The Program

Day 1 (Sunday)

December 8, 2024

Pre-Conference Tutorial and Welcome Meet

09:00 AM onwards

Registration

10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Tutorial Session I: Chemometrics for NIR Spectroscopy

Speaker:

Prof. Federico Marini, University of Rome, Italy

Chairperson:

(i) Prof. Satoru Tsuchikawa, Graduate School of Bio-agricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan

(ii) Dr. Santanu Sabhapandit, TTRI Jorhat, India

01:00 PM- 02:00 PM

Lunch Break

02:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Tutorial Session II: Handheld NIR Spectroscopy: Instrumentation & Applications

Speaker

Dr Akifumi Ikehata, Group leader, Analytical Evaluation Group, Institute of Food Research, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan

Chairperson:

(i) Prof. Hoeil Chung, Hanyang University, Korea

(ii) Prof. Kallol Bhattacharya, University of Calcutta, India

05:00 PM- 05:30 PM

Snack Bar and High Tea

05:30 PM - 06:30 PM

ANC Board Meeting

07:00 PM Onwards

Welcome Dinner

Day 2 (Monday)

December 9, 2024

Event Kick-off, Plenary and Technical Sessions

09:00 AM Onwards

Registration

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Inaugural Session: ANS-2024

-Welcome Note

Prof. Rajib Bandyopadhyay, Convenor ANS-2024

-Opening Address

Prof. Satoru Tsuchikawa, President ANS

-Speeches and Felicitations

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tea Break

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Keynote session:

Chairperson:

(i) Prof. Pulok Kr Mukherjee, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal, Manipur, India

(ii) Dr. Shyam Narayan Jha, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - PUSA, New Delhi, India

11:30 PM - 12:00 PM

K-01: R&D on NIR Spectroscopy in agriculture

Speaker: 

Prof. Satoru Tsuchikawa, Graduate School of Bio-agricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

K-02: Spectroscopy from Farm to Fork: The Future

Speaker:

Dr Rabi Narayan Sahoo, Principal Scientist and Program Leader, ICAR-NePPA, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Technical Session 1: Food, Agriculture and Natural Products 

Session Chairs:

(i) Dr. Panmanas Sirisombon, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand

(ii) Prof. Nabarun Bhattacharyya, School of Information science and technology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, India

01:30 PM- 02:30 PM

Lunch Break

&

Poster Session

Session Chairs: 

(i) Prof Eizo Taira, Japan

(ii) Dr. Byoung-Kwan Cho, Korea

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM

K-03: Chemometrics and NIR spectroscopy: looking towards the future

Speaker:

Prof. Federico Marini University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy

Chairperson:

(i) Dr. Santanu Sabhapondit, TTRI Jorhat, India

(ii) Dr. Changyeun Mo, Kangwon National University, Republic of Korea

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Technical Session 2: Chemometrics

Session Chairs:

(i) Dr. Rabi Narayan Sahoo, Division of Agricultural Physics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

(ii) Dr. Asim Biswas, Canada

04:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Tea Break

04:30 PM- 05:00 PM

Industry Presentation

Session Chairs:

(i) Dr Rabi Narayan Sahoo, ICAR, India

(ii) Dr Debdutta Mishra, FSSAI, India

05:00 PM- 06:30 PM

Flash Talk Session: 1 

Session Chairs:

(i) Dr. Santanu Sabhapondit, TTRI Jorhat, India

(ii) Prof Pallab Kanti Haldar, Jadavpur University, India

06:30 PM- 07:30 PM

General Body Meeting

Cultural Program & Conference Gala Dinner

Biswa Bangla Gate

 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM

Day 3 (Tuesday)

December 10, 2024

Keynote, Technical Sessions, and Closing Ceremony

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Keynote session:

Chairperson:

(i) Prof. Federico Marini, Italy

(ii) Dr Pardeep Kumar Bharadwaj, India

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

K-04: Diverse applications of hyper-spectral NIR analysis: Sensitivity Enhancement improvement for measurement of thin sheets including layer sheets and discrimination of jewels with different

Speaker:

Prof. Hoeil Chung. Hanyang University, Department of Chemistry, Republic of Korea

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

K-05: NIR Spectroscopy and Para Natural Rubber

Speaker:

Prof. Panmanas Sirisomboon, Department of Agricultural Engineering, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Poster Session and Tea Break

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Technical Session-3: Pharma Diagnostics and Biotechnology

Session Chairs:

(i) Dr. Rajib Chakrabarty, India 

(ii) Dr. Alokesh Ghosh, India

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM

K-05: Development Status, Applications and Outlook of Near Infrared Spectroscopy in China

Speaker:

Dr. Chu Xiaoli, Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, China, Beijing

Chairperson:

(i) Dr. Akifumi Ikehata, Japan

(ii) Prof. Rajib Bandyopadhyay, India

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Lunch Break and Poster Session

02:00 PM- 03:10 PM

Flash Talk Session: 2

Session Chairs:

(i) Prof. Byoung-Kwan Cho, Korea

(ii) Dr. Somsubhra Chakraborty, India

03:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Technical Session-4: Spectroscopy Related Topics (HS-NIR)

Session Chairs:

(i) Prof. Kallol Bhattacharya, India

(ii) Prof. Kalyan Mazumdar, India

04:30 PM - 05:30 PM

Keynote session:

Chairperson:

(i) Prof. Bipan Tudu, Jadavpur University, India 

(ii) Dr. Ajanto Kumar Hazarika, TTRI Jorhat, India

04:30 PM - 05:00 PM

K-07: Can we take vis-NIR spectroscopy to field to leverage digital soil mapping?

Speaker:

Dr. Asim Biswas, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph

05:00 PM - 05:30 PM

K-08: Advancing Soil and Agricultural Insights through NIR Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral Imaging

Speaker:

Dr. Somsubhra Chakraborty, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

05:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Valedictory