Chromatographic Society of India (CSI), a non-profit organisation committed to education of chromatography and mass spectrometry to interested students and chemistry professionals, will organise a symposium on ‘Evolution of Gas Chromatography in India—Past, Present and Future’. The symposium will be held at Training School Hostel Auditorium, BARC, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai on November 23 and 24, 2012.
The symposium will bring together all those connected with gas chromatography. There will be only invited talks from the experts in various fields of GC application such as petrochemicals, natural gas, perfumeries, flavours, pharma, forensic, doping, synthetic chemistry, natural products, etc. It will provide a platform to recognise the scientists, companies and the people who have helped in placing India on the international map of chromatography.
The delegates of this symposium are expected to be the users of GC from the industry, researchers as well as teachers and students from the academic institutions and national research centres. The representatives from the analytical instruments industry are also expected to participate.
On this occasion, CSI is planning to bring out a special commemorative souvenir covering the history of gas chromatography developments in India, the profiles of companies that have helped in bringing up this industry and the profiles of the selected individuals, who have devoted a major part of their career in contributing towards this industry and education of this technique. It is expected that this volume will be a ‘Collector’s Item’ by those who are interested in analytical instrumentation in general and chromatography in particular. It is proposed to have an exhibition of both local and imported GC suppliers, accessories and consumables during this symposium for the benefits of the delegates and visitors. The exhibition will help them to decide on their future purchases. The symposium is intended to be a common meeting point of researchers, students, teachers, chemical industry personnel and the analytical industry representatives.
Speakers at the event are: Annaji Rao, retired scientist from BARC, Mumbai; B Sitharaman, Director of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Nashik; Rodney Cheng, Analytical Measurements, Singapore; Dr Sangita D Kumar, ACD, BARC, Mumbai; Ambarish Anjaria, Reliance Industries, Hazira; Dr L Kalyanaraman, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Hyderabad; Dr M Vairamani, SRM College, Chennai; Dr SY Pandey, JRF, Vapi; Dr K Sundararajan, International Flavour & Fragrances, Chennai; Dr ND Gangal, NOCIL, Mumbai; Dr MK Malve, Forensic Science Laboratory, Mumbai; Dr Alka Bheotra, National Dope Testing Laboratory, Delhi; Dr Ajit Datar and Dr G Ramakrishnan, CSI, Mumbai.
The concluding remarks will be given by Dr Tulsi Mukherjee, Director, Chemistry Group, BARC.
EP News Bureau