Three-day Chemistry Conference Commences At PINSTECH

Three-day Chemistry conference commences at PINSTECH

The ninth three-day conference on "Chemistry in Engineering and Life Sciences (CELS-2017)", was inaugurated

RAWALPINDI, Sept 19 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Sep, 2017 ) : The ninth three-day conference on "Chemistry in Engineering and Life Sciences (CELS-2017)", was inaugurated on Tuesday at Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH).

The prestigious moot is being organized by PINSTECH in collaboration with Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science (PIEAS) and other projects of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).

It is being attended by more than 210 participants from all over the country including 31 universities and 19 multi-disciplinary Research and Development organizations and institutes of the country.

According to the PAEC, in conference 38 oral presentations, 4 keynote lectures will be delivered along with one popular lecture. There will be one poster session mainly for students. The session will constitute of 40 posters.

The conference will cover a large scope of varied Chemistry topics related to Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Material Chemistry, Organic & Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Bio- Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry.

The conference was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. Anwar-ul-Hassan Gilani, Chairman Pakistan Council of Science & Technology (PCST). On the ocassion, he stressed the need of practical applications of Chemistry for the benefit of the community, as the chemistry plays vital role in all walks of life.

"Chemistry has been used to prepare compounds for the betterment of human life. In fact, 20 percent of USA patents are chemistry or chemistry-related like life-saving medical treatments, automobile safety improvements and clean energy technologies," he informed the audience.

Dr. Gilani said, "The drive to uncover the secrets of life processes and use of this knowledge to improve human existence has led to spectacular advances in the biological and health sciences. Chemistry contributes to these advances by increasing our understanding of processes at the molecular level, and provides many of the methods and techniques used in engineering and biotechnology." The conference is a good opportunity of collaboration between research institutes and universities to apply the different ideas of research in areas of life sciences and engineering.

The participants including professors, students, research professionals and collaborators expressed their views about the proceedings of the conference during the concluding session. The conference brings into sharp focus the overlap and synergistic relationship between different branches of science and engineering.

The Chairman PCST distributed Research Productivity Allowance (RPA) certificates to 47 productive researchers, scientists and engineers of PAEC.