The last decade has witnessed vigorous research in the field of dispersed systems including colloids, particulates and molecular aggregates. RRL organized two days workshop on Colloids & Materials Chemistry (CMC-07) during 18-19th January 2007. About 97 delegates from different National Laboratories, educational institutions and industries from all over the country, attended the workshop. Prof. B.K. Mishra, Director, RRL Bhubaneswar, welcomed the delegates and Dr. K.M. Parida, Head, CMC department presented an overview of activities of Colloids & Materials Chemistry department.

Dr. G. Sundararajan, Director ARCI, Hyderabad, Prof. A. Raychaudhuri, Director SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, Dr. Pradip, Tata Research Development & Design Centre, (TRDDC), Pune, Prof. B. Viswanathan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Prof R. Bandyopadhyaya, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Prof. R. Nagarajan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Prof. B.K. Mishra, Dept. of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Dr. Rakesh Kumar, National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, delivered lectures on diverse issues in Colloids and Materials Chemistry research. The participants had ample opportunity to interact with the experts.