The SRM University-AP, in association with Amara Raja Batteries, is hosting an International Conference on Green Energy Technologies for Smart Cities (GETSC-2018) at its Amaravati campus from December 19 to 21, 2018. Dr VK Saraswat, member, NITI Aayog, (National Institution for transforming India) will be inaugurating the conference.
A series of presentations and panel discussions will cover basic and advanced fields of research — materials & computational sciences, biotechnology, environmental science and engineering, health education and environment. Equal emphasis will be placed on practical technologies and applications for smart cities such as smart grids, storage solutions (hydrogen production, batteries & energy storage technologies) fuel cells & sensor technologies, carbon footprint as well as smart waste management systems.
The conference will be chaired by SRM AP pro VC Prof D Narayana Rao; director of Texas Materials Institute, UT-Austin, USA Dr Arumugam Manthiram, and CTO, Amara Raja Batteries, India M Jagadish. Over 45 international delegates from over 10 countries and 150 delegates from across India will be attending. These include distinguished academics, researchers and higher education leaders in the field of material science, renewable energy and green technologies.
“One of the main problems regarding the Smart City projects is the issue of energy access and the prohibitive costs thereof. We aim to prove through this conference that sustainable need not be expensive and we need to focus on solutions that are green and sustainable in our quest for energy solutions. We are bringing in global experts to share their work with us,” says Dr D Narayana Rao.
SRM APs conference aims at highlighting advancements in the principal sciences that sustain modern green cities, namely green energy, renewable energy, materials science, environmental science, and green technologies. The conference will work as a bridge between the academic community (faculty and research students), practitioners and policymakers.
The idea is to explore ways to promote the development and use of sustainable energy without disrupting the environmental and social fabric of smart cities. “Putting the focus on green technologies specifically designed for smart cities is the best investment for the future,” Dr Jatis Kumar Dash, Assistant Professor, Physics and the conference convener, says. For more details, log on to http://www.greenenergy2018.com/.