About Environment and Sustainability Event 2023
An in-person event aimed at providing a thought leadership and research dissemination platform, engaging diverse stakeholders in the domain of environment and sustainability.
Find out how ACS is shaping the future of sustainable chemistry and learn ways to get involved here.
Conference Highlights
Panel Discussions
Invited Lectures
Event Location:
Indian National Science Academy
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Mandi House
New Delhi, 110002
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Sponsors
Chief Guest
Dr. Nallathamby Kalaiselvi
Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR)
Advisory Council
Ms. LaTrease E. Garrison
Chief Operating Officer, American Chemical Society (ACS)
James Milne, Ph.D.
President, ACS Publications
Prof. Ashutosh Sharma
Former Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Incoming President, Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
Prof. Sandeep Verma
Secretary, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Dr. Dan Kulp
Senior Director, Research Integrity and Global Developments, ACS
Dr. Chandrima Shaha
President, Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
Prof. Shailesh Nayak
Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)
Dr. Anubhav Saxena
President R&D, Pidilite Industry
Featured Speakers
Prof. Bryan Brooks
Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Science & Technology Letters;
Baylor University, United States
Prof. Gregory Lowry
Executive Editor, Environmental Science & Technology;
Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Prof. Shane Snyder
Editor-in-Chief, ACS ES&T Water; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Prof. Wonyong Choi
Editor-in-Chief, ACS ES&T Engineering;
KENTECH Korea
Prof. S. N. Tripathi
IIT Kanpur, India
Prof. Tarun Gupta
IIT Kanpur, India
Prof. Abhijit Mukherjee
IIT Kharagpur, India
Prof. Dinesh Mohan
JNU Delhi, India
Prof. Ramesh Gardas
IIT Madras, India
Panel Discussions
A platform for the policy leaders and research community to engage in a dialogue focused on challenges and opportunities for India in the Environment and Sustainability domain. View full agenda
“Sustainable Development - Water Resources and Public Health”
- Moderator: Dr. Kunal Gupta, Outreach Manager, ACS Membership
Prof. Bryan Brooks
Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Science & Technology Letters;
Baylor University, United States
Dr. Rashmi Chansarkar
Aqua Works, India
Prof. Manish Kumar
UPES Dehradun, India
Prof. Abhijit Mukherjee
IIT Kharagpur, India
“Engineering Solutions for Environment and Sustainability”
- Moderator: Dr. Mihir Jha, Development Editor, ACS Publications
Prof. Wonyong Choi
Editor-in-Chief, ACS ES&T Engineering;
KENTECH Korea
Prof. Baerbel Sinha
IISER Mohali, India
Prof. Shantanu Roy
IIT Delhi, India
Prof. Satish Patil
IISc Bangalore, India
Keynote Lectures - November 7, 2023
"The Science of Science: Identifying Strategic Research Needs for Environmental Science, Engineering and Public Health"
- Prof. Bryan Brooks, Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
"Solar Photo(electro)catalytic Technology for Sustainable Environment"
- Prof. Wonyong Choi, Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Science & Technology Engineering
"Emerging Energy Generation and Storage Technologies for Net Zero Mission"
- Prof. Satish Patil, IISc Bangalore
"Exploring Entrainment, Transport and Transformation of Key PAHs from Major Combustion Sources into Ambient Air"
- Prof. Tarun Gupta, IIT Kanpur
"Carbon Capture via Plants and its Sequestration via Biochar- a Pathway to achieve Net Carbon Neutrality"
- Prof. Dinesh Mohan, JNU Delhi
"Benign Solvents for Enhancing the Extraction of Micropollutants from Industrial Waste Water"
- Prof. Ramesh Gardas, IIT Madras
Keynote Lectures - November 8, 2023
"Poisoned Water: Interplay of Nature, Human and Policies"
- Prof. Abhijit Mukherjee, IIT Kharagpur
"Plant Nanobiotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture"
- Prof. Gregory Lowry, Executive Editor, Environmental Science & Technology
Lightning Talks (15 min each)
- Prof. S. Z. Ahammad, IIT Delhi
- Prof. Tirthankar Banerjee, Banaras Hindu University
- Prof. Abhishek Chaudhary, IIT Kanpur
- Prof. Ibram Ganesh, ARCI Hyderabad
- Prof. Praveena Gangadharan, IIT Palakkad
- Prof. Subrata Hait, IIT Patna
- Prof. Pravin G. Ingole, NEIST Jorhat
- Prof. Binoy K Saikia, NEIST Jorhat
- Prof. Santanu Karan, CSMCRI Bhavnagar
- Prof. Venkata Krishnan, IIT Mandi
- Prof. Manish Kumar, UPES Dehradun
- Prof. Rajnish Kumar, IIT Madras
- Prof. Anand Madhukar, TERI New Delhi
- Prof. Vimal Mishra, IIT Gandhinagar
- Prof. Mohit Prakash Mohanty, IIT Roorkee
- Prof. Sameer Patel, IIT Gandhinagar
- Prof. Harish Phuleria, IIT Bombay
- Prof. Kirpa Ram, Banaras Hindu University
- Prof. Renji Remesan, IIT Kharagpur
- Prof. Boddu S. Naidu, INST Mohali
- Prof. Baerbel Sinha, IISER Mohali
- Prof. Vinayak Sinha, IISER Mohali
- Prof. Rohit Srivastava, PDEU Gandhinagar
- Prof. Surendra Suthar, Doon University
- Prof. Arya V, IIT Delhi
- Prof. Shilpi Verma, Thapar University
Scientific Advisory Committee
- Prof. S. N. Tripathi, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Prof. Abhishek Chaudhary, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Prof. Baerbel Sinha, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali
- Prof. Kirpa Ram, Banaras Hindu University
- Prof. Rahul Banerjee, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata
- Prof. Putla Sudarsanam, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
- Prof. Yogendra Shastri, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Prof. Raju Kumar Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Prof. Pannuru Venkatesu, University of Delhi
- Prof. Abhijit Mukherjee, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
- Prof. Manish Kumar, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Dehradun
- Prof. Sreedevi Upadhyayula, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- Prof. Rajnish Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Convener
- Dr. Deeksha Gupta, Senior Associate Director, ACS India
Co-Convenor
- Prof. Satish Patil, Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
- Dr. Arvind Ranade, Executive Director, Indian National Science Academy, Delhi
- Prof. Archna Rani, Professor, Delhi Technological University
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