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18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (18WCEE), in Milan, Italy.

I, Aman Srivastava, research scholar in the Department of Earthquake Engineering, am greatly thankful to Dean of Resources and Alumni Affairs (DORA), IIT Roorkee for their financial support to attend 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (18WCEE), in Milan, Italy. Without this generous financial support, it would have been impossible for me to be part of this quadrennial conference. It not only provided me an opportunity to have valuable discussions with great minds in my field, but also helped me in gaining a different perspective, both technically and non-technically. I greatly appreciate the work and support provided by DORA.

Aman Srivastava
Research Scholar
Department of Earthquake

European Geosciences Union (EGU)-2024, Vienna, Austria

Your partial financial support is immensely appreciated and means a lot to me. Without the financial support it was difficult for me to manage the expenses for travel and accommodation for this conference. I am extremely grateful for your confidence in my abilities and for providing me with the funds.

Soni Rai
Research Scholar
Department of Earth Science

8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering in Osaka, Japan

I Shantanu Saraswat, research scholar in the Department of Earthquake Engineering, am deeply grateful for the generous partial financial support that allowed me to attend the 8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering in Osaka, Japan, from May 7th to 10th, 2024. Your assistance had a significant impact, enabling me to participate in valuable discussions and gain insights at this prestigious event.

Shantanu Saraswat
Research Scholar
Department of Earthquake Engineering

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024, 14–19 Apr 2024, in Vienna, Austria.

I am glad to share that I had the privilege to attend and present my work titled "Identification of Groundwater Recharge Zones Using Comparative Analysis of Drainage Networks in Hard Rock Terrains of Bundelkhand Region" at the prestigious European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024, 14–19 Apr 2024, in Vienna, Austria. As my first international conference, it was a wonderful and fruitful experience. The conference provided me with the opportunity to interact with a variety of researchers and professionals in the transport domain from around the world. I discussed my research interests with them, as well as the research that IIT Roorkee is doing. I enjoyed exchanging ideas with other researchers. My sincere thanks to the Dean of Resources and Alumni Affairs (DORA) for the financial assistance. It is an honour and a pleasure to present my research work on such a distinguished platform.

Sourav Sundar Das
Research Scholar
Department of Earth Science

International conference- European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024 at Vienna, Austria

I express my sincerest gratitude to the Dean of Resources & Alumni Affairs (DORA) for providing me with partial funding to attend the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024 held in Vienna, Austria, from 14 April 2024 to 19 April 2024. Being a PhD candidate, it is imperative to present the research we are doing at an International Conference. The partial funding provided by DORA helped ease the financial burden of the conference.

Varun Dev Jamwal
Research Scholar
Department of Earth Science

27th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE 2019) at Lisbon, Portugal, during 27 to 30 May 2019

I am very thankful to the Dean and members of DORA for considering my application. They approved a travel fund for presenting my work in the international conference EUBCE 2018 held in Lisbon, Portugal. This fund helped me to cover my registration fee, Visa fee, and accommodation charges. Moreover, I also got the "Best poster award" at this conference and the work presented got published in the EUBCE conference proceeding in Scopus. This conference provided me a great opportunity to network with people who are working in the same field. There were a lot of different sessions related to my Ph.D.thesis work and helped me to learn and explore various implementation-related issues.

Swati Dahiya
Research Scholar
Civil Engineering

98th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board Conference (TRB, 2019) at Washington D.C., USA, during 13th to 17th January, 2019

I am very thankful to IIT Roorkee and DORA for supporting my travel and registration fee while attending the TRB 2019 conference. As a research scholar, it was a great opportunity for me to attend such a mass gathering of transportation engineering professionals, which in turn helped in a lot of ways of my research and academic connections.

Patnala Phani Kumar
Research Scholar
Centre for Transportation Systems

International Association for Applied Econometrics, Cyprus, Europe (June 25-28, 2019)

"First of all, I want to thank DORA, IIT Roorkee for extending help and support so that I can attend IAAE (International Association for Applied Econometrics) 2019 conference. It was indeed a great opportunity to present in an international forum. This would not have been possible without the financial support received from DORA, IITR under the scheme of Good International Conferences/ Workshops/ Symposia. I presented a part of my PhD work and received some valuable comments. I also chaired one session in the conference. I request DORA, IIT Roorkee to continue with this scheme so that students can continue participating in conferences and workshops abroad in order to enhance their research work. This will provide exposure to students and boost them to compete at an international level.

International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering at Rome, Italy, (17-20 June 2019)

"I would first like to thank DORA, IIT Roorkee for the partial financial support granted to me to attend 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (7th ICEGE) held between 17th June to 20th June, 2019.The conference gave me a solid platform to gain so much knowledge and experience from the leading experts in my area of research"

46th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, USA during 19-24 May 2019

"My conference experience was very good and I will be thankful for DORA Office, IIT Roorkee for their valuable support in my research.

9th International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards at Saint-Petersburg, Russia, during April 21-26, 2019

"I was given Partial Support from DORA, IIT R to present my work in an international conference (ISFEH 9) held in St Petersburg, Russia (21-26 April, 2019). International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards (ISFEH) during its more than 20-year history has become one of the important international events in fire and explosion science and engineering. As this conference was mainly related to my thesis topic, so it helped me to know about the recent developments in this area. Also, it gave me the chance to present my work in front of various prominent professors and other members coming from all over the world and get constructive feedback. Since I was the only Indian in the conference compared to 55 from China, 45 from Russia, 35 from UK, etc. so it also enhanced the visibility of IIT Roorkee and India at international forum of such high reputation.

16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (16ARC)

"I thank to DORA Office for the generous contribution you have made by providing partial financial support under the scheme of to present my research in 16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering held in Taipei, Taiwan during October 14-18, 2019. It gave the opportunity to increase my knowledge and find the right path for my life."

79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, Massachusetts, USA during August 9-13, 2019

"I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the Expert Committee of the DORA office for approving our candidature to attend this Annual Meeting and extending the partial financial support in this regard. I would also like to extend my acknowledgment to the dedicated staff of DORA office, who kindly listened to and resolved all queries regarding the application form. I also take this opportunity to thank all the members who are working behind the scene and helping scholars to present their research work beyond the precincts of the institute.

XXXIst International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions, Normandy, France, during July 23-30, 2019

"I am very thankful that I got partial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia. It wouldn't be that easy to attend an International conference without institute help. Things get better at each level either it's visa application or the financial help from the conference side, if the institute is in support it's one kind of proof that you are in a strong position.

IEEE TENSYMP 2019, The IEEE Region 10 Symposium, Kolkata, India, during 7-9 June 2019

"Thank you all a lot for supporting me to submit the registration fee of IEEE TENSYMP-2019 conference. I had also used your financial support for my travel and accommodation to present my paper "Design-for-Trust Technique for Microfluidic Biochip Layout". Thanking You All our Alumni and DORA Office staffs for your financial support and guidance to make my paper presentation successful."

The 10th International Conference On Computational Methods (ICCM2019), Singapore during July 9-13, 2019

"My experience related to the financial support and application/claim procedure was excellent. This scheme helped me in the following way. Thanks to the DORA Office/Team and our alumni to initiate the Partial Support under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia. This financial aid helped me to attend a good international conference and increase my research network. I was able to present our research work at the international level due to this scheme that gave international recognition to our research group and institution.

The World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science (WCECS 2019), San Francisco, USA, during 22-24 October, 2019

"My sincere thanks to DORA office for the financial support for Presenting Paper at The World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science (WCECS 2019), San Francisco, USA."

7th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (As2018) at Beijing, China during July 1-6, 2018

"It was a great opportunity for me to get partial support from IIT Roorkee o attend conference. I would like to thank DORA for this opportunity, without whom I can not be able to attend this conference."

10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019), at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, during 23 - 28 June 2019

"Thank you for the financial support to attend ICAMT 2019 organized at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. In this edition of the conference, it has been noted that more than 3000 participants from over more than 50 countries have participated in the conference and variety of articles were presented. The meeting with the scientific and technical committee of the highly reputed organization such as National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore helped us in networking with peers and also provided us unparalleled opportunities to develop our professional skills as a researcher, teacher, and mentor. It was an honor to attend the public lectures given by Noble prize winner Prof. Andre Geim, Prof. J. Fraser Stoddart and plenary lectures given by world’s great researchers such as Prof. Hiroshi Amano and Federico Capasso. It was a great opportunity for us to attend and present our research endeavor among the experts of the scientific community and receive their valuable suggestion and feedback to improve our knowledge. Presenting our work among the diverse audience from different countries and responding to their queries helped us in building confidence and knowledge."

46th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, USA during 19-24 May 2019

"Thank you very much for the kind support from DORA office IIT Roorkee, to realise the participation in an international conference in the USA. As a result of the participation at the conference, we are able to publish one paper in the journal."

The 9th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer, RAD-19, Athens, Greece during 3 - 7 June 2019

"I have attended the International conference entitled "The 9th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer" held in Athens from 3 - 7 June 2019. During the conference, I met the best researchers in the field of radiation. I came to know the current implementation of the radiative heat transfer study. I attended the lecture of M. F. Modest, A. Soufiani, X. Zhao and T. Ran and many more researchers. I presented my work in the symposium and talked about the radiation model implementation in my work.

AESOP Annual Congress 2019, 9-13 July 2019, Venice, Italy

16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (16ARC)

"My name srikar and i am honoured to be one of this year's recipients of the IIT Roorkee alumnus fund. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your generosity in funding this good international conference(16th Asian regional conference on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering in Taiwan during Oct 14-18, 2019). This conference has given me a great exposure to present research on-goings."

8th International Conference on Environment, Chemistry and Biology (ICECB 2019), during November 19-21, 2019, Paris, France

"I have attend the 8th International Conference on Environment, Chemistry and Biology (ICECB 2019) Paris, France, Nov 19-21, 2019. During the Conference I met so many International delegates those who are working on the same field as my research work like catalysis, environment, chemistry etc and this conference helping me to provide the new ideas or new areas for research. I presented my work in the symposium and talked about the Catalytic performance.

18th AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference & Exhibition, Sydney, Australia 2019 during 18 – 21 August 2019

" I express my sincere thanks to DORA Office and IIT Roorkee for providing me an opportunity to attend International conference by utilizing the Partial Support under the scheme of Good International conference. Attending such international conferences had definitely beneficial to me as I got to know and interact with different Industrialist from Asphalt field, renowned scientist, Researcher from top international universities and different IITs. Sharing ideas, thought process and technical abilities makes us superior through interaction and for that this conference was very noteworthy.

XXXVI Mazurian Lakes Conference on Physics, Piaski, Poland, during September 1 – 7, 2019

"I am thankful to DORA IIT Roorkee for your partial support to attend the international conference. Because of this support I was able to to attend the conference and got a chance to meet many great minds of my research field. This financial support played a crucial role in my first international journey. I think this kind of support gives a chance of IITR students to enhance their scientific temperament."

Joint European Magnetic Symposia (JEMS), Uppsala, Sweden during August, 26-30, 2019

"I am highly thankful to the DORA office IIT Roorkee to Provide me Partial Support Under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia for the JEMS 2019 conference at Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden. At this conference, I was meet a lot of Scientists, Students who are working in my research area. This conference was very useful to me as my research purpose."

34th International Meeting of Sedimentology, Rome, Italy during September 10th-13th 2019

"This year 34th International Meeting of Sedimentology, IMS 2019 organised by International Association of Sedimentologists was held at Sapienza University in Rome, Italy. It was a 4-day programme starting from September 10th to September 13th. I, Aniruddha Pathak was selected for the oral representation of my research. My presentation was on the morning of 13th September. I was appreciated for my research by a few elders and attracted the attention of some of my peers. I also gained some important suggestions as well as some critical reviews on my topic which will help me in future growth.

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 at Vienna, Austria, during April 7–12, 2019

"I received partial support from IIT Roorkee, under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia to attend European Geophysical Union (EGU) 2019 General Assembly in Vienna, Austria.

