ICSTEP2006

This conference was organized as a part of the Golden jubilee Celebrations of the institution during 7-9^th , January 2006. ”Nature in the service of man” being the motto of our institution, it is relevant that we organize this conference in tune with our ideas. The objectives of this programme are to provide a major interdisciplinary forum for presenting new approaches in niche areas of environmental science and technology, to foster integration of the latest developments in scientific research into engineering applications, and to facilitate technology transfer from well tested ideas to practical products and remedial processes.

As an effective prelude to the conference, on 6^th , January, 2006, two preconference workshops – “Understanding air quality modeling” by Dr.Ashok kumar, Professor and Chair of Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Toledo, USA, Convenor & Technical Chair of the conference, “Environmental Management-An Executive Overeview” by Dr.Ram Ramanan , Exon mobile limited & FullBright Scholar to IIT Bombay respectively were organised. The participants were from industries, Academic Institutions and research organizations. Dr.Ragavan Ramanan distributed certificates to the participants

The technical programme of the conference had three components viz. oral presentation, poster presentation and panel discussion. There were 120 oral presentations, 35 poster presentations and 18 virtual presentations in the proceedings. Renowned environmental experts from the global arena in the technical committee provided support to the organizers in the scrutiny and selection of abstracts and papers. The conference was inaugurated by Dr.D.Viswanathan, Vice Chancellor, Anna University, Chennai on 7^th, January, 2006.

The plenary lectures were delivered by five of the technical committee members: Dr.Ashok Kumar on “Examination of Application issues related to the air quality models for urban areas’; Dr.Ajit. P. Annachatre on “POPs:How well they are managed in Developing Countries?”; Dr.Harvey Huang on “Hazardous waste Management in Taiwan”; Dr.Pascale Champane on “Bio Ethanol from agricultural waste residues”; Dr.Joon Ha Kim on “Ecocomplexity, Uncertainty, and Optimisation of Ecosystem by Environmental Systems Engineering Approaches”.

The delegates from various parts of India and from USA, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Australia and Denmark participated in the conference. The topics discussed in the conference were trendy and multidisciplinary. The delegates were enlightened with the panel discussion held on the evening of first day of the conference, the 7^th of January 2006. The chairman Dr.S.R.K.Prasad, Director, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore led the discussions and the co chairman Dr.R.Prabhakar, Principal, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore summarized and concluded the discussions. The topics on global warming, ozone depletion and biodiesel were discussed with the experts forming two panels. The delegates showed keen interest and took part actively in the discussion. The conference went on fruitfully and ended successfully with the valedictory function on 9^th January 2006 and the valedictory address was given by Dr.C.Ramasamy, Vice Chancellor, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.

The cash prize of Rs.5000/ and Rs.2000/- with citations for best two oral presentations and best two professional posters respectively were awarded. The first best paper was awarded to Mr.Gareth davis, Lake Environmental Ltd , Canada for the paper “The need for Air Dispersion Modelling” and the second best paper award had been given to Dr.V.Kirubhakaran, National Institute of Technology, Trichy for his paper “Environmental Impacts of Poultry Litter Disposal and Sustainable Technology for Energy Production”. The first best poster award went to Dr.U.G.Sawaiker, Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi for his poster on “Wastewater treatment using UASB Process” and the second best poster presentation was awarded to Mr.Parth Shukla, EIRA Division, National Environmental Research Institute, Nagpur for his poster on “Hydrocarbon and Heavy Metal Distribution in Marine Fishes in the West Coast offshore Oil and Gas Development Region”.

An exhibition of the products of leading companies dealing with environmental monitoring equipment namely Chemito Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chennai , Nevco Engineers Pvt Ltd, Chennai, Miclins India, Chennai and Orbit technologies Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad was also arranged at the venue to benefit the delegates.

This conference was sponsored by Krishna Industrial Corporation, Chennai, University of Toledo, USA and University of Montana, USA. The other sponsors to this conference are Reliance Dyeing works, Tirupur, Sri Maha Ganapathy Marketing, Coimbatore, Sigma Corporation, Chennai, Ferro Trading Company, Coimbatore, Coimbatore paint stores, Coimbatore, Unity Foundry Suppliers, Coimbatore, Dhavamani Hardware, Coimbatore, Nataraja & Co, Coimbatore Flony Chem Engineers, Chennai, Shreeram polyplast, Chennai, K.M.Plastics, Pollachi, Thooran Paper Products, Pollachi, Fine product Enterprises, Coimbatore, Vignesh Traders, Coimbatore, Deepee Kanishka Metallurgy P Ltd, Coimbatore, Genuine Marketing Services, Erode, Premier Gases, Kanjikode. John Wiley & Sons, New Delhi has also contributed sponsorship and their booklets were inserted in the registration kit.

The American Journal of Environmental Progress, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Solid waste technology and management, and Journal on resources, conservation and recycling have shown interest in bringing out special edition for the possible publication of the papers presented at the conference. The authors have been requested to visit the websites of the respective journals, modify and submit the full length papers according to their guidelines.

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