DAE-BRNS
National Laser Symposium

(NLS-2001)

Organized by

Centre for Advanced Technology

Indore - 452013

General Information

The National Laser Symposium covering different aspects of Lasers and their applications is being organized at CAT, Indore, during December 19- 21, 2001. The main objective is to provide a forum for interaction and exchange of views, experience and expertise in the field of lasers.

The technical programme of the symposium will consist of invited talks, poster presentation of contributed papers and oral presentation of thesis work by young researchers who have submitted their synopsis/thesis for Ph.D. during the year 2001.

The Indian Laser Association will also participate in the scientific programme of the symposium. It will organise a few short tutorial courses which will precede the symposium. Details will be announced separately by ILA. The annual general body meeting of ILA will be held on December 20, 2001. ILA will also award prizes for the best thesis and poster presentations.

CAT has major programmes in the field of Lasers and Accelerators. Visit to some of these laboratories will be arranged in the forenoon of Dec.22, 2000.

Topics to be covered :

1. Physics and Technology of Lasers

2. Laser Materials, Devices & Components

3. Laser based Instrumentation

4. Fibre Optics, Communication & Integrated Optics

5. Quantum Optics & Computation

6. Nonlinear Optics

7. Ultrafast Phenomena

8. Laser Spectroscopy

9. Laser Plasma Interaction

10. Applications of Lasers in Biology & Medicine

11. Applications of lasers in Material Science

12. Applications of lasers in Industry, Defence & Atmospheric Pollution Monitoring etc.

Manuscript for Contributed Papers and Thesis Presentation

Authors wishing to present their work are requested to send three copies (original plus two) of their manuscript and an electronic version (e-mail or floppy) using MS Word 97 or higher version in the format specified in this announcement. The length of the manuscript of contributed paper should be restricted to two pages (including figures, references etc.) and the thesis summary should be restricted to four pages. The manuscript in a camera ready form should reach the Secretary, National Laser Symposium by September 28, 2001.

Guidelines for Preparing Manuscript

Use A4 (210mm x 297mm) size white paper for manuscript leaving 25mm margin from all sides of paper. Use Times New Roman font for whole text of the paper. Title of the paper should be bold in font size 12 (not underlined). Authors name with initials in capital should be two spaces below in normal font size 12. Institution’s address should be one space below in font size 10. It should be followed by e-mail address of the corresponding author. All matter should be centered. The text should start two spaces below the address (normal font of size 10 justified in 1.5 lines spacing). For uniformity, please send the manuscript printed on a Laser/Ink jet printer. Figures should be suitably reduced and pasted/embedded in the text neatly at appropriate places. Avoid half tone photographs. Tables should be identified with numerals and captions. In the text, references should be given as superscripts. References should be given at the end, leaving two lines after text and numbered according to the occurrence in text. (eg. 1. 2. 3. etc.)

Since manuscript will be used for direct printing by Xerox/offset, please adhere strictly to these guidelines.

 Checklist for Submitting Manuscript

  • Enclose self addressed post card with the title of the paper for receiving acknowledgement

  • Send three copies of the manuscript (original plus two) to the Secretary, National Laser Symposium, so as to reach before 28th September, 2001.

  • Manuscript should not be folded.

 Proceedings

The proceedings of the symposium will be made available to the participants at the time of registration. 

Presentation Facilities

Arrangements will be made for projecting 35mm slides, transparencies and electronic projection. For each poster presentation, 1m x 1m area will be provided. 

Accommodation

Accommodation will be arranged mostly in hotels since accommodation in guest houses is limited. Hotel tariffs (per person) range between Rs. 350/- to Rs. 500/- for single occupancy and Rs.250/- to Rs. 350/- on twin share basis.

Financial Assistance

Financial assistance towards travel by train (Sleeper Class) through shortest route and local hospitality will be provided to a limited number of deserving students, for whom the sponsoring institution is unable to pay.

