Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) has organized national workshop on “Futuristic materials as catalyst and adsorbents” (CATWORKSHOP-2008) under the auspices of Catalysis Society of India during 18-20th February 2008. Prior to the workshop, a two-day tutorial was conducted on TPX program during 15-16th February in which 25 research scholars from across the country participated.

   

The workshop was formally inaugurated by Dr. Paul Ratnasamy, former Director National Chemical Laboratory and presently INSA Ramanujam Research Professor and chaired by our Director Prof. Barada Kanta Mishra. The aim of the workshop is to identify new challenges and emerging materials to be used as future catalysts. The forum has provided a platform to researchers especially young researchers who have been pursuing catalysis as their career, assembled here to share their research outcome and knowledge.

More than 300 delegates from educational institutes, national laboratories, industries have participated in this workshop and took active part during the deliberation.

   

Altogether three plenary lectures and 25 invited talks from eminent personalities from India and abroad and 108 poster presentations covering the areas such as energy materials, nano materials, biomaterials, hybrid materials, mesoporous and microporous materials were deliberated upon during the workshop. Ten posters were adjudicated as best posters and given away cash prizes.