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Tentative Program CHEMCON 2015

Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati

December 27, 2015 (Sunday) Time Event Venue 7.30 8.30 am Registration & Breakfast Lake View Dining Arena 9.00 11.00 am Inauguration and IIChE Awards Ceremony Dr. Bhupen Hazarika

Auditorium 11.00 11.30 am High Tea and Networking Break Lake View Dining Arena 11.30 1.00 pm Plenary Lectures Dr. Bhupen Hazarika

Auditorium H. L. Roy Memorial Lecture

Prof. K. V. Raghavan INAE Distinguished Professor and Former Director, CSIR-IICT

N. R. Kamath Memorial Lecture

Dr. Sanjeev Katti Senior Vice President Reliance Technology Group, Mumbai

1.00 2.00 pm Lunch Lake View Dining Arena 2.15 3.00 pm C.K. Murthy

Memorial Lecture Prof. A. B. Pandit Dean (SA&HRD) Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium

3.00 4.00 pm* Awards/Invited Lectures Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium

Prof. A. Ghatak Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Prof. P. Wangikar Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

3.00 5.00 pm*

Inauguration of Indo-US Joint Symposium on CCSUF Keynote Speaker Prof. W. S. Winston Ho Distinguished Professor of Chem. & Biomolecular Engg., Ohio State University, USA

Conference Hall 2

Parallel Oral Sessions I # Conference Halls 1, 3 and 4 4.00 5.30 pm* Panel Discussion on Role of Young Chemical

Engineers to Translate Laboratory Research to Industrial Practices under the framework of Make in India Initiative

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium

5.00 5.30 pm Tea and Networking Break

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5.00 6.30 pm Poster Session I Library Basement 6.30 8.00 pm Cultural Program Dr. Bhupen Hazarika

Auditorium 8.00 pm onwards Dinner Lake View Dining Arena * Parallel Sessions

# Parallel Oral Sessions I

Technical Sessions Paper IDs Venue Water and Wastewater Treatment, Reuse and Recycle (WW)

WW-001 WW-027 (WW-001; WW-007; WW-008; WW-009; WW-011; WW-022; WW-025; WW-027)

Conference Hall 1

Advanced Separation Techniques (AS)

AS-002 AS-013 (AS-002; AS-004; AS-005; AS-006; AS-008; AS-010; AS-012; AS-013)

Conference Hall 3

Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals Engineering (PR)

PR-001 PR-018 (PR-001;PR-003;PR-007;PR-009;PR-012;PR-013;PR-015;PR-018)

Conference Hall 4

Poster Session I

Paper IDs Venue Posters accepted in AM, AS, BE, BI, CC and CR Themes Library Basement

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Tentative Program CHEMCON 2015

Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati

December 28, 2015 (Monday) Time Event Venue 7.30 8.30 am Registration & Breakfast Lake View Dining Arena 9.00 11.00 am Shri Dhirubhai Ambani Commemoration Day

Orator: Prof. Asutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium

11.00 11.30 am

Tea and Networking Break Lake View Dining Arena

11.30 12.15 pm

Invited Lectures Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium

Dr. Girish Saini D.G. CSIR

12.15 1.15 pm Inauguration of International Joint Symposium on EPIC Plenary Speaker Padma Bhushan Prof. J. B. Joshi Emeritus Professor and J. C. Bose Fellow Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium

1.15 2.15 pm Lunch Break Lake View Dining Arena 2.15 3.00 pm Invited Lectures Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium

Dr. Ashish K. Lele Polymer Science and Engineering Division CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune Pune

3.00 5.00 pm*

Awards/Invited Lectures Dr. S. Chandrasekhar Director CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad Dr. (Smt) S. B. Ray Associate Director Chemical Engineering Division BARC, Mumbai Shri Ashok Panjwani Past President of IIChE More lectures will be displayed in the final program

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium

International Joint Symposium on EPIC (Contd.) Conference Hall 1 Indo-US Joint Symposium on CCSUF (Contd.) Conference Hall 2

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Parallel Oral Sessions II # Conference Halls 3 and 4 5.00 5.30 pm Tea and Networking Break 5.00 6.30 pm* Parallel Poster Session II Library Basement 6.30 8.00 pm Cultural Program Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium 8.00 pm onwards Conference Dinner Lake View Dining Arena * Parallel Sessions

# Parallel Oral Sessions II

Technical Session Paper IDs Venue Water and Wastewater Treatment, Reuse and Recycle (WW)

WW-031 WW-076 (WW-031; WW-044; WW-064; WW-065; WW-070; WW-074; WW-075; WW-076)

