MRSI Newsletter A quarterly publication of the Materials Research Society of India for circulation amongst its members Volume B 19 Number 2 & 3 April & July 2019 In this issue From the Editors’ Desk From the Editors’ Desk 1 31st AGM and 2nd IndMac 4 President’s Message 1 New Members 5 MRSI New Council 2 Calendar of Events 11 The 2ndMRS Thailand 2019 international Awards & Distinctions 3 Patron Membership 12 conference was concluded recently (July 10-12, Students’ Projects 3 An update of MRSI 13- activities 29 2019) at Pattaya, Thailand. It was organized by Minutes of the 30thAGM 4 Materials Research Society of Thailand, Suranaree University of Technology, Khon Kaen University and Kasetsart University. There were participants from various countries including India, Japan, Australia, Singapore, UK, USA. The topics covered in the conference were energy materials, graphene and carbon materials, dielectrics, President’s Message piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, superconductors, magnetic materials, ceramic and glass technology,polymersrubber/bioplastics/colloid and emulsion, biomaterials, sensor materials, organic electronics, computational material The Materials Research Society of India is a sciences, etc. vibrant professional body with more than four thousand members. Several of our members The conference is being organized every are leaders in their respective areas by virtue of their outstanding calibre and contributions. alternate year. On behalf of MRS-India, I wish all the success in the future endeavours. I hope that in the coming years the MRSI will continue to grow in strength with increasing participation of researchers both from the K K Nanda academia and industry, enabling the society to Editor play an active role in improving the quality and relevance of materials science research being done in this country. I compliment Prof. K K Nanda, the Editor of this Newsletter and Prof. P S Anil Kumar, General Secretary, MRSI for their untiring efforts For more details about the activities of Prof. S B Krupanidhi MRSI, members are advised to visit the President, MRSI society’s website at www.mrsi.org.in MRSI COUNCIL (2019-2022) Founder President C N R Rao President S B Krupanidhi Past Presidents Suresh Das G Sundararajan T Ramasami R A Mashelkar D Chakravorty R Chidambaram S K Joshi P Rama Rao Vice Presidents H L Bhat Amlan Pal V Ramgopal Rao S M Yusuf MS Ramachandra Rao Vijayamohanan K Pillai S M Shivaprasad General Secretary P S Anil Kumar Treasurer Chandrabhas Narayana Joint Treasurer A R James Editor G U Kulkarni Editor, Newsletter K K Nanda Members BLV Prasad Neeraj Khare Sujatha Devi V S Raja Harish Barshilia A Srinivasan Tata Narasinga Rao Hari Krishna Varma Deepthy Menon Chandana Rath Ex-officio members Chairman of chapters and subject groups CHAPTERS Allahabad Bangalore Bhopal Chennai Gujarat Hyderabad Jamshedpur Kalpakkam Kharagpur Kolkata Lucknow Mumbai New Delhi Nagpur Pune Patiala Rajasthan Roorkee Himachal Thiruvananthapuram Pradesh Trichy Northeast Varanasi / Kanpur SUBJECT GROUPS Biomaterials Ceramics and Glasses Computational Electronic Energy (including Soft (including Building Materials Science Materials Materials Matter) Materials) Growth and Magnetic and Metals and their Optical and Laser Polymers and Characterization of Superconducting Alloys Materials Organic Nanomaterials Materials Materials Thin Films, Surfaces and Interfaces Awards & Distinctions Conferred on Members We are happy to report that the following member of Materials Research Society of India has received award and distinction shown against his name. MRSI congratulates them . Venugopal Rao Soma FELLOW of theInstitute of Physics (United Kingdom) 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 31st2019. 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. Minutes of the 30th Annual General Meeting of MRSI The Thirtieth Annual General Body Meeting of Materials Research Society of India was held on 13th February 2019 at 6.30 PM at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Prof. S B Krupanidhi, Vice President-General Secretary presented the Annual report of MRSI for the year 2018. Some aspects of the report are given below. 1. The APAM India Chapter held its meeting on 12th February, 2019. 