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13th Biennial Conference
The Department of Physics, Manipur University, organized three days XIII Biennial National Conference of Physics Academy of North East (PANE-2022) during 8-10 November, 2022, in hybrid mode (offline and online mode) under the convenorship of Dr.Th.Gomti Devi. Dr.N. Chandrachani Devi and Dr. M. Shubhakanta Singh were the joint convenors.
The Conference was sponsored by SERB, New Delhi for providing TA/DA of the Young and Senior Scientists and for pre-conference printing, respectively. Twenty eight (28) speakers including one Keynote speaker, five plenary speakers and 22 invited speakers from Institutions and Universities such as IISER Kolkata; S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata; Jamia Milia Islamia; IIT Delhi; CQuERE, Kolkata; Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Tezpur University; Delhi University; IIT Guwahati; Assam University; Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore; IISC Bangalore; Gauhati University; Tripura University; Banaras Hindu University; Cotton University; Mizoram University; Hyderabad University, Dibrugarh University, IIT Kanpur; Rajiv Gandhi University, NIT Manipur and Manipur University have delivered their lectures in these three days programme.
The Conference was inaugurated by Prof. C. Amuba Singh, Former Vice-Chancellor, Manipur University as the Chief Guest; Prof. N. Nimai Singh, President PANE; Prof. Kushal Kalita, Secretary PANE; Prof. A. Surjalal Sharma, Director RIST and Professor of University of Maryland; Prof. K. Yugindro Singh, Dean (Schools of Mathematical and Physical Sciences) as the Guest of Honours and Prof. H. Basantakumar Sharma, President organizing Committee at 9.30 AM at Court Hall, Manipur University using offline and Webex online mode. Participants who couldn’t participate physically attended online mode. One Physics book “Conceptual Developments in Physics” was released in the inauguration function. Two eminent physicists, Prof. R. K. Gartia and Prof. Barin Kumar Sarma, have been felicitated for their contribution towards the development of Physics.
Keynote address was delivered by Prof. Biswarup Mukhyapadyhaya (FNASc, Shanti Sarup Bhatnagar Awardee) from IISER, Kolkata, on the topic “The spirit of progress sin fundamental Physics :Where every answer raises questions”. After the keynote address, there are three (03) technical sessions (1A, 1B and 1C sessions ) in the morning from 11.00 AM-1.00 PM (i) Condensed Matter Physics & Material Science (CMPMS) session (ii) Astrophysics, Cosmology and Nuclear Physics (ACN) session (iii) Interdisciplinary Research and Atmospheric Physics session. Each technical session has a plenary talk followed by invited talks.
In the CMPMS session, Prof. Tanushri Saha Dasgupta, Director, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, FNA, FNASc, FSc, Fellow of American Physical Society delivered a plenary talk on the topic “Quantum Materials by Computation: Challenges & Opportunities”, followed by invited talks of Prof. Shyama Rath (Delhi University), Prof. Pabitra Nath (Tezpur University), Prof. Sh. Dorendrajit Singh (Manipur University) and Prof. Perumal Alagarsamy (IIT Guwahati). The technical session was chaired by Prof. Neeraj Khare, IIT Delhi.
In ACN technical session, Prof. Md. Sami, Jamia Milia Islamia (Former Professor), Professor, SGT University Gurugram delivered a Plenary talk on the topic “Recipe for quintessential inflation”, followed by invited talks of Prof. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Gauhati University), Prof.J. J. Das(Cotton University), Prof. Ashoke K. Sen(Assam University), Prof. Ch. Pravabati (IIA, Bangalore) and Dr. N. Madhavan, (IUAC, Delhi). The technical session was chaired by Prof. K. Yugindro Singh, Manipur University.
