53rd Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “MICROBIAL WORLD:

RECENT INNOVATIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS”

November 22-25, 2012

Organized by: KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

About the Event

The Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) established in 1938 is one of the oldest and reputed scientific organizations of the country. The Association publishes a quarterly journal, “Indian Journal of Microbiology” for the last 45 years and holds a National convention annually at one of the well established centers of microbiology in the country. At present, there are more than 2500 life and annual members and about 400 corporate members of the Association.

The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack chapter of the AMI was established in June 1996 as a constituent unit. With the establishment of several new institutes like IIT-Bhubaneswar, AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, NISER, Institute of Life Sciences (DBT) etc., along with other established institutes already existing like Utkal University, Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, KIIT University, SOA University, CIFA, RMRC, RPRC, CTCRI & CRRI, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack region has emerged as the hub of scientific research and education with emphasis on the disciplines of Microbiology and Biotechnology. The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack chapter of AMI has now been revamped to spread the message of Microbiology research and education in this area.

About the City Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar the capital of Odisha, popularly known as the ‘temple city’ is a city of myriad sights and colours. Few cities in India can rival it in terms of variety of natural landscape as well as its historic grandeur. The city with an abundance of in-city greenery and with the Chandaka reserve forest on the fringes is one of the cleanest and

greenest cities of India. The temples of Bhubaneswar are unparalleled in sheer number and in their superb craftsmanship. With the architectural legacy of the Kalinga Dyansty Bhubaneswar boasts of hundreds of temples including Lingaraj, Mukteswar, Rajarani, Brahmeswar, Vaital, etc. dating from 6th Century AD to 13th Century AD. Apart from remarkably sculptured temples the Jain caves of Khandagiri and Udayagiri, Nandankanan Zoological Park, the peace pagoda ‘Dhauli’ on the banks of river Daya attract visitors from all over the world. Historically, Odisha has been at the forefront of education and research. The ruins of a major ancient university, Puspagiri is also

located in Odisha. Scholars from faraway lands, such as Greece, Persia and China used to study philosophy, astronomy, mathematics and science at this famed university. Bhubaneswar is also famous for its culinary delight. Being a coastal city the accent is on marine food of all kinds, especially prawns, Lobsters and crabs brought in from the Chilika Lake and the sweetest Rasogola of Salepur, Jhilli of Nimapara and Chennapoda of Nayagarh has made Bhubaneswar a paradise for the food lovers. Bhubaneswar is well connected by air, rail and road to the rest of India. The Biju Patnaik Airport located in the heart of the city connects to all the major destination of the country. Being the zonal headquarters of East Coast Railways, Bhubaneswar has remained an important station with several trains starting from here connecting it to almost every other city of India. Besides, all south bound trains from Kolkata passed through Bhubaneswar. With National Highway No. 5 running through the city, Bhubaneswar can be reached from any place between Kolkata and Chennai.

About KIIT University In its journey from a small technical Institute to a world class University, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) has come a long way within the shortest span of time. Since its inception in 1993, KIIT emphasized on quality education and no wonder, it was declared as a University (u/s 3 of UGC Act of 1956) in 2004. Since then KIIT has never looked back. The growth of KIIT as a world class University spreading over 450 acres of prime land in 17 lush green sprawling campuses in a built-up area of 7.5 million square feet in Eastern Indian is incredible indeed. The multi-disciplinary University with 23 constituent Schools offering diverse programmes have proved itself to be the much sought after higher educational centre of the country. With 17000 students pursuing both graduation and post-graduation studies in Engineering, MCA, Management, Rural Management, Law, Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology, MBBS, BDS, Nursing, Fashion Technology, Cinema & Mass Media Studies, Language and Sculpture, KIIT stands out as a class of its own both in quality and quantity.

Theme of the Conference

Amazing advances in microbiology over the past 20 years forced us to think in terms of ever shifting boundaries between the known and the unknown about microorganisms. Just as the first microscopes unveiled an unseen microbial world, the use of modern techniques to enumerate different kinds and numbers of single-cell organisms has forever changed perceptions of the living world. Today we are a witness to a revolutionary innovation in microbial world where scientists have created the world's first synthetic life form in a landmark experiment that paves the way for designer organisms that are built rather than evolved. Though innovation is rapidly becoming a key strategic driver for every system as we enter the second decade of the 21st century, most of us seem to struggle with the understanding on what it is and how to move forward on our journey into innovation. Being able to look at the current trends and see where they will take us is an interesting and thought provoking exercise. Let’s meet with all our past experience and current knowledge to find out the future trends of Microbiology during the 53rd Annual Conference of AMI with a theme ‘Microbial world: Recent Innovations and Future Trends’.

Technical Sessions

Microbial Biodiversity & Climate Change/Environmental Microbiology/Agriculture/Veterinary Microbiology /Medical Microbiology & Immunology/ Virology/ Molecular Microbiology/Nanobiotechnology/ Food &Industrial Microbiology/ Biofuel, Bioenergy &Biopolymer/ Microbial process Bioengineering/ Translational Microbiology/ Biodeterioration & Biodegradation/ Genomics, proteomics & Metagenomics/ASM-AMI workshop

Date and Venue

The Conference will be held from 22-25th November 2012 at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Call for Abstracts

Abstracts are invited from researchers for both oral and poster presentation. All Presenting authors must register for the conference to be able to present their paper/poster. The abstract should not exceed 200 words. The name of the Presenting author should be underlined. The corresponding author's contact no., fax number and E-mail ID should be properly given. Abstract should be in MS Word document, font: Times New Roman, font Size: 12, Single

