COE Winter school

on

Molecular Materials and Functions

Nov. 23 – 27, 2026

Organised by

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

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Winter School Description

Our initiative to organize the Winter School series is designed to enhance the national and international visibility of the science of molecular materials, with a primary focus on laying a strong foundation for the next generation of emerging scientists.

In this series, the fourth edition of this Winter School on “Molecular Materials and Functions,” is scheduled to take place from November 23-27, 2026, at the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai.

The first winter school, held during December 11-15, 2023- (https://molmatter.org/coe-winter-school-2023), featured esteemed speakers such as Prof. Horst Hahn, Prof. Hannu Hakkinen, Prof. Francesco Stellaci, Prof. Tatsuya Tsukuda, Prof. Nonappa, and Prof. Tomas Base, alongside several Indian experts such as Prof. T. Pradeep, Prof. D. K. Chand, Prof. Sukhendu Mandal, Prof. Rajnish Kumar and a few more. See the glimpses of the event here. The second Winter School was held from December 4-8, 2024 (https://molmatter.org/coe-winter-school-2024/). The international speakers included Prof. Paul Weiss, Prof. Manfred Kappes, Prof. Josef Breu, Prof. Nonappa, Prof. Yuichi Negishi, Prof. Satoshi Takeya, Prof. Taeghwan Hyeon, Dr. Monika Kucerakova, Prof. Mario Ruben, and Prof. Ngong Kodiah Beyeh. Several experts from India also participated, including Prof. Thalappil Pradeep, Prof. D.K. Chand, Prof. Sukhendu Mandal, Prof. Biswarup Pathak, Prof. Rahul Banerjee, Prof. Saptarshi Mukherjee, Prof. Pradipta Purkayastha, Prof. Rajendra Singh Dhayal, Prof. Sundargopal Ghosh, Prof. Kunnikuruvan Sooraj, Prof. Thangavelu Palaniselvam, Prof. Chaitanya Sharma Yamijala, Prof. Ramesh Gardas, and Prof. Tiju Thomas. See the glimpses of the event in the link Report on WS-2024.docx

The third winter school was held from December 1-5, 2025 (https://molmatter.org/coe-winter-school-2025/). The international speakers included Prof. Richard N. Zare, Prof. Thomas Thundat, Prof. Ulrich Kaspar Heiz, Prof. Lai-Sheng Wang and Prof. Radha Boya. The Speakers from India includes Prof. Thalappil Pradeep, Prof. Amitava Patra, Prof. P. Rajamalli, Prof. Chayan K. Nandi, Prof. Chaitanya Sharma Yamijala, Prof. Jaydeb Chakrabarti, Dr. R. Nandini Devi, Prof. Rajnish Kumar, Prof. Uttam Manna, Dr. K. R. Krishnadas, Prof. Thiruvancheril G. Gopakumar, Prof. Pramod P Pillai, Prof. Ramesh Gardas, Prof. Ayan Datta, Prof. Tarak Karmakar, Prof. Aamod Vikas Desai, Prof. E. Gnanamani and Prof. Hemachandra Kotamarti.

Following the success of the previous three CoE winter schools on Molecular Materials and Functions (WS-MMF-2023, WS-MMF-2024, WS-MMF-2025), we are going to host the fourth Winter School (WS-MMF-2026) this year. Welcome to the WS-MMF-2026! We are thrilled to invite you to attend our upcoming 4th Winter School, to be held from the 30sth November to 4th of December, 2026, where you will have the opportunity to learn about the latest advancements in molecular materials and functions from leading experts, from all over the world. We are sure that this year’s event (WS-MMF-2026) will continue to serve and fulfil the participants’ enthusiasm.

Organizing Institute

IIT Madras is a public technical and research Institute responsible for academic activities including teaching, research, and industrial consultancy. It is located in Chennai, India. IIT Madras is ranked #1 in India in both the ‘Overall’ and ‘Engineering’ categories in the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2025 rankings. This marks its 7th and 10th consecutive years at the top, respectively, since the ranking system was introduced in 2015 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).

Key Sponsor

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF, formerly Science and Engineering Research Board) are the two agencies within the Ministry of Science and Technology in the Government of India that promote scientific research and development. DST was established in May 1971 to promote new areas of science and technology. It provides funds to various approved scientific projects in India.

The SWAYAM PRABHA is a group of 40 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of high-quality educational programmes on 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite. Every day, there will be new content for at least (4) hours which would be repeated 5 more times in a day, allowing the students to choose the time of their convenience. The channels are uplinked from BISAG-N, Gandhinagar. The contents are provided by IITs, UGC, CEC, IGNOU and University of Hyderabad. The INFLIBNET Centre maintains the web portal.