1.00-5.00 pm

Visit Departments (optional)

5-7.30

Meet with students

7.30-10.00

Dinner and informal get-together

8.30-9.20

Registration

9:20-9:30

Call to order by Nitish Thakor and Kartic Khilar: Introduction to FAN and the Workshop

9.30-10.30

Inaugural session: presided over by  R Chidambaram

Welcome:  Ashok Misra

Inaugural talk:  V.S. Ramamurthy

          10.30 -10.50                                                   Tea Break

10.50-12.45

Session I: Mumbai initiative on Nanotechnology

10.50-11.05

S. Banerji:BARC perspective

11.05-11.20

N.L.Arora:TIFR perspective

11.20-11.35

Ashok Misra:IITB perspective

11.35-11.45

Discussion and concluding remarks

11.45-12.45

Dr. Pulickel M. Ajayan (Keynote talk): "Carbon Nanotubes and Applications"

         12.45-1.45 pm                                                           Lunch

1.45-2.50

Session II: Nanomaterials and Methods

1.45-2.30

US1: Arun Majumdar, “Transport and Mechanics in Nanostructured Materials and Devices”

2.30-2.50

IND1: D.S.Misra : Single crystalline nickel nanowire encapsulated inside the carbon nanotube

2.50-3.10

Tea Break

3.10-5.00

Session III: Nanomaterials and Devices

3.10-3.55

US2: Khargonekar: “Nonlinear Estimation for Real-Time In-Situ Sensing of Etch Geometry in Reactive Ion Etching”

3.55-4.40

US3: Ashwin Seshadri, “Nanomechanical Resonator   Oscillators”

4.40-5.00

IND2 V. Ramgopal Rao: “CMOS Scaling and Optimization for System-on-Chip Applications”

           7.30 p.m.                                                      Dinner and Discussions

9.00-11.15

Session IV: Nano/Devices and Chemistry/Chemical Eng

9.00-9.45

US4 David Gracias, “Self-Assembly of Nano and Micro Integrated Systems and 3D structures for Electronics and Medicine”

9.45-10.30

US5 Arun Yethiraj, “Solvent effects in polyelectrolyte adsorption”

10:30-10:50

Tea Break

10.50-11:10

IND3 A.Q. Contractor: “Conducting polymer sensors”

11.10-11.30

IND4 M. Mukhopadhyay: A process for production pharmaceutical  nanoparticles using subcritical carbon dioxide

11.30-12.45

Poster Session

        12.45-2.00

Lunch Break

2.00-5.30

Session V: Nano/Bio Technologies and Applications

2.00-2.45

US6 Vinayak Dravid, “Emerging Nanostructures and Devices for Bio-Chem Sensing, Diagnostics and Therapeutics”

2.45-3.30

US7 Nitish Thakor, “Neurochemical Sensing and Genetic Control in Neural Networks”

3.30-4.00

Tea Break

4.00-4.30

C. Lim Tek:  Nano mechanics of biological materials

4.30-4.50

IND5 Rinti Banerjee: “Nanobiotechnology for therapeutics.”

4.50-5.10

IND6 D. Panda: “Polymerization dynamics of nano-biopolymers: Therapeutic implications in cancer and bacterial diseases”

5.10-5.30

IND7 V.P. Soni: “Nanobio composites”

5.30-6.30

Discussions with students

7.30

Dinner and Discussion: Collaborations

9.00-10.30

Session V: Nanomaterials and Processes

9.00-10:00

Keynote: Dr. Brij Moudgil

Engineered Nanoparticulate Systems for Bio Applications

10- 10:20

IND7 K.C. Khillar: “Formation of nano particles in water in oil microemulsion”

10.20-10.40

IND8: D.Bahadur : “Nano structured magnetic materials: their in vitro & in vivo applications for hyperthermia” 

10:40-11.00

Tea Break

11.00-11.20

IND9 P.S. Gandhi: “Nanotechnology facilities at IITB”

       11:20-11.40

IND10: G. Mukhopadhyay: “Dipolar Response of Coated Ellipsoidal Nanoparticles”

11.40.- 2.00

Concluding session: Future Plans and Follow-up & Lunch