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National Conference on Nanotechnology and Regulatory
Issues
Other Topics:
Nanoparticle-Based Ultracapacitors,
Military Nano Materials
Business Wire
October 20, 2008
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Organisation: Co-organized by TERI and the Department of
Law, Calcutta
Closing Date: 31 October 2008
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Nanotechnology is developing at a rapid pace in India. The
government has set up a dedicated Nano Mission to channel
R&D funding into public research and develop human resources
and institutional capabilities in a structured manner.
Several private sector players especially in the health and
pharmaceuticals and the textiles sectors have made
considerable investment in developing novel product lines by
integrating naomaterials and in enabling the miniatiarising
of current devices. properties like porousity, moisture
retention and malleability of nanostructures have been
manipulated to create a range of products with value added
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Already there are several products in the market which use
nanomaterials like the Samsung washing machines using silver
nano particles and use of nano-tex the stain resistant for
making stain resistant fabrics by the Arvind Mills in India.
There is also the possibility of several products in the
market that use nanmaterials or nanoparticles without
quouting them within their product ingriedient section.
The purpose of the conference is to bring together
policymakers, nanoscientists, lawyers and academicians to
debate and discuss a range of regulatory issues relating to
nanotechnology regulation in India. Please find attached the
conference announcement (including the call for papers).
The goal of the conference is as follows:
* Benchmark the international regulatory developments in
this field and analyze their implications for India.
* Analyse the current regulatory structure and provide a gap
analysis
* Draw lessons from the risk (EHS) regulation paradigms in
operation vis-a-vis emerging technologies like biotechnology
and discuss their application with reference to
nanotechnology
* Address cross cutting isues like the patents regime, role
of courts and other governance agencies and ethical issues
underlying the regulatory options
In this context the National Conference on Nanotechnology
and Regulatory Issues is being co-organized by TERI and the
Department of Law, Calcutta University between the 9-10
January 2009 at the Centre for NanoScience and
Nanotechnology, Saltlake City, Kolkata.
Contact Details
For any further information, please contact the Organizing
Committee at nidhis@teri.res.in
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