08.30 - 09.30

Registration

09:30 - 10.45

Inauguration and Presidential Address
Prof. Vinod K. Singh, IIT Kanpur, President, CRSI

10.45 -11.15

High Tea

Session 1
Charusita Chakravarty Memorial Lecture
Chairperson: Prof. N. Sathyamurthy, IISER Mohali

11.15 - 11:45

Dr. Sarika M. Bhattacharyya, NCL Pune
Role of Pair Correlation in the Dynamics: A Supercooled Liquids Perspective

Bronze Medal Lectures
Chairpersons: Prof. H. Ila, JNCASR Bangalore and Dr A. Chaudhary, SERB

11.45 - 13.05

Dr. R. Vijaya Anand, IISER Mohali (BML-1)
Organocatalysis by Cyclopropene- and Cyclopropenium-based Small Molecules

Prof. M. Bakthadoss, Pondicherry University (BML-2)
Ru / Pd Catalysed C-H Bond Activation / Functionalization: An Efficient and Site Selective Approach for the Synthesis of Novel Molecular Scaffolds

Dr. V. Sridharan, Central University of Jammu (BML-3)
Nucleopalladation-Initiated Cascade Reactions of Alkynes

Dr. P. Banerjee, IIT Ropar (BML-4)
Strain Induced Versatile Reactivity of Small Ring Molecules: Cyclopropane Carbaldehyde as an Elegant and Powerful Synthetic Tool for Structurally Diverse Hetero- and Carbocycles

13.05 - 14.00

Lunch

Poster Presentations -1 (Poster Nos. 1-133) (14.00 - 15.30)
Co-chairpersons: Prof. V. Tandon, JNU, Prof. A. Kumar, BITS Pilani, Dr. K. Geetharani, IISc Bangalore, Dr. P. Thilagar IISc Bangalore and Dr. P. Shanmugam, CLRI Chennai

Council Meeting
(Only for Council Members, Venue: Board Room) (14.00 - 15.30)

15.30 - 16.00

Tea/Coffee

Session 2
Silver Medal Lecture
Chairperson: Prof. Sourav Pal, IISER Kolkata

16.00 - 16.30

Prof. Asit K. Chakraborti, NIPER Mohali
Sustainable Chemistry Development in Drug Discovery

Bronze Medal Lectures
Chair: Dr. G. N. Sastry, NEIST Jorhat and Prof. G. Mugesh, IISc Bangalore

16:30-18:10

Prof. Sandip Paul, IIT Guwahati (BML-5)
Inhibitory Effect of Vitamin-C on Uric Acid Self-Aggregation in the Solution Phase and Their Structural Alignment in the Solid-Liquid Interface

Prof. Ayan Datta, IACS Kolkata (BML-6)
Pseudo Jahn-Teller Distortions in Two-Dimensional Atomically Thin Monolayers

Dr. U. Lourderaj, NISER Bhubaneswar (BML-7)
Mechanisms and Dynamics of Chemical Reactions

Dr. P. Ramu Sridhar, University of Hyderabad (BML-8)
Rearrangement Reactions in Glycals: Novel Routes to the Synthesis of Carbon-Branched Sugars

Prof. Debabrata Maiti, IIT Bombay (BML-9)
En-Light-ening C-H functionalization

19:00 - 21:00

Dinner

Session 3
Bronze Medal Lectures
Chairpersons: Prof. V. Chandrasekhar and Prof. K. P. Kaliappan, IIT Bombay

9:30 - 10:50

Prof. A. Verma, Delhi University (BML-10)
Harnessing the Reactivity of Alkynes: Construction of Small Organic Molecules

Prof. N. Rastogi, CDRI Lucknow (BML-11)
Organo-Photoredox Catalysis Under Visible Light Irradiation

Prof. D. K. Chand, IIT Madras (BML-12)
The Art of Making Self-Assembled Conjoined-Cages

Prof. S. Sen Gupta, IISER Kolkata (BML-13)
O₂ Activation by a Peroxidase-Mimicking Iron-Complex

