1. Invited talk on “Polmeric
materials for environmental applications” in Acropolis Institute of Management
Studies and Research, for National science day Indore Science week
celebration-2023
2. Invited talk on Role of cellulose, clays, polymeric resins and graphene in heavy metal remediation, Emergining trends in separation scince and technology, ICT-Mumbai, sponsored by DAE, November 2022.
3. Invited lecture at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, on Clean Environment-Need for sustainable solutions” for One day online Faculty development program on Recent Adnvances in Learning Chemical Sciences (RALCS) -2022.
4. Presented a Key Note Talk on Assessment of diverse materials for sustainable environmental remediation of pollutants at the 3rd International Conference CHEMBIOEN-2022 organized by BV Raju Institute of Technology Narasapur, Telangana during Nov 4-5, 2022
5. Presented an invited talk on E waste management at the Short-Term Course program on “Advanced Applied Chemistry and Engineering Materials” organized by UGC-HRDC at JNTUH, Hyderabad held during 12-09-2022 to 17-09-2022.
6. 2 nd DAE symposium on Current Trends in Analytical Chemistry (CTAC- 2021) BARC, Mumbai, Oct 20-23, 2021. Title of Talk: Environmental remediation of toxic metal ions from wastewater.
7. UGC-HRDC Short term course on Modern methods in organic synthesis and analytical techniques, Dept of Chemistry, JNTU, Hyderabad, 30 th Aug- 6 th Sep 2021. Title of talk: Application of tailored polymeric materials for environmental remediation.
8. National Conference on Advances in Chemistry and Chemical Engg (NCACACE 2021) Dept of Chemistry, JNTU, Hyderabad, Jan 28-29, 2021, Title of talk: Sustainable solutions for environmental remediation
9. Invited talk on Sustainable materials for environmental remediation at Asian Analytical Science conference,Taiwan 2020.
10. Invited talk at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala for First International Online Conference on Blends, Composites, Bio-composites and Nanocomposites (ICNC–2020).
11. Invited talk at International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IIUCNN), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala for Fourth International conference on Nanomaterials- 12-14 April 2019.
12. Graphene oxide based adsorbents for environmental remediation, Analytical Science at NCCCM (BARC), A Journey over 25 years, NCCCM, Hyderabad, 30th Nov 2018.
13. Invited talk on Importance on sustainable adsorbent materials for the sequestration of chromium from wastewater at 4th International conferenceon Water resource and Environment, Taiwan, 2018
14. Invited talk at University of Madras on 2nd International conference on recent trends in Analytical chemistry (ICORTAC) 2018
15. Role of biopolymers in environmental remediation, Indian Analytical Science Congress, M. G. University, Kottayam, Kerala, Feb 8-10, 2018.
16. Tailored adsorbents as greener options for chromium speciation, International conference on recent trends in analytical chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai. Mar.15-17, 2018.Defluoridation of water-A perspective, National conference on sustainable water and technology, Abdur Rehman University, Chennai, Sep 21-22, 2017.
17. Sustainable materials for environmental applications, Refresher program in chemistry, Ministry of Human Resources Development, IIT, Dhanbad, June 13, 2018.
18. Perspective on green adsorbents to sequester chromium from water National conference on Recent Developments in synthesis and catalysis at Dibrugarh University, Assam, during March 10-11 2017.
Sustainable adsorbents for chromium detoxification. 35th Indian Council of Chemists conference" at Pune during 22-24 December 2016.
19. Remediation techniques for fluoride, Theme meeting on analysis and remediation of water for arsenic, fluoride, uranium etc. at BARC, 14th July 2017.
20. Biopolymer-ionic liquid interactions in environmental remediation during the academic visit to Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Ishikawa, Japan, May 14-19, 2016.
21. Tuning the properties of biopolymers for remediation of heavy metals from industrial effluents, at Sixth International Conference on Metals in Genetics, Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (ICMG-2016) held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during Feb 17-20, 2016.
22. Sustainable adsorbents for environmental remediation-An overview, International conference on recent advances in chemistry and chemical engineering ICRACE-2016 at JNTUH, Hyderabad, during July 11-13, 2016.
