Inaugural Programme

POLYMER 2006

INAUGURAL PROGRAMME

(MLS HALL)

FRIDAY 10 TH FEBRUARY 2006

08-30 Registration

09-00 Invocation

09-05 Welcome & B.M. Mandal

Introduction

09-15 Address R.P. Singh

(Patron)

09-20  Inaugural Address D. Mukherjee

09-30 Vote of thanks A.K. Nandi

09-35 Keynote Address S. Sivaram

‘Building Chemical Diversity (Patron)

in Aromatic-Aliphatic Poly-

(ester)s: Structure-Property

Relationships’

10-15 Guest of Honour Lecture S. Kulkarni

‘Emerging Trends in

Engineering Thermo-

plastics: GE Perspective’

11-00 Tea

Polymer 2006

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 10 TH FEBRUARY 2006

TECHNICAL SESSION-I (MLS HALL)

CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION

CHAIRMAN: Prof. A. K. Srivastava

hRS

/ SL. NO. / SPEAKER / TOPIC / PAGE
11-30 / 1L-1.1 / G. Sundararajan
IIT, Chennai / Non-metallocene Single-Site Catalysts for stereospecific 1-Olefin
Polymerisation - is there a defined role for molecular symmetry?
12-00 / 1L-1.2 / S. Banerjee
IIT, Kharagpur / Semifluorinated Poly(ether imides): High Temperature Low-k Material
12-30 / 1L-1.3 / S. Ponrathnam
NCL. Pune / Frontal Polymerization: New Opportunities and Challenges
13-00 to 14-00 / LUNCH
14-00 / 1L-1.4 / R. Dhamodharan
IIT, Chennai / ATRP and RAFT as Tools for the Synthesis of Polymers with Well-Defined Architecture – Our Attempts
14-30 / 1L-1.5 / S.D. Baruah
RRL, Jorhat / Synthesis of Comb-Like Polymers by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
15-00 / 0L-1.1 / G.V. Ramanan Reddy
C.L.R.I., Chennai / Microemulsion and Conventional Emulsion Copolymerizations of Styrene with Methyl methacrylate
15-20 / 0L-1.2 / S. Gupta
GE, Bangalore / Characterization of PTFE Structure using Modulated-DSC
15-40 to 17-30 / TEA & POSTER SESSION-1
17-30 / 1l-1.6 / B. Roy
BHU, Varanasi / Organostibine-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization
18-00 / 1L-1.7 / N. Karak
Tezpur University, Assam / Dendritic Polymers – Synthesis to Applications
18-30 / 0L-1.3 / P. Pandey
BHTI, Kanpur / Copolymerization of Geraniol and Methyl methacrylate : Synthesis and Characterization
18-50 / 0L-1.4 / K.C. Gupta
IIT, Roorkee / Effect of Comonomers on Graft co-Polymerization and Thermal Stability of Cellulose
19-00 / 0L-1.5 / D.S. Bag
DMSRDE, Kanpur / Synthesis of a 3-Acryloxy Alkyl Trimethoxysilane based UV-Curable Silane Monomer
20-00 / DINNER

FRIDAY 10 TH FEBRUARY 2006

TECHNICAL SESSION-2 (Seminar room)

polymer processing, blends and composites

CHAIRMAN: Prof G.B. Nando

hRS

/ SL. NO. / SPEAKER / TOPIC / PAGE

11-30

/ 1L-2.1 / B.S.R. Reddy
CLRI, Chennai / Polymeric Drug Conjugates: Synthesis, Characterization and
Applications in Pharmaceutical Industry

12-00

/ 1L-2.2 / A. Lele
NCL. Pune / Conjectures on Flow Mechanisms in Silk Spinning

12-30

/ 1L-2.3 / M. Digar
Pidilite, Mumbai / Radiation Cured Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Systems
/ 13-00 to 14-00 / LUNCH

14-00

/ 1L-2.4 / N.R. Singha
IIT, Kharagpur / Polar Modification of a New Thermoplastic Elastomer

14-30

/ 1L-2.5 / S. Bandopadhyay
NSW, Australia

15-00

/ 0L-2.1 / A. Bandyopadhyay
Calcutta University, Kolkata / Studies on novel composite system synthesized from leather-buffing dust and poly (vinyl chloride)

15-20

/ 0L-2.2 / S. Mohanty
CIPET, Bhubaneswar / Effect of MAPE as Coupling agent on the Mechanical and Viscoelastic Properties of Sisal: HDPE Composites
/ 15-40 to 17-30 / TEA & POSTER SESSION-1