Conference Hall 3

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (CR)

CR-001 CR-028 (CR-001;CR-002;CR-003;CR-007;CR-015;CR-022;CR-025;CR-026; CR-028)

Conference Hall 4

Poster Session II

Paper IDs Venue Posters accepted in CP, FM, GC, MF, MS, NA and NT Themes Library Basement

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Tentative Program CHEMCON 2015

Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati

December 29, 2015 (Tuesday) Time Event Venue 7.30 8.30 am Registration & Breakfast Lake View Dining Arena 9.00 1.00 pm*

International Joint Symposium on EPIC (Contd.) and Panel Discussion

Conference Hall 1

Indo-US Joint Symposium on CCSUF (Contd.) and Panel Discussion

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium

Parallel Oral Sessions III # Conference/Lecture Hall/Gallery 1.00 2.00 pm Lunch Break Lake View Dining Arena 2.00 5.00 pm* Parallel Oral Sessions IV Conference/Lecture Hall/Gallery/Mini

Auditorium 3.00 5.00 pm* Awards/Invited Lectures

Prof. Sirshendu De Department of Chemical Engineering IIT Kharagpur, India Prof. Vimal Katiyar Department of Chemical Engineering IIT Guwahati, Guwahati More lectures will be displayed in final program

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium

5.00 5.30 pm Tea Break 5.00 6.30 pm Poster Session III Library Basement 6.45 8.00 pm Cultural Program Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium 8.00 pm onwards Dinner Lake View Dining Arena * Parallel Sessions

# Parallel Oral Sessions III

Technical Session Paper IDs Venue Water and Wastewater Treatment, Reuse and Recycle (WW)

WW-080 WW-132 (WW-080; WW-081; WW-084; WW-085; WW-090; WW-097; WW-098; WW-101; WW-104; WW-107; WW-111; WW-118; WW-120; WW-123; WW-125; WW-126; WW-127; WW-128; WW-131; WW-132)

Conference Hall 2

Advanced Separation Techniques (AS)

AS-014 AS-066 (AS-014; AS-015; AS-016; AS-023; AS-024; AS-025; AS-030; AS-031;

Conference Hall 3

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AS-034; AS-035; AS-039; AS-040; AS-046; AS-051; AS-053; AS-055; AS-056; AS-060; AS-062; AS-066)

Modeling, Simulation, Optimization and Scale-up (MS)

MS-001 MS-078 (MS-001; MS-004;MS-008;MS-013;MS-014;MS-016;MS-020;MS-029;MS-035;MS-037;MS-042;MS-043;MS-045;MS-046;MS-048;MS-051;MS-063;MS-066;MS-067;MS-071; MS-072;MS-076;MS-078)

Conference Hall 4

Bioenergy (BI) BI-001 BI-066 (BI-001;BI-004;BI-005;BI-006;BI-010;BI-014;BI-017;BI-020;BI-023;BI-025;BI-027;BI-032;BI-036;BI-041;BI-045;BI-046;BI-047;BI-048;BI-049;BI-054; BI-065;BI-066)

Lecture Hall 1

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (CR)

CR-029 CR-091 (CR-029;CR-036;CR-039;CR-040;CR-041;CR-048;CR-050;CR-051;CR-052;CR-055;CR-056;CR-061;CR-064;CR-070;CR-071;CR-073;CR-077;CR-081;CR-086; CR-087;CR-089;CR-090;CR-091)

Lecture Hall 2

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CC)

CC-001 CC-050 (CC-001;CC-002;CC-006;CC-008;CC-009;CC-011;CC-016;CC-025;CC-026;CC-027;CC-028;CC-031;CC-032;CC-036;CC-038;CC-042;CC-050)

Lecture Hall 3

Nanotechnology (NT) NT-003 NT-104 (NT-003;NT-008;NT-019;NT-030;NT-033;NT-036;NT-038;NT-046;NT-052;NT-074;NT-077;NT-082;NT-083;NT-093;NT-096;NT-097;NT-104)

Lecture Hall 4

Process Intensification (PI)

PI-001 PI-030 (PI-001;PI-006;PI-008;PI-010;PI-011;PI-012;PI-014;PI-016;PI-017;PI-018;PI-019;PI-020;PI-021;PI-022;PI-023;PI-024;PI-026;PI-028;PI-029;PI-030)

Core 1 Gallery (1G1)

Polymer Technology (PT)

