INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGING TRENDS IN SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS

[ICETSMA-2023]

Department of Physics and Research Centre, Nesamony Memorial Christian College, Marthandam organized an International Conference on Emerging Trends in Sustainable Materials and Applications (ICETSMA – 2023) in association with Indian Science and Technology Association (Elavenil-ISTA) during 20^th & 21^st March. Dr. E. Ashlyn Kirupa and Dr. S. Sindhusha were acted as conveners and Dr. P. J. Jegan Babu and Dr. C. Christal Vasanthi were acted as co-conveners.  The scope of this conference is vast and covers a wide spectrum of areas such as Nano-materials, Biomaterials, Crystal Growth, Energy and Storage Materials, Solar Cells, Thin Films, Computational Physics etc. The main motive of the conference is to bring together eminent researchers across the world to share their ideas and recent development in the field of Science and Technology.

The meeting was started with Prayer by our Chaplain Rev. (Mrs) Starie Princilal. Dr. R. Sheela Christy, Head of the Department welcomed the gathering. Dr. K. Paul Raj presided over the meeting. Dr. D. Aruldhas introduced the theme of the conference and Dr. M. Srinivasan, SSN Institutions gave an insight about the Elavenil organization. Dr. K. Gunasekaran, Professor, University of Madras and Dr. Joseph Daniel, Kyungpook National University, South Korea inaugurated the meeting. The abstract book of the conference was released and the first copy was received by our Correspondent Dr. T. Vinod Kumar. The full length proceedings was published with ISBN number 9789353917838. Inaugural session finished with vote of Thanks by Dr. E. Ashlyn Kirupa. 5 invited Talks were presented on the first day of the conference after the inaugural session. 10 Oral and 48 poster presentations were conducted on the first day. 5 invited talks were presented on the second day of the conference. Dr. V.C.K Award was conducted on the second day to promote the reading of scientific articles in tamil and 8 students presented their views in tamil. Dr. R. Sheela Christy presided the  valedictory meeting. Dr. C. Christal Vasanthi welcomed the gathering. Dr. S. Sudhakar, CECRI, Karaikudi gave the valedictory message. The best presentation and V.C.K award was distributed in the Valedictory session. The conference ended with vote of thanks by  Dr. S. Sindhusha followed by national Anthem.

            We take this opportunity to express our sense of gratitude to the College Management, Correspondent and Principal for their valuable support in all our endeavours. We specially thank our HOD’s for their extraordinary support and guidance. We convey our sincere thanks to all the Resource Persons and the researchers who present their findings in the conference and all my fellow faculty members and students, whose tireless work made this conference a success.