National Conference on Innovative Materials Technology for Sustainable Future (IMTS-2026) organized by the Department of Physics, SRM Valliammai Engineering College (An Autonomous Institution), Kattankulathur – 603 203, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, on 11 March 2026.
Delivered an Invited Talk on "Nanocomposite Materials for Environmental Pollutants Removal, Electrochemical Sensing and H2 Production Applications"
National Conference on Functional Materials organized by Center of Excellence in Materials for Advanced Technologies (CeMAT), SRM Institute of Science & Technology. Kattankulathur – 603 203, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Tamil Nadu from 29-31 October 2025 .
Mr. Shanmugavijayakumar has participated in the conference and presented a poster entitled "Co-Pyrolysis of Solid Wastes for the Preparation of Activated Carbon with Enhanced Water Pollutant Adsorption Performance"
One Day as a Scientist Program-2025 for the school students, organized by CSIR-CLRI, Chennai, Tamil Nadu from 21-25 July 2025 .
Students from various schools in Chennai has participated in the event and learned about importance of waste management, value addition of waste materials and wastewater treatment technologies for creating clean environment. The student has actively participated in the event and experienced in handling of wastewater treatment technologies developed by CSIR-CLRI.
Chennai Science Festival-2024, organized by Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Tamil Nadu from Sept 24-26 2024 at B M Birla Planetarium, Chennai-25 .
CSIR-CLRI participated in the event and exhibited its technologies and Higher Education Opportunities at CSIR-CLRI. The stall was visited by several Students and the Public ".
Dr. Thillai Sivakumar Sivakumar has discussed about value addition of waste materials for the treatment of wastewater for creating clean environment.
International Seminar on Nanotechnology Through Time: Bridging Ancient India to Modern Innovations from July 15-16 2024 at Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundelkhand University (MCBU), Chhatarpur, MP, India.
Dr. Thillai Sivakumar Natarajan has participated in the conference and delivered an invited talk on "Sustainable Water Treatment Techniques: From Ancient Techniques to Modern Innovations".
Dr. Thillai Sivakumar Sivakumar has discussed about water treatment technologies and their advancement by incorporation of various nanomaterials for creating sustainable society and environment.
International Conference on Energy and Environmental Materials from July 11-13, 2024 at IIT Indore, MP, India. The conference was jointly organised by IIT Kanpur and Guwahati University, India.
Dr. Thillai Sivakumar Natarajan has participated in the international conference along with Roshini and Prasath. Researchers from across the country presented their work on various innovative nanomaterials and surfaces for H2 production, CO2 reduction, batteries, supercapacitors and environmental pollutants abatement applications.
Dr. Thillai Sivakumar Sivakumar received the best oral presentation award which was sponsored by Wiley for his research on "Integrated reactor processes for the treatment of tannery wastewater and chromium recovery".
One Day workshop on Membrane Based Technologies for Water Purification on 25 February 2023 at IIT Madras. The workshop was sponsored by Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras and School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney.
Participated in the workshop along with group members and learned about various membrane based reactors for water purification.
Research Activity Demonstration @81st CSIR Foundation Day Celebration 2022
As a part of the 81st CSIR Foundation Day Celebration 2022, an open day was declared on 26th September 2022. Students and staff from various colleges from different departments like chemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, and engineering students are visited CSIR-CLRI. I and the Ph.D. students (Mr. Prabhakaran and Mr. Patchi Murugan) have demonstrated our ongoing research activities, and technologies developed and also provided information related to various opportunities for the student to pursue their careers in research.
CSIR-CLRI's Young Scientists Interaction with Prof. R. A. Mashelkar on 26 August 2022
National Science Day at CSIR-CLRI on 28 February 2022. Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai students visited the CSIR-CLRI and the ESL. Explained to them about research activities performed in our research group.
With Prof. Sheng-Jie You (Supervisor, Post-doctoral Research) and labmates Department of Environmental Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
At 27th PhotoIUPAC, International Symposium on Photochemistry at University College Dublin, Ireland, 2018
With Prof. Michael Grätzel, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and Prof. Tetsuro Majima, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Japan at 27th PhotoIUPAC, International Symposium on Photochemistry at University College Dublin, Ireland.
With Prof. Ravindranathan Thampi (Supervisor, Post-doctoral Research) and Labmates at School Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland
At the 11th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials (ANM 2018), University of Aveiro, Portugal, 2018
At 1st International Water Nexus Conference 2015 Catalysis for Water Purification, South Korea
With Prominent Researchers in Photocatalysis (Environmental Remediation and Renewable Energy production)
With Prof. Michael R. Hoffmann, California Institute of Technology, USA
Prof. Detlef W. Bahnemann, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
