Curriculum vitae of Dr. Pralay Maiti

Invited talks

1) Indo-French Symposium on “Fibrillar Network as Advanced Materials” held at Strasbourg, France on September 21-23, 2005.

Novel polyurethane gels: The effect of structure on gelation

2) National Conference on “Frontiers in Polymer Science & Technology” held at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata on February 10-12, 2006

Polymer Nanocomposites: A New Dimension for Plastics and Composites

3) Indo-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (Indo-US FOE) held at Agra on March 1-4, 2006

Application of Nanoclay in Polymer Science

4) National Symposium on “Biosafety Perspectives” held at Allahabad University on September 25-26, 2006

5) Workshop on “Nanotechnology with Ion Beam and Possible Applications” held at Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, on October 31- 1^st November 2006

6) National Seminar on “Emerging Technologies for Polymers and Textiles” held at IIT Delhi on March 10, 2007

Polymer layered silicate nanocomposites

7) National Seminar on “Advances in Polymer Science & Technology” held at IPCL, Baroda on March 16-17, 2007 – Felicitation of Dr. S. Sivaram

Recent trends of polymer nanocomposites

8) National Seminar on “Nano, Bio and Information Technology Integration” held at Sanjay Institute of Engineering & Management, Mathura on March 23-25, 2007

Polymer nanocomposites: A new dimension for plastics & composites

9) Special lecture at Asian Paints Technology Centre, Mumbai on August 11, 2007

Nano-engineered Polymer Composites and its Potential Application

10) Workshop on “Materials Science with Swift Heavy Ions” held at Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, on September 17- 18, 2007

11) International conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM 2007) held at Bangalore, on October 8-13, 2007

Novel Segmented Polyurethane / Layered Silicate Nanocomposites

12) SERC School on “Polymer Based Composites and Nanocomposites” held at IIT-Delhi on November 26-30, 2007

Polymer Based Nanocomposites : Characterization of Polymer Nanocomposites

13) SERC School on “Polymer Based Composites and Nanocomposites” held at IIT-Delhi on November 26-30, 2007

Polymer Based Nanocomposites : Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites

14) Colloquium on Perspectives in Polymer Science and Technology organized by Polymer Society, India - Kolkata Chapter on December 22^nd, 2007 held at IACS-Kolkata

Current Trends of Polymer Nanocomposites

15) International conference on “Advances in Polymer Science & Technology” (POLY-2008) held at New Delhi on January 28-31, 2008.

Novel Segmented Polyurrethane / Layered Silicate Nanocomposites

16) Special talk on Nanocomposites at Indian Institute of Science (Materials Engineering) at Bangalore on Fubruary 1^st 2008.

Nano-Engineered Materials : A New Dimension for Plastics and Composites

17) National Conference on Advanced Materials held at UP College, Varanasi, March 6-8, 2008

Polymer Nanocomposites : A New Class of Advanced Materials

18) Special lecture at Reliance Technology Centre, Mumbai, March 7, 2008

Enhancement of Polymeric Properties Through Nanotechnology

19) Workshop on “Accelerator based research on polymer science” held at Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, on August 25 2008

Swift Heavy Ions on PVDF and its Nanocomposites : The effect of beam current

20) International Conference on Polymer Blends, Composites. IPNs. Membranes, Polyelectrolytes and Gels : Macro to nano scales held at Kottayam, Kerala on Sept. 22-24, 2008

Nanoparticles induced controlled biodegradation of polymers

21) Proceedings of the Polymer Processing Society (PPS-25) Annual Meeting, Goa March 1-5, 2009

Rheology of Complexed Polymer Nanocomposites

22) 10^th National Conference of the Society for Polymer Science, India Macro-2009 held at IIT-M,

Chennai March 9-11, 2009.

Self-Assembled Polyurethanes

23) International Congress on Polymer Science & Technology: Vision & Scenario (APA2009) held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, December 17-20, 2009.

Thermoreversible Gelation of PVDF in Phthalates: The Effect of Nanoclay

24) Second International Conference on Polymer Processing and Characterization (ICPPC-2010) held at Kottayam, India January 15-17, 2010.

Novel Segmented Polyurethane Layered Silicate Nanocomposites

25) Continuing Education Programme on “Blending and Alloying of Polymers for High Performance Applications” at Defence Materials and Stores Research & Development Establishment (DRDO) Kanpur, 8-12 March 2010.

Polymer Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization and Properties

26) Seminar cum Workshop on “Particle Characterization of Nano-Pharmaceuticals” at Department of Pharmaceutics, Banaras Hindu University, March 20, 2010.

Thermal Characterization of Materials

27) National seminar on “Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy” NSAMS-2010, ISERC, Visva Bharati, March 27-28, 2010.

Polymer Nanocomposites: A New Dimension for Polymer and Composites

28) International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science and Technology (ICMST-2010) held at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala October 29-31, 2010

Tunable properties of polymer using two-dimensional nanoparticles: Potential Nano-Biomaterials

29) Colloquium on Perspectives in Polymer Science & Technology (Silver Jubilee of Polymer Science Unit, IACS, Kolkata) November 27, 2010

Self-assembly in thermoplastic elastomers : Effect of nanoparticles

30) International Conference on Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materials (MACRO 2010) held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi December 15-17, 2010 – Prof. M. Santappa Silver Jubilee Award

Different Aspects of Fluoropolymer Nanocomposites

31) National Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology held at Amity University along with Department of Physics, Lucknow University on December 21-23, 2010

Influence of Nanoparticle on Self-assembly of Thermoplastic Elastomer

32) Indo-French Seminar on “Self Assembled Hybrid Systems: Advanced Materials for the Future” held at Thiruvananthapuram on March 2-4, 2011

Nanoclay Templated Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Gels

33) Invited lectures organized by Society for Polymer Science, India, Thiruvananthapuram Chapter on March 4, 2011

A Glimpse of Polymer Nanocomposites

34) Workshop on Electronic and Ionic Materials & Devices in the Department of Physics, BHU on March 25-28, 2011

Nanoparticle Induced Electronic Materials Using Fluoropolymer

35) Invited lectures organized by Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore on April 15, 2011

Radiation Resistant Polymer Through Nanotechnology

36) Invited lecture organized by “Thermo Physical Society of India” and Department of Applied Physics, BHU on October 11-13, 2011

Nanoparticles Induced Chemical and Physical Changes in Polymer

37) Invited lecture on national conference jointly organized by Allahabad University and IUAC, New Delhi on “Nanostructuring by ion beam’ at Allahabad University on 17-19^th October, 2011

Swift Heavy Ion and Nanoparticles Induced Chemical and Physical Changes in PVDF

38) Science Academies’ Workshop on “Advances in bioinorganic and nanochemistry” organized by three national science academies – IASc, INSA and NASI at DAV post graduate college, Kanpur on 12^th November, 2011

Nanoparticle Controlled Self-assembly in Polyurethanes for Nanobiomaterial and Sustained Drug Delivery

39) UGC sponsored national seminar on “Useful and Harmful Effects of Polymers in our Society” at Garhbeta College, W.B. on 21^st November, 2011

Biodegradable Polymers for Sustainable Development

Ongoing / Completed Projects