Registration Fee

I Category : Student : Rs.150

II Category : Delegates from Educational Institutions & Government Organisations : Rs.450

III Category : Delegates from Public Sector/ Pvt. Industry: Rs.750

Registration fee is payable at the venue of the symposium. However, the form"Intimation of Participation", duly filled should be sent (by post or e.mail) so as to reach the Secretary, NLS-2001 by November 15, 2001

Venue: The Symposium will be held at the Centre for Advanced Technology (CAT), Indore. CAT is located at about 2 km from Rajendra Nagar, a southern suburb of Indore and is 13 km away from Airport as well as Indore Railway Station.

About :

Indore is located in the western Madhya Pradesh on the Malwa Plateau at a height of 550 mtrs. above sea level. The weather at Indore in December is pleasant with the day time temperature between 18-22oC. Kindly bring warm clothes.

There are several places of touristic interest around Indore like Mandu, Ujjain, Omkareshwar, Maheshwar etc. Excursion to these places will be a pleasant experience.

Important Dates

  • Receipts of the extended abstracts and Thesis synopsis : September 28, 2001

  • Last date for sending "Intimation of Participation" and request for accommodation: November 15, 2001.

Acceptance of paper will be conveyed by October 20, 2001.

Address for Correspondence

Sh. T.P.S. Nathan

Convener, DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium

PD & PP Division, CAT, Indore 452 013

Email : c-nls@ rrcat.gov.in

Fax : (0731)-488760, 321343

Telephone : (0731)-488763 (O)

 

Dr. Ashish Kumar Nath

Secretary, DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium,

Laser R & D Block B, CAT, Indore 452 013

Email : s-nls@ rrcat.gov.in

Fax : (0731)-488380, 321343

Telephone : (0731)-488385 (O), 320744 (R)

National Advisory and Organizing Committee

Agarwal G.S., PRL

Arora B.M., TIFR

Bhawalkar D.D., CAT

Chandrachoodan, P.P., BRNS

Choudhary M., IACS

Dasgupta K., BARC

Gantayat, L.N., BRNS

Gupta A.K., SCTIMST

Gupta P.D., CAT

Gupta P.K., CAT

Kartha V.B., MAHE

Mallik A., LASTEC

Mathur D., TIFR

Mehendale S.C., CAT

Mittal J.P., BARC

Nath A.K., CAT

Nathan T.P.S., CAT

Singh B.P., IITM

Sirohi R.S., IITD

Sood A., IISc

Suranjan P., LASTEC

Thareja R.K., IITK

Tyagarajan K., IITD

Verma A.L., NEHU

Wadhawan V.K., CAT

Local Organising Committee

Ahmed T.

Bartwal K.S.

Barve M.

Bhargava P.

Dixit S.K.

Goswami A.K.

Jathar M.R.

Khare P.

Kohli D.K.

Kukreja L.M.

Mokhariwale A.

Mundra G.

Naik P.A.

Nathan T.P.S., Convener

Nath A.K., Secretary

Nundy U.

Oak S.M.

Paul C.P.

Raja Sendhil

Ranganathan K.

Rawat H.S.

Sathe V.G.

Sharma P.

Sudarsanam L.

Form for sending the intimation of Participation:

DAE-BRNS
National Laser Symposium (NLS-2001)

(December 19-21, 2001)

Intimation of Participation

(Please strike out whatever is not applicable)

Name (in Capital) :(Last Name)______________ (Initials)______________

Designation :_____________________________

(Prof/Reader/Lecturer/Sci.Off./Res.Asso./Student etc.)

Registration category : I / II / III

Address:_______________________________ _____

_________________________________________

Pin :__________________

Tel. :________________________________

Fax :________________________________

Email :________________________________

Proposed contribution: Thesis / Contr. Paper /

Exhibits / Only participation.

Financial Assistance* : Full / Partial/ Not required.

Accommodation: Required (Single / Family) / Not required

Hotel : Single / Twin share

From : ____ Dec. 2001 to: ____ Dec. 2001

My expectation / entitlement for hotel is up to Rs. ___________ /-.per day.

(Unless this column is filled, it will not be possible to arrange the accommodation)

Date : ________ , Signature: ______________

Please mail (by post / e.mail) this form so as to reach the Secretary, National Laser Symposium by Nov.15, 2001.

* Can be provided to a very limited number of deserving students only, for whom the sponsoring institution is unable to pay. Please attach recommendation letter from your guide.