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2025

XXVII International Congress on Glass

January 20-24, 2025
Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata

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Symposia of the ICG 2025

With the theme of “Glass: A Smart and Indispensable Material for Sustainable Society”, this 27th ICG congress has been planned to cover the following areas through its various technical sessions:

Symposia 1
Glass Science: Physics and Chemistry

This thematic area includes the topics such as Glass Structures, , Structure & Vibrations, Crystallization, Durability & Analysis and Thermal Properties of Glasses, etc.

Symposia 2
Glasses for Optics and Photonics

Includes the topics such as Optical Properties, glasses for Optoelectronic, glass based Optical Fibres, Rare-earth doped glasses, Optical Glass, Glass based Integrated Optics and Glass Sensors, etc.

Symposia 3
Sustainable Glass Manufacturing and Processing

This thematic area covers topics such as Glass fibres for reinforcement and insulation, Materials for Furnaces, Gases in Glass, Glass Melting, Modelling of industrial glass Melting, Glass Furnace Operation and Design, Refractories for glass melting furnaces, Instrumentation and control, Automation, modern manufacturing practices towards zero carbon footprint etc.

Symposia 4
Modelling and molecular dynamic Simulation of Glass

This thematic area of Modelling and simulation of Glass includes topics, such as modelling and atomistic level simulation, molecular dynamic simulation, Machine learning etc.

Symposia 5
Glass Surface Science and Coating

This thematic area of Glass surface and coatings includes topics such as Surface Properties of glasses, Coatings on Glass, Architectural glass, Sol Gel Glasses and Glass-Orga

Symposia 6
Glasses for Architectural Energy and Environment

This thematic area of Glasses for architectural energy and environment includes topics such as Glass and glass-ceramics in energy storage devices. glass and glass-ceramics for solid electrolytes, & electrodes. theoretical aspects of electrical – ionic and electronic – transport in glass and glass-ceramics, Glasses for H2 Storage, Energy Efficiency of glasses, Glasses as safety building material, structural glasses, Environment-friendly glass, glasses for building safety, glasses Nuclear Waste Vitrification / Nuclear Waste Immobilization, Radiation Shielding Glass, etc.

Symposia 7
Glasses for Health Care

This thematic area of Glasses for health-care includes topics such as Bioactive glasses, biocompatible glasses and composites for soft tissue engineering, bone grafts, bio-implants, Glass based biomedical devices etc.

Symposia 8
Glasses for Transport and packaging

This thematic area of Glasses for transport and packaging includes topics such as Glasses for Pharma Packaging, packaging for food and beverages, and glasses for automobiles and locomotives, glass fiber composites for energy efficient transportation, laminated glasses, glass and glass ceramics for bullet resistance etc

Symposia 9
Glass and Glass-ceramics for Emerging Applications

This thematic area includes the topics such as Nonconventional Oxide glasses, Hybrid Glasses, Metal-organic Framework Glasses, Mechanical & Nanomechanical Properties of glasses, Nanostructures, Quantum Dots and Nano crystals in Glass, Ion conducting Glass, High strength glass, Ultra-thin / Flexible Glass, Multi-functional Glass & Glass ceramics, etc.

Symposia 10
Additive manufacturing and novel manufacturing processes of Glass

This thematic area includes topics such as novel, advanced and energy efficient preparation and fabrication techniques of glasses and glass-ceramics. New techniques, advanced alternate glass manufacturing techniques, 3D printing and laser processing including femtosecond (fs) laser processing, levitation, etc.

Symposia 11
Archeometry of Glass & Glass Education

This thematic area of Archenemy of Glass & glass Education includes topics such as Ancient glasses, their preservation, making techniques/technologies, colorants used, their origin, and relating scientific characteristics to their social value. This also takes account of archaeological case studies based on locations and different periods and glass art. structural glass Glass Education covers the activities of education and training within the glass community. Education or training kits on glass for the students etc.

Symposia 12
Recycling of Glass

This thematic area of Recycling of Glass includes topics such as recovery and recycling of waste glasses from electronic waste, end-of-life PV modules, architectural glasses, bottles and others. Impact of glass recycling on raw materials, energy and overall on environment. Effect on circular economy and zero carbon footprint.