17-30

/ 0L-2.3 / R. Gangopadhyay,
SINP, Kolkata / Exploring Rheological Properties of Polyaniline–PVP Composites in Aqueous Solution

17-50

/ 0L-2.4 / I. Nigam
BHTI, Kanpur / Effect of Crosslinkable Monomer on Properties of Acrylate Based Coatings

18-10

/ 0L-2.5 / Dipa Roy
Calcutta University, Kolkata / Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Vinylester Resin /Fly Ash Composites

18-30

/ 0L-2.6 / K. Naskar
IIT, Kharagpur / Thermoplastic Elastomers Based on PP-EPDM Blends: Novel Peroxides as Cross-linking Agents

18-50

/ 0L-2.7 / A. Purushotham
GE, Bangalore / Hydrolytic Stability of Polycarbonates

19-10

/ OL-2.8 / V.S. Prasad
RRL, Trivandrum / Designer Flame Retardant for Plastics from Renewable Resources
20-00 DINNER

SATURDAY 11 TH FEBRUARY 2006

PLENARY SESSION-1 (mls hall)

CHAIRMAN: Dr. S. Sivaram

hRS

/ SL. NO. / SPEAKER / TOPIC / PAGE

9-00

/ PL-1 / T. Ramasami
CLRI, Chennai / Implications of Self-organization of Collagen on the Properties of Skin

9-30

/ PL-2 / S. Ramakrishnan
IISC., Bangalore / Conformational Control of Synthetic Polymers

10-00

/ PL-3 / A.N. Maitra
Delhi University, Delhi / Nanoparticles in Therapeutics: From Laboratory to Industry
/ 10-30 to 10-50 / TEA

SATURDAY 11 TH FEBRUARY 2006

technical SESSION-3 (mls hall)

biorelated polymers

CHAIRMAN: Dr. T. Ramasami

hRS

/ SL. NO. / SPEAKER / TOPIC / PAGE

10-50

/ 1L-3.1 / C.K.S. Pillai
RRL, Trivandrum / Novel Approaches to the Design of Biodegradable Polymers

11-20

/ 1L-3.2 / J. Datta
FSU, USA / Polymer-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles for Hyperthermia
Treatment of Cancer

11-50

/ 1L-3.3 / A. Jayakrishnan
VSSC, Trivandrum / Injectable In Situ Forming Hydrogels

12-20

/ 1L-3.4 / S. Kumar
IICB, Kolkata / HL-form structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acids: Insights into the New Structure of the Biopolymer through Binding Studies with Alkaloids
/ 13-00 to 14-00 /

LUNCH

14-00

/ 1L-3.5 / D. Bhattacharyya
IICB, Kolkata / Analysis of Reversible and Irreversible Thermal Aggregate

Formation of Ovalbumin

14-30

/ 1L-3.6 / A.K. Nandi
IACS, Kolkata /

Biomolecular Hybrid of a Conducting Polymer with DNA

15-00

/ 0L-3.1 / R.R. Naidu
IIT, Khatagpur /

A Novel PVA Hydrogel for Drug Delivery

/ 15-20 to 17-30 /

TEA & POSTER SESSION-2

/ 17-30 to 19-30 /

Cultural Function

/ 20-00 /

DINNER

SATURDAY 11 TH FEBRUARY 2006

technical SESSION-4 (seminar room)

nano and meso scale polymeric materials

CHAIRMAN: Prof. P.K. Sengupta

hRS

/ SL. NO. / SPEAKER / TOPIC / PAGE

10-50

/ 1l-4.1 / P. Maiti
BHU, Varanasi / Polymer Nanocomposites : A New Dimension for Plastics and Composites

11-20

/ 1L-4.2 / U. Natarajan
NCL, Pune / Computational Chemistry and Materials Molecular Modeling of Polymer Physical Properties

11-50

/ 1L-4.3 / D. Baskaran
NCL, Pune / Non-covalent and Non-specific Molecular Interactions of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes with Polymers and Small Molecules

12-20

/ 1L-4.4 / A.  Dey
SINP, Kolkata / Synthesis, Characterization and Transport Properties of Conducting
Polymer Nanocomposites
/ 13-00 to 14-00 / LUNCH

14-00

/ 0L-4.1 / S. Shyamal
CIPET, Bhubaneswar / Characterisation of Nylon 6 / Clay Intercalated Nanocomposites: A Critical Study on Dynamic Mechanical Analysis and Morphology

