Second Circular and Call for Papers :  November 5-7, 2009

Contact:

Chairman,  ICRAIEST-2009 &                                          

Department of Chemistry                                                

Mangalore University                                                       

Mangalagangotri, Mangalore-574 199        

Karnataka, India.

E-mail: bhatij@yahoo.com  OR  bhatic_09@yahoo.com                          

Call for Papers:

About the University: Mangalore University was established in the year 1980, with a campus at Mangalagangothri, about 20 km to the south east of the historic coastal town of Mangalore.  It is a picturesque campus spread over 300 acres.  It has 24 Post-graduate Departments offering 32 courses. 

About the Chemistry Department: 

The Department of Chemistry was established in 1981.  The Department offers three M.Sc. courses in Chemistry, Applied Chemistry and Organic Chemistry with a total intake of about 75 students.  The Department also offers M.Phil and Ph.D. Programmes in Chemistry.  The Thrust areas of research are Coordination Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry, Reaction Dynamics, Synthetic and Heterocyclic Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Natural Products Chemistry, Structural Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry.  The Department is funded by DST under the FIST & UGC under SAP Programmes.  The Department has also undertaken many research projects funded by DST, BRNS, UGC, NPCIL and KSCST & E.

The Department has organized two National Seminars during 1997 and 2006, several Workshops and UGC sponsored Refresher Courses and an International Conference on “Frontiers in Chemical Research” during 29-31 December, 2008. Now the Department is organizing another  International Conference on “Recent Advances in Industrial Electrochemical Science and Technology” during 5-7 November, 2009. 

 The Conference aims to focus on the recent developments : * Basic Electrochemistry  * Industrial Corrosion and Control  * Electroanalysis

  * Electrochemical  Materials Science   * Electrochemical Power Sources * Electrometallurgy  * Industrial Electrochemistry

  * Metal Finishing   * Photoelectrochemistry   * Bioelectrochemistry * Solid state electrochemistry   * Green Electrochemistry

  * Specroelectrochemistry   * Electrochemical Engineering   * Electrochemical Sensors and Monitoring Techniques &  Electrokinetics

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Abstracts of research papers are invited for oral/poster presentations.  The abstract must be restricted to one page of A4 size.  The abstract shall contain the title of the paper, names of authors, institutional affiliation and address (including e-mail).  The name of the presenting author must be underlined and the corresponding author indicated by an asterisk.  Two hard copies of the abstract along with the registration form should be sent to the Chairman, ICRAIEST-2009, and a soft copy of the abstract in MS WORD formant as an e-mail attachment to bhatic_09@yahoo.com OR bhatij@yahoo.com on or before 15^th July 2009. It is  planned to bring out the conference book  with the full papers  to be   presented. If the abstract and the full paper are not received  by deadline, it will not be possible for  to include  in the conference  book of  full papers.

 The Conference programme:

1.       Plenary/Invited lectures (45 minutes duration)

2.       Oral presentations (10 minutes)

3.       Poster presentations (90x100 cms)

4.       Exhibition of equipments/products

5.       Social and Cultural events for the participants and accompanying persons.

 Venue:  The Conference will be held in the Department of Chemistry, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri.  The University campus is situated about 20 km away from the Mangalore City.  The Campus is well connected from the International Airport, Bangalore (400 km), National Airport, Mangalore(40 km), Mangalore Railway Station-central or Junction (20 km) and Mangalore Bus Stand-KSRTC or Private Bus Stand (20 km).

