Department of Chemistry, SVKM’s NMIMS Sunandan Divatia School of Science organized the National Seminar on "Recent Advances in Spectroscopy and Analytical Techniques” from 15th to 17th October 2015. The Seminar was designed to highlight the latest developments in the area of Electrochemistry, Spectroscopy, Phytochemistry and Nanosciences. The seminar brought together experts, scholars and researchers from different parts of the country on a common platform to deliberate and discuss the emerging trends and challenges in the above areas.
The technical program of the seminar included 16 invited talks, 8 oral presentations by students and around 25 contributed papers as posters. The plenary talk was delivered by Prof. D. Bahadur, Emeritus Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Talks by Prof. T. G. Gopakumar (IIT Kanpur), Dr. Ankona Dutta (TIFR), Prof. A. K. Srivastava (Mumbai University), Prof. C. P. Rao and Prof. Nandkishore (IIT Bombay) were highly valued and appreciated by the students. Poster awards were given to young researchers and the first prize was given to Mr. Anish Gomatam of Bombay College of Pharmacy for his work on "Conformational Study on Pheromonotropin neuropeptide using NMR and Molecular Dynamics”.
The National Seminar was supported and sponsored by NMIMS University and co-sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (DST), and Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. We also received sponsorships from private industries like Sinsil International Ltd., Aimil Ltd. and Science4u Analytics and Research Solutions Pvt. Ltd., which is gratefully acknowledged.
The details of the invited talks are as follows:
| Sr No. | Name & Affiliation of Guest Speaker | Topic | Date of Lecture |
| 1. | Prof. D. Bahadur Institute Chair Professor, Department of MEMS, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai | Magnetic nanohybrids for in vivo therapy for cancer | October 15, 2015 |
| 2. | Dr. A. K. Srivastava Department of Chemistry, University of Mumbai, Mumbai | Development of electrochemical – sensors and supercapacitors based on functional nanocomposite materials | October 15, 2015 |
| 3. | Dr. Chandrasekhar Haramaghatti Research And Technology Centre, Asian Paints Ltd. Mumbai | Raman and small angle neutron scattering techniques for structure and dynamics of micelles of cationic surfactants | October 15, 2015 |
| 4. | Dr. Shilpa Sawant Chemistry division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai | Conducting polymer thin films for biosensing application | October 15, 2015 |
| 5. | Dr. Haridas Pal Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai | Supramolecular modulation in chromophoric properties and applications | October 15, 2015 |
| 6. | Prof. Nandkishore Department of Chemistry Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai | Rational drug design: Calorimetric and spectroscopic advances | October 16, 2015 |
| 7. | Prof. C. P. Rao Department of Chemistry, Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai | Analytical applications of the conjugates of calyx[4,6] arenes: A thorough study by spectroscopy and microscopy | October 16, 2015 |
| 8. | Prof. T. G. Gopakumar Department of Chemistry, Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur | Tunneling spectroscopy: A tool for understanding electronic and geometric structure of molecules at surfaces | October 16, 2015 |
| 9. | Dr. K. Vanaja Visweshwara Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bangalore | Lipid based nano drug delivery systems and their therapeutic applications | October 16, 2015 |
| 10. | Dr. K. C. Barick Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai | Interfacial engineering of magnetic nanoparticles for therapeutic applications | October 16, 2015 |
| 11. | Dr. Evans Coutinho Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai | Determining structures of peptides by NMR and molecular modelling methods | October 16, 2015 |
| 12. | Dr. K. S. Lokesh Department of Chemistry Srikrishnadevaraya University, Bellary | N4 macrocycle and metal oxide nanosheet to improve the performance of PEMFC fuel cell | October 17, 2015 |
| 13. | Dr. Kuntal Chakrabarti Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering, NMIMS, Mumbai | Highly efficient electromagnetic interference shielding using graphite nanoplatelet / PEDOT:PSS composite with enhanced thermal conductivity | October 17, 2015 |
| 14. | Dr. Musthafa Muhammed Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune | New trends in rechargeable batteries and proton exchange membrane fuel cells | October 17, 2015 |
| 15. | Dr. Sudha Srivastava Department of Chemical Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai | NMR : A versatile tool, application to cell metabolism | October 17, 2015 |
| 16. | Dr. Ankona Datta Department of Chemical Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai | Fluorescent sensors for tracking bio-molecules in live cells | October 17, 2015 |
