Acoustical Society of India (ASI)

The Acoustical Society of India was established and registered at Visakhapatnam on 31 July, 1971 with the major objective of ―the advancement of science and technology of all branches of acoustics and the maintenance of high standards in such science and technology ; to increase and diffuse the knowledge of acoustics and promote its practical applications.‖ The ASI conducts a National Symposium on Acoustics every year with a special theme. The ASI brings out the Journal of Acoustical Society of India to disseminate the latest trends in Acoustics among the professionals in the country. To encourage Indian scientists and technologists, the society has constituted various awards / honors. It is an active member of the International Commission on Acoustics (ICA). The society is having more than 30 local chapters and a combined membership of about 1100 members representing a wide spectrum of acoustical specializations. It has 26 institutional members representing Indian industry and 15 leading experts as honorary fellows of the society. CSIR– National Institute of Oceanography Mission: To continuously improve our understanding of the seas around us and to translate this knowledge to benefit all.

NSA-2015 Goa National Symposium on Acoustics

―Acoustics for Ocean Environment‖ ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM The objective of the symposium is to have a deep insight on the acoustic activities in the country and to trigger future research activities in the field. The symposium would be attended by more than 150 Indian ASI /USI members and a few other participants who are researchers, acoustical experts, students and practising specialists.

SPECIAL FEATURES

NSA—2015 Goa National Symposium on Acoustics

―Acoustics for Ocean Environment‖

 M.S. Narayanan Memorial Lecture Renowned Indian Acoustician in Transducers & Electro-acoustics, ASI Vice-President (1990-92)

 Prof. Rais Ahmed Memorial Lecture Educationist and Speech Scientist, ASI President (1979-80)

CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) with its headquarters at Dona Paula, Goa, and regional centers at Kochi, Mumbai and Visakhapatnam, is one of the 37 constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR). NIO was established on 1 January 1966 following the International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE) between 1962 and 1965. The major research areas include the four traditional branches of oceanography - biology, chemistry, physics and geology and geophysics, besides ocean engineering, marine instrumentation and archaeology. The institute has grown today into a large oceanographic laboratory of international repute. The institute has well equipped laboratories to conduct research in these and multidisciplinary areas. The institute also operates research vessels RV Sindhu Sadhana and RV Sindhu Sankalp equipped with multidisciplinary oceanographic facilities. In addition to basic research, the institute also carries out applied research sponsored by the industry. The institute also provides consultancy on a number of issues including marine environmental protection and coastal zone regulations. The institute has a library with 15,000 books and 20,000 back volumes of research journals, making it the best collection of printed literature on ocean sciences in the country.

 Plenary and Invited Talks  Exhibition of Acoustical Products & Equipment IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts

7 – 9 October, 2015

6 June 2015

CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography

Acceptance and Invitation to Submit Manuscripts

26 June 2015

Dona Paula, Goa

Deadline for Receipt of Manuscripts

1 August 2015

Organised by

End of Early Bird Registration

1 August 2015

Acoustical Society of India (ASI) & CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa

NSA—2015 Goa

7 -9 October 2015

For further details, please contact: Dr Bishwajit Chakraborty, Convenor, email: [email protected] Shri A.K.Saran, Co-convenor, email: [email protected] http://www.nio.org Ph: 91-832 2450318 Fax: 91-832 2450602

Venue: CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa — 403004

COMMITTEES

EXHIBITION

CALL FOR PAPERS

Advisory Committee Dr. S.W.A. Naqvi, Director, NIO, & Chairman NSA-2015 Dr. M.O. Garg, DG CSIR Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, MoES Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST Dr.V.M.Katoch, DG ICMR & Secretary, DHR Dr. Avinash Pant, Chairman, AICTE Prof. R. Gadagkar, President , INSA Dr. D.M.Salunke, INSA, Member Secretary Shri Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, MNRES Shri T.S. Jawahar, IAS, Sr. DDG, ICMR Dr. B.N. Suresh, President, INAE Shri Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, MoEF & CC Dr. S. Rajan, Director, NCAOR Dr. M Atamanand, Director, NIOT, Chennai Dr. D. Sreenivasan, Past President, ASI Dr. V.K.Attre, Past President, ASI Prof. S.S. Agarwal, Past President, ASI Prof. E.S.R. Gopal, Past President, ASI Prof. M.L.Munjal, Past President, ASI Dr. V Bhujang Rao, Past President, ASI Prof. B.V.A. Rao, Past President, ASI Dr. S.P.Singal, Past President, ASI Prof. S.Narayanan, Past President, ASI Dr. V.Mohanan, Past Chief Editor, ASI Dr. V Rajendran, Past President, ASI Prof. V.R.Singh, President, ASI

Technical Committee Dr. G. V. Anand, Professor, IISc., Bangalore Dr. R. Bahl, Professor, IIT Delhi Dr. S.R. Savithri, Director AIISH, Mysore Dr. R.N. Jindal, MoEF, New Delhi Dr. A.K. Gupta, NIOS, NOIDA Shri Brij Mohan, DRDO, New Delhi Cdr. Vijay Singh, DRDO, New Delhi Dr. D.D. Ebenezer, NPOL Dr. S.K.Shrivastava, BU, Jhansi Dr. T Ramprasad, Chief Scientist, NIO Dr. G.Latha, NIOT, Chennai Shri P.V.S. Ganesh Kumar, Vice-President ,ASI Dr. Mahavir Singh, Secretary, ASI Dr. I. Johnson, Jt. Secretary, ASI Dr. Y.K.Yadav, Treasurer, ASI Dr. B Chakraborty, Chief Editor, ASI & Convenor, NIO Shri A.K. Saran, Co-Convenor, NIO

