Hamid Ansari to attend int'l conference at PU

Panjab University (PU) has announced that it will host the 67th annual Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2014) at the end of this month, officials said on Tuesday.

Panjab University (PU) has announced that it will host the 67th annual Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2014) at the end of this month, officials said on Tuesday.

Vice-President of India and PU chancellor Hamid Ansari will be the chief guest at the international conference which will commence from December 27 to 30, a university spokesman said.

CHEMCON-2014 will offer a platform for interface to the best of national and international brains in Chemical
Engineering and allied fields, he said.

"It will feature a host of events, which will include memorial lectures, plenary lectures, seminars, symposia, panel discussions, exhibition", he added.

The conference is being organised on the theme, 'Chemical Engineering-Emerging Dimensions and Challenges
Ahead'. Last year, CHEMCON was organised in Mumbai.