosystem structure; biodiversity; [email protected] human dimensions and their linkages of Iringole sacred groves; Conservation of the critically endangered tree Syzygium palghatense Gamble (Myrtaceae) in the Western Ghats I.46 Department of Veterinary Parasitology Prof. Lachhman Das Singla , Veterinary Parasitology, Professor & Head College of Veterinary Tel.: +91-161-2414029 Science, Guru Angad Email: [email protected] , Dev Veterinary and [email protected] Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab (http://www.gadvasu.in/) I.47 Indian Institute Evaluation of locally adapted Dr. S. K. Duttamajumder, of Sugarcane Research, sugarcane varieties with improved Head, Division of Crop Raibarel, Lucknow yield and quality as well as Protection (http://www.iisr.nic.in/) resistance to biotic and abiotic Email: stresses; Development of package [email protected] , of practices for higher cane sugar [email protected] production; Development of low cost technologies for sugarcane Email of the Director: production; Intensifying and [email protected] extending the networking facility and information generation for transfer of technology to the farmers and sugar industry I.48 National Institute of Basic and strategic research on Dr. P.S. Minhas , Director Abiotic Stress management of abiotic stresses of Email: [email protected] Management, crop plants, animals, fishes and Pune, Maharashtra micro-organisms through genetic, (http://www.niam.res.in/) biotechnological and nano technological tools and agronomic methods for enhanced sustainable productivity, food/feed quality and farm profitability adopting integrated interdisciplinary approaches I.49 National Bureau of Parasitic Hymenoptera Dr. Ankita Gupta, Scientist , Agriculturally Important (Chalcidoidea & Division of Insect Systematics Insects, Ichneumonoidea)- Biodiversity; Tel.: 080-2351 1982, Extn. Bangalore, Karnataka systematic; host-parasitic wasps 336 (http://www.nbaii.res.in/) association/interactions & Email: molecular characterization [email protected] I.50 Central Institute Development of techno- Dr. G. Gopikrishna , Principal of Brackishwater Aquacu economically viable and Scientist & Scientist In-charge, lture, sustainable culture systems for Nutrition, genetics and Chennai, Tamil Nadu finfish and shellfish in biotechnology division (http://www.ciba.res.in/) brackishwater; repository of Tel.: +91- 044 - 24618817, Ext information on brackishwater – 411 fishery resources with a Email:[email protected] , systematic database [email protected] , I.51 Central Institute of Diversification of aquaculture; Dr. W.S. Lakra, Director and Fisheries Education, Biodiversity assessment and VC Mumbai, Maharashtra conservation; Application of Tel.: 91-22- (www.cife.edu.in/) Nanotechnology and 26363404/26374306 biotechnology; Nutraceuticals and Email: [email protected] , nutrigenomics; Genetic [email protected] Improvement and Genomics; Climate Change and Adaptations; Improved management of aquatic animal health and environment; Assessment and enhancement of seafood quality; Livelihood and food security of marginal farmers I.52 Sri Venkateswara Ecology; Entomology; Animal- Dr. Vartika Mathur, College, University of Plant interactions; Insect Assistant Professor, Dept. of Delhi, Physiology and Plant vaccination Zoology New Delhi Email: [email protected] , (http://www.svc.ac.in/) [email protected] I.53 Kerala Agricultural Production activities based on Dr. Jayashree University, land and water; including crop Krishnankutty, Associate Thrissur, Kerala production (agriculture); animal Professor, College of (www.kau.edu/) husbandry; forestry and fishery Horticulture through conducting; interfacing Email: and integrating education; [email protected] research and extension in these spheres of economic endeavour I.54 Institute of Agricultural biotechnology Dr. P. Anand Kumar , Biotechnology, Acharya research Director N. G. Ranga Agricultural Email: University , Hyderabad, [email protected] Andhra Pradesh (www.angrau.ac.in ) I.55 Central Institute of Equipments for Commercial Dr K K Singh, Director Agricultural