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DST - SERB Sponsored

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (ICFM)

th th 7 & 8 September 2017

(DST-FIST sponsored)

THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE, MADURAI 625 009(An autonomous institution affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University)

Re-Accredited with 'A' Grade by NAAC

PG AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Organized by

www.tcarts.in

In commemoration of Diamond Jubilee year

(1957-2017)

Thiagarajar College

Thiagarajar College was founded in 1949, in the pilgrim city of Madurai, by Kalaithanthai thKarumuttu Thiagarajar Chettiar, a great philanthropist and a visionary of the 20 century. This college is a

preeminent co-educational autonomous institution of higher learning affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj

University. The founder of this institution had a vision of providing quality higher education at an

affordable cost to the rural masses, the downtrodden and the poor to realize the vision of the father of the

nation. The multifaceted mission of the founder is carried on by his heirs, the President Mr. Karumuttu

T.Kannan, the Vice President Dr. (Mrs). Uma Kannan and the Secretary Mr. K. Thiagarajan . With a spirit of

research, the “miles-to-go” attitude, innovative and empowering culture, the college has witnessed

phenomenal growth in 50 years. The college offers 26 UG, 15 PG, 12 M.Phil. and 9 Ph.D. programmes. Due

to constant monitoring of the quality in various aspects of education, the college was initially accredited

with FIVE STAR status in 2001 and subsequently Re-Accredited with 'A' grade by NAAC in 2007 and 2013.

All science departments are DST-FIST sponsored. All the science departments received financial

assistance to the tune of 38 lakhs from DBT-Star College scheme.

The college is situated at a vantage

point, on the Madurai-Rameswaram highway

and in between the legendary river Vaigai to its

north and the famous Vandiyur Teppakkulam

to its south. Madurai has a number of

historical monuments, with the Meenakshi

Amman Temple and Tirumalai Nayak Palace

being the most prominent.

PG and Research Department of Chemistry

Mission Statement: The Chemistry Department pledges itself to strive for an ideal balance

between knowledge creation and knowledge dissemination in the chemical sciences. Our mission is to

monitor and train our students as scientifically literate professionals with a sense of social

responsibility.

The Department established in 1957, currently offers B.Sc. (Regular), B.Sc. (Self-finance), M.Sc.

(Regular), M.Sc. (Special), M. Phil. and Ph.D. programmes. The Department bloomed into a full-fledged

research Centre in 2004, actively involved in research and has produced over 40 Ph.D. scholars and

numerous Post-graduates and M.Phil. students. There are four ongoing major research projects funded

by DST to the tune of 1.3 crores. The faculty members have published nearly 300 research articles in

various national and international journals. The alumni of this Department are rendering their services to

premier academic institutions and industries across the world. A state-of-art laboratory has been

established in the Department with sophisticated instruments such as UV-Visible spectrometer, FT-IR

spectrometer, Spectro-Flourimeter, CH-instrument, and Thermogravimetric analyzer. The Department

has signed a MoU with IIT-Madras, Chennai for doing research and sharing intellectual acumens.

To provide a platform for the young students to set forth and bring out recent innovations, trends and concerns as

well as practical challenges encountered and solution adapted in the field of Chemistry.

To disseminate the research progress and findings to different levels of participants.

To foster and carry out collaborative interdisciplinary research in the state of the art methodologies and

technologies within Chemistry.

To kindle the students towards research and higher studies.

NTUT, Taiwan

Prof. Thomas C.K. Yang, IISc, Bangalore

Prof. G. Mugesh, IITM, Chennai

Prof. P. Selvam,

University of Hyderabad

Prof. R. Chandrasekar, Texas A & M University at Qatar

Dr. K. Vignesh, NIT, Manipur.

Dr. S. Nagaraj,

Material Science

Nanoscience and nanotechnology

Biomaterials

Metallurgy

Surface coatings & technology

Applied Surface Sciences

Electronic and Functional Ceramics

Organo-electronics

Crystal growth

Solid state sciences

Non linear Physics

Solar cells and its applications

Sensors

Thin film and its applications

Biochemistry and biomolecules

Organometallics

Theme of the Conference

List of speakers

Contributory papers in the following areas are invited.

Objective of the Conference

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Patrons

Thiru. Karumuttu T. KannanPresident, Thiagarajar College

Dr. (Mrs.) Uma KannanVice-President, Thiagarajar College

Thiru. K. ThiagarajanSecretary, Thiagarajar College

President

Dr. D.PandiarajaPrincipal (i/c), Thiagarajar College

Head of the DepartmentDr. A. Suganthi

Associate Professor

Convener/Organizing Secretary

Dr. A. Tamil SelviAssistant Professor

Members

Dr. A. Elangovan Associate Professor

Dr. P. Tharmaraj Associate Professor

Dr. R. Sayeekannan Assistant Professor

Dr. P. Prakash Assistant Professor

Dr. R. Mahalakshmy Assistant Professor

Dr. A.R. Ramesh Assistant Professor

Dr. D.S. Bhuvaneshwari Assistant Professor

Dr. T. Arumuganathan Assistant Professor

Dr. K. Selvakumar Assistant Professor

Dr. S. Pitchaimuthu Lecturer

Mrs. P. Rajam Lecturer

Ms. N. Vimalasundari Lecturer

Mrs. A. Jancirani Lecturer

Dr. S. Murugesh Lecturer

Technical Proceedings

Competitive Sessions for Awards

Abstracts of key-note lectures, invited talks, oral and poster

presentations will be brought in the form of proceedings. Selected

papers will be published in a scientific journal (publication charges

may apply).

Best Oral and Poster Presentation award carry a memento

and a certificate. The awards shall be announced and presented in the

closing session of the conference.

Original research papers on the above areas are invited

for presentation in the Conference. Contributors are requested

to submit a copy of the abstract in the prescribed format (not

exceeding two hundred words neatly printed with 1.5 line

spacing on A4 size paper using MS-WORD, font size 12, Times

New Roman). It should contain title, name and address of the

authors with email ID (presenting author of the paper to be

underlined). Mail the soft copy to: tcicfm2017@gmail.com

Important Dates to Remember

Submission of abstract : 15.08.2017

Intimation of acceptance : 17.08.2017

Registration ends : 25.08.2017

Full paper submission : 25.08.2017

Address for communication

Dr. A. Tamil Selvi

The Convener (ICFM 2017)

PG & Research Department of Chemistry,

Thiagarajar College, Madurai-625 009,

Tamilnadu, India.

Email: tcicfm2017@gmail.com

mobile: +91 94864 06982

Registration

The participants are requested to send the filled in Registration

form to the convener along with the registration fee by DD, drawn

(any Nationalised Bank) in favour of THE PRINCIPAL,

THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE, payable at MADURAI. Spot

registration will not be entertained. The registration fees for

various categories are given below.

Students/Research Scholars

Academicians

Industrialists

Foreign Delegates

Fee includes admission to all technical sessions, welcome dinner,

conference lunches, refreshments and the conference kit.

Rs. 1000/-

Rs. 1500/-

Rs. 2000/-

US $ 200

Call for Abstract