National Rubber Conference 2013 Programme

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National Rubber Conference (NRC) 2013 including the Exhibition 22 -‐ 24 January 2014

Technology Campus, University of Calcutta, JD -‐ 2, Sector III (Beside AMRI Hospital),

Salt Lake, Kolkata -‐ 700 098.

Program Schedule

Day 1: Wednesday, 22nd January, 2014,

Time Schedule (IST) Events 08.30 onwards till Day 3 Registration

10.00-‐11.30 Inauguration at Prof. P. K. Chaudhury Auditorium 11.30-‐12.00 Tea/ Coffee Break

Plenary Session 1

Venue: Prof. P. K. Chaudhury Auditorium

Session Chair: Prof. B. M. Mandal, Former Professor and Polymer Scientist, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata

Time Schedule (IST)

Lecture

12.00-‐12.40 Dr. R. Mukhopadhyay, Director (R & D), JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. Topic yet to be submitted

12.40-‐14.00 Welcome Lunch

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Plenary Session 2 Venue: Prof. P. K. Chaudhury Auditorium

Session Chair: Prof. D. Chakrabarty, Sr. Professor and Technologist, Dept. of Polymer Science & Technology, University of Calcutta & Prof. A. K. Nandi, Senior Professor & Head, Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation

of Science, Kolkata

Time Schedule (IST)

Lectures

14.00-‐14.40 Mr. P. K. Mohamed, Chief Researcher & Technologist, Apollo Tyres Ltd., Chennai Topic: Innovations in Tyre Industry

14.40-‐15.20 Mr. Kaushik Ray, Managing Director, Philips Carbon Black Ltd., Kolkata Topic yet to be submitted

15.20-‐16.00 Mr. Virendra Rathod, Business Head, Synthetic Rubber, Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai Topic yet to be submitted

16.00-‐16.30 Tea/ Coffee Break Plenary Session 3


Session Chair: Prof. Namita Roy Chaudhury, Research Professor, Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia

Time Schedule (IST)

Lectures

16.30-‐17.10 Prof. (Dr.) S. K. Nayek, Director General, CIPET, Government of India, Chennai Topic yet to be submitted

17.10-‐17.50 Dr. James Jacob, Director (Research), Rubber Research Institute of India, Kerala Topic yet to be submitted

17.50-‐18.30 Poster Session 1 18.30 -‐ 19.45 India Rubber Expo 2015 Road Show 20.00 Onwards Dinner

Posters to be Displayed on 22nd January 2014

P01 Influence of polyelectrolytic character of aqueous guar gum sol on adsorptive separation of Pb(II) ions from contaminated water Abhijit Pal, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

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P02 Use of blackcurrant seeds for green reduction of graphene oxide (GO) and study of the characteristics of RGO Amartya Bhattacharyya, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P03 Removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solution using AP-‐g-‐PAA adsorbent Amit Kumar Sarkar, Research Scholar, Department of Applied Chemistry, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad

P04 A novel rhodamine-‐based colorimetric chemodosimeter for the rapid detection of Al3+ in aqueous methanol: fluorescent ‘OFF-‐ON’ mechanism and Its Application on Hela cells of Human Cervical Cancer Cell Anamika Dhara, Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P05 Bismuth oxide nanorod assisted electroactive phase formation in PVDF films and study of dielectric properties Anirban Biswas, Research Scholar, Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

P06 Synthesis and characterization of glycogen and poly (acrylic acid) based hydrogel via ATRP Aniruddha Pal, Research Scholar, Department of Applied Chemistry, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad

P07 Poly(methyl methacrylate)-‐b-‐polytyrosine hybrid block copolymers and their solution aggregation into nanospheres Anupam Saha, Research Scholar, Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata

P08 Recent advancements of chitosan nanoparticles as drug carriers Arijit Sarkar, Research Scholar, Institute of Pharmacy, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

P09 Polypyrrole-‐ZnO Nanocomposite towards Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Application Arnab Shit, Research Scholar, Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata

