Sharda University Organizes National Symposium on Advanced Materials
A joint initiative of Sharda University, DRDO and Research and Technology Development Centre
Recent frontiers of advanced materials suitable for commercial applications discussed at the symposium
Greater Noida, July 13th, 2011: Sharda University, an institute of excellence, inspiring value-based education, research and development, today organized a National Symposium on Advanced Materials, at the auditorium in its campus. The day-long Symposium was a joint initiative of Research and Technology Development Centre of Sharda University and Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
The Chief Guest of the symposium was Prof. Dinesh K. Agrawal, Materials Research Institute, Pennstate (MRI), USA. Others present on the occasion included eminent speakers from IIT, Delhi – Prof. Neeraj Khare and Prof. V. D. Vankar; DRDO Headquarters – Dr. Chandra Prakash; Sharda University – Dr. N. B. Singh and Prof. R M Mehra, Dr. S. K. Mishra (Convener); Moser Baer India Ltd – Dr. G. R. Nyati, JIIT University – Dr. R. K. Dwivedi, AMU and Aligarh – Dr. Raffiuddin.
The conference explicated how in the present times of scientific development, materials have been extensively have been extensively studied both from the point of view of academic and research interest and have been exploited commercially for number of device applications. It was well attended by scientists, academicians, technopreneurs and students of Sharda University. There was also a workshop conducted at the National Symposium, the talk points of which were: Piezoelectric Ceramics, Ferroelectric Ceramics, Nano Materials and Composites, Carbon Nanotubes and Metallic Materials.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gupta, Chancellor Sharda University, said, “Sharda University takes pride in organizing this National Symposium dedicated to discussions upon the recent frontiers of advanced materials which have great potential for commercial applications. In the past one decade, scientific endeavors and cutting-edge technology has enabled scientists to discover amazingly new materials that have multi-farious technological applications. At today’s symposium, we made an attempt to understand the nature and properties of such advanced materials that shall be useful, in the coming years, for our country’s defence forces and military.”
