Panjab University (PU), established in 1882 at Lahore (Now in Pakistan) was shifted to inde-pendent India in 1947. It is one of the four universities established in India before partition by the then Federal Government. In 1956, PU shifted to Chandigarh and in 1966, after re-organization of Punjab and was made as an Inter State Body Corporate under the Act of Parliament. PU is imparting education to over 2.5 lakh students through its 78 teaching and research departments located on the twin campus at Chandigarh and through 195 affiliated/constituent colleges spread over Punjab and Chandigarh besides 4 Regional centers at Mukatsar, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Kauni.

PU has a long tradition of pursuing excellence in teaching and research in Science & Technolo-gy, humanities, social sciences, performing arts and sports. By virtue of its history, experience, achievements, and philosophy, PU has a national character and it enjoys an international stature drawing both the faculty and students from all over the country and different parts of the globe. PU faculty includes some of the most distinguished scientists and academicians. Over the years, the reputation of the PU has grown to emerge as an institution at the pinnacle in innovative teaching, research and community outreach. Its alumni include two former Prime Ministers and several past and present cabinet ministers of the country, two Noble Laureates, a large number of Fellows of various Academies, both in Science and Social Science, Theatre Artists, Actors. There is hardly any sphere where the university has not made its mark. The university is ranked amongst the top Universities in India and Internationally by various agencies/bodies.

Initiated by PU, the institutions in Chandigarh region called for the creation of Knowledge Cluster in 2012, named as Chandigarh Region Innovation and Knowledge Cluster (crikc.puchd.ac.in) with a view to expand technological innovations by close collaboration of academia and the pri-vate and government sectors using accumulated knowledge. The ecosystem is expected to ex-pand its technological innovations in Chandigarh region on a global level. At present CRIKC has thirty institutions from the region that are collaborating in various areas of National and Global priority. The Govt. of India has recently recognized CRIKC model and is planning to create simi-lar knowledge clusters in other regions of the country.

Participation in Chandigarh Science Congress is open to researchers and scientists from industry and academia including faculty, research scholar, undergraduate and post-graduate students.

Registration is necessary for participation in the conference.

The abstract should be typed in Times New Roman Font, Title should be in Caps and Bold, Author’s Names in bold, addresses in italics. The name of the presenting author should be underlined. All the text should be in Font size 12 and 1.5 spaced.

The abstracts must be submitted to the relevant sectional President.

The delegates can also register without submitting the abstract. They would be provided participation certificates.

The Registration fee has to be submitted to the appropriate section.

The last date of registration without late fee would be February 28, 2019 (Thursday). No reg-istration will be accepted after March 7, 2019 (Thursday). All registered participants will be provided with delegate kit, lunch, snacks and tea.

The winner for the BEST PAPER for oral and poster presentations conducted at the section-al level shall be awarded during the valedictory function on March 15, 2019.

The first 2 winners of the quiz at the sectional level shall further participate to compete at the University level whose winners will be announced during CHASCON 2019.

No accommodation/conveyance will be provided to the delegates by the organizers.

The outstation delegates will have to make their own arrangements.

There would be no spot registration.

Delegate Normal Fee

(Up to 28.02.2019)

With late fee

(Up to 07.03.2019)

Delegates from Industry Rs.3500/- Rs.4000/-

Delegate from Academia/Faculty Members/Scientists

Rs.1500/- Rs.2000/-

Research Scholars with Fellowship Rs.1000/- Rs.1500/-

Research Scholars without Fellow-ship and Students (UG/PG)

Rs.500/- Rs.750/-

March 12, 2019 (Tuesday) Pre-CHASCON Workshop

March 13, 2019 (Wednesday) Inaugural Function, Technical Sessions and Public Lecture

March 14, 2019 (Thursday) Sectional Program and Public Lecture

March 15, 2019 (Friday) Quiz and Valedictory Function

Sections Departments/Centers/Institutes Section President

Pharmaceutical Sciences

University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS)

Prof. Maninder Karan maninderkaran@pu.ac.in

Physical Sciences

Physics, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Medical Physics

Prof. Navdeep Goyal physics@pu.ac.in

Chemical Sciences

Chemistry Prof. K.N. Singh chemdept@pu.ac.in

Mathematical Sciences

Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Sciences Prof. R.K. Singla chairpersondcsa@pu.ac.in

Engineering & Management Sciences

University Institute of Engineering & Technology (UIET), Dr. S.S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology (UICET), Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility (SAIF), University Institute of Applied Manage-ment Sciences (UIAMS), University Business School (UBS), University Institute of Hotel & Tour-ism Management, University Institute of Fashion Technology and Vocational Development (UIFT)

Prof. Savita Gupta directoruiet@pu.ac.in

Basic Medical Sciences & Dental Sciences

Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Microbi-ology, Dr. H.S. Judge Institute of Dental Science & Hospital (HSJIDS), Microbial Biotechnology, Stem Cell & Tissue Engineering, Human Genome, Sys-tems Biology & Bioinformatics, Nuclear Medicine, Public Health

Prof. S.K. Soni micro@pu.ac.in

Life Sciences Botany, Zoology, Anthropology, Forensic Science Prof. Sunita Kapila chairman.botany@pu.ac.in

Earth & Environ-ment Sciences

Geology, Geography & Environmental Sciences Prof. Rajeev Patnaik rpatnaik@pu.ac.in

The sectional program would have plenary lecture, quiz, oral and poster presentations.

