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Frontiers of Physical Chemistry (FPC 2026)

Experiments, Computations and Theory

A flagship meeting of Physical Chemistry in India

October 28 – 31, 2026 (Wednesday – Saturday)
SNBNCBS, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India
Speakers & Posters Key Dates
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Speakers, Posters & Chairs
  • 15 September 2026  Abstract submission closed
  • 17 September 2026  Acceptances notified
  • Registration  Closed
  • 28–31 October 2026  Conference
Conference Overview

About FPC-2026

A premier national gathering bringing together experimental and theoretical/computational physical and biophysical chemists from across India to cross-fertilize ideas, discuss new research paradigms, and foster collaborative discoveries.

Uniting Experiments, Computations & Fundamental Theory

The national conference "Frontiers of Physical Chemistry: Experiments, Computations and Theory" (FPC-2026) is organized at the S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS), Kolkata, from October 28–31, 2026 (Wednesday–Saturday).

The scientific programme spans the forefront of physical and biophysical chemistry, including artificial intelligence and machine learning in chemistry, molecular dynamics of complex liquids and biomolecules, ultrafast and nonlinear spectroscopy, chemical reaction dynamics, electrochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, astrochemistry, and interdisciplinary areas at the nexus of chemistry, physics, and biology.

The meeting features keynote and invited lectures by leading pioneers across the country, alongside extensive poster sessions and short presentations by young faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and PhD scholars. Poster presentations by senior faculty members and mentors have been a proud signature of these Physical Chemistry conferences.

SNBNCBS Campus, Kolkata
S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata (Host Institution)
Scientific Scope

Core Scientific Themes

Spanning fundamental theory, quantum dynamics, state-of-the-art spectroscopic experiments, and modern computational methodologies.

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Electronic structure theory, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics, molecular dynamics of complex liquids and biomolecules, and multiscale modelling.

Ultrafast & Nonlinear Spectroscopy

Femtosecond transient absorption, 2D-IR, THz time-domain spectroscopy, single-molecule fluorescence, and cavity ring-down methods.

Chemical Reaction Dynamics

Molecular beam scattering, transition state theory, tunnelling kinetics, gas-phase and interfacial reactions, and catalytic mechanism mapping.

Biophysical Chemistry

Protein folding and recognition, hydration and solvation, membrane biophysics, and the chemistry-physics-biology interface.

AI & Machine Learning in the Chemical and Physical Sciences

Neural network potential energy surfaces, generative molecular discovery, data-driven kinetics, and AI-accelerated quantum mechanics.

… and much more across the breadth of physical and biophysical chemistry.

Scientific Presenters

Speakers, Posters & Chairs

Showcasing invited lectures by leading physical chemists alongside extensive poster presentations by senior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and PhD scholars, with scientific sessions chaired by senior colleagues from across the community.

Confirmed invited speakers, in alphabetical order. The three Special Evening Lectures (Biman Bagchi, Sudipta Maiti and Mark Maroncelli) and the Commemorative Lecture remembering Prof. B. M. Deb (Swapan K. Ghosh) are delivered online.

  • Prof. Aloke Das (IISER Pune)
  • Prof. Amalendu Chandra (IIT Kanpur)
  • Prof. Anirban Misra (North Bengal University)
  • Prof. Anirban Mondal (IIT Gandhinagar)
  • Prof. Ankan Paul (IACS Kolkata)
  • Prof. Anupam Bera (University of Hyderabad)
  • Prof. Arijit Kumar De (IISER Mohali)
  • Prof. Arnab Halder (Presidency University, Kolkata)
  • Prof. Arnab Mukherjee (IISER Pune)
  • Prof. Atanu Singha Roy (NIT Meghalaya)
  • Prof. Ayan Datta (IACS Kolkata)
  • Prof. Barun Kumar Maity (SINP)
  • Prof. Biman Bagchi (IISc Bengaluru)
  • Prof. Biman Jana (IACS Kolkata)
  • Prof. Biswajit Guchhait (Shiv Nadar University)
  • Prof. Brindaban Modak (BARC Mumbai)
  • Prof. Debashis Barik (University of Hyderabad)
  • Prof. Debasis Koley (IISER Kolkata)
  • Prof. Debasish Mondal (IIT Tirupati)
  • Prof. Durba Roy (BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad)
  • Prof. E. Arunan (IISc Bengaluru)
  • Prof. Hemant Kumar Kashyap (IIT Delhi)
  • Prof. Himansu Sekhar Biswal (NISER Bhubaneswar)
  • Prof. Madhurima Jana (NIT Rourkela)
  • Prof. Mainak Sadhukhan (IIT Kanpur)
  • Prof. Manik Pradhan (SNBNCBS)
  • Prof. Mark Maroncelli (Penn State University, USA)
  • Prof. Milan Hazra (IIT Jodhpur)
  • Prof. Moloy Sarkar (NISER Bhubaneswar)
  • Prof. Mousumi Das (IISER Kolkata)
  • Prof. Musharaf Ali (BARC Mumbai)
  • Prof. Parbati Biswas (University of Delhi)
  • Prof. Partha Hazra (IISER Pune)
  • Prof. Partha Pratim Roy (IIT Gandhinagar)
  • Prof. Piyush Mishra (IIT Kharagpur)
  • Prof. Pradipta Bandyopadhyay (Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU))
  • Prof. Pradipta Purkayastha (IISER Kolkata)
  • Prof. Prasun Kumar Mandal (IISER Kolkata)
  • Prof. Rahul Sharma (St. Xavier's College, Kolkata)
  • Prof. Rajesh Murarka (IISER Bhopal)
  • Prof. Rakesh S. Singh (IISER Tirupati)
  • Prof. Ranganathan Subramanian (IIT Patna)
  • Dr. Samiran Sen (CNRS / Institut Pasteur)
  • Prof. Sanjib Senapati (IIT Madras)
  • Prof. Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay (IIT Kharagpur)
  • Prof. Sarika Maitra Bhattacharyya (CSIR-NCL Pune)
  • Prof. Satyapriya Bhandari (Kandi Raj College)
  • Prof. Saumyak Mukherjee (IISER Berhampur)
  • Prof. Sayan Bagchi (CSIR-NCL Pune)
  • Prof. Snehasis Daschakraborty (IIT Patna)
  • Prof. Somrita Ray (IISER Berhampur)
  • Prof. Srabani Taraphder (IIT Kharagpur)
  • Prof. Srestha Basu (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP))
  • Prof. Sudipta Maiti (BITS Pilani, Hyderabad)
  • Prof. Suman Das (GITAM School of Science, Visakhapatnam)
  • Prof. Supratik Sen Mojumdar (IIT Palakkad)
  • Prof. Susmita Roy (IISER Kolkata)
  • Prof. Swapan K. Ghosh (UM-DAE CEBS, Mumbai)
  • Prof. T. Rajagopala Rao (IIT Patna)
  • Prof. Tapas Chakraborty (MAKAUT, West Bengal)
  • Prof. Tapta Kanchan Roy (University of Delhi)
  • Prof. Tatini Rakshit (Shiv Nadar University)
  • Prof. Tushar Debnath (Shiv Nadar University)
  • Prof. Varadharajan Srinivasan (IISER Bhopal)
  • Prof. Vivek Tiwari (IISc Bengaluru)

