Department Activities
A work shop on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology was conducted under the auspices of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, from 14th May to 18th May, 2007. The workshop was inaugurated with the lighting-of-the-lamp by Br. Sudeep. Dr. KBM Nambootiripad, Dean, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus presided over the function. The keynote address was given by Dr.V.Radhakrishnan, Director, Engineering & Research, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Dr. Juzer vasi, Deputy Director, IIT Bombay, addressed the gathering. Dr. K.Sankaran, Principal, Amrita School of Engineering, proposed the vote of thanks.
The Speakers & their topics were as follows
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| Name & Address of Speaker |
Title of paper presented |
Dr. V. Radhakrishnan,
Director, Engineering & Research, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Nanotechnology - its engineering significance |
Dr. Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh
Photosciences and Photonics Group, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIST), CSIR, Trivandrum, India-695019 |
Molecular nano architectures for chemical biology |
Dr. Ganesha Udupa
Assoc. Professor & Head,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University)
Amritapuri, Kollam 690525
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology- an over view |
Dr G Venkatesh
Docel Radio Research/Bangalore Robotics
82, 4th Cross LIC Colony, III Block East Jayanagar Bangalore - 560011 |
Nano Robotics " Challenging the Nature" |
Prof K P Vijayakumar Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and technology, Cochin - 682 022 |
Semiconductor Quantum Dots " The Physics & Devices" |
S.C. Sharma, S.V.N. Murty, K. Suseelan Nair, M.C. and Mittal
Propellants, Polymers, Chemicals and Materials Entity
Vikram Sarabhai Space CentreTrivandrum 695022 |
Special Potential of Nano Materials Technology for Space Applications. |
Dr. Gargi Raina
Associate Professor,
Nanotechnology Lab
School of Electrical Sciences
VIT, Vellore- 632 014 |
Advanced Nano Material Characterisation |
Dr Navakanta Bhat
Associate Professor, ECE Department
Room no: 101, Microelectronics Lab
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore, India-560012 |
Nano Classical Transistors for Nano-Electronics
System on Chip with MEMS and Sensors |
Prof. T.S.Ganesan MA (Oxon) MD MNAMS Ph.D. (London), FRCP
Chairman, Cancer Institute & Institute of Molecular Medicine
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
Elamakkara P.O. Kochi, Kerala, 682 026 |
Applications of Nano Technology in Medicine |
Dr. K. Ramesh ( Mr. Roopsingh from Bangalore branch)
Application Support (GM),
Sinsil International
g-7/G-2, phase-8,
New Brahmand Annex
Azadnagar, Thane, Mumbai-400 607 |
A Brief Introduction to SPM AFM |
As part of the workshop, there was a trip to Amrita Institute of Medical Science and Cochin University of Science & Technology.
Over 60 delegates from different parts of India attended the workshop. The workshop provided an opportunity for the participants to update their knowledge in the field of Nano Science & Nano Technology. The demonstration of scanning tunneling microscope (STM) & Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), which are the state-of-the art equipment in the field of Nano Technology, was an entirely new experience to the participants.
The valedictory function was presided over by Dr.Balakrishnan Shanker, Associate Dean, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus. Dr.Ganesh Udupa, Chairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amritapuri Campus offered the vote of thanks. |
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