Bhubaneswar : School of Applied Sciences, KIIT University organized a National Workshop on “Plasma Processing for Thermonuclear Fusion and Industrial Applications” (PPTFIA-2011) on 10th -11th November, 2011 with association with PSSI, Gandhinagar. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. G. J. Samathanam, Advisor and Head (TDT), Department of Science & Technology and attended by many well-known scientists from all over India working in this field. The inaugural and closing ceremonies were attended by many professors, senior faculties, research scholars and students from different schools of KIIT and other institutes from all over India.
Research in the recent developments in Plasma Technology and their applications in various fields like waste management, textile technology, nanotechnology, biological science in industry, etc were deliberated at the workshop. Among the scientists who participated at the workshop were Dr. A. K. Das, Head Laser and Plasma Technology Division, BARC, Dr. S. Nanda, CIR, KIIT University, Dr. B. B. Patra, Dean, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT University, Dr. Rabindra Pal, Scientist, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, Dr. S. K. S. Parashar, CONVENOR, PPTFIA-2011, Dr. J. Govindarajan Co-Chirman (Board of Research Fusion Science & Technology) BRFST and Dr. P. K. Atrey, Secretary, BRFST.
Similarly, Dr. Subroto Mukherjee, Head, FCIPT Division, Dr. P. B. Jhala, Advisor, Plasma Textile Application, FCIPT, Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Dr. Rajeev Sharma, DST, Mr. Paritosh Choudhury, Head, TBM, IPR, Dr. P. S. Mukherjee, Head, Materials Group, IMMT, Bhubaneswar, Dr. K. G. K. Warrier, Dy. Director, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala were prominent speakers.
Senior officials from DST, BRFST, BARC and IPR promised help for innovative project proposals in various fields of research.
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