P10 Effect of varying electrode configuration and presence of membrane electrode assembly on performance of Microbial Fuel Cell Arpita Nandy, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P11 A novel 2,6-‐diformyl-‐4-‐methyl phenol based chemosensor for Zn(II) ion by ratiometric displacement of Cd(II) ion and its application for cell imaging on human melanoma cancer cells Atanu Jana, Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

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Coupled atom transfer radical addition and atom transfer radical polymerization approach for controlled grafting from poly(vinylidene fluoride) backbone Atanu Kuila, Research Scholar, Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata

P13 Mechanical and Photo-‐physical properties of modified HTPB-‐Polyurethanes Billa Narasimha Rao, Research Scholar, School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

P14 Controlled synthesis of polymers from renewable resources via RAFT polymerization Binoy Maiti, Reaearch Scholar, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

P15 Effect of LDPE plastics on biodegradation of municipal waste Debmalya Sen, Research Scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering, Calcutta Institute of Technology, Banitabla, Uluberia, Howrah

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P16 Antimicrobial activity and biodegradation behavior of poly(butylene adipate-‐co-‐terephthalate)/clay nanocomposites Dibyendu Mondal, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P17 Polyurethane-‐Graphene Nanohybrids for Biomedical Application Dinesh Kumar Patel, Research Scholar, School of Materials Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (B H U), Varanasi

P18 Development and application of a novel pH-‐ and ionic strength sensitive cross linked hydrogel based on dextrin and poly (HEMA) Dipankar Das, Research Scholar, Department of Applied Chemistry, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad

P19 Magnetic properties and Catalytic activities of HPMC stabilized nickel nanoparticles Dipanwita Maity, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P20 Physicochemical property investigation of mucilage based HPMC transdermal film: an effective media for delivery of Diltiazem Hydrochloride Gunjan Sarkar, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

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An external structure directing agent (ESDA) mediates alternate stacking of aromatic donor (D) and acceptor(A) chromophores by orthogonal H-‐bonding Haridas Kar, Research Scholar, Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata

P22 In-‐situ synthesis of RGO/Cu2O nanocomposites via Green approach: Lactulose having a dual role Indranil Roy, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P23 Morphological and Mechanical Variations in Ketuki Fiber Based Thermoplastics Composites Jyoti Giri, Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Tri-‐Chandra Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal

P24 Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of dextran stabilized silver nanoparticles Kalipada Bankura, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

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Synthesis of ABA-‐type double hydrophilic amphiphilic tri-‐block copolymers Poly(N-‐vinylpyrrolidone)-‐b-‐poly(D,L-‐lactide)-‐b-‐poly(N-‐vinylpyrrolidone) using ROP and RAFT polymerization Kalyan Ramesh, Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and School of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology -‐ Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

P26 Dual pH-‐ and temperature-‐ responsive RAFT made chiral copolymer libraries with pendant leucine moieties Kamal Bauri, Reaearch Scholar, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

P27 SHI Induced Poly(Vinylidene-‐co-‐hexafluoro propylene) Hybrid Functionalized Gas Karun Kumar Jana, Research Scholar, School of Materials Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (B H U), Varanasi

P28 Oligomerization of 1-‐(2-‐propynyl)-‐3-‐methylimidazolium bromide Using Mo(CO)6/Phenol Catalyst and Study of Its Properties Kheyanath Mitra, Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

P29 Synthesis of phosphazene modified schiff base epoxy resin and EIS studies for anticorrosion coatings Laakshmikandhan T, Research Scholar, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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P30 Synthesis and Characterization of Azobenzene group Containing Poly (ether – ester) s from Cashew Nut Shell Liquid (CNSL) -‐ Renewable Resource M. Natarajan, Research Scholar, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

P31 Polyfluorene Based Fluorescent Probes for sensing application Manas Kumar Bera, Research Scholar, Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata

P32 Lactulose assisted synthesis of silver nanofluids and its antimicrobial activities Md. Masud Rahaman Mollick, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

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Development of bio composite from recycled polypropylene used car in bumper: evaluation of mechanical thermal & morphological properties Md. Naushad, Research Scholar, Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Bhubaneswar, Orissa