Symposia Chair

Prof. Alicia Durán

Research Professor and Head of the Glass Research Group,Ceramics & Glass Institute, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), SPAIN

Symposia Co-chair

Prof. Doris Möncke

Associate Professor of Glass Science & Engineering, Inamori School of Engineering, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, NEW YORK

Prof. R S Gedam

Professor, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, INDIA

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Doris Möncke

Associate Professor of Glass Science & Engineering, Inamori School of Engineering, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, NEW YORK

Dr. K. Muraleedharan

Emeritus scientist, CMET, Trishur

Invited Speakers

Dr. Nadege Ollier

CEA Research Director at CEA (DRF/IRAMIS/ Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés), Institut Polytechnique, Paris

Dr. Daniel R. Neuville

Senior Research Director, IPGP - CNRS / Paris Institute of Earth Physics, France

Dr. Margit Fabian

HAS Centre for Energy Research, Environmental Physics H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly-Thege st. 29-33

Dr. Luiz Pereira

Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich GERMANY

Dr. T.G. Ajithkumar

National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

Dr. Michael J. Ojovan

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, UK

Dr. Laurent Cormier

IMPMC, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, PARIS

Symposia Chair

Prof. Dr. Andréa Simone Stucchi de Camargo

Bundesanstalt fürMaterialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) GERMANY

Symposia Co-chair

Prof. Ivan Kasik

Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences,Czech Republic

Dr. Gopi Sharma

Department of Physics Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, India

Dr. Somnath Bandyopadhyay

Fiber Optics & Photonics Division, CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata, India

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Virginie Nazabal

University of Rennes, France

Prof. Heike Hebendorff-Heidepriem

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology, The University of Adelaide, Australia

Dr. Somnath Bandyopadhyay

Fiber Optics & Photonics Division, CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata, India

Prof. John M Parker

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, University of Scheffield, Sheffield, UK

Invited Speakers

Prof. Animesh Jha

University of Leeds, UK

Dr. Mitsuru Tomita

Assistant Manager, Chalcogenide glass product development group, Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd., Otsu, Shiga, 520-8639, Japan

Dr. Saurabh Kapoor

Sterlite Technologies, India

Prof. Seongwoo Yoo

NTU Singapore

Prof. Ivan Kasik

Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences,Czech Republic

Dr. Gopi Sharma

Department of Physics Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, India

Prof. A. S. Rao

Dept. of Applied Physics,Delhi Technological University, India

Dr. Nilanjana Shasmal

Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)

Prof. Jayanta Sahu

ORC, Southampton, UK

Dr. VV Ravi Kanth Kumar

Professor, Dept. of Physics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India

Dr. R. Thiruneelakandan

University college ofEngineering BIT, Anna University, India

Prof. B. Eariah

Dept. of Physics, Bangalore University, India

Prof. Dr. Andréa Simone Stucchi de Camargo

Bundesanstalt fürMaterialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) GERMANY

Dr. Anirban Dhar

CSIR-CGCRI, India

Dr. Kaushik Biswas

Specialty Glass Division, CSIR-CGCRI, India

Dr. Subrata Das

Symposia Chair

Dr. Erik Muijsenberg

Administrator, Glass Service

Symposia Co-chair

Dr. Ilkay Sokmen

Innovation Director,Sisecam, Turkey

Dr. Jeetendra Sehgal

President, Business R&D, Borosil Renewables

Ms. Sheetal Khanna

General Manager, Specifications and Marketing, Gold Plus Glass Industry Limited

Keynote Speakers

Mr. T.K Chakraborthy

SGIPL-Glass, INDIA

Prof. Reinhard Conradt

Emeritus Professor, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Invited Speakers

Ms. Sheetal khanna

Deputy Director, Gold Plus Glass Industry Ltd., INDIA

Mr. Rob Ireson

Innovation and Partnerships Manager. Glass Futures. St Helens Merseyside, Wa9 5DT, England

