INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND POLYMER

TECHNOLOGY (ICFMPT-2024)

Organized by:

Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai-Indian Oil Odisha Campus Bhubaneswar &

Institute of Physics Bhubaneswar

Date: 14th March 2024

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
09:30AM-10:30AM - Inauguration

Scientific Session 1
Session Chair- Prof. P. R. Vavia (Director ICT-IOCB)

1. 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM - Prof. Karuna Kar Nandu (IOPB Director) –

2. 11.00 AM - 11.30 AM -Prof Saroj Nayak (IIT-BBSR) – Materials for Energy: From Super Capacitor to Solar
Energy

TEA BREAK (11:30 AM - 11:45 AM)

Scientific Session 2
Session Chair- Dr. Satya Prakash Sahoo (IOPB)

3. 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM - Prof. Sasmita Mohapatra (NIT-Rourkela) - Functional carbon nanomaterials and
carbon polymer hydrogel for therapeutic applications
4. 12:15 PM – 12:40 PM - Dr. Pabitra K. Nayak (TIFR-HYD) - Doping of soft semiconductors towards stable
and efficient optoelectronics
5. 12:40 PM – 1:05 PM - Dr. Santunu Bhattacharyya (IISER-BAM) - Sustainable Nanomaterials for
Photocatalytic Solar to Chemical Energy Conversions: Complete Metal free Approach

LUNCH (1:05 PM - 2:00 PM)

Scientific Session 3
Session Chair- Dr. Ramakanta Nayak (ICT-IOCB)

6. 2:00 PM – 2:25 PM - Dr. Simantini Nayak (CSIR-IMMT) - 2D heterostructured materials for

electrochemical hydrogen generation
7. 2:25 PM – 2:50 PM - Dr. Sanjib Banerjee (IIT-Bhilai) - Functional Polymeric Materials: From Design
Principles to Applications
8. 2:50 PM - 3:15 PM - Dr. Saumyakanti Khatua (IIT-GN) - Plasmon-driven conversion of light to chemical
fuels
TEA BREAK (3:15 -3:30 PM)
Scientific Session 4
Session Chair- Dr. Nirmal Goswami (CSIR-IMMT)

9. 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM - Prof. Kulamani Parida (Director-SOA) - Graphitic Carbon Nitride: A strategic material
for the conversion of solar energy to value-added chemicals
10. 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM – Prof. Manas K. Panda (Jadavpur University) - Bioinspired Stimuli-Responsive
Molecular Materials
 11. 4:30 PM – 4:55 PM - Dr. K.J. Sanakran (CSIR-IMMT) - 3D Laser-induced Graphene Nanostructures for
Electronics, Energy and Environmental Application
12. 4:55 PM – 5:20 PM - Dr. Koushik Parida (IIT-Roorkee) - Deformable and Sustainable Nanogenerators for
Electronic Skin
13. 5:20 PM – 5:35 PM – Session by Wiley Dr Sujeet Dutta

Student Oral Presentation: (Sponsored by Wiley)

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND POLYMER

TECHNOLOGY (ICFMPT-2024)

Organized by:

Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai-Indian Oil Odisha Campus Bhubaneswar &

Institute of Physics Bhubaneswar

Date: 15th March 2024

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
BREAKFAST (8:30-9:30AM)

Scientific Session 1
Session Chair-Dr. Nimai Mishra (ICT-IOCB)

1. 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM - Prof. H. N. Ghosh (Director NISER-BBS) - Ultrafast Charge Carrier Dynamics at the
Interface of p-n Semiconductor Heterojunctions
2. 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM - Prof. N. Pradhan (IACS) - Epitaxial Heterostructures of Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals
3. 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM - Prof. Sayan Bhattacharya (IISER-Kolkata) - Dynamics in Structure Property
Relationships of 2D Halide Perovskite

TEA BREAK (11:00 -11:15 PM)

Scientific Session 2
Session Chair- Dr. Manju Unnikrishnan (CSIR-IMMT)

