Amity Institute of Applied Sciences, Amity University Noida campus organized the 7th Edition of “International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials and Devices (ICRTMD-2026)”, from 29th to 30 January 2026. The Conference has received participation from premier national institutions including IITs, CSIR Laboratories, DRDO, BARC, IUAC, DST, leading universities and institutions such as JNU, Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Banaras Hindu University, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Raman Research Institute, NITs, and several Central Universities. In addition, international speakers from more than ten countries, including Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, China, Germany, Russia, Malaysia, etc., the Conference truly global in its scope and impact.
Inaugurating the Conference, Chief Guest, Dr. Mayank Dwivedi, Scientist and Director General Resource & Management and Human Resources, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, stated, “Materials are extremely important to produce tangible products and no devices can be manufactured without materials. Students must take the lead in achieving the goal of ViksitBharat@2047 since the future of the country depends on them. During “Operation Sindoor”, many homegrown technologies developed by DRDO were deployed for carrying out the mission. Cyber security, satellite imaging and other cost-effective technologies were used effectively. DRDO works closely with educational institutions, and 2,500 lead industries are working with DRDO, contributing to inclusive growth. AI is playing a very important role in every field and without the use of AI, materials cannot be developed. DRDO is recruiting young scientists who can work on new technologies and also providing funding to startups. I urge the students to join DRDO and if we work together, we can achieve the goal of Viksit Bharat before 2047.”
Sharing the Future Roadmap, Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan, Founder President, Amity Education Group, averred, “Science, research and innovation form the basis of a nation’s development, and it is by focussing on these areas that a country can become a global superpower. The students are future leaders who have a huge responsibility of making India the most developed country of the world. Amity is dedicated to fostering the youth of the country and make them future-ready so that they can become major contributors to Viksit Bharat@2047.”
Dwelling upon DST initiatives for enhancing the research ecosystem of the country, Dr. Pratishtha Pandey, Head R&D Infra & NSM, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, opined, “The conference is extremely important for the young researchers since they will gain knowledge about the recent trends in materials and new technologies. India’s research output has increased, and it has become number 3 in research publications. The Global Innovation Index is at 35th position today, and women participation has increased in diverse areas in S&T domain. The government has given the mandate to give a major thrust to the research ecosystem and DST has launched several programmes such as FIST, PURSE, SATHI, and others to achieve this objective. These programmes help in building the research infrastructure and providing funding to Universities, and organizations. In addition, 38 supercomputers have been installed for scientific communities so as to equip them with all the monetary and infrastructure support.”
Dr. Balvinder Shukla, Vice Chancellor Amity University Uttar Pradesh said, “Amity University is committed to nurturing future leaders by providing them with new learning opportunities which will be helpful in their career progression. The conference will spark curiosity, inspire new ideas, and open doors to future opportunities for the students.”
Welcoming the guests, Dr. Sunita Rattan, Dean, S&T, Director, Amity Institute of Applied Sciences, said, “ICRTMD-2026 has been envisioned as a significant international platform to bring together eminent academicians, scientists, researchers and industry professionals from diverse domains, fostering enduring collaborations to address contemporary global challenges across multiple disciplines. The conference will provide unique opportunity with immense learning outcome to the participating scientists, faculty members, researchers and students.”
A Book of Abstracts was also released during the Inaugural Session of Conference. During the two -day Conference, Technical Sessions on “Physical and Chemical Sciences”, “Mathematical Science and Statistics”, Plenary Sessions on topics, “Toward Utilization of Hydrogen as a Fuel: Generation, Storage, and Utilization”, “Spintronics and spin-orbitronics”, will also be held along with Poster Presentations.