PT-002 PT-071 (PT-002;PT-003;PT-004;PT-009;PT-015;PT-018;PT-020;PT-021;PT-023;PT-028;PT-035;PT-040;PT-050;PT-051;PT-052;PT-053;PT-055;PT-056;PT-057;PT-062)

Core 1 Gallery (1G2)

Parallel Oral Sessions IV

Water and Wastewater Treatment, Reuse and Recycle (WW)

WW-151 WW-225 (WW-133; WW-134; WW-135; WW-138; WW-139; WW-141; WW-143; WW-144; WW-145; WW-146; WW-149; WW-150; WW-151; WW-153)

Conference Hall 2

Advanced Separation Techniques (AS) Others (OT)

AS-068 AS-127 (AS-068; AS-069; AS-071; AS-077; AS-088; AS-089; AS-092; AS-094; AS-104; AS-116; AS-125; AS-126; AS-127) OT-148

Conference Hall 3

Process and Control PC 001 PC 030 (PC-001;PC-002;PC- Conference Hall 4

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Engineering (PC) 006;PC-007;PC-008;PC-009;PC-010;PC-015;PC-016;PC-020;PC-021;PC-022;PC-028;PC-030)

Chemical Process Technology and Safety Management (CP) Others (OT)

CP-005 CP-028 (CP-005;CP-006;CP-008;CP-009;CP-012;CP-014;CP-020;CP-022;CP-023;CP-025;CP-028) OT-106; OT-132

Lecture Hall 1

Sustainable Development (SD) Others (OT)

SD 001 SD 058 (SD-001;SD-002;SD-006;SD-008;SD-013;SD-015;SD-017;SD-020;SD-022;SD-028;SD-029;SD-037;SD-041;D-045;SD-047;SD-053;SD-058) OT-053

Lecture Hall 2

Fluid Mechanics and CFD (FM)

FM-013 FM-046 (FM-013; FM-018;FM-021;FM-025;FM-026;FM-027;FM-029;FM-030;FM-031;FM-040;FM-043;FM-044;FM-045;FM-046)

Lecture Hall 3

Multiphase Flow (MF) MF-003 MF-018 (MF-003;MF-006;MF-007;MF-011;MF-012;MF-013;MF-014;MF-015;MF-016;MF-018)

Lecture Hall 4

Green Chemistry and Engineering (GC)

GC-001 GC-024 (GC-001;GC-002;GC-004;GC-006;GC-010;GC-011;GC-014;GC-016;GC-017;GC-019;GC-020;GC-021;GC-022;GC-024)

Core 1 Gallery (1G1)

Polymer Technology (PT) Others (OT)

PT 067 PT 071 (PT-067;PT-071) OT-001; OT-095

Core 1 Gallery (1G2)

Advanced Materials (AM)

AM-003 AM-042 (AM-003; AM-004; AM-007; AM-020; AM-022; AM-026; AM-027; AM-028; AM-030; AM-031; AM-033; AM-039; AM-041; AM-042)

Mini Auditorium

Poster Session III

Paper IDs Venue Posters accepted in PC, PI, PR, PS, PT, SD and WW Themes Library Basement

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Tentative Program CHEMCON 2015

Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati

December 30, 2015 (Wednesday) Time Event Venue 7.30 8.30 am Registration & Breakfast Lake View Dining Arena 9.00 1.00 pm* Parallel Oral Sessions V # Conference/Lecture Hall/Gallery/Mini

Auditorium 11.30 1.00 pm* Awards/Invited Lectures

Prof. B. K. Dutta Former President IIChE & Former Chairman, West Bengal Pollution Control Board India Shri P. D. Hirani AGM Netra NTPC Limited New Delhi More lectures will be displayed in the final program

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium

1.00 2.00 pm Lunch Lake View Dining Arena 2.00 3.00 pm Awards/ Invited Lectures Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium 3.00 4.30 pm Valedictory Function Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium 4.30 pm High Tea Lake View Dining Arena * Parallel Sessions

# Parallel Oral Sessions V

Technical Session Paper IDs Venue Water and Wastewater Treatment, Reuse and Recycle (WW) Others (OT)

WW-154 WW-225 (WW-154; WW-159; WW-165; WW-166; WW-167; WW-172; WW-173; WW-175; WW-177; WW-196; WW-198; WW-211; WW-217; WW-224; WW-225) OT-056; OT-070; OT-115; OT-147

Mini Auditorium

Modeling, Simulation, Optimization and Scale-up (MS) Others (OT)

MS-082 MS-128 (MS-082;MS-083;MS-084;MS-085;MS-086;MS-087;MS-088;MS-098;MS-099;MS-100;MS-104;MS-109;MS-114;MS-123;MS-125;MS-126;MS-127;MS-128) OT-038; OT-088; OT-096; OT-146

