Indo-Norwegian International Online Conference on
“Functional mAterials for eneRgy, environment And biOmedical applicatioNs"

FARAON 2022

02 - 04, February 2022

Programme Schedule for Norwegian Participants


   2 February 2022, Wednesday
Time: 07:30 -08:00 Participant (Login)
Time: 08:00 - 08:20 Inaugural Function:
Dr. Merethe Sandberg, NFR, Norway
Dr. SivajiChadaram, Director DST, India
Dr. Maan Singh Sidhu, Counsellor for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Royal Norwegian Embassy,Norway
Dr. MuthuManickam, Sc. G (DRDO, Avadi, Chennai, India)
Dr. Arve Holt- Director, IFE, Norway
Dr. D. Karthikeyan, IAS, Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. Klaus Magnus Håland Johansen, Head of SMN, UiO, Norway
Prof. V.S. Vasantha, Registrar (i/c), Madurai Kamaraj University, India
Dr. SmagulKarazhanov, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Prof. TerjeFinstad, University of Oslo, Norway
Prof. S. Murugesan,Madurai Kamaraj University, India
Dr. J. Annaraj, Madurai Kamaraj University, India
Plenary Session Session chairs:
Time: 08:20 - 09:20 Plenary01:
Prof. Truls Norby, University of Oslo, Norway
Topic: Proton Ceramic for Energy Applications
Session break 5 minutes
Time: 09:25 - 10:25 Plenary02:
Dr. Suraj Soman,CSIR- National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, India.
Topic: Demystifying Indoor Photovoltaics: A New Home for Dye Cells
Coffee break 10 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: PV Session 2: Energy Storage Session 3: Environment
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 10:35 - 11:05 Invited Speaker 01:
Dr. Alexander Ulyashin, SINTEF Industry, Norway
Topic: Recycling of Si based PV panels
Invited Speaker 02:
Dr. Svein Kvernstuen,Beyonder AS, Norway
Topic: World’s first sustainable battery cell based upon activated carbon from sawdust.
Invited Speaker 03:
Prof. Bjørn Hauback,Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Topic: Multifunctional metal hydrides for energy storage applications.
Time: 11:05- 11:35 Invited Speaker 04:
Mr.Sandeep Dixit, Adani Power Ltd., India
Topic: Photovoltaic modules and installations
Invited Speaker 05:
Dr. Kuldeep Singh, CSIR - Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, India
Topic: Energy storage materials
Invited Speaker 06:
Dr. T.N. Narayanan,Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchHyderabad, India
Topic: Engineering Interfaces towards Catalysis
Lunch/Session break – 45 minutes
Plenary Session Session chairs:
Time: 12:20 - 13:20 Plenary03:
Prof. S. Sampath, Indian Institute of Science, India
Topic: Organic and Inorganic Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage
Session break 5 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: PV System ++ Session 2: Energy Storage Session 3: Environment
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 13:25 - 13:55 Invited Speaker 07:
Prof. Tobias Boström, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Topic: Nationwide pure PV-EV system
Invited Speaker 08:
Dr.R. Vaidhyanathan, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India
Topic: Covalent Organic Framework (COF) for Energy Storage
Invited Speaker 09:
Dr. Per-Anders Hansen, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Topic: Solar photo catalysis in oxide films by photon up-conversion
Time: 13:55 - 14:10 Participant Oral OPPV -01
Dr. S. Saravanan,Swarnandhra College of Engineering & Technology, India
Participant Oral OPES -11
Dr. P. Siva Prakash, Centre for HighPressure Research, BDU, India
Participant Oral OPPEB -19
Mohammad Ibrahim, University of Agder, Norway
Time: 14:10 - 14:25 Participant Oral OPPV -02
Dr. P. Venkatachalam Annamalai University, India
Participant Oral 05 Participant Oral 06
Coffee break 10 minutes
Time: 14:35 - 16:00 Poster session 1


