The National Institute of Technology Rourkela was founded as the Regional Engineering College, on 15th August 1961. The institute was declared as the National Institute of Technology with Deemed to be University status on 26th June 2002 and subsequently the institute has become the National Institute of importance under the Act of Parliament on 15th August 2007. NIT Rourkela is a prestigious institute which provides quality education in a diverse and multi-cultural environment. The mission of the institute is to meet the needs of the industry and commerce by providing human resource with the required knowledge and skill and also by promoting, dissemination, developing and transferring technology. The institute strives hard to become an internationally acclaimed institution of higher learning that will serve as a source of knowledge and expertise for the society and be a preferred destination for undergraduate and graduate students.

It is a residential campus offering accommodation to the faculty, staff and students. The campus has all the amenities for developing personal, social and academic skills of the student community. The location of the institute is about 8 kms from Rourkela Railway station and 2 kms from Central Bus-stand. It is well connected to the city of Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, Raipur and metropolitan city Kolkata by road and rail.

CAFET-INNOVA Technical Society (CITS) is a non-profit organization helping the scientific community established in 2007. The headquarter of the society is situated in Hyderabad and is registered by the Government of Andhra Pradesh under the AP Societies Registration Act, 2001. CITS has been formed with a motive of encouraging young talents towards the field of Research and Development (R&D). Activities like symposia, conferences, workshops, guest lectures by eminent scientists and academicians are organized by the society. It has also a publication unit having 5 international journals. It also provides an opportunity for enthusiastic students in publishing their books. CITS Orissa Section has been formed under the chairmanship of Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi, Director of NIT Rourkela.

The registration fee for the workshop includes the following :

• Accommodation
• Certificate of attendance
• Lunch and Dinner

Registration fee has to be paid through Demand Draft in favor of "CBM2010" payable at Rourkela. Demand draft along with completely filled in application should reach Dr. S. Murugan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela Orissa, Pincode-769 008, on or before 5th June 2010. You can also visit www.nitrkl.ac.in for downloading the registration form and other information.

Limited number of travel grant will be paid to the young researchers depending on the availability of funds. Accommodation will be provided for delegates in the institute’s guest houses on prior request on standard tariff.

Selected candidates will be informed by email. Complete information for communication must be necessarily provided in the registration form.

• Prof. S.K. Sarangi
  Director, NIT Rourkela
  (Applications of Cryogenics to industry, space propulsion, medicine & biology)
  
  
• Prof. S.P.Mohapatra
  Surgeon, VSS Medical College, Burla
  (Cryosurgery, clinical application of cryopreserved stem cells)
  
  
• Prof. K. Pramanik
  Professor, Biomedical Engg., NIT Rourkela
  (Cryo-tissue engineering )
  
  
• Dr. S. Murugan
  Associate Professor, NIT Rourkela
  (Cryo-engineering)
  
  
• Mr. Amitesh Kumar
  Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engg., NIT Rourkela
  (Cryosurgery, thermal modeling)