14-20

/ 0L-4.2 / S. Ghosh
GE, Bangalore / Carbon Nanotube based Conducting Composites: A Multiple-factor perspective

14-40

/ 0L-4.3 / V. Ramakrishnan
GE, Bangalore / Characterization of Engineering Thermoplastic Nano-composites /Nanoblends Using Small Angle Scattering And Transmission Electron Microscopy

15-00

/ 0L-4.4 / S. Pal
Mumbai University / Studies in Nano Clay Reinforced Impact Modified Polypropylene (PP) Compounds

15-20

/ 0L-4.5 / S. Talapatra
IPCL, Baroda / Polyethylene-Clay Nanocomposite from Intercalated Clay Catalyst
/ 15-40 to 17-30 / TEA & POSTER SESSION-2
/ 17-30 to 19-30 / CULTURAL FUNCTION
/ 20-00 / DINNER

SUNDAY 12 TH FEBRUARY 2006

PLENARY SESSION-2 (mls hall)

CHAIRMAN: Dr. T. Guha

hRS

/ SL. NO. / SPEAKER / TOPIC / PAGE

09-00

/ PL-4 / M.G. Kulkarni,
NCL, Pune / Cyclodextrins in Polymer Synthesis: New Architectures and Applications

09-30

/ PL-5 / A.K. Bhowmick
IIT, Kharagpur / Factors Influencing the Morphology and the Properties of Clay-Rubber Nanocomposites

10-00

/ PL-6 / P.C. Deb
NMRL, Ambernath / Polymers In Fuel Cell-Ion Conducting Membranes and Hydrogen Storage Materials

SunDAY 12 TH FEBRUARY 2006

technical SESSION-5 (Mls hall)

Self assembled polymerIC SYSTEMS

CHAIRMAN: Prof. T. M. Aminabhavi

hRS

/ SL. NO. / SPEAKER / TOPIC / PAGE

10-50

/ IL-5.1 / K. Bhattacharyya
iacs, kolkata / Study of Aqueous Polymer and Protein Solutions using Ultrafast
Laser Spectroscopy

11-20

/ il-5.2 / j.m. guenet
ics, france / Thermoreversible Gelation vs Polymer- Solvent Compound Formation

11-50

/ il-5.3 / a. thierry
ICS, France / Structure and Crystallisation of Semi-crystalline Polyolefins

12-20

/ il-5.4 / C. Ramesh
NCL, Pune /

Crystalline Transition in Nylon 11

12-50

/ Ol-5.1 / S. Senthil
Anna University / Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(vanillylidenealkyloxy-azobenzenedicarboxylic ester)’s
/ 13-20 to 14-20 / LUNCH

14-20

/ Ol-5.2 / J. Basu
IISC, Bangalore / Dynamics and Conformation of Polymers at Interfaces: An X-ray View

14-40

/ ol-5.3 / P.P. Sengupta
IIT, Kharagpur / Influence of dielectric constant of polymerization medium on the processability and ammonia gas sensing of polyaniline
15-00 to 15-30 TEA
15-30 VALEDICTORY FUNCTION

SunDAY 12 TH FEBRUARY 2006

technical SESSION-6 (seminar room)

functional polymers

CHAIRMAN: Prof. S. N. Gupta

hRS

/ SL. NO. / SPEAKER / TOPIC / PAGE

10-50

/ IL-6.1 / A.K. Banthia
IIT, Kharagpur / Dendrimers for Biomedical applications

11-20

/ IL-6.2 / K. Sreekumar
Cochin University / Development of Chiral Polyesters Containing Azomesogens:
Experimental and Theoretical Study

11-50

/ IL-6.3 / A. Kumar
IIT, Mumbai / Functional and Processable Conducting Polymers Based On

Poly(3,4- Propylenedioxythiophene)s

12-20

/ 1L-6.4 / T. Jana
University of Hyderabad / Polymer Hydrogel Based Photonic Crystal Sensor Materials

12-50

/ IL-6.5 / N. Misra
BHU / Modification of Poly (vinyl chloride)
/ 13-20 to 14-20 / LUNCH

14-20

/ OL-6.1 / D. Sangeetha
Anna University / Sulphonated Polyether Ether Ketones as Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel cell Applications

14-40

/ OL-6.2 / R. Dubey
DMSRDE, Kanpur / Synthesis and Characterization of Hollow Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) Microspheres
/ 15-00 to 15-30 / TEA
/ 15-30 / VALEDICTORY FUNCTION