Conference Hall 1

Bioenergy (BI) BI-067 BI-119 (BI-067;BI-069;BI- Conference Hall 2

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070;BI-072;BI-073;BI-075;BI-076;BI-077;BI-089;BI-091;BI-096;BI-097;BI-099;BI-102;BI-106;BI-111;BI-113;BI-115;BI-116;BI-118;BI-119)

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (CR) Others (OT)

CR-100 CR-144 (CR-100;CR-107;CR-111;CR-116;CR-117;CR-118;CR-119;CR-120;CR-121) OT-005; OT-022; OT-026; OT-041; OT-044; OT-045; OT-046; OT-052; OT-085; OT-093; OT-118; OT-133; OT-144

Conference Hall 3

Process Intensification (PI) PI 031 PI 057 (PI-031;PI-035;PI-036;PI-038;PI-041;PI-042;PI-043;PI-046;PI-049;PI-055;PI-057)

Conference Hall 4

Fluid Mechanics and CFD (FM) Others (OT)

FM 046 FM 136 (15) (FM-049;FM-053;FM-055;FM-061;FM-084;FM-088;FM-089;FM-091;FM-092;FM-104;FM-105;FM-116;FM-135;FM-136) OT-004; OT-051; OT-062; OT-087; OT-089

Lecture Hall 1

Advanced Materials (AM) Others (OT)

AM-042 AM-058 (AM-046; AM-050; AM-052; AM-053; AM-056; AM-057; AM-058; PW-012; PW-013;PW-016) OT-021; OT-047; OT-071; OT-102; OT-103

Lecture Hall 2

Biochemical Engineering (BE) Others (OT)

BE-001 BE-070 (20+2) (BE-001; BE-006; BE-011;BE-013;BE-019;BE-022; BE-024;BE-030;BE-031;BE-033;BE-038;BE-040;BE-045; BE-047; BE-053;BE-056;BE-057;BE-061;BE-068;BE-069;BE-070) OT-048; OT-086

Lecture Hall 3

Green Chemistry and Engineering (GC)

GC-029 GC-064 (GC-029;GC-030;GC-031;GC-034;GC-035;GC-040;GC-045;GC-054;GC-057;GC-058;GC-059;GC-061;GC-062;GC-063;GC-064)

Lecture Hall 4

Nuclear and Alternative Energy (NA) Others (OT)

NA-001 NA-034 (16+1) (NA-001;NA-002;NA-003;NA-005;NA-007;NA-008;NA-010;NA-014;NA-015;NA-017;NA-018;NA-021;NA-026;NA-032;NA-033;NA-034) OT-091

Core 1 Gallery (1G1)

Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals Engineering (PR) Others (OT)

PR-037 PR-052 (6+4) (PR-020;PR-021;PR-024;PR-029;PR-031;PR-037;PR-041;PR-046;PR-050;PR-051;PR-052) OT-105; OT-109; OT-111; OT-113

Core 1 Gallery (1G2)

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Tentative Program CHEMCON 2015

Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati

Indo-US Joint Symposium on Carbon Capture, Sequestration, Utilization and Other Frontiers (CCSUF)

December 27-29, 2015 Chair (USA) Prof. W.S. Winston Ho

Chair (India) Dr. Sukumar Devotta

Co-Chair (USA) Prof. Ranil Wickramasinghe

Co-Chair (India) Prof. S. S. Bandyopadhyay

December 27, 2015

Venue: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Institute Auditorium

Time Expert Speaker Title of the talk

3.00 4.00 pm

Inauguration of Indo-US Joint Symposium on CCSUF Keynote Speaker Prof. W. S. Winston Ho* Distinguished Professor of Chem. & Biomolecular Engg. Ohio State University, USA

New Scale-Up Membranes for CO2 Capture and Separation

4.00 4.30 pm

Prof. Rakesh K. Gupta*Professor and Chair George & Carolyn Berry Chair Department of Chemical Engineering West Virginia University, USA

Polylactic Acid Nanocomposites: Effect of Nanoclay on Water Vapor Permeability and Diffusion

4.30 5.00 pm Shri D. P. Misra Past president of IIChE, Former Deputy Managing Director of M/s. Jacobs and Former DG of the ICMA, India

Clean Coal Technology as Enabler for use of Coal as Feedstock for Indian Chemical Industry

5.00 5.30 pm Tea Break

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Time Expert Speaker Title of the talk December 28, 2015 Venue: Conference Hall 2