Farming; Equipments for Email: [email protected] Engineering , Bhopal, Experimental Research Madhya Pradesh (www.ciae.nic.in ) I.56 Central Inland Fisheries Understanding the ecology and Dr. A. P. Sharma, Director Research Institute, production functions of inland Tel.: 91-033 25921190/ Kolkata, West Bengal water bodies; Ecosystem based 25921191 (http://www.cifri.ernet.in ) fisheries management of Email:[email protected] reservoirs and wetlands; environmental changes and their impacts on fisheries. I.57 Central Institute of Sub- Conservation and documentation Dr. S. Rajan, Director (I/C) Tropical Horticulture, of germplasm of subtropical Tel.: 0522-2841022, 0522- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh fruits; Enhancing productivity of 2841024 (http://www.cishlko.org ) subtropical fruits; Post-harvest Email: [email protected] , management; crop improvement [email protected] and protection I.58 Central Research Dryland agriculture; sustainable Dr. Ch. Srinivasa Rao, Institute for Dryland farming systems in the rainfed Director Agriculture, Hyderabad, areas; Agrometerology; Crop Tel.: 91-040-24532243, Andhra Pradesh Sciences 24530161 (http://www.crida.in ) Email : [email protected] , [email protected] I.59 Central Research Crop Improvement; Crop Dr. P. G. Karmakar, Director Institute for Jute & Production; Crop Protection; Tel.: 033-25356121/6122 Allied Fibres, Agricultural research Email: [email protected] Kolkata, West Bengal (http://www.crijaf.org.in ) I.60 Chandra Shekhar Azad Integrated gene management; Dr. Har Gyan Prakash University of Agriculture Integrated management of biotic Tel.: +91-512-2534156-60 & Technology, and abiotic stresses; Integrated Mobile: 9412156124 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh management of natural resources; Email: [email protected] , (http://www.csauk.ac.in/) Farming system research; Post [email protected] harvest handling and value addition; Diversification of agriculture and farm mechanization; Application of remote sensing; GIS & crop modeling in agriculture I.61 Chaudhary Charan Organic matter; Crop growth; Dr.R.K.Patel, Associate Singh Haryana Waste management; Rice Director Agricultural University, management; Networking of Tel.: 01662-244700 Hisar, Haryana Agricultural Market; Renewable Mobile : 94164-74518 (http://hau.ernet.in/) energy agricultural Email: [email protected] I.62 Maharashtra Animal & Goat rearing; Sustainable rural Dr. A. S. Bannalikar Fisheries Sciences development; Pesticide Tel.: 0712-2511088, 0712- University (MAFSU), monitoring; Molecular 2053658, 0712-2513004 Nagpur, Maharashtra epidemiology (Diseases); Email: (http://www.mafsu.in/) Agricultural networking [email protected] I.63 Indian Institute of Pulses Genetics & Plant Breeding and Dr. Masood Ali, Director Research (IIPR) Seed Science & Technology; Tel.: 0512-2570264, 2572011 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Plant Biotechnology; Agronomy Fax: 0512-2572582, 2572809 (http://www.iipr.res.in/) and social science; ecology, Email: [email protected] , biology and management of [email protected] major insect pests; Crop Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology & Agricultural Chemistry; Impact Assessment; Socio-Economic Empowerment; Innovative Extension Models; Participatory Seed Production; Supply and Demand Analysis; Costs and Benefits Analysis; Development of Online Information Systems; Crop Estimation using G.I.S. & Remote Sensing Techniques; Development of Forecasting Models. I.64 National Research Centre Production, productivity and Dr JB Misra, Acting Director for Groundnut quality of groundnut; repository Tel.: 0285-2673382 (NRCG), of groundnut germplasm and Fax: 0285-2672550 Junagarh, Gujarat information on groundnut Email: [email protected] , (http://www.nrcg.res.in/) research [email protected] I.65 Directorate of Soybean Quality and quantitative research Dr S.K. Srivastava, Director Research (DOSR), on soybean; Socio-economic Tel.: 0731-2476188 Indore, Madhya Pradesh research Email: [email protected] , (www.nrcsoya.nic.in/) [email protected] I.66 Bharathiar University, Plant Genetic Engineering Dr. R. Sathishkumar , Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Group Leader/ Asst. Professor, (http://www.b- Plant Genetic Engineering u.ac.in/faculty/biotech/sath Laboratory ish.pdf ) Department of Biotechnology Tel: +91 9360151669 Email: [email protected]

