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IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science — Special Issue
The Special Issue on the 40th PSSI National Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology (PLASMA 2025) will be uploaded here.
Day 1 - Saturday
Dec 27, 2025Registration
Inauguration
High-Tea Break
Session 2A: Next-Generation Tokamak Systems
Chair: Prof. S K Dutta, Outstanding Scientist, Director, MTRDC, DRDO
A new type of divertor for tokamak
personProf. Avinash Khare, Vice Chancellor, Sikkim University
Nuclear Fusion: From dream to reality!
personProf. Joydeep Ghosh, IPR Gandhinagar
First Plasma Commissioning and Operational Highlights from India's First Spherical Tokamak at IPR
personKishore Mishra
Comparison of System Codes for Fusion Power Plant Design: SARAS and PROCESS
personMaya Padivattath
Session 2B: Plasma for Sustainable Technology
Chair: Prof. Ram Prakash, IIT Jodhpur
Nonthermal Plasma Applications
personProf. Peter Bruggeman, University of Minnesota, USA
Hybrid Plasma Technologies for Advanced Wastewater Treatment
personProf. Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal, IIT Tirupati
Characterization and application of atmospheric pressure plasmas by integrating the optical spectroscopy measurements...
personP S Naga Sai Srikar
Optimization of CO2 Thermal Arc Plasmas Using Graphite Electrodes
personTejashwi Rana
Lunch Break
Session 3A: Laser & Fusion Plasma
Chair: Prof. Punit Kumar, Lucknow University
Novel regime of Laser Plasma Interaction (Laser Fusion Plasma)
personProf. Amita Das
Negative Ion Source Plasma and Its Extracted Beam
personProf. Mainak Bandyopadhyay, IPR Gandhinagar
Development of the TRADE System Code for Tokamak Reactor Design
personPrachi Jain
Investigation of low energy electron collision with BH3
personGeetha D
Laser wakefield acceleration studies for high-energy density light-particle collisions
personVishwa Bandhu Pathak
Session 3B: Fundamentals of Plasmas
Chair: Prof. Arun Tangirala
Gyrotrons for Plasma Heating and Other Applications
personProf. M. V. Kartikeyan, Director, IIITDM Kanchipuram
Thermodynamics of plasmas confined by a dipole magnet
personProf. Sudeep Bhattacharjee, IIT Kanpur
Magnetic field control of dc self bias and plasma parameters in capacitively coupled rf discharges
personAnuravi Sharma
Stimulated Raman Side Scattering in Expanding Plasma with Thermal Effect
personPrakash Sarika Shrivastav
Study of spatial structure and conversion efficiency of higher harmonics in whistler mode excitation
personDeepak Rajputohit
Session 4A: AMP data, Modelling and Simulation
Chair: Prof. P C Deshmukh, IIT Tirupati
What is in the choice of a many-body method
personProf. B.K. Sahoo, PRL Ahmedabad
Global Gyrokinetic simulation of fusion Plasmas
personProf. Animesh Kuley, IISc Bengaluru
Gyrotron and its applications for plasma heating
personDr. Santanu Karmakar, MTRDC Bengaluru
Machine Learning Enhanced Optical Diagnostics of Atmospheric Pressure Non-Thermal Air Plasmas
personShanila M
Numerical Simulation of Oscillatory Reconnection Controlled by Alternating Current-driven Waves
personSripan Mondal
Discussions on Electron Heating and Energy Absorption in Plasmas via Vortex Beams
personMohammad Yasir
Session 4B: Plasma Dynamics and Applications
Chair: Prof. Rajesh Srivastava, IIT Roorkee
Experimental Study of Laser-Plasma Interaction Using Sub-nanosecond Kilo-Joule Class Laser
personDr. Sushil Kumar Singh, Czech Tec. University
Flexible surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge for Next-gen plasma application
personDr. Apeksha Madhukar, IIT Goa
Dynamics of nanosecond pulsed discharges close to a liquid surface
personProf. Ahmad Hamdan, Université de Montréal
Role of Convergent–Divergent Magnetic Nozzle Profiles in Enhancing Plasma Flow Acceleration
personRenu Bahl
Diagnostics of Ar Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet using Time-resolved Optical Emission Spectroscopy
personSatish Babu Thota
Machine Learning with Interpretability for Predicting Plasma Parameters in Microwave Atmospheric Plasmas
personSuryasunil Rath
Poster Session-1
Fundamental Plasma & Diagnostics (74) + Astrophysical & Space Plasmas (35) + Theoritical Modelling (10)
Session 5A: High-Temperature and Fusion-Relevant Plasmas
Chair: Dr. Raj Singh, IPR, Gandhinagar
A Unique Non-Divergent Plasma Beam for Plasma Material Interaction
personDr. Srikumar Ghorui, BARC, Mumbai
Plasma Research at BARC: Present and Future
personDr. J. Padma Nilaya, BARC, Mumbai
Unveiling Plasma-Assisted Activation of Biomass-Derived Carbons
personVajitha G
Design of Ka band Metamaterial Abasorber for Defence Applications
personNani Medicherla
Session 5B: Plasma for Space Science & Technology
Chair: Prof. Ramesh Narayanan, IIT Delhi
Plasma Thrusters for Space Science and Technology Applications
personMr. K. M. Shanbhogue, ISRO
Plasma-induced processes in the evolution of organics in space
personProf. Umesh Kadhane, IIST Thiruvananthapuram
Scaling and Intermittency In Magnetohydrodynamics Turbulence
personManthan Verma
Radiation Pressure driven Rayleigh- Taylor Instability
personRavinder Bhambhu
Dinner
Day 2 - Sunday
Dec 28, 2025Session 1: Sponsor Presentations
Session Chair: Prof. A K Das
Sponsor Talk
personOzone Crop Innovate Private Limited
Sponsor Talk
personATOS Instruments Marketing Services
Sponsor Talk
personSIMCO Global Technology & System Ltd.
