Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 23: The Department of Chemistry & Chemical Sciences, Central University of Jammu, organized two-day International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences (RACS-2026).
The conference witnessed c participation from eminent scientists, academicians, research scholars, and students from across India and abroad.
The conference was organized under the leadership of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Sanjeev Jain, who served as the chief patron of the event. The Dean, School of Applied Sciences, Prof Vinay Kumar played a pivotal role in shaping the scientific sessions. The Convener, Dr Sujata Kundan coordinated the overall planning and execution of the program. The Co-Convener, Dr Satyanarayana Battula, along with the organizing team, managed logistics, scientific scheduling, and participant coordination.
The first day featured keynote lectures by distinguished experts. Prof V Sridharan from the University of Hyderabad who delivered a lecture on palladium-catalyzed cascade functionalization of alkynes. Prof Pradeepta K Panda, also from the University of Hyderabad, spoke on porphycene and expanded porphyrin analogues. Prof S S V Rama Sastry from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali discussed metal-free chemistry facilitated by phosphines.
The afternoon sessions included invited talks by Dr Jugun Prakash Chinta from National Institute of Technology Warangal, Dr B S Naidu from Institute of Nano Science and Technology and Prof R Gurubrahamam from IIT Jammu. Further presentations were delivered by Dr Chetti Prabhakar from NIT Kurukshetra and Dr Someshwar Pola from Osmania University.
The day concluded with an international keynote by Prof Carsten Bolm from RWTH Aachen University on mechanochemistry in synthetic organic chemistry.
The second day featured keynote lectures by Prof Vandana Bhalla from Guru Nanak Dev University; Prof Iti Gupta from Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Prof Prakash Biswas from IIT Roorkee and Prof J Carlos Menendez from the University of Madrid.
The concluding technical sessions included a talk by Dr Shivnath Mazumder from IIT Jammu on AI-driven asymmetric Pauson–Khand reactions. The poster and oral presentation sessions provided an interactive platform for young researchers and scholars to showcase their work and engage in meaningful scientific discussions.
RACS-2026 concluded with a valedictory session involving distribution of prizes for Best Poster Presentation and Best Oral Presentation.
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