FAMMTP 2026

FAMMTP 2026

Program Schedule

30 September – 1 October 2026

Day 1

30 September 2026

8:30 – 9:30 AMRegistration
9:30 – 10:00 AMInauguration
10:05 – 10:45 AMKeynote Session
10:45 – 11:15 AMHigh Tea
11:15 AM – 12:45 PMTechnical Session 1
12:45 – 2:00 PMLunch Break
2:00 – 4:00 PMTechnical Session 2
4:00 – 5:00 PMTea Break & Parallel Poster Session
5:00 – 7:00 PMTechnical Session 3
7:00 PM onwardsDinner

Day 2

1 October 2026

9:00 – 11:00 AMTechnical Session 4
11:00 – 11:30 AMTea Break
11:30 AM – 1:30 PMTechnical Session 5
1:30 – 2:30 PMLunch Break
2:30 – 4:30 PMTechnical Session 6
4:30 – 5:00 PMTea Break · Prof. Pushpavanam's 65th Birthday Celebration
5:00 PM onwardsFelicitation to Prof. Pushpavanam

Session Details

Technical Sessions

Chairs, speakers and talk titles — Day 1, 30 September 2026

Keynote SessionChair: Dr. Basavaraj M. Gurappa
  1. 10:05 – 10:45 AMDr. Ashutosh SharmaSoft Materials at Interfaces: Anatomy and Physiology of Adhesion and Confined Wetting
Technical Session 1 — Dynamics of Drops and ParticlesChair: Dr. Dhiman Chatterjee
  1. 11:15 – 11:45 AMDr. Kumaran VDynamics of Magnetic Particles in a Magnetic Field and Shear Flow
  2. 11:45 AM – 12:15 PMDr. Ranga NarayananGood Vibes — Surface Tension Determination for Liquid Metals via Resonance in Levitated Drops
  3. 12:15 – 12:45 PMDr. Sundari RamjiHydrodynamics of Confined Compound Droplets in Pulsatile Flows: Effects of Surfactants
Technical Session 2 — Fluid Dynamic InstabilitiesChair: Dr. Anubhab Roy
  1. 2:00 – 2:30 PMDr. Dinesh BBranching Dynamics in Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities of Viscoelastic Soft Gels
  2. 2:30 – 3:00 PMDr. Dipin PillaiManifestations of Marangoni Flow: From Liquid Jets and Active Droplets to Porous Anodic Oxides
  3. 3:00 – 3:30 PMDr. Krishnaveni TNumerical Analysis of the Formation and Stability of a Pair of Particles of Different Sizes in Inertial Microfluidics
  4. 3:30 – 4:00 PMDr. Sumesh ThampiSpreading Drops: When Tanner Evades
Technical Session 3 — Transport Processes in Industrial ApplicationsChair: Dr. Ashis Kumar Sen
  1. 5:00 – 5:30 PMDr. Achim KienleRobust and Flexible Design and Operation of Power-to-Methanol Processes
  2. 5:30 – 6:00 PMDr. Narayanan STransport Processes: Insights to Consumer Applications in FMCG
  3. 6:00 – 6:30 PMDr. Sujay ChattopadhyayBipolar Membranes for Energy Applications
  4. 6:30 – 7:00 PMDr. Pushpavanam SMy Academic Journey: From "Derive" to "Demonstrate"

Session Details

Technical Sessions

Chairs, speakers and talk titles — Day 2, 1 October 2026

Technical Session 4 — Micro and Macro Scale Mass TransportChair: Dr. Sreenivas Jayanti
  1. 9:00 – 9:30 AMDr. Akash ChoudharyColloid Mobilization in Dead-End Pores Under Gradients of Multi-Electrolytic Systems
  2. 9:30 – 10:00 AMDr. Anil VirTransport Phenomena in Millifluidic Aqueous Two-Phase Systems: From Hydrodynamics to Continuous Bioseparation
  3. 10:00 – 10:30 AMDr. Saranya GopalakrishnanPaper-based Microfluidic System for Point-of-need HPV Detection
  4. 10:30 – 11:00 AMDr. Vamsi VikramElectrochemical Ammonia Synthesis: Mass Transport Challenges and Paper-Based Sensing
Technical Session 5 — Transport Processes: Fundamentals to RealityChair: Dr. Indumathi M Nambi
  1. 11:30 AM – 12:00 PMDr. Amit RastogiModelling of Transport Processes in Chemical and Biological Systems — Case Studies from Coromandel
  2. 12:00 – 12:30 PMDr. Gaurav AgarwalMicroscopic Fundamentals to Macro-Scale Reality: The Membrane Scale-Up Journey
  3. 12:30 – 1:00 PMDr. Ravikanth MukkuPractical Aspects of Liquid-Liquid Contactors for Critical Metal Extraction
  4. 1:00 – 1:30 PMDr. Selvaraju NWater Purification Technologies from Lab-Scale to Pilot-Scale
Technical Session 6 — Transport Processes Across ScalesChair: Dr. Prasad Patnaik B S V
  1. 2:30 – 3:00 PMDr. Ashraf AliModelling and Simulation of Macro and Micro Systems
  2. 3:00 – 3:30 PMDr. Jason PicardoBioluminescence in Turbulence
  3. 3:30 – 4:00 PMDr. Karthik PTranslating Biological Principles into Scalable Engineering Solutions
  4. 4:00 – 4:30 PMDr. Ravikumar VResearch and Development Efforts of BPCL for Valorising High Ash Indian Coal