Time Day 1: Thursday, February 22nd, 2018 duration

13:30-15:20 Lunch

Welcome by Prof Satrajit Adhikari, Head of the Department. of Physical 15:25-15:30 Chemistry, IACS Address by Prof. 15:30-15:45 Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata

15:45-17:15 Technical Session I: Chair: Prof. S. P. Bhattacharyya (IACS)

Perspective talk by Prof. 15:45-16:20 Director, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Perspective talk by Prof. 16:20-16:55 Director, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata

Prof. Sotir Chervenkov (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Munich, Germany) 16:55-17:15 Slowing down of molecules

17:15-18:00 Tea Break

18:00-19:30 Technical Session II: Chair: Prof. Sanjib Ghosh (Adamas University, Kolkata)

Prof. Samir Pal (SNBNCBS) 18:00-18:20 The Key Spectroscopy for the Development of Indigenous Technology

Perspective talk by Prof. 18:20-19:00 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Ultrafast Raman spectroscopy: Applications to chemical dynamics

19:00- Dinner

Time Day 2: Friday, February 23rd, 2018 duration

10:00-11:40 Technical Session III: Chair: Prof. Tapanendu Kundu (IIT Bombay)

Speaker Title of talk

Chayan K. Nandi 10:00-10:20 Carbon Dots or Organic Nanocrystals? (IIT Mandi)

Prasun Mandal CdSe based Core/ Alloy-Shell/ Shell Quantum Dots:Optical 10:20-10:40 (IISER Kolkata) Superiority at the Ensemble and Single Particle Level

Anindya Datta Strategies for enhancement of emission from a weakly 10:40-11:00 (IITB Mumbai) fluorescent molecule

Hari P. Photodissociation Dynamics of Small Polyatomic Molecules in 11:00-11:25 Upadhyaya Gas Phase: A Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization – (BARC, Mumbai) Time of Flight (REMPI–TOF) Study

Sayan Bagchi Solvent dynamics mediated interplay between energetically 11:25-11:40 (NCL Pune) disparate interactions in solution

11:40-12:00 Tea Break

12:00-13:30 Technical Session IV: Chair: Dr. Ruchi Anand (IIT Bombay)

Dilip K. Maity 12:00-12:20 Microhydration of 2-Naphthol: A Case Study on Photo Acid (BARC, Mumbai) Ashwani K. 12:20-12:40 Tiwari Dynamics of H2O dissociation on Nickel Surfaces (IISER Kolkata)

Sumana Dutta Dependence of spiral wave dynamics on the excitability of a 12:40-12:55 (IITG, Guwahati) reaction diffusion system

Viola C. Dmello Thermochemical Map of the N-H···N Hydrogen Bonded 12:55-13:10 (TIFR Mumbai) Benzimidazole Dimer

Saurabh Nagpal Ion Mobility mass spectrometer: adding a new orthogonal 13:10-13:30 (Agilent dimension to data to get fresh insights into complex samples Technologies)

13:30-15:00 Lunch

15:00-16:45 Session V (Poster) 16:00-16:45 Tea will be served

Technical Session VI: Chair: Prof. Kamal Bhattacharyya () 17:00-18:50 and Prof. Sanjib Bagchi (Presidency University) Perspective talk by Prof. 17:00-17:30 Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata Pattern formation in non-equilibrium systems Perspective talk by Prof. Sudipta Maity 17:30-18:00 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai Dynamics Guided Ligand Design for Disordered Proteins Prof. G. Naresh Patwari (IIT B, Mumbai) 18:00-18:25 Do Supramolecular Synthons Defy Two Body Interactions?

