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Minute to minute schedule
15th May 2024 (Day 1)
10.00 am - 11.00 am (BST 05.30 am - 6.30 am): Registration
11.00 am – 11.45 am (BST 06.30 am - 7.15 am): Inaugural Session
11.00 am - 11.05 am: Opening Song by Music Unit and Students of Lifelong Learning and Extension
11.05 am - 11.10 am: Traditional Reception
11.10 am - 11.15 am: Welcome Address by Dr. Srinivasan Balachandran, Organizing Secretary, Aquatic Weeds Symposium 2024 & Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Siksha-Bhavana Visva-Bharati
11.15 am - 11.20 am: Inaugural Speech by Prof. Sanjoy Kumar Mallik, Vice Chancellor (Offg.), Visva-Bharati
11.20 am - 11.30 am: Keynote Address by Dr. Andrew B Ross, Chairman, Aquatic Weeds Symposium 2024 & Associate Professor, University of Leeds
11.30 am - 11.35 am: Special Address by Prof. Narayan Chandra Mandal, Dean, Institute of Science, Visva-Bharati
11.35 am - 11.40 am: Vote of Thanks by Prof Amit Kumar Hazra, Organizing Secretary, Aquatic Weeds Symposium 2024 & HOD, Department of Lifelong Learning and Extension (REC), Palli Samgathana Vibhaga, Visva-Bharati
11.40 am- 11.45 am: Closing Song by Music Unit and Students of Lifelong Learning and Extension
11.45 am – 12.00 pm (BST 07.15 am - 7.30 am): Tea Break
12.00 pm – 12.30 pm (BST 7.30 am - 08.00 am): Plenary Lecture by Prof. Ajay Kalamdhad, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)
12.30 pm - 01.00 pm (BST 08.00 am - 8.30 am): Plenary Lecture by Prof Nagendra Prabhu, Professor and HOD, P. G. Department of Zoology and Principal Investigator, Centre for Research on Aquatic Resources, S. D. College.
01.00 pm - 1.30 pm (BST 8.30 am - 09.00 am): Plenary Lecture by Dr. Aviraj Dutta, Scientist - Wastewater management, International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics
01.30 pm - 02.30 pm (BST 09.00 am - 10.00 am): Lunch Break
02.30 pm - 03.00 pm (BST 10.00 am - 10.30 am): Plenary Lecture (Online) by Prof. S Gajalakshmi, Professor, Environmental Science & Engineering, Pondicherry University
03.00 pm - 03.30 pm (BST 10.30 am - 11.00 am): Plenary Lecture (Online) by Prof. Subodh Kumar Maity, Professor, Dept of Environmental Science & Engg, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM)
03.30 pm - 04.00 pm (BST 11.00 am - 11.30 am): Plenary Lecture (Online) by Prof. Shaon Roy Chaudhury, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Tripura University
04.00 pm - 04.30 pm (BST 11.30 am - 12.00 pm): Plenary Lecture (Online) by Dr. Andrew B Ross, Associate Professor, University of Leeds
04.30 pm - 05.00 pm (BST 12.00 pm - 12.30 pm): Plenary Lecture (Online) by Dr. Gaurav Nahar, Director, Defiant Renewables, Pune, India
05.00 pm - 05.30 pm (BST 12.30 pm - 01.00 pm): High Tea
05.30 pm - 07.00 pm (BST 01.00 pm - 02.30 pm): Exhibitions of Aquatic Weeds Handcrafts (Chairperson: Dr Andrew B Ross, Associate Professor, University of Leeds, UK)
07.00 pm - 8.00 pm (BST 02.30 pm - 03.30 pm): Cultural Event
16th May 2024 (Day 2)
09.30 am - 10.00 am: Plenary Lecture (Online) by Dr. S Balachandran, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Siksha-Bhavana (Institute of Science), Visva-Bharati
10.00 am – 10.30 am: Plenary Lecture (Online) by Dr. Amiya Ranjan Bhowmick, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
