GUWAHATI: B. Borooah College (Autonomous), Guwahati will host an international conference on sustainable science on November 2 and 3, with researchers and experts from India and abroad scheduled to participate.
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The two-day International Conference on Progress and Challenges in Modern Day Sustainable Science (PCMDSS-2026) is being organised by the college's Department of Chemistry in association with the Pollution Control Board, Assam, and the Assam Science Technology and Environmental Council (ASTEC).
Prof. Bill Jones of the University of Cambridge, UK, will deliver the international keynote address. Other international speakers include Prof. Mihails Arhangelskis of the University of Warsaw, Poland, and Prof. Nadeesh M. Adassooriya of the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
National speakers include rof. Tridib K. Sarma of IIT Indore, Prof. Sasanka Deka of Delhi University, Prof. Upasana Bora Sinha of Nagaland University, Dr Debajit Sarma of IIT Patna, Dr Binod Bihari Palei of the Mineral Processing Department, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, Dr Dinabandhu Das of the School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Dr Bhaskar Jyoti Deka of the Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee.
Industry representatives scheduled to participate include Dr Monoj Mon Kalita of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Germany, and Dr Biva Talukdar, an EU sustainable technology consultant based in Germany.
The conference will focus on translating scientific research into sustainable technologies and practical solutions. Discussions will cover energy, health, green chemistry, environmental sustainability, biomaterials, agriculture and food technology, climate change, waste management and other areas of multidisciplinary science.
The programme will include plenary lectures, invited lectures, student oral presentations and poster presentations.
The conference coincides with the 62nd anniversary of the postgraduate Department of Chemistry at B. Borooah College, which was established in 1964 and offers undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programmes.
Researchers and scholars can register and submit abstracts through the official conference website.