   3 February 2022, Thursday
Time: 07:40 - 08:00 Participant (Login)
Plenary Session Session chairs:
Time: 08:00 - 09:00 Plenary 04:
Dr. Fride Vullum-Bruer, SINTEF Energy AS, Norway
Topic: Energy storage in phase change materials for medium to cold temperatures and potential for industrial applications
Session break 10 minutes
Time: 09:10 - 10:10 Plenary - 05
Dr. Vijayamohanan Pillai, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India
Topic: Applications of Two Dimensional Materials for Renewable Energy Storage
Coffee break 5 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: PV Session 2: Energy Storage Session 3: Environment
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 10:15 - 10:45 Invited Speaker 10:
Dr. Saravanan Somasundaram, RenewSys India Pvt. Ltd., India (Industry)
Topic: Overview on Silicon Solar Technology Developments
Invited Speaker 11:
Ringnes Fredrik, COO,Hagal AS, Norway
Topic: Sustainable production of reusable batteries
Invited Speaker 12:
Prof.Deepa Khushalani, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,India
Topic: Effective Sea Water Splitting – Myth or Reality
Time: 10:45 - 11:15 Invited Speaker 13:
Prof. Tor Oskar Sætre, University of Agder, Norway.
Topic: Role of Grain boundaries in Si solar cells
Invited Speaker 14:
Dr. Nidhi Agrawal, Plus Advanced Technologies Pvt.Ltd., India.
Topic: New materials for Thermal Energy Storage
Invited Speaker 15:
Prof. Alejandro Escalo, University of Southern Norway(UiS), Norway
Topic: Towards a sustainable subsurface value chain: NCS2030 national research center
Time: 11:15- 11:30 Participant Oral 07 Participant Oral 08 Participant Oral 09
Lunch/Session break – 45 minutes
Plenary Session Session chairs:
Time: 12:15 - 13:15 Plenary-06:
Dr. Rajendrakumar Sharma, SPEL Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India
Topic: Generation Next Supercapacitors – A Disruptive Technology
Session break 5 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: PV Session 2: Energy Storage Session 3: Environment
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 13:20 - 13:50 Invited Speaker 16:
Prof. Dhayalan Velauthapillai, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
Topic: Perovskite Solar cell
Invited Speaker 17:
S.R.S. Prabaharan, CEO, Invents BioEnergy,Pvt.Ltd, Chennai
Topic: Protected Lithium Metal Anode for All-solid-state Batteries
Invited Speaker 18:
Dr. Viktoriya Yarushina, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Topic: CCS & hydrogen storage
Time: 13:50 - 14:20 Invited Speaker 19:
Dr. Kristin Bergum, University of Oslo, Norway
Topic: Tandem Solar Cells
Invited Speaker 20:
Dr. Gunstein Skomedal, Vianode AS (an Elkem company), Norway
Topic: Synthetic Graphite Anodes in Li batteries
Invited Speaker 21:
Dr. Elise Rundén Pran,Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)
Topic: Nanosafety of nanoparticles
Coffee break 10 minutes
Time: 14:30- 14:45 Participant Oral 10 Participant Oral 11 Participant Oral 12
Time: 14:45- 15:00 Participant Oral 13 Participant Oral 14 Participant Oral 15
Time: 15:00 - 16:00 Poster session 2


