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MRSI Newsletter A quarterly publication of the Materials Research Society of India for circulation amongst its members Volume B 13, Number 3 July 2013 From the Editors’ Desk In this issue From the Editors’ Desk 1 Awards & Distinctions 2 Materials science is an interdisciplinary field Students’ Projects 2 applying the properties of matter to various Notification 2 New MRSI Website 2 areas of science and technology. The projects G C Jain Memorial Prize 3 IUMRS-ICA 2013 4 related to materials science involve scientists Announcement 7 New Members 8 with various academic backgrounds including Calendar of Events 11 An Update of MRSI 12 materials scientists, physicists, chemists, Patron Membership 24 engineers and technicians. In order to bring MRSI NEWSLETTER scientists of different backgrounds, Materials Volume B 13, Number 3 Research Society of India (MRSI) on behalf of July 2013 the International Union of Materials Research The MRSI Newsletter is a quarterly update Society, is organizing International conference published by the Materials Research Society of in ASIA - 2013 (IUMRS-ICA 2013) at Indian India. Members are requested to contribute information of interest to Materials Science Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India community. Members can inform through the under the aegis of MRSI. The conference will Newsletter, recognitions/awards received by provide a platform for the scientists from ASIA them, changes in address, forthcoming events, and any interesting scientific/technological to present and discuss the research in the field developments in the area of materials. The of Materials Science. For the detailed relevant information should be sent to the following address: information about the conference, interested persons are advised to visit the website at Editors http://www.iumrs-ica2013.org.in/. MRSI Newsletter Materials Research Society of India IISc Campus, Bangalore 560 012, India Email: [email protected] For more details about the activities of [email protected] MRSI, members are advised to visit the society’s website at www.mrsi.org.in Awards & Distinctions Conferred on Members We are happy to report that the following members of Materials Research Society of India have received awards and distinctions shown against their names. MRSI congratulates them. Arjun Dey Dr. R L Thakur Memorial Award V P S Awana DAE-SRC Outstanding Investigator Award (2012) Dipti P Das CSIR Young Scientist Award in Chemical Sciences (2012) R P Singh President-Indian Academy of Sciences (2014-15) Amlan J Pal Fellow, Indian National Acedemy of Engineering G S Upadhyaya SAMSONOV AWARD-Ukranian Materials Research Society (2013) Navin Chand The Institution of Engineers Nationa Award – Textile Board P.S: Members are requested to communicate to the Editorial office about the Awards, Honours and Distinctions they have received from various agencies. STUDENTS’ PROJECTS MRSI would be supporting projects of students doing B.Tech, M.Tech, ME, M.Phil, Ph.D in the area of Materials Science and Technology. The projects should be undertaken under the supervision of a MRSI member. The students can submit their proposals to the MRSI office before October 31st 2013. After the projects are approved, the students would be supported financially (registration waiver, II class AC train travel and local hospitality) for participating in the AGM of MRSI to present the results of the projects approved. NOTIFICATION Nominations for the MRSI Awards/Prizes and Medals for the year 2013 Nominations are invited from the Members of the Council of MRSI for the following: · Distinguished Materials Scientist of the year award (1) · MRSI-ICSC Superconductivity & Materials Science Senior Award (1) · MRSI-ICSC Superconductivity & Materials Science Annual Prizes (2) · MRSI Medal Lectures · Honorary Members The last date for the receipt of nominations at Bangalore office of MRSI is July 31, 2013. G C JAIN MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR THE BEST Ph.D THESIS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE The Council of MRSI decided to award an annual prize one in each calendar year for the best Ph.D. thesis in the area of Materials Science. The funds for this prize have been raised by the friends and students of Dr. G C Jain. The Guidelines and the Application form are furnished hereunder: Guidelines photo Application Form 1. The prize will be given each year for the best Ph.D thesis in the broad multi disciplinary field of G C Jain Memorial Prize for the Best Ph.D Materials Science, in disciplines such as Condensed Thesis in Materials Science Matter Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Metallurgy, Ceramics and Chemical Engineering. 