Dr. Vivek K. Singh, Assistant Professor, School of Physics, SMVD University, J&K attended the Pittsburgh Conference & Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON – 2020) held in Chicago, IL, USA during 1-5 March, 2020. In the conference, Dr. Singh delivered a lecture related to my research work entitled “Detection and Quantification of Trace Minerals in Medicinal Plants using LIBS and ICP-OES Techniques”. During this session, scientists and researchers showed their interest in the research work done by Dr. Singh and also appreciated. They also gave some suggestions for future developments in the field and asked some questions related to my presentation. Dr. Singh also presented (poster) my work entitled “Minerals Analysis and Classification of Edible Salts using LIBS Coupled with Multivariate Analysis Methods ”. The conference was attended by more than 3000 scientists, professors, researchers, academicians from more than 90 countries including Japan, France, USA, UK, Germany, Italy, India etc. Dr. Singh interacted with the scientist working in the field of analytical chemistry and spectroscopy for future developments in the field of spectroscopy. Some of the scientists were gave their positive consent to collaborate in near future research with me. Some ideas were also come up for research work in the field of plant science and biomaterials. Overall, the conference was beneficial for the undersigned and was a good exposure in the field of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. Dr. Singh is much thankful to the University authorities for providing the financial support under Profession Development Assistance (PDA) programme by SMVDU.