Poster presentations by faculty members are a signature feature of this conference series. Invited faculty poster presenters confirmed to date, in alphabetical order:

  • Prof. Abhijit Dan (MAKAUT, West Bengal)
  • Prof. Amit K. Paul (Bose Institute)
  • Prof. Anirban Panda (Jagannath Kishore College, Purulia)
  • Prof. Anup Ghosh (Bose Institute, Kolkata)
  • Prof. Arijit Kumar De (IISER Mohali)
  • Prof. Barun Kumar Maity (SINP)
  • Prof. Bhabani S. Mallik (IIT Hyderabad)
  • Prof. Bidyut Sarkar (Shiv Nadar University)
  • Prof. Debashree Ghosh (IACS Kolkata)
  • Prof. Debdas Dhabal (IIT Guwahati)
  • Prof. Harun Al Rasid Gazi (Aliah University)
  • Prof. Niladri Patra (IIT-ISM Dhanbad)
  • Prof. Padmabati Mondal (IISER Tirupati)
  • Prof. Padmaja Prasad Mishra (SINP Kolkata)
  • Prof. Papri Chakraborty (IIT Kharagpur)
  • Prof. Pradip K. Ghorai (IISER Kolkata)
  • Prof. Rajarshi Chakrabarti (IIT Bombay)
  • Prof. Ranjit Biswas (SNBNCBS)
  • Prof. Saumyak Mukherjee (IISER Berhampur)
  • Prof. Souvick Biswas (IISER Thiruvananthapuram)
  • Prof. Subhadip Ghosh (NISER Bhubaneswar)
  • Prof. Sudip Das (SINP)
  • Prof. Suman Chakrabarty (SNBNCBS)
  • Prof. Surajit Maity (IIT Hyderabad)
  • Prof. Tushar Kanti Mukherjee (IIT Indore)
  • Prof. Utpal Sarkar (Assam University, Silchar)

Contributed posters from PhD scholars, postdoctoral fellows and young faculty are selected from the open abstract call. Poster boards take A0 portrait (841 mm × 1189 mm).

Scientific sessions are chaired by senior colleagues from across the community. Confirmed to date, in alphabetical order:

  • Prof. Amalendu Chandra (IIT Kanpur)
  • Prof. Anindya Datta (INST Mohali)
  • Prof. Anunay Samanta (University of Hyderabad)
  • Prof. Avisek Das (IACS Kolkata)
  • Prof. Chaitali Mukhopadhyay (University of Calcutta)
  • Prof. Debabrata Seth (IIT Patna)
  • Prof. Niladri Patra (IIT-ISM Dhanbad)
  • Prof. Pratim Chattaraj (SNBNCBS)
  • Prof. Rajarshi Chakrabarti (IIT Bombay)
  • Prof. Rama Kant (University of Delhi)
  • Prof. Ranjan Das (West Bengal State University)
  • Prof. Ranjit Biswas (SNBNCBS)
  • Prof. Sabyashachi Mishra (IIT Kharagpur)
  • Prof. Sanjay Kumar (IIT Madras)
  • Prof. Sanjib Bagchi (RKM Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara)
  • Prof. Sourav Pal (Ashoka University)
  • Prof. Sumana Dutta (IIT Guwahati)
  • Prof. Surajit Maity (IIT Hyderabad)
  • Prof. Swati De (University of Kalyani)
  • Prof. V. Subramanian (SRMIST Chennai)
Schedule & Deadlines

Program & Key Dates

Plan your participation. Keep track of abstract submission deadlines, acceptance intimations, and scientific session timings.

Important Milestone Dates

Registration Registration Opens 1st September, 2026
Deadline Last Date for Abstract Submission 15th September, 2026
Decision Intimation of Acceptance 17th September, 2026
Registration Registration Closed Registration is now closed
Conference Conference Dates October 28 – 31, 2026
Program Schedule

Programme announced

The full day-wise programme, with session chairs, talk titles and poster sessions, is now available.

Sessions begin at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 28 October and close after lunch on Saturday, 31 October. Please plan your travel accordingly — participants are encouraged to stay for the full duration of the conference.

Conference Programme

Programme

The full day-wise programme of FPC 2026, with session chairs, talk titles and poster sessions. All times are IST.

Download programme (PDF) Pocket programme (A5 PDF) Book of Abstracts (PDF, 25 MB) Last updated 24 October 2026