10:50 - 11:20

Tea/Coffee

Session 4
Bronze Medal Lectures
Chairpersons:  Prof. A. Ganguli, IIT Delhi and Prof. J. B. Baruah, IIT Guwahati

11:20 -12:40

Prof. R. Boomishankar, IISER Pune (BML-14)
Molecular Ferroelectrics for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Applications

Prof. R. Ramesh, Bharathidasan University (BML-15)
Nickel Catalyzed C-N / C-C Bond Formation via HA and ADC Strategies

Dr. R. S. Ningthoujam, BARC Mumbai (BML-16)
Rare-earth Doped Phosphors for Light Emitting Display, Light Harvesting and Biological Applications

Prof. S. Abraham John, Gandhigram Rural University (BML-17)
Unusual Reactivity of Graphene Quantum Dots and Their Silver Nanoparticles Composite with Transition and Heavy Metal Ions

13.00 - 14.00

Lunch

Poster Presentations - 2 (Poster Nos. 134-266) (14.00 - 15.30)
Co-chairpersons: Prof. S. Muthusamy, Bharathidasan University, Prof. Swati De, University of Kalyani, Prof. N. Gupta, University of Rajasthan, Prof. Vinod K. Tiwari, BHU and R. Mayilmurugan  MKU

15.30 - 16.00

Tea/Coffee

Session 5
Gold Medal Lecture
Chairperson: Prof. S. Chandrasekaran, IISc Bangalore

16.00 - 16.50

Prof. J. S. Yadav, Indrashil University
TBA

Presentation of Medals and General Body Meeting

19:00 -21:00

Dinner

Session 6
Bioorganic Chemistry and Catalysis
Chairperson: Prof. U. S. N. Murty, NIPER Guwahati

09:30 - 10:10      

Dr. S. Chatterjee, IIT Guwahati
Development of Short Cationic Salt Tolerant, Protease Resistant and Non-Cytotoxic Amps: Experimental and Computational Approaches

Dr. Kapileswar Seth, NIPER Guwahati
Pd-Ag Binary Nanocluster-Catalyzed Synchronous Double C-H Activation Accessing Phenazine Scaffold

Chairperson: Prof. A. T. Khan, IIT Guwahati

10:10 - 10:50      

Dr. T. K. Goswami, Gauhati University
Metallo-Curcuminoids for Photo-Enhanced Chemotherapy

Dr. K. K. Bania, Tezpur University
Synthesis of Biologically Active C₂ Trimerized Indoles and Isatins Using Fe(III) Catalyst

Chairperson: Prof. B. K. Patel, IIT Guwahati

10:50- 11:30

Dr. P. Gogoi, NEIST Jorhat
Aryne: Route to Ortho-Disubstituted Arenes and Heterocycles

Dr. P. K. Kancharla, IIT Guwahati
Organocatalysis for Glycoside Bond Formation

Session 7
Presentation by Industry Representatives
Chairperson: Prof. P. Phukan, Gauhati University

11:30 - 12:10

Dr. M. Lal, Syngenta Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., Goa
Sustainable Transition Metal Catalysis for Synthesis of Agrochemicals: Process Development for Synthesis Aryl Diones with Novel Properties

Dr. D. J. Kalita, Indian Oil Limited, Duliajan
A Brief Account of Oil India Limited and Role of Chemistry in E &P Industry

CRSI-ACS Best Poster Awards (12:10 – 12:15)
Representative from ACS and Chairperson of Jury Poster Sessions: Prof. G. Sekar, IIT Madras

Concluding Remarks (12:15 – 12:20)
Prof. Vinod K. Singh, President, CRSI

Vote of Thanks (12:20-12:25)
Dr. T. Govindaraju, JNCASR Bangalore, Secretary, CRSI
Dr. U. Manna/Dr. Akshai Kumar A. S., Co-Convener, CRSI-NSC-28

12:30 -14:00

Lunch and Departure