8th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems (SMARTGREENS) at Heraklion, Crete, Greece, during 3 – 5 May 2019

"I participated in the conference ‘8th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems (SMARTGREENS 2019)’ hosted by University of Crete at Heraklion, Crete, Greece from 3-5 May 2019, to present my research paper ‘The rationale of SPV in Indian Smart City Development’. My conference paper and presentation were successful. The conference offered me a great opportunity to interact with prestigious researchers in the area of my research from all over the world.

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 at Vienna, Austria, during April 7–12, 2019

" I am very happy being part of IIT Roorkee. I am very thankful to the IIT Roorkee for providing me a partial travel grant to attend an international conference (EGU 2019). It helps me to cover airfare to and fro. This conference gives me knowledge, how they work, their work idea, and collaboration contact. So, I am very thankful to the IIT Roorkee. Thank you very much."

55th ISOCARP World Planning Congress, Jakarta/Bogor, Indonesia, during September 09-13, 2019

"I am Sakkeri Ramya, a Ph.D. research scholar from Department of Architecture and Planning at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. This conference was the right place to present my research work in front of the top most scientists and researchers of the same domain and got benefitted by the questions and comments raised by them. It improved my research work. Also, this conference helped me to build my professional network and possible collaborations which will affect my research greatly.

2019 IEEE PES, Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA during August 4-8, 2019

" I am thankful to DORA Office, IIT Roorkee, for providing institute partial financial support to attend this conference. This 2019 IEEE PES General Meeting is a premier power engineering conference that brought together practicing power engineers and academics from all over the world. The conference aimed to provide an international forum for experts to promote, share, and discuss various issues and developments in the field of electrical power engineering.

IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (IEEE ANTS 2018) at Indore, India during December 16-19 2018

"It was a great experience to attend the conference ANTS 2018. It was a great opportunity for me to enhance my knowledge in the research domain I am working. I met with the experts in my research field and came to know what's going on in the world related to my research field. It would have been possible because of DORA IITR. I really appreciate the efforts made by DORA team and staff to avail the facility on time so that I could easily manage the requirements for paper presentation at ANTS 2018."

GOLDSCHMIDT BARCELONA 2019, Barcelona, Spain, during 18-23 August 2019

"Thank you DORA Office, IIT Roorkee for support me to participate on the international conference. I benefited a lot from the plenary section, oral presentation and poster section of the conference. I got also good feedback from the scientists/other presenters for my work during my talk.

The 10th International Conference On Computational Methods (ICCM2019), Singapore during July 9-13, 2019

"First of all, I would like to give privilege to the DORA team for initiating the Partial Support Under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia. This financial aid helped me in several ways. Because of this support, I was able to present my research work on international platform. Along with, I got an opportunity to hear and interact with the renowned researchers/scientists working on my research areas. Lastly, I would also like to thank the entire DORA team for their support and helping attitude during the whole application and claim processes.

TTRA International’s 50th conference at Melbourne, Australia, during June 25 – 27, 2019

"The conference has helped me to enhance my knowledge, skills, and abilities in several ways. I was able to represent the country in the reputed event and disseminate my research output to the international community. The conference has enabled me to received adequate feedback from the experts in the field.

8th International Conference on Building Resilience (ICBR'2018) at Lisbon, Portugal during November 14-16, 2018

"I participated in the conference ‘8th International Conference on Building Resilience (8th ICBR). The conference offered me a great opportunity to interact with prestigious researchers in the area of my research from all over the world. It provided me with an opportunity to learn about other innovative research in the area, which assisted me to come up with a few new ideas relevant to my research. All of this gave me global exposure to the field. All in all the conference was an extreme success.

29th Annual International Conference on Soil, Water, Energy, and Air during March 18-21, 2019, at San Diego, California, US

"I would like to sincerely thank the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee for the help with international travel support that enabled me to attend the 29th annual international conference on soil, water, energy and air from March 18-22, San Diego, California, USA. I have had the pleasure of communicating with many professionals and academia from all over the world related to my field. Overall, I found the conference experience to have been a very helpful one and one I am grateful for.

MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit at Boston, Massachusetts, USA during November 25-30, 2018

"I visited Boston, Massachusetts, USA in November 2018 for the 2018 MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit. It was my first conference outside India. In the conference, I attended talks by eminent scientists working around the world. I also presented the poster in the conference. The intellectual interaction with people working on the related field during the poster session was very enriching. This conference gave me good exposure to the variegated research activities. The whole trip was completely new and adventurous experience for me. I visited some new places there. The stay was comfortable and nice.

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 at Vienna, Austria, during April 7–12, 2019

"I am thankful to DORA IITR for providing me the required funding. It helped me as follows: The conference in context was the largest and most prominent geosciences meeting in Europe held each year. The event was covered in 8 press conferences. This enhanced the visibility of our institute as a participating institute. Around 14,000 scientists joined the event. I met some of the eminent scholars of my field and established contacts with a lot of people there. It increased my outlook towards the research in my field and the possible overlap between other disciplines."

35th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy at Amherst, Massachusetts, during October 21-24, 2019

"Thank You so much for Partial Support Under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia. I experienced different experience by attending this conference. It helps me a lot to perform more research work in the future."

8th International Conference on Environment, Chemistry and Biology (ICECB 2019), Paris, France, during November 19-21, 2019

"I want to express my sincere gratitude to the DORA office IIT Roorkee to Provide me the opportunity to attend this annual conference by extending the Partial Financial Support Under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia. I am also thankful to the staff of the DORA office for helping me during the application process. At the conference, I got to interact with some of the well-known persons in the field of my study. This conference has given me great exposure to present research going around the globe. At the conference, I got to interact with some of the well-known persons in the field of my study. This conference has given me great exposure to present research going around the globe."

13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS (ICM13) during 11-14 June 2019, at Melbourne, Australia

"I am thankful for partial support provided by DORA to attend the "13th International Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Materials". At the conference, I interacted with other conference participants and plenary speakers came from different countries. During the discussion, they have shared their research experiences and ideas which will be fruitful for my research work. They also suggested some new research areas which need attention as per the requirement in various engineering fields."

The 2019 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA during December 1 to 6, 2019

"Thanks a lot DORA Office, IIT Roorkee for supporting me to attend MRS FALL 2019. It was a good experience for me in making research contacts, making collaboration and scientific discussions with researchers. I presented a poster related to my research work in this conference. Again thanks a lot to institute for supporting."

8th IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES) at IIT Madras, Chennai, India, during 18-21 Dec. 2018

"I have spent a nice time during the conference which was conducted in December 18 to 22, 2018. My presentation also was fruitful. Therefore, I would like to thank the IIT roorkee DORA for your support my successful conference presentation which gave me chance to share experience from different scholar came from different country. Thank you very much.

2019 IEEE PES, Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA during August 4-8, 2019

"Because of grant from DORA, I was able to present my paper at IEEE PES General Meeting 2019 at Atlanta USA. The conference helped me tremendously in gaining current research scenarios and connecting with the peers in this field.

58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2019), Nice, France during December 11th - 13th 2019

"It was a pleasure and a great honour to attend the 58th conference on Control and decision 2019 in Nice, France from 11 December to 13 December 2019. It was a dream come true to meet and interact with various eminent experts in control engineering from across the world, who had arrived to present their talks and their work on multifarious aspects of control. The plenary and semi plenary lectures were especially stimulating. Attending the conference was a source of inspiration and opened widely new possibilities for me to explore in the future.

2018 IEEE Industry Applications Annual (IAS) Meeting at Portland, Oregon, USA during September 23-27, 2018

"Firstly, I would like to thank the DORA for providing me travel support to attend “2018 IEEE Industry Application Annual (IAS) Meeting at Portland, Oregon, USA during September 23-27, 2018. My research paper entitled, “Effective Utilization of Parallel Connected Megawatt Three-Level Back-to-Back Power Converters in Variable Speed Pumped Storage Units” was presented in 2018 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting on September 26th under modelling and control for grid energy storage application track. During the conference more application-oriented research papers were presented by the international experts (authors and invited speakers) and I had a chance to interact with the industry practicing engineers, researches, students and technical experts to get more feedback on my research work."

10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019), at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, during 23 - 28 June 2019

"I am thankful to DORA for providing me partial financial support to attend international conference. It was an unforgettable experience to attend “ ICMAT” at Singapore. In the conference, a lot of new ideas were developed and exchanged regarding the development of materials. I believe that it is a good initiative by DORA to partially sponsor the IITR researchers as other funding source are very limited as well as time consuming."

2019 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Marina Bay Sands, Singapore during 10 - 13 December 2019

"The Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) is one of the premier international conferences of the microwave community. The conference scope covers of microwave and millimeter-wave engineering, including RF/microwave/THz, antennas & propagation, and EMC/EMI. In my belief, the biggest advantage of attending this conference as a Ph.D. student is to meet with other students studying in other world-leading universities and discussed them about research and life as a PhD-student. Moreover, I also got a chance to showcase my research to Industry and Leading university faculties. I have also met some startups companies working in Singapore and tried to understand their ecosystem. This travel is made possible by partial Support Under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia provided by IIT Roorkee."

SPIE Optics + Photonics, Applications of Digital Image Processing XLII, San Diego, California, United States, during 11 - 15 August 2019

"Thanks for support from DORA Office. I got substantial amount that helped me to present my paper in San Diego. Most appreciable was the ease with which I received the money. Many many thanks."

8th International Conference on Environment, Chemistry and Biology (ICECB 2019) (November 19-21, 2019, Paris, France)

"It's my pleasure to pay my gratitude towards the DORA office, IITR Roorkee, for their partial support to attend the "8th International Conference on Environmental, Chemistry and Biology" held during 19- 21 December 2019 in Paris, France. In this conference, I received the best oral presentation award, and I would like to give credit to the DORA office, IITR Roorkee.

2019 China Microwave Week (CMW’2019), 6th IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IEEE IWS 2019) during May 19-22, 2019 at Guangzhou, China

"The conference was attended by many dignitaries and eminent persons from Microwave background, across different part of the world. It was very exciting to attend their talk. The conference had in total 32 oral sessions and 9 poster sessions with over 200 research papers. The quality of paper were very good and I learnt a lot by attending a few of those sessions. I also had the opportunity to present my paper in front of the experts of my field whose feedbacks were really valuable. It was a great honour to represent my institute and my country in the conference and showcase the quality of research currently undergoing in our institute. In the end I would like to say that attending the conference was a great experience for me and I gained a lot of technical experience and a bit of Chinese culture.

The 80th JSAP Autumn Meeting 2019 at Sapporo, Japan, during September 18-21, 2019

"Attending the 80th Autumn JSAP Meeting from September 18 - 21, 2019, Sapporo, Japan, was my first ever experience. I cannot help myself expressing immense pleasure to be a presenter at the International Conference. In addition to keynote speeches and research presentations, I attended the plenary session by Prof. Phillip Russell, the inventor of photonic crystal fiber. All the sessions I attended were interesting and insightful. I learned about different innovations and investigations in the field of Photonics from different countries. While attending this conference, I interacted with Indian professors and students studying in Japan and talked about the fellowships and collaborative research opportunities in higher education for Indian students.

22nd International Conference on Composite Materials 2019, Melbourne, Australia during 11 - 16 August 2019

"I'm extremely thankful to DORA for funding my conference trip to Melbourne, Australia. The conference experience was truly incredible as it reignited my belief in the possibilities and contributions that I can make after interacting with top-level researchers from all around the world. "This type of participation at international platforms enables researchers to create a better future, balancing both economic and human values."

AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, USA, during 9 – 13 December 2019

"I would like to thank the DORA office, IITR for recommending me to get the partial funding for attending the conference. I have attended the conference and it was a great learning experience for me. I have attended several talks of top researchers in my research field and met many peers from different universities across the globe."