Day 1 — Wednesday, 28 October 2026

08:00–09:00
Registration and distribution of conference kits
09:00–09:15
Inaugural Session
SESSION 1
Chair: Swati De (University of Kalyani)
09:15–09:35
IL-01
E. Arunan (IISc Bengaluru)
Is the distance between two atoms enough to conclude about bonding?
09:35–09:55
IL-02
Sarika Maitra Bhattacharyya (CSIR-NCL Pune)
Beyond Crystallization Frustration: Structure and Dynamics in Model Glass Former
09:55–10:15
IL-03
Pradipta Bandyopadhyay (JNU New Delhi)
Generalizing Physics-based Machine Learning for prediction of hydration free energies
10:15–10:30
SL-01
Srestha Basu (SINP Kolkata)
Engineering Chemical Reactivity and Optical Response through Defect Design in Nanocluster Assemblies
10:30–11:00
Tea Break
SESSION 2
Chair: Sumana Dutta (IIT Guwahati)
11:00–11:20
IL-04
Moloy Sarkar (NISER Bhubaneswar)
From Surface Chemistry to Excited-State Reactivity: Unraveling Catalysis in Mono- and Bimetallic Nanoclusters
11:20–11:40
IL-05
Durba Roy (BITS Pilani, Hyderabad)
What Nonequilibrium Work Theorems Tell Us About Carbohydrate Mechanics
11:40–12:00
IL-06
Partha Hazra (IISER Pune)
TADF-Enabled Triplet Exciton Harvesting in Novel Organic Multi-functional Luminogens
12:00–12:20
IL-07
Ankan Paul (IACS Kolkata)
Shedding Light on the Mechanism of Highly Selective Toluene Photo-oxidation under Nano-Confinement
12:20–12:35
SL-02
Saumyak Mukherjee (IISER Berhampur)
A Bayesian Lens on Molecular Rigidity: Learning Atomic Weights from Ensemble Data
12:35–12:45
SP-1
Sponsor Talk — Somananda Sanyal (Wiley-VCH)
12:45–14:00
Lunch
SESSION 3
Chair: Pratim Chattaraj (SNBNCBS Kolkata)
14:00–14:20
IL-08
Snehasis Daschakraborty (IIT Patna)
CO₂ Adsorption in Humid COFs: A Transition Matrix Monte Carlo Study
14:20–14:40
IL-09
Biman Jana (IACS Kolkata)
Learning Transferable Collective Variables For Ligand Binding Transition Through Explainable Machine Learning
14:40–15:00
IL-10
Debashis Barik (University of Hyderabad)
Power-law scaling of depth of the potential wells in bistable systems
15:00–15:15
SL-03
Supratik Sen Mojumdar (IIT Palakkad)
Small-Molecule-Directed Self-Assembly of Amino Acids for Emergent Fluorescence
15:15–15:45
Tea Break
SESSION 4
Chair: Debashree Ghosh (IACS Kolkata)
15:45–16:05
IL-11
Srabani Taraphder (IIT Kharagpur)
Free Energy and Kinetics of Unbinding of Enzyme Inhibitors
16:05–16:25
IL-12
Debasis Koley (IISER Kolkata)
In Silico mechanistic rationalization of Copper-complex catalyzed oxidative reactions
16:25–16:40
SL-04
T. Rajagopala Rao (IIT Patna)
Quantum Nuclear Dynamics: Reactive Scattering and Vibronic Coupling
SESSION 5 — POSTER SESSION A
Chair: Surajit Maity (IIT Hyderabad)
16:45–18:15
Invited faculty posters: IP-01 to IP-07
Contributed posters: P-001 to P-033, P-035, P-036
Show all 42 posters in Poster Session A
No.PresenterAffiliationTitle
IP-01Bidyut SarkarShiv Nadar UniversityInvestigation of conformational dynamics and ligand binding mechanism of gene regulatory SAM-II / SAM-V tandem riboswitch
IP-02Niladri PatraIIT (ISM) DhanbadMapping Conformational and Kinetic Landscapes of 14-3-3σ/α-Synuclein Assembly via Variational Autoencoders and Markov State Models
IP-03Saumyak MukherjeeIISER BerhampurA Bayesian Lens on Molecular Rigidity: Learning Atomic Weights from Ensemble Data
IP-04Debdas DhabalIIT GuwahatiCMA-ES-based Force Field Parameter Optimization of Diiodomethane for Surface Free Energy Calculations
IP-05Pradip K. GhoraiIISER KolkataBreaking Azeotropes: The Role of Entrainers in Efficient Separation
IP-06Papri ChakrabortyIIT KharagpurActivation of atomically precise monolayer-protected Pt nanoclusters: Formation of active CO oxidation catalysts
IP-07Utpal SarkarAssam University, SilcharMachine Learning Approach to Screen Potential Donor and Acceptor Fragments: Insights from Chemical Reactivity
P-001Hirak Jyoti BaishyaIIT GuwahatiTargeting Plasmodium Falciparum Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase (PfPNP) with Unnatural Nucleosides: A Computational Study
P-002Surendra Nath BarmanNIT MeghalayaBSA Conjugated Carbon Nanotubes for Release of Potent Antioxidant Curcumin
P-003Keniya BasuUniversity of CalcuttaOn the origin of the structural isomerism dependent intersystem crossing : role of spin–orbit and nuclear motion assisted spin–orbit coupling
P-004Saswata BasuIIT KanpurQuantum phase transitions in time-dependent quantum mechanical scattering
P-005Suman BhowmikIIT KanpurDecoding Intersystem Crossing: Molecular Design, Vibrational Control and Environmental Modulation
P-006Partha Pratim BorahIIT GuwahatiRethinking Activity Descriptors for Single-Atom Iron Water Oxidation Catalysts
P-007Roohi ChoudhuryNIT MeghalayaDeciphering bio-nano interfaces of AgNPs and Ag2SNPs with HSA: mechanistic insights into protein-nanoparticle complexation and their effects on antibacterial activity
P-008Subhajit DanIIT KanpurUnraveling the Dynamics of Interfacial Water at Electrified Graphene Surfaces through Theoretical Two-Dimensional Vibrational Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopic Study
P-009Hrishika DeyIIT (ISM) DhanbadTargeting Plasmodium falciparum Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases: Opportunities for Novel Antimalarial Therapeutics
P-010Sampriti GhoshSINP KolkataLanthanide-Doped Gold Nanocluster Assemblies Exhibiting Dopant-Directed Size Evolution, Symmetry-Controlled Eu3+ Emission, and Selective Chemical Recognition
P-011Mansi GuptaShiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCRUltrafast Hole Transport via Host–Guest Binding in Perovskite Nanocrystals: Experiment and Theory
P-012Injamamul HaquePresidency University, KolkataTuning Hydrogen Abstraction Reactivity of Fe(IV)=O Corrole Complexes through Local Electric Fields
P-013KrishnaSVNIT SuratInteraction Mechanism in LiH-nNH3BH3 (n=1-2) Complexes: Insights from Vibrational and Chemical Shielding Analysis
P-014Kajal KumbhakarEnhanced Charge Transport Through Ion Networks in Highly Concentrated LiSCN-polyethylene Carbonate Solid Polymer Electrolytes
P-015Rimi KunduIISER KolkataUnravelling Magnesium Dependent Conformational Switching in Flaviviral RNA
P-016Sankar MaityNIT RourkelaGlucose-Mediated Stabilization of Ethanol-Stressed Lipid Bilayers: Insights from Molecular Dynamics
P-017Srimila MallickIIT GuwahatiEnhanced Inhibition of Amyloid β Oligomerisation by a Coumarin- Chalcone Hybrid over a Coumarin Derivative
P-018Sourav MannaIIT KharagpurThermal and Light-Induced Catalysis in Pyridoxal 5′-Phosphate-Dependent Aspartate Aminotransferase
P-019Balaram MondalIIT GuwahatiLigand-Specific Binding Mechanism and Dynamic Modulation of Auxin Receptor TIR1 by Structurally Diverse Auxin Analogs
P-020Anwesha MukherjeeUniversity of KalyaniBile salt incorporated vesicles – Modulation of their characteristics and fluorescence probing of their microenvironment
P-021Rik Niranjan MukherjeeSNBNCBS KolkataContinuous Time Random Walk in Acetamide Deep Eutectics: Emergence of Dynamical Separation of Particles as Glass Transition is Approached
P-022Sutanu MukhopadhyaySNBNCBS KolkataOrFeaUs: Harmonic-Percussive Source Separation (HPSS)-based Feature Extraction from Molecular Dynamics Trajectories
P-023Tamisra PalBenchmarking Generative-AI-driven sampling of protein conformational landscapes
P-024Anuvab PandaIIT KanpurDynamical quantum chaos in one-dimensional transverse field Ising model
P-025Subir PodderRaiganj UniversityA Novel Naphthofluorescein Derivative as an Antioxidant for Biodiesel: Integrated DFT, Molecular Dynamics, and Machine Learning Insights
P-026PriyaIIT KanpurGreen’s function formalism for kinetic energy density functional for atoms.
P-027Madhumita RanoAshoka University, SonipatState-specific computations of vibrational and electronic excited states
P-028RishuIIT DelhiCollective Reaction Dynamics during Ligand Exchange in Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters
P-029Saswata RoyAzim Premji University, BengaluruChallenges in scalable excited state semiclassical dynamics
P-030Gourab SahaIACS KolkataQuasiclassical Reaction Dynamics: Diels−Alder versus hetero-Diels−Alder Reactions
P-031Dibyamanjaree SamantIISER KolkataMapping the sgRNA-induced Cas9 conformational activation pathways integrating structure-based modeling and VAMPnet
P-032Arka Prava SarkarSNBNCBS KolkataInvestigating the nature of anion migration in halide perovskites in presence of single layer graphene
P-033Mokshi SharmaCentral University of JammuVariational Framework for the Calculation of Vibrational States and Thermal Properties with the Effective Harmonic Oscillator
P-035Ananya SinhaIACS KolkataAccelerating Selected Configuration Interaction with Restricted Boltzmann Machine
P-036Vishal YadavIISER KolkataFrom Cause to Consequence: Explainable AI-Guided Reaction Coordinate Reveals Thermodynamic and Kinetic Mechanisms of Nucleic Acid Base-Flipping
18:15–18:30
Break
SESSION 6 — SPECIAL EVENING LECTURE (online)
Chair: Anindya Datta (INST Mohali)
18:30–19:30
EL-1
Biman Bagchi (IISc Bengaluru) online
From Molecular Chirality to Living Helices: Symmetry Breaking, Cooperativity, and Handedness Selection
19:30
Dinner (SNBNCBS)

