2 nd Global Conference on

Decarbonizing India
Towards Achieving Net Zero
GCDI’25 | January 17 - 18 | 2025 www.gcdi.in

About GCDI About CCECE & CST

2
India is emitting 2.9 Gt of CO (4.9% of global The Centre for Clean Energy and Circular Economy
emissions) annually as the third largest emitter. (CCECE) is a multi-disciplinary centre in NITC, that
Power, automotive, aviation, steel, cement and aims to converge the activities related to clean
agriculture are the major sectors contributing to energy and circular economy, aligning closely with
around 70% of India's overall emissions. As the the related sustainable development goals, national
Indian economy is growing, it has to carefully plan goals and missions of our country.
and execute its economic growth while achieving
its net zero goal by 2070. The GCDI facilitates a The Centre for Sustainable Technologies (CST) was
platform for various stakeholders to discuss established under National Education Policy of
challenges and technological solutions in achieving Govt. of India in 2022 with a mission to provide the
decarbonization. quality of life through emerging technologies for
environmental sustainability, waste management,
renewable energy systems and water harvesting.
About NITC
National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) is one of the 31 Institutions of National importance set up by
an Act of Parliament in 2007, and is fully funded by the Government of India. Originally established in 1961
as a Regional Engineering College (REC), and was transformed into NITC in 2002. The Institute has 15
Departments, offering 12 UG and 32 PG programmes in Engineering, Science, Technology, Humanities and
Management, and doctoral programmes.

Organized by
Centre for Clean Energy and Circular
Economy (CCECE)
&
Centre for Sustainable Technologies (CST)
National Institute of Technology Calicut
 Call for Papers

GCDI'25 invites faculties, researchers, industrial participants to

submit their original research work in the the following themes. Paper Submission:
The recommended papers only will be allowed to submit full-length
articles for special issues in conference proceedings of GCDI’25
with ISBN number and Scopus indexed proceedings /Journals

Carbon Removal:
Energy Transition: Renewable Industrial Decarbonization
Energy and Generation Systems and Carbon Management

Solar Energy Industrial Decarbonization

Solar energy for power generation Production & Energy efficiency: Steel,
Solar pumps, desalination and other Cement, and oil/gas industries,
solar devices Composite cement from slag and fly ash
Energy recovery systems and technologies
Wind Energy
Wind energy harvesters Carbon Capture and Utilization:
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage
Green Hydrogen CCU for Climate Change
2 Mitigation
Green Hydrogen generation Cost of CO abatement
Hydrogen Storage and utilization
GHG Emissions:
Bioenergy and Electric vehicles Reduction of GHG emissions
Carbon tax
Emission trading systems

GCDI’25
Themes

Energy Efficiency and Storage Policy, Economic Aspects, and

Sustainable Practices
Power Plant Systems: Economics and Policy Aspects:
Energy efficient design of power plant Policy and Economic Aspects of CCU
systems Economics and efficiency
Carbon tax
Energy Storage: Life cycle analysis
Energy storage systems
Pumped storage power plants Sustainable Practices:
Circular economy
Batteries and their thermal management Blue economy
Combustion and gasification
Vehicle Efficiency:
Vehicle efficiency improvement Smart Grids & Smart Cities:
Lower carbon fuels & fuel mix Net zero Buildings & Green Buildings

Climate Resilience in Agriculture

Sustainable Aviation Fuel

 Important Dates
Full length paper 15 Sep - 15 Nov
submission 2024

SAMMELAN
Notifying the decision to 16 Nov - 30 Nov
authors 2024

Early Bird Registration

16 Nov - 15 Dec
2024
Academia-Industry Interaction
16 Dec 2024 - 1 Jan
16 Jan, 2025, Kozhikode
Late Registration
2025

Last Date to submit

10 Dec 2024
Revised Manuscript

Registration Fees

Participants from India Participants from ABROAD

Registration Industry/R&D Research Registration Industry/R&D Research
Faculty Attendee Faculty Attendee
Fee* (₹) Organizations Scholars Fee* (USD) Organizations Scholars