Sponsor Talk
personBrukar Optics
Session 6A: Exotic & Dusty Plasma
Chair: Prof. Swatantra Pratap Singh, IIT Bombay
Compact, femtosecond laser driven plasma accelerator
personDr. Prashant K Singh, TIFR Hyderabad
Revisiting plasma crystal and structural transition phenomena
personDr. Surabhi Jaiswal, IISER Pune
Dusty plasma turbulence in DC discharge plasma
personProf. Sanat Tiwari, IIT Jammu
Magnetic Reconnection at Hyperbolic Flux Tube associated with a Confined Flare
personSanjay Kumar
Electron Acoustic Shock And Solitary Waves In Spin Polarized Dense Rotating Quantum Plasma
personAtherv Saxena
Session 6B: Quantum computing & AI/ML in Plasma
Chair: Prof. S Aravinda, IIT Tirupati
Quantum algorithms and computation
personDr. Srinivasa Prasannaa V, TCG CREST-CQuERE
Normal acoustic modes in degenerate quantum plasmas
personProf. P. K. Karmakar, Tezpur University
Data-Integrated Physical Simulation and Machine Learning Analysis
personProf. Jan Trieschmann, Kiel University
Numerical Study of Self-focusing and Guiding of q-Gaussian Short Laser Pulse
personDipanjana Hazra Nayak
Microplasma Illumination Characteristics of Electrically Conducting Nitrogen-Ion Implanted Diamond
personSankaran K. J
Lunch Break
Poster Session-II
Fusion Science & Technology (82) + Cross-Disciplinary Topics (24) + Theory (10)
Session 7A: Astrophysical Plasmas
Chair: Prof. D N Gupta, University of Delhi
Kinetic and Fluid Descriptions of Jeans Instability
personProf. Ram Prasad Prajapati, JNU
Solar magnetic fields and their effects on the surface gravity mode
personProf. Nishant K. Singh, IUCAA
Wave modes and intermittency in plasma turbulence of the solar wind
personDr. Kirit Makwana, IIT Hyderabad
Solar Storms and Their Impact on Space Weather Systems
personSwarniv Chandra
Session 7B: Emerging Technologies of Plasma
Chair: Prof. Pramod Gopinath, CUSAT
Plasma activated water and it’s application in medicine and agriculture
personProf. Lakshminarayana Rao, IISc Bengaluru
RGA Reactor for Nitrogen fixation
personDr. Shashi Ranjan, Faraday Earth Pvt. Ltd
Cold Atmospheric Plasma- Generation to Applications
personDr. Venu Anand, NIT Calicut
Sustainable Cold Plasma Systems for Aflatoxin B1 Degradation
personPushparaj Gandhi Tadavarthi
Design and Simulation of a Cold Cathode Pseudospark Switch
personRam Prakash Lamba
Buti Award Presentation Session
Cultural Event & Gala Dinner
Day 3 - Monday
Dec 29, 2025Poster Session-III
Plasma Technology & Applications (82) + Theoretical Modelling (36)
Session 8A: Multi-disciplinary Topics
Chair: Prof. Abhishek Jha, IIT Tirupati
Tailoring and controlling plasma properties in RF capacitive discharges
personDr. Nishant Sirse, IPS Academy
Plasma Catalysis for CO2 Conversion
personProf. Subrahmanyam, IIT Hyderabad
Critical Aspects on Thermal Management of TWTs for Space Applications
personDr. Vishant Gahlaut, Banasthali University
Session 8B: Cold Plasma Applications
Chair: Prof. Thangavel Kanagasekaran, IISER Tirupati
Role of cold plasma in improvement of techno functional properties of plant proteins
personDr. Trivikram Nallamilli, IIT Tirupati
Cold Plasma for food application
personProf. P. Murali Krishna, NIFTEM Kundli
Cold Plasma for Solid Radioactive Waste Treatment
personDr. Rajib Kar, BARC, Mumbai
Thermal Plasma Simulations
personProf. K Ramchandran, Bhartiyar University
Sponsor Slot
personSS Deepam Biotek Pvt. Ltd.
Lunch Break
Session 9: Awards
Jaidutt Saraswati Sodha PSSI Plasma Award Talk, Parvez Guzdar Award Talk
Session Chair: Prof. Arun Sarma, Director-General, Nectar
Conference Closure
Panel Discussion, PSSI GBM, Award distribution