Invited Talks and Conferences

Invited Talks

1. Invited Talk – ‘Developing Polymeric Membranes for Energy and Healthcare Applications’ at 2nd International Conference on Advanced Materials for Clean Energy and Health Applications (AMCEHA 2023) organized by CIT Coimbatore and HVL Norway on 19-20 September 2023

2. Inaugurated and Handled a session on ‘Energy Efficient Membranes  for Enhanced Water Recovery’ for FDP  on NanoTechnology- Fundamentals to Research at GEC-Kozhikode on 27 February 2023

3. Handled a session on ‘Polymeric Membranes for Hemodialysis Application’ for Advanced Entrepreneurship Skill Development Program on Advanced Materials for Affordable Healthcare School of Materials Science and Engineering & Technology Business Incubator, National Institute of Technology Calicut in association with Ministry of Micro/Small and Medium Enterprises on 21st February 2023.

4. Handled a session on ‘Membrane Technology for Enhanced Water Recovery Applications’ for KTU Sponsored Faculty Development Programme on Clean Technologies for Energy and Environmental Applications organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering on 14th February 2023.

5. Keynote Speaker-  ‘Membrane technology towards the separation of water-based pollutants’ at DST-sponsored "Synergistic Training program Utilizing the Scientific and Technological Infrastructure (STUTI)" on Challenges and opportunities in Water Sanitation & Hygiene organized by Department of Bioengineering, NIT Agartala, Tripura, India on 29th January 2023

6. Handled a session on ‘Polymer nanocomposite membranes for enhanced water recovery’ in the Five-Days International Online FDP on “Novel & Sustainable Membrane Technology organized by Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru on 19th October 2022.

7. Invited Talk – ‘Polymer Nanocomposite membranes for enhanced water recovery’ at International Conference on “Advanced Materials for Environmental Protection (ICAME-2022)” will be organized during 19th - 21st October, 2022 organized by Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology jointly with University of Technology Sydney, Australia on 20th  October 2022.

8. Invited Talk- ‘Membrane Technology for Desalination and Water Recovery’ at the program Features and Opportunities for Chemical Engineer organized by Rajalakshmi Engineering College on 9th May 2022.

9. Invited Talk- ‘Development of Robust membranes for Desalination and water treatment’ at 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Technologies in Water Treatment and Desalination (STWTD-2022) organized by department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Calicut on 28-29 January 2022.

10. Handled a session on ‘Membranes as a Sustainable Technology for Water Recovery’ in Short Term Program by Department of Chemistry, Manav Rachna  University “Bio privilege and Sustainable Chemistry”, 17th January 2022.

11. Handled a session on ‘Development of Nanomaterial incorporated Polymeric membranes for versatile applications’ in FDP on Smart and Functional Nanomaterials by the Department of Chemistry, NIT Calicut 4th to 8th August 2021

12. Invited Talk- 'Tailoring the performance of polymeric membranes for various applications' in Seminar on Membrane Research: Today & Tomorrow; Organized by National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology Ranchi, Jharkhand, India on 19th March 2021 (online).

13. Principal speaker- ‘Development of Novel Membranes for Water, Energy, and Biomedical Applications’ in 4th Japan‐India YNU Symposium 2020 on "Science, Technology and Innovations for SDGs in India and Japan, 27-28th December 2020.

14. Oral Presentation (Short Talk) ‘Tuning the Performance of Thin-Film Composite Membranes for Water Treatment and Desalination’ at the International Conference- Sustainable Technologies for Water Treatment and Desalination (STWTD-2020) conducted by NIT Calicut and Indian Membrane Society on 18-19th December 2020.

15. Handled a session on ‘Sustainable Membrane for Greener Tomorrow’ for the AICTE sponsored FDP- Environmental and Sustainable Chemical Engineering conducted by the Department of Chemical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College on 15th December 2020 (Online Mode).

