National Centre for Catalysis Research

Special course on Photoelectrochemistry and Photocatalysis during december 2012 for six days
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CATALYSIS RESEARCH INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS & THE CATALYSIS SOCIETY OF INDIA It is proposed to conduct a short winter school on PHOTO-ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY AND PHOTOCATALYSIS during December 2012. The dates will be fixed after ascertaining the interest in the topic. The school will be for a duration of 6 working days and will cover the following topics tentatively. Knowledge domain Inclusive but some more can be there i. Solar energy ii. Physics of semiconductors iii. Photochemistry iv. Electrochemistry v. Hydrogen energy vi. Chemicals production vii. Alternate/Renewable Energy viii. Environmental Chemistry/Physics About 30 working scholars and researchers will be selected based on application and sponsorship of the mentor. DST has been kind enough to provide the necessary funding (all costs including travel, accommodation, and boarding for the duration of the course) and we wish to record our grateful thanks to DST. Some experts from outside NCCR are also likely to participate in addition to the faculty of NCCR. The school will provide knowledge domain and some practical training, if possible. Institutions and laboratories working in this area can nominate scholars for this course. Kindly do all communications by email though other forms of communications are acceptable. The last date for registration is September, 10, 2012. The course will most probably be conducted in the middle of December, 2012 after our Orientation program and this will be as serious as our Orientation Program. Those who wish to apply must send a brief bio-data, email address and also request their mentors to sponsor them. Address for communication: B. Viswanathan National Centre for Catalysis Research Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600 036 Tel: 044-22574241 Email: bvnathan@iitm.ac.in

Special course on Photoelectrochemistry and Photocatalysis during december 2012 for six days
A special programme for research scholars in the field of photo-catalysis and photoelectrochemistry will be held during December 2012 for six days. The nominations from the supervisor/guides will be received by the centre on or before August,31, 2012 . The candidates must submit in 1000 words a write up why they wish to attend this course and also submit biodata. The mentor should nominate the candidate separately by an email to us. The course will have a fee to be paid and this will be notified only to the selected candidates. Late applications may not be entertained

ORIENTATION PROGRAM FOR THE YEAR 2012
An Orientation programme for research scholars in the field of catalysis will be held during November/December 2012. The nominations from the supervisor/guides will be received by the centre on or before July,31, 2012 . The candidates must submit in 1000 words a write up why they wish to attend this course and also submit biodata. The mentor should nominate the candidate separately by an email to us.

New item: Program for the 6 th anniversary function of NCCR

Date: 29.7.2012

Time: 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

The program will consist of presentations by Dr Himakumar on hydrogen storage, Dr Arundhathi on facts and fallacies of spill over, and two researchscholars of anna university and two from NCCR will present research findings. Those who wish to attend need to register. Detailed program will be made available only to the registered participants

Program for the 6th annual day of NCCR

9.00 to 9 .30 a.m. Current trends in catalysis Report of ICC (tentative) Professor S Sivasanker

9.30 to 10.00 a.m. Light weight Metal Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage Dr L.Himakumar

10.00 to 10.30 a.m. Topics to be announced (each 15 mins) A.Selvamani M.Selvaraj, Anna University

10.30 to 10.45 a.m. Coffee break S. Lalitha

10.45 to 11.05 a.m. Activation of CO2 on ZnO:N surface Mr. R. Shanmugam

11.05 to 11.25 a.m. Fuel cell trends and challenges Ms. S. Lalitha

11.25 to 11.55 a.m. representative of Chemical engineering department

12.00 to 12.30 p.m. Facts and Fictions on Hydrogen Spill Over Dr R C Arundhathi

12.30 to 12.35 p.m. Conclusion Dr K R Krishnamurthy

The 7th Orientation programme in catalysis for research scholars - 17th Nov to 7th Dec 2006.

The group photo of the participants

A short course on Surface Chemistry and Materials Science will be conducted at the NCCR for two weeks from 4th June to 14th June and M Sc stduents of city ( Chennai) colleges are eligible and can apply through their heads of the Departments of the respective colleges. One can submit the answers by email to bvnathan@iitm.ac.in The questions are the name of the candidate, complete postal address with email if any, Name of the college and motivation to attend the course ( in about 150 words only)

The following is the list of selected candidates for the 8 th orientation programme in catalysis. The details are given in this order S.No Name Institution email

