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Frontiers in Geosciences Research Conference (FGRC-2023). The 2nd Frontiers in Geosciences Research Conference (FGRC-2023) was conducted at PRL from 1-3 February, 2023. The primary objectives of the conference was to bring the Geoscience community of India on a common platform for dissemination of recent scientific findings, planning the future course of Geosciences research in India, enhancing collaborations and knowledge exchange and jointly addressing societal issues using modern technology. The conference witnessed an overwhelming participation of four generations of Geoscience researchers from all over India. In this conference there were more than 300 participants from nearly 88 different universities and institutes, which included research scholars, post-doctoral fellows, and scientists. They all presented their work with great enthusiasm and interacted with each other to develop future collaborations. The inaugural session was graced by Shri A. S. Kiran Kumar (Chairman PRL Council of Management) along with Prof. Anil Bhardwaj (Director, PRL). FGRC-2023 started with a plenary lecture by Dr. V.K. Gahalaut (CSIR-NGRI). Additionally, there were invited talks on various topics by eminent scientists. The sessions covered various aspects of Geoscience research ranging from the core of the Earth to atmosphere on different spatial and temporal scales. The key highlights of the major themes are :• Solid Earth Geochemistry and Geochronology - Isotopic and geochemical studies of Bundelkhand and Bastar cratons, peridotites from Ladakh region, origin and migration of Paleo-Brahmaputra, early geodynamic processes and oxidation events. • Marine and Terrestrial Biogeochemistry + Oceanographic Processes - Ventilation of the Oxygen Minimum Zone and dissolved manganese distribution in the Arabian Sea, Carbon sequestration efficiency of ureolytic bacteria using Stable isotopes, soil carbon dynamics, preservation of soil organic carbon using Machine Learning approach. • Climate of the Past, Present and Future - results covering time range from modern to the geological past (Ediacaran-Cambrian transition interval), various archives viz. limestone, marine, and lacustrine sediment cores and sequences, soil sediments, and speleothems. Among computational techniques, down-scaling of the data using machine learning and remote sensing of tree species was presented. • Hydrogeology and Hydrometeorology - Submarine groundwater discharge, isotopic variability of precipitations, cold and thermal springs, landslide hazard zonation, Sr isotopes and Arsenic contamination in groundwater, groundwater dynamics, subsurface dielectric properties, high-mountain hydrology and atmospheric vapour in Aravalli. • Land, Ocean, Atmosphere Interactions - Vapour isotopes during typhoons, paleocenography during late quaternary, nutrient supply in north Indian ocean, black carbon in Antarctica, Tsunami early warning, surface heat flux during earthquakes, himalayan weathering, trace gas and ozone chemistry and sulphur isotope studies. Six students won best presentation award in different themes; we extend our congratulations to them. The winners are: • Abhishek Kumar Pandey from IISER Bhopal - Solid Earth Geochemistry and Geochronology • Deepak Kumar Rai from PRL Ahmedabad- Marine and Terrestrial Biogeochemistry • Tapas Kumar Mishra from CSIR-NIO Goa - Oceanographic Processes • Sunil Kumar Das from IIT Bhubaneswar - Climate of the Past, Present, and Future • Swagatika Chakra from PRL Ahmedabad- Hydrogeology and Hydrometerology • Shreya Keshri from IISER Pune - Land ocean atmosphere interactions

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PRL conference on condensed matter physics (PRLCCMP-2023); Feb 6-8, 2023

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7th National Symposium on Shock Waves (NSSW-2023), 15th to 17th February, 2023

Date	Day	Time	Event	Source
01 Feb 2023	Wed	09:00	Frontiers in Geosciences Research Conference (FGRC-2023). The 2nd Frontiers in Geosciences Research Conference (FGRC-2023) was conducted at PRL from 1-3 February, 2023. The primary objectives of the conference was to bring the Geoscience community of India on a common platform for dissemination of recent scientific findings, planning the future course of Geosciences research in India, enhancing collaborations and knowledge exchange and jointly addressing societal issues using modern technology. The conference witnessed an overwhelming participation of four generations of Geoscience researchers from all over India. In this conference there were more than 300 participants from nearly 88 different universities and institutes, which included research scholars, post-doctoral fellows, and scientists. They all presented their work with great enthusiasm and interacted with each other to develop future collaborations. The inaugural session was graced by Shri A. S. Kiran Kumar (Chairman PRL Council of Management) along with Prof. Anil Bhardwaj (Director, PRL). FGRC-2023 started with a plenary lecture by Dr. V.K. Gahalaut (CSIR-NGRI). Additionally, there were invited talks on various topics by eminent scientists. The sessions covered various aspects of Geoscience research ranging from the core of the Earth to atmosphere on different spatial and temporal scales. The key highlights of the major themes are :• Solid Earth Geochemistry and Geochronology - Isotopic and geochemical studies of Bundelkhand and Bastar cratons, peridotites from Ladakh region, origin and migration of Paleo-Brahmaputra, early geodynamic processes and oxidation events. • Marine and Terrestrial Biogeochemistry + Oceanographic Processes - Ventilation of the Oxygen Minimum Zone and dissolved manganese distribution in the Arabian Sea, Carbon sequestration efficiency of ureolytic bacteria using Stable isotopes, soil carbon dynamics, preservation of soil organic carbon using Machine Learning approach. • Climate of the Past, Present and Future - results covering time range from modern to the geological past (Ediacaran-Cambrian transition interval), various archives viz. limestone, marine, and lacustrine sediment cores and sequences, soil sediments, and speleothems. Among computational techniques, down-scaling of the data using machine learning and remote sensing of tree species was presented. • Hydrogeology and Hydrometeorology - Submarine groundwater discharge, isotopic variability of precipitations, cold and thermal springs, landslide hazard zonation, Sr isotopes and Arsenic contamination in groundwater, groundwater dynamics, subsurface dielectric properties, high-mountain hydrology and atmospheric vapour in Aravalli. • Land, Ocean, Atmosphere Interactions - Vapour isotopes during typhoons, paleocenography during late quaternary, nutrient supply in north Indian ocean, black carbon in Antarctica, Tsunami early warning, surface heat flux during earthquakes, himalayan weathering, trace gas and ozone chemistry and sulphur isotope studies. Six students won best presentation award in different themes; we extend our congratulations to them. The winners are: • Abhishek Kumar Pandey from IISER Bhopal - Solid Earth Geochemistry and Geochronology • Deepak Kumar Rai from PRL Ahmedabad- Marine and Terrestrial Biogeochemistry • Tapas Kumar Mishra from CSIR-NIO Goa - Oceanographic Processes • Sunil Kumar Das from IIT Bhubaneswar - Climate of the Past, Present, and Future • Swagatika Chakra from PRL Ahmedabad- Hydrogeology and Hydrometerology • Shreya Keshri from IISER Pune - Land ocean atmosphere interactions	Division Events
06 Feb 2023	Mon	09:00	PRL conference on condensed matter physics (PRLCCMP-2023); Feb 6-8, 2023	Division Events
15 Feb 2023	Wed	00:00	7th National Symposium on Shock Waves (NSSW-2023), 15th to 17th February, 2023	Division Events

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