Name: GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR CONFERENCE 13-14th November, 2025 Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre Kolkata
Start: 2025-11-13T08:45:00+05:30
End: 2025-11-14T18:35:00+05:30
Location: VECC

Thursday, 13 November
- Thu, 13 Nov
- Fri, 14 Nov
- 08:45 → 09:45
  
  Registration at the venue 1h
  
  Registration and Welcome Kit
- 09:45 → 11:15
  
  Inauguration Session 1h 30m SINP Auditorium
  
  SINP Auditorium
  
  Meghnad saha Auditorium
- 11:15 → 11:50
  
  High Tea 35m SINP
  
  SINP
  
  Meghnad Saha Auditorium
- 11:50 → 13:05
  TECHNICAL SESSION 1: TECHNICAL SESSION-1 SINP
  
  SINP
  - 11:50
    
    Cryogenic Education & Research Perspective in India 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Sunil Sarangi
  - 12:15
    
    Fascination for Superconductivity Never Diminished 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr R G Sharma
  - 12:40
    
    Development of Cryocoolers at IIT Bombay 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. M D Atrey
- 13:05 → 14:30
  
  Lunch Break 1h 25m
- 14:30 → 15:45
  TECHNICAL SESSION 2: TECHNICAL SESSION-2
  - 14:30
    
    Cryogenics and Superconductivity in Fusion Program 25m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Y C Saxena
  - 14:55
    
    Cryogenics in Particle accelerators-Why and How 25m
    
    Speaker: Dr Amit Roy
  - 15:20
    
    Cryogenics Developments for Accelerator Facilities: Superconducting Cyclotron and RIB at VECC 20m
    
    Speaker: Dr Sandip Pal
- 15:45 → 16:15
  
  Tea Break 30m
- 16:15 → 18:15
  SPECIAL SESSION ON PROF. BOSE AND ICC (1975- 2000): SPECIAL SESSION
  - 16:15
    
    Fifty Years of Indian Cryogenic Council (ICC) 10m
    
    Speaker: Dr R G Sharma
  - 16:25
    
    Felicitation 10m
  - 16:35
    
    Special Talk 2 10m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Malini Bhattacharya
  - 16:45
    
    Special Talk 3 10m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Ketaki Bhattacharya
  - 16:55
    
    Special Talk 4 10m
    
    Speaker: Prof. K G Narayankhedkar
  - 17:05
    
    Special Talk By Ex. President, ICC 10m
    
    Speaker: Dr Amit Roy
  - 17:15
    
    Special Talk, By Ex. President, ICC 10m
    
    Speaker: Dr R K Bhandari
  - 17:35
    
    Special Talk By Ex. President, ICC 10m
    
    Speaker: Prof. M D Atrey
  - 17:45
    
    Special Talk By Students of Prof. Bose 10m
  - 17:55
    
    Special Talk 10m
    
    Speaker: Dr S C Sarkar
- 18:15 → 19:00
  
  TOUR OF VECC Facility 45m
- 19:00 → 21:00
  
  Banquet Dinner 2h
Friday, 14 November
- Thu, 13 Nov
- Fri, 14 Nov
- 09:30 → 11:00
  TECHNICAL SESSION 3
  
  Running Cryogenics Project in India
  - 09:30
    
    Industry efforts towards growth of Cryogenics in India 30m
    
    Speaker: Mr P Kulkarni
  - 10:00
    
    ITER program and Indian Contribution 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Nitin shah
  - 10:30
    
    Helium Liquefaction/Refrigeration Technology Development at BARC: Current Status and Future Directions 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Mukesh Goyel
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Tea Break 30m
- 11:30 → 13:15
  INDUSTRIAL SESSION
  - 11:30
    
    Preferred Partner For Mission Critical Cryo-scientific Solutions ( Mr. Parag Kulkarni/ Vijay Gehani) 20m
  - 11:50
    
    Collaborating on Different Applications (Mr. Marco Muehlegger, Linde Kryotechnik) 20m
    
    Speaker: Mr Marco Muehlegger (Linde Kryotechnik)
  - 12:10
    
    Apollo's Journey in Cryogenics (Shri Dipesh Patil, Apollo Heat Exchanger) 10m
  - 12:20
    
    Liquid Helium Systems – Design and Engineering (Mr. Shankar Ghosh, Shell & Tube) 10m
    
    Speaker: Mr Shankar Ghosh (Shell & Tube)
  - 12:30
    
    Applications of Vacuum Technology in Cryogenics ( Mr. Kalyan Vijayarao, Pfeffier Vacuum India Pvt. Ltd.) 10m
  - 12:40
    
    Extraction of medical grade oxygen from Stirling PSA based liquid nitrogen plant 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr K Srinivasan
- 13:15 → 14:30
  
  Lunch Break 1h 15m
- 14:30 → 16:15
  TECHNICAL SESSION 4
  - 14:30
    
    Development of 1.5T Whole-Body Indian MRI Magnet System 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Soumen Kar
  - 15:00
    
    HTS Technologies: Progress, Applications, and Future Directions 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr Abhay Singh Gour
  - 15:30
    
    SRF Cavity at RRCAT 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr S Raghvendra
- 16:20 → 16:35
  
  Tea Break 15m
- 16:35 → 18:35
  Concluding Session
  - 16:35
    
    Fatigue Strength Properties of Materials At Cryogenic Temperatures 30m
    
    Speaker: Prof. D S Nadig
  - 17:05
    
    Indigenous Development of Dilution Refrigerators in India 30m
    
    Speaker: Dr J Pradhan
  - 17:35
    
    Concluding Remarks 45m

GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR CONFERENCE 13-14th November, 2025 Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre Kolkata

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