CONVENOR:

❖ Dr. Ramesh Narayanan

LOCAL ORGANIZING IMPORTANT DATES 10th PLASMA SCIENCE SOCIETY OF INDIA
COMMITTEE:
DESE, IIT Delhi
❖ Dr. Vamsi Krishna Komarala, IIT Abstract Submission Opens: April 15, 2024
CO-CONVENOR: Delhi (Head DESE)
❖ Dr. Pankaj Srivastava, IIT Delhi
PLASMA SCHOLARS' COLLOQUIUM
❖ Dr. Satyananda Kar Abstract Submission
DESE, IIT Delhi (Head Physics) May 10, 2024
❖ Dr. Ramesh Narayanan, IIT Delhi Deadline: (PSSI-PSC 2024)
NATIONAL ADVISORY (Convenor),
COMMITTEE: Acceptance of Abstracts and
❖ Dr. Shashank Chaturvedi, Director,
❖ Dr. Satyananda Kar (Co-
Convenor), IIT Delhi Registration Opens:
May 25, 2024 July 04-05, 2024
IPR, (Chairperson, NAC) ❖ Dr. Amita Das, IIT Delhi
❖ Dr. Arun Kumar Sarma, Director, ❖ Dr. R. Uma, IIT Delhi Registration Deadline: June 10, 2024
NECTAR ❖ Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahu, IIT Delhi
❖ Dr. Amita Das, IIT Delhi ❖ Dr. Debaprasad Sahu, IIT Delhi
❖ Dr. Nareshpal Singh Saini, GNDU ❖ Dr. Vikrant Saxena, IIT Delhi Complete Paper Submission: June 30, 2024
❖ Dr. N. Ramasubramanian, IPR
❖ Dr. Marshal, IIT Delhi
❖ Dr. Sudeep Bhattacharjee, IIT Kanpur
❖ Dr. Hitendra Kumar Malik, IIT Delhi ❖ Dr. Dibakar Rakshit, IIT Delhi Colloquium Dates: July 04-05, 2024
❖ Dr. G. Ravindra Kumar, TIFR, ❖ Mr. Debaranjan Mukherjee, IIT
Mumbai Delhi
❖ Dr. H. Bailung, Bodoland University ❖ Dr. Animesh Sharma, IIT Delhi ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:
❖ Dr. Paritosh Chaudhuri, IPR ❖ Dr. Manish Singh Sengar, IIT Delhi
❖ Dr. Rajaraman Ganesh, IPR ❖ Mr. M. Sasiendran, IIT Delhi
❖ Dr. Prabal Chattopadhyay, IPR ❖ Dr. Arun Kumar Sarma, Director,
❖ Dr. Anand Moorti, RRCAT NECTAR Click here to submit your abstract for PSSI-PSC2024
❖ Dr. Ram Prasad Prajapati, JNU
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY ❖ Dr. Devki Nandan Gupta, DU
COMMITTEE: ❖ Dr. Mangilal Choudhary, DU
❖ Dr. Arun Kumar Sarma, Director, ❖ Dr. Bornali Sarma, DU FEE DETAILS:
NECTAR, (Chairperson, SAC & ❖ Dr. Updesh Verma, MKRGDC
President PSSI)
❖ Dr. Ramesh Narayanan, IIT Delhi, STUDENT VOLUNTEERS:
Participant Category Amount
(Convenor & Vice President PSSI) ❖ Ms. Shweta Sharma
❖ Dr. Satyananda Kar, IIT Delhi (Co- ❖ Mr. Aishik Basu Mallick
Convenor) ❖ Mr. Aman
Faculty & Scientists ₹ 3,500.00/-
❖ Dr. Amulya Kumar Sanyasi , IPR ❖ Ms. Anuravi Sharma
(PSSI Secretary) ❖ Mr. Bibekananda Naik M.Sc./ Ph.D. Students/
❖ Dr. R. Uma, IIT Delhi ❖ Mr. Deepak Bagdwal ₹ 2,500.00/-
❖ Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahu, IIT Delhi ❖ Ms. Garima Patel Postdocs
❖ Dr. Debaprasad Sahu, IIT Delhi ❖ Mr. Gaurav
❖ Dr. Vikrant Saxena, IIT Delhi ❖ Mr. Imran Khan
❖ Dr. Devki Nandan Gupta, DU ❖ Mr. Indraj Singh REGISTRATION:
❖ Dr. Ram Prasad Prajapati, JNU ❖ Mr. Laxman P. Goswami
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Jammu
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MESRA , Jaipur Campus
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❖ Dr. Mukesh Ranjan, FCIPT, IPR ❖ Mr. Rohit colloquium. Details of payment modes will be available on
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❖ Mr. Sarthak Das
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❖ Dr. Nishant Kumar Sirse, IPS ❖ Mr. Tejashwi Rana Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Academy, Indore
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University
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❖ Mr. Subhajit Bhaskar
For more Information, Contact:
❖ Dr. Rajneesh Kumar, BHU
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❖ Mr. Mohit Kumar Prof. Ramesh Narayanan (Convenor)