Dr. Erik Muijsenberg

Administrator, Glass Service

Mr. CV Raju

President Technical & Projects Planet Ceramica Pvt. Ltd., India

Mr. Ulrich Imhof

Horn Glass, GERMANY

Mr. Vasco Sousa

Sales Department, PICVISA

Symposia Chair

Prof. Jincheng Du

University of North Texas, USA

Symposia Co-chair

Prof. S M Bhattacharyya

CSIR-NCL, Pune, India

Prof. NM Anoop Krishnan

IIT Delhi, India

Prof. Smarajit Karmakar

TIFR Hyderabad, India

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Alastair N. Cormack

Alfred University, USA

Prof. Chandan Das Gupta

IISC, Bangalore, India

Invited Speakers

Dr. SK. Musharaf Ali

BARC, India

Prof. Shingo Urata

AGC Inc., Japan

Dr. Malte Sander

Glass Service, Aachen, Germany

Dr. Martin Kilo

Fraunhofer ISC, Germany

Prof. NM Anoop Krishnan

IIT Delhi, India

Prof. S M Bhattacharyya

CSIR-NCL, Pune, India

Prof. Jincheng Du

University of North Texas, USA

Prof. Smarajit Karmakar

TIFR Hyderabad, India

Dr. Ralf Muller

Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Germany

Symposia Chair

Prof. Alessandro Martucci

Full Professor Materials Science Engineering (ING-IND/22), Università di Padova, Italy

Symposia Co-chair

Dr. Seong H. Kim

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

Dr. R. Subasri

Scientist-G and Head, Centre for Sol-Gel Coatings, ARCI, Hyderabad- 500 005, India

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Satoshi Yoshida

ACG Inc., Materials Integration laboratories, Yokohama, Japan

Invited Speakers

Dr. R. Subasri

Scientist-G and Head, Centre for Sol-Gel Coatings, ARCI, Hyderabad- 500 005, India

Dr. Karthik Kumar

Centre Director, Saint-Gobain India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, INDIA

Dr. Seong H. Kim

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

Dr. Nagendra Kumar

ASAHI India Glass Ltd. INDIA

Dr. Chandrachur Mukharjee

Raja Ramanna Centre For Advanced Technology, Indore,INDIA

Dr. Sunirmal Jana

Specialty Glass Division, CSIR-CGCRI, India

Symposia Chair

Prof. Michael J Ojovana

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, UK

Symposia Co-chair

Dr. Suneel Gattu

IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India

Mr. Shailesh Ranjan

Asahi India Glass Limited

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Steve Martin

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, at Iowa State University

Prof. Michael J Ojovan

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, UK

Dr. Sitendu Mandal

SGD, CSIR-CGCRI, India

Mr. Andrea Pilla

Dr.Srinivasa Rao Atchuta

Invited Speakers

Dr. Aswini Ghosh

IACS, Kolkata, INDIA

Dr. John S. McCloy

Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Institute of Materials Research, Washington State University, USA

Dr. Suneel Gattu

IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India

Dr. Asutosh Goel

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, USA

Prof. Ana C M. Rodrigues

Universidad Federal de São Carlos

Dr. Sophie Schuller

DES, ISEC, DPME, CEA, University Montpellier, F-30207, Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France

Dr. Avlokita Agrawal

Department of Architecture and Planning, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 247667, India

Dr. Bharat B. Kale

Former Director General, C-MET, Pune, INDIA

Prof. Valeri V. Poluektov

Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences (IGEM RAS), Moscow, Russia

Gohul Deepak

Glazing Society of India, Chennai, INDIA

Dr. Anal Tarafder

Specialty Glass Division, CSIR-CGCRI, India

Dr. D. Banerjee

Process Development Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai,INDIA

Prof. Maulik Patel

Dept. Materials Design & Manufacturing, school of Engineering, University of Liverpool, UK

Dr. Allu A Reddy

CSIR-CGCRI, India

Valeri V. Poluektov

Symposia Chair

Prof. Bikramjit Basu

Director, CSIR-CGCRI, INDIA

Symposia Co-chair

Ashutosh Goel

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, USA

Prof. Santanu Dhara

Professor, School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Parag Bhargava

Professor, Metallurgical Engg. and Mat. Sc, IIT Bombay, India

Prof. Leena Hupa

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry High-Temperature Processes and Materials, Laboratory of Molecular Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku/Åbo, Finland

Invited Speakers

Prof. Santanu Dhara

Professor, School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Dr. G. Rajkumar

Dept. of Physics, Easwari Engineering College, India

Dr. Sudipta Chakraborty

Scientific Officer (H)& Head, Radiochemical Section, Radiopharmaceuticals Division, BARC, INDIA

Prof. Senthil Murugan Ganapathy

Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, UK

Prof. S. Balakumar

National Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Chennai

Dr. Nilay J. Lakhkar

Dr. Jui Chakraborty

Symposia Chair

Dr. B V Shamsundara

Deputy Director, The Automotive Research Association of India, Pune, India

Symposia Co-chair

Dr. Rajesh Khosla

President & CEO of AGI glaspac Ltd. Hyderabad, India

Mr. Rahul Nikhanj

Unit Head - Asahi India Glass Limited (AIS)

Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla

President &Managing Director, Schott Glass India Ltd., India

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Hitoshi Kudo

AGC Glass, JAPAN

Invited Speakers

Mr. Ajit Kumar

Schott Poonawalla, Mumbai, INDIA

Ms. Shravanthika Lakshmi

TPRS Enterprise, INDIA

Mr. Ajay Joshi

DGM (R&D), AGI, GREENPAC Ltd., Hyderabad, INDIA

Mr. Parag Shah

Sisecam, TURKEY

Symposia Chair

Prof. Edgar Dutra Zanotto

Professor, Vitreous Materials Lab - Dept. Materials Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil CeRTEV

Symposia Co-chair

Prof. Atul Khanna

Guru Nanak Dev University, India

Dr. Laurent Cormier

IMPMC, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, PARIS

Dr. Madhumita Goswami

Glass & Advanced Materials Division, BARC, Mumbai, INDIA

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Timothy M. Gross

Research director, Corning Incorporated, New York

Prof. Himanshu Jain

Lehigh University, P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science, 19 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem

Invited Speakers

Prof. Atul Khanna

Guru Nanak Dev University, India

Dr. C. Venkateswaran

VSSC, ISRO, India

Dr. Ramesh K

Principal Research Scientist, IISc, Bangalore

Ms. Erico Maeda

AGC, Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Shibayan Roy

Associate Professor, Materials Science Center, IIT Kharagpur

Dr. Akash Bhatnagar

SCHOTTAG, Germany

Dr. Shiv Prakash Singh

Shenyang University, China

Dr. Xiang-Hua Zhang

Head of V&C- CNRS Research Director, France

Dr. Suresh Sripada

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India

Dr. Atiar Rahaman Molla

Specialty Glass Division, CSIR-CGCRI, INDIA

Symposia Chair

Dr. G. Sugilal

Fuel Reprocessing Division, NRG, BARC, Mumbai, INDIA

Symposia Co-chair

Dr. Vamsi K. Balla

Chief Scientist, CSIR-CGCRI, INDIA

Keynote Speakers

Dr Atsunobu Masuno

Kyoto University, JAPAN

Prof. Susmita Bose

Westinghouse Distinguished Chair Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, USA.

Invited Speakers

Dr. Michael Fokine

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SWEDEN

Prof. Amit Bandyopadhyay

Boeing Distinguished Chair Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, USA

Prof. Hiroyuki Inoue

University of Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Kohei Yoshimoto

Expert Engineer, Optical Material Department, Nikon Corporation

Dr. A. Ravi Sankar

VIT, Chennai

Symposia Chair

Prof. Ana C M Rodrigues

Universidad Federal de São Carlos

Symposia Co-chair

Dr. Alok Kumar Kanungo

Associate professor, IIT Gandhinagar, India

Mr. Anand Santhanam

Saint Gobain Glass,INDIA

Mr. Gohul Deepak

Glazing Society of India, Chennai, INDIA

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Albert Thomas

IIT Bombay, India

Invited Speakers

Dr. Alok Kumar Kanungo

Associate professor, IIT Gandhinagar, India

Mr. Shailesh Ranjan

Asahi India Glass Limited

Dr. Mathieu Hubert

Corning Incorporated, USA

Mr. Mohit Garg

Bureau of Indian Standards

Ms. Annika BlakeRisng-Howland

Inamori School of Engineering, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University

Symposia Chair

Mr. Steve Whettignsteel

CEO & Managing Director, Krysteline Technologies Ltd OVIC, Ocean Way, Ocean Village Southampton, SO14 3JZ

Symposia Co-chair

Dr. T K Chakraborthy

SGIPL-Glass, INDIA

Mr. Karthik Morar

Proprietor, V&K Recycling Co., Ahmedabad,INDIA

Keynote Speakers

Mr. Patrick Potzinger

Head of Glass Recycling Solutions, Redwave, Austria

Invited Speakers

Mr. Purvish Shah

Director, Gopal Glass Works Ltd, Ahmedabad, INDIA

Mr. Karthik Morar

Proprietor, V&K Recycling Co., Ahmedabad,INDIA

Dr. Amit Mahajan

Saint Gobain India, Chennai, INDIA

Dr. Ashis Kumar Mandal

CSIR-CGCRI, INDIA