10.30 am - 11.00 am: Plenary Lecture (Online) by Prof. Surindra Suthar, Professor, School of Environment, Doon University, Dehradun
11.00 am - 11.30 am: Plenary Lecture (Online) by Prof. MM Saxena, Vice Chancellor and Professor of Environmental Science, Tantia University, Rajasthan
11.30 am - 12.00 pm: Plenary Lecture (Online) by Dr. Viswanath Haily Dalvi, R.A. Mashelkar Assistant Professor in Chem. Engg, Instiute of Chemical Technology Mumbai
12.00 pm - 12.30 pm: Plenary Lecture (Online) Dr. J. Rajesh Banu, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Central University of Tamil Nadu
12.30 pm - 01.00 pm: Plenary Lecture (Online) Jayanta Ganguly, Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry
01:00 pm- 01:30 pm: Plenary Lecture (Online) Mr. C. P. Thomas, Vice-President, Cedar Retail Pvt. Ltd., Jharkhand
1.30 pm - 2.00 pm: Lunch Break
2.00 pm - 2.30 pm: Plenary Lecture (Online) by Prof. Rintu Banerjee, Professor, Agricultural Biotechnology, Department of Agricultural Food & Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
Oral Presentations (02.30 pm - 04.40 pm)
Chairperson: Prof. Shibani Chaudhury, Professor (retd.), Department of Environmental Studies, Siksha-Bhavana (Institute of Science), Visva-Bharati & Co-Chairperson: Dr. Sabyasachi Roy, Regional Head, National Dairy Development Board, Kolkata
Dr. Suryateja Pottipati (2:30 pm - 2:40 pm) - An examination of the transition from small-scale batch feeding to pilot-scale continuous feeding for an efficient biodegradation process using water thymes as a biomass source
AISWARYA K R (2:40 pm - 2:50 pm) - Efficacy of Water Hyacinth as Growing Media for Amaranthus in Open Water Culture, Hydroponics and Land Cultivation in Kuttanad Ecosystem
Mahmuda Parveen (2:50 pm - 3:00 pm) - Transforming a Nuisance into a Resource: Innovative Technologies for Integrating Water Hyacinth in Sustainable Agriculture
SUDESHNA GUPTA CHOUDHURY (3:00 pm - 3:10 pm) - THE SCENARIO OF EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES: MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION AROUND THE GLOBE
SWARAJ RANJAN GUPTA (3:10 pm - 3:20 pm) - Distribution of Aquatic weeds around Sukhna Lake and its importance in Rural livelihood
Lamyanbi Naorem (3:20 pm - 3:30 pm) - Impacts of Pesticides application on the Health of the Soil
Morali Biswas (3:30 pm - 3:40 pm) - Study On The Applications Of Aquatic Weeds Of Bakreswar Reservoir In The Everyday Lives Of The Nearby People In Birbhum District, West Bengal
Phurailatpam Sujata Devi (3:40 pm - 3:50 pm) - Optimizing Bioconversion processes: A study of pile composting Techniques for water hyacinth
Ashita Pawaiya (3:50 pm - 4:00 pm)- Dual application of duckweeds Spirodela polyrhiza and Lemna minor in urban wastewater reclamations and biofuel feedstock production
Jyoti (4:00 pm - 4:10 pm) - Bioaugmentation for the composting of aquatic weeds: A future perspective
Sagar Aditya (4:10 pm - 4:20 pm) - Utilizing Aquatic Weeds for Sustainable Composting and Anaerobic Digestion: A Promising Approach.
Rajendra Jena(4:20 pm - 4:30 pm) - MONITORING THE IMPACTS OF INVASIVE WEED (WATER HYACINTH) ON THE WATER QUALITY IN WETLANDS OF ASSAM
Chandrima Goswami (4:30 pm - 4:40 pm)- Phytoremediation: a less explored pathway towards sustainable water treatment
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