Democritus (460-370 BC) once said "I would rather discover a single casual explanation than become king of the Persians". In the modern context, Dr.B.N.Jagtap, Chief Guest advocated it may be read as "I rather be a good researcher than a director of an institute". This is only for younger people. . Welcoming the audience on behalf of the Dyestuff Technology Department and the Symposium Committee, Prof N.Sekar, Convenor said that 11 Invited lectures by speakers from premiere institutions like BARC, TIFR, NCL, IIT-Roorkee/Indore/Guwahati, NISCAIR and University of Delhi/Hyderabad besides 7 Oral and 10 Poster presentations on various subjects in functional applications of colorants were made in NSFAC-2015, a 2-day symposium on 29-30 October 2015 at K.Venkataraman Auditorium. Shrikant Thakare anchored the proceedings while Chairmen moderated the sessions attended by faculty, students and delegates from the industry and TEQIP, DST, CSIR and BRNS provided financial support. Souvenir in a CD was given to die participants. In the interactive sessions, the speakers fielded the questions with viable answers. Excerpts: Giving introductory remarks, Prof P.M.Bhate, Chairman said the symposium kicked off in the International Year of Chemistry in 2011 with the idea of providing a platform to researchers all over the country in this ever growing field of functional colorants to exchange notes with each other and has been received well by the research community in India. Symposium attracts active workers who network, make new contacts and learn out of deliberations.
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