2. The following paper was adjudged as the best paper in the Bulletin of Materials Science for the year 2017. Hydrothermal synthesis of NiFe2O4 nano-particles: structural, morphological, optical, electrical and magnetic propertiesby K ChandraBabu Naidu and WMadhuri, VIT University, Vellore, Vol 40 No. 2, pp 417-425 3. The statement of accounts for the year 2017-18 and the Provisional statement as on 31.12.2018 were presented at the AGM. 4. No Honorary members were elected for the year 2019 5. The 31st Annual General Meeting of MRSI along with the Second Indian Materials Conclave will be held at Kolkata during February 11-14, 2020 in association with the Kolkata chapter of MRSI. The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the chair. 31stAGM of MRSI and SECOND INDIAN MATERIALS CONCLAVE The 31stAnnual General Meeting of MRSI and the Second Indian Materials Conclave will be held at Kolkata, during February 11-14, 2020 at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata. This meeting is intended to provide a valuable forum for interaction between scientists & technologists working in the area of materials science in India. Kindly visit the conference website www.mrsiagm2020.org for more details. Conference Chairman Prof. N R Bandyopadhyay School of Materials Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur Howrah 711 103 Email: [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected] New Members Enrolled between February to July 31, 2019 Life Members LMB 3009 LMB 3010 LMB 3011 Aatish Sanjayrao Daryapurkar Akash Ashok Deshmukh Shivesh Yadav Department of Basic Sciences and Flat No. 9, Omkar Apartment Near Room No. 124, Department of Engineering, Indian Institute of Kamla Nehru School Modi No. 2 Physics, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Regional Kamptee Dist , Nagpur 441002 Technology Bombay Telecom training Centre (RTTC) Tel (R): 9175477696 Powai , Mumbai 400076 Beside Balaji temple Seminary Hills, Email: [email protected] Tel (R): 9167649688 Nagpur 440006 Email: [email protected] Tel (Off): 0712-2985010 Email: [email protected] LMB 3012 LMB 3013 LMB 3014 Elayaperumal Ayyasamy Ram Mohan Rao K Pavan Kumar Potuganti Professor in mechanical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, GIT Flat No. 104, Sai Sri Engineering Design Division GITAM,Visakhapatnam campus, Residency, Sri Balaji Layout , College of Engineering Guindy, Anna Gandhi Nagar , Rushikonda Beside Bus Stop, University , Chennai 600025 Visakhapatnam 530045 Gajularamaram, Tel (Off): 044-22357649 Tel (Off): 9701841790 Medchal (Dist) Tel (R): 7299007201 Email: [email protected] Hyderabad 500055 Email: [email protected] Tel (R): 9000508088 Email: [email protected] LMB 3015 LMB3016 LMB3017 Jayeeta Kolay Subhash N N Ajay Dattu Jagadale No. 7, Parasar Road, (Near Lake Mall) P Division of Artificial Internal Organs, # 414, Anujandhan Kendra 2 O Sarat Bose Road, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for SASTRA Deemed University P S Tollygunge , Kolkata 700029 Medical Sciences and Technology Trichi- Tanjore Road, Tel (R): 9007267463 Trivandrum 695017 Thirumalaisamudram Email: [email protected] Tel (0ff): 0471 2520452 Thanjavur 613401 Email: [email protected] Tel (R): 8698383074 Email : [email protected] LMB 3018 LMB 3019 LMB 3020 Sajal Kumar Ashok Bhogi Rajani Tumarada Department of Physics, Shiv Nadar Flat No. 101, Sai Sri Residency, BJR Flat No. 3, 2nd Floor, Ashwini University , NH - 91, Tehsil DADRI, G Infra, Sri Balaji Layout, Creat Apartments, Road No. B Nagar -201314 Gajularamaram 16, Prashasan Nagar , Near Tel (R): 8527695318 Quthbullapur, Medchal Dist New Andhra Jyothi Office , Email: [email protected] Hyderabad 500055 Jubiliee Hills, Hyderabad Tel (R): 9000765579 500033 Email: [email protected] Tel (R): 9505462849 Email: [email protected] m LMB 3021 LMB 3022 LMB 3023 Sudipta Bera Jayaram Babu Naradala Goutham Solleti Vill + Post - Jagatpur, P S Khanakul , Centre for Nanoscience & technology, Centre for Nanoscience & District-Hooghly 712417 Institute of Science and Technology, technology, Institute of Science Tel (R): 9804501792 Jawaharlal NehruTechnological and Technology , Jawaharlal Email: [email protected] University Hyderabad 500085 NehruTechnological University Email: [email protected] Hyderabad 500085 Email: [email protected] LMB 3024 LMB 3025 LMB 3026 Suresh Saganti Vasu Shanmugam Bharati Nandkishor Patil Department of BS &H , Gudlavalleru 7th Floor, Centre for Automotive 40 Usman Layout Engineering college Energy Materials, -ARCI , IIT Gopal Nagar, 3rd Bus Stop Gudlavalleru 521356 Madras Research Park,Kanagam Nagpur440022 Tel (R): 7416878483 Road, Taramani Tel (R): 9422818090 Email: [email protected]