Manav Rachna University Successfully Concludes ICEMRB-2026, Honours Top Researchers

Faridabad: The four-day International Conference on Energy Materials and Rechargeable Batteries (ICEMRB-2026), along with a satellite symposium on advances in science and technology, concluded at Manav Rachna University with awards presented to outstanding participants in various categories.

Pooja Rani from CSIR–National Physical Laboratory secured first place in the poster presentation category. Anju Pahal of Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT) won second place, while Satyam Singh of Delhi Technological University, Jyoti of MNIT Jaipur and Priya Pandey of Delhi secured third-place honours, as listed by the organisers. The awards were presented by Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Sangeeta Banga and Registrar Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Mishra.

In the oral presentation category, Praveen Kumar Yadav of the National Forensic Sciences University, Bhopal, secured first place. Bhavi Agarwal of UPES, Dehradun, and Madhu of GB Pant University were listed in second place, while Manish Kumar of Delhi University and Anjali of Manav Rachna University received third-place honours.

In the Young Achiever category, Eksha of Manav Rachna University, Jitendra Kumar Yadav of IIT Jodhpur and Aparna Ashok of Symbiosis International Deemed University, Pune, received awards.

The team comprising Kajal, Yavish, Jatin and Geeta of Manav Rachna University won first place in the Best Interdisciplinary Project category. The team of Daksh Mehta, Devanshu Sharma, Priyesh Ranjan Chaubey and Dr Archana Rani of GD Goenka University secured second place.

The conference was inaugurated by S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. According to Manav Rachna University Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Dipendra Kumar Jha, the event attracted invited speakers and delegates from universities and technical institutions across India and abroad.

Participating institutions included Purdue University, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Arizona State University in the US; Hiroshima University in Japan; Belarusian State University; the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and other South Korean institutions; Université Paris-Saclay in France; Hanoi University of Science and Technology in Vietnam; the University of the West Indies; and universities and research institutions from Spain, Lesotho, Nigeria, Nepal and Denmark.

Sessions covered energy materials, fuel cells and solar devices, rechargeable batteries, synchrotron techniques, computational methods, battery recycling, environmental issues and multidisciplinary research. Presenters were invited to submit their research to the conference’s publication partners, RSC Advances and Discover Electrochemistry.

The organisers acknowledged the support of CSIR and the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, whose financial assistance helped make the conference possible.