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 at Vienna, Austria, during April 7–12, 2019

"I was fortunate as one of the candidates selected for the award of Partial support under the scheme of Good International Conference/Workshops/Symposia by IIT Roorkee. At the EGU2019 general assembly meeting, more than 16000 scientists from 113 countries participated (including 158 from India). I was quite pleased with the work that I presented, not only did I learn about the others' research, also got feedback on my own. It was an unforgettable learning experience for a student, that one would never get from reading a scientific paper! I have been blessed enough that I could make successful EGU2019. IIT Roorkee's International conference partial travel grant support had helped me in my career path and provided me an opportunity to present my research work."

AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, USA, during 9 – 13 December 2019

"Today my words are not enough to express the gratitude towards DORA, IIT Roorkee. I would like to express my sincere thanks to DORA, IIT Roorkee for providing fund to present my research work at AGU 100 (American Geophysical Union) Conference held in San Francisco (USA) from 9- 13 December, 2019. AGU conference is well known scientific platform in which around 20000 researchers exchange their innovative ideas and scientific works.Finally I have got an opportunity to present my research work in such a big conference.

14th Conference on Advanced Building Skins, Bern, Switzerland during 28-29 October 2019

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the DORA Office/Team and our alumni for providing partial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences, to attend and present my research paper at 14th Conference on Advanced Building Skins held in Bern, Switzerland 28-29 October 2019. Switzerland being one of the costliest countries to visit, I must say it wouldn't have been possible for me to attend this conference without the financial support from DORA. I got the opportunity to present my paper through both a poster presentation and an oral presentation at the conference. The annual conference on Advanced Building Skins, which is closely related to my Ph.D. thesis work, has given me the opportunity to interact with professionals, academicians and other researchers from across the globe and get to know the recent advancements in my subject domain.

The 8th International Conference on Material Science and Engineering Technology (ICMSET 2019), during October 19-21, 2019, Singapore

"The support provided by the institute opened an opportunity for me to present my work at an international platform. It was a great experience to have received appreciation for my work and it also provided me with an opportunity to experience a new culture.

AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, USA, during 9 – 13 December 2019

" I would like to thank DORA office, IIT Roorkee for providing finical support to attend the American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting 2019. AGU is a one of biggest international conference where worlds best researchers and professors are came to present research work and share his experiences and challenges about the research. There, I interact several professors who is working in related research field."

ECML–PKDD–NFMCP 2019, Eighth edition of the International Workshop NFMCP at Wùzburg, Germany, during 16-20 September, 2019

" Thanks to all DORA members for supporting travel grant for presenting the research paper in ECML/PKDD-2019 held at wurzburg, Germany. Attending the conference and presenting the paper provide me great exposure and opportunity to meet the fellow researchers from different parts of the world which was not possible without the assistantship of DORA.

11th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (CICN-2019) at Hawaii, USA during January 03-06, 2019

" I have attended the CICN 2019 (11th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks) held at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii, USA on January 2-8, 2019. It was a really good experience and IIT Roorkee had given an opportunity to meet the researcher of worldwide working in electrical and computer science engineering. I also visited several places in Hawaii, USA and learned their culture and living style.

IMPLAST 2019, The 12th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics, Busan, Republic of Korea, during September 29 to October 03, 2019

" I am grateful to Dean of Resources & Alumni Affairs for letting me avail of this opportunity of going to South Korea. The partial funding helped me in my research field and will open new doors of opportunities further down the line. This initiative provided by IIT Roorkee goes a long way in providing exposure and building bridges in the academic network through discussions and interactions with foreign faculties and research groups."

2019 China Microwave Week (CMW’2019), 6th IEEE MTT-S International Wireless Symposium (IEEE IWS 2019) during May 19-22, 2019 at Guangzhou, China

" This is a flagship conference of IEEE in China in the domain of RF and Microwave. The conference was attended by 1700 dignitaries and eminent persons from RF and Microwave background, across different parts of the world. The conference had in total 32 oral sessions and 9 poster sessions with over 200 research papers. The quality of paper were very good and I learnt a lot by attending a few of those sessions. I also had the opportunity to present my paper in front of the experts and researchers of my field whose feedbacks were really valuable. It was a great honour to represent my institute and my country in this international conference and showcase the quality of research currently undergoing in our institute.

IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics at Bari, Italy, during 06-09 October, 2019

"I am honored to be the recipient of the IITR financial assistance for my research papers. I want to thank my institute for sponsoring me. Your generous contribution has allowed me to present my research work at a prestigious international conference. This funding allows me to fulfill my professional ambition of becoming a research scholar at IIT Roorkee.

6th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT’19), at Paris, France during April 23-26, 2019

"The Partial Support Under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia was really helpful. It was really great experience for me to go Paris, France to present my paper in CoDIT'19 Int'l Conference.

The 9th International Conference on Key Engineering Materials (ICKEM 2019) at Oxford, United Kingdom, during March 29-April 1, 2019

"I am very thankful to the DORA office, IIT Roorkee for supporting me by providing fund to attend the international conference held at Oxford University, UK. This scheme is very beneficial for research scholars to get exposure to the research being done over the globe."

6th International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Construction (NICOM6) at Hong Kong during December 2-5, 2018

"First of all, I want to express my deep gratitude to Dean of Resource and Alumni Affairs (DORA) for providing their constant support, patience and funding to attain one of the best international conference entitled Sixth international symposium on Nanotechnology in construction (NICOM6) , Hong Kong in the field of concrete chemistry and nano technology. This conference allow me to introduce professor, scientist, research scholar and their research from different part of the world which has great impact in my research area. Suggestion from review committee during presentation has impart additional novelty in my research. Experience and knowledge form this conference is now helping in our research group."

Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI) during February 28 - March 1, 2019 at Illinois, USA

"I have attended the PECI 2019 (Power and Energy Conference at Illinois) held at the University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign, USA on Feb 28- March 1, 2019. It was a great experience and thankful to IIT Roorkee for this opportunity to meet the people working in electrical and electronics engineering. I also visited places in USA and enjoyed their culture and living style.

IECON 2019 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), Lisbon, Portugal during October 14 to 17, 2019

"I was invited to present my research paper in the 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society held at Lisbon, Portugal. The prestigious conference provided me a great opportunity to discuss and interact with other professors and researchers from the world’s top technical universities. As a research scholar it was difficult for me to bear the whole expense for attending the conference. The partial funding provided by the DORA Office, IIT Roorkee under the scheme of Good International Conferences was of great support for my visit.

IECON 2019 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), Lisbon, Portugal during October 14 to 17, 2019

"Thanks for the partial support given by DORAA office, IIT Roorkee due to which I was able to present my paper in the 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2019. The conference was held at Lisbon, Portugal from October 14 to 17. It was a nice experience meeting and interacting with researchers from different universities all over the world.

2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA during 7-12 July 2019

"First of all, a great thanks to DORA, IITR for providing partial support to attend this prestigious international conference related to my field of research. I have interacted with the pioneers and learnt a lot of fundamental about my area of research which is a very good to carry out of my ongoing research.

58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2019), Nice, France during December 11th - 13th 2019

"It was a pleasure and a great honor to attend the 58th IEEE Conference on Control and Decision 2019 (CDC 2019) in Nice, France, from 11th December to 13th December 2019. We met eminent experts in various areas of control theory and applications and listened to miscellaneous talks on different aspects of control theory. There were organized the plenary, semi-plenary and Bode lecture sessions, wherein observer design, feedback control theory, PID control design, game theory and its application in control design, and implementation of modern control theory in various engineering domains were elucidated and elaborated. There were eminent researchers from across the globe, who presented their papers at the conference. Attending the CDC 19 conference inspired me to explore a wide variety of control theory and its application that could be highly advantageous in my current Ph.D. work.

AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, USA, during 9 – 13 December 2019

"I would like to sincerely thank the DORA office, IIT Roorkee for providing me the partial funding to attend such a prestigious conference. The AGU fall meeting 2019 which I attended turned out to be a great learning experience for me and I was able to meet and connect with a number of learned and renowned professors and scholars working in my field. The experience will go to a great length in boosting my research work."

The 7th Global Conference on Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE 2018) at China during November 1- 4, 2018

"It has provided an extensive platform for scientists, researchers and scholars to present and share their research results in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, and discussed the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted. The institutional fund assisted me in grabbing a global platform to interact with expert professors, scientists and technocrats associated with the fundamental and interdisciplinary research of materials science and technology. At the same time I was able to disseminate my research idea in front of the expert researchers. Hence, the conference and institutional funding together give me an opportunity to present my research work and showcase the department as well as institute at the world forum. Thank you."

The 6th International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Application 2019 (ICSIMA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during 27th – 29th August 2019

"It was a great experience to be a part of the ICSIMA 2019 conference in Malaysia. It provided the learning platform form the academic and industrial experience. I am thankful to the institute (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee) to provide me the financial assistantship to avail of such an opportunity."

8th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence, December 17-20, 2019, Tezpur, India

"I am sincerely thankful to the DORA office for supporting my registration and travel expenses for presenting my work at PReMI’19. PReMI has been one of the leading venues for AI. This year there were some very good papers and talks especially in the field of optimization in neural networks, new and emerging problems in AI, unsolved challenges in the space of text, and more. There were multiple tutorials regarding topic modeling, recent developments in classical PR models, compressed sensing. I got to meet some new people which allowed us to jointly ponder on overlapping fields and applications. Overall the experience of the conference was very enriching."

AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, USA, during 9 – 13 December 2019

" I met the experts of the field I am working in and received suggestions regarding the work, and I am very thankful to the DORA Office, IITR for the financial support which helped me to attend the conference."

AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, USA, during 9 – 13 December 2019

" The partial support helped me attend the conference by helping with the cost of flight, visa, and registration. The conference helped me present my work to my peers and professors from other institutions. It also made me aware of the work that’s being carried out in the fields of geochemistry and Himalayan geology, helping me broaden my scope for research."

The 6th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering, Okinawa, Japan during September 20-23, 2019

"Thank you so much DORA Office for your support received at each stage. The DORA office has made possible for my participation in CPESE-2019 held at Okinawa Japan. Simultaneously, I am extremely thankful to the committee for selecting my paper for financial support. I am indebted to the IITR Alumni for creating such a platform for the current students to their research exposure. Indeed, it was a great experience to participate in such a well-known conference and interact with common research fraternity.

The 2019 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, during December 1 to 6, 2019

"It was a great experience for me attended and presented my research work in MRS 2019 Fall meeting in Boston, USA . During the conference, I have discussed many issues with other conference attendees/presenters regarding the problems and their probable solutions of electrode materials/ electrolyte for next generation Li/Na ion batteries. The conference was included by invited talks, tutorials, symposium and exhibitions which was well organized. I am happy to participate in this conference and got some good ideas about my research.

AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, USA, during 9 – 13 December 2019

"I really had a good experience and acquired a bundle of knowledge in the field of my research work related themes from AGU Fall Meeting 2019 conference held on 9th to 13th Dec 2019 at San Francisco CA, USA. I have attended as many as lectures and talk presented by expert scientists concern to my work as well as different fields.

AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, USA, during 9 – 13 December 2019

"I feel greatly motivated and thankful when I was recommended for partial Support from DORA IIT Roorkee. I received this funding to attend International Conference titled as "AGU fall meeting 2019" from 9th to 13th December 2019 in San Francisco , USA. I never dreamt of it that I will be travelling to the USA for attending an international conference. I think this kind of support from your institute not only helps PhD students to get exposure of the research going on in the world but also motivates them to pursue good research in their career. I met a lot of researchers, scholars, professors and scientists around the world at the AGU conference. I hope that their advice/inputs will help me in my ongoing research.

The 2019 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, during December 1 to 6, 2019

"I would like to say that I had great time in the conference MRS 2019 during Dec 1-6 2019. I got opportunity to talk to researchers of my field and learned about their research work. Also I presented my research work through poster presentation in the conference.