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A novel xanthate for photoinitiated RAFT polymerization of vinyl acetate with isolated roles of photoinitiator and chain transfer agent Mohd. Yusuf Khan, Foreign Research Professor, Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering, Soongsil University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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Synthesis and characterization of doxorubicin grafted lactone copolymers as a magnetic nanocarrier for biological applications Mutyala Naidu Ganivada, Reaearch Scholar, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

P36 Microbial degradation of linseed oil based elastomer and subsequent accumulation of poly(3-‐hydroxybutyrate-‐co-‐3-‐hydroxyvalerate) copolymer Nilkamal Pramanik, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P37 Complexation Study of β-‐Cyclodextrin-‐tagged Poly(N-‐vinylpyrrolidone) with Phenolphthalein Niraj Kumar Vishwakarma, Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Indian Institute of Technology -‐ Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

P38 Supramolecular gel -‐ polyaniline hybrid: rheology and optoelectronic property Partha Bairi, Research Scholar, Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata

P39 Glass fiber/epoxy polymer nanocomposites: effect of addition of another polymeric fiber Parul Singh, Research Scholar, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab

P40 pH Responsive carboxymethyl chitosan -‐ alginate hydrogel beads in oral insulin delivery Piyasi Mukhopadhyay, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P41 Self-‐healing hydrogel of functional metallo polymer with high electrical conductivity Pradip Kumar Sukul, Research Scholar, Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata

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P42 Silver nanoparticles and poly vinyl alcohol composite via In-‐situ an Ex-‐situ method R. K. Das, Research Scholar, Department of Nanoscience and Technology, JIS College of Engineering, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal

P43 Evaluation of pH dependent HPMC-‐g-‐PAM hydrogel as carrier for in-‐vitro release of colon-‐specific drug ornidazole Raghunath Das, Research Scholar, Department of Applied Chemistry, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad

P44 Highly efficient removal of heavy metal ions using carbon nanotubes doped conducting poly (Pyrrole-‐co-‐4, 4′-‐diaminodiphenyl ether) nanocomposite Rajakumar K, Research Scholar, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

P45 Synthesis and Characterization of Blends and Nanocomposites of Epoxidized Styrene/Butadiene Diblock Copolymer and Epoxy Resin Rajesh Pandit, Research Scholar, Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

P46 Development of polymer-‐graphene oxide nanocomposites through RAFT polymerization S. N. Raju Kutcherlapati, Research Scholar, School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

P47 Ecobenign synthesis of anticancerous silver nanoparticles using tamarind kernel powder and poly vinyl alcohol Sabina Yeasmin, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P48 Water Soluble Magnetic Copolymers for Imaging Applications Saikat Mukherjee, Research Scholar, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

P49 Morphological change of Au/Polyaniline composite from nanosphere to nanofiber and its catalytic applications Sanjoy Mondal, Research Scholar, Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata

P50 Norbornene Based Polymeric Materials and Their Sensing Applications Santu Sarkar, Reaearch Scholar, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

End of Day 1

Day 2: Thursday, 23rd January, 2014, Plenary Session 4


Session Chair: Prof. P. Sarkar, Senior Professor, Department of Polymer Science & Technology, University of Calcutta & Dr. P. Thavamani, Director, Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association, Thane

Time Schedule (IST) Lectures

09.00-‐0940 Prof. Suprakas Sinha Ray, Chief Researcher & Director, National Centre for the Nanostructured Materials, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa Topic: Polymer Nanocomposites Technology: When it is Beneficial to Go NANO?

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09.40-‐10.20 Dr. Raj B. Durairaj, Technowax Chem, Kolkata Topic yet to be submitted

10.20-‐11.00 Prof. Namita Roy Chaudhury, Research Professor, Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia Topic: Advanced Elastomers for Biomedical Applications

11.00-‐11.25 Tea/ Coffee Break

Parallel Technical Sessions of NRC and RAPT

NRC-‐ 2013 Technical Session I (Venue: Dr. D. Banerjee Hall) Session Chair: Mr. T.K. Mukherjee, Former President, AIRIA, & Ex-‐Managing Director, Phoenix Conveyor Belt India (P)

Ltd.

