Programme

Day I (15/12/2022)
Time Program
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM
Pickup from the guest houses (BEGH and TGH- departure at 8:30 AM);

wait at the entrances
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Registration
Inauguration
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM
Welcome Prof. T Pradeep
9:05 AM – 9:10 AM
Inauguration/ Prof. V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras
9:10 AM – 9:15 AM
Program at a glance Prof. Ligy Philip
Session 1 (Emerging science in water)

Chair: Prof. T Pradeep
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Prof. Richard Neil Zare
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM
Prof. Rahul Raveendran Nair
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Prof. Abhijit Patra
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Tea break and arrangement of posters
Session 2 (Water in process industries)

Chair: Prof. Aravind Kumar Chandiran
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Dr. J Raghava Rao
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Dr. S V Srinivasan
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Poster session
12:45 PM – 1:00 PM
Group photograph
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch
Session 3 (Technologies and translation)

Chair: Prof. Edamana Prasad
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Prof. V V Raghavendra Sai
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Dr. S Easwaramoorthi
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Prof. Boby George
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Shri Mahesh Gupta
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Tea break
Session 4 (Wastewater analysis and treatment)

Chair: Prof. Guhan Jayaraman
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM
Prof. Kartik Chandran
4:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Prof. Rita Henderson
5:15 PM – 8:15 PM
Cultural Event- A trip to the music academy
Dinner (up to the individuals)
Day II (16/12/2022)
Time Program
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM
Pickup from the guest houses (BEGH and TGH- departure at 8:30 AM);

wait at the entrances
Session 5 (Emerging nanomaterials and technologies)
Chair: Mr. Krishnan Narayanan
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Prof. T Pradeep
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Shri Narain Madhavan/ Shri Tushar Tyagi
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Prof. Chaitanya Lekshmi Indira
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Tea break
Session 6 (Wastewater management)

Chair: Prof. Indumathi Nambi
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Prof. Amit Gross
11:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Prof. P C Sabumon
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Prof. Ligy Philip
Session 7 (Water startup ecosystem)

Chair: Mr. E Nandakumar
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Panelists
 

Mr. Anshup (Hydromaterials)

Dr. Soujit Sengupta (NGEN Water Solutions)

Mr. Ramesh Kumar (Vayujal Technologies)

Mr. Divanshu Kumar (Solinas Integrity)

Mr. Varun Sridharan (Greenvironment Innovation & Marketing India)
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Lunch
Session 8 (Water resources management)

Chair: Prof. Shankar Narasimhan
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Prof. Balaji Narasimhan
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Prof. Hadas Mamane
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Prof. C Subramaniam
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Prof. L Elango
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Tea break
Session 9 (Water industries ecosystem)

Chair: Mr. Raghuttama Rao

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Panelists
 

Shri T M Vijay Bhaskar (IAS (retd.), Govt. of Karnataka)

Shri Narain Madhavan (Xylem)

Shri Ashok Natarajan (ICCW)

Dr. Rashmi Chansarkar (Marmon Water)

Dr. S K Sankar (Eureka Forbes)
6:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Group photograph
6:15 PM onwards
Conference dinner
Day III (17/12/2022)
Time Program
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM
Pickup from the guest houses (BEGH and TGH- departure at 8:30 AM);
wait at the entrances
Session 10 (Water purification, sensing and monitoring)
Chair: Prof. Ligy Philip
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Dr. Samuel Chigome
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Prof. Jaichander Swaminathan
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Prof. M M Shihabudheen
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Prof. Sridharakumar Narasimhan
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Tea Break
Session 11 (Flash talks)

Chair: Prof. Rajnish Kumar
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM

Dr. Depanjan Sarkar

Dr. Gnanamani Elumalai

Dr. Tanvi Gupte

Prof. Raju K Srinivasa and Prof. A Vasan

Mr. Srikrishnarka Pillalamarri

Prof. Gopala Krishna Darbha
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM
Water service in the city of Chennai and the need for linkages/ Mr. Jayasankar M R
12:45 PM – 12:50 PM
Concluding remarks/ Dr. Neelima Alam
12:50 PM – 1:00 PM
Vote of Thanks/ Prof. T Pradeep and Prof. Ligy Philip
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM onwards

Option 1: Visit to Thematic Unit of Excellence/ STP/ ICCW

Option 2: A visit to the local markets

Option 3: A tour to Mahabalipuram
Departure