22nd International Conference on Composite Materials 2019, Melbourne, Australia during 11 - 16 August 2019

"I have recently attended the 22nd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM22) in Melbourne from 11th to 16th August 2019. The conference was a great success with attendees from all around the globe. Experienced and learned some automation related to advanced composite manufacturing techniques. Learned the automated fibre placement (AFP) technique. AFP helps in placing continuous laminates of fibre or ply on desired shape and size along with the different direction of laying. Got insight into advanced hybrid polymer composites consisting of multi-size fillers and their characterizations. High-end applications of carbon fibre composites in aviation and transportation. Got insights of advance finite element techniques in the polymer composite field. Got to see for the first-time carbon nanotube fibre. Got to interact with many professors and delegates who are expert in the field of composite materials.

AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, USA, during 9 – 13 December 2019

"I am really thankful to DORA office, IIT Roorkee for providing me partial financial support to attend American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019. It was a wonderful experience for me to present my research at such a large platform and help to get insight in other related research in my field. It was a fruitful experience for me hope so see new collaborations with IITR.

16th IEEE INDICON 2019, Rajkot, Gujarat, during 13-15 December 2019

"With the support of DORA office under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia, I was able to present my paper in the prestigious Conference "16th IEEE Indicon 2019" at Rajkot, Gujarat (India). The paper was appreciated very much by the Session Chair Dr. Jayakumar S.

I wish to extend my gratitude to DORA office for their full cooperation in attending the prestigious 16th Flagship Conference of IEEE India Council."

16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16ECEE) at Thessaloniki, Greece during June 18-21, 2018

"I would like to thank DORA, IIT Roorkee for extending help and support so that I can attend 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16ECEE). It was indeed a great opportunity to present in an international forum. This would not have been possible without the financial support received from DORA, IITR under the scheme of Good International Conferences/ Workshops/ Symposia. I have presented a paper entitled “Earthquake Induced Landslide Hazard Assessment of Chamoli District, Uttarakhand using Weighted Overlay Method” in front of colleagues of the same or similar fields of study and received positive feedback and constructive criticism about my research. The exchange of ideas on fields of interests seeds the links for future collaborations across the world. I hope this experience would give a great boost to my career.

IJCAI 2019, 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence at Macao, China, during August 10-16, 2019

"Attending IJCAI was a wonderful experience which would have been impossible without DORA's financial help. I had interaction with many researchers and their ongoing works. I got to attend many workshops/activities arranged there from researchers all over the world.

IJCAI 2019, 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence at Macao, China, during August 10-16, 2019

"I would like to sincerely thank Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee for the help with international travel support that enabled me to attend the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2019. It was a great honor to represent my institute in the conference and showcase the quality of research currently undergoing in our institute. I would like to say that attending the conference was a great experience for me and I gained a lot of technical experience."

16th International Conference on Business Management (ICBM), 12-14 December 2019, Monash University,Melbourne, Australia

"I am thankful to DORA IITR for providing me the fund for attending the conference. Without their support, I could not have been able to visit Australia. It was a moment of pride for me to present paper in the conference on behalf of IIT ROORKEE and INDIA. I have presented a paper and attended doctoral colloquium at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. The session chair, my co-presenters and other fellow conference participants actively listened to my presentation and provided valuable feedback. They asked questions regarding my conceptual model and enquired about the research methodology I am adopting for the study. The Q&A session of the presentation helped me in choosing the right research approach and variables. Overall, my paper presentation session helped me in improving my Ph.D. research work."

30th International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, 8-12 September 2019, Seville, Spain

"I have recently attended the 30th International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials in Seville, Spain from 8th to 12th September 2019. Got to chance visit abroad for the first time Got to interact with many professors and delegates who are experts in the field of polymer based Optoelectronic Device. Got a chance to build network with other professionals which will be very helpful for future research work The conference was a great success with attendees from all around the globe.

9th International RILEM Symposium on Self Compacting Concrete (SCC9), 8- 11 September 2019 Dresden, Germany

"Thank you for the partial support provided by DORA IITR. It has been a great experience attending the RheonCon2 &SCC9 Conference in Dresden, Germany this September where I met many intelligent and sharp international colleagues, experts, specialists in concrete technology from different parts of the world."

14th International Conference on Vibration Problems (ICOVP 2019), Crete, Greece, during 1-4 September 2019

"The conference was very informative and a lot of work in the field of vibration was presented by the various authors from around the world. It was a great opportunity to meet number of expertise working on mechanical and structural vibrations.

ECML PKDD 2019, Workshop on Knowledge Discovery and User Modelling for Smart Cities at Wùzburg, Germany, during 16-20 September, 2019

"During the conference, I got a chance to interact with the leading researchers from data mining and machine learning domain, who shared the research ideas and domain intellectual knowledge with researchers working in the same domain.

IEEE International Nano electronics Conference (IEEE INEC 2019), Kuching, Malaysia during July 3-5, 2019

"The process was very smooth starting from application submission to the final reimbursement of the bills. Special thanks to DORA Office for providing time to time status of my application. I am very thankful to DORA IIT ROORKEE for making my conference smooth by providing partial financial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia."

18th AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference & Exhibition, Sydney, Australia 2019 during 18 – 21 August 2019

"I wish to express my deep concern and appreciation for the financial aid provided by the DORA IIT Roorkee to attend the 18th International Conference on the Flexible Pavements, Sydney, Australia. It was a wonderful experience to visit Australia and interact with eminent speakers around the Globe in the field of bitumen and polymer allied technologists."

28th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2019), Vancouver, Canada, during 12–14 June 2019

"I would like to give my sincerely thanks to the DORA, IIT Roorkee for providing financial support for attending ISIE2019, Vancouver, Canada. I'm also thankful to the conference chairperson for providing a responsibility of the session co-chair along with Prof Yevgen Biletskiy, UNB, Canada."

Eleventh International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB-19), Budapest, Hungary during 4-5 July 2019

"Thanks for providing funding to attend the conference. It was a great experience to attend one of the best conferences with SCOPUS Indexing and rated as Garde ‘A’ (top grade) conference in the field of sustainability in energy and buildings.

Funding from DORA was a great financial support, helped to bear the travel and accommodation expenses. The time and money spent to attend this conference were a wise investment and I’m seeing the return already. This conference and the stay were more than I could have expected. I learned so much information related to my Ph.D. research (different tools, techniques, and possible collaborations) from attending this conference and I cannot wait to put some of that information I learned into use."

18th AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference & Exhibition, Sydney, Australia 2019 during 18 – 21 August 2019

"I want to sincerely thank IIT Roorkee for providing the Partial financial Support to attend AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference & Exhibition. It is one of the biggest conferences, which is supported by state transportation departments, federal agencies including the component administrations of the Australia Department of Transportation, and other organizations and individuals interested in the development of transportationAttending such a conference is not only a big achievement but it also offered me the chance to attend many presentations from many researchers from my field from other countries. I was able to take the pulse of what is happening in research area of transportation viz. tools, technologies, and processes. These technical sessions provided many ideas and exposed to think in different styles of research. It provided a good chance also to build network with other professionals which will be very helpful for future research work."

IJCAI 2019, 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Macao, China during August 10-16, 2019

"It was a great opportunity for me to attend IJCAI 2019 organized at Macau, China. During the conference, I met the best researchers in the field of data mining and ML also this conference helping me to provide the new ideas or new areas for research.

18th AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference & Exhibition, Sydney, Australia 2019 during 18 – 21 August 2019

"Firstly, I would like to express my gratitude to DORA IITR for providing financial support to attend an international conference, which was held in Sydney, Australia. Attending such a conference was a wonderful experience that provided a glimpse of what is happening in the area of land transportation."

The 9th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer, RAD-19, Athens, Greece during 3 - 7 June 2019

"First of all a lot thanks to the DORA office who financially supported me to attend the RAD-19 International conference in Greece, 3rd- 7th June, 2019. It has been a great experience to met with sharp intentional colleagues, experienced Professors who are working in the radiation field. The knowledge I have gained in this conference is really helpful to carry my research work in a good way."

XXXIst International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions, Normandy, France, during July 23-30, 2019

"It was a wonderful experience which I would have missed if I hadn't gone there. This conference gives me amazing exposure to the field of research. I got to know and interact with many academic researcher from around the world.

This research exchange wouldn't have been possible without the financial support of DORA's. I appreciate DORA's initiative and I am sure this will help students at IITR to gain valuable research experience."

Building Simulation 2019, Rome, Italy during 2-4 September, 2019

"The conference provided opportunity to meet and interact with people from pioneer labs and institutes working in the field of Building performance. Particular session of the conference “ Simulations at Urban Scale” included many works of researchers in similar areas of my research which will be very useful for my further studies. The particular session of the conference” CFD and Air Flow” in which I presented my work had listeners from industry and various pioneer institutions. The comments from them and the technical discussions followed later was very useful in refining my works and way forward. The conference also helped me to get awareness of many new tools and techniques which will be useful for my future studies.

I am extremely thankful to DORA for funding me to attend BUILDING SIMULATION 2019 conference in Rome, Italy."

27th International Nuclear Physics Conference (INPC 2019), Glasgow, UK during 29 July to 2 August, 2019

"I find conferences rejuvenating. They are inspirational and energizing opportunities to connect with the greater scientific community, think about new strategies to approach my research, contemplate the bigger picture, and establish collaborations. I enjoy presenting my research, catching up with old friends and making new ones, and being exposed to new ideas. The main benefits I get out of conferences are feedback, collegial support, a sense of intellectual community, and time to talk to friends and colleagues about collaborative projects. Probably the most important takeaway is a motivational high for the next fortnight to plough ahead on new or dormant ideas.

I would like to thank DORA office IITR for providing me financial support for attending an international conference."

30th International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials at Seville, Spain, during 8-12 September 2019

"I have recently attended the 30th International Conference on Diamond and carbon like materials (DIAM 2019) in Seville, Spain from 8 to 12th September 2019. The conference was a great success with attendees from all around the globe. Experienced and learned some automation related to advanced composite manufacturing techniques Learned the automated fibre placement (AFP) technique. AFP helps in placing continuous laminates of fibre or ply on desired shape and size along with the different direction of laying. Got insight into advanced self-clean coating consisting of multi-size fillers and their characterizations. Got to learn many things on Molecular dynamics simulation. Got insights of advance finite element techniques in the polymer composite field. Got to interact with many professors and delegates who are expert in the field of composite materials.

I thank IIT Roorkee for the partial financial support given to me to attend this prestigious conference. With this support, I was able to buy to and fro air tickets to Spain, and also a part of the registration fee was covered."

2019 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2019), Yokohama, Japan, during July 28 - August 2, 2019

"IGARSS 2019 was an innovative, educative, and opportunistic event. I personally felt that it's a good platform to meet experts and researchers across the globe in the field of Remote Sensing. Invited talks are state of the art and one may find many researchers aligned to their work and collaborations can be made to enhance the output.

I especially thank the Dean, DORA IIT Roorkee and DORA office, IIT Roorkee for providing me with the much-needed funding and support to attend the IGARSS 2019. Without their financial support, I would not have made it."

FraMCoS-X : Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, Bayonne, France, during 24-26 June 2019

"The FraMCoS-X, Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures which I attended, covered various topics on theoretical fracture mechanics, computational modelling, experimental methodologies and structural concrete applications etc. Since my research is focused on transition zone and its effect on fracture parameters as well as modelling the transition zone, this conference provided a full opportunity for inspirational and constructive discussions. This conference also acted as a platform to enhance a constructive dialogue on my research, especially on modelling aspect of my work. I presented my work at the conference in theoretical fracture mechanics section. It was a great opportunity to participate fully in discussions with researchers and to share findings and views during paper presentation sessions, coffee breaks, and conference dinner. As a result, I have known many academics and professionals from different countries who have similar research interests to mine.

Finally, I would like to thank Dean of Resources and Alumni Affairs for funding the expense of attending the conference. This conference broadens my knowledge and experience."