11.25 -‐ 12.00 Prof. Ranjan Das, Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata. Topic: Innovation & Technology and Leadership in a more challenging business environment.

12.00 -‐ 12.30 Mr. Ajay Thakur, Head -‐ BSE SME, Mumbai. Topic: Potency of Capital Market for Entrepreneurs

12.30 -‐ 13.00 Ms. Anupama Giri, CEO, RSDC, New Delhi Topic: RSDC's pivotal role for employable skill development in the Indian rubber industry.

13.00 -‐ 13.30 Mr. Prasanth Warrier, CEO, Bainite Machines Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai. Topic: Innovations in Mixer Rotor Technology

13.30 -‐ 14.30 Lunch

NRC-‐ 2013 Technical Session II (Venue: Dr. D. Banerjee Hall) Session Chair: Dr. Soumen Chakraborty, Jt. President, Himadri Chemicals & Industries Ltd., Kolkata.

14.30 -‐ 15.00 Mr. Arun Mankodi, Joint Managing Director, Kloeckner DESMA, Ahmedabad. Topic: Energy Optimization in Rubber Injection Molding

15.00 -‐ 15.30 Prof. Suprakas Sinha Ray, Chief Research Scientist & Director, DST/CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Pretoria, South Africa. Topic: Nano Composites

15.30 -‐ 16.00 Mr. Shyamal Kumar Chakraborty, Director/Scientist “F”, DSIR, New Delhi. Topic: Industrial Corrosion Resistant Rubber Compounds

16.00 -‐ 16.30 Dr. Amit Das, Research Scientist, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany. Topic: Electron induced reactive processing of rubbers

16.30 -‐ 17.00 Tea / Coffee break

NRC-‐ 2013 Technical Session III (Venue: Dr. D. Banerjee Hall) Session Chair: Mr. Jaydev Chatterjee, Hony. Member, AIRIA.

17.00 -‐ 17.30 Prof. Binay K. Dutta, Chairman, West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) Topic: Environmental Quality Management system on the heels of industrialization

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17.30 -‐ 18.00 Mr. Bireswar Banerjee, Member, AIRIA (ER) Topic: Rubber Footwear -‐ The Manufacturing Dynamics and Materials Trend

18.00 Poster Session 2

19.00 onwards Cocktails and Gala Dinner at CII Suresh Neotia Convention Centre, City Centre Salt Lake, Kolkata.

Posters to be Displayed on 23rd January 2014 P51 RAFT polymerization of methacrylates containing a tryptophan moiety: controlled synthesis of biocompatible

fluorescent cationic chiral polymers with smart pH-‐responsiveness Saswati Ghosh Roy, Reaearch Scholar, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

P52 Three new 1D Cu(II) coordination polymers and a binuclear Cu(II) complex of two pyrazole derived Schiff base ligands: Heterocyclic ring substitution and anion dependent structural variations — Spectral studies Saugata Konar, Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

P53 Synthesis of Poly(N-‐vinyl pyrrolidone)-‐grafted Graphene Oxide using the Combination of Click Chemistry and RAFT Polymerization Shikha Singh, Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Indian Institute of Technology -‐ Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

P54 Norbornene Based Polymeric Nano-‐carrier for Anti-‐Tuberculosis Therapy Shivshankar R. Mane, Research Scholar, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

P55 Mechanical, Viscoelastic and Gas barrier properties of thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites Shruti Pandey, M.Tech, School of Materials Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology -‐ Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

P56 Development of Fly Ash Reinforced Recycled Polypropylene Matrix Composites Shubhalakshmi Sengupta, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P57 Hydrolysis of starch biopolymer as occuring in sal (Shorea robusta) doc to obtain value added products Soma Das, Research Scholar, Department of Chemical Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P58 Side-‐Chain Peptide Based pH Responsive Self-‐Assembled polymers: Controlled Synthesis and Their Bioapplications Sonu Kumar, Reaearch Scholar, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

