Click here to see the Abstracts of Talks and Poster Presentations.| February 25 2019 (Monday) | B-Nag Auditorium, VMCC |
| 08:30 - 09:00 h | Registration |
| 09:00 - 09:30 h | Inauguration Chief Guest- Prof. A. K. Suresh, Deputy Director (AIA) |
| Chair: Prof. S. Chandrasekharan | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 h | Prof. Peter Seeberger Talk Title - "Autonomous Chemistry for Reaction Optimization and the Production of Affordable Drugs". |
| 10:00 - 10:30 h | Prof. S. Hotha Talk Title - "Synthesis of Hentriacontahectanosyl Arabinongalactan Present in the Cell Wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Gold-catalyzed Glycosidations". |
| 10:30 - 11:00 h | Prof. Debabrata Maiti Talk Title - "Designing of templates to reach the distal C-H bond". |
| 11:00 - 11:30 h | Tea |
| Chair : Prof. H.B. Singh | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 h | Prof. G. Mugesh Talk Title - "Iodine in Thyroid Hormone Action and Membrane Transport". |
| 12:00 - 12:30 h | Prof. G. Naresh Patwari Talk Title - "A Liquid Crucible Model for Formation of Polymorphs". |
| 12:30 - 13:00 h | Prof. M. Muthukumar Talk Title - "Topological Effects on Movements of Charged Macromolecules in Crowds". |
| 13:00 - 14:30 h | Lunch |
| Chair : Prof. Amitava Chattopadhyay | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 h | Prof. Anunay Samanta Talk Title - "Photoluminescence and Ultrafast Dynamics of All-Inorganic Perovskite Nanocrystals". |
| 15:00 - 15:30 h | Prof. Subi George Talk Title - "Towards Non-Equilibrium Supramolecular Polymers". |
| 15:30 - 16:00 h | Prof. Swagata Dasgupta Talk Title - "Looking out for Green tea polyphenols". |
| 16:00 - 16:30 h | Tea |
| Chair : Prof. Bhalchandra Bhanage | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 h | Prof. C. Subramaniam Talk Title - "Using operand Raman spectro-electrochemistry to understand support-catalyst-electrolyte interface and interplay in alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction". |
| 17:00 - 17:30 h | Prof. George O'Doherty Talk Title - "De Novo Oligosaccharide Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry: Use of the Taylor catalyst in a Pd/B-catalyzed Abiotic Glycosyl-Transferase". |
| 17:30 - 18:00 h | Prof. C. V. Ramana Talk Title - "Total Synthesis Driven Methodologies". |
| February 26 2019 (Tuesday) | B-Nag Auditorium, VMCC |
| Chair: Prof. Sourav Pal | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 h | Prof. G. Rajaraman Talk Title - "Molecular Magnets as MultiFerroic Materials". |
| 10:00 - 10:30 h | Prof. Swadhin Mandal Talk Title - "Transition Metal-Free C-C Coupling Catalysis". |
| 10:30 - 11:00 h | Prof. Amitava Das Talk Title - "Molecules or Molecular assemblies for Predictive Responses". |
| 11:00 - 11:30 h | Tea |
| Chair: Prof. R.V. Hosur | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 h | Prof. Vinod K. Singh Talk Title - "Enantioselective Conjugate Addition Reactions". |
| 12:00 - 12:30 h | Prof. R. B. Sunoj Talk Title - "Computations ⇄ Experiments. Challenges in Synergizing Asymmetric Catalysis". |
| 12:30 - 13:00 h | Prof. Dimpy Kalia Talk Title - "Exocyclic olefinic maleimides as versatile scaffolds for bioconjugation". |
| 13:00 - 14:30 h | Lunch and Poster Session (P1-P22) |
| Chair: Prof. C.P. Rao | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 h | Prof. Debasis Manna Talk Title - "Indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) Inhibition as a strategy to Augment Cancer Immunotherapy". |
| 15:00 - 15:30 h | Prof. Jyotishman Dasgupta Talk Title - "Singlet Exciton Fission in Conjugated Organic Molecules". |