II Biological and Medical Sciences II.1 Indian Institute of Medicinal Chemistry: Natural Dr. A.K. Saxena Integrative Medicine, Products Chemistry (Plants & Tel.: +91-191-2565126 Jammu, J&K Microbes); Pharmacology Mobile: +91-9419131757 (www.iiim.res.in ) (Cancer, Inflammation, Immuno- Email: [email protected] modulation) II.2 International Centre for Mammalian Biology; Plant Director Genetic Engineering and Biology; Synthetic Biology and Tel.: +91-11-26742317, +91- Biotechnology (ICGEB), Biofuels 11-26741358/61, +91-11- New Delhi 26742357/60 (EPBX) (www.icgeb.org ) Fax: +91-11-26742316 Email: [email protected] II.3 Adyar Cancer Institute , Cancer Immunotherapy; Dr. T. Rajkumar Chennai, Tamil Nadu Hereditary Cancers; Biomarker Tel.: +91-44 22350340 (www.cancerinstitutewia.i Discovery; Targeted therapy for Email: n) cancer; Evaluation of plant [email protected] , products for anti-cancer activity [email protected] II.4 Tata Memorial Centre, Comparative effectiveness and Dr. Rajendra A.Badwe Mumbai, Maharashtra outcomes research; Clinical Tel.: +91-22-24168601 (https://tmc.gov.in/ ) Research Methodology; Cancer Email: [email protected] Registries; Cancer epidemiology; Molecular Epidemiology; Dr. Shyam. K. 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II.23 Guru Ghasidas Development and optimization of Dr. Vivekananda Mandal, University (Central green low carbon print extraction Assistant Professor , University), methods for natural products; Department of Pharmacy Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Standardization of medicinal Mobile: +91-7587472660 (www.ggu.ac.in/) plants; Reverse Pharmacology Email: coupled bio-activity guided drug [email protected] discovery; Antioxidants and nutraceuticals; Process optimization and hyphenation; Tandem spectroscopy II.24 National Institute for Reproductive health; stem cell Dr. S.D. Kholkute , Director Research in biology; toxicology and Tel.: +91-22-2419 2002 Reproductive Health, transgenesis Email: [email protected], Mumbai, Maharashtra [email protected] (http://www.nirrh.res.in/ ) II.25 Birla Institute of Pharmacy; Biological Sciences; Prof. P. Yogeeswari, Technology & Science- Chemistry-Drug discovery, Professor, Department of Pilani, Computer-aided drug design in Pharmacy Hyderabad, Telengana the therapeutic areas of acute Tel.: +91-40- (http://universe.bits- pain, neuropathic pain, 66303515(Direct), +91-40- pilani.ac.in/hyderabad/ ) neuroinflammatory disorders, 66303823(O) diabetic neuropathy, tuberculosis, Mobile: +91-9705932091 and cancer Email: [email protected] pilani.ac.in Genetic markers for vulnerability Prof . Suman Kapur , Senior to chronic human diseases; Professor, Department of Screening strategies for low-cost Biological Sciences settings; Medical devices for field Tel.: 040-66303563 deployment in low resource Email: settings; Prevention of diseases [email protected] through herbal/natural products pilani.ac.in II.26 Bose Institute, Molecular and cellular Biology; Director

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Dr. Ruby John Anto, Scientist F, Cancer Research Program, Division of Cancer Research Email: [email protected] II.29 National Insititute of Risk analysis of Mycotoxins, Dr. S. Vasanthi, Scientist ‘D', Nutrition, safety assessment of GM foods Food and Drug Toxicology Hyderabad, Andhra and development of analytical Research Centre Pradesh methods and protocols for their Tel.: 91-40-27197280 (http://ninindia.org/) detection; evolving prevention Mobile: 09849865053 strategies for mould and Email: mycotoxin contamination [email protected] , [email protected] II.29 School of Bio Sciences Biomedical Genetics; Prof. C. Ramalingam, Dean, and Technology, VIT Biotechnology; Microbiology; Tel.: 91 416 220 2574 University, Cell Biology; Recombinant DNA