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News & Events
Materials Science Alumni Association Meet has been organized on 29th December, 2011 at Dept. of Materials Science.

Seminar/Conference/Workshop organized by the Department

Year 2001
  • 100th Patent Awareness workshop, DST, New Delhi, June 29-30, 2001.
  • Indo – Carbon 2001, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar.
  • UGC Sponsored Refresher courses in Materials Science , 2 Nov 19-Dec 8, 2001
Year 2002
  • National Symposium on Polymers:- recent trends in the Frontier areas of polymers
  • science, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar.
  • UGC Sponsored Refresher courses in Materials Science , Nov. 14-Dec 5, 2002
Year 2003
  • Patent Awareness Workshop , TIFAC , New Delhi &
  • GUJCOST, Gandhinagar, November 9, 2003, S.P.University,
  • Gujarat Research Students Meet, MRSI (Gujarat), December 9, 2003
  • UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in Materials Science, UGC, Nov, 3 – Nov-22, 2003,
  • Alumni Association Meet, Alumni Association Fund, 2003
Year 2004
  • Seminar on Polymers & Nanomaterials, UGC, March 13, 2004, Vallabh Vidyanagar.U.G.C. Sponsored Refresher Course in Materials Science from Dec.1 – Dec 21, 2004
Year 2005
  • Recent Advances in Science and technology – Gujarat Science Congress, Feb 19, 2005, nS .P University.
  • Seminar on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology –The Current Scenario on March 11-12, 2005.
  • Intellectual Property Rights – Policy, Education and Public outreach on September 3-4, 2005.
  • Indo-French workshop on Advanced Composite Materials on Nov 9, 2005
  • UGC Sponsored Refresher course in Materials Science from December 1-21, 2005
Year 2006
  • Recent trends in Nanotechnology Instrumentation, Keitheley, Sept. 23, 2006, Vallabh Vidyanagar

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Year 2007
  • An International Conference on HIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMIMATRIX COMPOSITES, HTCMC -6 was organized by the Department of Science and Technology at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi from Sept 4-7, 2007. This conference was the first of its kind in the country. Renowned Scientists in the field of Aerospace, Defence, Nuclear Energy, Nanotechnology from 14 countries participated in this conference.
  • An International Workshop on Nanostructured High temperature and High Performance Materials WNHPM 07 was organized by the Department of Materials Science on Sept 10, 2007 at Sardar Patel University. The scientists from Japan, Korea, U.S.A, France and Germany gave invited talks. The Workshop was attended by 180 delegates.
Year 2008
  • Indo-Japan Workshop on High Temperature Material (IJWHTM) was organized by the Department of Materials Science on January 18, 2008 at Sardar Patel University. The Scientists from Japan gave invited talks.
  • A National Workshop on Characterization Techniques for Carbon Materials was organized by the Department of Materials Science and Indian Carbon Society on Dec. 23-24, 2008 at Sardar Patel University. The known scientists gave invited talks. The Workshop was attended by 100 delegates.
Year 2009
  • One day International Symposium on High Performance Materials was jointly organized at IPR by Department of Materials Science and Institute for Plasma Research on Feb. 20, 2009. The Symposium focused on Development of High Performance Ceramic Materials. Scientist from USA, Japan and India gave invited talks.
  • First Asian Carbon Conference was jointly organized by Indian carbon Society and Department of Materials Science at National Physical Laboratory, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on Nov. 25-27, 2009.
Year 2010
  • National Workshop cum Frontier Lectures Series on Advances in Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research , CAS, UGC, GUJCOST, Jan. 21-22, 2010, Sardar Patel University.
  • XXI AGM Materials Research Society of India, CAS, UGC; UGC, New Delhi, GUJCOST, Gandhinagar, Feb 8-10, 2010, Sardar Patel University
Year 2011
  • “4th Indo-Australian Conference on Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Drug
  • Delivery Systems” was co-organized by Sardar Patel University on February 10-12, 2011. The Scientist froms Australia, Korea and India gave invited talks.
  • “International Symposium on Advanced Ceramics, Composites and Nanostructured Materials (ISACCNM-2011)” was organized by the Department of Materials Science under CAS Programme of UGC, in association with Materials Research Society of India and Gujarat Council on Science and Technology on February 17-18, 2011 at Sardar Patel University.
  • “Workshop on the Research Orientation and Preparation of Research Proposal” was organized on February 4, 2011, under College Development Council (CDC), Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar.
  • ‘Workshop on Carbon Nanomaterials for Industrial Applications’ on
  • August 26, 2011, in collaboration with Indian Carbon Society (Gujarat Chapter).

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Year National/InternationalName of Seminar/ Conference/Workshop Source of Funding
2011 International International symposium on Advanced ceramics, composites and nanostructured materials (ISACCNM-2011)CAS Programme of UGC ,MRSI and GUJCOST
2011 InternationalIndo-French Workshop on High Performance Composites for Aeronautics & Space Applications & Extreme Environments(organized in New Delhi)University of Bodeaux, France & SPU Indo france joint programme
2012 NationalOne Day Brainstorming meeting for Development of Technology Systems on Ceramic TechnologiesDST , Department of Materials Science
2013 International International conference on emergence of new era in glass and ceramics followed by “national conference on green manufacturing technologies(Organized in CGCRI, Gandhinagar)Materials Science Department, Indian ceramic society, CGCRI, Industries commissionerate, Govt. of Gujarat, Ahmedabad
2013 NationalNational Conference on Discussion on natural and synthetic materialsAlumni Association,Department of Materials Science
2014 NationalSymposium on Innovation in Materials Science & Technology CAS-II
2016NationalTwo days Workshop on Characterization Techniques For MaterialsUGC XII Plan