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Innovations and Advances in Chemical Sciences, (Inadvancs-2020) Innovations and Advances in Chemical Sciences, (InAdvanCS-2020) School of Chemical Sciences Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Date: March 16-17, 2020 Venue: C.V. Raman Hall, 2nd Floor, IACS Main Building Programme Schedule ****************************************************************************************** 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Inaugural address by Prof. Santanu Bhattacharya, Director, IACS Day-1 (16th March 2020) Session 1 Chairperson: Professor Sankar Prasad Bhattacharyya, IACS Time Speaker Title of the talk 9:50 AM -10:20 AM Prof. Parthasarathi Chemistry in Self-assembled Molecular Vessels Mukherjee, IISc Bangalore 10:25 AM -10:55 Dr. N. 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