CATCON - 2026

Patron

Prof. Sukumar Mishra

Patron
Director, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

Prof. Dheeraj Kumar

Co-Patron
Deputy Director, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

General Chair

Prof. Sukanta Das

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India

Prof. Sivaji Chakravorti

Jadavpur University, India

Prof. C.C. Reddy

IIT Ropar, India

Organizing Chair

Dr. Arijit Baral

Organizing Chair

Dr. Paresh Kumar Nayak

Organizing Co-Chair

Dr. Gauri Shankar

Organizing Co-Chair

Dr. Ananda Shankar Hati

Organizing Co-Chair

Advisory Committee

Prof. Ahmed Abu-Siada, Curtin University, Australia
Prof. Amlan J. Pal, IACS Kolkata, India
Prof. Ayman El-Hag, University of Waterloo, Canada
Prof. B S Rajanikanth, IISc, Bangalore, India
Prof. B. Chatterjee, Jadavpur University, India
Prof. C. Koley, NIT Durgapur, India
Prof. Chandima Ekanayake, The University of Queensland, Australia
Prof. Ernst Gockenbach, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Prof. Fabiani Davide, University of Bologna, Italy
Prof. Giancarlo Montanari, University of Florida, USA
Prof. Giovanni Mazzanti, University of Bologna, Italy
Prof. Gururaj S Punekar, NIT Surathkal, India
Prof. Hazlee Azil Illias, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Prof. Issouf Fofana, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Canada
Prof. Kishore Chatterjee, IIT Bombay, India
Prof. K. Das Bhattacharya, IIEST Shibpur, India
Prof. L. Satish, IISc, Bangalore, India
Prof. Michael Finkel, Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Germany
Prof. Nandini Gupta, IIT Kanpur, India
Prof. R. Sarathi, IIT Madras, India
Prof. Shesha Jayaram, University of Waterloo, Canada
Prof. Sisir Kumar Nayak, IIT Guwahati, India
Prof. Sovan Dalai, Jadavpur University, India
Prof. S V Kulkarni, IIT Bombay, India
Prof. Tapan Kumar Saha, University of Queensland, Australia
Prof. Udaya Kumar, IISc Bangalore, India
Dr. Subba Reddy B, IISc Bangalore, India
Dr. Sushil Kumar Soonee, Former Advisor and founder CEO, POSOCO, India
Dr. T. Bhavani Shanker, Former Joint Director, CPRI, India
Dr. T. Nag, Netaji Subhash Engineering College, India
Mr. Arijit Basuray, Neo Tele-Tronix Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata, India
Mr. Subrata Sarkar, Former GM, NTPC-NETRA, India

Conference Chairs

General Chair: Prof. Sukanta Das, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, India
General Chair (Honorary): Prof. Sivaji Chakravorti, Jadavpur University, India
General Chair (Honorary): Prof. C.C. Reddy, IIT Ropar, India
Conference Chair: Prof. A. Baral, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Conference Co-Chair: Prof. P.K. Nayak, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Conference Co-Chair: Prof. G. Shankar, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Conference Co-Chair: Prof. A.S. Hati, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Finance and Audit Chair: Prof. B.K. Naick, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Finance and Audit Co-Chair: Prof. A. Kumar, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Publication and Editorial Chair: Prof. P.K. Nayak, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Publication and Editorial Co-Chair: Prof. V.L. Srinivas, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Technical Program Chair: Prof. B. Chatterjee, Jadavpur University
Sponsorship Chair: Prof. T. Maity, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Sponsorship Co-Chair: Prof. G. Shankar, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Industry Chair: Dr. T. Bhavani Shanker, Joint Director (Retd.), CPRI
Publicity Chair: Prof. Kalyan Chatterjee, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Publicity Co-Chair: Dr. Saurabh Dutta, Univ. of Manchester, UK
Publicity Co-Chair: Dr. Deepak Mishra, IMU, Kolkata
Registration Chair: Prof. V. Mukherjee, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Registration Co-Chair: Prof. H. Vundavilli, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Transportation and Accommodation Chair: Prof. A.S. Hati, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Transportation and Accommodation Co-Chair: Prof. A. Ghoshal, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Food and Hospitality Chair: Prof. D. Sharma, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Food and Hospitality Co-Chair: Prof. S. Acharya, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Decoration, Cultural & Stage Management Chair: Prof. N. Pal, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad

Technical Program Committee

Prof. Abhijit Lahiri, MCKV Institute of Engineering, India
Dr. A.R. Verma, IIT, Kanpur, India
Dr. Arpan Kr Pradhan, Jadavpur University, India
Dr. Arup Kumar Das, IIT BHU, India
Dr. Asha Sharma, IIT Roorkee, India
Dr. Avirup Maulik, IIT BHU, India
Dr. B. Biswas, IIT Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Biswarup Ganguly, NIT Silchar, India
Dr. Chilaka Ranga, NIT Raipur, India
Dr. Deepak Mishra, IMU, Kolkata, India
Dr. Harimurugan Devarajan, NIT Jalandhar, India
Dr. H. C. Verma, BIT Sindri, India
Dr. K.B. Nandapurkar, IIT Roorkee, India
Dr. Nasirul Haque, NIT, Calicut, India
Dr. Palash Mishra, NIT, Warangal, India
Prof. P. Basak, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India
Prof. P. Purkait, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Prof. Preetha P, NIT, Calicut, India
Prof. Rajarshi Gupta, University of Calcutta, India
Dr. Riddhi Ghosh, Hitachi Energy, Sweden
Dr. R.K. Jarial, NIT, Hamirpur, India
Prof. S. C. Vora, Nirma University, India
Dr. S. Maur, Ramkrishna Mahato Government Engineering College, India
Dr. S. Parveen, IMU, Kolkata, India
Prof. Saibal Chatterjee, NIT Mizoram, India
Dr. Santanu Das, Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, India
Dr. Saurav Dutta, University of Manchester, UK
Dr. Saurav Pramanik, IIT Kharagpur, India
Prof. Sindhu T K, NIT, Calicut, India
Dr. Sounak Nandi, NIT, Jalandhar, India
Prof. Subrata Karmakar, NIT, Rourkela, India
Dr. Subrata Biswas, Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata, India
Dr. Sukanya Parui, IIEST Shibpur, India
Prof. Sunitha K, NIT, Calicut, India
Dr. Sunanda Sinha, MNIT Jaipur, India
Dr. Soumya Chatterjee, NIT Durgapur, India
Dr. Suman Ranjan, BIT Sindri, India

Paper Submission Opens	April 15, 2026
Paper Submission Deadline	July 15, 2026 Extended: July 31, 2026 Paper Submission Link
Final Paper Acceptance Notification	October 15, 2026
Camera-Ready Paper Submission Deadline	November 18, 2026
Early Bird Registration Starts	October 30, 2026
Regular Registration Starts	November 30, 2026
Date of Conference	Dec 18 - Dec 20, 2026