08 IIT Guwahati Fourth International Symposium on Advances in Sustainable Polymers (ASP 17) Fourth Symposium on Advances in Sustainable Polymers (January 8 -11, 2018) Day 0: January 07, 2018 Welcome Party (19:00 Hrs-22:00 Hrs) Day 1: January 08, 2018 Registration of ASP-17 Venue: Conference Center; IIT Guwahati (08:00 Hrs-09:00 Hrs) Inauguration of ASP-17 Venue: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium; IIT Guwahati (09:00 Hrs-10:00 Hrs) Talk Time Title of Expert Lecture Speaker PL-01 10:00-10:50 Hrs Recent advances in the synthesis of Yoshiharu Kimura, Kyoto biobased chemicals and polymers: From Institute of Technology, Japan aliphatics to aromatics 10:50-11:10 Hrs High Tea/Group Photo Session PL-02 11:10-12:00 Hrs Circular Economy: A Sustainable Amar K. Mohanty, University of path forward for Bioplastics and Guelph; ON, Canada Biocomposites Innovation PL-03 12:00-12:50 Hrs Sustainable Polymers : Challenges and S. Sivaram , INSA Senior Opportunities Scientist, IISER, Pune, India KL-01 12:50 -13:20 Hrs Sustainability of Polymers : A Reality Vijay G. Habbu,Senior Vice Presi- Check in India dent,Reliance Industries Ltd.,India 13:20-14:15 Hrs Lunch Indo-Taiwan Bilateral Symposium Session I [Conference Hall 2] 14:15-14:25 Hrs Opening Speech Professor Gautam Biswas (President) 14:25-14:35 Hrs Opening Speech Official representative from Taiwan Inaugural 14:35-14:50 Hrs Progress of Indo-Taiwan cooperative Ching Tsang Wang Ceremony project (Taiwan) 14:50-15:05 Hrs Progress of Indo-Taiwan cooperative Amaresh Dalal project (India) 15:05-15:15 Hrs Ceremony of signing MOU 15:15-15:30 Hrs Break KL-02 15:30-15:50 Hrs Effect of calcination of Fe2O3 on Chen-Hao Wang, National degradation performance of organic Taiwan University of Science wastewater in a novel Bio-electro-Fenton and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan Microbial Fuel Cell KL-03 15:50-16:10 Hrs Experimental study on the emission of Jer-Huan Jang, Ming Chi diesel engine with hydrogen syngas University of Technology, Taiwan KL-04 16:10-16:30 Hrs Potential study of electricity generation in Chyi-How Lay, Feng Chia an anodic anaerobic bacteria and cathodic University, Taichung, Taiwan microalgal microbial fuel cell KL-05 16:30-16:50 Hrs Continuous Flow Process: A New Anil Kumar, IIT Bombay, India Paradigm in Materials Syntheses Polymer Composites [Conference Hall 1] KL-06 14:15-14:45 Hrs Application based development of Poly Ian K.W. Toh, Director, Lactic acid Technologies Natureworks, USA. Fourth International Symposium on Advances in Sustainable Polymers (ASP 17) IIT Guwahati 09 IL-01 14:45- 15:10 Hrs Polyurethanes and their nanocomposites Anupama Kaushik Sharma, from Biobased Polyols: Efficient and Panjab University, India environment friendly alternative IL-02 15:10-15:35 Hrs Anisotropic designer particles Sampa Saha, IIT, Delhi, India IL-03 15:35-16:00 Hrs Properties Enhancement of Utai Meekum, Suranaree Biocomposites University of Technology, Thailand 16:00-16:20 Hrs Tea & Networking Break Polymer Characterization I [Conference Hall 1] KL-07 16.20-16.50 Hrs Design of Sustainable Packaging: some Debkumar Chakrabarti, IIT thoughts Guwahati, India KL-08 16.50-17.20 Hrs Leading the Blueprint for Improved Han Zhang, Dow Chemical Sustainability in Plastics Through International Pvt Ltd., Singapore. Industry Collaboration KL-09 17.20-17.50 Hrs EnviroESCATM – The