Nanotechnology at present is receiving a lot of attention and is also generating great expectations and is capable of providing significant breakthroughs in the area of energy sector and health applications. The symposium on nanomaterials for clean energy and health applications will provide a forum for exchange of technical and scientific information between international researchers in the field of materials for solar cell and health applications. Photovoltaics have received increasing attention in the last decade from the research community as well as industry and is considered to be a source of clean energy. Emerging areas in solar cell research include dye sensitized solar cells, quantum dot sensitized solar cells, organic photovoltaics and perovskite solar cells. The symposium will have technical sessions along with hands on training to fabricate solar cells. The participants will be allowed to make oral presentation about their work in the area of solar cells which will be followed by an in detail discussion by expert members about the pros and cons associated with the research work presented by the participants. Also a practical session in which hands on training about the fabrication of dye sensitized solar cells will be provided to the participants individually. This workshop will also focus on the issues associated with solar energy conversion and the grand challenges in materials design to achieve high solar power conversion efficiency.

Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering is a promising field of research interest and covers diverse fields such as medicine, biology, chemistry, materials science and engineering. Biomaterials can be used for drug discovery, tissue regeneration, organ development, regenerative medicines and so on. Production of biodegradable and biocompatible materials has become a fascinating area which could be used in dentistry, orthopedics and as a diagnostic tool in the field of medicine. The biennial symposium will be a promising, and another exciting event bringing together the researchers, clinicians, scientists, engineers and industrial personnel to establish new collaborations, knowledge transfer and discuss the recent scenario in promising biomaterials. The symposium has committed eminent speakers who will deliver talk in cutting edge technology associated with Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering research which will help to enrich our scientific culture. The programme will also pave way for energetic formal and informal discussions between the researchers during the symposium.

Computational modeling and software tools are increasingly important to realize nanomaterials.The fundamental techniques of theory, modeling, and simulation have undergone a revolution that parallels the extraordinary experimental advances on which the new field of nanoscience is based. The development of density functional algorithms, Quantum Monte Carlo techniques, ab initio molecular dynamics, advances in Classical Monte Carlo methods, mesoscale methods for soft matter, fast-multipole and multigrid algorithms have made computational modeling the best tool to study nanomaterials. The combination of new theoretical methods together with increased computing power has made it possible to simulate systems with millions of degrees of freedom. This symposium will throw light on the computational modeling and simulation used to study about nanomaterials.