P59 Evaluation of the flocculation characteristics of modified xanthan gum/silica hybrid nanocomposite Soumitra Ghorai, Research Scholar, Department of Applied Chemistry, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad

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P60 Unique Norbornene based Polymers for sensing & removing of heavy metals Sourav Bhattacharya, Reaearch Scholar, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

P61 Facile Green Synthesis of Graphene by Phytoextracts Sourav Sadhukhan, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P62 The Novel approach: Preparation and characterization of the chitosan based organically modified layered silicate nanocomposites with improved ionic conductivity and tensile modulus Sriparna De, Research Scholar, Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Bhubaneswar, Orissa

P63 A Simple Fluoremetric Dopamine Sensor Based On Silver Nanoparticle and Fluorescein Isothiocyanate Sudipta Nandi, Research Scholar, Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata

P64 Controlled drug delivery using layered double hydroxides Sudipta Senapati, Research scholar, School of Materials Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology -‐ Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

P65 A facile way of electroactive phase formation in Poly (vinylidene fluoride) films Sujoy Kumar Ghosh, Research Scholar, Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

P66 Shifting the self-‐assembling mode of gold nanoparticles from 1-‐dimensional to 3-‐dimensional: convenient way for sensitive fluoride detection Sumanta Bera, Research Scholar, Department of Industrial Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belurmath, Howrah

P67 Biosynthetic preparation of Silver nanoparticle using Butea monosperma bark extract and study of their antimicrobial property Sutanuka Pattanayak, Research scholar, Department of Chemistry, West Bengal State University, Barasat, Kolkata

P68 Formation of Gold Nanorod-‐Carbon Dot Nanocomposite with Superior Catalytic Property Swarup Krishna Bhattacharyya, Research Scholar, Department of Industrial Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belurmath, Howrah

P69 Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Polyacrylamide grafted Casein (Cas-‐g-‐PAM): a Microwave based approach Sweta Sinha, Research scholar, Department of Applied Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi – 835215, Jharkhand, India

P70 Study of an efficient kaolin flocculant derived from Acacia nilotica gum exudes Tamalika Das, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P71 Amino Acid-‐Based Zwitterionic Polymers and Their Stimuli Responsive Behavior Tanmoy Maji, Research Scholar, Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata

P72 Assessment of morphology and property of graphene oxide-‐hydroxypropylmethylcellulose nanocomposite films Tapas Kumar Ghosh, Research Scholar, Department of Polymer Science and Technology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

P73 Synthesis and Characterization of Water Soluble Poly(N-‐isoprylacrylamide-‐co-‐N,N´dimethylacrylamide) sulphide copolymers via Interfacial Polycondensation Ujjal Haldar, Reaearch Scholar, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,

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Kolkata P74 Novel controlled/Living Ring-‐Opening Polymerization of Ԑ-‐Caprolactone and D,L-‐lactide by bulk polymerization

Venkanna Azmeera, Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi P75 Efficient route to Prepare multi-‐Cancer drug Conjugated Nanocarriers

Vijayakameswara Rao N, Reaearch Scholar, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

End of Day 2

Day 3: Friday, 24th January, 2014,

Plenary Session 5 Venue: Prof. P. K. Chaudhury Auditorium

Session Chair: Prof. P. P. Kundu, Professor, Department of Polymer Science & Technology, University of

Calcutta & Dr. Suprakas Sinha Ray, Chief Researcher & Director, National Centre for the Nanostructured Materials, CSIR,

Pretoria, South Africa

Time Schedule

(IST) Lectures

09.00-‐09.40 Prof. Anil K. Bhowmick, Director, IIT Patna & Professor of Eminence, IIT Kharagpur Topic: Studies on Modified Nanomaterials & Their Applications

09.40-‐10.20 Prof. Naba K. Datta, Research Professor, Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia Topic: Advanced Polymeric and Nanostructured Materials for Clean Energy

10.20-‐11.00 Mr. U. K. Banerjee, Consultant, Advance Tyre & Rubber Technology, New Delhi Topic: Influence of Materials & Process Parameters on Full Silica Tire Tread Application

11.00-‐11.25 Tea/ Coffee Break

NRC-‐ 2013 Technical Session IV (Venue: Dr. D. Banerjee Hall) Session Chair: Mr. Subir Sen, Managing Director, PMC Rubber Chemicals India Pvt. Ltd., Rishra, West Bengal.

