XI  International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (XI SEEC) December 16-19, 2026

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Organized by

Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India

Under the auspices of

International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (ISEES)

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About the Conference

The conference, XI SEEC, will be organized to promote research and outreach programs in India through scientific deliberations like keynote addresses and oral presentations. The conference will bring together engineers, scientists, researchers, students, and other professionals in order to address and discuss emerging sustainable energy and environmental issues. It will provide platforms for physicists, mathematicians, chemists, engineers, and biologists for critical discussion in key areas of energy and environmental sciences. Environmental sciences research should contribute to understand the major problems in recent days arising due to extensive agriculture, industrial, municipal, transportation, and urbanization activities together with climate change in developing countries.

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About the Organizing Institute

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna is an autonomous institute of education and research in science, engineering and technology located in Patna, India. It is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India. The institute is part of National Knowledge Network (NKN) which provides a high speed core networking for all the knowledge related institutions in India to integrate seamlessly all of the scientific community of India. IIT Patna has ten departments, namely Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Humanities & Social Science departments.

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International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability

The International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability was founded at IIT Kanpur in January 2014 with an aim to spread knowledge in the fields of Energy, Environment, Sustainability, and Combustion. The Society aims to spread knowledge in the above-mentioned areas among people and make them more aware about the environmental challenges which the world is facing today. The Society is involved in various activities like conducting workshops, seminars, conferences, etc. in the above-mentioned domains. The society also recognizes young scientists and engineers for their contributions in this field. It comprises of experts from leading research institutions working in various domains related to energy.

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Organizing Committee

General Chair:

Prof. Ashok Pandey, Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability,  Lucknow, India

Conference Chair:

Prof. TN Singh, Director, IIT Patna, India

Prof. AK Agarwal, Director, IIT Jodhpur, India & Chairman, ISEES

Co-chair:

Dr. Anirban Bhattacharya, Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Patna, India

Conveners:

Dr. Chetan Patel, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Patna, India
Dr. Akhilendra Pratap Singh, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT BHU, Varanasi, India

Advisory Committees

International Advisory Committee

Name	Affiliation
Adani, Fabrizio	Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Adetunji, Charles	Edo University Iyamho, Edo, Nigeria
Agarwal, Ramesh K	Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Aguilar, Cristobal	Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, Mexico
Ariyadasa, Thilini	University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Babel, Sandhya	Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
Brillard, Alain	UHA University, Mulhouse, France
Boopathy, Raj	Nicholls University, Thibodaux, USA
Chaiprapat, Sumate	Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand
Chuetor, Santi	King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Ghorbannezhad, Payam	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Hatti-Kaul, Rajni	Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Jeon, Byong-Hun	Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Karp, Susan	Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
Kaul, Sunil	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
Koutinas, AA	University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Lam, Su Shiung	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
Michaud, Philippe	Universite Clermont Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand, France
Oliveira, Rui	Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
Papamichael, EM	University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Patel, Anil K	National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Phitsuwan, Paripok	King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
Pocsi, Istvan	University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
Rebeiro, Maria H	Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Rene, Eldon	IHE-Institue of Water Education, Delft, Netherlands
Sani, Rajesh	South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, USA
Singh, Poonam	University of Ulster, UK
Singhania, Reeta Rani	National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Teixeira, Jose A	University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Tisma, Marina	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Osijek, Croatia
Tong, Yen Wah	National University of Singapore, Singapore
Tuan, Hoang A	HUTECH University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tyagi, RD	BOSK Bioproducts, Quebec, Canada
Vandenberghe, Luciana	Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
Wadhwa, Renu	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
Wilkins, Mark	Kansas State University, USA
Winter, Franz	Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

National Advisory Committee

Agarwal, Vivek	Centre for Development Communications, Jaipur
Balakrishnan, Malini	Plaksha University, Mohali
Banerjee, Raja	Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Baskar, Gurunathan	St Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai
Basu, Saptarshi	Indian Institute of Science, Banaglore
Bhaskar, Thallada	CSIR-Advance Materials Processes Research Institute, Bhopal
Binod, Parameswaran	CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum
Chaturvedi, Preeti	CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow
De, Sudipte	Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Dhar, Atul	Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi
Garg, Vinod K	Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
Goyal, Arun	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Gupta, Akhilendra B	Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
Gupta, Satyajit	Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai
Gurjar, Bhola R	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Kataki, Rupam	Tezpur University, Tezpur
Kumar, Sudarshan	Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Labhsetwar, Nitin	CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur
Moholkar, VS	Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Panesar, Parmjit S	Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal
Pant, Deepak	Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala
Praveenkumar, R	Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai
Saravanamurugan, S	Center of Applied and Innovative Bioprocessing, Mohali
Satpathi, Bhabhani K	Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
Sharma, Dilip	Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
Singh, Swatantra Pratap	Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Sirohi, Ranjna	SKN Agricultural University, Jaipur
Tarafdar, Ayon	ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly
Tiwari, Archana	Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Noida
Tripathi, Dharmendra K	National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand, Srinagar
Venkata, Mohan S	CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur
V Vivekanand	Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

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