FraMCoS-X : Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, Bayonne, France, during 24-26 June 2019

"This conference acted as a platform to enhance a constructive dialogue on my research, especially on fracture studies and experimental approach of my work. I presented my work at the conference in Experimental methodologies technical session. I presented the paper at the conference for 20 mins on Tuesday, 25 June 2019 and I was also attending other conference programs during Monday, 24 June to Wednesday, 26 June. FraMCoS-X included more than 150 participants and speakers from all the continents to present their recent research in the area of Fracture Mechanics of concrete structures. It provided me with a beneficial learning experience. It was a great opportunity to hear and interact with the renowned research/scientists working in this research areas. I would like to give privilege to the Dean of Resources and Alumni Affairs (DORA) team for initiating the Partial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences. By this financial support, it was possible to present my research work on global platform conveniently.

Tenth International Conference on Economics (EconWorld2019), at Budapest, Hungary, during June 18-20, 2019

Finally, I would like to thank DORA IIT Roorkee for making it possible to attend the EconWorld2019@Budapest Conference via their conference funding initiative “Good International Conference Fund,” and express my appreciation for this generosity. I was honored to receive this financial assistance and am grateful for the opportunities it provided. This funding has covered most of my expenses like travel and registration costs."

Tenth International Conference on Economics (EconWorld2019), at Budapest, Hungary, during June 18-20, 2019

I would like to thank Dean of Resources and Alumni Affairs (DORA) at IIT Roorkee for providing me travel support to attend the EconWorld2019@Budapest Conference which helped me to cover a part of my expenditure."

7th lnternational Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (VII ICEGE), Rome, Italy, during 17-20 June 2019

I heartily thank DORA office for providing the support for the conference. This support has instilled a sense in me that I also wish to contribute towards the betterment of my institute however it is possible for me."

The Annual IEEE 32nd Canadian Conference ON Electrical and Computer Engineering (IEEE CCECE 2019), Edmonton, Canada during May 5-8, 2019

8th IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES) at IIT Madras, Chennai, India, during 18-21 Dec. 2018

Finally, I would like to Thank DORA office for providing support to attend the conference from good conference travel support. The conference pictures are attached herewith."

13th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics during April 1-3, 2019, at Perth, Western Australia

14th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS-14) during May 30-June 3, 2019 at Guilin, China

AGU Fall Meeting, 2018 Washington, DC, USA, during December 10-14, 2018

IMMUNOLOGY 2019, 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI), San Diego, California, USA during May 9-13, 2019

13th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics during April 1-3, 2019, at Perth, Western Australia

AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, USA, during 9 – 13 December 2019

26th Conference on Computer Methods in Materials Technology KomPlasTech 2019, at Zakopane, Poland during January 13-16, 2019

"I really thank the DORA IITR for their Travel Support to attend a Good International Conference such as "KomplashTech 2019 XXVI Conference on Computer Methods in Material Technology" held in Zakopane, Poland from 12-17th January 2019. I enjoyed the conference and got the opportunity to learn from the other scientists and researchers working in a similar field. Along with that, we also visited some of the beautiful places in Poland, which made our trip memorable. It was a new and a very lovely experience for me to be in one of the European countries.

Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI) during February 28 - March 1, 2019 at Illinois, USA

"I am really grateful to DORA, IIT Roorkee to have recommended me for Partial Support Under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia during my participation and paper presentation in 10th Annual Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI 2019). During the conference, I attended the technical as well as tutorial sessions organised at the conference. I was able to attend the IEEE Young Professionals Networking event where I could meet fellow researchers from around the globe and discuss our ideas. I was able to visit the Electrical Machines Laboratory at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois and meet the PhD students during the course of the conference.

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 at Vienna, Austria, during April 7–12, 2019

"I am grateful to DORA, IIT Roorkee for facilitating my participation at European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 by providing partial financial support. Nearly 16,000 researchers and scientists from 113 countries, offered a plethora of scientific knowledge covering domains of Earth and Atmospheric sciences. The conference provided me with extensive networking opportunities and a platform to present my research to the experts. Discussion with peers helped me to gain perspective into the state-of-the-art of my research area and its field application. The workshops, debates, plenary were enlightening and addressed the challenges in science communication, public participation, gender equality and policy making in STEM. Apart from the explicit knowledge gained, the wonderful opportunity to experience the global scientific community and different cultures was enriching.

AGU Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, USA, during 9 – 13 December 2019

"I express my sincere thanks to the DORA office, IIT Roorkee for providing me the financial support to present my work at the AGU Fall meeting 2019. I was selected for an oral presentation of my research work and I got some very useful reviews, suggestions regarding the future research and academia possibilities in my field. During this conference, I attended several Talks, Lectures by some very experienced and renowned personalities in the field of Geophysics and got the chance to have some interaction with them. It was a great exposure to the international research work culture and overall it was truly a very nice learning experience.

The 31st Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence at New Zealand during December 11-14, 2018

"The Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI-2018) which had held at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, 11-14 December 2018 was the 31st edition of the conference and it has been an excellent experience to be the part of it as an author. Personally, I think this conference is very well organized and very successful. I would like to take this chance to reflect upon my enriching experiences with AI2018.

The Transportation Research Board (TRB), 99th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C, USA, during January 12–16, 2020

"My research topic includes Investigation of Surrogate Road Safety Measures at Intersections which is a timely topic sensing the grave road traffic safety situations in developing countries like India. The Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual meeting is one of the biggest conferences which is supported by state transportation departments, federal agencies including the component administrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other organizations and individuals interested in the development of transportation. Hence, it was the right place to present my research work in front of the topmost scientists and researchers of the same domain and got benefitted by the questions and comments raised by them. It improved my research work. Also, this conference helped me to build my professional network and possible collaborations which will affect my research greatly.

257th ACS National Meeting & Expo Chemistry for New Frontiers during March 31 - April 4, 2019 at Orlando, FL, USA

"I received the travel grant by Dean of resources and alumni (DORA), IIT Roorkee in March 2019 to attend one of the most prestigious conference in my research area (ACS National meeting and exposition, 31March - 4th April 2019) held at Orlando, Florida, USA. The travel support provided me the opportunity to attend and interact with the fellow researchers in my field at international level at the conference. The conference hosted more than 2000 researchers/scientists every year for an open discussion on various topics. I was able to present my paper on the topic “Identification of disinfection byproducts and its precursors in River Yamuna in India: First case study of the situation”. The outcome of that was a book chapter (in press) to be published by ACS in authorship with reputed scientist in similar area from USA.

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 at Vienna, Austria, during April 7–12, 2019

"I would like to thank IIT Roorkee for the financial support awarded to attend the European Geosciences Union general assembly 2019. It was the first conference for me outside the country and indeed it was very fruitful to me. It was the perfect platform for me to showcase the outcomes of my research to the international audience and interact with them. There were many sessions related to my field of research which helped me to understand the different dimensions of the work happening around the world. My session convenor D. Manariotis Ioannis from the University of Patras, Greece, had discussed about my work and suggested some new upgraded methods of development of composites, he even shared some of the recent studies in this area. There were several companies working in the area of Geosciences such as European space agency, NASA, GOOGLE showcased their recent advancements and developments and their infield applications of the technologies which was quite informative. The keynote lectures which were running parallel to the conference sessions were very informative and innovative.

30th Annual CAUTHE Conference(CAUTHE 2020), The Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education (10 - 13 February 2020, Auckland New Zealand)

"Thank you so much! I thank DORA for the support, otherwise it wouldn't be possible for me to attend the conference. There I got to meet the Stewart's of my area and learnt a lot."

IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium at Valencia, Spain, July 23-27, 2018

"IGARSS 2018 provided me a broad discussion platform, where I have discussed my research paper with scholars and scientists who are working on Land use application, land cover dynamics, agriculture, soil moisture and SAR imaging techniques. This conference provided me an opportunity to learn several new ideas from numerous researchers and scientists of different country.

ESCMID/ASM Conference on Drug Development to Meet the Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance at Lisbon, Portugal during September 4-7, 2018

"I have presented my research work in ESCMID/ASM International Conference, which took place at Intercontinental Lisbon, Portugal. During this 4 day scientific event, I have attended all scientific talks of different international experts which boosted up my research thrust for different approaches used for drug development and new drug discoveries for the treatment of multi-drug resistant pathogens.

2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation &USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting at Boston, Massachusetts USA during July 8-13, 2018

"I am very thankful to IIT roorkee, I received the funding from DORA Office, IIT Roorkee in which I covered registration fee, accommodation, Visa. I was able to visit the ‘’2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting 8-13 July 2018, Boston, Massachusetts, USA’’ conference with the support of alumani fund, IIT roorkee. In conference, I met many recognized professors of my field and had good technical conversation. I have also presented my work on such a prestigious platform which uplifted my career.

7th Conference on Bluff Body Wakes and Vortex-Induced Vibrations (BBVIV-7) at Marseille, France during July 3-6, 2018

"I am thankful to IIT Roorkee for partially funding my travel for attending 7th Conference of Bluff-body Wakes and Vortex-Induced Vibrations which was held from 3-6 July 2018 in Marseille, France. This conference has helped me to grasp all important contemporary researches that are going across the world in my the domain of my research. I have been able to witness good technical debates on age-old fundamental issues related to my research area. In the process, I have also been able to gather academic network with the researchers from world's premium institutes. This conference has also helped me to get a rightful direction and fortified my quest for taking up a career in academic research. From a researcher's perspective, I believe that this initiative will be encouraging the researcher scholars of our institute to pursue a career in academic research.

The 14th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC2020) (February 3-5, 2020, San Diego, California, USA)

"I attended IEEE International Conference, which was held on 3-5 Feb 2020 in San Diego, California, USA and presented my research paper successfully on Feb 4, 2020, from 2:30 to 03:00 PM slot. I got funds approval from IIT Roorkee to attend the conference.

The 9th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry POLINSAR 2019, at ESRIN, Frascati, Italy during 28th January to 1st February 2019

"I am happy to share my experience gained during POLINSAR 2019 conference, conducted by European Space Agency (ESA) at ESA-ESRIN, Frascati (Rome), Italy. During the conference, I have attended various presentations, poster sessions, and roundtable discussions related to my research area, understanding that these sessions may help me in progressing my work. Roundtable discussions were particularly very useful that provided me the platform to interact with the pioneer researchers of my field.

32nd IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS) at Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan during March 18-21, 2019

"It was a great opportunity for me to get partial support from IIT Roorkee to attend the IEEE ICMTS 2019 conference in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan.

16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16ECEE) at Thessaloniki, Greece during June 18-21, 2018

"I am very thankful that I got partial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia. It wouldn't be that easy to attend an International conference without institute help. As a student financial support from the institute acts as a big booster and encouragement to apply for international conferences which provides exposure and interactions with renown people in each field of research interests.

(AJK Fluids) ASME - JSME - KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference 2019, San Francisco, CA, United States, during July 28 – August 1, 2019

"My sincerest thanks to DORA for providing me the financial support (partially) to attend the International conference (AJKFLUIDS-2019) held at Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, California, USA, under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia. This financial support was used by me for local travel, and the accommodation purposes. It is due to this financial support that I got the opportunity of presenting my research work on an International platform, and the opportunity of chairing a session there . Without your support, such an achievement was out of my reach. Moreover, this conference was mainly related to my research topic on Electrokinetic Flow, and hence helped me a lot to know about the recent developments taking place in my field.

Building Simulation 2019, Rome, Italy during 2 – 4 September, 2019

"I want to thank DORA Office, IIT Roorkee, for providing financial support to attend the Building Simulation Conference 2019 held in Rome, Italy. Building Simulation Conference is an international event in the field of building performance simulation. Attending this event was an exceptional opportunity for me to learn about simulation tools and applications. It gave me a comprehensive exposure about advance achievements and new developments in the field of building preformation simulation. This will definitely be beneficial for my research and will enhance the research outcomes of my Ph.D. The event showcased the best practices in the world related to the building simulation which gave me an understanding of the international standards of working in the field of energy efficiency and building performance. The event benefited me for expanding my networks with the researcher community in my research field which will yield me good post-doctoral opportunities and employment options."