 Accommodation: Limited Hostel/Guest house accommodation is available for both gents and ladies on the University Campus/ Shanthi Kiran Guest house in Mangalore:Rs.400 per person for the entire period of the conference( 4^th Evening to 8^th morning: single / double occupancy- Non A/C). Accommodation can be arranged in the City hotels on specific request.  Transport arrangements will be made to pick up the delegates from the city hotels. The details of the hotel  accommodation charges are as shown below:

Shanti Hotel Pentagon or Hotel Padmashree (Pumpwell Circle, Mangalore-2)               

                             Single(Rs)           Double(Rs)                      Single(Rs)           Double(Rs)                                                                                                                                   

 Executive A/C          900                         1000            A/C                      -----                      900                                                                                                                                     

 Delux  A/C                 825                          925            Non A/C                450                      650                                               

 Delux  Non A/C          550                         650                          

 Extra Person                                     100                                                                                   

 Extra Bed Non A/C                            150                                                    

 Extra Bed   A/C                                 200

Hotel Padmashree (Near Pumpwell Circle, Mangalore-2)                                                                                                        

                                      Single(Rs)           Double (Rs)                                                                    

        A/C                            --                        900                                          

 Non A/C                          450                      650 

Those who are in need of Hotel accommodation are requested to make full payment (for the days required) in advance on or before 20th August, 2009. Arrangement of accommodation at the last minute is difficult.

 Weather:  During November normally the day temperature will be around 24-30⁰C and night temperature will be around 20-25⁰C.

Registration Fees:

All participants are required to pay the appropriate registration fees.

 Participants:                            Till  30^th July, 2009              Till  20^th August 2009

                                               Overseas           Indian             Overseas            Indian

i) From academic/                      250 USD           Rs.2000/-          300 USD           Rs.2500/-

   Research Institutions

ii) From Industries                      500 USD           Rs.4000/-          600 USD           Rs.5000/-

iii) Students (full time Scholar)   150 USD           Rs.1000/-           200 USD            Rs.1250/-

Spot registration will not be encouraged.

Accompanying persons are required to pay 60% of the above charges.

 Mode of Payment:  All the fees should be paid in the form of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of ‘Chairman, ICRAIEST-2009,  payable at  Mangalore.

 Important Dates:

 Pre-registration & Submission of Abstracts          :           15^th  July, 2009

Acceptance of abstracts                                       :           20th July, 2009

Payment of Fees                                                  :           as shown above

Submission of full papers                                      :           20th August, 2009

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Instructions for Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts typed in Microsoft Word rtf Windows version 6.0 onwards with one spacing in Times New Roman font size 10 with a 4cm margin on the left hand side along with one hard copy printed on one side of A4 size paper (strictly 4-5 pages) should be submitted to the Chairman ICRAIEST-2009on or before 20th August, 2009. The authors are also requested to submit their manuscript through e-mail as an attachment.

Authors are solely responsible for the contents of the manuscripts and the accuracy of the data therein. The text should be divided into following sections: Title (bold), Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Introduction, Experimental Section, Results and Discussion, Acknowledgements and References. Authors should also provide 3-5 key words, immediately after the abstract. Standard abbreviation for technical terms and references should be used. All constants should be expressed strictly in the SI units.

 Figures should be numbered with Roman numerals and mentioned consecutively in the text. References also should be numbered consecutively and these should appear in the text as superscripts at the appropriate place.

References must confirm to the pattern, as under;    

Shanna S D, Mishra S  & Gupta A, Indian J Chem, 33A( 1994) 696.                                            

Vogel, A I, Quantitative Inorganic Analysis, Longmans, London(1975) 290.

Sinha A K & Swaminathan P N, Ed. Water Pollution, Academic Press, New York(1993) 321.

Address for Correspondence

                 Prof. J. Ishwara Bhat                                 OR              Prof. B. Narayana, Secretary, ICRAIEST-2009

                 Chairman,  ICRAIEST-2009 &                                          Phone: :+91 824-2287567(R), +91 824-2287262(O)

                 Department of Chemistry                                                 Mob: 9448408909, 9743046051

                 Mangalore University                                                       E-mail:nbadiadka@yahoo.co.uk

                 Mangalagangotri, Mangalore-574 199        

                 Karnataka, India.

                 Phone:+91 824-2287262(O), +91 824-2476298 (R)

                 Mob: 94484 09998

                 Fax:+91 824-2287 367

                 E-mail: bhatij@yahoo.com, OR  bhatic_09@yahoo.com                          

              Note:For more information / updates of the conference kindly visit our university website.

