Molecular Materials and Functions
by
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Conference Description
This international conference on Molecular Materials and Functions, sponsored by IIT Madras, will be held in Chennai, India during December, 2024. The main objective of the conference is to create a forum for discussion on molecular materials and associated functions – where the fundamental building blocks are molecules rather than atoms. By studying the chemical, physical, and mechanical properties of such materials, it is expected that we will achieve breakthrough results in the emergence of properties in matter as well as gain fundamental insights into the reactivity, catalysis, electrical transport, magnetism, and energy storage and dissipation, in the foreseeable future. This conference on Molecular Materials and Functions is to put together pioneering researchers, innovators, and practitioners from institutions worldwide, who have made a profound impact in diverse areas around molecular materials, to address current challenges and to engage with them in the years ahead. A CoE Winter School for students and postdoctoral fellows is held in addition to the conference to enable researchers to learn from cutting-edge research experts and allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field
Organizing Institute
IIT Madrasis a public, technical, and research university, responsible for academic activities which include Teaching, Research, and Industrial Consultancy. It is located in Chennai, India. It has been the top-ranking engineering institute in India for the past 7 years in the NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) Rankings since this ranking system was announced in 2015, by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
Key Sponsor
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is a department within the Ministry of Science and Technology in India. It was established in May 1971 to promote new areas of science and technology and to play the role of a nodal department for organising, coordinating and promoting Scientific and Technological activities in the country. It gives funds to various approved scientific projects in India. It also supports various researchers in India to attend conferences abroad and to go for experimental works.

Conference Secretariat

Thalappil Pradeep
Department of Chemistry

Thalappil Pradeep
Thalappil Pradeep is an Institute Professor at IITM. He is the Deepak Parekh Institute Chair Professor and is also a Professor of Chemistry. He studied at the University of Calicut, Indian Institute of Science, UC Berkeley, and Purdue. His research interests are in molecular and nanoscale materials, and he develops instrumentation for such studies. He is an author of over 525 scientific papers in journals and is an inventor of 125 patents or patent applications. In addition to the work on advanced materials, he is involved in the development of affordable technologies for drinking water purification and some of them have been commercialized. His pesticide removal technology is estimated to have reached about 10 million people. Along with his associates, he has incubated seven companies and three of them have production units. His arsenic removal technology, approved for national implementation, is delivering arsenic free water to about 2 million people every day. He is a recipient of several awards including the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize (2008), The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) prize in Chemistry (2018), Padma Shri (2020), Nikkei Asia Prize (2020) and Prince Sultan Bin Abulaziz International Prize for Water (2022). He is a Fellow of all the science and engineering academies of India, Royal Society of Chemistry, TWAS, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has written several books and is part of over ten scientific journals and is an associate editor of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. He has authored popular science books in Malayalam and is a recipient of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for knowledge literature. He has received the Lifetime Achievement Research Award of IIT Madras and Distinguished Alumnus Award of Indian Institute of Science. As part of his philanthropic activities, he supports a school in his village where ~500 students are on rolls.
Visit https://pradeepresearch.org for more information.
- Phone:044-2257-4208
- Email:pradeep@iitm.ac.in

Rajnish Kumar
Department of Chemical Engineering

Rajnish Kumar
Rajnish Kumar is a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology - Madras. In 2018, was recognized as Highly Cited Researcher..
- Phone:91 44 2257 4180
- Email: rajnish@iitm.ac.in
Deadline
Registration : November 20,2022