Local Organising Committee Chairperson Vice Chairperson Convenor Co-convenor Members

Dr. SWA Naqvi Dr. Rajiv Nigam Dr. Bishwajit Chakraborty Shri A.K.Saran Dr. P.S. Rao Dr. R. Mukhopadhyay Dr. Rahul Sharma Dr. A.K. Chaubey Shri Sanjeev Afzalpurkar Shri Vasudev Mahale Shri Andrew Menezes Shri Desmond Gracias Shri William Fernandes

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Guidelines for Submission of Papers  Any original contribution / constructive review, not published elsewhere  Experimental investigation with definite conclusion  Case studies of national importance  Simulation studies with practical demonstration / results  Design of instruments / system / software for acoustic analysis & synthesis of signals  Commercialism / Promotion Lectures should be avoided.  The pages must be of A4 size and the full article should not exceed 6 pages.  All contributed submissions are welcome in all branches of acoustics. All communications with authors will be made through the conference site of NIO website (www.nio.org). Submissions through mail, fax or email would not be entertained. Registration Fees Category

Indian Participants (INR) Upto 1st August 2015

Non-ASI Members* ASI Members* Students* Accompanying Person**

After 1st August 2015

5,000 4,000 2,000 2,000

5,500 4,500 2,500 2,500

Registration Fees Cover:  Proceedings, book of abstracts, conference materials, lunch and refreshments, cultural program, transport from venue to place of accommodation and conference banquet. ** Lunch and refreshments, Cultural program, transport from venue to hotel and conference banquet. Students must provide valid student ID card. For Registration details, visit http://www.nio.org Registration Fees do not cover accommodation charges. Accomodation Goa is a peak tourist destination during October season. The names of the Hotels / Guest houses close to venue are listed below and advisories are issued to reserve the rooms at an early date through hotel websites. 5 Star hotels Hotel Cidade-de-Goa Hotel Grand Hyatt Bambolim Beach resort 3 star hotels Sandalwood Hotel & Retreat Prainha Resort by the Sea L’ Hotel Eden Chances resort Medium Hotels Near by Dona paula Economy Hotels Taleigao, Dona paula

A/C double room A/c double room A/c double room A/C double room A/c Double room A/c Double room A/c Double room A/c Double room A/c Double room

INR 19000 / night INR 18700 / night INR 12,000 / night INR 4600 / night INR 7285 / night INR 4689 /night INR 5500 / night INR 3500- 4500 / day INR 2500—3500 /day

Dormitory rooms in NIO Science center / University Guest house will preferably be given to students.

For booking, please visit the hotel websites or Goa tourism websites

www.goatourism.gov.in

NSA-2015 Goa will gather more than 150 Indian and a few international participants. An exhibition will be organized covering ALL AREAS OF ACOUSTICS (Instruments, equipment, software, services etc.) during the event days. In order to improve the contact between the participants and exhibitors, the morning and afternoon coffee breaks as well as the opening reception will be organized within the exhibition areas. The booths will be assigned on first – come, first serve basis.

Technical Details about the exhibition will be available on the conference website. A 5% discount will be given to Companies / Institutions that have members of ASI on their staff.

SPONSORING Warm welcome to the companies and institutions wishing to sponsor the NSA-2015 Goa. Sponsor’s support will be mainly utilised to support student participation in the conference. In order to have common rules, the following grades have been established for sponsors. For all sponsors, the general advantages are the following:  The logo of the sponsor will be present on all printed matters.  A sponsor list will be included in the conference program and abstract book (souvenir).  The sponsor presentation will be a part of conference CD: for each sponsor, it will include a short description (1 page provided by the sponsor) with a link to sponsor’s website.  Standard Sponsor: Sponsoring Amount: r30,000  

Advantages: General advantages Silver Sponsor: Sponsoring Amount:

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All Standard Sponsor advantages In addition, a leaflet (less than 8 pages) will be included in the bag of all the participants. Leaflets will be printed by the sponsors and delivered on time for inclusion in the bags. Gold Sponsor: Sponsoring Amount: r80,000 All Silver Sponsor advantages In addition: together with Conference logo (or name), the Sponsor logo (or name) will be printed on one conference item (paid by Conference): pen, notepad, bag, etc. The sponsor will be announced and clearly displayed. Platinum Sponsor: Sponsoring Amount: r1,00000 All Gold Sponsor advantages Other advantages to be discussed with the Organizing Committee.

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Souvenir (abstract book) consists of highlights of technical programme, delegates list and abstracts. It will be distributed to all participants. Advertisements in this book provides a golden opportunity for industries and others to advertise their products and services for future business and growth. Advertisements rates and technical details will be available on the conference page of NIO website ( www.nio.org)