Early Bird 8850 11800 4720 2950 Early Bird 354 472 236 118

Late 10620 14160 5310 3540 Late 472 590 295 118

* Registration fee includes 18% GST

Sponsorship for GCDI’25

Platinum Diamond gold silver

₹ 5 Lakhs ₹ 3 Lakhs ₹ 2 Lakh ₹ 1 Lakh

Complementary Complementary Complementary Complementary

Delegates Delegates Delegates Delegates
5 3 2 1

* Sponsorship amount excludes 18% GST

# Benefits: Company’s name and logo in conference proceedings and website / Exhibition space, Promotional
videos during breaks / Standies in the conference area / Name and logo on the participants certificates.
 Advisory Committee
International National
Dr. Arun Muley, Chief Engineer and Fellow, Dr. B. Ashok, IAS, The Agricultural Production
Boeing Research and Technology, USA Commissioner
Dr. Bhima Sastri, Director, Energy Asset Shri Narendranath Veluri, IFS, CEO, ANERT, Kerala
Transformation, DoE - USA Dr. Harikumar, Director, EMC, Kerala
Prof. Govindan Parayal, Univ. of South Florida Dr. Kalaiselvi, Director General, CSIR Delhi
Dr. Jagannathan Mahadevan, Univ. of Texas at Dr.V.Narayanan, Director, LPSC, ISRO
Austin Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, ISA
Prof. Gaurav Sant, Univ. of California LA Mr. Devtosh Chaturvedi, Head - Power Distribution
Prof. Ajay K Dalai, University of Saskatchewan Business, GMR Energy
Prof. Sarma V Pisupati, Pennsylvania State Dr. Usha P Varma, ASL DRDO
University Mr. Sanjay Seth, Vice-President and CEO, Sustainable
Dr. Vikram Rao, RTI Energy Consortium Infrastructure Program, TERI
Dr. Shaik Afzal, GTI Energy, USA Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT Delhi
Prof. Tassos Karayiannis, Brunel University Prof. Santanu Bandyopadhyay, IIT Bombay
London Prof. Rudramoorthy, Director, PSG CARE, Coimbatore
Prof. Christos Markides, Imperial College Prof. Satyanarayanan Seshadri, IIT Madras
London Dr. S. Shankaran, Chief General Manager, SHAR,
Prof. Harjit Singh, Brunel University London Sriharikota
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Ashok, Senior Research Mr. Arijit Ghosh, Managing Director, S.A.P.
Scientist, The University of Texas at Austin Automations (INDIA) Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Sreenath K R, Volvo Group, Sweden Mr. Santosh Gurunath , Umagine Hydrogen Pvt. Ltd.
Prof. Ahmed K. Sleiti, Qatar University Ms. Apurwa Shinde, Green Energy Research and
Dr. Abhilash, King Khalid Univ, Saudi Arabia Technology Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Sambhji Kadam, University of Liverpool Dr. T. Prabu, Indian Society Systems for Science and
Prof. John Solomon,Tuskegee University,US Engineering, Coimbatore
Prof. P Viswanathan, PSG Tech, Coimbatore

Organizing Committee
Chief Patron Organizing Secreteries
Prof. Prasad Krishna, Director, NITC Dr. Arun P, Vice-Chairperson, CCECE
Dr. Haribabu K, CST
Conference Chair Dr. S.N. Deepa, Vice-Chairperson, CCECE
Prof. A Shaija, Chairperson, CCECE Dr. M. Yogesh Kumar, CST
Dr. Kiriti Sahoo, Vice-Chairperson, CCECE
Conference Co-Chairs
Dr. Panneerselvam Ranganathan, Chair, CST Organizing Joint-Secreteries
Prof. Ravi Varma M. K, Dean, IACR, NITC Dr. T J Sarvoththama Jothi, CCECE
Dr. G. Subbaraman, GTI Energy, USA Dr. Sujith Kumar C S, CCECE
Dr. Arun Muley, Chief Engineer and Fellow, Dr. Vinod Kumar Sharma, CCECE
Boeing Research and Technology, USA Dr. Sudev Das, CCECE
Prof. Jayanta Kapat, Univ. of Central Florida Dr. Nitin D Banker, CCECE
Prof. Govindan Parayil, University of South Dr. Subhasis Mandal, CST
Florida Dr. Shivanand Kumar Veesam, CST
 Organizing Committee

Prof. Prasad Krishna Prof. A Shaija

Chief Patron Chairperson
Director, NIT Calicut NIT Calicut

Dr. Panneerselvam Ranganathan Prof. Ravi Varma M. K.

Co-Chair Co-Chair
NIT Calicut NIT Calicut

Dr. G. Subbaraman Dr. Arun Muley

Co-Chair Co-Chair
GTI Energy, USA Chief Engineer and
Fellow, Boeing Research
and Technology, USA.

Prof. Jayanta Kapat Prof. Govindan Parayil

Co-Chair Co-Chair
Univ. of Central Florida University of South Florida