Email: [email protected] Vellore, Tamilnadu Technology and Bio-informatics (http://www.vit.ac.in ) II.30 Jamia Hamdard Heavy metal and environmental Prof. Javed Ahmad, Faculty University, stress on plants; air pollution and of Science - Department of New Delhi impact on plant form; function Botany (www.jamiahamdard.edu ) and medicinal properties; genetic Email: characterization of medicinal [email protected] plants; ethnobotany and plant systematic; meristematic Prof. Mohd. Ali , Faculty of behaviour and secondary plant Pharmacy - Department of growth; tissue culture studies for Pharmacognosy & alkaloid production; Phytochemistry multiplication and preservation of endangered species; transmission and application of variation in plants; isolation; identification and characterization of biologically active constituents II.31 Centre of Advanced Botany; Microbiology; Prof. Nandita Ghoshal Study in Botany, Environmental Science; Plant Email: Department of Botany, Ecology & Environmental [email protected] , Banaras Hindu Science; Ecological analysis of [email protected] University, organic matter dynamics of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh terrestrial ecosystems especially (http://www.bhu.ac.in/) agroecosystems, land use change, restoration of degraded lands, biofuel plantations: Carbon and Nitrogen balance in soil, Land management and climate change, Greenhouse gas flux from soil, Soil C sequestration, Sustainable biological productivity, Biodiversity II.32 School of Bio-Medical Biomedical And Image Dr. A. K. Ray , Professor & Engineering, Processing; Bio Coordinator, Indian Institute Of Instrumentation; Artificial Email: Technology (Banaras ; Biological Control [email protected], Hindu University), System Analysis; Control System; [email protected] , Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Polymer Nanocomposites; (www.iitbhu.ac.in ) Polymer Chemistry; Block Copolymers And Their Biomedical Applications; Hydrogels And Their Biomedical Applications; Neurophysiology; Electrophysiology; Biochemistry; Biomaterials; Computational Orthopedic Biomechanics; Sport Biomechanics; Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases and Tissue Engineering

II.33 Regional Medical Leptospirosis Diarrhoeal diseases; Dr. P. Vijaychari, Scientist-E Research Centre, viral hepatitis; tuberculosis; Email: [email protected] , Dollygunj, Port Blair lymphatic filariasis and other [email protected] (www.icmr.nic.in ) vector borne diseases including chikungunya; malaria and other health problems of the indigenous tribes of these Islands; Research on chronic non-communicable diseases including diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases as well as on psycho- social issues including alcoholism and post-traumatic stress syndrome triggered by natural calamities such as earthquake and tsunami; Collection and collation of information on traditional medicine/folk lore practices of the aborigines on medicinal plants and sea weeds and their medicinal properties II.34 Madras Diabetes Diagnosis; treatment; and Dr. V. Mohan, Director and Research Foundation prevention of diabetes; study of Chief of Diabetic Research (MDRF), ICMR atherosclerotic disease; Tel.: (91 -44) 43968888/ Advanced Centre for epidemiologic study 28359048/ 28359050/ Genomics of Diabetes , 28359051 Chennai, Tamil Nadu Email: (www.mdrf.in ) [email protected] II.35 Indian Institute of Cancer Biology & Inflammatory Prof. Siddhartha Roy, Chemical Biology Disorder Division; Cell Biology Director (Council of Scientific & & Physiology; Chemistry; Drug Tel.: +91 33 2473 0492 Industrial Research), Development / Diagnostics & Fax: +91 33 2473 5197, Kolkata, West Bengal Biotechnology; Infectious +91 33 2472 3967 (http://www.iicb.res.in ) Diseases and Immunology; Email: [email protected] Molecular & Human Genetics; Structural Biology & Dr. Syamal K. Dana, Senior Bioinformatics Principal Scientist Email: [email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected]

Prof. Chitra Mandal J.C. Bose National Fellow Distinguished Biotechnology Research professor Tel:+91-033-2429-8861 E mail:[[email protected] om],[[email protected]]