   4 February 2022, Friday
Time: 07:40 - 08:00 Participant (Login)
Plenary Session Session chairs:
Time: 08:00 - 09:00 Plenary - 07:
Dr. Erik Marstein, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Topic: Recent advances in crystalline Si PV technology
Session break 5 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: PV Session 2: Energy Storage Session 3: Environment
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 09:05 - 09:35 Invited Speaker 22:
Prof. Parameswar K. Iyer,ÍIT Guwahati, India,
Topic: Dye Sensitized Solar cells
Invited Speaker 23:
Dr. Per Ohlckers, nanoCaps AS, Norway
Topic: Supercapacitors with High Capacitance Density Based upon Interconnected Cross-Linked Carbon Nanotubes
Invited Speaker 24:
Dr. Richard Blom, SINTEF Energy AS, Norway
Topic: Carbon capture with nano-porous adsorbents
Time: 09:35 - 10:05 Invited Speaker 25:
Invited Speaker 26:
Dr. Santanu Das, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India
Topic: Functional nanomaterials for energy
Invited Speaker 27:
Dr. Chidambaram Mandan, Hindustan Platinum Pvt. Ltd.,
Topic: Functional materials (catalyst) for biomedical application
Time: 10:05- 10:20 Participant Oral 07 Participant Oral 08 Participant Oral 09
Coffee break - 10 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: PV Session 2: Session 3: Bio- Materials
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 10.30 - 11.00 Invited Speaker 28:
Dr. Rune Nordheim, REC Solar Norway AS, Norway
Topic:
Invited Speaker 29:
Prof. Steven Boles, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Topic: Aluminum foil anodes for lithium-ion batteries
Invited Speaker 30:
Prof. Yogesh C Sharma, IIT (BHU), India
Topic: Nano adsorbents for waste water treatment
Time: 11:00- 11:15 Participant Oral 10 Participant Oral 11 Participant Oral 12
Time: 11:15- 11:30 Participant Oral 13 Participant Oral 14 Participant Oral 15
Lunch/Session break – 45 minutes
Plenary Session Session chairs:
Time: 12:15 - 13:15 Plenary - 08:
Dr. A.K. Tyagi, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
Topic: Crystallographically designed nano-catalysis for various applications
Session break – 5 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: Environment Session 2: Session 3: Bio- Materials
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 13:20 - 13:50 Invited Speaker 31:

Invited Speaker 32:
Prof. Helen K. French, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Topic: Sustainable green and smart cities
Invited Speaker 33:
Dr. K.B. Jinesh, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India
Topic: Brain-inspired technologies for next-generation artificial intelligence
Interaction with Funding Agencies:
13:50- 14:10 Dr. MuthuManickam, Sc. G (DRDO, Avadi, Chennai, India)
14:10- 14:30 Dr. Maan Singh Sidhu, Counsellor for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Royal Norwegian Embassy,Norway
14:30 -14:50 Dr. Merethe Sandberg,NFR, Norway
14:50 -15:30 Open discussion with Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00 Valedictory address

Programme Schedule for Indian Participants


   2 February 2022, Wednesday
Time: 12:00 - 12:30 Participant (Login)
Time: 12:30 - 12:50 Inaugural Function:
Dr. Merethe Sandberg, NFR, Norway
Dr. SivajiChadaram, Director DST, India
Dr. Maan Singh Sidhu, Counsellor for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Royal Norwegian Embassy,Norway
Dr. MuthuManickam, Sc. G (DRDO, Avadi, Chennai, India)
Dr. Arve Holt- Director, IFE, Norway
Dr. D. Karthikeyan, IAS, Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. Klaus Magnus Håland Johansen, Head of SMN, UiO, Norway
Prof. V.S. Vasantha, Registrar (i/c), Madurai Kamaraj University, India
Dr. SmagulKarazhanov, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Prof. TerjeFinstad, University of Oslo, Norway
Prof. S. Murugesan,Madurai Kamaraj University, India
Dr. J. Annaraj, Madurai Kamaraj University, India
Plenary Session Session chairs:
Time: 12:50 - 13:50 Plenary01:
Prof. Truls Norby, University of Oslo, Norway
Topic: Proton Ceramic for Energy Applications
Session break 5 minutes
Time: 13:55 - 14:55 Plenary02:
Dr. Suraj Soman,CSIR- National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, India.
Topic: Demystifying indoor photovoltaics: a new home for dye cells
Coffee break 10 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: PV Session 2: Energy Storage Session 3: Environment
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 15:05 - 15:35 Invited Speaker 01:
Dr. Alexander Ulyashin, SINTEF Industry, Norway
Topic: Recycling of Si based PV panels
Invited Speaker 02:
Dr. Svein Kvernstuen,Beyonder AS, Norway
Topic: World’s first sustainable battery cell based upon activated carbon from sawdust.
Invited Speaker 03:
Prof. Bjørn Hauback,Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Topic: Multifunctional metal hydrides for energy storage applications.
Time: 15:35 - 16:05 Invited Speaker 04:
Mr.Sandeep Dixit, Adani Power Ltd., India
Topic: Photovoltaic modules and installations
Invited Speaker 05:
Dr. Kuldeep Singh, CSIR - Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, India
Topic: Energy storage materials
Invited Speaker 06:
Dr. T.N. Narayanan,Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchHyderabad, India
Topic: Catalysis including Photocatalysis
Lunch/Session break – 45 minutes
Plenary Session Session chairs:
Time: 16:50 - 17:50 Plenary03:
Prof. S. Sampath, Indian Institute of Science, India
Topic: Organic and Inorganic Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage
Session break 5 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: PV System ++ Session 2: Energy Storage Session 3: Environment
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 17:55 - 18:25 Invited Speaker 07:
Prof. Tobias Boström, The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Topic: Nationwide pure PV-EV system
Invited Speaker 08:
Dr.R. Vaidhyanathan, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India
Topic: Covalent Organic Framework (COF) for Energy Storage
Invited Speaker 09:
Dr. Per-Anders Hansen, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Topic: Solar photo catalysis in oxide films by photon up-conversion
Time: 18:25 - 18:40 Participant Oral 01 Participant Oral 02 Participant Oral 03
Time: 18:40 - 18:55 Participant Oral 04 Participant Oral 05 Participant Oral 06
Coffee break 10 minutes
Time: 19:05 - 20:30 Poster session 1


