Symposium BA: Bone Biomaterials
(7th, March 2022)
Conveners
Dr A. M. Balamurugan (Bharathiar University) & Prof. R. Jayakumar (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham)
Invited Speakers
Prof. Nathaniel S. Hwang, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea
Dr. S. Kannan, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Pondicherry University
Dr. Djordje N. Veljovic, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy University of Belgrade, Serbia
Prof. Kaushik Chatterjee, Dept. of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Symposium BB: Biomaterials in Dentistry
(8th, March 2022)
Conveners
Prof. Dr. R. Ramya (Saveetha Dental College) & Dr. P. Rajashree (UNOM)
Invited Speakers
Dr. Vivekanand Kattimani, Prof and Head Dept of Clinical Research, and Prof. Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences, Guntur, India
Dr. R. Manikandan, Oral & Maxillofacial/facial plastic surgeon, MADCH, Chennai, India
Dr. V. Pavethy Nathy, Orthodontic Division, Al Farabi Dental College, Jeddah
Dr. Sivaprakash Rajasekharan, Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry and Special Care, Ghent University, Belgium
Symposium BC: Surface Engineering of Biomaterials
(9th, March 2022)
Conveners
Dr. T. M. Sridhar (UNOM) & Prof. Geetha Manivasakam (VIT)
Invited Speakers
Prof. J. L. Gilbert, FBSE, FAIMBE, Clemson University, Editor-in-Chief, J. of Biomedical Materials Research –B: Applied Biomaterials
Prof. M. Mathews, Co-Director, Institute of Biomaterials University of Illinois at Chicago, United States.
Prof. Yolanda Hedberg, Canada Research Chair in Corrosion Science, Western University, Canada
Prof. Ing. Joseph Buhagiar, Metallurgy & Materials Engineering University of Malta, Malta
Symposium BD: Bio– Nanomedicine
(10th, March 2022)
Conveners
Prof. Amutha Santhanam (UNOM) & Dr. D. Durgalaskmi (Anna University)
Invited Speakers
Dr. Neetu Singh, Centre for Biomedical Engineering, IIT, Delhi , India
Dr. R. S. Jayashree, Biomaterial Science and Technology, SCTIMST, Kerala, India
Dr. Yashveer Singh, Dept. of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, India
Prof. Ashutosh Kumar Dubey, Dept. of Ceramic Engineering, IIT, Banaras, India
Symposium BE: Nano Biomaterials for Food and Agriculture
(11th, March 2022)
Conveners
Prof. D Ravi Shankaran (UNOM) & Prof. R. Ilangovan (UNOM)
Invited Speakers
Dr. M. R. Ramasubramaniyan, National Agro Foundation, NAF Research &Development Centre, Chennai, India
Prof. A. Lakshmanan, Head of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India
Dr. P. Arun Kumar, Dept. of Food Packaging Technology ,CSIR- CFTR Institute, Mysore, India
Dr. Jayeeta Bhaumik, Center for Innovative and Applied Processing (CIAB - DBT), Mohali, India
Symposium BF: Biomaterials in the Treatment of Infectious Diseases
(12th, March 2022)
Conveners
Prof. R. Jayakumar (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham & SBAOI) & Prof. S. Janarthanan (UNOM)
Invited Speakers
Prof. Jayanta Haldar, New Chemistry Unit and School of Advanced Materials, JNCASR, Bangalore , India
Prof. Raja Biswas, Infectious Diseases Group, ACNSMM, Cochin, India
Dr. Praveen Kumar Vemula, Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (iStem), Bangalore, India
Prof. V. Anil Kumar, Head, Clinical Microbiology, AIIMS, Cochin, India
Symposium BG: Challenges and Opportunities in Biomaterials Industries
(14th, March 2022)
Conveners
Prof. S. Balakumar (UNOM) & Dr. T. Prakash (UNOM)
Invited Speakers
Prof. P. R. Harikrishna Varma, Head, BioMedical Technology, SCTIMST, Kerala, India
Dr. A. Pazhnimuthu, AURA Biotechnologies Private Limited, Chennai, India
Dr. Anil Mavila, Inderma Medical Devices, SIPCOT, Hosur
Symposium BH: In-Vitro and In-Vivo Models and Experiments for
Biomaterials Validation
(15th, March 2022)
Conveners
Prof. S. Balakumar (UNOM) & Dr. M. Jeyaraj (UNOM)
Invited Speakers
Dr. R. Aravind Kumar, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, IIT, Hyderabad, India
Dr. T. K. Praveen, Professor and Head, Dept. of Pharmacology, JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty, India
Dr. Raghu Nandhakumar, Dept. of Pharmacology,Saveetha Dental College, Kanchipuram, India
Dr. Maya Nandkumar ,Division of Microbial Technology, SCTIMST, Kerala, India