Welcome to the Conference
The "Biophysics Today" conference aims to bring together scientists and students to foster collaboration and exchange ideas on the latest developments in Biophysics. The meeting's purpose is to provide a platform for discussing cutting-edge research that integrates physical principles with biological systems. By encouraging presentations and talks from both experienced researchers and emerging talents, the conference seeks to inspire innovative approaches to solving complex biological problems. Participants will explore new experimental techniques, theoretical models, and technological advancements in Biophysics, while also promoting interdisciplinary collaboration to advance the field and address contemporary scientific challenges.
Topics:
- Protein Folding and Misfolding
- Single-Molecule Approaches
- Membrane Structure and Dynamics
- Computational and Theoretical Methods
- Structural and Imaging Advances
- Translational and Medicinal Applications
Conference Details π :
Date :December 02-04, 2025
Registration & Abstract submission starts: September 23, 2025
Registration & Abstract submission ends: October 25, 2025
Organizing Committee:
Convener:
Prof. Shubhasis Haldar, SNBNCBS, Kolkata
Co-Conveners:Prof. Amitabha Chattopadhyay, CCMB, Hydrabad
Prof. Rajib Mitra, SNBNCBS, Kolkata
Prof. Jaydeb Chakrabarti, SNBNCBS, Kolkata
List of Speakers
Selected Abstracts for Poster Presentation
Format of poster : Maximum size A0 portrait orientation only.
Make sure to bring your own printed poster.
| Poster No. | Name | Affiliation | Abstract Link |
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| P001 | Alan Sherry | ICTS-TIFR |
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| P002 | Atul Rathor | S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences-Kolkata |
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| P003 | Avinaba Mukherjee | University of Calcutta |
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| P004 | Bandita Das | IISER Berhampur |
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| P005 | Bibek Saha | International Centre for Theoretical Sciences |
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| P006 | Bikram Keshari Behera | Research Scholar at University of Hyderabad |
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| P007 | Bikram Pain | ICTS-TIFR, Bangalore |
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| P008 | Biswajit Paul | National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar |
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| P009 | Debabrata Mondal | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA |
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| P010 | Debraj Bose | Harish Chandra Research Institute |
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| P011 | Ishita Tikader | Presidency University, Kolkata |
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| P012 | J.Bharathi Kannan | IISER Pune |
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| P013 | JISHA C | MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ALLAHABAD |
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| P014 | Krishanu Ghosh | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. |
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| P015 | Mainak Pal | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science |
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| P016 | Medha Roy Choudhury | IISER Kolkata |
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| P017 | Nalinikanta Pradhan | IIT Guwahati |
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| P018 | Nilachal Chakrabarti | Indian Institute of Technology,Gandhinagar |
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| P019 | Pallabi Chatterjee | IIT Tirupati |
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| P020 | Pritam Das | Research Scholar, Banaras Hindu University |
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| P021 | Rahul Ghosh | IISER Berhampur |
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| P022 | Renu Parashar | Birla Institute Of Technology And Science, Pilani |
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| P023 | Saheli Sarkar | Harish-Chandra Research Institute |
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| P024 | Sanchayan Banerjee | National Institute of Science Education and Research |
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| P025 | Saptarshi Mandal | International Centre for Theoretical Sciences of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