1 Rajendra chokhare Devi Ahilya, Indore (M.P.). rchokhare@yahoo.co.in

2 Jaya sri IICT , jaya_sri95@yahoo.com

3 Krishnan kartha BARC, krishnankartha@gmail.com

4 U. Bala krishnan NIIT,Trichi, lasers_50@yahoo.com

5 RAJU MEWADA UDCT, gdyraju@yahoo.co.in

6 Sri Siva Prasad Das. Tezpur, sivaspd@tezu.ernet.in

7 Subrata das Tezpur, subrata_das05@yahoo.com

8 Pragati shingarpure MS Univ pshrin@yahoo.com

9 Santosh More UDCT, santoshrmore@gmail.com

10 Sandeep Thorat gdysandeepthorat@yahoo.com

11 Payal chandan gdypayal@yahoo.co.in Payalc25@gmail.com

12 D.SanthanaRaj Anna, Loyolakishore_2003@yahoo.co.in

13 C.Suresh Anna, cibisuji@yahoo.co.in

14 K Mangala CUSAT, manglakunniyur@yahoo.co.in

15 K M Rajesh CUSAT, rajesh_kmanoharan@yahoo.com rajesh_kmanoharan@cusat.ac.in

16 K.Venkatachalam Anna kvenkatchemistry@gmail.com

17 B.Tirupathi IICT Reddy_baddam05@rediffmail.com

18 Ms.Lakshmi Katta IICT, Laxmii01@yahoo.co.in

19 Ms.Madhulika Singh IIP,

20 Jitendra Kumar Satyarthi NCL, jk.satyarthi@ncl.res.in

21 Aparna S. Deshpande (Vaidya) NCL, aparnavaidya.ngp@gmail.com]

22 Rajendra Singh Thakur, Devi Ahilya University, rsthakur.sees@gmail.com

23.M.Ananthi, NIIT, Trichi, write2ananthi@yahoo.co.in

24.Mr. Shinde Tushar Raghunath, NCL, tushar_shindeus@yahoo.com

25. Ms. Anshu Skula,NEERI, anshu.shukla.27@gmail.com

26. Ms. Gousia Begum, IICT, gousia.b@gmail.com

27. Manaswita Nag, IICT, manaswita_nag@yahoo.co.in

28. Sumesh K R NCL, sumeshraman2000@yahoo.com

29.Ms.Sameeha A P CUSAT, semifazal@rediffmail.com

30. Ms.Digna CUSAT, dignavarghese@yahoo.co.in

31. Mr Davendra UICT ptdevendra@yahoo.co.in

The receipt of applications for the 8th Orientation Course in Catalysis is closed. Kindly do not submit any more applications since we will not be able to entertain any more fresh applications.

Three summer courses at NCCR in 2010 1. Photoelectrochemical cells 12 participants 2.Fuel cells ( 20 participants0 3. Analytical methods ( 45 participatns from all departments except MA,OE, CS)

A special course on analytical methods was conducted for the students of Thigarajar college Madurai during October 23 adn 24, 2010. 18 participants and two faculty members participated in the programme.

The registration fee and the format for information for 20 th National symposium on catalysis must be sent to NCCR, IITM Chennai 600 036 the DD in the name of the NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CATALYSIS RESEARCH ACADEMIC TRUST

New summer course at NCCR in 2011

Title of the course: Photoelectrochemical cells - Principles and Practices This New course will be for three weeks duration in June-July 2011 - daily for nearly 90 minutes. This course will cover the fundamentals of photoelectrochemistry and its new manifestations in terms of pollution abatement, Dye sensitized Solar cells which are contemporary research areas. If there are sufficient registration then this course will be held at a Convenient time for all the particpants.

Orientation programme in catalysis - 2011

This is a program run by NCCR for fresh research scholars of this country every year and this will be the 12th course in the series. Registration will be open till 15th July 2011 and participants will be required to apply for the program with a 500 word write up why do they feel that they need to attend this course and why it is necessary they be selected for the program. Based on this write up and also the recommendation of the Mentor the selection will be made. Thiscourse will be for three weeks duration in November-December 2011 with a tight and strenous time table and one must realise that they have to withstand this schedule. Applications recieved before the due date alone will be considered and it is our experience that only about 50% of the applicants can be accommodated in each program. there will be a lengthy email learning process and hence it is necessary to adhere to the time schedule. Any questions and suggestions are welcome at bvnathan@iitm.ac.in The selected candidates are 1. Adinaveen 2. Srinivasan vasumathi 3. Swetha 4. Vijay 5. Vinod 6. Selvamani 7. Sundaravel B 8. A Manikandan 9. Manju singh 10 Meera George 11. Babusimha The email address of the twenty candidates selected for the course in 2011 Mila dharmsaktu ?[iladharmsaktu@gmail.com]; adi naveen [adinavee@yahoo.co.in]; babu8184@gmail.com; Deepak Satoskar [Deepak.Satoskar@matthey.com]; durgasri.dp@gmail.com; jjvloyola26@gmail.com; parangi tarun [juvenile34@gmail.com]; maniloyola1982@gmail.com; meerageorge1987@gmail.com; pangkitadeka@gmail.com; pkmudgal@gmail.com; rsmanjusingh@gmail.com; selvamani.ana@gmail.com; sparklingpaki@gmail.com; Srinivasan Vasumathi [srinivasanems@gmail.com]; swetha poornaprajna [swetha@poornaprajna.org]; vijay@poornaprajna.org; vinodthallada@gmail.com; visitmyheaven@gmail.com; viswa.chem1985@gmail.com

special programme in applications of photoelectrochemistry - 2013

NCCR is planning to organize a special program for 4 to 5 days on special programme in applications of photoelectrochemistry - 2013 for 4 to 5 days in july 2013. Registration will be open till 22nd June 2013. Please state name, organisation, status and all other necessary details. A syllabus will be circulated to the selected candidates and the candidates inputs will also be considered. Thiscourse will be for 4 to 5 days maximum. Applications recieved before the due date alone will be considered. Any questions and suggestions are welcome at bvnathan@iitm.ac.in