❖ Mr. Rakesh Kumar
❖ Dr. Subir Biswas, IAAST Guwahati ❖ Mr. Gaurav Kumar Prof. Satyananda Kar (Co-Convenor)
❖ Dr. Utpal Deka, SMIT Sikkim
❖ Dr. Manas Kumar Paul, NIT
❖ Mr. Deepak PSSI-PSC 2024
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Agartala ❖ Mr. Shivam Dubey
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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Tirupati ❖ Ms. Gauri Dixit
011-2659-1250, 1338
❖ Dr. Suraj Kumar Sinha,
Pondicherry University
❖ Mr. Manoj Kumar [email protected]
❖ Ms. Shelja Sharma
❖ Dr. Pramod Gopinath, CUSAT, ❖ Mr. Md. Rizwan Ahmad
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Kochi ❖ Mr. Saidul Sk.
❖ Dr. Animesh Kuley, IISc Bangalore
About PSSI-PSC: Plasma Science & Technology Group at IIT Delhi The conference is planned to be conducted in different
The Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI) initiated the Plasma (PSTG:IITD) sessions covering following aspects of plasma science
Scholars’ Colloquium (PSC) series in 2012, and it has been held annually Theoretical plasma research at IIT Delhi was initiated by Prof. M. S. Sodha & technology:
ever since. The primary goal of this colloquium is to create an exclusive in the 1960s whereas the experimental activities, with full support of Prof. Fundamental Plasma (Theory and Experiments)
platform for UG/PG students, research scholars, and post-doctoral M. S. Sodha, were initiated by Prof. Ashish Ganguli in early 1980s that led Plasma for Energy and Space
fellows working in the field of plasma science and technology to have to the establishment of the “Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPL:IITD)” under Plasma for Environment and Health
extremely thorough and exhaustive interactions among themselves and the Centre for Energy Studies [currently Department of Energy Science
help each other in their research endeavors. The colloquium will
Plasma Based Material Processing
and Engineering] with collaborations from various faculty from the
primarily have the student community giving oral and poster Department of Physics, IIT Delhi. The goals of the PPL:IITD lab evolved
The broad areas that will be covered in these sessions
presentations with a few seminal talks by eminent plasma scientists over a period as follows: are:
across the country. Initially focused on high power microwave plasma interaction in Fundamental Plasma Physics
conducting waveguides and helicon waves. Plasma Diagnostics
About IIT Delhi:
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) is one of the 23 Evolved into one of the first experimental plasma laboratories in an Simulated Plasmas
IITs created to be Centers of Excellence for training, research and educational institution. Exotic Plasmas (Including Dusty Plasma)
development in science, engineering and technology in India. Shifted focus to developing ECR-based plasma sources for various Industrial Plasma Applications
Established as College of Engineering in 1961 industrial and scientific applications. Laser Plasmas
Renamed as Indian Institute of Technology Delhi under the Expansion of research areas includes ECR-based plasma thrusters, Nuclear Fusion & Technology
large-area hydrogen beam sources, high-pressure ECR plasma
“Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 1963” Space & Astrophysical Plasmas
Accorded the status of a Deemed University with academic sources, RF plasma diagnostics, plasma-based functional materials,
atmospheric plasma jets, and their applications.