Day 2 — Thursday, 29 October 2026

SESSION 7
Chair: Anunay Samanta (University of Hyderabad)
09:00–09:30
SBO
Sadhan Basu Oration Lecture
Amalendu Chandra (IIT Kanpur)
Nonlinear Vibrational Spectroscopic Calculations of the Dynamics of Aqueous Solutions at Charged Interfaces
09:30–09:50
IL-13
Varadharajan Srinivasan (IISER Bhopal)
An analytical hydrodynamic model for coupled edge plasmons in TMD nanoflakes
09:50–10:10
IL-14
Parbati Biswas (University of Delhi)
Rheology of Block Copolymeric Ring Polymers in Dilute Solutions
10:10–10:30
IL-15
Vivek Tiwari (IISc Bengaluru)
What is the electronic character evolution in singlet fission dimers?
10:30–11:00
Tea Break
SESSION 8
Chair: Rama Kant (University of Delhi)
11:00–11:20
IL-16
Aloke Das (IISER Pune)
β-Turn Peptides: Bridging Molecular Structure and Functional Materials
11:20–11:40
IL-17
Arnab Mukherjee (IISER Pune)
Memory Effects and Ruggedness as Microscopic Sources of Internal Friction in Chemical and Biophysical Dynamics
11:40–12:00
IL-18
Prasun Kumar Mandal (IISER Kolkata)
Does Excitation Energy Transfer Happen in Doped Perovskite Nanocrystal?
12:00–12:15
SL-05
Mainak Sadhukhan (IIT Kanpur)
A systematic Green’s function formalism for kinetic energy density
12:15–12:30
SL-06
Anirban Mondal (IIT Gandhinagar)
From Descriptors to Discovery: A Physics-Informed Inverse Design Framework for Self-Trapped Excitons in Unexplored Halide Perovskites
12:30–12:45
SL-07
Partha Pratim Roy (IIT Gandhinagar)
Ultrafast Mapping of Nonradiative and Radiative Pathways in Dual-Conformer TADF Emitters
12:45–14:00
Lunch
SESSION 9
Chair: Sanjay Kumar (IIT Madras)
14:00–14:15
SL-08
Arijit Kumar De (IISER Mohali)
Unveiling Time-Dependent Vibronic Coupling by Third- and Fifth-order Raman Spectroscopy
14:15–14:30
SL-09
Madhurima Jana (NIT Rourkela)
Hydrophobic Amino Acid Solutions at Work: Do They Reshape Protein Solvation and Thermal Stability?
14:30–14:45
SL-10
Barun Kumar Maity (SINP Kolkata)
Specific DNA Recognition Induces Folding Transition of the Oncogenic Fusion Protein PAX3FOXO1
14:45–15:00
SL-11
Debasish Mondal (IIT Tirupati)
Reset Controlled Non-equilibrium Transition in an Inhomogeneous Brownian Information Engine
15:00–15:15
SL-12
Somrita Ray (IISER Berhampur)
Stochastic Resetting Prevails Over Sharp Restart for Broad Target Distributions
15:15–15:45
Tea Break
SESSION 10
Chair: Sabyashachi Mishra (IIT Kharagpur)
15:45–16:05
IL-19
Susmita Roy (IISER Kolkata)
Ions as Molecular Architects Shaping RNA Folding
16:05–16:25
IL-20
Himansu Sekhar Biswal (NISER Bhubaneswar)
From Conformer Resolution to Bond Scission: An Integrated Approach Using REMPI, RIDIR, and VCD/ECD Spectroscopy
16:25–16:45
IL-21
Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay (IIT Kharagpur)
Modified Interfacial Environment around Biomolecules in Aqueous Ionic Liquid Mixtures
SESSION 11 — POSTER SESSION B
Chair: Niladri Patra (IIT (ISM) Dhanbad)
16:45–18:15
Invited faculty posters: IP-08 to IP-17, IP-27
Contributed posters: P-037 to P-069, P-105, P-106
Show all 46 posters in Poster Session B
No.PresenterAffiliationTitle
IP-08Barun Kumar MaitySINP KolkataSpecific DNA Recognition Induces Folding Transition of the Oncogenic Fusion Protein PAX3FOXO1
IP-09Debashree GhoshIACS KolkataTitle to be announced
IP-10Padmaja Prasad MishraSINP KolkataExploring Toehold-Independent DNA Strand Displacement through Parallel Triplex Formation
IP-11Sudip DasSINP KolkataPhysics-Informed Machine Learning for Enzyme Catalysis
IP-12Amit K. PaulBose Institute, KolkataMode-Dependent Vibrational Energy Flow in Hydrogen-Bonded Dimers: A Unified Mechanism for Intramolecular Vibrational Energy Redistribution and Vibrational Predissociation
IP-13Harun Al Rasid GaziAliah University, KolkataDecoding the Molecular Interactions of Thymol, Thymoquinone, and Lawsone with DNA and Protein: Experimental & Computational Approach
IP-14Rajarshi ChakrabartiIIT BombayActive Polymers in Porous Media: Activity-Driven Conformational and Transport Dynamics
IP-15Surajit MaityIIT HyderabadQuantifying the Intrinsic Energetic Thresholds of Solvent-Driven Excited-State Proton Transfer via Isotopic Tunneling Quenching
IP-16Tushar Kanti MukherjeeIIT IndoreRegulation of Protease Activity of Papain via Biomolecular Condensation and Its Reactivation by L-Cysteine
IP-17Arijit Kumar DeIISER MohaliUnveiling Time-Dependent Vibronic Coupling by Third- and Fifth-order Raman Spectroscopy
IP-27Abhijit DanMAKAUT, West BengalInterfacially Engineered Liquid Crystal Microdroplets: A Robust Platform for Label-Free Optical Biosensing
P-037Md Asif AminSuri Vidyasagar CollegeCoronene Based Two Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework with High Spin-Filtering Efficiency
P-038Nidhi AryaIIT JodhpurUnravelling the Mg²⁺-Dependent Structural Dynamics of DNA Holliday Junctions at the Single-Molecule Level
