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International Conference on
“Membrane based Separations : Past, Present & Future”

Celebrating the 100^th Birth Anniversary of Prof. S. Sourirajan

16-18 October 2023
Vadodara, Gujarat, India.

Venue : Kabir Farms, Gotri-Sevasi Rd, opp. Decathlon Sevasi ,Vadodara, Gujarat 391101, India.

Invitation

With the ever-increasing awareness to meet the UN declared Sustainable Development Goals, membrane based technologies have gained importance whether it is for water and wastewater treatment or for the emerging clean and green energy like Hydrogen. Currently, membranes are opening up a new era for wastewater treatment and water reuse, become the most economical technology to desalinate brackish and seawater, and are an important technology that can provide "absolute" barrier to protect public health when treating water for drinking quality. India has become one of the most active countries in scientific research and industrial applications in the field of Membrane based Separations whether in the water sector, food sector or the energy sector.

CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar-364002 (Gujarat) India is a pioneer research institute for the membrane science and technology. Institute has developed several membrane based technologies using indigenously developed membranes for the water desalination/purification to provide safe drinking water. All types of membrane research activities such as reverse osmosis membrane, porous membranes (nano-filtration, ultra-filtration, and hollow fibre), membrane distillation, ion exchange membranes, polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cells and other energy devices, pervaporation membranes, gas separation membranes etc are being perused in this institute.

Vadodara also called as 'Baroda', is known as the ‘Culture Capital’ of Gujarat State, one of the 29 States of India. With the world’s tallest man made statue a 100 kms away and also India's first 'high speed train' also called the 'Bullet Train', passes through Vadodara. Vadodara is also emerging as a center for education & high tech industry. We look forward to meeting you in October 2023. With you and all the members of the organizing committee and the international scientific committee we will make this conference a great success

Major themes

Novel membrane materials and configurations
Hybrid membrane processes
Drinking Water treatment
Domestic / industrial wastewater treatment and reclamation
Energy recovery from water and wastewater
Desalination & Membrane fouling mechanisms and control
Case studies membrane processes for drinking water and waste water treatment
Membrane Bio Reactors
Membranes for Energy applications

Language

Official language of this conference is English.

Contacts

Convener
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Announcements

Photographs of MSPPF2023 are uploaded in Photo Gallery.

Photo Gallery
Participants who are interested in joining the Statue of Unity tour on the 18th October 2023 should register on the google form link below and pay the mentioned amount. This includes the travel charges and the tickets for the Observation deck of the Statue of Unity. Please make the registration and payment before 10^th October 2023 in the Indian Membrane Society Bank Account available on the website.

Statue of Unity Tour form
Accommodation for Plenary Speakers & Invited Speakers has been arranged at Kabir Farm, Vadodara.
Accommodation at special rates for student participants has been arranged at Vintage Hotel, Alkapuri, Vadodara.

Student Accommodation form
Indian Membrane Society announces the best thesis award for thesis submitted & defended in India during the year 2021-2023. Students who like to be considered for the award should send email on membrane2010@gmail.com
There will be awards for best oral & poster presentations for students.

Download Best Thesis Award Format

Call for papers

Authors are invited to submit a ONE PAGE abstract including figures and tables. Abstracts should be written in English. Abstracts must be submitted online at before Authors are strongly suggested to refer to an abstract template that can be an abstract temple that can be downloaded from conference homepage. Abstracts will be selected based on quality, originality and relevance to the conference themes. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings.