Presentations Abroad
1. Design and engineering of Cu2O-CuO heterostructures for solar energy harvesting
Online ORAL presentation at the MRS Spring Meeting (Virtual), 2021 .April 21-23 , 2021 Organised by Materials Research Society , USA.
2 Solar powered CO2 reduction using graphene wrapped TiO2 nanotubes
Advanced Energy Materials (AEM), Surrey, UK, Sept. 10-12, 2018
Invited Talk and Session Chair on Graphene based composite materials.
3. Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 into fuel: towards a sustainable energy cycle
Inviated Talk at the World Sustainability Symposium -Asia Pacific, Sydney, Australia June 1-5, 2015.
4. B. M. Rao and Somnath C. Roy, Photo-Electro-Chemical Hydrogen Generation through Solvothermally Crystallized TiO2 Nanotube Arrays,
Chair, Opening Session at the International Workshop on Material Challenges in Devices for Fuel Solar Production and Employment, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, May 2014
Presented in India
Fabrication of novel nano- and hetero-structures through simple chemistry; Invited Web Talk; JIIT Noida, December 2021
Fabrication of novel nano- and hetero-structures for photoelectrochemical solar energy harvesting; Invited (Virtual) Presentation; Ravenshaw University, Cuttack November 2021
Some Recent Progress in TiO2 and CuO One-Dimensional Nanostructures; Invited Talk(Webinar), ICFAI University Tripura, September 2021.
1. IITM Guru Talks: Building Real Estate in a Nano World (May 29, 2021) Hostel by IIT Madras Alumni Association
Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3X2cW9_Q8w
2. Co-Organiser and Chair, 4th Technical session MHRD-SPARC sponsored Two-day Indo-Italian (virtual) workshop on Electrode materials for SOFC Fuel Cell, March 24-25, VIT University, Chennai
3. Invited Speaker, 3rd International Conference of Current Trends in Materials Science and Engineering (CTMSE), Virtual Mode, IEM Kolkata, March 12, 2021.
4. Science and Engineering of Gas Sensors,
National Science Day Talk, Research and Innovation Centre, Defence Research and Dev Org (DRDO), IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai. March 01, 2021.
5. Recent advances in one dimensional heterostructures for solar energy harvesting
Webinar presented at the Surface Engineering Division, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratory, Bengaluru, Aug 24, 2020.
6. The Fascinating World of Nanomaterials (Web lecture)
ICFAI University, Agartala, Tripura, May 25, 2020
7. Nanotechnology today: from basic research to daily life (Web lecture)
GSFC University, Vadodara, Gujarat, April 24, 2020.
8. One dimensional nano and heterostructures
Invited Talk, ETAMS 2020, BML Munjal University, Gurgaon, Jan 16 2020
9. Some recent advanced in one-dimensional nano and heterostructures
Invited Talk, AMN 2020, JIIT University, NOIDA, February 20, 2020
10. Photoelectrochemical water splitting with one-dimensional nano and heterostructures
Invited Talk, CTMSE 2019, S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, July 2019.
11. Fabrication and application of BiFeO3 nanostructures
Invited Talk, ISMANAM 2019, July 12, Chennai, India.
12. Development of one-dimensional metal oxide nanostructures for solar energy applications
Guest Lecture, Centre for Energy Studies, IIT Delhi, April 23, 2019.
13. Nanotechnology today: fundamental science to daily life
Keynote Address : 5th National conference on information and communication technologies NCICT-2019, SSN College of Engineering, April 1-2, 2019.
14. X-ray Photoelectron and Auger Electron spectroscopy techniques
TEQIP Short Term course on Advanced Characterization Technique,
CIT Coimbatore, February 20, 2019
15. The Exciting world of One-dimensional nanostructures
Keynote speech on Nanotechnology and Session Chair, IEEE-INDICON, Amrita University Coimbatore December 16-19, 2018.
16. Photocatalysis with metal oxide nanostructures
Short Invited Talk, ICCFM-2018, SN Bose Centre, Kolkata,
December 13-16, 2018.
17. 1D metal oxide nanostructures for harvesting solar energy;
5TH International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites
VIT University, Chennai Campus, February 8 -10, 2018.
18. Nanomaterials for energy and environment
National Conference on Emerging Trends in Applied Materials Science and Surface Engineering (ETAMS 2018).
BML University, Gurgaon, 29 – 30 January 2018.
19. Engineering TiO2-Graphene nanocomposites towards solar energy harvesting
Special Lecture in Nanoscience, Institute of Nanoscience and Technology
INST Mohali, 13 October 2017.
20. Solar powered CO2 reduction: opportunities and challenges
Shaping the Energy Future: Challenges and Opportunities (SEFCO 2017)
CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Dehradun, 11 May 2017.
21. Nanotechnology for CO2 reduction
Keynote address in the Recent Advances in Nanotechnology (RADIANT)
BHEL Campus, Tiruchirappalli 23 February 2017.
22. Towards Better Photocatalysts: Graphene and MoS2 Wrapped TiO2 Nanotubes
International Conference on Functional Electroceramics and Polymers (ICEP 2017)
IIT Kharagpur, February 2017.
23. Nanoscale Cobweb: Synthesis and applications of Graphene wrapped TiO2 nanotubes
IUMRS-International Conference of Young Researchers in Advanced Materials (ICYRAM), IISc Bangalore, December 2016
24. Novel Nanomaterials Architecture for Solar Powered Recycling of CO2 to Fuel
International Conference on 21st Century Energy Needs (ICTFCEN 2016)
IIT Kharagpur, November 2016.