Building Simulation 2019, Rome, Italy during 2 – 4 September, 2019

"I want to thank DORA Office, IIT Roorkee, for providing financial support to attend the Building Simulation Conference 2019 held in Rome, Italy. Building Simulation Conference is an international event in the field of building performance simulation. Attending this event was indeed an exhilarating experience. Building simulation 2019 conference provided us a forum to discuss the great diversity of topics addressing the current and future challenges in simulation technology and building performance. It also gave me the opportunity of sharing ideas with people all around the world and networking on an international level during the session and social programs which will yield me good post-doctoral opportunities and employment options."

22nd International Conference on Composite Materials 2019, Melbourne, Australia, during 11 - 16 August 2019

"I'm extremely thankful to DORA for extending the partial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia to attend as well as present my research work at the “22nd International Conference on Composite Materials 2019, Melbourne, Australia during 11th – 16th August 2019”. It not only helped me in managing my expenses but provided a platform for outstanding exchange of knowledge on recent developments. It gave me an opportunity to enhance my research knowledge and get different inputs from expertise in academia, laboratories and industry."

IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting at Oregon, USA, August 5-9, 2018

"I really thank the DORA office for supporting my expense to attend my first international conference outside India. The DORA Office were extremely supportive and provided all necessary documents to get visa and also helped me during the reimbursement process."

EUBCE 2019 27th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal, during 27 – 30 May 2019

"This conference is one of the biggest conference in the field of bioenergy. It was a wonderful event which provided a platform to research scholars, scientists and people from concerned industries about cutting edge research in different areas of biomass based bioenergy production. Almost people from 81 countries participated from various academic institutes, research centers and industries.

26th Conference on Computer Methods in Materials Technology KomPlasTech 2019, at Zakopane, Poland during January 13-16, 2019

" I am very thankful for the support provided by DORA IIT Roorkee. It helped me a lot in managing my expenses while in the poland."

12th International Conference on Knowledge and Smart Technology, January 29 - February 1, 2020 Amari Pattaya, Thailand

"I would like to thanks to DORA office for their support with that I could be able to attend the IEEE International Conference in Thailand during (Jan 29, 2020, to Feb 1, 2020). I interacted with many professors and researchers and shared knowledge in my field as well as gained very useful information from them. Their support was precious not only for me but also to every young mind who wants to present his/her research work at big platforms. I will appreciate their work and quick response to support the students."

2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting at Portland, Oregon, USA during August 5-9, 2018

"I really feel thankful to DORA office, and our supporting alumni’s. I got the financial support from DORA office to attend the “IEEE General Meeting” conference held during Aug 5-9, 2018 in Portland, USA. This was one of the important conference in my area of research. It gave me chance to meet esteemed researchers or expert from my field which resulted in start of collaborated research work with some foreign researchers."

TMS 2020, 149th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Diego, California, USA, during February 23-27, 2020

"I am very thankful to DORA IITR for financial support in order to attend a TMS conference at San Diego. Being an undergraduate student it is impossible for me to attend such an international conference to present my research project. As no funding in India is available for an especially undergraduate student to attend any conference. It was a good experience while presenting my work at the poster session and interact with good academic people from all over the world. This all would happen because of DORA IITR travel grant before that I even didn't think about to attend the TMS 2020 Conference."

98th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB, 2019) at Washington D.C., USA during January 13th- 17th, 2019

" I would like to thank IIT Roorkee for providing financial support for travel under the scheme of Good International Conference/Workshop/ Symposia, without which it would not have been possible to attend the 98th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB 2019). The funding made the trip financially smooth. The TRB 2019 is one of the prestigious events in the field of Transportation Engineering. I was able to interact with eminent researchers and discuss issues related to pavement materials."

9th Asian Thermal Spray Conference at NTU, Singapore during November 16-18, 2018

"Thank you for considering my application for funding and giving me an opportunity to share my experience at the conference. I had attended 9th Asian thermal spray conference at NTU Singapore. The experience helped me understand the current scenario in the thermal spray coating industry and meet top researchers working in the area. The conference helped me to understand the problems the thermal spray industry is currently facing. The Conference was attended by delegates from Japan, China, India, and other Asian countries.

10th International Conference on Signal Processing Systems (ICSPS 2018), Singapore during November 16-18, 2018

"I would like to thank to DORA Office for the generous support to achieve the opportunity with grand success. I was offered Good Conference Funding to visit NTU Singapore for presenting my paper. I have collaboration and widen my network which is helpful to improve and extend my research domain". Professionally the funding support provided by DORA, IIT Roorkee during my PhD is highly appreciated."

TMS 2020, 149th Annual Meeting & Exhibition (February 23-27, 2020, San Diego, California, USA)

"I am very grateful to Dean of Resources and Alumni affairs for providing partial financial support to attend TMS 2020 conference. This was a very prestigious conference and it provided me a platform to meet and interact with super minded scientists across the globe. It was a great opportunity for me to find postdoctoral position.

AGU Fall Meeting 2019 (9 – 13 December 2019 in San Francisco, USA)

"I take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to DORA IIT ROORKEE for the partial financial support under the GIC scheme without which I would have not been able to attend the AGU Fall Meeting 2019, at San Francisco, California, USA dated 9-13th December, 2019. I presented a part of my PhD work and received many valuable comments and suggestions which would further enhance the quality of my work. I met many climate professionals and scientists from various universities and organizations from all over the world and could explore new ideas and applications in my field as well as know about varied global data sources and their extraction; required for my research work as my work is very data intensive. The events at the conference provided a huge platform where I was able to explore the future early career opportunities in my field and with which organizations I would be able to collaborate and serve now or in future with my research experience so far.

12th International Photonics and OptoElectronics Meetings (POEM 2019) during November 11-14, 2019 in Wuhan, China

"I am very thankful for getting partial funding to attend POEM 2019, held at Wuhan China. Due to this support from IIT Roorkee, I got a chance to interact with the reserchers world wide and present my paper at the conference."

7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-7) at Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA during June 10-15, 2018

"I would like to express my gratitude to you for supporting my travel to the Hawaii, USA for attending the Tier 1 conference. Partial assistance provided by the DORA office, IIT Roorkee, covered my housing and food expenses.

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 at Vienna, Austria, during April 7–12, 2019

"I was provided partial financial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences from DORA, IIT Roorkee to present my paper in an international conference EGU General Assembly held in Vienna, Austria (07-12 April 2019). It helps me a lot to cover my expenses like flight, accommodation, etc. The experience was very great, I got the opportunity to attend the various lecture, paper presentations and also meeting with some well-renowned persons in my field and got some very good suggestions related to my research.

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 at Vienna, Austria, during April 7–12, 2019

"My research poster entitled “Geological and geotechnical analysis of landslide along a railway cut rock slope in Eastern Ghat, India” was a participant in the Natural Hazard (NH) section on 9th April 2019. During my presentation, I had interacted with 28 geoscientists from different countries and discussed my research work. Some of these geoscientists are interested in collaboration work, which will improve my research work. The useful guidance and recommendations have been provided for my research work during my interaction at EGU. National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan has been very pleased with my research work and offered an excellent opportunity to carry out further research work under the collaboration of his department with our Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Roorkee.

11th International Conference on the Science of Hard Materials (ICSHM11) during March 25-29, 2019 at , Khao Lak, Thailand

"I am thankful to DORA, IIT Roorkee for the partial support awarded to attend 11th International Conference on the Science of Hard Materials, 2019 held at Thailand. The financial support helped me greatly to participate in the conference. It provided me a platform to network with researchers around the world and widen my knowledge."

22nd International Conference on Organic Synthesis at Florence, Italy during September 16-21, 2018

"I am very much grateful to DORA, IIT Roorkee for providing partial support to attend the 22nd IUPAC International Conference on Organic Synthesis (22-ICOS)” held at Palazzo dei Congressi, Florence, Italy during September 16?21, 2018. It was a great experience to be the part of that conference. It gave me the opportunity of sharing ideas and interact with prestigious researchers in the area of my research around all over the world. I think this kind of support gives a chance to students to enhance their knowledge by interacting with researchers/scientists from all over the world. This conference broadens my knowledge and experience.

International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) World Congress 2018 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during October 22-24, 2018

"I would like to thank and express my gratitude to the entire DORA team for awarding me with financial support (under the category of good international conferences). ISWA World congress is one of the most renowned conferences in the area of “waste management” around the globe. This platform gave me the privilege of presenting and discussing my research work with veteran researchers and people advocating waste management. Further, it opened up avenues for me in different ways and enriched my knowhow to varying dimensions on different other research questions.

14th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS), at Bangkok, Thailand, during 11-14, April 2019

"I thank IIT Roorkee and DORA office for granting partial funds to participate in IEEE-NEMS 2019 held at Bangkok, Thailand from 11-14 April 2019. The conference allowed me to interact with researchers and professors from various countries working in my area of research and expand upon my knowledge. A paper was also published through this conference.

2019 JOINT MMM-INTERMAG Conference, at Washington, DC, USA during January 14 -18, 2019

"I would like to thank IITR DORA to fund my trip to the USA that mainly include the accommodation. It gave me an opportunity to interact with the eminent leaders of my research area and helped me in building future collaboration. It also gave me an ideal platform to discuss and deliberate my ideas with others and get more elaborate and illuminating insight into my research problem.

TMS 2020, 149th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Diego, California, USA, during February 23-27, 2020

"I got an excellent opportunity to interact with professors and students globally, and they exchange research views during conferences sessions. Indeed, it is a great experience.

AGU Fall Meeting, 2018 Washington, DC, USA, during December 10-14, 2018

"My sincere thanks to DORA office, IIT Roorkee for providing the financial support for presenting the paper at The American Geophysical Union (AGU-2018) Fall meeting held at Washington, D.C., USA from 10 to 14 Dec., 2018. The fall meeting was attended by more than 25000 attendees from 113 countries and welcomed leaders from academic, government and the private sector to examine and discuss the latest research and scientific developments in Earth and space science. For the young scholars it provides a great platform to interact and listen experiences from the great leaders, scientists, and researchers which couldn’t have been possible without this financial support."

TMS 2020, 149th Annual Meeting & Exhibition (February 23-27, 2020, San Diego, California, USA)

"I would like to thank DORA IITR for providing me with financial support to attend the technical conference "TMS 2020" in USA. This conference gave me a great opportunity to interact with the researchers working worldwide in my area of research. It was a helpful platform to learn and to know the work going on across the world. Financial assistantship was really helpful as it covered my visa, travel and conference registration expenses."

257th ACS National Meeting & Expo Chemistry for New Frontiers, Orlando, FL, USA during March 31 - April 4, 2019

"I have received a travel grant under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia from the DORA office to attend an international event organized by ACS (American Chemical Society). The conference in which I have participated was 257th ACS National Meeting and Exposition with the theme “Chemistry for new frontiers.” This meeting received an estimated 13,000 chemical engineers, academicians, chemists, and other related professionals featuring more than 7,000 presentations. Presenting my work at such a great platform helped me to get expert suggestions to improve my research. Additionally, I got an opportunity to meet scientists, professors from various universities working in my area of research, discussing my research work with them helped me to enhance the quality of my Ph.D. work. Also, I got the chance to participate in the career fair and exposium that led me to meet with the officials of topmost companies and industries. I discussed the issues or troubleshooting I face while working on the related instruments and how to deal with them. Overall the experience was quite fruitful.

International Conference on Mathematical Methods and Models in Biosciences (BIOMATH 2018) at Sofia, Bulgaria during June 24-29, 2018

"I am very thankful to DORA, IIT Roorkee for the partial support awarded to attend the "International Conference on Mathematical Methods and Models in Biosciences (BIOMATH 2018)" held at Sofia, Bulgaria during June 24-29, 2018 under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia. This financial support was used by me for local travel and accommodation purposes. It provided me a platform to network with researchers around the world and widen my knowledge.