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11.25 -‐ 12.00 Mr. Sawar Dhanania, Managing Committee Member, AIRIA & Director, Mutual Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata. Topic: Modified Natural rubber for the industry -‐ High modifying efficiency and excellent modifying effect.

12.00 -‐ 12.30 Mr. T.K. Mukherjee, Former President, AIRIA, & Ex-‐Managing Director, Phoenix Conveyor Belt India (P) Ltd. Topic: Going global -‐ Internationalizing your business

12.30 -‐ 13.00 Dr. Ranajoy Bhattacharyya, Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Kolkata Topic: Exchange volatility vis-‐a-‐vis impact on India's trade

13.00 -‐ 13.30 Dr. Soumen Chakraborty, Joint President, Himadri Chemicals & Industries Ltd., Kolkata. Topic: Emerging Markets -‐ How to handle

13.30 -‐ 14.30 Lunch

NRC-‐ 2013 Technical Session V (Venue: Dr. D. Banerjee Hall)

Session Chair: Mr. Soumitra Ganguli, Vice-‐Chairman, AIRIA (ER) and Vice-‐President (Technology & Consulting Eng.), Phoenix Conveyor Belt India (P) Ltd., Kolkata.

14.30 -‐ 15.00 Dr. P. Thavamani, Director, IRMARA, Thane, Maharashtra Topic: Flexible Rubber Dam for Watershed Management

15.00 -‐ 15.30 Dr. Sanjoy Roy, Director, PMC Polymer Marketing Pvt. Ltd., Chennai. Topic: Recent Advancement in Thermoplastic Elastomer

15.30 -‐ 16.00 Mr. Kamalesh Jain, Member, Eastern Regional Committee, AIRIA & Director, Holdwell Components Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata Topic: Purchase and price preference to the MSMEs -‐ Vendor Development programmes of Railways, etc.

16.00 -‐ 16.30 Mr. Swapan Kumar De, Managing Director, South Asia Rubber & Polymers Park (SARPOL) Topic: MSME Schemes of the Govt. of West Bengal, Cluster Approach and emerging Rubber Park at Howrah to meet the business goals

16.30 -‐ 17.00 Tea / Coffee break

NRC-‐ 2013 Technical Session VI (Venue: Dr. D. Banerjee Hall)

Session Chair: Mr. Sawar Dhanania, Managing Committee Member, AIRIA & Director, Mutual Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata.

17.00 -‐ 17.30 Mr. Rajesh Kishanpuriya of Ideazfirst Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata. Topic: 'eMarketing & Commerce (eM+C), brand promotion and advertisement for business augmentation'.

17.30 -‐ 19.00

Panel Discussion: Topic: Resurgence of Rubber Industry in Eastern Region. -‐ Decision taken to extend invitation to Dr. Amit Mitra, Hon'ble Minister of Finance, Commerce & Industry, Government of West Bengal to preside over.

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Felicitation of Mr. Subrata Banik, Managing Director, Banik Rubber Industries (India) Pvt. Ltd. for his entrepreneurial achievements and contribution in the rubber industry.

19.15 -‐ 20.00 Distribution of Best Poster Awards & Valedictory Function (Venue: Prof. P. K. Chaudhury Auditorium

20.00 Onwards Farewell Dinner

N.B. The Exhibition which is a part of NRC and RAPT, will run concurrently at the Conference venue during the Conference days from 22nd to 24th January, 2014.

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"National Rubber Conference (NRC) 2013" 22nd to 24th January, 2014 at Technology Campus,

University of Calcutta, JD-2, Sector III, Saltlake City, (Behind Amri Hospital), Kolkata - 700 098.

