Seminars

Abstract:Recent advances in oncology are transforming the nature of healthcare and biotech with immunotherapy leading the charge. These advances underscore a central need for computational approaches to manage knowledge and information. This includes the need to work with high throughput technologies generating gigabytes of data routinely integration across multiple modalities of data and providing contextually relevant information from public and other data sources to get the most out of the data collected.

Abstract: The specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical industry is conventionally (and almost entirely) based on the use of batch operations. Although batch or semi-batch processing offers some advantages because of the experience and familiarity it has several disadvantages such as inconsistent performance (viz. product quality yield selectivity etc.) significantly lengthy operations high utility consumption large footprint large inventory unsteady operations and so on.

Abstract: Security is the practice of protecting and securing the material of concern from any malicious acts such as the theft of weaponizable chemical material and cyber-attacks on banks. While there are efforts being made to address existing serious threats employing best security practices at your organization can help to address a part of a puzzle. Additionally maintaining a structured security system and practices can result in effectiveness and yield economic benefits to the organizations.

Abstract: The main role of chemist is to design and improve processes for the production of chemicals foods pharmaceuticals and many other products used in everyday life. In this talk a lot of attention has been given to dendrimer synthesis which is insoluble monodisperse macromolecules with globular structures. Modified glycidyl methacrylate resin (dendrimer) were prepared by cross-linking and/or the formation of composites with unique physicochemical properties as potential adsorbents for a wide-ranging applications in green chemistry.

Abstract: The need for increasing the penetration of renewables into the grid is one of the driving factors that has led to a surge in research on efficient energy storage devices like batteries. Batteries are as much of a mechanical system as they are electrochemical. Mass transport across different components of a battery is accompanied with mechanical changes that play a critical role in determining its cycle life capacity retention and eventual failure. This talk will cover morphological changes in two important anode materials Silicon and Zinc. I will discuss a Zinc vs.

Abstract: In this talk some interesting phenomena which occur in bubbles and drops when they rise or fall under the action of gravity will be discussed. First different regimes of an air bubble in terms of path instability and shape will be discussed. Then we will see how this behaviour of an air bubble gets modified by the presence of another bubble of the same size rising simultaneously. What happens when an air bubble rises a viscosity stratified medium? The viscosity-stratification can be achieved by the presence of concentration or temperature gradients.

Abstract: It is often necessary to breach biological barriers during therapeutic interventions in diseases for delivering drugs to organs or across tissues. Similarly it is often necessary to rebuild barriers that have lost function or are compromised by disease or injury. In this talk I will discuss two research directions in my group related to breaching and building biological tissues. The first focuses on overcoming the blood brain barrier (BBB) for delivery of drugs and drug cargoes to the central nervous system.

Abstract: Any talk by an oil & gas industry person must begin with the sustainability challenge and this presentation will be no different. The ‘energy transition’ from hydrocarbon to renewable is one of the greatest challenges to the human race. In this talk I will be sharing how Royal Dutch Shell as an oil and gas major is stepping up to this massive challenge at time when the business environment is far from buoyant.

Abstract: Metal particles of the dimensions of the order of 1 to 100's of nanometers show unique properties that are not clearly evident in their bulk state. These nanoparticles are highly reactive and sensitive to the changes in the vicinity of the particle surface and hence find applications in the field of sensing of chemical and biological agents catalysis energy harvesting data storage and many more. By synthesizing bimetallic nanoparticles a single nanoparticle can show multifunctional characteristics.

Bio: Dr. Biswas has 24 years of diverse and rich international experience spanning academic and industrial research product development technical service and management of research & technology in the areas of pharmaceuticals engineering polymers and plastics high performance fibres and coatings and alternate energy technologies. He worked earlier with companies like DuPont (USA) ICI India and GE Advanced Materials. Prior to joining Dr.