AGU Fall Meeting, 2018 Washington, DC, USA, during December 10-14, 2018

"AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall meeting has always been an overwhelming rush of presentations, conversations, and potential meet-ups with a significant focus on the recent innovations, visions, and advances among various researchers and scientists on a global scale. I was selected to present my research in AGU Fall meeting 2018, held at Washington, DC, from 10th to 14th December. Attending various technical sessions, short talks, panel discussions, and ‘eLightning’ sessions provided great exposure to ongoing research all over the world. The social aspect of the Fall meeting was just as significant as its scientific content, which made the experience both enjoyable and professionally satisfying. I was privileged to get feedback, technical suggestions, and valuable insights about my research or follow-up studies to strengthen my future work.

2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA during 7-12 July 2019

"It was an immense pleasure and a great honor for me to attend the 2019 IEEE APS/USNC-URSI conference at Atlanta, Georgia, USA. I am very grateful to the DoRA, IIT Roorkee for providing me partial support to attend this IEEE flagship conference under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia. It was an excellent opportunity to meet eminent experts, scientists, and researchers from all over the world, and it turned out to be a great learning experience and a unique platform for me to showcase my research capabilities. The experience has inspired me to explore a new dimension in my research in terms of innovations and applications.

The 24th Electromagnetic Induction Workshop of IAGA Division VI, at Helsingør Denmark during August 13-20, 2018

"I would first like to thank DORA, IIT Roorkee for the Partial Support Scheme Under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia for aiding my travel to 24th EM Induction Workshop, 13–20 Aug 2018 in Helsingør, Denmark . The conference is specifically for Electromagnetic in Earth Sciences and gave me a platform to get an insight of the new advances in the filed being pursued across other universities. I met professors and pioneer scientists from various institutes. It gave me an opportunity to build the international collaboration for future research."

2018 MTMI International Conference on Emerging Issues in Business, Technology and Applied Sciences at Bangkok, Thailand during December 22-23, 2018

"I wish to express my sincere thanks to the office of the Dean of Resources and Alumni Affairs, IIT Roorkee for providing financial support in the form of a foreign travel grant. I attended the International Conference on Emerging Issues in Business, Technology, and Applied Sciences organized by MTMI, USA held in Bangkok, Thailand, during 22-25 December 2018. It was an enjoyable experience to attend the int. conference and interact with professors from various universities in the world. I also explored the places there and enjoyed a lot."

24th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining at London, UK during August 19 - 23, 2018

"I am very thankful that I got partial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia to attend the 2018 ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining in London, United Kingdom. This financial support helped in the visa application process, Conference registration fee and travel expenses.

34th Passive and Low Energy Architecture-Smart and Healthy Within the 2-degree Limit (PLEA 2018) at Hong Kong during December 10-12, 2018

"Passive Low Energy Architecture (PLEA) is one of the most reputed conferences in the domain of Architecture. PLEA-2018, held from 10 th -12 th December at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong, China, was the 34 th edition of this conference. Presenting a paper at PLEA-2018 was a thoroughly satisfying and enriching experience. Professionally, it presented a great opportunity to keep abreast with the latest research and ideas trending globally in the world of architecture and sustainability. It gave me an opportunity to personally interact with some of the best minds in the field on a one-to-one basis. It was heartening to get appreciation from peers, and I got useful feedback about the direction and approach of my work. In addition, as a practicing architect, an exposure to the way of life and culture of Hong Kong was an enlightening experience for me. The work culture and the infrastructural facilities provided at the CUHK campus was also an eye-opener and presented food for thought regarding what can be achieved and done, given the right opportunity and resources.

SPIE Remote Sensing 2018 at Berlin, Germany during September 10-13, 2018

"I had received good conference fellowship for attending SPIE Remote Sensing event held in September 2019 at Berlin, Germany. Due to the scholarship, I could attend the esteemed event from the remote sensing community. From the participation, I could connect with the experts and other fellow researchers from my field, wheras at the same time, I could get the comments over my then ongoing work from experts of the respective field. The participation gave me a perspective of ongoing research work at international level. All this could be possible due to the financial assistance provided through good international conference fellowship from IIT Roorkee."

28th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2019), Vancouver, Canada, during 12–14 June 2019

"I attended the, 2019 ISIE symposium conducted by Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE for presenting a paper by Dr. P Sumathi, Electrical Dept. and myself, titled ‘Instrument Control Through GPIB-USB Communication With LabVIEW’ ISIE 2019, 12-14 June 2019. The financial support from DORA IIT Roorkee was instrumental in my attending this conference. The conference was a real eye opener into the realm of research and an opportunity to meet with peers and other academicians of renown in my field of interest.

Conference in XXXVIII International School of Hydraulics in POLAND (May 21–24, 2019)

"I would like to thank IIT Roorkee for the partial support awarded to attend 38th International School of Hydraulics conference in Poland. The financial support helped me greatly to participate in the conference and I would not make to the conference without the support"

21st Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD) at Prague, Czech republic during August 29-31, 2018

"I would like to thank DORA office, IIT Roorkee for providing partial financial support to present the paper in the 21st Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design held at Prague, Czech Republic, from Aug 29-31, 2018. It was a great platform to interact with experts and researchers from all over the world and to know the work going on across the world.

AGU Fall Meeting, 2018 Washington, DC, USA, during December 10-14, 2018

"AGU Fall Meeting is the largest gathering of Earth and space scientists in the world. I was selected to present my research in AGU Fall meeting 2018, held at Washington, DC, from 10th to 14th December as an early career professional. This conference helped me better my approach in many ways by providing a suitable platform to associate with prominent scientists of my field and related disciplines, which enriched me with valuable insights on various ongoing studies all over the world. The Fall meeting helped me to meet a few well-revered personalities whose contributions to my field need no mention. Interacting with other attendees and scientists gave me an idea of potential reviewer questions, thereby helping me in framing my research papers in a better manner. A panel of scientists sharing their experiences outside the domain of academia in the “lesson learned” session, helped me gain awareness about various non-academic jobs. Attending the Education Sessions, and visiting the Exhibit Hall enabled me to communicate with several sponsoring organizations and universities.

8th IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES) at IIT Madras, Chennai, India, during 18-21 Dec. 2018

"Presenting research work in International Conference wouldn't have been possible without DORA's financial help. I appreciate DORA's initiative and I am sure this will help students at IITR to gain valuable research experience and also exchange their knowledge."

The ICCCGW 2018: 20th International Conference on Climate Change and Global Warming at London, UK during September 27-28, 2018

"I got the Best Paper Presentation Award at this event in London, UK. I am very thankful that I got partial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia thorough DORA, IIT Roorkee to attend the same. It wouldn't be that easy to attend an International conference without institute help. Things get better at each level either it's visa application or the financial help from the conference side, if the institute is in support it's one kind of proof that you are in a strong position.

The 18th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies (ISCIT 2018) at Bangkok, Thailand during September 26-29, 2018

"Attending a conference is always a professionally rewarding experience. I attended the 18th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies last year. This conference has provided me the opportunity to interact with the expertise from all part of the world. I am thankful to DORA office for giving financial support for this conference. I appreciate the initiative taken by the DORA office, and I hope IITR students will get a wonderful experience of exploring their research interests at the international level."

11th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering at California, USA during June 25-29, 2018

"I had attended 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering held in Los Angeles, California under the scheme of Good International conference. It was very good experience. I met few best mind in the business during conference. Attended some interactive lectures. Got a chance to communicate with people from different part of world with different thinking and approach towards problem solving technique. All in all it was moment which I will remember for rest of my life.

The 73rd World Foundry Congress at Krakow, Poland during September 23-27, 2018

"I would first like to thank DORA, IIT Roorkee for the partial financial support granted to me to attend 73rd World Foundry Congress (73rd WFC), International conference at Krakow, Poland held between 22nd September to 27th September, 2018. This financial aid helped me to attend a good international conference and increase my research network. I was able to present our research work at the international level due to this scheme that gave international recognition to our research group and institution."

8th IUPAC international conference on green chemistry at Bangkok, Thailand during September 9-14, 2018

"I am very thankful to get partial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia. However, it was not very easy to get due to the large number of applications. Further, I would like to appreciate the team of DORA Office as they helped and give every information which was necessary. It wouldn't be that easy to attend an International conference without institute help. It was a pleasure for me to present my research at International IUPAC Conferences on Green Chemistry 2018, held at Bangkok, Thailand.

2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) General Meeting at Portland, Oregon, USA during August 5-9, 2018

"I am Krishna Chaithanya Bandla pursuing Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. I would like to thank Dean of Resources and Alumni Affairs (DORA) office for provision of financial support to attend the IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) 2018, held at Portland, Oregon, USA. The Conference has provided me a platform to engage in technical conversations with eminent professionals of my research area which opened up new insights in my research journey."

8th IUPAC international conference on green chemistry at Bangkok, Thailand during September 9-14, 2018

"This gives me immense pleasure to share about the experiences of presenting my research paper in AICHE annual meeting (2018) which was held in Pittsburgh, US. I was recommended for partial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences.

15th World Conference on Transport Research, Bombay, Mumbai, India during 26-31 May 2019

"I am thankful to you for providing me the financial support to attend the conference. I had a pleasant experience in during this conference, and I express my sincere gratitude to DORA office and all the staff for their support. "

30th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products at Athens, Greece during November 25-29, 2018

"I am very grateful to DORA, IIT Roorkee for partially providing me with financial support in order to present my research in the 30th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products held in Athens, Greece during 25-29 Nov 2018. Their funding made it possible for me to interact with pioneering scientists working on natural products. I had the most wonderful time during my stay in Athens and made lasting connections with a number of participants."

12th International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity and High Temperature Superconductors at Beijing, China during August 19-24, 2018

"I am very happy being part of IIT Roorkee. I am very thankful to the DORA IIT Roorkee for providing me a partial travel grant to attend the 12th International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity & High Temperature Superconductors (M2S - 2018). It helps me to cover the accommodation charge. This conference gives me knowledge, how they work, their work idea, and collaboration contact. So, I am very thankful to the DORA OFFICE IIT Roorkee. Thank you very much. "

IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2019), Yokohama, Japan, during July 28 - August 2, 2019

"IGARSS 2019 had a wide range of invited talks, tutorial sessions and exhibit events reviewing the latest developments and advancements in the field of remote sensing. Distinguished experts from different fields of remote sensing presented their talks at their invited talk session, which were very interesting and thought provoking. It was a great opportunity for me to attend and interact with eminent people and researchers of my area of interest. Without the help financial assistance from DORA, IIT Roorkee, it would not be possible to attend such a wonderful event. I would like to thank them for providing financial support to my travel."

2019 MRS (Materials Research Society) Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Phoenix, Arizona, USA during April 22-26, 2019

"I would like to thank DORA, IIT Roorkee for providing me the partial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia for supporting my travel to attend this conference. It gave me a unique opportunity to interact with the eminent leaders of this research area and build future collaboration. The current developments and also the upcoming possible studies in this field were explored. It helped me to have a substantial exposure to grow personally too. It was very helpful in innovative, enthusiastic and ambitious manner and also paved the way for me to use my research in the growth, advancement and development of society. This conference gave me the feedback of my work and I knew where I stand. I also learnt about the employment opportunities which will assist me in obtaining my next position.

IEEE-PEMC 2018, 18th International Conference on Power Electronics and Motion Control at Budapest, Hungary during August 26-30, 2018

"Thanks to DORA Office IIT Roorkee for the Partial Support. This allowed me to travel to one of the best conferences in the field of Power Electronics and Drives, Power Electronics and Motion Control (PEMC)-2018 at Budapest Hungary. The conference allowed me to interact with the experts in the field of Power Electronics and Motion Control. I also got a platform to present my research work and obtain the suggestions from the attendees of the conference. It was my first international travel and it gave me an exposure to the way of life research methods outside of India. After this, I also attended another top conference in the United States with the support of SERB. Now I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Ranked 11th in the world). I feel both of these conferences assisted my career growth to a great extent."