In Interdisciplinary Research and Atmospheric Physics technical (1C) session, Prof. Dongfeng Xue, Professor, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered a Plenary talk on the topic “Multiscale origin of materials crystallization”, followed by invited talks of Prof. Kalyan Bhuyan (Dibrugarh University), Prof. R.C. Tiwari (Mizoram University), Prof. Anrup Gohain Barua (Gauhati University) and Dr. Ranjan Changmai (DHSK College). Prof. Syed A. Hussain, Tripura University, chaired the technical session.
In the afternoon technical sessions (2A, 2B and 2C) from 2.00 PM-4.30 PM, there were oral presentations: 12 presenters for CMPMS, 12 for Astrophysics and Cosmology and 11 presenters for Interdisciplinary research and Atmospheric Physics in offline and online mode. There was poster session from (11.30 AM-4.30 PM) on the first day of the Conference. There was a Cultural Program (Cultural Program + Conference Dinner) from 6-9 PM at the Centenary Hall, Manipur University.
On the second day (Day-02) of the Conference, date 09/11/2022, Wednesday, there were three technical sessions 3A, 3B and 3C from (9.00-10.30) AM (i) Condensed Matter Physics & Material Science (CMPMS) (ii) Atomic, Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy (iii) High energy Physics. At CMPMS technical session (3A session), Prof. Neeraj Khare delivered a plenary talk on the topic “Designing Multifunctional Nanocomposites for Clean Energy Generation and Environment Remediation”. The Plenary talk was followed by invited talks of Prof. Syed Arsad Hussain (Tripura University), Dr. Bibhu Prasad Swain (NIT Manipur) and Prof. Subroto Mukherjee (IISc, Bangalore). The technical session was chaired by Prof. Sh. Dorendrajit Singh, Manipur University.
In 3B technical session, Prof. Bhanu Pratap Das, Professor, Director, CQuERE, Visiting Professor-Germany, California, Japan, Hungary, USA, UK delivered a Plenary talk on the topic “Quantum Computing: Applications to Atoms and Molecules”, followed by invited talks of Prof. Ranjan Kumar Singh (BHU), Prof. Ashwini Kumar Singh (IIT Guwahati) and Dr. S. Ranjita Chanu (IIT Kanpur). Prof. Anrup Gohain Barua, Gauhati University, chaired the technical session.
In 3C technical session, there are invited talks delivered by Prof. M. K. Das (Tezpur University), Prof. Bipul Bhuyan (IIT Guwahati) and Prof. Rukmani Mohanta (Hyderabad University). Prof. B. Mukhopadhyaya chaired the technical session.
After these sessions, there are three parallel technical sessions, i.e., 3A, 3B and 3C, from 10.30 AM -1.00 PM. Prof. Sumitra Phanjoubam chaired the parallel technical session 3A and twelve (12) participants gave the oral presentation for this session.
For parallel technical session 3B, there were 12 oral presenters and Prof. Dilip Angom chaired the session. For parallel technical session 3C, Prof. MK Das chaired the session and there are 12 oral presenters. After the lunch break, there was a program for sight-seeing at Loktak Lake.
On day-03 (10/11/2022, Thursday), there were two parallel sessions (4A and 4B sessions):
(i) Communication and Instrumentation & CMPMS (4A)
(ii) Astrophysics, Cosmology and Nuclear Physics & High energy Physics (4B).
There were 13 oral presentations (7 for Communication and Instrumentation and 6 for CMPMS) for 4A session and chaired by Prof. H. Basantakumar Sharma (Manipur University). In the 4B parallel technical session, there were 11 oral presentations; 6 for ACN and 5 for High Energy Physics and chaired by Dr. Subrata Hazarika and Dr. Abhijit Das, Assam University.
After the lunch break, there was a valedictory session from 3.30 PM-4.30 PM. At the valedictory session, two awards for POSTER presentations and two awards for ORAL presentations were awarded
It was announced at the valedictory function that papers presented in the Conference can submit their full paper to (1) Materials Today: Proceedings (Elsevier) (2) Book Chapter Publication.