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CSIR-IICT to host global summit on advanced materials for energy, environment

CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) will host the International Conference on Innovative Functional Materials for Energy and Environmental Technologies (iMEET-2026) from November 4 to 6 at its Tarnaka campus.

The conference will focus on emerging advances in rare earth and critical materials, magnetic and multifunctional materials, advanced ceramics and nanomaterials, energy materials, optoelectronic materials, advanced coatings, surface engineering, and materials for strategic, environmental, and defence applications.

The event will feature several distinguished speakers from India and abroad, including DRDO director-general (Naval Systems and Materials) R. Balamurali Krishnan, MIDHANI chairman and managing director S.V.S. Narayana Murty, and Sri Venkateswara University-Tirupati Vice-Chancellor T. Narasinga Rao, among many other eminent experts, said a press release issued on Tuesday.

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