P-039Indrani BhattacharyaSNBNCBS KolkataAscorbic Acid Modulates the Hydration Dynamics of Urea and Glucose: Insights from Terahertz Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
P-040Sayari BhattacharyaSNBNCBS KolkataThe Fibril Tip Sets the Route, Not Just the Destination: Polymorph-Specific Kinetics of Aβ 42 Monomer Incorporation
P-041Sakshi ChawlaIIT GandhinagarTailoring Herzberg-Teller Vibronic Interactions in Tetrapyrrole-Based Systems
P-042Shrestha ChowdhurySNBNCBS KolkataStructural Deviations from Ideality in Alcohol + Water Azeotropes: Molecular Scale Investigations
P-043Kingshuk DasIACS KolkataSalt-Mediated Molecular Recognition of the p53 C-terminal Domain
P-044Krishnandu DeyNIT MeghalayaPhotoswitch activity of an Acyl-hydrazone dimer: A non-adiabatic dynamics study.
P-045Priya DeyKyoto University, JapanPepper-Mill Protein Dynamics: Decoding the Mechanism of MSPA for ssDNA Translocation
P-046Sk Samsul GhausIISER KolkataEngineering HLCT-AIE Active Molecule for Efficient Flexible Optical Waveguides: Photophysics, Mechanics, and Optoelectronic Integration
P-047Oushnik Sen GuptaSINP KolkataMonitoring enzyme activity on the surface of a self-referenced near-white light emitting assembly of atomic clusters.
P-048Subhabrata HazraIACS KolkataIntermediate Relaxation Timescale in Bulk Water: A Temperature-Dependent Investigation
P-049Tathagata IslamSINP KolkataSupramolecular assembly-driven emergent chirality with simultaneous induction and ligand inversion in atomic clusters
P-050Vijay KumarIIT KharagpurDeterminant Sampling and Subspace Diagonalization for Strongly Correlated Molecular Systems
P-051Subrata KunduIIT JodhpurMg²⁺-Dependent Dynamics and Kinetics of a DNA Holliday Junction Studied by Single-Molecule FRET.
P-052Himashree MahantaAssam Kaziranga UniversityChemical Dynamics Simulations of Benzene-Hexachlorobenzene Complexes: Association, Ensuing Dissociation, and Comparison with Related π–π Molecular Complexes
P-053Koushik MakhalIIT HyderabadA potential gated formic acid oxidation reaction on the Rh-Cr dual-atom catalyst water interface
P-054Apurba MannaIIT KharagpurUnravelling the Microscopic Properties of a Globular Protein in Aqueous Deep Eutectic Solutions using Molecular Simulations
P-055Archi MishraNIT Karnataka, SurathkalEffect of membrane composition on the structural dynamics of Amyloid Precursor Protein(APP)
P-056Piyali MukherjeeIIT BombayA Theoretical Investigation of the Encapsulation of Small Molecules within Coacervates of Elastin-like Polypeptides
P-057Venkatesh NIIT PatnaGrowth of Low-Density Liquid Domains Drives Fickian, Yet Non-Gaussian Diffusion in Supercooled Water
P-058Rishabh Kumar PandeyCUHK ShenzhenVibronic Coupling Effects in the Photoelectron Spectra of LiB6-
P-059Roja Satvika PuvvadaGITAM UniversityUnravelling the role of aqueous choline chloride-polyol deep eutectic solvents in protein stability
P-060Rajendra RathNIT RourkelaEmergent Mixed Crowding Effect on Protein Dimerization
P-061Indranil RoyIISc BengaluruAnisotropic quantum beats report room temperature functional vibronic couplings in light-harvesting aggregates
P-062Sudhriti RoyIIT JodhpurEngineering Heterotypic Biomolecular Condensates with Synthetic Peptides for Controlled Spatial Organization and Liquid-like Nature
P-063Gourab SahaIIT KharagpurMolecular Insights into the Aβ-42 Tetramer Induced Disruptive Effects on a Model Phospholipid Membrane
P-064Koushik SahaIACS KolkataQuantum Dynamics and Mean Square Displacement of a Nonlinear Brownian Oscillator
P-065Dipayan SarderIIT KharagpurMicroscopic Understanding of DNA Groove Binding by Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids
P-066Arghya SenUniversity of Rostock, GermanyCsMnBr3 Nanocrystals: Excitation-Dependent Photophysics and Curious Case of Carrier Dynamics from Picoseconds to Microseconds
P-067Pallav SenguptaIIT GuwahatiDistal residue mutations dictate substrate binding in MtbThyX
P-068Deepak SharmaIIT JodhpurDual Effect of RNA-like Polyelectrolytes on Stability and Dynamics of Biomolecular Condensates: A Tale of Competitive Short- and Long-Range Interactions.
P-069Vishnu SudarsananIISER PuneLi2 O Vacancy-Induced Modulation of Oxygen Redox in Li2MnO3 Surfaces: A First Principles Study
P-105Titas Kumar MukhopadhyayNIT JamshedpurSelf-Assembled PTCDA Coatings on Graphene Profoundly Improve the Biocompatibility Toward Genetic Materials
P-106Debasish BarmanKyushu University, JapanPrecise Control of Charge-Transfer for Triplet Harvesting: Functional Molecular Designs for High-Efficiency Narrowband TADF-OLEDs
18:15–18:30
Break
SESSION 12 — SPECIAL EVENING LECTURE (online)
Chair: Amalendu Chandra (IIT Kanpur)
18:30–19:30
EL-2
Sudipta Maiti (BITS Pilani, Hyderabad) online
Deep tech in photonics needs talent, ideas, resources, AND deep experience: let’s put them together
19:30
Conference Dinner — Hotel The Sojourn