beginning of a new Felix Leyssner, SPECS, era Germany IL-04 17.50-18.15Hrs Twin Drive RheoMicroscopy Dharmesh Gala, Anton Paar, Austria. IL-05 18.15-18.40 Hrs Sustainable Polymer Processing Manoj Bansal, Thermo Fisher, Techniques USA Indo-Japan Bilateral Symposium Session I: Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers [Conference Hall 3] 16:20-16:40 Hrs INAUGURATION Address by- Professor Gautam Biswas and Prof. Ashok Misra KL-10 16:40-17:10 Hrs Sustainable Materials in the Polymer Anil K. Bhowmick, IIT Industry Kharagpur, India KL-11 17:10-17:40 Hrs DSC and WAXS Studies on the Effects Shinichi Sakurai, KIT Japan of Silk Nanocrystals on Crystallization of Poly(L-Lactic Acid) IL-06 17:40-18:05 Hrs Poly(lactide) Suprastructures: Structural Susheela B. Idage, NCL Pune, Reorganization of Stereocomplex India. Nanoparticles IL-07 18:05-18:30 Hrs Stereocomplexation of the segmented Masaki Yamamoto, KIT Japan PLLA/PDLA blend melt-spun fibers Polymers for Biomedical Applications I [Conference Hall 4] KL-12 16:20-16.50 Hrs Sustainable Development of Controlled Pralay Maiti, IIT BHU, India Drug Delivery and Implants using Biodegradable Polymers IL-08 16.50-17.15 Hrs Biomedical devices and implants at S Kanagaraj, IIT Guwahati, India Biomedical Devices Lab in IIT Guwahati IL-09 17.15-17.40 Hrs Polysaccharide induced hybrid polymers Sarat K Swain, Veer Surendra Sai for drug delivery application University of Technology, India IL-10 17.40-18.05 Hrs Biocompatible electrospun nanofiber T. Umasankar Patro, Defence scaffolds for antibacterial and sustained Institute of Advanced drug release Technology, Pune, India Student Presentations for Oral Awards I [Conference Hall 2] OP-01 16:50-17:05 Hrs Recyclable Polylactic Acid grafted Prodyut Dhar, IIT Guwahati, Cellulose Nanocrystal Films through India Reactive Extrusion Approach OP-02 17:05-17:20 Hrs Shape memory polymer nanocomposites Arpan Biswas, IIT BHU, India for biomedical application 10 IIT Guwahati Fourth International Symposium on Advances in Sustainable Polymers (ASP 17) OP-03 17:20-17:35 Hrs Lactic Acid Oligomer (OLLA) Grafted Neelima Tripathi, IIT Kanpur, Gum Arabic Conjugates: A Bio-based India Adhesive for Structural Applications OP-04 17:35-17:50 Hrs Evaluation of silk fibroin/Xanthan Shailendra Singh Shera, IIT biopolymeric blends using FTIR imaging BHU, India and DTA analysis OP-05 17:50-18:05 Hrs Aggregation ehavior of non-ionic Abhishek K. Singh, University of twinned amphiphiles and their application Delhi, India as biomedical nanocarriers OP-06 18:05-18:20 Hrs Rheological, Mechanical and Barrier Akhilesh Kumar Pal, IIT Studies of Chitosan-graft-Lactic Acid Guwahati, India Oligomer Reinforced Poly(Lactic Acid) Bionanocomposite Films OP-07 18:20-18:35 Hrs Polymer brushes for tuning the spatial Kishore Kumar Sriramoju, B.V. arrangement of nanoparticles in polymer Raju Institute of Technology, nanocomposite films Telangana, India Poster Session (18:30 Hrs-19:30 Hrs) Cultural Program and Conference Dinner (19:30 Hrs-22:00 Hrs) Day 2: January 09, 2018 Talk Time Title of Expert Lecture Speaker PL-04 09:00-09:50 Hrs What makes a polymer sustainable? Ramani Narayan, Michigan Discussions around bioplastics, State University, USA biobased, biodegradable-compostable, and the circularity model as metrics for sustainable polymers PL-05 09:50-10:40 Hrs A bacterium that degrades and Kohie