Smart and Sustainable Functional Materials (SSFM-2026)
| Time | Programme | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:30 am | Registration | |
| 09:30 – 10:15 am |
Guest of Honour: Prof. P. K. Nanda (Vice Chancellor, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar) Introductory lecture on Role of O2 in Materials (Prof. K.K. Nanda, Director of Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar) |
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| 10:15 – 10:45 am | Tea Break | |
| Time | Title | Speaker & Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Session – I | Session Chair: Shaibal Sarkar | |
| 10:45 – 11:15 am (IT - 01) |
Exciton dynamics in semiconductor nanocrystals: from curiosity to applications | Anindya Datta INST Mohali |
| 11:15 – 11:45 am (IT - 02) |
Co-Catalysts in Photo catalysis: MXene, A Sustainable Materials for Energy and Environmental Application | Kulamani Parida S’O’A University, Bhubaneswar |
| 11:45 – 12:15 pm (IT - 03) |
From Substitutional Doping to Screw Dislocations: Defect-Controlled Optoelectronics in 2D TMDs | Atikur Rahman IISER Pune |
| 12:15 – 12:30 pm | Tea Break | |
| Technical Session – II | Session Chair: Udai P. Singh | |
| 12:30 – 01:00 pm (IT - 04) |
Crystal Engineering in Ionic Semiconductor Nanostructures for Light Harvesting | Narayan Pradhan IACS Kolkata |
| 01:00 – 01:30 pm (IT - 05) |
Tailoring Magnetic and Electrochemical Properties of α-MnO₂ Nanorods via Dy Doping | Chandana Rath IIT BHU |
| 01:30 – 02:45 pm | Lunch | |
| Technical Session – III | Session Chair: Binaya K. Panigrahi | |
| 02:45 – 03:15 pm (IT - 06) |
Influence of Fano Asymmetry and Electron-Phonon Coupling in Photocatalytic Properties of TiO₂ Micro flowers | Pratap Kumar Sahoo NISER, Bhubaneswar |
| 03:15 – 03:45 pm (IT - 07) |
Defect and Strain Induced Ferromagnetism in 1.2 MeV Proton Implanted ZnO Nanostructures: An Experimental and DFT Study | Neeraj Shukla NIT Patna |
| 03:45 – 04:15 pm (IT - 08) |
Ion–Solid Interaction Induced Functional Control in Semiconductors for Energy and Neuromorphic Applications | Prasanta Karmakar VECC Kolkata |
| 04:15 – 04:30 pm | Tea Break | |
| Technical Session – IV | Session Chair: Debakanta Samal | |
| 04:30 – 05:00 pm (IT - 09) |
2D heterostructured materials and organic network membranes for hydrogen generation | Simantini Nayak CSIR IMMT, Bhubaneswar |
| 05:00 – 05:30 pm (IT - 10) |
Solid-state hydrogen storage advances and the potential of reduced graphene oxide as a storage material | Surajit Hazra JUIT, Waknaghat |
| 05:30 – 07:00 pm | Poster Session | |
| 07:00 pm onwards | Dinner | |
| Time | Title | Speaker & Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Session – V | Session Chair: Prasanta Karmakar | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 am (IT - 11) |
Inorganic Thin Film Photovoltaics Progress and Future ahead | U.P. Singh KIIT University, Bhubaneswar |
| 10:00 - 10:30 am (IT - 12) |
Dimension Controlled Ferroelectricity and Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in CsPbBr₃ Perovskite Nanocrystals | Somobrata Acharya IACS Kolkata |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am (IT - 13) |
Application of Graphene for Energy Harvesting and Storage | Pitamber Mahanandia NIT Rourkela |
| 11:00 - 11:15 am | Tea Break | |
| Technical Session – VI | Session Chair: Dinesh Topwal | |
| 11:15 - 11:45 am (IT - 14) |
Vanadate Oxide Cathodes for Secondary Zn-ion Batteries | Prabeer Barpanda IISc Bangalore |
| 11:45 - 12:15 pm (IT - 15) |
Memristor-Based Artificial Nociceptor and Neuromorphic Accelerator for Next-Generation Energy-Efficient AI | Debashis Panda Sri Sri University, Bhubaneswar |
| 12:15 - 12:45 pm (IT - 16) |
The Impact of Evolving Interface and Interphase on the performance of Halide solid electrolyte based ASSB | Lily Mandal TCG CREST, Kolkata |
| 12:45 - 02:00 pm | Lunch Break | |
| Technical Session – VII | Session Chair: Pratap K. Sahoo | |
| 02:00 - 02:30 pm (IT - 17) |
Growth of polycrystalline-Si and -Ge under ion irradiation in metal/a-semiconductor bilayer thin films | Shiv Poojan Patel Delhi University |
| 02:30 - 03:00 pm (IT - 18) |
Lasers and Ion beams for solid-state quantum technologies | Kaushalya Jhuria IIT Delhi |
| 03:00 - 03:30 pm (IT - 19) |
Metal Oxide on Halide Perovskites: A Journey from ~4% to >35% Bifacial Perovskite Photovoltaic Device | Shaibal Sarkar IIT Bombay |
| 03:30 - 04:30 pm | Sponsored Talks | |
| 04:30 - 04:45 pm | Tea Break | |
| Technical Session – VIII | Session Chair: Shyamal Chatterjee | |
| 04:45 - 05:15 pm (IT - 20) |
White EL from rGO-capped Silicon Quantum Rods | Syed Minhaz Hossain IIEST Shibpur |
| 05:15 - 05:45 pm (IT - 21) |
Advanced Nanostructured Functional Materials for Next-Generation Optoelectronic Devices | Ritu Srivastava NPL, New Delhi |
| 05:45 - 06:15 pm (IT - 22) |
Optoelectronic applications of binary chalcogenide thin films | Piraviperumal Malar SRMIST Chennai |
| 06:15 - 07:00 pm | Bus to the Suryansh Hotel & Resort | |
| 07:00 pm onwards | Cultural Programme and Dinner at Suryansh Hotel & Resort | |
| Time | Title | Speaker & Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Session – IX | Session Chair: Biplab Patra | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 am (IT - 23) |
Van der Waals Josephson-junction-based Superconducting diodes | Madhu Thalakum IISER TVM |
| 10:00 - 10:30 am (IT - 24) |
Pulse schemes for increasing coherence time in an ensemble of nitrogen vacancy centres in diamond | Chiranjib Mitra IISER Kolkata |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am (IT - 25) |
A cadmium metal organic framework for in gas, organic and aqueous phase iodine adsorption | Arup Ghosh SVNIT Surat |
| 11:00 - 11:15 am | Tea Break | |
| Technical Session – X | Session Chair: Satyaprakash Sahoo | |
| 11:15 - 11:45 am (IT - 26) |
High refractive index materials nano-patterning using direct laser lithography | Shobha Shukla IIT Bombay |
| 11:45 - 12:15 pm (IT - 27) |
Designing Materials for Multifunctional Energy Storage applications | Bikash Jena CSIR IMMT, Bhubaneswar |
| 12:15 - 12:45 pm (IT - 28) |
Two-Dimensional (2D) Layered Materials for Next-Generation Optoelectronics | Asutosh Rath CSIR IMMT, Bhubaneswar |
| 12:45 - 02:00 pm | Lunch Break | |
| 02:00 - 03:00 pm | Panel Discussion → Bridging the Gap: Scaling Sustainable Materials from Research to Commercial Realities | |
| 03:00 - 03:30 pm | Closing and Award Ceremony | |