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India-UK Workshop on Thermoelectric Materials for Waste-Heat Harvesting
8 January, 2018 - 10 January, 2018
Bangalore, India, 8-10 January 2018
About the Workshop
The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR, India) and the University of Reading (UK) are jointly organising an India – UK Workshop on Thermoelectric Materials for Waste-Heat Harvesting, to be held on 8-10 January 2018 in Bangalore. The workshop is part of the Newton Researcher Links Programme, jointly funded by the British Council and the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the event is also partially supported by the Sheikh Saqr Laboratory, ICMS, JNCASR.
The Workshop will bring together scientists from India and the UK to discuss the research and development of materials capable of converting waste heat into useful electricity. The topic is of global interest but it is particularly relevant for the development of India, where heat is abundant but electricity is still scarce: over 300 million people in rural India have no access to electricity, and those who do, often find the electricity supply to be intermittent and unreliable.
The main goal of the Workshop is to establish effective and durable collaboration links between researchers in UK and India working on thermoelectric materials. The workshop will also provide training to participating early career researchers, with sessions dedicated to experimental and theoretical techniques to investigate thermoelectric materials, as well as discussions of career opportunities in this field.
Call for Participants
Early Career Researchers (individuals holding a PhD and having up to 10 years of post-PhD research experience in a relevant field) from the UK and India are invited to submit their applications for participation in this Workshop. We will provide funding to selected applicants, including the cost of international or domestic travel, local travel (between airport and JNCASR), accommodation and meals.
Completed application forms should be sent via email to the Workshop coordinators (Dr Ricardo Grau-Crespo for applications from the UK, and Dr Kanishka Biswas for applications from India) whose contact details are given below.
In addition, there is a small number of slots available for self-funded participants at any career stage, who will need to pay a fee of £200 for covering the cost of registration, accommodation and meals. Self-funded applicants should also submit the application form for participation.
The deadline for applications is Friday 1st September 2017.
The Workshop Venue
The workshop will be held at the beautiful campus of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR). The institute is located near Bangalore’s International Airport, which serves direct flights from the UK, and it has first-class conference facilities including well-equipped conference rooms.
Keynote Speakers and Workshop Mentors
| Prof. Umesh V. Waghmare (JNCASR, Bangalore, India) |
| Prof. Anthony V. Powell (University of Reading, UK) |
| Prof. Robert Freer (University of Manchester, UK) |
| Prof. D. K. Aswal (CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India) |
Workshop Coordinators
| Dr Ricardo Grau-Crespo (University of Reading, UK)
Email: r.grau-crespo@reading.ac.uk |
| Dr Kanishka Biswas (JNCASR, Bangalore, India)
Email: kanishka@jncasr.ac.in |