Inivitation to the 48th National Seminar on Crystallography

On the auspicious occasion of the 175th Anniversary of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering is organising the 48th National Seminar on Crystallography in association with the Indian Crystallographic Association to be held from 25th to 27th November 2021. This seminar will provide a common platform where renowned scientists, faculty members, researchers and students of the concerned field will come together to deliver their deliberate research ideas on crystallography, its applications and associated developments. Interactive plenary sessions, invited lectures, oral as well as poster presentations will be key features of the program. Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are invited to address the conference themes.

About IIT Roorkee

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee is the successor of University of Roorkee and thus it is the oldest technical institution of the country established as the Roorkee College of Engineering in 1847 and rechristened as Thomason College of Civil Engineering in 1857. It was elevated to the first Technical University of Independent India on November 25, 1949. In the year 2001, University of Roorkee was declared as the Institute of national importance and converted into Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) on September 21, 2001. The Department of Mechanical Engineering came into being in the year 1946 and the first batch of Mechanical Engineers was graduated in the year 1949. The Department was renamed as Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering on the silver jubilee year i.e. in 1974 when an undergraduate programme in Industrial Engineering was started. At present the Department offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in various facets of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. The Department offers Master of Technology courses in Machine Design Engineering, Production and Industrial Systems Engineering, Thermal System Engineering, and Welding Engineering. The Department has also started M.Tech programme in CAD, CAM and Robotics from the year 2005. The Department has laboratory and workshop facilities with modern sophisticated equipment to carry out research in all areas related to Mechanical and Production & Industrial Engineering. The faculty actively participates in sponsored research and consultancy work.
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Conference Theme

48th National Seminar on Crystallography

Places to Explore

Roorkee is at the foot heel of Himalayan range of Uttarakhand, India. It is known for army cantonment, Ganga Canal and formerly University of Roorkee. Notable places to visit around, includes Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Dehradun, Mussoorie, Rajaji National Park. In addition, industrial visits to “Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)” and “Hindustan Unilever” shall be arranged. Interested delegates/participants must register for the tour/industrial visit at the time of registering for the Conference. The host will facilitate these tours/visits and the expenses towards transportation, entry fee, etc., will be of individuals.

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