An IOE funded SCPP Workshop on “Sustainable Horizons: Innovations in Energy, Chemical Recycling, and Green Technologies” in collaboration with the Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, is being held on 21st August 2025 (02:00-06:00 PM) at the Department of Chemistry Seminar Hall (Room 350) starting from 2:15 PM onwards.

The workshop is designed to cover all areas of sustainibility from Polymers to Metals and beyond.

Keynote Presentations

   1415-1430

 Welcome by Prof. Ramaswamy Murugavel, IIT Bombay

 1430-1500

Talk by Prof. Shiju. N. Raveendran, University of Amsterdam

Title: Sustainable Technologies in Development: the Case of Circular Plastics and Beyond...

 1500-1530

Talk by Prof. Jayasree Biswas, IIT Bombay

Title: Critical Metals Extraction from Urban Ores Through Pyro and Hydrometallurgical Routes

 1530-1600

Talk by Prof. CP Vinod, NCL Pune

Title: Surface Spectroscopy from UHV to Near Ambient Pressure for insights into Reverse Water Gas Shift Catalyst Design

 1600-1630

 Tea/Coffee Break

1630-1700

Talk by Prof. Srinivasan Ramakrishnan, IIT Bombay

Title: Scratching the Surface: Designing Reactive Interphases for Anodeless Solid-state Batteries

  1700-1730

Talk by Prof. Samir Chikkali, NCL Pune

Title: Waste Plastic Depolymerization and Upcycling

1730-1750

Talk by Savi Chaudhary, IIT Bombay

Title: Hetero-metallic Phosphates for Energy Conversion Through A Metal Organic Single-Source Precursor Approach