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1. NRC -‐ 2013 at Kolkata.

v The Conference is coming forth. We are getting set to host the Conference well. The special attraction of NRC 2013 at Kolkata is that it will run in parallel with an international Conference on recent advances in polymer technology: “RAPT 2014” under the auspices of the Department of Polymer Science & Technology and the Centre for Research in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, University of Calcutta together with Poster Session and an Exposition.

v Concurrently 4 events: ● NRC 2013, ● RAPT 2014, ● Poster Session and ● an Exposition - one dovetailing with the other

perfectly - at the same venue i.e. Technology Campus, University of Calcutta, JD—2, Sector III, (Behind Amri Hospital), Saltlake City, Kolkata - 700 098.

v Registered participants of NRC 2013 shall have free access to RAPT 2014 and vice versa.

v Sumptuous lunches and dinner (including one gala dinner with cocktails) in all the three days of the Conference.

v Ample scope for PR and business networking amongst the participants. 2. Inaugural Ceremony:

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The Inaugural Ceremony of NRC 2013 and RAPT 2014 is scheduled at 10.00 AM on Wednesday, 22nd January, 2014 in Prof. P. K. Chaudhury Auditorium, Technology Campus, University of Calcutta, JD-2, Sector-III, (Beside AMRI Hospital), Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700 098. For the Inaugural Ceremony the crowning glory would be the gracious presence of:

v Dr. Raghupati Singhania (Chairman & Managing Director JK Tyres & Industries Ltd.) - Chief Guest, v Dr. Swaminathan Sivaram (CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow and Director, NCL, Pune) - Guest-of-Honour and Keynote

Speaker, v Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, [Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs), University of Calcutta] - Guest-

of-Honour, and v Smt. Sheela Thomas, IAS, (Chairman, Rubber Board) - Guest-of-Honour.

3. Programme: The Programme Schedule is enclosed. You may have a look of the RAPT programme at RAPT website. It is hyperlinked with NRC website: www.nrc-kolkata.com. 4. Participation as delegate: Participation in this Conference as Delegate is subject to prior registration with the Conference Secretariat against payment of the requisite fees plus 12.36% Service Tax thereon. Delegate Registration fees are furnished below:

Registration Fee Indian Overseas (a) Academia/Research Institutes: Rs.4000.00 US$ 170

(b) Industry Rs. 4000.00 US$ 170

(c) Research Scholars / Students Rs. 2000.00 US$ 150

(d) Accompanying Person Rs. 4000.00 US$ 170

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plus 12.36% Service Tax Special Package: One full page colour advertisement in the NRC-‐2013 Souvenir plus one Delegate against payment of a fee of Rs.10,000/-‐ (Rupees Ten thousand) only. (For mode of payment -‐ particulars furnished herein below) 5. Poster Session: There will be a Poster Session alongside the Conference. A large number of posters will be displayed. These are all content-rich posters from Research scholars and should be of interest to the Conference attendees. The authors of the Posters will be available there to answer to the queries, if any, of the attendees.

6. Participation as exhibitor: Besides the Conference in the main, an Exhibition is arranged for in the Conference venue as a part of the programme. AIRIA (ER) invites you to exhibit in this Exposition. Salient features: • Built-up Octanorm stalls, • Total Number of stalls 14 • Uniform Standard Size of each stall:

(by and large) 3m frontage x 3m depth i.e. 9 M2

Freebies for the Stall

• Stall area carpet, • Facia - Exhibitor's name, • 2 Chairs, • 1 Octanorm Table,

The Stall rental is only Rs.20,000/- per stall plus 12.36% service tax for 3 days from 22nd to 24th January 2014. In the Conference Food court

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• 3 Spot lights, and • 1 plug point and • 1 waste paper basket

complimentary lunches will also be provided for first 2 days to only 2 persons who would be manning the stalls.

