(Tentative Technical Program)

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 Day1, Thursday, 13th Dec. 2018Venue : Room # LH-21(2nd floor), Victor Menezes Convention Centre (VMCC)
  
  
 Time Program
  
08.30 - 09.15Registration at VMCC ground floor foyer
  
09.15 - 09.30Inauguration at LH-21, VMCC
  
 Session 1 (09.30 - 11.00) Chairperson: Prof. P. Comba
09.30-10.00Prof. E. D. Jemmis
Talk Title : Nature Plays Dice with Boron: Inevitability of Uncertainties
 
10.00-10.30Prof. L. Daumann
Talk Title : Lanthanides: Biologically relevant
 
10.30-11.00Prof. C. V. Sastri
Talk Title : Intriguing Chemistry of High-Valent Manganese Intermediates Supported by Bispidine Framework
 
 11.00 - 11.30  Tea Break
 Session 2 (11.30 - 13.00) Chairperson: Prof. R. B. Sunoj
  
11.30-12.00Prof. B. Sarkar
Talk Title : Light as a Powerful Source for Activating Inert Bonds: Investigations on Ruthenium and Osmium Complexes
 
12.00-12.30Prof. S. Mazumdar
Talk Title : Biomimetic Copper(II) Complexes of Peptides
 
12.30-13.00Prof. A. Roodt
Talk Title : Advanced studies of reaction mechanisms
 
 13.00 - 14.00  Lunch
 Session 3 (14.00 - 15.30) Chairperson: Prof. M. Ravikanth
  
14.00-14.30Prof. G. N. Sastry
Talk Title : Metal Cation Interaction With Small Molecules
 
14.30-15.00Prof. S. P. Rath
Talk Title : Diheme Enzyme MauG: Nature's Sniper for Long-range Electron Transfer
 
15.00-15.30Prof. A. K. Powell
Talk Title : Approaching a quantum critical point using chemical means - a science fiction wormhole in a science fact scenario
 
 15.30 - 16.00  Group Photo + High Tea
 Session 4 (16.00 - 17.30) Chairperson: Prof. R. Anand
  
16.00-16.30Prof. S. Venkataramani
Talk Title :Azoheteroarenes and multiple azoarenes connected molecular systems - Photoswitches to light-driven functional molecules
 
16.30-17.00Prof. K. Ray
Talk Title :Small Molecule Activation at Transition Metal Centers: Structure-Function Correlations
 
17.00-17.30Prof. R. M. Murugan
Talk Title :Bioinspired Models for Unusual 3-Histidine Motif in Dioxygenase Enzymes
 
 Session 4 (17.30 - 18.30) Felicitation of Prof. Peter Comba
  
 Session 4 (19.30 - 22.30) Conference dinner
  
 Day2, Friday, 14th Dec. 2018Venue : VMCC Lecture Hall 21(2nd floor)
  
  
 Session 1 (09.00 - 10.30) Chairperson: Prof. Pradeepkumar P. I.
09.00-09.30Prof. R. Klingeler
Talk Title : Beauty and the beast: High-frequency Electron Paramagnetic Resonance on 3d/4f metal-organic complexes
  
09.30-10.00Prof. R. Murugavel
Talk Title : Molecular and Framework Metal Phosphates and the Connection Between Them
  
10.00-10.30Prof. M. C. Holthausen
Talk Title : Perchlorosilanes - Selective Plasma Formation and Unexpected Reactivity
  
 10.30 - 11.00  Tea Break
 Session 2 (11.00 - 13.00) Chairperson: Prof. C. Subramaniam
 Student Presentations
11.00-13.00 ( S. Dinda, G. Mukherjee, P. Murugesan, R. Nagarkar, R. Nabi, N. Vyas, N. Jangra, R. Ramasubramanian, Md. Waseem, B. Pandey )
  
 13.00 - 15.00  Lunch + Poster
 Session 3 (15.00 - 16.00) Chairperson: Prof. L. S. Panchakarla
  
15.00-15.30Prof. A. Datta
Talk Title : Reversible Chemical Probes for Tracking and Catching Metal Ions in vivo
  
15.30-16.00Prof. C. Busche
Talk Title : Thiophen substituted Bispidines for molecular electronics
  
 16.00 - 16.30  Closing Remarks
 16.30 - 17.00  High Tea