13TH

CHANDIGARH

SCIENCE

CONGRESS

March 13-15, 2019

Organized by PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH

WITH CHANDIGARH REGION INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE CLUSTER (CRIKC)

Chief Patron

Prof. Raj Kumar Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh

Patrons

Prof. Jagat Ram, Director, PGIMER, Chd. Prof. Debi P Sarkar, Director, IISER, Mohali (PB) Prof. S.K. Das, Director, IIT, Ropar (PB) Prof Dheeraj Sanghi, Director, PEC, Chd. Prof. A.R. Rao, Director, NIPER, Mohali (PB) Dr. Anil Koul, Director, CSIR-IMTECH, Chd. Dr. S.K. Sinha, Director, CSIR-CSIO, Chd. Prof. T.R. Sharma, Director, NABI & CEO,

CIAB, Mohali (PB) Prof. Hirendra N. Ghosh, Director, INST, Mohali (PB) Dr. Manjit Singh, Director, DRDO-TBRL, Chd. Dr. O. P. Chaurasia, Director, DRDO-DIHAR, Chd. Sh. Naresh Kumar, Director, DRDO-SASE, Chd. Prof. B.S. Chavan, Director-Principal, GMCH, Chd. Mr. Surinder Singh, Director, SCL, Mohali (PB) Prof. S. S. Pattnaik, Director NITTTR, Chd. Prof. Rajendra Srivastava, Dean, ISB, Mohali (PB) Dr. P.K. Khosla, Director, C-DAC, Mohali (PB) Dr. Pramod Kumar, IDC, Chd. Dr. Manpreet Singh, Principal, CCET, Chd. Dr. Jatinder K. Arora, Director, PSCST, Chd. Mr. Debendra Dalai, IFS, Director, Department of

Science, Technology & Environment, Chandigarh Administration

Prof. B.S. Ghuman, Vice Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala (PB)

Ms. Sunita Goyle, Director, NIELIT, Chd. Mr. Sunil Bansal, Director, CRRID, Chd. Dr. Madhu Chitkara, Vice Chancellor, Chitkara

University, Rajpura (PB) Dr. Diljit Singh, Vice Chancellor, Rayat Bahara

University, Mohali (PB) Prof. R.K. Gupta, Vice Chancellor, Maharaja Agrasen

University, Baddi (HP) Dr. Virinder Singh, Vice Chancellor, Desh Bhagat

University, Fatehgarh Sahib (PB) Ms. Aruna Bhardwaj, Director-General, Swami

Vivekanand Group of Institutions, Banur (PB)

Steering Committee

Prof. Rajat Sandhir, Department of Biochemistry Prof. C.N. Kumar, Department of Physics Prof. Sukhwinder Singh, University Institute of

Engg. & Tech Prof. Sonal Chawla, Department of Computer

Science & applications Prof. Sanjeev Puri, University Institute of

Engg. & Tech Prof. Sukhbir Kaur, Department of Zoology Prof. Jagat Bhushan, Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge

Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital Prof. Rattan Singh, University Institute of Legal

Studies Dr. G.R. Chaudhary, Department of Chemistry Dr. Ashok Kumar, Department of Hindi

Advisory Committee

Prof. Shankarji Jha, Dean University Instruction Prof. Devinder Mehta, Dean, Faculty of Science Prof. Sanchita Chauhan, Dean, Faculty of

Engineering Prof. Karamjit Singh, Registrar, Panjab University Prof. S.K. Mehta, Director, SAIF Prof. Sanjay Kaushik, Dean College Development

Council Prof. Emanuel Nahar, Dean Students Welfare

(Men) Prof. Neena Caplash, Dean Students Welfare

(Women) CA Vikram Nayar, Finance & Development Officer Prof. Nandita Singh, Dean International Students Prof. Deepti Gupta, Dean Alumni Relations

Coordinator Prof. Rajat Sandhir Department of Biochemistry Panjab University Sector-25, Chandigarh-160014 Mobile: +91-8427777856

Co-Coordinator Prof. C.N. Kumar Department of Physics Panjab University Sector-14, Chandigarh-160014 Mobile: +91-9872644283

Research Promotion Cell Vice Chancellor’s Office

Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014 Telephone: +91 172 2540535, 2534535

Email: chascon2019@pu.ac.in Website: chascon.puchd.ac.in

Panjab University, Chandigarh in association with Chandigarh Region Innovation and Knowledge Cluster (CRIKC) is organizing Chandigarh Science Congress (CHASCON-2019) from March 13-15, 2019 on the theme “Science and Technology for New India” realizing that science and technology are the key elements in the economic growth of Mod-ern India.

Panjab University along with the CRIKC insti-tutions has been organizing CHASCON every year since 2007. The Congress has come a long way and continues to encourage the young and innovative minds by providing them with a suitable platform for interaction with researchers, academicians and industry leaders from all over the country. Several emi-nent scientists and experts from various fields are expected participate and deliberate on the theme. The technical sessions will comprise of plenary lectures, oral and poster presenta-tions.

The 13th Chandigarh Science Congress would

be an event to rejoice science and technology and would showcase for what is being done and can be done in Chandigarh region to de-fine the future India.