4. 11:15 AM – 11:40 AM - Dr. Dinesh Topwal (IOP) -

5. 11:40 AM – 12:05 PM - Dr. Saikat Bhaumik (IIT-Guwahati) - Luminescent Metal Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal
for Various Applications
6. 12:05 PM – 12:25 PM - Dr. Sudipta Seth (KU Leuven-Belgium) - Smart Imaging of Halide Perovskite Solar
Cells Under Operation
7. 12:25 PM -12:45 PM – Dr. NVS Praneeth (IIT Gandhinagar) - Effect of Surface Chemistry via Small Acid
treatment on Photoluminescence Blinking of CsPbBr3 Perovskite nanocrystals

LUNCH (12:45 PM-2:00 PM)

Scientific Session 3
Session Chair- Prof. Debasis Dash (Director-ILS)

8. 2:00 PM – 2:25 PM - Dr Mamoni Dash (ILS-BBS) -

9. 2:25 PM – 2:50 PM - Dr. Dhiraj Bhatia (IIT-GN) - DNA-based programmable nanodevices to instruct biological
systems
10. 2:50 PM – 3:15 PM – Dr. Mirza Khalid Baig (NIT-Rourkela) -
 TEA BREAK (3:15 PM - 3:30 PM)
Session Chair Dr. Rambabu Dandela (ICT-IOCB)
1. 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM - Prof. Priyabrat Dash (NIT-Rourkela) - Spinel and Perovskites-based Nanocomposite
Sensors for Harmful Gas Detection
2. 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM - Prof. S.T. Mhaske - (ICT-Mumbai) -
3. 4:30 PM – 4:55 PM - Dr. Bimalendu Adhikari (NIT-Rourkela) - Exotic Supramolecular Polymers
4. 4:55 PM – 5:20 PM – Dr. Bishnu Prasad Biswal (NISER-BBS) - Nanoparticle Organic Networks: A New Class
of Functional Materials
5. 5:20 PM – 5:45 PM Dr. Titash Mondal (IIT-KGP) - Flexible Sensor Using Polymer Nanocomposites

Student Poster (sponsored by ACS, RSC)

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND

POLYMER TECHNOLOGY (ICFMPT-2024)

Organized by:

Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai-Indian Oil Odisha Campus Bhubaneswar &

Institute of Physics Bhubaneswar

Date: 16th March 2024

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Scientific Session 1
Session Chair – Dr. Nabendu Pramanik (ICT-IOCB)

1. 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM - Prof. Sagar Pal (IIT[ISM]-Dhanbad) - Biopolymeric Gels and Micelles for Biomedical
Applications
2. 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM - Dr. Koushik Bhattacharya (CUNY-New York) – Tailor-made Glycopolymers via Reversible
Deactivation Radical Polymerization: Design, Properties and Applications
3. 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM - Dr. Prantik Mondal (University of CA San Diego) – Mendable Polymeric Membranes
comprising Metal-Organic Frameworks based on Dynamic Covalent Chemistry

TEA BREAK (11:10-11:25 AM)

Scientific Session 2
Session Chair- Dr. Swagat Mohapatra (ICT-IOCB)

4. 11:55 PM – 12:25 PM - Prof. Tapobrata Som (IOP) - Ion-beam Induced Self-organized Surfaces and Their Nanoscale
Functionalization
5. 12:25 PM – 12:50 PM - Dr. Somnath Koley (IOP) - Algae-like Artificial Organic Phototactic Micro-swimmers

LUNCH (12:50-2:00 PM)

Scientific Session 3
Session Chair- Dr. Abhay Kotkondawar (ICT-IOCB)

6. 2:00 PM – 2:25 PM - Dr. Shyamal Chatterjee (IIT-BBS) - Surface-engineered 2D nanostructures for augmented sensing
performance
7. 2:25 PM – 2:50 PM - Dr. Aparajita Mandal (IOP) - Advancing solar photovoltaics through metal oxide-based hetero-
structures and allied interfaces
8. 2:50 PM – 3:15 PM - Dr. Sudip Barman (NISER-BBS) – Metal nanostructures for electrochemical energy conversion
and storage application
9. 3:15 PM – 4:10 PM - Dr. Jit Satra (IOP) - Two-dimensional nanosheet anchored on doped carbon matrix: Fresh attempt
to design electrode with enhanced electrochemical performance

Prize Distribution ceremony