Day 3 — Friday, 30 October 2026

SESSION 13
Chair: Sourav Pal (Ashoka University)
09:00–09:30
MCO
Mihir Chowdhury Oration Lecture
Tapas Chakraborty (MAKAUT, West Bengal)
Mass Spectrometry in Physical Chemistry Research
09:30–09:50
IL-22
Rajesh Murarka (IISER Bhopal)
Understanding the coil-globule transition in semi-flexible polymers from an energy landscape perspective
09:50–10:10
IL-23
Ranganathan Subramanian (IIT Patna)
Atmospheric Oxidation Kinetics of Emerging Halogenated Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compounds (XOVOCs)
10:10–10:30
IL-24
Anirban Misra (University of North Bengal)
Theoretical Design and Electronic-Structure Engineering of Donor–Acceptor π-Conjugated Molecular Systems for Tunable Nonlinear Optical Properties
10:30–11:00
Tea Break
SESSION 14
Chair: V. Subramanian (SRMIST Chennai)
11:00–11:20
IL-25
Mousumi Das (IISER Kolkata)
Role of excited states in optoelectronics: A model exact and DMRG study
11:20–11:40
IL-26
Hemant Kumar Kashyap (IIT Delhi)
Insights Into Antibacterial Action of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
11:40–12:00
IL-27
Tushar Debnath (Shiv Nadar University)
Exciton-Plasmon Coupling in Plasmonic Perovskite Nanocrystals
12:00–12:20
IL-28
Sanjib Senapati (IIT Madras)
Reinventing the Drug Formulation Technology for Improved Onset of Action and Lower Dose Requirements
12:20–12:35
SL-13
Arnab Halder (Presidency University, Kolkata)
Role of Photoinduced Processes to Modulate the Optical Properties of Carbon Nanoparticles
12:35–12:45
SP-2
Sponsor Talk — Laser Science Services (India)
12:45–14:00
Lunch
SESSION 15
Chair: Sanjib Bagchi (RKM Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara)
14:00–14:20
IL-29
Ayan Datta (IACS Kolkata)
Buckling and Defects in Two-Dimensional Atomically Thin Monolayers
14:20–14:40
IL-30
Manik Pradhan (SNBNCBS Kolkata)
Cavity Ring-down Spectroscopy in Gas and Condensed Phases
14:40–14:55
SL-14
Tatini Rakshit (Shiv Nadar University)
Probing cancer biomarkers using a biophysical approach
14:55–15:10
SL-15
Tapta Kanchan Roy (University of Delhi)
An Efficient Variational Approach for Thermal Density Matrices with Quantum Anharmonic Effects
15:10–15:25
SL-16
Atanu Singha Roy (NIT Meghalaya)
Protein Corona Modulated Doxorubicin Loading and Release from Catechin-Functionalized Ag–Au Alloy Nanoparticles
15:25–15:55
Tea Break
SESSION 16
Chair: Avisek Das (IACS Kolkata)
15:55–16:10
SL-17
Samiran Sen (Institut Pasteur, Paris)
Learning what to trust: A Bayesian framework for protein model refinement
16:10–16:25
SL-18
Brindaban Modak (BARC Mumbai)
Density Functional Theory Study of Single-Atom Catalysts on Porphyrin-like Porous Fullerene for Energy Applications
16:25–16:40
SL-19
Anupam Bera (University of Hyderabad)
Molecular Structure and Ultrafast Charge-Transfer Dynamics at Functional Material Interfaces: Insights from VSFG and Transient Absorption Spectroscopy
16:40–16:55
SL-20
Suman Das (GITAM University, Visakhapatnam)
Proteins in Deep Eutectic Solvents: Molecular Insights from Simulations
SESSION 17 — POSTER SESSION C
Chair: Debabrata Seth (IIT Patna)
16:55–18:25
Invited faculty posters: IP-18 to IP-22, IP-24 to IP-26
Contributed posters: P-070, P-072 to P-089, P-091 to P-104
Show all 41 posters in Poster Session C
No.PresenterAffiliationTitle
IP-18Bhabani S. MallikIIT HyderabadMultiscale Modeling of Electrochemical Catalysis and Energy Storage Systems via Molecular Dynamics Simulations
IP-19Ranjit BiswasSNBNCBS KolkataConductivity in Battery Electrolyte Systems: Impact of Ultrafast Solution Dynamics, Ion-Ion Motional Correlations, and Solution Heterogeneity
IP-20Suman ChakrabartySNBNCBS KolkataNavigating Pathways in Free Energy Landscape: Adaptive (Machine) Learning Strategies Towards Rare Event Kinetics
IP-21Souvick BiswasIISER ThiruvananthapuramResonantly Stabilized Free Radical Mediated Mass Growth: Indenyl Chemistry as the Common Thread of Planar and Curved PAHs
IP-22Anup GhoshBose Institute, KolkataBeyond the Sulfoxide Oxygen: NMR Spectroscopy and Machine-Learned Dynamics Reveal α-C–H···Ow Hydrogen Bonding in Dimethyl Sulfoxide-Water
IP-24Padmabati MondalIISER TirupatiA multiscale study in search of photoswitchable drug for serotonin receptors
IP-25Anirban PandaJ. K. College, PuruliaAddition Reaction Networks and Partial Ordering of Phosphorus–Sulfur Binary Compounds: A Theoretical Study
IP-26Subhadip GhoshNISER BhubaneswarSpatially Resolved Energy Transfer in Hexagonal Cs4PbBr6 Microdisks Revealed by Single-Particle Spectroscopy
P-070Farhin AkhtarRGIPT SivasagarMultifunctional Plasmonic Fluorescent Nanocomposites for Ultrasensitive Molecular Sensing, Antimicrobial Defense and High Resolution Bioimaging
P-072Anupaul BaruahDibrugarh UniversityA Light-weight Monte Carlo Simulation Based In Silico Protein Design Method for Mutation Induced Fold Switch