Line spacing. Abstract should be emailed to: amiabstract2012@gmail.com. Last date for abstract submission: 30th September, 2012. Registration Details

Participant Upto October 15, 2012 After Oct 15, 2012 / On the spot

Students Rs. 1500 Rs. 2500

AMI members Rs. 2000 Rs. 3000

Non members Rs. 2500 Rs. 3500

Accompanying person Rs. 1500 Rs. 1500

Industry Participants Rs. 4000 Rs. 5000

Foreign Delegates 100 US $ 150 US $

Foreign accompanying persons 100 US $ 100 US $

Registration fee does not include accommodation/site seeing/tours. Registration fee may be sent as Crossed Demand Draft in favour of 53rd Annual AMI Conference, payable at Bhubaneswar to the Address: Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar, Organising Secretary, 53rd Annual AMI Conference, School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, Pin: 751024

Accommodation We recommend advance reservation KIIT University Guest house (per night) : Rs. 800/- to 1500/- Hotel Accommodation per night (on request) : Rs. 2000/- to 6000/- * For students (Master’s & Doctoral): Hostel accommodation will be provided free of cost on sharing basis Cancellation: No refunds for accommodation is admissible. Accommodation in hotels at Bhubaneswar will be booked on request and only on advance payment failing which participants need to make arrangement of their own. Accommodation request will be executed on first come first serve basis.

PATRONS

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

ORGANIZING SECRETARY

Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar, Director

School of Biotechnology, KIIT University

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Important Dates

Conference : 22-25th November, 2012

Last Date of Submission of abstract : 30th September, 2012

Early Bird Registration : 15th October, 2012

School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar-751024, E. mail: amiindiabbsr2012@gmail.com

www.kiit.ac.in/www.kiitbiotech.ac.in/www.amiindia-bbsr.org

Mr. L B Shukla, VP, BBSR-CTC Chapter, AMI Dr. S. K. Dash, Treasurer, BBSR-CTC Chapter, AMI Dr. R.K. Mishra, OUAT, BBSR Dr. T.K. Dangar, CRRI, Cuttack Dr. D.V. Singh, ILS, BBSR Dr. R.C. Ray, CTCRI, BBSR Dr. S. Mohanty, CIFA, BBSR Dr. Subrat. K. Das, ILS, BBSR Dr. Pratima Ray, OUAT, BBSR Dr. Neeva Gupta, RPRC, BBSR Dr. Surajit Das, NIT Rourkela Dr. C. C. Rath, North Orissa Univ, Baripada

Dr. K.B. Satpathy, Utkal University, BBSR Dr. Mihir K.Das, GM College, Sambalpur Dr. E. Subudhi, SOA University, BBSR Dr. Prashant Maiti, IMGENEX, BBSR Dr. Sony Pandey, IMMT, BBSR Dr. S. Mishra, KIIT University, BBSR Dr. A. Sonawane, KIIT University, BBSR Dr. Vishakha Raina, KIIT University, BBSR Dr. Priyadarshi Sahu, KIIT University, BBSR Dr. Subrat Kumar, KIIT University, BBSR Mr. Ritesh Pattnaik, KIIT University, BBSR

Prof. L. V. Rao, President AMI, New Delhi Dr. T. K. Adhya, GS, AMI, New Delhi Mr. S. Sinha, DBT, New Delhi Dr. Amit Ghosh, NICED, Kolkata Dr. S. R. Rao, DBT, New Delhi Dr. K.K. Tripathi, DBT, New Delhi Prof. P.K. Sahu, VC, Utkal University, BBSR Prof. D.P. Ray, VC, OUAT, BBSR Prof. B. C. Tripathi, VC, Ravenshaw Univ., Cuttack Dr. T. K. Chandrasekhar, Director, NISER, BBSR Dr. B. Ravindran, Director, ILS, BBSR Dr. S. K. Kar, Director, RMRC, BBSR Dr. B. K. Mishra, Director, IMMT, BBSR Dr. T. Mohapatra, Director, CRRI, Cuttack Dr. P. Jaysankar, Director, CIFA, BBSR

Prof. Rup Lal, Editor-in-Chief, IJM, New Delhi Prof. J. S. Virdi, Joint Secretary, AMI, New Delhi Prof. D. K. Singh, Treasurer, AMI, New Delhi Dr. S. K. Lal, ICGEB, New Delhi Dr. Amulya K. Panda, NII, New Delhi Dr. V. C. Kalia, IGIB, New Delhi Prof. S.P. Adhikary, Visva -Bharati, Santiniketan Prof. Appa Rao Podile, Univ of Hyderabad Dr. Lata, IARI, New Delhi Dr. Rakesh Sharma, IGIB, New Delhi Dr. G. Venkateswaran, CFTRI, Mysore Dr. Praveen Rishi, Panjab University Dr. Pratyoosh Shukla, MDU, Rohtak Dr. Prakash R Thorat, Solapur Dr. R.N. Ray, NCSTC, DST, New Delhi

Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, MP (Rajya Sabha) Dr. N.K. Ganguly, Advisor, THSTI, New Delhi Dr. M.K. Bhan, Secretary, DBT, New Delhi Dr. A. Samanta, Founder, KIIT University, BBSR Dr. N. L. Mitra, Chancellor, KIIT University, BBSR

Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, MoES, New Delhi Dr. T. Ramasami, Secretary, DST, New Delhi Dr. S.K. Brahmachari, DG, CSIR, New Delhi Dr. V.M. Katoch, DG, ICMR, New Delhi Dr. S. Ayyappan, DG, ICAR, New Delhi