   3 February 2022, Thursday
Time: 12:10 - 12:30 Participant (Login)
Plenary Session Session chairs:
Time: 12:30 - 13:30 Plenary 04:
Dr. Fride Vullum-Bruer, SINTEF Energy AS, Norway
Topic: Energy storage in phase change materials for medium to cold temperatures and potential for industrial applications
Session break 10 minutes
Time: 13:40 - 14:40 Plenary - 05
Dr. Vijayamohanan Pillai, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India
Topic: Applications of Two Dimensional Materials for Renewable Energy Storage
Coffee break 5 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: PV Session 2: Energy Storage Session 3: Environment
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 14:45 -15:15 Invited Speaker 10:
Dr. Saravanan Somasundaram, RenewSys India Pvt. Ltd., India (Industry)
Topic: Overview on Silicon Solar Technology Developments
Invited Speaker 11:
Ringnes Fredrik, COO,Hagal AS, Norway
Topic: Sustainable production of reusable batteries
Invited Speaker 12:
Prof.Deepa Khushalani, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,India
Topic: Effective Sea Water Splitting – Myth or Reality
Time: 15:15 - 15:45 Invited Speaker 13:
Prof. Tor Oskar Sætre, University of Agder, Norway.
Topic: Role of Grain boundaries in Si solar cells
Invited Speaker 14:
Dr. Nidhi Agrawal, Plus Advanced Technologies Pvt.Ltd., India.
Topic: New materials for Thermal Energy Storage
Invited Speaker 15:
Prof. Alejandro Escalo, University of Southern Norway(UiS), Norway
Topic: Towards a sustainable subsurface value chain: NCS2030 national research center
Time: 15:45- 16:00 Participant Oral 07 Participant Oral 08 Participant Oral 09
Lunch/Session break – 45 minutes
Plenary Session Session chairs:
Time: 16:45 - 17:45 Plenary-06:
Dr. Rajendrakumar Sharma, SPEL Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India
Topic: Generation Next Supercapacitors – A Disruptive Technology
Session break 5 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: PV Session 2: Energy Storage Session 3: Environment
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 17:50 - 18:20 Invited Speaker 16:
Prof. Dhayalan Velauthapillai, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
Topic: Perovskite Solar cell
Invited Speaker 17:
S.R.S. Prabaharan, CEO, Invents BioEnergy,Pvt.Ltd, Chennai
Topic: Protected Lithium Metal Anode for All-solid-state Batteries
Invited Speaker 18:
Dr. Viktoriya Yarushina, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Topic: CCS & hydrogen storage
Time: 18:20 - 18:50 Invited Speaker 19:
Dr. Kristin Bergum, University of Oslo, Norway
Topic: Tandem Solar Cells
Invited Speaker 20:
Dr. Gunstein Skomedal, Vianode AS (an Elkem company), Norway
Topic: Synthetic Graphite Anodes in Li batteries
Invited Speaker 21:
Dr. Elise Rundén Pran,Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)
Topic: Nanosafety of nanoparticles
Coffee break 10 minutes
Time: 19:00- 19:15 Participant Oral 10 Participant Oral 11 Participant Oral 12
Time: 19:15- 19:30 Participant Oral 13 Participant Oral 14 Participant Oral 15
Time: 19:30 - 20:30 Poster session 2