II.36 Division of Nutrition, St. Training and Mentoring in Prof. Anura V Kurpad, Head John’s Research Nutrition Research Methods; Email: [email protected] Institute, Developmental Biology and Bangalore, Karnataka Nutrition; Requirement of Macro (http://www.sjri.res.in/) and Micronutrients across Life Cycle (Energy, Protein, Iron); Body Composition Assessment; Sarcopenia and Metabolic Flexibility; Anaemia and Haematopoiesis; Adolescent Health II.37 University of Allahabad, Molecular biology of HIV-1; anti- Prof. Bechan Sharma, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh HIV-1 drug design; toxicology; Department of Biochemistry, (www.allduniv.ac.in/) micronutrients and their role in Email: oxidative stress; aging research [email protected] , and anti-aging interventions; and [email protected] natural product based anti- Prof. Raghav Ram Tiwari, microbials Dept. of Zoology Email: [email protected] II.38 Regional Cancer Centre Cancer Research Dr. Paul Sebastian, Director, (RCC), Professor & Head of Dept., Thiruvananthapuram, Surgical Oncology Kerala Tel.: +914712522222, (http://www.rcctvm.org/) 2522394 (Direct), Office: +914712522248 Email: [email protected] II.39 Institute of Pharmacy Applications of Nanotechnology Prof. Bhupinder Singh and Department of in Food Packaging Sekhon Biotechnology, Punjab Tel.: +91 161 461 2388 College of Technical Fax: +91 161 288 8505 Education, Email: Ludhiana, Punjab [email protected] (www.pcte.edu.in/pharmacy/ ) II.40 VNS Group of Pharmaceutics; Pharmacology; Prof. R.S. Pawar, Dean- Institutions, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Research Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy and Mobile: 09826219429 Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Phytochemistry Email: (http://www.vns.ac.in/) [email protected] II.41 Department of & QSAR Head Pharmaceutical Molecular Modelling; Synthetic Technology, Jadavpur & Natural products Chemistry; University, Novel drug delivery system; Kolkata, West Bengal Nanomedicine; Cancer Biology; (www.jaduniv.edu.in/) Microbiology & Drug resistance; Molecular Pharmacology; Biochemistry & molecular mechanism; Formulation Development II.42 JSS College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Analysis; Dr. Dhanabal Palaniswamy, JSS University, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology; Professor and Principal Mysuru, Karnataka Pharmaceutics; Pharmacognosy; Tel.: 9443095697 (www.jsscpooty.org/) Pharmacology; Pharmaceutical Email: Chemistry; Phytopharmacy and [email protected] Phytomedicine Pharmacy Practice II.43 Department of Microbial enzyme technology; Dr. M. Palaniswamy, Dean Microbiology, food biotechnology; health care i/c, Faculty of Arts, Science sciences and medicinal plant Tel.: 0422-6453777 and Humanities, research and cancer biology Fax: 0422-2980022 Karpagam University, Mobile: +91-9894736777 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Email: (http://www.karpagamuniv [email protected], ersity.edu.in/ ) [email protected] .in II.44 Department of In vitro culture of medicinal Dr. Kalaiselvi Senthil , Biochemistry, plants and gene expression Lecturer, Biotechnology and analysis Email: [email protected] , Bioinformatics, [email protected] Avinashilingam Institute for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (www.avinuty.ac.in/) II.45 National Centre for Biochemistry, Biophysics & Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, Biological Sciences, Bioinformatics, Genetics & Assistant Professor, Bangalore, Karnataka Development, Cellular Tel.: +91-80 –23666031 (www.ncbs.res.in/) Organisation & Signalling, Email: [email protected] Neurobiology, Theory And Modelling Of Biological Systems, Ecology And Evolution, C-Camp, Instem II.46 Zoology Department and Biodiversity conservation Dr. Juliet Vanitharani , Research Centre, Sarah Professor and Head, Bat Tucker College , Research Lab Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu Email: (www.sarahtuckercollege.in/ ) [email protected] II.47 Zoological Survey of Biodiversity conservation Director India, Kolkata, West Bengal (www.zsi.gov.in) II.48 All India Institute of Speech; Language; & Hearing; Dr. S.R. 