P-073Sreyan BhowmickSNBNCBS KolkataLigand-driven entropic collapse directs mechanical strain to facilitate BirA dimerization
P-074Ipsita ChakrabortyS. M. College, BhagalpurUnravelling PNIPAM Hysteresis: A Solvent Relaxation NMR Study of the Globule-to-Coil Transition
P-075Samsung Raja DaimariIIT GuwahatiGas and Aqueous Phase Oxidation of a Series of Lactones: Initiated with OH Radicals
P-076Supritam DattaIIT IndoreA Sustainable and Catalyst-Free Direct Photochemical Route for the Conversion of Amines to Imines via C–N Coupling Reaction Under Ambient Conditions
P-077Pradipta DeyIACS KolkataEffect of Protein on Photoisomerization of Bacteriophytochrome
P-078Parineeta GogoiIISc BengaluruTailoring Quantum Dot Properties for Quantum Science: Influence of Charge, Energy Transfer and Anisotropy on Exciton Dynamics in Quantum dots and their Assemblies
P-079Yugant PM GuddhaIIT GuwahatiUnveiling the Influence of Biomolecules on the Relaxivity of Mn(II) Based Contrast Agents: A Molecular Dynamics Study
P-080Aanchal HurmadeIISc BengaluruRaman Spectroscopic Investigation of Biochemical Changes in Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasis Model.
P-081Mira JhawarIIT GuwahatiFrom Core Insertion to Surface Binding: A Molecular Dynamics Study of hCT10-22 Fragment Behavior on Different Lipid Membranes
P-082Neha KundaraShiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCRInvestigation of the interactions of influenza A virus-encoded miRNA with human PCBP2 mRNA and Agronaute-2 protein at the single-molecule level
P-083Abhiroop LahiriIACS KolkataCommittor-Based Detection of Post-Transition-State Bifurcations from Enhanced-Sampling Simulations
P-084Dibyendu MaitySNBNCBS KolkataQuantitative Pathway-Resolved Kinetics from Neural Network-Guided Weighted Ensemble Simulations
P-085Abdul Aziz MandalSNBNCBS KolkataMechanistic Role of Different Functional Groups in Inhibiting Tryptophan Self-Assembly: Comparison between Aromatic and Nonaromatic Hydroxyl Moiety-Rich Chemical Compounds
P-086Anurag MauryaIISc BengaluruStochastic Thermodynamics of a Non-Markovian Random Process
P-087Anandita MitraIIT GuwahatiTherapeutic Targeting of Cancer-Associated PKM2 Mutants by Shikonin via Mutation-Induced Pocket Recognition
P-088Mainak MukherjeeSri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher LearningComputational Investigation of Through-Bond and Through-Space Charge Transfer for Reduced or Inverted ΔEST in TADF Emitters
P-089Shreya MukherjeeIIT (ISM) DhanbadEstimation of Absolute Protein–DNA Binding Free Energy using Streamlined Geometric Formalism
P-091Somnath PaitandiIIT GuwahatiMg-Co-B Chemical Space for Mg-Ion Cathodes: Evolutionary Search, Machine Learning, and Chemical Bonding Analysis
P-092Shivam PandeyIACS KolkataTurning Heat into Electricity: Driving High ZT through Soft Phonon Engineering
P-093Juriti RajbangshiUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, USAMolecular Insights and Predictive Models for Solvent Selection in Lignin Valorization
P-094Samarth RazdanIIT BhilaiMolecular Engineering of Antiaromatic Orangarin-based Sensitizers for High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications
P-095RoshanIIT DelhiInterfacial engineering of waste derived Char/VO2 composites for stable electrochemical energy storage
P-096Arnab RoyIACS KolkataAnti-Kasha-Type Spin-Vibronic Dynamics Drive Photoinduced Ni–H Umpolung in Ni-pincer complex
P-097Debasish SahaIISER BhopalNon-Markovian escape under stochastic resetting
P-098Adyasa SahooIIT GuwahatiStructural Responsiveness as the Key to Water’s Phase Behavior: Lessons from Machine-Learned mW and BOP Models.
P-099Jagori SarkarIIT KanpurDecoding the Rate Determining Step in plasmidium SHMT to Guide Antimalarial Inhibition:A QM/MM Enhanced-Sampling Free-Energy Study
P-100Shaheerah ShahidSNBNCBS KolkataDisentangling Heterogeneous Trajectory Ensembles by an Automated and Explainable Framework for Pathway Clustering and CV Identification
P-101Mohd Ayaz SiddiqueIIT GuwahatiMechanistic Insights into Substrate Recognition by the Key Quorum-Sensing Regulator Protein SepM in Streptococcus mutans
P-102Rahul SutradharIACS KolkataImplicating the Role of Enhanced Oxyl Attribute in Facilitating Exceptional C−H Activation by a [Co2 III,IV(μ-O)2] Diamond-Core Complex: A Theoretical Perspective
P-103Himanshu K. TiwaryIIT JodhpurSynthesis and Characterization Study of Precursor-Controlled Multicolour Carbon Quantum Dots for Bioimaging and Drug Delivery Applications
P-104Sumit SinghaUniversity of North BengalEngineering Nanoscale Interfaces for Enhanced Förster Resonance Energy Transfer
18:25–18:30
Break
SESSION 18 — SPECIAL EVENING LECTURE (online)
Chair: Ranjit Biswas (SNBNCBS Kolkata)
18:30–19:30
EL-3
Mark Maroncelli (Penn State University, USA) online
Adventures of a Lonely Water Molecule as Told by IR, FIR, NMR Spectroscopy and MD Simulation
19:30
Dinner (SNBNCBS)

