Banaras Hindu University - Varanasi

Scope:
Advanced Materials are materials that are either designed or processed using new methods or modified concepts that led to paradigm shifts in understanding, and have vast potential for application in niche areas. Metallic glasses, quasicrystals, nanostructured materials, fullerenes & carbon nanotubes, biomimetic materials, functionally graded materials & smart materials, structural & complex intermetallics all find their special place in the development of advanced materials. Design methodologies such as first principles calculations, Monte-Carlo simulations and CVM for thermodynamic modeling of phase equilibria, advanced processing techniques such as rapid solidification, mechanical alloying/milling, severe plastic deformation, spray forming, and advanced materials characterization techniques such as HRTEM /HAADF,scanning probe microscopy, X-ray and anomalous X-ray diffractometry, texture analysis using electron channeling patterns, play a very important role in the development of new materials. Therefore, this conference aims to bring together ideas and researchers contributing to these diverse aspects of advanced materials.

Accommodation:
Limited accommodation is available in BHU guest house complex at nominal charges and young researchers/doctoral research scholars may be given hostel accommodation. These will be made available on first-come-first-served basis. Varanasi being a tourist destination has a wide range of hotel accommodation available to fit into participant's budget. Local organizing committee will assist the participants in this respect.

The City and the University:
The city of Varanasi (also Banaras) is known as the city of light (kashi) from times immemorial and has been home to several distinguished philosophers over centuries. Varanasi is also credited to be the oldest living city in the world. The antiquity of the city has been aptly described by Mark Twain as "Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together!".

Varanasi is an important destination for many international and national tourists. It has in its surroundings many historical places like Sarnath (the place where Buddha gave his first sermon to his disciples after attaining enlightenment at Bodhgaya), Ramnagar Fort and Ganga ghats. Bharat Kala Bhawan in BHU campus hosts a large collection of artifacts of archeological importance.

The city (airport at Babatpur, 35 Km) is connected to Delhi by three flights and to Mumbai by two flights a day. The BHU campus can be reached from Mugalsarai (15 Km) or from Varanasi Cantt (10Km) railway station.

The Banaras Hindu University has a vibrant academic atmosphere in a beautiful campus close to the banks of the holy and eternal river Ganga.It is the largest residential university in Asia. The university has 127 teaching departments covering a wide spectrum of human knowledge. Many pioneering contributions have been made in diverse fields of Metallurgical Engineering and Advanced Materials by the faculty and researchers here.

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