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Biomarkers for assessing Prof. Anita Mukherjee genotoxicity of natural and Email: anthropogenic compounds [email protected] Nanotoxicology; m, phytoremediation of flyash by [email protected] Vetiver plant, Antimutagenic and om anticlastogenic effects of some plants of ethnobotanical importance; Assessment of cytogenetic damage and DNA damage in vitro in human lymphocytes induced by arsenic and fluoride through drinking water; Population cytology of chromosome variants in the family Asphodelaceae II.56 Department of Anxiety Disorders, Dr. Neeraj Gilhotra , Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fundamentals of Research in Associate Professor of Maharshi Dayanand Cognitive Neuroscience, Pharmacology University, Fundamentals of development of Tel: +91 -01262 - 393245 Rohtak, Haryana pre clinical models for Cognitive Mobile: +91 99967 88182 , (www.mdurohtak.ac.in) disorders, Pharmacological 86839 81558 Evaluation of novel compounds, Email: neerajmdu@rediffmail Hands on training on .com standardization of these Models, Hands on training in Pre-clinical protocols employed for Pharmacological Evaluation of novel compounds II.57 Madras Diabetes Research Disease Biology, Bioprospecting Dr. M. Balasubramanyam, Foundation (MDRF), of Herbal Drugs, Environmental Dean of Research Studies & Gopalapuarm, Chennai Toxicants, Health, Food and Senior Scientist (www.drmohansdiabetes.c Nutrition, Non-Communicable E-mail:[email protected] , om) Diseases, study on ageing, Point [email protected] of Care (POC) Medical devices, Science Popularisation II.58 School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutics, Drug Discovery Prof. Neeraj Upmanyu , Research, (Formerly and Development, Dean and Head, People’s Institute of Standardization of herbal Mob: +91-9425128642 Pharmacy and Research medicinal products, Isolation and Email: Center), People’s characterization of drug [email protected] University, Bhopal (M.P.) molecules from natural sources, [www.peoplesuniversity.ed Ethno pharmacological u.in] investigations and Molecular Pharmacology, Analytical method development and validation, Pharmaceutical Screening, Synthetic and Natural Product Chemistry, Cancer Biology, Microbiology & Drug resistance, Biochemistry and Molecular Mechanism II.59 Jawaharlal Nehru Computational Biology & Dr. Indira Ghosh , University, New Delhi Bioinformatics, Infectious Coordinator, DBT-COE, [www.jnu.ac.in/] disease, Annotation of Enzymes School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Email:[email protected] II.60 Centre for Scientific Novel therapeutics from plants & Prof. (Dr.) Vijay Thawani Research and microbes, Epidemiological and Director, CSRD Development, People’s biodiversity analysis, Enabling Tel : +91 (755) 4005202- University, Bhopal, technologies for stem cell 4052 Madhya Pradesh research, Development of new Mobile : +918827302536 (www.peoplesuniversity.ed diagnostics methods or kits, Email: [email protected] u.in ) genetic engineering, microbiology, molecular biology, stem cell culture, research and diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies III Chemical Sciences III.1 Indian Institute of Pharmaceutics & Drugs; Dr. C. B. Laksmi Chemical Technology, Chemical Biology; Energy (Solar Tel.: +91-40 27193030 Hyderabad, Aandhra Coal); Fluoorganics; Lipid Email: [email protected] , Pradesh Science & Technology; Polymer [email protected] (www.iictindia.org ) & Functional Technology; Chemical Engg. including Membrance Technology; Biological III.2 Central Electrochemical Electrochemistry : Li Batteries; Er. R Meenakshisundaram , Research Institute, Corrosion; Bio-Sensors; Sr. Principal Scientist Karaikkudi, Tamil Nadu Functional Materials; Materials Mobile: +91-9442043392 (www.cecri.res.in ) Electrochemistry; Electrocatalysis Email: [email protected] and Fuel Cells III.3 Indian Institute of R&D for Downstream Sector of Dr. Anil K. Jain, Head