3.00 3.30 pm Prof. Ranil Wickramasinghe*

University of Arkansas, USAResponsive Membranes for Future Separations Challenges

3.30 4.00 pm Shri Sudhir Kulkarni Air Liquide DRTC, USA

CO2 Capture by Cold Membrane Operation

4.00 4.30 pm Prof. Dandina Rao Pet E, LSU, USA

Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage A Profitable Path for CO2 Sequestration

4.30 5.00 pm Dr. Sourav Sengupta CR&D, Molecular Sciences, E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., USA

Catalysis An Indispensable Tool

5.00 5.30 pm Tea Break December 29, 2015 Venue: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Institute Auditorium

9.00 9.30 am

Dr. Sukumar Devotta Former Director National Environmental Engineering Research Institute Nagpur, India

CCUS - Challenges for India

9.30 10.00 am Dr. V. Subramanian CLRI Chennai, India

Nitrogen Rich Metal Organic Frameworks for Effective CO2 Capture: A GCMC Simulation Study

10.00 10:30 am

Prof. Xianghong Qian University of Arkansas, USA

Responsive Membranes for Future Separations Challenges

10:30 11.00 am

Prof. Shyamalendu S. Bandyopadhyay Cryogenic Engineering Centre, IIT Kharagpur, India

Post-Combustion CO2 Capture by Absorption: Challenges and Research Needs

11.00 11.30 am

Tea Break

11.30 1.00 pm Panel Discussion on CCSUF *Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award Lecture

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Tentative Program CHEMCON 2015

Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati

International Symposium on Enabling Process Innovation through Computation (EPIC)

December 28-29, 2015 Chair Prof. Krishnaswamy Nandakumar, Louisiana State University (LSU), USA

Co-Chairs Prof. Mayank Tyagi, LSU Prof. Anugrah Singh, IIT Guwahati

December 28,

2015 Venue: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Institute Auditorium

Time Expert Speaker Title of the Talk

12.15 1.15 pm

Inauguration of International Joint Symposium on EPIC Plenary Speaker Padma Bhushan Prof. J. B. Joshi Emeritus Professor and J. C. Bose Fellow, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India

A paradigm shift in Process Equipment Design

1.15 2.15 pm Lunch Lake View Dining Arena December 28, 2015 Venue: Conference Hall 2

3.00 3.30 pm

Prof. Krishnaswamy Nandakumar Cain Endowed Chair Professor LSU, USA

A Framework for Enabling Process Innovation through Computation

3.30 4.00 pm Prof. Geoff Evans*The University of Newcastle, Australia

Binary mixture droplets vaporization in hot gas stream: experimental and numerical study

4.00 4.30 pm Prof. Lyes Kahouadji Imperial College London, UK

A Massive Parallel Solver for Direct Numerical Simulation of Three-Dimensional Multiphase Flows

4.30 5.00 pm Dr. Vedprakash Mishra Reliance Industries Limited, India

Design Modification of a Transfer Line Exchanger in Naphtha Cracker Plant

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Time Expert Speaker Title of the Talk

5.00 5.30 pm Tea Break

5.30 6.00 pm Prof. Mohamed Sassi Masdar Institute, United Arab Emirates

Experimental Investigation of Flow Regime Transition and Pressure Buildup due to Fines Deposition in a Trickle-Bed Reactor

6.00 6.30 pm Prof. M. Tyagi Pet E, LSU, USA To be included

December 29, 2015 Venue: Conference Hall 2

9.00 9.30 am

Dr. Ravindra Aglave Director, Chemical Process Industry CD-adapco, Houston, USA

Scale-up of slim multi-stage impeller vessels with CFD Simulation

9.30 10.00 am

Prof. Anugrah Singh Department of Chemical Engineering IIT Guwahati, India

Numerical simulation of particle migration in bifurcation channels

10.00 10.30 am

Prof. Dandina Rao Pet E, LSU, USA

Production Controls Optimization of Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage (GAGD) Process

10.30 11.00 am

Dr. Deepak Kirpalani National Research Council, Canada

Towards The Development of a Generalized Model for Predicting Spray Droplet Size Distribution for Bitumen Heavy Oil

11.00 11.30 am Tea Break

11.30 12.00 pm

Prof. Mileva Radonjic Louisiana State University, USA

Impact of geochemistry and geomechanics on fracture conductivity in shale rock

12.00 1.00 pm Panel Discussion on EPIC Moderator: Prof. Krishnaswamy Nandakumar

1.00 2.00 pm Lunch Lake View Dining Arena *Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award Lecture