NITT release (Weblink Enclosed) on Inaugural fn on International Conference
NITT Press release on Inaugural fn on International Conference on Advances and Challenges for Sustainable Eco System (ICACSE
2018)Jointly Organised by Technical Education Quality Improvement
Program (TEQIP III) and Department of Science and Technology (DST)
SERB, New Delhi
All human activities have a negative impact on the Earth. We consume
more resources than the planet can offer. To meet the increasing
demand of raw materials, we damage the ecosystems with intensive and
polluting practices, which are heavily influenced by the daily choices
of every single person. We, as humans, have a moral responsibility
towards our ecosystem and all men and women have to commit themselves
to protect the worlds’ natural heritage. In order to resolve the
challenges and address the environmental crisis many research
activities have been initiated by the government, private sectors and
academia. We, chemical engineers at NIT-Trichy are conscious in
bringing about the essential technologies, and innovations towards a
sustainable environment.
International Conference on Advances and Challenges for Sustainable
Ecosysem (ICACSE-2018), 6th-8th December, organized by Department of
Chemical Engineering, NIT-Trichy is such a platform to discuss various
trends and challenges to advance the technological aspects of ‘design
and operation of chemical plants, development of advanced/novel
functional materials & processes, analysing substances and measuring
the physical properties of substances & testing theories’ along with a
thematic focus on interdisciplinary areas.
As part of the ‘Golden Jubilee’ celebrations of Chemical Engineering
Department of NIT-T, the event ICACSE’18 will bring an immense
opportunity for interaction among young scholars and scientific
delegates to utilize the expertise and technical knowledge that may
bring a new era for innovations in the field of Chemical engineering,
Energy and Environmental engineering for sustainable ecosystem. This
conference will have eminent chemical engineering scientists from
India and abroad including Padma shri Prof. G.D. Yadav, Prof.
Srinivasan Rajagopalan, Prof. Navid mostoufi from Iran, Prof. Agamuthu
from (UM) Malaysia and Prof. Praveen LINGA from (NUS) Singapore to
share their research expertise.
The conference was graced by the august presence of more than 300
participants from all over the country and Director of NIT-T, has
delivered the presidential address. Dr. Mini Shaji Thomas, director
NIT-T, insisted the importance of international conferences to induce
mutual collaborations between industries and academicians to bring
about the unnoticed research potential to light. The strategic plan of
NIT-T has a moto exclusively on sustainability with the
interdisciplinary research centres to be inducted at the institute in
the near future. The conference logo attracted the Director’s
attention with the ‘green arrow’ symbolizing the march towards the
‘sustainable future’ and benefit the society at large.
The Chief guest of the conference ICACSE’18, Padma Shri Prof. G.D.
Yadav shared his academic views and presented an overview of ICT,
which has gifted more than 15 ‘Padma’ awardees to the nation and
fondly remembered about his lectures to one of ICT’s alumni,
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani. About the sustainability challenges of the
country, Prof. Yadav has insisted the importance of academic
fraternity and industrialists to collaborate and motivate the
multi-disciplined research outcome which may largely benefit the basic
needs of people of the country. “Wasting just a 10 g of food, may
leave million others in hunger”, “The challenges for India largely
lies in developing basic sanitation, food, infrastructure, providing
clean and accessible water source and attaining satisfactory energy
generation through renewable resources”, he quoted.
He addressed the research community to concentrate more on reducing
waste while generating beneficial products. “Transform waste to wealth
with the help of systems engineering and sustainable routes”, he
insisted. He has also briefly elaborated the importance of utilizing
‘Green chemistry’ principles to minimise waste and reduce unwanted
by-products. He has shared a quick research view on the importance of
CO2 sequestration, improving bio-methanol production, features of H2
energy and solar based transport in the upcoming decade.
In concluding remarks, Prof. Yadav elaborated MHRD’s ‘SPARC’ project,
which may enhance the collaborative research network of Indian
institutions with the top 500 international universities to come up
with exceptional outcomes in terms of journals and patents. “Patent,
Publish and Prosper”, he admonished and “Sustainability is not one
process but a combined responsibility”, he concluded.
With the vote of thanks from Prof. Meera S Begum, the conference’s
inaugural function has come to the end and with the national anthem,
ICACSE-18’s formal sessions have been initiated.
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