Out of total 14 stalls, 10 stalls are already booked and 4 stalls are vacant as on 07-01-204. These vacant stalls will be allotted to the interested exhibitors on first-come, first-served basis against full payment. The stall rental is Rs.20,000/- per stall (plus 12.36% Service tax thereon). 7. Patronage (Partnership support): We solicit your patronage and would, therefore, request you to be a Partner of NRC 2013 at Kolkata. "Thank you" banners will be prominently displayed at the Conference Venue in appreciation of patronage. In addition, patronage contributions will be highlighted in Conference brochures, souvenirs, etc. as a measure of publicity. The patronage - partnership options are as under:

Category

Rate

Facilities - (A) Number of complimentary Delegate Passes, (B) Presentation Time to Seminar audience, (C) Free Insertion of Corporate literature in the Conference Kit and (D) One full page Corporate Advt. (colour) and one page company profile together with passport size photo of the CEO

Indian (Rs.)

Overseas (US$ net) (A) (B) (C) (D)

Chief Partner 1,50,000/- 3000 7 25 minutes 1 set Co. Profile + AD

Lead Partner 1,00,000/- 2000 5 20 minutes 1 set Co. Profile + Ad

VIP Partner 50,000/- 1000 3 - 1 set Ad

Goodwill Partner 25,000/- 500 2 - - Ad Supporter 10,000/- 200 1 - - Ad

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Lunch Partner 75,000/- 1500 4 - 1 set Co. Profile + AD

Dinner Partner 1,25,000/- 2500 6 - 1 set Co. Profile + AD

Gala dinner Cocktail Partner 2,50,000/- 5000 8 30 minutes 1 set Co. Profile + AD

Tea Partner 35,000/- 700 3 - - Ad Conference Kit Partners 6 - 1 set Co. Profile + Ad

8. Advertisement Support for Conference Souvenir: A colourful Souvenir will be released on the occasion of this Conference. You may kindly consider extending your Advertisement Support in Conference Souvenir. The options are as under:

Advertisement in the Conference Souvenir

Advertisement Tariff Indian Overseas

1. Front inside cover (coloured)

Rs.25,000/- plus Service Tax @ 12.36% US$ 625 net

2. Back cover (coloured) Rs.30,000/- plus Service Tax @ 12.36% US$ 750 net

3. Back inside cover (coloured) Rs.25,000/- plus Service Tax @ 12.36% US$ 625 net

4. Full page (coloured) Rs.10,000/- plus Service Tax @ 12.36% US$ 250 net

5. Half-page (coloured) Rs.7,500/- plus Service Tax @ 12.36% US$ 200 net

6. Full Page B/W Rs.6,000/- plus Service Tax @ 12.36% US$ 150 net 7. Half Page B/W 3000/- plus Service Tax @ 12.36% US$ 75 net

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9. Conference Website: On the occasion of the Conference we have launced a website: www.nrc-‐kolkata.com. The website: www.rapt2014.com for RAPT 2014 is also in place. The website provides the facility of on-‐line registration. Mode of payment: By at par Cheque / DDs to be drawn in favour of “All India Rubber Industries Association” and should be sent to the Conference Secretariat (address given below). He who finds it expedient and convenient may make the remittance by way of RTA transfer under intimation to the Conference Secretariat or make cash payment at the Office of AIRIA (Eastern Region) during the office hours on any working day against Money Receipt. Bank particulars for RTA transfer are as under:

Name of Beneficiary: All India Rubber Industries Association Bank A/c. No. 028711011000748 Beneficiary’s Bank Name and Address:

Andhra Bank, Karaya Road Branch, 4/2, Karaya Road, Kolkata – 700 017.

IFSC Code No. ANDB0000287 MICR Code : 700011010.

NRC 2013 Secretariat

Mr. T.K. Majumdar, Regional Secretary, All India Rubber Industries Association (Eastern Region), 64B, Karnani Estate (2nd Floor), 209 AJC Bose Road, Kolkata – 700 017. M: 09831818079

Mr. Pradip Kumar Pal Executive Assistant M: 09874350718 Phone: ++ 91 33 2290-‐3941 / 2289-‐0187 E-‐mail: [email protected] Website: www.allindiarubber.net

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