IGNOU/National Conference on “Chemistry: Education and Research Frontiers” (13 th -14 th October, 2011)

About Indira Gandhi National Open University
IGNOU, established in 1985, has emerged as one of the
largest Universities in the world. IGNOU serves the
educational aspirations of nearly  3 million students in India
and 35 other countries through the 21 Schools of Study and
a network of more than 65 Regional Centres, around  1400
Study Centres/Tele-learning Centres and around 46 Overseas
Centres. The University offers nearly 500 Certificate,
Diploma, Degree and Doctoral programmes with strength of
about 400 faculty members and academic staff at the
Headquarters and Regional Centres and about 45,000
counsellors from conventional institutions of higher learning
and professionals from various organisations.  The degrees
awarded by IGNOU are recognized as on par with those
awarded by any other central or state university in the
country. The commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver,
Canada, has conferred the title, “Centre of Excellence in
Distance Education” on the University.  The University
offers a number of programmes in Face-to-Face mode besides
the Open Distance Learning (ODL) programmes.
About the School of Sciences
The School of Sciences has been functioning right from the
inception of the University. It has successfully met the
challenge of imparting good quality theoretical and practical
education in the different science disciplines. There are eight
disciplines falling in the ambit of School of Sciences. The
School offers programmes at all levels, i.e. Certificate,
Diploma, Degree, PG Diploma, PG Degree and Doctoral
Degree in addition to the awareness programmes. The multimedia instructional package consists of printed self
instructional material, audio-video programmes, interactive
radio counseling, broadcast of audio through Gyan Vani
channel, telecast of video programmes by dedicated  Gyan
Darshan channels and live teleconferencing. SIR C.V. Raman
Chair has been initiated in the School since 2009 to promote
Science Education and Research.
Background of the Conference
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
(IUPAC) and UNESCO have proclaimed the year 2011 as the
International Year of Chemistry to celebrate the achievements
of Chemistry and its contributions to the well-being of
humankind and also to celebrate the 100
th
 anniversary of the
award of Nobel Prize to Madam Curie. It has been decided to
plan various activities to:

• increase the public appreciation of Chemistry in meeting
world needs,
• increase interest of young people in Chemistry, and
•    generate enthusiasm for the creative future of Chemistry.
Scope of the Conference
In the light of the above, the conference on “Chemistry:
Education and Research Frontiers” is being organised to
commemorate the International Year of Chemistry.  The
conference aims to address the issues pertaining to Chemistry
Education and exploring the newer and emerging areas of
chemical research.  This is planned to be achieved by means
of series of invited lectures by renowned persons of
international acclaim and oral/poster presentations by the
young scientists. The conference would provide an
opportunity to the participants to gather information and also
interact with the dignitaries. An added feature is the inclusion
of a session dedicated to the role of women scientists in
chemical research commemorating the Centenary of Madame
Curie’s Nobel Prize.
Venue
The conference would be held at the Convention Centre
IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi 110068. The centrally airconditioned auditorium is fully equipped with state of the art
presentation facilities, ample space for poster presentation
and is in the midst of sprawling lush green lawns.
How to Reach IGNOU
Please take a prepaid taxi from the airport/railway station.
Registration Fees
• Participants from academic and research institution :
2500 /-  
• Participants from Industry :  5000 /-  
• Student Participants :  1000 /-  
• Participants from abroad : $ 200 /-  
• Spouse/accompanying participants :  1500 /

Important Dates
• Submission of Abstracts: 22
nd
 August, 2011.  
• Intimation to the Accepted Abstracts: 1
st
 Sept, 2011.
Accommodation
Accommodation will be arranged for the participants in the
University Guest House on first come first serve basis.        
If, intimated in time, some accommodation may be arranged
in Guest Houses outside the University. The guests
accompanying the delegates may also be accommodated,
subject to the availability of the rooms. Other delegates are
requested to make their own arrangement for hotel
accommodation well in advance.
Submission of Abstracts
The scientific program would comprise of oral/poster
presentations from scientists and academicians and  invited
lectures from internationally eminent experts. The papers are
invited on the: Frontier Areas of Chemical Research.
Abstracts of the papers for oral / poster presentation (about
300 words) should be sent, by e-mail,  on or before            
22
nd
 August, 2011, to the convenor / co-convenor.
Guidelines for abstract  
Abstract should have a maximum of 300 words typed in
Times New Roman font (12 point) with double line
spacing.
The soft copy of the paper should be submitted with the
name of the presenting author underlined.
The paper should be original one, not submitted/
published elsewhere.
Each delegate is permitted to present only one paper as
presenting author.
Awards
The best posters by the young scientists will be awarded.


For further information contact:
Prof. Javed A.Farooqi/ Dr. Lalita S. Kumar
Mob: 09971556554/09871300937  
Email: Jafarooqi@ignou.ac.in  or
         lalitaskumar@ignou.ac.in