Dr. K. R. Shamasundar (IISER Mohali) 18:25-18:40 Diagonal Born-Oppenheimer Correction for Coupled-Cluster Wave-functions

18:40- Dinner

Time Day 3: Saturday, February 24th, 2018 duration

10:00-11:45 Technical SessionVII: Chair: Prof. Puspendu K. Das (IISc. Bangalore)

Dr. Pujarini Banerjee (IACS), summarizes scientific contribution of Prof. Sanjay 10:00-10:20 Wategaonkar, TIFR, Mumbai

Speaker Title of the Talk

Rajesh K.Vatsa Gigawatt Pulse Driven Coulomb Explosion in van der Waals 10:20-10:45 (BARC, Mumbai) Clusters

B. Rajakumar Gas Phase Kinetics and Spectroscopy Relevant to Atmospheric 10:45-11:10 (IIT M) and Combustion Processes

* Aloke Das Gas phase IR spectroscopic signature for C=O…C=O n 11:10-11:30 (IISER Pune) interactions in the building block of collagen

Arijit Das 11:30-11:45 Rotational Spectra of H2S Dimer: Observation of Ka=1 Lines (IISc Bangalore) 11:35-12:00 Tea Break

12:00-13:25 Technical Session VIII: Chair: Prof. Rajat Chaudhuri (IIAP, Bangalore)

Rajarshi Entropy production and work fluctuation relations for a single 12:00-12:20 Chakrabarti particle in active bath (IIT B, Mumbai Sabyashachi 12:20-12:40 Mishra Tuning Magnetic Anisotropy with Metal-Ligand Interaction (IIT KGP)

Debdutta Confinement Induced Thermodynamic and Kinetic Facilitation 12:40-12:55 Chakraborty of Some Diels-Alder Reactions Inside a CB[7] Cavitand. (IITKGP)

+ Amit Paul Association and Dissociation Dynamics of Na (Benzene)1/2 12:55-13:10 (NIT Meghalaya) Clusters at High Temperature: Importance of Anharmonicity

Sandip Kar Controlling cellular proliferation by adjusting microRNA 13:10-13:25 (IIT Bombay) dynamics

13:15-15:00 Lunch

15:00-17:00 Technical Session IX: Chair: Prof. Mintu Halder (IIT Kharagpur)

Manabendra Sarma Local Complex Potential Based Time Dependent Wave 15:00-15:20 (IIT G, Guwahati) Approach in Electron Molecule Scattering

Ramprasad Misra Molecular Mechanism for Thermal Stability of Microbial 15:20-15:35 (WIS, Israel) Rhodopsins: A Spectroscopic Study

Saptarshi Ghosh Confinement Induced Thermodynamic and Kinetic Facilitation 15:35-15:50 (JU, Kolkata) of Some Diels-Alder Reactions Inside a CB[7] Cavitand

Bedabyas Behera 15:50-16:05 Gas phase infrared spectra of H-bonded oligomers of methanol (IISc Bangalore)

Bikramjit Sharma On the Controversy over the Stable Conformation of 16:05-16:20 (IIT K, Kanpur) Zwitterionic γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Water

C. S. Rajesh 16:20-16:35 (Laser Spectra Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy Services)

16:35-17: 00 Tea break 17:00-19:00 Technical Session X: Prof. Nitin Chattopadhyay (JU) and Prof. Nikhil Gucchait (CU)

Dipak K. Palit Ultrafast Dynamics of Hydrogen Bond in the Excited State: 17:00-17:30 (BARC, Mumbai) Time-Resolved Visible Pump – IR Probe Spectroscopic Study

Dielectric Relaxation in Acetamide+Urea Deep Eutectics and Ranjit Biswas 17:30-17:50 Neat Molten Urea: Temperature Dependent Measurements and (SNBNCBS) Computer Simulations

Sobhan Sen New Insight of Location Dependent Polarity, Energy Transfer 17:50-18:10 (JNU, New Delhi) and Hydration Dynamics at Lipid/Water Interfaces

Pratik Sen Ultrafast Photo-induced Bi-molecular Electron Transfer 18:10-18:30 (IIT K, Kanpur) Reaction and Marcus Inversion

