University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) is all set to welcome the eminent experts from academia, industry and Government bodies at the two-day ‘International Conference on Advanced Materials, Energy & Environmental Sustainability: ICAMEES -2018” starting at its Bidholi campus on Friday.
The event hosted jointly by the ‘Department of Chemistry’ and ‘Department of Physics’ of the School of Engineering (SoE), UPES is being sponsored by SERB-India, CSIR-India & Namami Gange.
Briefing the media about the upcoming event, Arun Dhand, senior director, Public Affairs, said that the two-day conference would provide the young researchers, faculty and students from global institutes with an excellent opportunity to share their research work, to learn about the latest developments in the field of Advanced Materials, Energy & Environmental Sustainability while also to interact with the world class Scientists.
Sharing the details of the event, Shailey Singhal, professor and conference convener, revealed that the conference aims to overcome the challenges and respond to the opportunities on advanced materials, energy harvesting, energy storage, environmental sustainability, earth sciences, green technology etc.
“The Conference would witness a plethora of renowned scientists from around the world who would share their research findings among over 450 global participants. We are honoured to have ‘Bharat Ratna’ Prof CNR Rao as the chief patron and the celebrated environmentalist and ‘Chipko Movement’ leader Sunderlal Bahuguna and Prof Rajendra Dobhal — director general, UCOST as the ‘Guest of Honour’ at the conference,” Singhal said.