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| P026 | Sashikanta Mohapatra | The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai |
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| P027 | Shishira Mahunta | IISER Berhampur |
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| P028 | Shivam Mishra | Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Prayagraj |
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| P029 | Sinchan Ghosh | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science |
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| P030 | Sk Anisur | Harish-Chandra Research Institute(HRI), Allahabad |
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| P031 | Smitarani Mishra | IIT Tirupati |
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| P032 | Suvechha Indu | University of Calcutta |
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| P033 | Tista Banerjee | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science |
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| P034 | Animesh Hazra | S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences-Kolkata |
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Participants
| Sl. No | Name | Affiliation |
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| 1 | Alan Sherry | ICTS-TIFR |
| 2 | Aniket Samanta | JRF |
| 3 | Animesh Hazra | S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences |
| 4 | Anirban Ghosh | Amity University Kolkata |
| 5 | Archak Purkayastha | IIT Hyderabad |
| 6 | Arijit Kundu | IIT Kanpur |
| 7 | Arnab Das | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science |
| 8 | Arnab Sen | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science |
| 9 | Arti Garg | Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics |
| 10 | Atanu Rajak | IIT Hyderabad |
| 11 | Atul Rathor | S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences-Kolkata |
| 12 | Avinaba Mukherjee | University of Calcutta |
| 13 | Bandita Das | IISER Berhampur |
| 14 | Bibek Saha | International Centre for Theoretical Sciences |
| 15 | Bikram Keshari Behera | Research Scholar at University of Hyderabad |
| 16 | Bikram Pain | ICTS-TIFR, Bangalore |
| 17 | Biswajit Paul | National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar |
| 18 | Debabrata Mondal | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA |
| 19 | Debraj Bose | Harish Chandra Research Institute |
| 20 | Deepak Dhar | ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru |
| 21 | Dibyendu Roy | Raman Research Institute |
| 22 | Hillol Biswas | Harish-Chandra Research Institute |
| 23 | Ishita Tikader | Presidency University, Kolkata |
| 24 | J.Bharathi Kannan | IISER Pune |
| 25 | JISHA C | MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ALLAHABAD |
| 26 | Krishanu Ghosh | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. |
| 27 | Krishnendu Sengupta | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science |
| 28 | Mainak Pal | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science |
| 29 | Manik Banik |
S N National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
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| 30 | Medha Roy Choudhury | IISER Kolkata |
| 31 | Moumita Indra | IIT Guwahati |
| 32 | Nalinikanta Pradhan | IIT Guwahati |
| 33 | Nilachal Chakrabarti | Indian Institute of Technology,Gandhinagar |
| 34 | Nithyasree P G | RRI Bangalore |
| 35 | Pallabi Chatterjee | IIT Tirupati |
| 36 | Pritam Das | Research Scholar, Banaras Hindu University |
| 37 | Punyabrata Pradhan | S N National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata |
| 38 | Rahul | IISER Berhampur |
| 39 | Rajdeep Sensarma | TIFR Mumbai |
| 40 | Ramu Kumar Yadav | S.N. Bose National Centre For Basic Sciences, Kolkata |
| 41 | Rejish Nath | IISER Pune |
| 42 | Renu Parashar | Birla Institute Of Technology And Science, Pilani |
| 43 | Sagarika Adhikary | Department of Physics, IIT Madras, Chennai, India |
| 44 | Saheli Sarkar | Harish-Chandra Research Institute |
| 45 | Sanchayan Banerjee | National Institute of Science Education and Research |
| 46 | Sanjukta Roy | Raman Research Institute, Bangalore |
| 47 | Saptadip Roy | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) |
| 48 | Saptarshi Mandal | International Centre for Theoretical Sciences of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
| 49 | Sashikanta Mohapatra | The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai |
