A national seminar titled 'Innovations in Functional Materials' was inaugurated on Monday, May 29th, 2023, at the Department of Physics, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University. The seminar was sponsored by the World Bank under the Institutional Development Programme of the Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence and Equity. The seminar was inaugurated by Vice Chancellor Prof. Santosh Kumar Tripathy, who attended the event as the chief guest and stated that future research has the potential to discover the relevance of materials that are obsolete in today's era. He further mentioned that through such seminars, not only knowledge exchange occurs but also a platform is provided for the exchange of our customs and cultures. The event was presided over by Chairman PG Council Prof. Pramod Kumar Satapathy. Professor Partha Roy Choudhury from IIT Kharagpur joined as the keynote speaker and, in his speech, encouraged the participants to consider such seminars as an opportunity to exchange knowledge, research results, research facilities, etc., and make friends among themselves. He also suggested making it a habit to read at least one research paper every week. The Coordinator of the Institutional Development Programme, Prof. Hrudaynath Thatoi, expressed his gratitude to the Department of Physics of the University for creating a research atmosphere through such a well-organized seminar. The Convener of the seminar and Professor of the Physics Department, Susmita Kar, delivered the welcome speech. The Organizing Secretary of the seminar, Associate Professor Dr. Indrajit Naik, introduced the guests, while the co-Organizing Secretary, Associate Professor Dr. Pravanjan Mallik, proposed the vote of thanks. Departmental Associate Professor Dr. Priyadarsini Sanghammitra Sahu and Assistant Professor Dr. Jyotiranjan Sahu, along with Lab Assistant Srikrushna Mohanto, contributed to the management of the event. A total of 41 research papers will be presented in this two-day seminar. Professor Parth Roy Chowdhury from IIT Kharagpur, Dr. Shubhadkar Vedanta from NISER, Dr. Niladri Roy from DRDO Chandipur, Dr. SD Kaushik from UGC-DEA-CSRR, Prof. Bharat Kataria from Gujarat Saurastra University, Dr. CS Yadav from IIT Mandi, and Dr. A. K. Singh from NIT Rourkela will deliver their lectures as resource persons during the seminar.
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