Any other Plasma area
autonomy thereafter.
Thousands of students have graduated in various disciplines: Subsequently other theoretical and experimental labs were also Who Can Apply:
Engineering, Physical Sciences, Management, Humanities & Social established. The colloquium is open ONLY to research scholars working in
Sciences since inception Currently, under DESE there are four experimental labs viz., “Plasma theoretical/ computational and/ or experimental plasma science and
Alumni of IIT Delhi have contributed significantly to building of the Physics Laboratory”, “ELNIBS Laboratory”, “Multifunctional Plasma technology. The number of participants is limited to about 100.
nation and to industrialization around the world. Laboratory”, “Plasma Applications Laboratory” and one “Plasma Abstract template is available on the PSC-2024 website. Last
For more insight, please visit the official website of IIT Delhi. Simulation Lab”, whereas the physics department has the following labs: date for registration is May 10, 2024. Only soft copy of
“Plasma Waves & Particle Acceleration Lab”, “Theoretical Plasma Physics: abstracts/conference proceedings will be accepted. Conference
Department of Energy Science & Engineering : Einstein Lab” and “Laboratory of Plasma Processing and Bio-physics” proceedings should not be more than FIVE A4 sized pages.
Realizing the need for education and research in the field of energy, the under the common banner “Plasma Science & Technology Group Abstracts/Conference Proceedings need to be submitted online.
Government of India established a national Centre for Energy Studies (PSTG:IITD)”. Submission of Abstract/Conference Proceedings:
(CES) at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in the year 1976 which Ongoing Experimental and Theoretical Activities at PSTG:IITD Document MUST be in MS Office compatible .DOC or .DOCX format
was later converted to Department of Energy Science and Engineering (save as .DOC if using Open Office). Running text should be in 12-
(DESE) in 2021. DESE has worked towards: point Times New Roman, justified, single space and should contain a
Initiation of research and development activities on conventional brief introduction, salient aspects of the work and an extended
and non-conventional energy sources. description of the paper contents. The maximum page length for
Introduction of UG & PG programmes dedicated to equip students abstract is ONE A4 sized page and Conference Proceedings
with knowledge and skills for tackling energy and environment is FIVE A4 sized pages. Additional sub-sections may be added as
sector challenges. required. Please use single space between paragraphs. Please avoid
Aimed at providing sustainable energy solutions that are accessible, using figures, equations and tables in the abstract.
available, and affordable. Abstracts/Conference proceedings submitted using the
Abundant placement opportunities in energy sectors for graduates templates available in the PSSI-PSC 2024 website will only be
from the department over the past few decades. Alumni of the accepted. For more information, please visit the website.
department have worked at various levels in the energy sector.
Currently department has five faculty members with plasma How to reach IITD?
expertise. ▪ To reach the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), you can
For more information, please refer to the official website of DESE. use various modes of transportation according to your convenience.
Department of Physics:
Physics department, established in 1961, is one of the largest ▪ The distance of IIT Delhi from key spots in Delhi:
departments in IIT Delhi with 56 faculty members currently.
10 km from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)
One of the most esteemed physics departments in India with
international research reputation and collaborations worldwide. 14 km from New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS)
The department's key assets include its students and state-of-the-
21 km from Old Delhi Railway Station (DLI)
art facilities.
Faculty members have received numerous awards and fellowships, 14 km from Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station (NZM)
including SS Bhatnagar awards, ICO Galileo Galilei Awards, and
25 km from Anand Vihar Railway Station & ISBT (ANVT)
MRSI medals.
Recognition extends internationally, with faculty serving on 25 km from Kashmere Gate ISBT
editorial boards and technical program committees of prestigious ▪ IIT Delhi is well connected from these locations by road and metro
publications and conferences. which makes your journey hassle free to reach IITD conveniently.
Four faculty members specialize in plasma research within ▪ Please visit this link to know in detail about various transportation
the department. options that are available to reach IITD.
For more, please refer to the official website of the department.