Petroleum, the Hydrocarbon Industry: International S&T Affairs and Dehradun, Uttarakhand Petroleum Refining; Natural Gas; Training (www.iip.res.in ) Petrochemicals; Chemicals and Tel.: +91-135- Utilization of Petroleum Products: 2525751(O), +91-9897119578 Nanocatalysis; Hydro Processing; Email: [email protected] , Fluid Catalytic Cracking; Light [email protected] Stock Processing and Catalytic Reforming; Natural Gas Conversion / Gas-to-Liquid; Aromatic Extraction; Sweetening; Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Quality and Emission; Alternative Fuels and Fuel Conservation; Automotive Lubricants; Bio-mass Conversion & Utilization; CO 2 Capture; CO 2 Conversion for Fuel and Chemicals; Simulation and Modelling etc. III.4 Central Salt & Marine Salt and Marine Chemicals; Dr. Paramita Ray Chemicals Research Inorganic Materials and Catalysis; Mobile: +91- 9377101096 Institute, Electro Membrane Processes; Email: [email protected] Bhavnagar, Gujarat Reverse Osmosis (www.csmcri.org/ ) Dr. S. Haldar, Senior Scientist, Marine Environment Group, Tel.: 91-278-2561354 Email: [email protected]

Dr. C. R. K. Reddy, Chief Scientist and Group Leader Email: [email protected] III.5 National Chemical Chemical Science and Dr. Sourav Pal, Director Laboratory, Engineering Tel.: +91-20- 25902600 Pune, Maharashtra Email: [email protected] , (www.ncl.india.org ) [email protected] III.6 National Institute of Discovery of new chemical Prof. K. K. Bhutani, Pharmaceutical entities (NCEs) from natural Officiating Director, Professor Education and Research, products of terrestrial; microbial & Head, Natural Products Mohali, Punjab and marine origin for therapeutic Email: [email protected] (http://www.niper.ac.in/) purposes; Standardization and quality control of herbal drugs and products; Development of chemical process technologies for important natural products involving isolation; semisynthesis or synthesis III.7 Institute of Nano Science Bio-inspired soft nanostructures; Prof. Ashok K. Ganguli, and Technology, Bio-sensors and online Director Mohali, Punjab diagnostics; Bio-targeting and Tel.: +91 172 2210073,75 (www.inst.ac.in/) therapeutics; Microfluidics based Email: [email protected] , devices; Materials and devices [email protected] for energy storage and harvesting; Device and thin film- superstructure group; Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Rural Development; Nanotoxicology; Porous nano structures for water purification and carbon dioxide sequestration; Understanding phenomena at the Nanoscale III.8 School of Chemical Organic and biomolecular Prof. Dr. A. D. Sagar, Sciences, Marathwada chemistry; catalysis; theoretical Director University, and computational chemistry; and Email: [email protected] Nanded, Maharashtra chemistry on the nanoscale (http://www.srtmun.ac.in/ ) Dr. P. K. Zubaidha, Professor III.9 Laboratory of Advanced Biopolymer; Fuel Cells; Polymer Tel.: +91-674-2740173, + 91- Research in Polymeric Nanocomposite; Carbon 674-2742852 Materials, Nanotubes; Polymer Blends & Email: Bhubaneswar, Orissa Alloys; E Waste Recycling [email protected] (http://www.larpm.gov.in /) IV Physical and Mathematical Sciences IV.1 Department of Physics, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Dr. B. Ray Chaudhuri , Presidency University , and Its Applications ( E. G. Associate Professor, Kolkata, West Bengal Atmospheric and Environmental Department of Physics (www.presiuniv.ac.in ) Studies, Spectral Library Email: Development Etc.); [email protected] Spectroscopic Studies in Laboratory within Ultraviolet– Visible–Near-Infrared Range; Physics & Techniques Of Remote Sensing IV.2 Department of Physics, Crystal Growth; Nano-materials; Dr. A. Kingson Solomon Karunya University , Nanofluids for Solar Power Jeevaraj, Assistant Professor, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, generation systems; Dielectrics; Department of Physics (www.karunya.edu ) Ultrasonics Tel.: Office: +91-422-2614300 Intercom : 4155 Mobile: +91-9842466973 Email: [email protected], [email protected]

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