26th International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP 2018) at Barcelona, Spain during July 22-27, 2018

"I would like to thank DORA office IITR for providing me partial funding to attend 26th International Conference of Atomic Physics (ICAP) at Barcelona, Spain during July 22-27, 2018. I presented a poster in the conference and had a wonderful learning experience during various lectures and poster sessions."

22nd International Conference on Organic Synthesis at Florence, Italy during September 16-21, 2018

"I am very much grateful to DORA, IIT Roorkee for providing partial support to attend the 22nd IUPAC International Conference on Organic Synthesis (22-ICOS)” held at Palazzo dei Congressi, Florence, Italy during September 16-21, 2018. It was a great experience to be the part of that conference. It gave me the opportunity of sharing ideas and interact with prestigious researchers in the area of my research around all over the world. I think this kind of support gives a chance to students to enhance their knowledge by interacting with researchers/scientists from all over the world. This conference broadens my knowledge and experience.

2018 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI 2018) at Singapore during 31 July-2 August, 2018

"The IEEE Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI) conference series is one of the most renowned conferences in the domain. The conference allowed me to share the R&D findings and experiences among the top rated researchers and practitioners and discuss issues, challenges and future directions with them. The conference provided a platform to build alliances with top international operations research professionals and stakeholders. All of which would not have been possible without the partial support provided by IIT Roorkee. The support was provided under “Partial Support Under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia”.

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 at Vienna, Austria during April 7–12, 2019

"I received partial support from IIT Roorkee, under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia to attend European Geophysical Union (EGU) 2019 General Assembly in Vienna, Austria.

256th ACS National Meeting & Exposition (Nano science, Nanotechnology & Beyond) at Boston, MA, USA during August 19-23, 2018

IEEE Tencon 2018 at Jeju , South Korea during October 28-31, 2018

TMS 2020, 149th Annual Meeting & Exhibition (February 23-27, 2020, San Diego, California, USA)

"Thank you IITR for providing me the opportunity to have an experience of a lifetime. Since the start of my Ph.D. in IIT Roorkee, I had a dream to attend a conference in the USA to present my research work. As I set my timeline, I was lucky enough to submit my Ph.D. dissertation on 06th December 2019. So, I was totally geared up for the oral presentation. The experience to fly to the USA and delivering the oral presentation to the international community was exhilarating. The partial funding provided by DORA, IITR helped me in making my travel itinerary look like a cakewalk. It is an experience which many students from the campus should not miss out on.

Japan Geosciences Union Meeting 2018 at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan during May 20-24, 2018

"I received travel support from IIT Roorkee, under the scheme of Good International Conferences to attend the Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting 2018 which was held from May 20-24, 2018 at Makuhari Meese, Chiba, Japan. I am very much grateful for the support as it made possible for me to attend and present my research work in the Conference. JpGU is a platform which gives new ideas and trends that can impact future research work. I got the opportunities to interact with other distinguished scientists and researcher working in the same domain. This conference helped me to build my professional network which will affect my future research work. It was a great experience for me to be part of this conference. Thanking You."

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 at Vienna, Austria during April 7–12, 2019

"I am very thankful for the financial support of the egu conference last year in 2019. It is very good experience as student to attend international conference."

18th International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2018) at Melbourne, Australia during July 2-5, 2018

"I participated in the conference ‘The 18th International Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA 2018)’ hosted by Monash University Melbourne, Australia from 2 – 5 July 2018, to present my research paper ‘Predicting particulate matter for assessing air quality in Delhi using meteorological features’. My conference presentation received a very good response. The conference offered me a great opportunity to interact with prestigious researchers in the area of my research from all over the world.

AGU Fall Meeting, 2018 Washington, DC, USA during December 10-14, 2018

"I would sincerely like to thank IIT Roorkee for partial funding provided by DORA under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia. It was a good opportunity to attend AGU Fall meeting 2018, Washington D.C., USA and share my research work. The meeting helped me a lot in learning new ideas, innovation, techniques, and equipment related to my research filed. I got valuable feedback from the expertise while presenting my ideas."

The 2018 IEEE 13th Nanotechnology Materials & Devices Conference (NMDC 2018) at Portland, Oregon, USA during October 14-17, 2018

"I was partially supported by the DORA office, IIT Roorkee, for IEEE 13th Nanotechnology Materials & Devices Conference (NMDC 2018) which was held in Portland, Oregon, USA on 14-17 October, 2018. In this conference, I got the Best Poster Award. Thanking you."

The 79th JSAP Autumn Meeting 2018 at Nagoya, Japan during September 18-21, 2018

"I am extremely thankful to DORA, IIT Roorkee for providing the partial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/Symposia to attend as well as present my research work at the 79th JSAP-OSA Joint symposium-2018, Nagoya Congress Center, Japan, during September 18-21, 2018. Due to this financial support, I got an excellent opportunity to interact and sharing ideas with professors, scientists, and researchers globally who are working in my research area. I also got an ideal platform to enhance my research knowledge, and experience during this conference. The support from institute was not only helpful for me but also gives a chance to every student to enhance their knowledge who wants to present his/her research work at big platforms. I believe that this initiative will be encouraging the researcher scholars of our institute to pursue a career in academic research.

The 79th JSAP Autumn Meeting 2018 at Nagoya, Japan during September 18-21, 2018

"I am very happy being part of IIT Roorkee. I am very thankful to the IIT Roorkee for providing me a partial travel grant to attend an international conference (JSAP 2018). It helps me to cover airfare to and fro. This conference gives me knowledge, how they work, their work idea, and collaboration contact. So, I am very thankful to the IIT Roorkee."

10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019), at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore during September 23 - 28 June 2019

"I participated in 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019) and represented an abstract entitled “Nitrogen-Enriched Nanoporous Polytriazine for Gas Sorption Applications”. In conference I got a poster award in Symposium: CC) Novel Solution Processing of Advanced Functional Nanomaterials for Energy, Environmental and Biomedical Applications. I made interactions with many research groups of India and other countries. Moreover, my work was appreciated by several scientists and researchers. I got a lot of knowledge and experience to explain and understanding the concepts related to my research interest. I am very thankful to IIT Roorkee for providing me financial support to attend this international conference."

2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics at Miyazaki, Japan during October 7-10, 2018

"I am wholeheartedly thankful to the team of DORA for providing me with a Good Conference Grant for registration and travel expenses to present my work at 38th IEEE SMC2018. SMC is one of the premier international conferences of computer science. In the conference, I got the opportunity to have fruitful discussions with the 2018 IEEE President and researchers of premier institutes. There were multiple robotic hackathons and workshops for developing systems to solve real-time problems. Conclusively, the experience of the conference was very reinforcing."

AGU Fall Meeting, 2018 Washington, DC, USA during December 10-14, 2018

"I would like to express my sincere thanks to the DORA, IIT Roorkee for providing me the partial financial support for attending AGU Fall Meeting 2018 which is one of the biggest conferences in the area of hydrological and earth sciences. The conference provided me an opportunity to meet various researchers of relevant areas and gather international exposure to the different research works that were carried out in the area of hydrology. I very much value the feedback of my research presentation provided by the anonymous experts at the conference that will help in honing my presentation skills.

35th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States during October 21-24, 2019

"I am grateful for the generous support of DORA office (IITR) for providing me a partial travel fund to attend 35th annual international conference on Soil, Sediments, Water and Energy hosted at university of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. My attendance was only possible due to the partial travel fund provided me under the scheme of Good International Conference/Workshops/Symposia.

SPIE Remote Sensing 2019 Symposium, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXI, Strasbourg, France during 9 – 12 September 2019

"I would like to thank DORA, IIT Roorkee for the partial financial support granted to me to attend the SPIE Remote Sensing 2019 symposium (Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXI) held from September 09, 2019 to September 12, 2019 at Strasbourg, France. This conference gave me the opportunity to increase my knowledge and experience from the leading experts in my area of research. I request Dean of Resources and Alumni Affairs (DORA), IIT Roorkee to continue this scheme so that the research scholars can pursue to participate in international conferences and workshops to improve their research related activities."

The Geological Society of America 130th Annual Meeting (GSA2018) at Indianapolis, Indiana, USA during November 4-7, 2018

"I have received partial financial support from DORA, IIT Roorkee, for attending "The Geological Society of America 130th Annual Meeting” held at Indianapolis Indiana USA, during 4-7 November 2018. Through this meeting I got an opportunity to present my work in front of an expert committee and receive the suggestions. This meeting provided me a great opportunity to interact with the expertise in my field and discuss on works and possible collaborations. It also gave me an exposure to ongoing research in my field of interest and other area which helped to improvise my approach towards the research.

9th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts at Boulder, CO, USA during June 17-19, 2019

"I would like to express my sincere thanks to DORA, IIT Roorkee for providing partial financial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences to attend the 9th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts at Boulder, CO, USA during June 17-19, 2019. This conference provide me a good podium to present my research work and an opportunity to enhance my research knowledge from expertise in academia, laboratories and industries of different countries. I believe that it is a good initiative by DORA, IIT Roorkee that will encourage the students of our institute to pursue a career in academic research."

AGU Fall Meeting, 2018 Washington, DC, USA, December 10-14, 2018

"I was selected to present my work at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, held at Washington, D.C., USA from 10-14 December 2018 for which I received partial financial support under the scheme of Good International Conferences/Workshops/ Symposia from DORA, IIT Roorkee. This fund helped me cover my registration fees, visa fee and accommodation charges. My work was appreciated among my peers and I got some valuable suggestions from experts in the field which would be beneficial for my research.

SPIE International Symposium on Optics + Photonics 2018 at California, USA, August 19-23 August, 2018

"I am very thankful to the Dean and the members of DORA for considering my application and provided me the financial help to attend the prestigious international conference. The approved fund helped me to cover my travel expenses, registration fee, and visa fee for my visit to San Diego, California, USA.

IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) at New Orleans, Lousiana, USA during March 15-19, 2020

"Firstly, I would like to thank the DORA for providing me travel support to attend “2020 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) at New Orleans, Lousiana, USA during March 15-19, 2020.

My research paper entitled, “Shared-Leg Fault Tolerant Operation of Multi-Channeled Power Converters Serving to Large Rated DFIM Unit” was submitted to 2020 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) on March 19th under Energy Storage Systems technical lecture session. This is one of the premier conference in the area of power electronics jointly sponsored by the Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PMSA), the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS). The provided fund helped me to cover conference registration fee, visa fee, traveling and lodging charges for my visit to New Orleans, Lousiana, USA. The submitted paper got more feedback about my research work from eminent researchers, renowned scientist and industrial tycoons working in the field of power electronics.

11th International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning (9 to 11 September 2020, Bilbao, Spain, Online event)

"I was awarded with travel grant to present my paper to an International conference. I wish to thank you for the opportunity. This conference had helped me to enhance my network and learn from the research from other researchers around the world. The interaction with other researchers will help me to develop my PhD work.

I am very thankful and give my sincere thanks to DORA office for the financial support.

8th American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Conference on Biofilms (October 7-11, 2018 Washington D.C., USA)

"I would like to express my sincere gratitude towards DORA office, IITR for providing the financial support to participate and present my research work at the international level. The fund provided took care of my comfortable accommodation and stay in Washington. The participation in the above prestigious conference gave me the platform to interact with the experts and pioneers in the field and provided the opportunity to explore the diversity of work which is being carried out in the field of biofilms. During the conference, I have attended experts/speakers presentations and poster sessions related to my research area which would definitely help me in my future research projects.

Finally, I am very happy to be the part of IIT Roorkee and very thankful to DORA office which helps students to excel in their life.

The 35th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing, Czech Republic (March 30-31, 20 at Brno, Czech Republic)

"I would like to thank the Dean and members of DORA for considering my application and providing me the financial assistance that I needed. I owe you gratitude and so much more. They approved my application to attend the conference “35th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing at Brno, Czech Republic”. This fund helped me a lot.

I want to express my sincere thanks to you for all the staff members of DORA office who are working hard to provide financial help for the students’ research activities.