Oda, KIT, Japan assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) and its enzymes involved in the degradation 10:40-11:00 Hrs Tea Break Biopolymers [Conference Hall 2] KL-13 11:00-11:30 Hrs Bacterial Cellulose based bioplastic Nabanita Saha, University hydrogel film : an exotic and competitive Institute, Tomas Bata University biomaterial for sustainable food in Zlin, Czech Republic packaging IL-11 11:30-11:55 Hrs Characterization and Application of Bindu J, ICAR- Central Institute Cellulose Nano Crystal Incorporated of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, Polylactic Acid Films for Low India Temperature Preservation of Prawns (Metapenaeus Dobsoni) IL-12 11:55-12.20 Hrs Amino Acid/Peptide Containing Priyadarsi De, Indian Institute of Alternating Copolymers Science Education and Research Kolkata, India Fourth International Symposium on Advances in Sustainable Polymers (ASP 17) IIT Guwahati 11 IL -13 12:20-12.45 Hrs Self-Healing and Durable Bio-mimicked Uttam Manna, IIT Guwahati, Interfaces India Polymers for Advanced Applications [Conference Hall 3] KL-14 11:00-11:30 Hrs Sustainable polymeric nanocomposites Niranjan Karak, Tezpur for multifaceted advancwed applications University, India IL-14 11:30-11:55 Hrs Characterization of polymers Narayan Ch. Das, IIT -biopolymer using Small angle scattering Kharagpur, India techniques IL-15 11:55-12.20 Hrs Depth-Resolved Structure Analysis Katsuhiro Yamamoto, Nagoya of Polymer Thin Films by Grazing- Institute of Technology Japan Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering utilizing of Tender X-rays IL-16 12:20-12.45 Hrs Innovative Treatment Technology Deepali Jadia, Enviro for Improving the Quality of Plastic Remediation & Research Granules Produced from Recycled Waste Laboratory (ERRL), Mumbai, Plastics India Functional Polymers Interfaces [Conference Hall 4] KL-15 11:00-11:30 Hrs Block Copolymers Functionalized Kailash C. Gupta, IIT Roorkee, Carbon Nanotubes and their Sensing India Applications IL-17 11:30-11:55 Hrs Color Tolerances /Pass Fail Methodology Mr. Subhash Naik, Datacolor and Appearance Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai, India IL-18 11:55-12.20 Hrs Glycopolymer Grafted Nanoparticles: Tushar Jana, University of A Step towards the Development of Hyderabad , India Vaccine IL-19 12:20-12.45 Hrs Starch and cellulose based films for food R. Anandalakshmi, IIT packaging and drug delivery applications Guwahati, Assam, India 13:00-14:15 Hrs Lunch Indo-Japan Bilateral Symposium Session II: [Conference Hall 2] KL-16 14:15-14:45 Hrs Effect of water on the mechanical Takashi Aoki, KIT Japan properties of DNA-derived films KL-17 14:45- 15:15 Hrs Sustainable Polyolefin Materials and Virendra Kumar Gupta, Reliance its Technology: Directions for Designed Industries Limited, India. Polyolefins for 3D Printing Technology KL-18 15:15-15:45 Hrs CO2 Separation by Different Facilitated Bishnupada Mandal, IIT Transport Polymer Membranes from Guwahati, India Binary and Ternary Gas Mixtures IL-20 15:45-16:10 Hrs Synthesis and characterization of Kazunari Masutani, KIT, Japan functional polylactides consisting of L-lactyl and D-lactyl segment Polymers for Biomedical Applications II [Conference Hall 3] KL-19 14:15-14:45 Hrs Engineering of Biopolymers for Smart Bhuvanesh Gupta, IIT Delhi, Healthcare India KL-20 14:45- 15:15 Hrs Polymer technologies for developing Dr.