Tentative Session Planning – VEDA Conference


                                                                                DAY – 1 (16th March, 2017)

Time

Activity

09:00 – 9:20

Registration

Session - 1 (09:20 – 11:30)

9:20 – 9:30

Inauguration by Dr. Raina, Dr. Shashank, Dr. Kamath

Welcome Address - Director, IPR

9:30 – 10:00

Keynote Address - Dr. S. K. Kamath, Director, MTRDC

10:00 – 10:30

Plenary Talk - Dr. Lalit Kumar, Chairman, CEPTAM, DRDO

10:30 – 11:00

Plenary Talk - Dr. S. N. Joshi

(Role of Technology and Materials in the Growth of Vacuum Microwave Devices)

11:00 – 11:30

                                                          VEDA GBM

Tea - 11:30 – 12:00

Session – 2 (12:00 – 02:00)

12:00 – 12:30

Plenary Talk - Dr. P. Srivastava, RRCAT, Indore

12:30 – 01:00

Invited Talk - Dr. Sushil  Raina, MTRDC

(Multiple Beam Klystrons Trends Technologies and Future)

01:00 – 01:30

Invited Talk - Dr. Manjri Pandey, BARC, Mumbai

(Radio Frequency (RF) Technology Development in High Power Regime)

01:30 – 01:45

Oral Presentation - Dr. Vishnu Srivastava, CEERI, Pilani

(Comparative Analysis of Folded-Waveguide SWS and Staggered Double-Vane SWS for a 0.22-THz TWT Amplifier)

01:45 – 02:00

Oral Presentation - Mr. Narugopal Nayek

(Design and development of S-band high power 3-port circulator)

Lunch 02:00 – 03:00

Session – 3 (Poster Session) (3:00 – 4:30)

03:00 – 04:30

Poster Session & Tea

Tea - 04:00 – 04:30

Session – 4  (4:30 – 6:30)

04:30 – 05:00

Plenary Talk - Prof. K. P. Maheshwari, Uni. of Kota

05:00 – 05:30

Invited Talk - Dr. Ayan Bandhopadhyay

(Generation and applications of high power microwaves)

05:30 – 06:00

Invited Talk - Dr. Y. Choyal, Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidhalaya, Indore

(Studies on plasma assisted slow wave oscillator: The PASOTRON)

06:00 – 06:15

Oral Presentation - Dr. Ayan Bandhopadhyay, CEERI, Pilani

(Thermal & Structural Study Of Various Materials For High Power 170 GHz RF Window Characterization)

06:15 –06:30

Oral Presentation - Mr. VIKRAM, IIT, BHU

(Effects of Dielectrics in Coaxial Beam Rotating Antenna)


Dinner 07:30 – 09:00

                       

DAY – 2 (17th March, 2017)

Time

Activity

Session – 5 (09:30 – 11:30)

9:30 – 10:00

Plenary Talk -  Dr. Dr. Sumit Som, VECC

10:00 – 10:30

Invited Talk - Dr. T. Tiwari, SAMEER, IIT Guwahati

(Research and Development activity  of SAMEER Centre for High Power Microwave Tube and Component Technology at IIT Guwahati,Assam)

10:30 – 11:00

Invited Talk - Dr. M. K. Jain, RRCAT, Indore

(Experience with Vacuum Electron Devices in particle accelerator RF power systems)

11:00 – 11:15

Oral Presentation - Dr. Mukesh Alaria, CEERI

    (DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH POWER SHORT PULSE 170 GHz GYROTRON)

11:15 – 12:00

Oral Presentation - Mr. Romesh Chandra, BARC

(Design and Development of Microwave Diagnostics for Gigawatt Output Power)

Tea - 11:30 – 12:00

Session – 6 (12:00 – 02:00)

12:00 – 12:30

Plenary Talk

(Dr. M. V. Kartikeyan, IIT-Roorkee)

12:30 – 01:00

Invited Talk - Dr. Rajesh Kumar, BARC, Mumbai

(Development of high Power RF Couplers and their Test Facilities)

01:00 – 01:20

Invited Talk - Dr. Meera, LRDE

01:20 – 01:40

Oral Presentation - Dr. Venkata Ramarao Bala, BARC

(Design and Development of RF Antenna for Human Safety and Equipment Protection Against RF Radiation in a High Power RF Installation)

01:40 – 02:00

Oral Presentation - Mr. Laxmikanth Rao Shambhu, ITER-India, IPR

(A roadmap towards indigenous development of a 170 GHz Gyrotron for fusion plasma applications)

Lunch 02:00 – 03:00

Session – 7 (3:00 – 4:30) (Poster)

03:00 – 04:30

Poster Session& Tea

Tea - 04:00 – 04:30

Session – 8 (4:30 – 6:30)

04:30 – 05:00

Invited Talk - Dr. Rajnish Kumar, IPR

(Exploration of High Power Vacuum tubes for Ion Cyclotron Heating & Current Drive System for Fusion Application)

05:00 – 05:30

Invited Talk - Dr. T. V. Santosh, BARC, Mumbai

(Advances in reliability prediction of electrical and electronic equipments for safety critical systems)

05:30 – 06:00

Invited Talk - Dr. R. Shridhar, RRCAT, Indore

(Ultra High Vacuum Technology in Vacuum Tubes and Accelerators)

06:00 – 06:15

Oral Presentation - Ms. Pragati Kesharwani, IIT, BHU

(A Review on Target Detection using Microwave imaging System)

06:15 – 06:30

Oral Presentation - Dr. Vishal Kesari, MTRDC

(Design of Beam Tunnel for a Millimeter-wave Gyrotron & Simulation of Depressed Collector for a Millimeter-wave Gyrotron)


Director’s Dinner 07:30 – 09:30


DAY – 3 (18th March, 2017)

Time

Activity

Session – 9  (09:30 – 11:30)

9:30 – 10:00

Invited Talk

10:00 – 10:30

Invited Talk - Dr. B.K. Shukla, IPR, Gandhinagar

(Technology Development related to high Power Gyrotron)

10:30 – 11:00

Invited Talk - Dr. Mukesh Patel, SAC, Ahmedabad

(Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers for Space Applications)

11:00 – 11:15

Oral Presentation - Y. D. Wanmode, RRCAT

(Review of 50kV Triode Electron Gun Development and results of performance tests for 10MeV Travelling Wave Linac)

11:15 – 11:30

Oral Presentation - Mr. M. Vijaya Kumar, MTRDC

(Development of Compact mm-wave Helix TWT; and Design and Development of 250W, Ku-band Compact Multi Beam Klystron)

Tea - 11:30 – 12:00

Session – 10  (12:00 – 02:00)

12:00 – 12:30

Invited Talk - Dr. Anirban Bera, CEERI

(Metamaterial and Photonic Band Gap Structures: Potential in Vacuum Electronic Devices)

12:30 – 01:00

Invited Talk - Dr. Amitava Roy, BARC, Mumbai

(Indigenous Development of Pulsed High Power Microwave Sources in BARC)

01:00 – 01:30

Invited Talk - Ms. Shilpi Soni

(RF Breakdown aspects in High power RF passive space subsystems)

01:30 – 01:45

Oral Presentation - V. Deepa, MTRDC

(Thermal design and Experimental evaluation of large sized Dispenser cathode)

01:45 – 02:00

Oral Presentation - Mr. Umesh Kale, RRCAT

(Development of a 10MW S Band Microwave System for 7MeV PWT Linac for Pulse Radiolysis)

Lunch 02:00 – 03:00

Panel Discussion & Concluding Session

03:00 – 04:30