1. Name of the Applicant : 2. Address : 2. Criteria for Selection Office -Completion of Ph.D thesis from any recognized Residence : Indian University/Research Institute/National Telephone : Laboratory within the last two calendar years Fax : Email : (2012, 2013 for the current prize) 3. Academic Record -Three recommendation letters should be enclosed (in brief) (Degree/year of passing/University) : including one from the thesis supervisor along with a one-page write-up highlighting the prime 4. Title of the Ph.D Thesis: results of the thesis. a) The discipline or subject in which the Ph.D degree was awarded : -Quality of the work will be judged in the first b) Name of the University/Laboratory/Institute : stage by the Publications, Reports and Patents where the Ph.D work was carried out resulting from the thesis work. c) Name of the Research Supervisor : d) Date of submission of the thesis : -The shortlisted theses will be selected after peer e) Date of Award of Ph.D : f) One page write-up of the thesis reviewing during November/December. Such highlighting the prime results shortlisted theses work must be presented by the (to be enclosed) enclosed/not enclosed students concerned in poster/oral format at the next AGM of MRSI. The final selection will be 5. Recommendation Letters done at the AGM by a suitably constituted (from the thesis supervisor and committee. 2 other experts) (to be enclosed) enclosed/not enclosed 3. The award will have a cash prize of Rs. 6000/- and a certificate from MRSI. 6. List of Publications based on the thesis work in Journals, Reports, Conferences, Patents (to be enclosed) 4. Application in the prescribed format reproduced Give Title of the Paper, Authors, alongside should be sent to the Secretary, MRSI so st Journal, Vol / Page/ Year for Journal as to reach him on or before October 31 , 2013. Publications enclosed/not enclosed 7. Any additional information Date : Signature IUMRS-ICA 2013 International Conference on Materials Science in Asia 16-20 December 2013, Bangalore, India Venue: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE As you are aware MRSI will be organizing the IUMRS-ICA 2013 in Bangalore, India during December 16-20, 2013. The programme will consist of (i) Plenary Lectures (ii) Invited Lectures (iii) Oral Presentations (iv) Poster Presentations and (v) Public Lectures. It will be a five day conference with more than ten parallel sessions. We are giving below the tentative list of chairs/co-chairs of the various theme symposia. For further details refer to website www.iumrs- ica2013.org.in Theme Symposia Chair / Co-chairs / Silicon Germanium Chair S K Ray (IIT, KGP) Co-chairs Navakanta Bhat (IISc, Bangalore) Shunri Oda,( TIT, Japan) Pei-Wen Li (NCU, Taiwan) Oxide Electronics Chair M S R Rao (IIT, Chennai) Co-chairs M K Jayaraj (CUSAT, Cochin) Tatsuo OKADA (Kyushu University,Japan) III-V and II-VI Chair R Muralidharan (SSPL, Delhi) Co-chairs S Chakrabarti (IIT, Mumbai) A Raman (IMRE, Singapore) Carbon and Graphene Chair S Sampath (IISc, Bangalore) Co-chairs K K Nanda (IISc, Bangalore) Organic Electronics Chair Ramgopal Rao V (IIT,Mumbai) Co-chairs M Onoda ( Hyogo University,Japan) Subodh Mhaisalkar (NTU, Singapore) Satish Patil (IISc, Bangalore) Photonic Materials Chair D Narayana Rao (Central University, Hyderabad) Co-chairs K Thyagarajan (IIT, Delhi) Reji Philip (RRI, Bangalore) Nanomaterials Synthesis: Chair Byrappa K (Mys. Univ) Solutions Route Co-chairs M Yoshimura (Tokyo Inst., Japan) M Eswaramoorthy (JNCASR, Bangalore) Young-Jei Oh (KIST, Korea) Nanomaterials: Devices Chair Enakshi Bhattacharya(IIT, Madras) and applicastions Co-chairs A K Ganguli (IIT, Delhi) Nitride Electronics Chair S M Shivaprasad (JNCASR, Bangalore) Co-chairs Katsumi Kishino (Tokyo University) Dipankar Saha(IIT, Mumbai) Srinivasan Raghavan (IISc, Bangalore) Subhabhrata Dhar (IITB, Mumbai) Magnetic and Spintronics Chair A Sundaresan (JNCASR, Bangalore) Co-chairs K G Suresh (IIT, Mumbai) Ding Jun (NUS , Singapore) T Kimura (Osaka University) Hybrids and Composites Chair S Natarajan (IISc, Bangalore) Co-chairs Amlan J Pal (IACS, Kolkata) Ferroics Chair D Pandey (BHU, Varanasi) Co-chairs Chair R C Budhani (NPL, Delhi) Superconductors Co-chairs C S Sundar (IGCAR) Glasses Chair G P Kothiyal (BARC) Co-chairs Sujatha Devi P (CGCRI) Electro Ceramics Chair K B R Varma (IISc, Bangalore) Co-chairs Ajit Kulkarni (IIT, Mumbai) Inorganic PV Chair K Baskar (Anna University, Chennai) Co-chairs Organic PV Chair Suresh Das (NIIST) Co-chairs Parameswara Iyer (IIT, Guwahati) S Hayase (Kyushu Inst., Japan) Hybrids Chair B R Mehta (IIT, Delhi) Co-chairs M Iji (Japan) Batteries, Fuel Cells and Chair A K Shukla (IISc, Bangalore) Supercapacitors Co-chairs K Vijaymohanan Pillai (CECRI) N Saito (Japan) Jeng-Kuei Chang (NCU, Taiwan) Thermoelectrics Chair Satish Vitta (IIT, Mumbai) Co-chairs Yoshikazu Shinohara (Japan) Ryoji Funahashi (NIAIST, Japan) Ajay Dhar (NPL, New Delhi) Composites Chair L M Manocha
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