Karnataka’s department of IT, BT and S&T, along with the Vision Group on Nanotechnology is organising the fifth edition of Bangalore Nano event. The event is scheduled on December 6 and 7, 2012 at Hotel The Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru.
The annual event will feature an exhibition and conference sessions addressed by internationally acclaimed speakers and experts discussing a range of issues pertaining to research, technology development, skills requirement, risks issues, regulatory and governance structure, investment and collaborations between academia, R&D and industry. There is also a pre-conference tutorials which is scheduled for December 5, 2012 for the delegates which will offer a quick preview on the fundamentals to nanofabrication, a major growth area for India, followed by parallel tracks focusing on medicines; biotech and material synthesis and materials to devices, said Prof. CNR Rao, FRS, national research professor; Linus Pauling, research professor; president, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR).
The key speakers for this year's event include Prof. Sir Richard Friend, FRS, FREng, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK; Dr Michael L Klein, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA; Prof. Dr Masakazu Aono, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Ibaraki, Japan; Prof. Sandip Tiwari, Cornell University, New York, USA; Prof. Martin Hegner, School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; Prof. Shangjr (Felix) Gwo, Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan; Prof. Rao R Tummala, 3D Systems Packaging Research Centre, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia, USA and from India Prof. Ajay Sood, IISc; Dr G Sundararajan, ARCI; Prof. V Ramgopal Rao, IIT-Bombay; Aninda Moitra, president and MD, Applied Materials India; Dr Manu Jaggi, Dabur Research Foundation; Prof. Rudra Pratap, CeNSE-IISc; Dr Alok Dhawan, Ahmedabad University; Dr Mano Manoharan, GE Global Research; Dr Kota Murali, IBM India; and Prof. T Pradeep, IIT-Madras.
Over 160 leading international and Indian companies such as Indian Oil, GE Global Research, Sun Group, Resil Chemicals, ITC Limited, Materials Design, NanoProfessor, Dabur Research Foundation, HLL Lifecare, IBM India, Reliance Industries, UKTI, Vistec Electron Beam, Reinste Nano Ventures, i2n Technologies, HHV, NanoInk, Applied Materials, Apsara Innovations, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, BHEL, EdgeTech Scientific, Quantum Materials, Aquaworks, Specialise Instruments, NoPo Technologies, Battelle S&T India, Nanoxpert will be participating in Bangalore Nano 2012.
International representation from over 10 countries like Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine and USA' States like Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New York, Philadelphia and Texas' and 35 Indian and international exhibitors will be participating in the Tradeshow.
Bangalore Nano National Award will be presented to Prof. GU Kulkarni, Chemistry & Physics of Materials Unit and DST Unit on Nanoscience, JNCASR.
Malhotra Weikfield Foundation will present six awards to young researchers in the field of Nanotechnology selected by Prof. CNR Rao and a committee of experts.
Over 450 students are expected to attend ‘Nano for the Young’ from various engineering, medical and biotech colleges across the state.
There is a poster session and a research industry collaboration hub to showcase innovations in nanotechnology.