| 15:30 - 16:00 h | Prof. Eric Borguet Talk Title - "Single Molecule Switching and Sensing". |
| 16:00 - 16:30 h | Tea |
| Chair: Prof. A.K. Singh | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 h | Prof. K. R. Prasad Talk Title - "Diverted Total Synthesis: From Macrolactones to Alkaloids". |
| 17:00 - 17:30 h | Prof. S. R. Kotha Talk Title - "Development of New Synthetic Strategies and Tactics: Their Impact, Implications, and Applications". |
| 17:30 - 18:00 h | Prof. Raji Reddy Talk Title - "Propargylic Alcohols in Annulation Reactions: Recent Endeavors". |
| February 27 2019 (Wednesday) | Room 31, 3rd floor, VMCC |
| Chair: Prof. Swapan Ghosh | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 h | Prof. V. Chandrasekhar Talk Title - "Reactivity of Main-Group Compounds Containing Double Bonds". |
| 10:00 - 10:30 h | Prof. Biprajit Sarkar Talk Title - "Redox-Active Mesoionic Carbenes for Redox-Switchable Catalysis". |
| 10:30 - 11:00 h | Prof. Ashok Ganguli Talk Title - "Structural modification in reverse micelles and growth of anisotropic nanostructures". |
| 11:00 - 11:30 h | Tea |
| Chair: Prof. S. N. Datta | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 h | Prof. Debasree Ghosh Talk Title - "Photoprotection pathways in human skin pigment eumelanin". |
| 12:00 - 12:30 h | Prof. Amalendu Chandra Talk Title - "Hybrid Quantum-Classical Studies of an Enzymatic Reaction in Aqueous Medium". |
| 12:30 - 13:00 h | Prof. A. C. Bhasikuttan Talk Title - "Targeting structure specific DNAs and Proteins for therapeutic and sensor applications". |
| 13:00 - 14:30 h | Lunch and Poster Session (P23-P44) |
| Chair: Prof. A. Q. Contractor | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 h | Prof. Shabana Khan Talk Title - "The Tale of Two Tetrelylenes for Cu(I)- and Au(I)-Arene Complexes". |
| 15:00 - 15:30 h | Prof. Santosh Haram Talk Title - "Investigation of Novel Nano-structures for the Methanol Oxidation Reaction". |
| 15:30 - 16:00 h | Prof. Mohan Srinivasrao Talk Title - "Emergence of Chiral Structures in Lyotropic Liquid Crystals". |
| 16:00 - 16:30 h | Tea |
| Chair : Prof. A. V. Karnik | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 h | Prof. K. Sureshan Talk Title - "Synthesis of Biopolymer Mimics via Topochemical Reactions". |
| 17:00 - 17:30 h | Prof. S. Ramasastry Talk Title - "Metal-Free Approaches for the Construction of Privileged Scaffolds". |
| 17:30 - 18:00 h | Prof. Vishal Rai Talk Title - "Chemical toolbox for precision engineering of proteins". |
| February 28 2019 (Thursday) | Room 31, 3rd floor, VMCC |
| Chair: Prof. B. L. Tembe | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 h | Prof. A. Ben-Naim Talk Title - "Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic interactions in protein folding, protein-protein association and molecular recognition". |
| 10:00 - 10:30 h | Prof. Suhrit Ghosh Talk Title - "H-bonding Regulated Supramolecular Nanostructures and Impact on Multivalent Binding with Biological Targets". |
| 10:30 - 11:00 h | Prof. Anil Kumar Talk Title - "Continuous Flow Materials and Chemicals Manufacturing: A New Paradigm in Process Intensification". |
| 11:00 - 11:30 h | Tea |
| Chair: Prof. Anindya Datta | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 h | Prof. Ruchi Anand Talk Title - "Allosteric Regulation of Transient Molecular Tunnels". |
| 12:00 - 13:00 h | Prof. Michael L. Klein Talk Title - "Liquids, Crystals, Liquid Crystals, Plastic Crystals and More ...". |
| 13:00 - 14:30 h | Lunch |