| 50 | Sayan Choudhury | HRI Allahabad (Prayagraj) |
| 51 | Shishira Mahunta | IISER Berhampur |
| 52 | Shivam Mishra | Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Prayagraj |
| 53 | Sinchan Ghosh | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science |
| 54 | Sitaram Maity | NISER BHUBANESWAR |
| 55 | Sk Anisur | Harish-Chandra Research Institute(HRI), Allahabad |
| 56 | Smitarani Mishra | PhD Scholar |
| 57 | Srinjoy Ghosh | Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur |
| 58 | Sthitadhi Roy | ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru |
| 59 | Subhasis Sinha | IISER-Kolkata |
| 60 | Suryashekhar Kusari | Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics |
| 61 | Suvechha Indu | University of Calcutta |
| 62 | Tanay Nag | BITS Pilani- Hyderabad campus |
| 63 | Tanaya Ray | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science |
| 64 | Tapan Mishra | NISER, Bhubaneswar |
| 65 | Tista Banerjee | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science |
| 66 | Ajit C. Balram | IMSC, Chennai |
| 67 | Saikat Ghosh | IIT, Kanpur |
Program schedule of the conference
Day 1: December 02, 2025 (Tuesday)βΆ
| Registration (9:00 am β 9:45 am) | |||
| Inaugural Session (9:45 am β 10:30 am) | |||
| Session-1 (10:30-11:30 am) |
| Time | Name of the speaker | Title of the talk | Abstract | |
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| Chair : Prof. Gautam Basu | ||||
| 10:30 am β 11:00 am | Prof. Jayant B. Udgaonkar, IISER Pune |
Phase separation induces significant structure in the N-terminal region of the mouse prion protein | |
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| 11:00 am β 11:30 am | Prof. Amitabha Chattopadhyay, CCMB Hyderabad |
Exploring Cholesterol Sensitivity of G Protein-Coupled Receptors: Excitements and Challenges | |
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| 11:30 am β 12:00 pm | Tea Break | |||
| Session-2 (12:00-01:30 pm) | ||||
| Chair : Prof. Syamal Roy and Prof Saikat Chakrabarti | ||||
| 12:00 pm β 12:30 pm | Prof. Chandrabhas Narayana, JNCASR, Bangaluru |
Raman spectroscopy for understanding Protein Structure Function and determining DNA/RNA sequences for applications in Biotechnology | |
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| 12:30 pm β 01:00 pm | Prof. Ruchi Anand, IIT Bombay |
Allosteric Regulation of Transient Ammonia Tunnel in Bi-functional Enzyme FGAM Synthetase | |
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| 01:00 pm β 01:30 pm | Prof. Krishnananda Chattopadhyay, IICB, Kolkata |
Protein conformation, dynamics and aggregation: From test tubes to human diseases | |
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| 1:30 pm β 3:00 pm | Lunch @ Basundhara building | |||
| Session-3 (03:00-04:30 pm) | ||||
| Chair : Prof. Uday Bandyopadhyay and Prof Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay | ||||
| 03:00 pm β 03:30 pm | Prof. Athi N. Naganathan, IIT Madras |
Conformational Selection Drives Antibiotic Sequestration | |
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| 03:30 pm β 04:00 pm | Prof. Anand Srivastava, IISc Bengaluru |
Is the protein folding code truly understood? The curious (and exotic) case of fold switching proteins | |
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| 04:00 pm β 04:30 pm | Prof. Neelanjana Sengupta, IISER Kolkata |
Fractal-like Self-Assembly in Citrate Synthase: Delineating Growth Patterns with Coarse Grained Simulations | |
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| 4:30 pm β 5:00 pm | Tea Break | |||
| Session-4 (05:00-06:40 pm) | ||||
| Chair : Prof. Shubhra Ghosh Dastidar and Prof. Sanat Karmakar | ||||
| 05:00 pm β 05:30 pm | Prof. Suman Chakrabarty, SNBNCBS Kolkata |
Role of Metastable Conformational States in Proteins: From Function to Drug Discovery | |
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| 05:30 pm β 06:00 pm | Prof. Hirak Chakraborty, Sambalpur University Burla |
Fusion peptide modulates membrane organization and dynamics: A macroscopic to nanoscopic view | |
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| Spnosor talk | ||||
| 06:00 pm β 06:20 pm | Lab India | |||
| 06:20 pm β 06:40 pm | DSS Imagetech | |||
| 06:45 pm β 08:30 pm | Poster Session @ Basundhara building | |||
| 08:30 pm β 09:30 pm | Dinner @ Basundhara building | |||
Day 2: December 03, 2025 (Wednesday)βΆ
| Session-1 (10:00-11:30 am) |
| Time | Name of the speaker | Title of the talk | Abstract | |
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| Chair : Prof. Ansuman Lahiri and Prof. Chaitali Mukhopadhyay | ||||