23. Solid Phase extraction for chromium speciation using customized green adsorbents, National conference on analytical science and technology, Sep 24-26, 2015, Indian Society of Analytical Scientists, at Kerala.
24. Speciation of chromium using sustainable adsorbent materials-An overview, National conference on new frontiers in chemistry (NFCFA 2015) Dec 18-19, 2015, BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa campus.
25. Comprehending the interaction between heavy metals and tailored adsorbent materials for environmental remediation World Congress and Expo on Nanotechnology and Material Science, held at Dubai, April 13-15 2015.
26. Green adsorbents for heavy metal clean up from industrial wastewater" at BITS Dubai campus, April 12, 2015.
27. Application of customized biopolymer-based materials as green adsorbents for environmental remediation Key note address at UGC sponsored national conference on Nanoscience for sustainable development at Dr. Ambedkar College, Nagpur, Feb 23, 2015.
28. A journey towards understanding the interaction of toxic metal ions with polymeric adsorbents International conference on Green chemistry, catalysis, energy and environment held at Goa University, Goa, Jan 22-24, 2015.
29. Exploring the unique attributes in the interaction of heavy metals with novel polymeric adsorbents” International conference on Materials and Characterization, held at VIT, Chennai, March 10-12, 2014.
30. Versatile applications of customized biopolymers to sequester heavy metals from industrial effluents, SESTEC 2014, BARC, Mumbai, India, Feb 25-28,2014.
31. Tailored polymeric adsorbents for environmental applications, Innovations in Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus, Nov 15-16, 2013.
32. Importance of literature survey in research methodology, Workshop on Research Methodology, BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus, April 11-12, 2014.
33. Interesting features of heavy metal interaction with polymer composites for environmental remediation, International Conference on Nanomaterials, organized by B. S. Abdur Rahman Univ, Chennai and Deakin University, Australia, Dec 5-7,2013.
34. Biopolymer-Heavy metal interaction-a perspective, International Conference on Advanced Polymeric Materials, 2013, M.G. University, Kottayam, India, Oct 2013.
35. Biopolymers and their versatility for heavy metal adsorption, Indian Analytical Science Congress- 2013, Goa, August 2013.
36. Interesting aspects of interaction between biopolymers and heavy metals, UGC sponsored National Seminar organized by Department of Chemistry, Madura College, Madurai, Feb 2013.
37. Tailored Polymeric Sorbents for Environmental Remediation of Heavy
Metals, 3rd International Conference on Natural Polymers, Bio Polymers (ICNP 2012), Kottayam, October 2012.
38. Polymeric composites and their relevance in environmental remediation, National Seminar on New Frontiers in Scientific Research, Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada, Feb 2012
39. Emerging trends in the application of biopolymer composites, National Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials, Periyar University, Salem, Feb 2012.
40. Customized polymeric sorbents for the detoxification of heavy metals, International Conference on Nanomaterials (ICNANO) New Delhi 2011
41. Polymeric sorbents and their application in solid phase extraction, International congress on analytical science, Cochin, Nov.2010.
42. Chemically modified biopolymers and their application to the removal of toxic metals from industrial effluents, International conference on Natural and Biopolymers at M. G. University, Kottayam, India, Oct.2010.
43. Biopolymer composites for the removal of toxic chromium, National conference in Green and sustainable chemistry, BITS Pilani, March 2010.
44. Biopolymer composite materials for the removal of chromium from industrial wastewater, Symposium on Advanced Biological and Inorganic Chemistry, TIFR, Mumbai, 2009
45. Green chemistry and its applications, Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre, July 2007.
46. Novel strategies for the removal of heavy metals, Science club, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, July 2006.
Workshops attended
1. Effective teaching and Learning, BITS Goa campus July 18-20, 2015.
2. Theme meeting on Recent advances in materials characterization, NCCCM, Hyderabad, Feb 20-22, 2014. (Organization committee member).
3. INDO-US Science and Technology Forum workshop on Green chemistry, New Delhi, 2003.
4. National workshop on application of Radioisotopes, BITS Pilani, 2000.
5. National workshop on application of Radioisotopes, University of Calicut, 1993.