16. Oral Presentation (Short Talk) ‘Development of Novel Thin-film Nanocomposite Membranes for Water Recovery’ at the Membrane Society Australasia- Annual Meeting AGM 2020 on 23-24th November 2020.

17. Handled a session on ‘Membranes for Wastewater Treatment’ for the STTP- Electrochemical Technology for Environmental Treatment & Clean Energy Conversion (ECTCEC-2020) conducted by the Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Calicut on 19th November 2020.

18. Handled a session on ‘Emerging Technologies in Membrane Separations’ for the AICTE sponsored STTP- Recent Advances in Separation Processes (RASP) conducted by the Department of Chemical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College on 17th November 2020 (Online Mode).

19. Oral Presentation ‘Thin-Film Membranes for Water Recovery and Reuse’ at the International Conference on Advancements in Membrane Technologies held 14-15th February 2020 conducted by Indian Membrane Society and Water Today.

20. Handled 2 sessions on 'Fundamentals of Transport in Polymeric Membranes' for the FDP on Novel Perspective in Technologies for Micro-pollutant Removal from Aqueous System (NPTMRAS 2020) at NIT Calicut 20th to 25th January 2020.

21. Handled a Session on “ Membranes for Water Recovery and Reuse” for the FSDTP program on Hybrid materials and Applications, at the Department of Chemical Engineering, GEC Kozhikode on 13th - 18th January 2020

22. Handled a Session on ‘Development and Use of Polymer Membranes for Separation Applications' for the FDP on Advanced Separation Processes conducted at the Division of Chemical Engineering, CUSAT, Kerala on 2 - 7 December 2019.

23. Expert talk in ‘Advances in Membrane Separation’ at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Saintgits College, Kerala on 10th October 2019.

24. Handled a session on ‘Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)’ for the TEQIP III sponsored FDP on ADVANCED PEDAGOGY, SPONSORED RESEARCH, IPR & ENTREPRENEURSHIP” at GCT Coimbatore from 22nd July to 26th July 2019.

25. Delivered an Invited Lecture on ‘Advances in Membrane Technology for wastewater treatment’ for the MHRD sponsored Faculty Development Program on “Recent Innovations and Developments in Electrochemical and Chemical Process Optimization” (RIDECPO-2019) at NIT Calicut held on 17th -22nd   June 2019.

26. Delivered an Invited Lecture on ‘Membranes for Water Treatment’ for the MHRD sponsored Faculty Development Program on Advanced Techniques in Energy and Wastewater Treatment at NIT Calicut held on 02nd -07th  July 2018.

Conferences

1. Oral Presentation "Membrane Distillation as a Potential Technology for Water Recovery" at the International Conference on Membrane Assisted Water Purification Processes (ICMW-2023) conducted by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala on 11 March 2023

2. Oral Presentation "Thin-film Nanocomposite Membranes for Water Recovery-Experimental and Machine Learning Approaches" at Macromolecular Symposium (PACIFICHEM 2021) - Advanced Membranes and Membrane Processes for Global Separations Challenges – Hawaii, USA (Online) 22nd December 2021.

3. Oral Presentation "Thin-film nanocomposite membranes- a versatile solution for water treatment and desalination" at the International Conference on Water Desalination, Treatment & Management, InDACON-2021 held ONLINE on March 19 – 20, 2021; organized by Indian Desalination Association.

4. Oral Presentation "Thin-Film Membranes for Water Recovery and Reuse" at the International Conference on Advancements in Membrane Technologies held at Water Expo, Chennai on 14-15th February 2020 organized by Indian Membrane Society and Water Today.

5. Oral presentation “Novel Proton Exchange Membranes for Direct-Alcohol Fuel Cell” at 6th International Water Association-Regional Membrane Technology Conference (IWA-RMTC) held at MS University Baroda on 10th -13th December, 2018.

6. Best paper award for “Bio-templated titania nanoparticles incorporated PVDF electrospun membrane for wastewater treatment” at SESTEC 2018 organized by ASSET at BITS, Goa held on 23rd -26th May 2018.