| 10:00 am β 10:30 am | Prof. Sri Rama Koti Ainavarapu, TIFR Mumbai |
Ubiquitination/SUMOylation Regulate Protein Conformation and Stability via Tag- and Site- Specific interactions | |
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| 10:30 am β 11:00 am | Prof. Shubhasis Haldar, SNBNCBS Kolkata |
Covalent Magnetic Tweezers: A New Window to See Biology | |
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| 11:00 am β 11:30 pm | Prof. Shivprasad Patil, IISER Pune |
Viscoelastic Response of Folded Protein Chains under Tension: Insights from Titin and Ubiquitin | |
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| 11:30 am β 12:00 pm | Tea Break | |||
| Session-2 (12:00-01:30 pm) | ||||
| Chair : Prof. Shubhra Majumder and Prof. Abhrajyoti Ghosh | ||||
| 12:00 pm β 12:30 pm | Prof. Kausik Chakraborty, IGIB Delhi |
Evolutionary Diversification of Chaperonin Systems to Support Vectorial and Co-Translational Folding | |
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| 12:30 pm β 01:00 pm | Prof. Aravind Penmatsa, IISc Bengaluru |
Who let the ions out! Insights into an E. coli K+/H+ Antiporter and its metabolic control | |
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| 01:00 pm β 01:30 pm | Prof. Ranjan Sen, CDFD Hyderabad |
Interactions of bacterial transcription elongation complex with the transcription terminator Rho | |
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| 1:30 pm β 3:00 pm | Lunch @ Basundhara building | |||
| Session-3 (03:00-04:30 pm) | ||||
| Chair : Prof. Rituparna Sinha Roy and Prof. Surajit Rakshit | ||||
| 03:00 pm β 03:30 pm | Prof. Durba Sengupta, NCL Pune |
Specificity and Promiscuity of Phosphoinositide Lipid Interactions with GPCRs | |
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| 03:30 pm β 04:00 pm | Prof. Mahendran KR, RGCB Thiruvananthapuram |
Assembly of Ξ±-Helical Nanopores for Ultrasensitive Disease Protein Detection | |
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| 04:00 pm β 04:30 pm | Prof. Ankona Datta, TIFR Mumbai |
Chemical Probes for Lighting up Life Processes | |
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| 4:30 pm β 5:00 pm | Tea Break | |||
| Session-4 (05:00-06:00 pm) | ||||
| Chair : Prof. Barun Kumar Maity and Prof. Amlan Roychowdhury | ||||
| 05:00 pm β 05:30 pm | Prof. H. Raghuraman, SINP Kolkata |
Membrane localization and conformational dynamics of KirBac1.1 slide helix during lipid-dependent activation | |
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| 05:30 pm β 06:00 pm | Prof. Jhimli Bhattacharyya, NIT Nagaland |
On analyses of hysteric thermal curves obtained from DNA hybridization | |
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| 06:00 pm β 07:30 pm | Poster Session @ Basundhara building | |||
| 08:00 pm β 10:00 pm | Gala Dinner @ The Sojourn Hotel | |||
Day 3: December 04, 2025 (Thursday)βΆ
| Session-1 (10:00-11:30 am) |
| Time | Name of the speaker | Title of the talk | Abstract |
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| Chair : Prof. Anindita Ukil and Prof. Subhendu Roy | |||
| 10:00 am β 10:30 am | Prof. Rajib Kumar Mitra, SNBNCBS Kolkata |
Membrane Hydration and Fusogenicity: Effect of Cholesterol | |
| 10:30 am β 11:00 am | Prof. Subhabrata Majumder, SINP Kolkata |
NMR investigations of intrinsic disorder in high molecular weight proteins in relation to their function | |
| 11:00 am β 11:30 pm | Prof. Siddhartha Sankar Jana, IACS Kolkata |
Conformation of Loop 2 at motor domain determines the activity of Nonmuscle | |
| 11:30 am β 12:00 pm | Break | ||
| Session-2 (12:00-02:00 pm) | |||
| Chair : Prof Jaydeb Chakrabarti and Prof. Tofayel Ahmed | |||
| 12:00 pm β 12:30 pm | Prof. Md. Imtaiyaz Hassan, JMI Delhi |
Discovery of Natural, Synthetic, and Repurposed Inhibitors of MTH1 for Therapeutic Management of Breast Cancer | |
| 12:30 pm β 01:00 pm | Prof. Soumya De, IIT Kharagpur |
Intrinsically disordered proteins: Functionality of chaos | |
| 01:00 pm β 01:30 pm | Prof. Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi, IIT Palakkad |
Curvature dependent dynamics of a bacterium confined in a giant unilamellar vesicle | |
| 01:30 pm β 02:00 pm | Prof. Bidisha Sinha, IISER Kolkata |
Probing Spatiotemporal Mechanical Heterogeneities and Gradients in Cell Membranes | |
| 02:00 pm β 3:00 pm | Lunch @ Basundhara building | ||
| 03:00 pm β 3:30 pm | Prize distribution and Thanks giving | ||
Registration
Registration closed, please contact the organizers.