   4 February 2022, Friday
Time: 12:10 -12:30 Participant (Login)
Plenary Session Session chairs:
Time: 12:30-13:30 Plenary - 07:
Dr. Erik Marstein, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Topic: Recent advances in crystalline Si PV technology
Session break 5 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: PV Session 2: Energy Storage Session 3: Environment
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 13:35 -14:05 Invited Speaker 22:
Prof. Parameswar K. Iyer,ÍIT Guwahati, India,
Topic: Dye Sensitized Solar cells
Invited Speaker 23:
Dr. Per Ohlckers, nanoCaps AS, Norway
Topic: Supercapacitors with High Capacitance Density Based upon Interconnected Cross-Linked Carbon Nanotubes
Invited Speaker 24:
Dr. Richard Blom, SINTEF Energy AS, Norway
Topic: Carbon capture with nano-porous adsorbents
Time: 14:05 - 14:35 Invited Speaker 25:
Invited Speaker 26:
Dr. Santanu Das, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India
Topic: Functional nanomaterials for energy
Invited Speaker 27:
Dr. Chidambaram Mandan, Hindustan Platinum Pvt. Ltd.,
Topic: Functional materials (catalyst) for biomedical application
Time: 14:35- 14:50 Participant Oral 07 Participant Oral 08 Participant Oral 09
Coffee break - 10 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: PV Session 2: Session 3: Bio- Materials
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 15.00 - 15.30 Invited Speaker 28:
Dr. Rune Nordheim, REC Solar Norway AS, Norway
Topic:
Invited Speaker 29:
Prof. Steven Boles, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Topic: Aluminum foil anodes for lithium-ion batteries
Invited Speaker 30:
Prof. Yogesh C Sharma, IIT (BHU), India
Topic: Nano adsorbents for waste water treatment
Time: 15:30- 15:45 Participant Oral 10 Participant Oral 11 Participant Oral 12
Time: 15:45- 16:00 Participant Oral 13 Participant Oral 14 Participant Oral 15
Lunch/Session break – 45 minutes
Plenary Session Session chairs:
Time: 16:45 - 17:45 Plenary - 08:
Dr. A.K. Tyagi, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
Topic: Crystallographically designed nano-catalysis for various applications
Session break – 5 minutes
Parallel Session Session 1: Environment Session 2: Session 3: Bio- Materials
Session chair:                                                   
Time: 17:50 - 18:20 Invited Speaker 31:

Invited Speaker 32:
Prof. Helen K. French, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Topic: Sustainable green and smart cities
Invited Speaker 33:
Dr. K.B. Jinesh, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India
Topic: Brain-inspired technologies for next-generation artificial intelligence
Interaction with Funding Agencies:
18:20 - 19:50 Dr. MuthuManickam, Sc. G (DRDO, Avadi, Chennai, India)
18:20- 18:40 Dr. Maan Singh Sidhu, Counsellor for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Norway
18:40- 19:00 Dr. Merethe Sandberg,NFR, Norway
19:20 -20:00 Open discussion with Coffee break
20:00 - 20:30 Valedictory address