Day 4 — Saturday, 31 October 2026

SESSION 19
Chair: Ranjan Das (West Bengal State University)
09:00–09:20
IL-31
Musharaf Ali (BARC Mumbai)
Thermophysical and dynamical properties of liquid sodium: Insights from MD simulations and DFT-BTE theory
09:20–09:40
IL-32
Sayan Bagchi (CSIR-NCL Pune)
Water Dynamics in Biomolecular Condensates: Beyond Slow Biomolecular Diffusion
09:40–10:00
IL-33
Milan Hazra (IIT Jodhpur)
Decoding Molecular Grammar of Heterotypic Biomolecular Condensates: Interplay of Sequence Architecture and RNA-like polyelectrolyte Mediated Competitive Interactions
10:00–10:15
SL-21
Biswajit Guchhait (Shiv Nadar University)
Domain-Specific Dynamics and Solvent-Controlled Excited-State Proton Transfer in Deep Eutectic Solvents
10:15–10:30
SL-22
Rakesh S. Singh (IISER Tirupati)
From Interactions to Architecture: Rational Design of Biomolecular Condensate Morphologies
10:30–11:00
Tea Break
SESSION 20
Chair: Chaitali Mukhopadhyay (University of Calcutta)
11:00–11:20
IL-34
Pradipta Purkayastha (IISER Kolkata)
Epitaxial Assembly of 1D/2D Organic Lateral Heterojunctions for Integrated Photonics
11:20–11:40
IL-35
Rahul Sharma (St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata)
Transient collective motion and density voids in a model drying chemotactic bacterial film
11:40–11:55
SL-23
Satyapriya Bhandari (Kandi Raj College)
Engineered Nanoarchitectures for Enhanced Energy Transfer and Multifunctional Applications
11:55–12:10
SL-24
Piyush Mishra (IIT Kharagpur)
Understanding Chemical Mechanisms Through Molecular Spectroscopy
12:10–12:20
SP-3
Sponsor Talk
SESSION 21 — Commemorative Session Remembering the Life and Works of Prof. B. M. Deb
Chair: Pratim Chattaraj (SNBNCBS Kolkata)
12:20–13:20
CL
Swapan K. Ghosh (UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai) online
13:20–13:50
Valedictory Session
13:50–14:50
Lunch and departure

SBO / MCO: Named Oration Lecture, 30 min · EL: Special Evening Lecture, 60 min (delivered online) · CL: Commemorative Lecture, 60 min (online) · IL: Invited Lecture, 20 min · SL: Invited Lecture (short format), 15 min · IP: Invited Faculty Poster · P: Contributed Poster · SP: Sponsor Talk, 10 min

Participation

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Registration includes access to all scientific sessions, conference kit & booklet, all lunches & session refreshments (3.5 days), conference banquet dinner, and certificate of participation.

Delegate Category Accommodation Option Registration Fee
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Senior researchers & mentors 		Including shared accommodation ₹ 19,000/-
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Without accommodation 		Without accommodation ₹ 10,000/-
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Abstracts are invited for poster presentation. The oral programme — keynote, invited and short invited lectures — is by invitation of the organising committee.

Submission Guidelines:

  • Length: Maximum 300 words, on one A4 page.
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Acceptances were notified by 17 September 2026. Registration is now closed.

Abstract submission closed on 15 September 2026.

Host City & Logistics

Venue, Travel & Accommodation

Located in the serene Salt Lake Sector III campus of S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata.

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About the Host Institution (SNBNCBS)

Established in 1986 under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences is an autonomous research institute dedicated to honoring the legacy of legendary theoretical physicist Professor Satyendra Nath Bose.

The centre boasts modern auditorium facilities (Silver Jubilee Hall), on-campus guest houses, scientific computing facilities, and state-of-the-art physical chemistry research laboratories.

Campus Address:
S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
Block JD, Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700 106, West Bengal, India

Accommodation

Invited speakers will be accommodated in the SNBNCBS Guest House. Registered participants opting for accommodation will be hosted in campus guest facilities and nearby partner guest houses in Salt Lake.

From Kolkata Airport (CCU)

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU) is approx. 13 km (~30–40 mins drive) from the venue. Prepaid taxis, Uber, and Ola are readily available at airport arrivals.

From Railway Stations

Howrah (HWH): ~14 km (~45 mins).
Sealdah (SDAH): ~9 km (~25 mins).
Kolkata Metro: Green Line (Salt Lake Stadium / Karunamoyee stations).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Registration includes access to all scientific sessions and lectures, conference kit and abstract booklet, daily lunch and session tea/coffee refreshments for all 3.5 days, participation in poster sessions, the conference banquet dinner, and an official Certificate of Participation. (Accommodation is included for delegates choosing the accommodation fee option).

PhD scholars, postdoctoral fellows, young faculty members, and senior faculty members are all welcome to present posters. Poster presentations by faculty members are a signature feature of this conference series.

Poster boards take vertical (portrait) posters up to A0 size (841 mm wide × 1189 mm high). Mounting materials will be provided on-site.

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Sponsors

FPC 2026 is a not-for-profit academic meeting. We thank our sponsors, whose support keeps registration affordable for students and postdoctoral researchers and brings instrumentation, computing and publishing partners face to face with the physical chemistry community of India.

Leadership & Organization

Committees & Contact

Jointly organized by S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS) in collaboration with premier partner institutions.

Conveners

RB
Prof. Ranjit Biswas Convener SNBNCBS, Kolkata
SC
Prof. Suman Chakrabarty Convener SNBNCBS, Kolkata

Co-Conveners

AD
Prof. Ayan Datta Co-Convener IACS, Kolkata
AP
Prof. Amit K. Paul Co-Convener Bose Institute, Kolkata
SR
Prof. Susmita Roy Co-Convener IISER Kolkata

Local Organizing Committee (SNBNCBS)

RD
Prof. Ramkrishna Das LOC Member Astrophysics & High Energy Physics
MP
Prof. Manik Pradhan LOC Member Dept. of Chemical & Biological Sciences
MK
Prof. Manoranjan Kumar LOC Member Condensed Matter & Materials Physics
PP
Prof. Pradip Pachfule LOC Member Dept. of Chemical & Biological Sciences
AH
Prof. Arijit Haldar LOC Member Physical & Chemical Sciences

National Advisory Committee

12 Members
BB
Prof. Biman Bagchi Advisory Member Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
AS
Prof. Anunay Samanta Advisory Member University of Hyderabad
AC
Prof. Amalendu Chandra Advisory Member IIT Kanpur
AD
Prof. Anindya Datta Advisory Member Director, INST Mohali
SD
Prof. Sumana Dutta Advisory Member IIT Guwahati
GR
Prof. Govardhan Reddy Advisory Member Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
SD
Prof. Swati De Advisory Member University of Kalyani
RK
Prof. Rama Kant Advisory Member University of Delhi
PB
Prof. Parbati Biswas Advisory Member University of Delhi
SM
Prof. Saptarshi Mukherjee Advisory Member IISER Bhopal
SS
Prof. Sobhan Sen Advisory Member Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
SD
Prof. Snehasis Daschakraborty Advisory Member IIT Patna

Conference Conveners

Prof. Ranjit Biswas Dept. of Chemical & Biological Sciences, SNBNCBS
Email: ranjit@bose.res.in
Mobile: +91 84798 92565
Prof. Suman Chakrabarty Dept. of Chemical & Biological Sciences, SNBNCBS
Email: sumanc@bose.res.in
Mobile: +91 96045 58056

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