Accommodations will be given as first-come, first-served basis to a limited number of candidates and will be confirmed via email.
*Accommodations FEE have to be paid by the the participants at the venue (βΉ800/- per night)*
Registration includes : Conference kits, snacks and lunch.
| Indian participant (Student, Postdoc & Faculty) | INR 3000/- (only registration) |
Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Other Sponsor
Nature of Sponsorships
π Diamond Sponsorship (βΉ2.5 Lakhs and above)
- A single day of the conference will be announced as βCompany Name Dayβ.
- One exhibition stall with proper enclosure, display board, a table, and four chairs will be provided for showcasing company profile/brochures.
- One lecture slot (20 minutes) will be allotted for oral presentation.
- Prominent acknowledgement as Diamond Sponsor on the conference website and all banners.
- Complimentary invitations for up to 4 company representatives to attend all lunches, dinners, and refreshments during the workshop.
π₯ Gold Sponsorship (βΉ1.25 Lakhs and above)
- One exhibition stall with proper enclosure, display board, a table, and two chairs will be provided for showcasing company profile/brochures.
- One lecture slot (20 minutes) will be allotted for oral presentation.
- Prominent acknowledgement as Gold Sponsor on the conference website and all banners.
- Complimentary invitations for up to 3 company representatives to attend all lunches, dinners, and refreshments during the workshop.
Other Sponsorships
Sponsorships below βΉ1.25 Lakhs are also welcome. Interested companies are requested to contact the organizers for details.
Location of the Centre
Landmarks (Click here to see on map)
- Yuvabharati Stadium: Largest stadium in India.
- Mizoram House: (marked by a square) Very tall building, well marked
- Tank No 14: (marked by a cross) Salt Lake residents are most familiar with Tanks
Nearest Airport
- From Airport: The nearest airport is Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport. Prepaid taxis are available at the terminal. Sortest distance (by car) of the centre from the airport is about 13 Km. You can find the shortest route map here. Alternatively, you may come through Rajarhat and New Town area also.
Nearest Railway Stations
- From Sealdah Railway Station: Please take a prepid taxi or travel by bus (no 239 or Salt Lake - BBD Bag mini bus). Distance of SNBNCBS from Sealdah station is about 7 Km.
- From Howrah Railway Station: Please take a prepid taxi or travel by bus (no S12). Distance of SNBNCBS from Howrah station is about 11 Km.
- From Kolkata Railway Station: Please take a prepid taxi. Distance of SNBNCBS from Kolkata station is about 7 Km.
Buses from various destinations
- From Ultadanga: Bus no 32A
- From Hudco: Bus No 32A, 47/1
- From Jadavpur: Bus no S9
- From Gariahat: Barasat B Garden, EB3, AC 47U, S46
Location Map
Contacts
shubhasis.haldar@bose.res.in
Phone
+91-33-2335 1313/0312/3057/3061/5705/6/7/8
Postal Address
S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
JD Block, Sector-III, Salt Lake City,
Kolkata - 700106, India
India
Accommodation
- Accommodation for invited speakers will be provided.
- Limited self-paid accommodation in the institute guest house (Bhagirathi) may be available (from 21/05/2025 to 24/05/2025) on a first come first serve basis to participants who have completed their registration.
- Other self-funded options for accommodation that participants registering for the conference may avail
Please note that this is a non-exhaustive list solely based on the distance from the institute.
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Kolkata_Navaprajanma State Youth Hostel Annex building:
Saltlake Stadium, Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Phone: 06292248895
Website: https://youthhostelbooking.wb.gov.in/Pages/Home.aspx
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Navaprajanma State Youth Hostel:
Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Phone: 06292248894
Website: https://youthhostelbooking.wb.gov.in/Pages/Home.aspx
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The Stadel:
Salt Lake Stadium Cricket Ground, Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Gate No.3, Broadway Rd, Sector 3, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106Phone: 033 7164 4600
Website: https://www.thestadel.com/
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Hotel The Sojourn:
Plot No, KB 23, KB Block, Sector 3,
Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700098Phone: 033 4092 6200
Website: https://www.hotelthesojourn.com/
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