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Workshop on “Coating technologies for Industrial application” on Wednesday, 5 Dec 2021
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A one-day workshop on “Coating technologies for Industrial highlighted the activities of IMMT – DSIR CRTDH. Shri PK
application” was held on Wednesday, 5th December 2021, Gupta highlighted that MSME related various schemes
at CSIR- Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology and activities and how CSIR-IMMT can contribute to the
(IMMT). Shri PK Gupta, Director, MSME Development technological aspects like product up-gradation and IPR.
Institute, Ministry of MSME, Govt of India, was the Shri Satwik Swain stated that this is a great platform
Chief Guest, and Shri Satwik Swain, Secretary-General, for interaction between academia and industry. He
Odisha assembly of small & medium Enterprise (OASME), stated that scientists should develop cost-effective and
was the guest of honour. The workshop deliberated commercially viable technologies to be adopted by SMEs
on scientific interventions required by SMEs & MSMEs & MSMEs. Dr Sisir Mohanty, Co-convenor, delivered the
for their specific coating needs. Convenor Dr L D Besra vote of thanks. The inaugural function was followed by
welcomed the delegates. Prof. S. Basu, Director CSIR- technical presentations, panel discussions, and Lab visits.
IMMT Bhubaneswar, delivered the welcome address and

Workshop on “Coating technologies for Industrial application” on Wednesday, 5 December 2021
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A One-day Pre-conference workshop on “Analytical Tech- This workshop imparted hands-on training on basic ana-
niques for Environmental Science and Technology (AT- lytical techniques practised in Water, Wastewater, Air, Soil,
EST-2021)” during the WMSD-2021 conference, on 10th and Plant samples analysis. It also demonstrated various
December 2021 was jointly organized by Environment & advanced instruments, including ICP-OES, HPLC, CHNS
Sustainability Department, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and and TOC Analyser, Heavy Metals Analyser, Flame Photom-
Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar and National Environ- eter, Ion Meters, GC-MS, Nitrogen Analyser and UV Visible
mental Science Academy (NESA), New Delhi in collabora- Spectrometer etc. As part of this workshop, the partici-
tion with Bhubaneswar City Knowledge innovation cluster pants were provided with a Standard Operating procedure
(BCKIC) for M.Sc, M.Tech and PhD students from different manual on Environmental Analysis which was collectively
institutes/universities. edited by Environment & Sustainability Department

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