Industry Conclave 2023

Basic Sciences, Innovation, and Sustainability

The IISER Pune-Industry Conclave 2023 edition intends to update our industry partners on recent advances in Basic Sciences research. Scheduled on
Aug 5 , 2023, the event also explores possibilities of engagements and collaborations with and amongst our industry partners. This document provides
an details of posters on our research and outreach work that will be exhibited during the event.

Name of faculty member / Dept within IISER

Poster Title Contact details of presenter
student presenting poster Pune

3D-printed Polymer Composite Devices

1 Based on Ferroelectric Compound for Ms Supriya Sahoo Chemistry sahoo.supriya@students.iiserpune.ac.in
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

AbRGT – An Innovative Platform Technology

2 For Target Validation and High-ThroughPut Dr Britto Sandanaraj Chemistry sandanaraj.britto@iiserpune.ac.in
Screening
Science Activity
3 Activity Based Learning Mr Ashok Rupner ashok.rupner@iiserpune.ac.in
Centre
Battery Research and Development by
Chemistry and
4 Advanced Functional Materials Group @ IISER Dr Satishchandra Ogale satishogale@iiserpune.ac.in
Physics
Pune
Centre for Water
5 Centre for Water Research Dr Pushkar Sohoni pushkar.sohoni@iiserpune.ac.in
Research

6 Coarse-grained Molecular Modelling Dr Apratim Chatterjee Physics apratim@iiserpune.ac.in

7 Complex Systems Prof. M. S. Santhanam Physics santh@iiserpune.ac.in

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Name of faculty member / Dept within IISER

Poster Title Contact details of presenter
student presenting poster Pune

CUREM: developing reliable and affordable

8 Prof. Saikrishnan Kayarat Biology saikrishnan@iiserpune.ac.in
diagnostics
Developing proof of concept for low-cost
breast cancer diagnostic tests using
9 Prof. Kundan Sengupta Biology kunsen@iiserpune.ac.in
indigenous resources for affordable access
across India
Exciton-based quantum optoelectronic
10 Dr Ashish Arora Physics ashish.arora@iiserpune.ac.in
technologies: research and development

Fresnel lens concentrators for solar

11 Mr Umashankar Rajput Physics umashankar.rajput@students.iiserpune.ac.in
applications

12 GDQLABS Private Limited Mr. Pranab Dutta Physics pranab.dutta@students.iiserpune.ac.in

Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Pune

13 Dr Krishanpal Karmodiya Biology krish@iiserpune.ac.in
city
Earth and Climate
14 Heat and Health in South Asia Dr Joy Merwin Monteiro Science and Data joy@iiserpune.ac.in
Science
Physcis Dept and
I-HUB Quantum Technology Foundation: The iHUB Quantum
15 Dr Sunil Nair sunil@iiserpune.ac.in
Quantum HUB of India Technology
Foundation
Chemistry and
16 In-silico Materials Design Dr Prasenjit Ghosh pghosh@iiserpune.ac.in
Physics

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Name of faculty member / Dept within IISER

Poster Title Contact details of presenter
student presenting poster Pune
Investigating Soft Matter Using Colloidal
17 Suspensions, Optics, and Microfluidic Dr Vijayakumar Chikkadi Physics vijayck@iiserpune.ac.in
Techniques
MAPLabTech – An Innovative Platform
18 Technology for Expedious Vaccine Production Dr Britto Sandanaraj Chemistry sandanaraj.britto@iiserpune.ac.in
Against Infectious Diseases

19 Modelling the Conveyor Belt at Airports Mr Dhruv Bhasin Mathematics bhasin.dhruv@students.iiserpune.ac.in

Moths as a research and educational tool for

20 Dr Ramana Athreya Biology rathreya@iiserpune.ac.in
biodiversity and Climate Change Studies

21 Network Filtering in Finance Ms. Archi Roy Mathematics roy.archi@students.iiserpune.ac.in

Olfactory-action meter for precise

22 quantification of olfactory dysfunctions and Dr Nixon Abraham Biology nabraham@iiserpune.ac.in,
neurocognitive deficits
Origins of life/Astrobiology: Implications for
23 Dr Sudha Rajamani Biology srajamani@iiserpune.ac.in
fundamental and applied research

24 Quantum Microscopy of Quantum Materials Dr Aparna Deshpande Physics aparna.d@iiserpune.ac.in

Quantum Technologies: Computation and

25 Prof. M. S. Santhanam Physics santh@iiserpune.ac.in
Beyond

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Basic Sciences, Innovation, and Sustainability

Name of faculty member / Dept within IISER

Poster Title Contact details of presenter
student presenting poster Pune

Resolving protein-DNA footprints from

26 Ms. Anushua Biswas Data Science anushua.biswas@students.iiserpune.ac.in
exonuclease-based ChIP experiments
Science Media Centre: Sharing Science Mr Rahul Iyer / Mr Vivek Science Media
27 sciencemediacentre@acads.iiserpune.ac.in
through Innovative Strategies Kannadi Centre
Earth and Climate
28 Sedimentary basin research at IISER Pune Dr Sudipta Sarkar sudipta@iiserpune.ac.in
Science
STEM Ready: Enhancing Tinkering Science Activity
29 Dr. Chaitanya Mungi scienceactivitycentre@acads.iiserpune.ac.in
Ecosystems in Schools Centre

Synergising wildlife research, tribal livelihoods

30 Dr Ramana Athreya Biology rathreya@iiserpune.ac.in
& biodiversity conservation

31 Thermoelectric Research @ IISER Pune Dr Surjeet Singh Physics surjeet.singh@iiserpune.ac.in

Humanities and
Transdisciplinarity in practice: food-water- Social Sciences
32 Dr Bejoy Thomas bejoy@iiserpune.ac.in
biodiversity nexus in the Upper Bhima Basin & Centre for Water
Research
Variability of Echo state network Prediction
33 horizon for partially observed dynamical Mr Reetish Padhi Data Science reetish.padhi@students.iiserpune.ac.in
systems