Krishnamurthy Institute of Algology, Chennai, India

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VISTAS IN ALGAL RESEARCH
22nd & 23rd September 2007

Krishnamurthy Institute of Algology will be celebrating its Seventeenth Founding Day on 22nd and 23rd September, 2007. In this connection, a national level symposium will be held in collaboration with the PG Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, SDNB Vaishnav College for Women (Autonomous), Chromepet, Chennai - 600 044. Subject of Symposium: Vistas in Algal Research
Date : 22nd and 23rd September, 2007

Registration fees: ( Click here for registration form)
For non-student participants:
For student participants
For accompanying persons :
Rs.500/¬Rs.300/¬Rs.300/-

Last date for receipt of applications in the prescribed form is 15th July, 2007. Application should be accompanied by a DD / Cheque to cover registration fees and if accommodation is required, the relevant charges for two days.
DD Should be made out on a bank located in Chennai.
Outstation cheques should include Rs. 601- towards clearing charges. All DD and Cheques should be made payable to Krishnamurthy Institute of Algology.
Student participants should also provide a certificate of their student status from their research guides, counter-signed by the Head of the Institution where_they are studying.

Papers are invited from participants on any of the following aspects of algology -
Morphology (gross and infrastructural) New approaches to taxonomy Physiology and Biochemistry
Ecology
Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Economic utilization of algae in food, feed, drugs, energy and rare chemicals
Role in agriculture and land reclamation Bioremediation of domestic and industrial effluents

The last date for receipt of abstracts is 15th July, 2007. Selected papers can be presented orally and others presented in the form of posters. A poster session will be specified when participants will have a chance to see the posters. Presenting participants should be present to explain the presentation during the poster session.
A cash prize will be awarded to the best paper presented by a student and another for the best poster, also by a student.

Chennai is well connected from all parts of the country by air, rail and road. If you are traveling by rail, there are two rail terminals where you can arrive: Chennai Central and Chennai Egmore. Be sure to specify the terminal where you are arriving in your application for registration. Those who arrive by road will have to make their own•way to the venue.
The venue is at Chromepet, which is on the suburban railway line from Chennai Beach to Tambaram. This line can be easily reached from the two railway terminals. Those who arrive at Chennai Central can take the line at Park Station, which is across the road from Central. Chennai Egmore is itself connected by the suburban line. From both stations you should take the trains proceeding towards Tambaram and alight at Chromepet.

Completed form of application, together with DDI Cheque for registration fee and other charges should be sent, so as to be received on or before 15th July 2007, by safe mail to :
Dr. G. RANI (Convenor)
PG Dept. of Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology SDNB Vaishnav College for Women (Autonomous) Chromepet, Chennai - 600 044.