Sumit Singhal Understanding Thermal lensing in fluids through the 18:30-18:45 (IITK Kanpur) inclusion of laser induced convection Shreetama Transient Raman Marker Modes of Twisted Intramolecular 18:45-19:00 Karmakar Charge Transfer States in Stilbazolium Cations (TIFR Mum)

19:10- Dinner

Time Day 4: Sunday, February 25th, 2018 duration

10:00-11:30 Technical Session XI: Chair: Dr. Arindam Chowdhury (IIT Bombay)

Speaker Title of talk

Pradipta Small Molecule Interactions with Lipid Vesicles: FLIM and 10:00-10:15 Purkayastha (IISER FCS Outcomes Kolkata)

Debarati Ray 10:15-10:30 Lactim-Lactam Tautomerism on Gold Nanosurface (CU, Kolkata)

Role of Dispersive Fluorous Interaction in the Photophysics Saptarsi Mondal 10:30-10:45 And Solvation Dynamics of the Perfluoro Group Containing (IACS) Molecules pH dependent interaction of norfloxacin housed in lysozyme: Ishita Das 10:45-11:00 The protein modulates the prototropic equilibrium of the drug (IITKGP) to host the preferred ionized state

Avijit Shee GW method using the Cholesky decomposition technique with 11:00-11:15 (Univ. of applications to QM/QM embedding approaches Michigan) Getting selective bond dissociation in triatomic molecules by Srijeeta Talukder 11: 15-11:30 optimally designed polychromatic pulse: A stochastic (IACS Kolkata) optimization based study

11:30-12:00 Tea Break

12:00-13:00 Technical Session XII: Chair: Prof. Debasis Mukhopadhyay (CU)

Bounds of the entropy production of the irreversible Bidhan C. Bag 12:00-12:15 thermodynamics and its' relation with the non-equilibrium (Visva Bharati) temperature

Biplab Sarkar Hydrogen bonding interactions in gas phase 3-halo catechol 12:15-12:30 (NEHU) and 2-hydroxy thiophenol with a water molecule

Pulak K. Ghosh Transport properties of artificial micro-swimmers in periodic 12:30-12:45 (Presidency Univ.) structures

Anirban Karmakar 12:45-13:00 (SNBNCBS, Molecular Conductance through pyridine system Kolkata)

Pujarini Banerjee Matrix isolation IR spectroscopy of strong (O-H···O) and 13:00-13:15 weakly bound (O-H···π) binary H-bonded complexes: Origin of (IACS Kolkata) donor νO-H shift

13:15-14:30 Lunch

14:30-15:50 Technical Session XIII: Chair: Prof. Debashis Mukherjee (IACS)

Bimalendu Deb 14:30-14:50 Ion-atom Cold Collisions and Photoassociations (IACS Kolkata)

Ankal Paul Storing Solar Energy in Anthracenophanes: A “Strained” 14:50-15:10 (IACS Kolkata) Parabale

Singlet Fission in Organic Molecular Crystals-Molecular Ayan Datta 15:10-15:30 (IACS Kolkata) Pathways Debashree Ghosh Photo-processes in biological systems – Need for hybrid 15:30-15:50 (IACS Kolkata) QM/MM with polarization

15:50-16:15 Tea Break

16:15-17:35 Technical Session XIV: Prof. Pinaki Chaudhury (CU) and Prof. Gautam Gangopadhyay (SNBNCBS)

Ravindra Pandey In Situ Probing of Charge Transfer States at Buried Organic 16:15-16:35 (IACS Kolkata) Interfaces with Even-Order Spectroscopy

Theoretical Study of Small Iron-oxyhydroxide Clusters and 16:35-16:55 Bidisa Das (IACS Kolkata) Formation of Ferrihydrite

Avisek Das Multiscale simulation of conformational dynamics of an ATP- 16:55-17:15 (IACS Kolkata) driven calcium transporting membrane protein

Biman Jana 17:15-17:35 Decoding the Unusual Structure of an antifreeze protein: (IACS Kolkata) Implications from Low Temperature Hydrophobicity