Program/ Schedule

 

 

09:00-09:15 

Welcome address

 

09:15-09:45 

High tea

09:45-10:15

 

Prof. Suman Chakraborty

Introduction to Microfluidics

 

10:20-10:50

 

Dr. Dhananjaya Dendukuri

Building Microfluidic Products for Point-of-Care Diagnostics in India

 

10:55-11:25

 

Prof. Amit Agarwal

Gas Flow in Microchannels

 

11:30-11:50 

Tea

11:50-12:20

 

Prof. Sameer Khandekar

Thermo-hydrodynamics of Internal Convective Flows in Microchannels

 

12:25-12:55

 

Prof. Deepak Kunzru

Hydrogen Production from Ethanol in a Microchannel Reactor

 

13:00-14:15

Lunch

14:20-14:50

 

Dr. Ajay Agarwal

Microfluidics: Applications and Prospects

 

14:55-15:25

 

Prof. P. K. Panigrahi

Marangoni Convection inside Droplets: A Case Study of Protein Crystal Growth

15:30-16:00

Prof. Suman Chakraborty

Streaming Potential in Microfluidics: A Blessing in Disguise?

 

16:05-16:15

Tea

16:15-16:45

 

Prof. Siddhartha Panda

Nanocoatings in Microchannels - Flow Characteristics in Microfluidic Biosensors

 

16:50-17:30 

Discussion: Microfluidics and Microdevices Research in India