Committees:

Patron:    1. Prof. K.M. Kaveriappa, Vice-Chancellor, Mangalore University

               2. Shri P. Prem Kumar, IFS, Registrar, Mangalore University

International Advisory Committee

1. Prof. Dr. P. Gruenberg, Noble Laureate, Germany

2. Prof. Dae-Dong Sung, Korea

3. Prof. Sudipta Roy, U.K

4.Prof. Tahsin J. Chow

5. Prof. Ramachandra Rao, Canada

6. Prof. Hideyuki Murakami, Japan

7. Prof. Dr. Stephan Maendl, Germany

8.Prof. Christian Coddet, France

9.Prof. James Burnell- Gray, UK

10.Dr. Subrahmanya Herle, Panasonic, USA

11. Prof. Dr. J.Quadakkers, Germany

12. Prof. Seiji Kuroda, Japan

13. Dr.V. Yajnaraman, Director, CECRI, Karaikudi

14.Dr.S.K.Agarwal, BARC, Mumbai, India

National Advisory Committee:

1. Prof. B.S.Sherigara, Vice Chancellor, Kuvempu University

2. Prof. Syed Akheel Ahmed, Yenepoya University

3. Prof.S,Sampath, IISc , Bangalore

4. Prof. Gurumeet Singh, Delhi University

5. Prof. A.Q.Contractor, IIT , Mumbai

6. Dr. I. Gurrappa, DMRL, Hyderabad

7. Prof. V.Suryanarayana Rao, S.V.University, Tirupati

8. Dr.N . Palaniswamy, CECRI,

9. Dr.Goutam Das, Syngene, Bangalore

10. Dr.S. Natarajan, Sami Labs, Bangalore

11. Dr.Sudeer Nambiar, AstraZeneca, Bangalore

12. Prof. S.Sreeman Narayanan, University of Madras

13. Dr. Vijayamohanan K Pillai,  NCL,  Poona

14. Dr.Harisha Iddya, DST, New Delhi

15. Dr. A.K.Sharma, ISRO, Bangalore

16. Prof. B.Thimme Gowda, Mangalore

17. Prof.A.M.A. Khader

 Local Organising Committee:

1. Prof. J.Ishwara Bhat, Chairman

2. Prof. B. Narayana, Secretary

3. Dr.Boja Poojary, Treasurer

Members

1. Prof. Balakrishna Kalluraya

2. Dr. Suresh P. Nayak

3. Dr. Vishalakshi B.

4. Dr. D.Jagadeesh Prasad

5. Dr.G.K.Nagaraja

6. Prof. K.K.Achary

7. Prof. K. M. Balakrishna

8. Sri. V. R. Nanjanagud

9. Dr A. M.Khan

10. Sri.Radhakrishna Rao Madankar, R(E)

11. Prof.P.S.Yadapadithaya, Finance Officer

12. Sri.N.Shivashankar Swamy, Executive Engineer

13. Sri. Prabhalar Nirmarga, Deputy Registrar

14. Sri.K.Shankara Narayana Bhat, Resident Engineer

15. Dr. Patrick D’ Souza, Mangalore University

Tourist Attractions

Temples                         Distance (km)           

1. Kateel                                     40                  

2. Dharmastal                              60                  

3. 1000 pillars                               60                  

4. Subrahmanya                         100                  

5. Udupi                                     100                  

6. Kollur                                     140                  

7. Sringeri                                  150                  

8. Gokarna                                 200                  

Beaches                                                                                  

1. Ullal (Chota Mangalore)           15                                                                  

2. Panambur(New Mangalore)      20                    

3. Surathkal                               30                    

4. Bekal Fort                              70                    

5. Murdeswar                            150                    

Churches

1. St. Aloysius Chappel               20                    

2. Attur Church, Karkala              60                    

Mosque

1. Ullal Darga                             15

For recreation

1. Pilicula Nisarga Dhama           20

2. St.Mary Island                       100