Geological Society of IndiaRegional Chapter, Odisha
NATURE-CM 2026National Seminar on Critical Minerals
Directorate of Mines and GeologyGovernment of Odisha
Geological Society of IndiaRegional Chapter, Odisha
NATURE-CM 2026National Seminar on Critical Minerals
Directorate of Mines and GeologyGovernment of Odisha
National Seminar on Natural Resources & Their Utilisation with Special Reference to Critical Minerals
Enabling “Make in India” Through Mineral Security. Join the premier national seminar on exploration, R&D, sustainable mining, resource assessment and the minerals powering India's future, held alongside the GSI Annual General Body Meeting 2026.
Research, industry and policy working together for Viksit Bharat 2047
Pay the registration fee in advance by bank transfer or UPI (payment details), or at the registration desk, Auditorium foyer, from 9:00 AM on Saturday 14 November.
Odisha covers about 4.87% of India's land yet stands as the nation's mineral powerhouse, rich in chromite, iron ore, bauxite and coal, and home to NALCO, CIL, OMC, Tata Steel, Hindalco, Vedanta and AM/NS.
Organised by GSIRCO in collaboration with the Directorate of Mines & Geology, Government of Odisha. Delegates can book private sightseeing to Puri, Konark and Chilika through the conference Mobility Partner.
Critical minerals sit at the centre of India's next growth phase, powering four converging national priorities.
Lithium, cobalt and rare earths underpin batteries, EVs and renewable-energy hardware.
Semiconductors, electronics and telecom infrastructure depend on secure mineral supply chains.
Steel, aerospace and defence manufacturing rely on chromium, titanium and vanadium.
Domestic mineral security reduces import dependence and strengthens strategic autonomy.
Decision-makers across government, PSUs, industry and academia, together for three days in Bhubaneswar.
Central and state departments, directorates and regulators shaping mineral security.
Mining, metals and processing companies, from exploration to value addition.
Geoscience and materials R&D labs driving exploration and processing technology.
Faculty and institutions presenting peer-reviewed oral and poster papers.
PG, doctoral and post-doctoral fellows on the dedicated poster track.
Industry partners at the Industrial R&D Showcase and exhibition space.
All official updates about NATURE-CM 2026 appear here. Newest first.
The detailed programme lists all 4 keynote addresses and 44 oral presentations, with breaks, meals and the field visit. Download the programme (PDF), the invitation and inaugural programme (PDF), the venue guide and the stay and transport guide, or add the programme to your calendar (.ics).
Pay in advance by NEFT / RTGS or UPI using the payment details, or pay at the registration desk. Report to the Auditorium foyer, CSIR-IMMT between 9:00 and 10:00 AM on Saturday 14 November to register. Delegates who have already paid receive their payment acknowledgement at the counter; keep your payment reference handy. Presenters hand over their PPT on a pen drive, or share an online link, at the time of registration.
Three air-conditioned buses leave the IMMT seminar venue at 7:30 AM (assemble 7:00 AM) for Notara, Itamati, about 100 km away, and return by 6:00 PM. Confirm your participation at the registration counter on 14 November. Contact: Tarini Prasad, +91 82496 06881.
A one-hour bus visit to the Rajarani and Mukteswar temples (14 Nov) and the Khandagiri and Udayagiri caves (15 Nov). RSVP during registration.
The Presidency (Hospitality Partner) offers conference rates from ₹3,000 per night; Patra Travels (Mobility Partner) runs airport, station and venue transfers; Angan Heritage (Catering Partner) serves all meals. See Venue & Travel.
Applications for limited travel assistance and accommodation for deserving presenters closed on 15 September 2026.
The deadline for full paper submission is extended to 31 July 2026. Submit through the GSI portal.
Registration for NATURE-CM 2026 opened on 15 June 2026.
Poster abstracts (within 1000 words) were invited from young researchers. Submissions closed on 31 August 2026.
Four interconnected tracks spanning the full lifecycle of critical mineral discovery, extraction and sustainable policy.
From the iron-nickel core to the crust: explore the layers that concentrate the minerals powering modern technology. Move your cursor over the globe.
Select any glowing marker on the globe to see where that critical mineral comes from.
Inner & outer core: iron–nickel (Fe–Ni). Hotspots are illustrative of where each critical mineral is typically concentrated.
A three-day programme of plenary talks, peer-reviewed presentations, industry showcases and a geological field visit.
Keynote lectures from leading geoscientists and policymakers shaping India's mineral strategy.
Peer-reviewed presentations across all four themes, with a dedicated young-researcher poster track.
Cross-sector dialogue between government, PSUs, industry and academia on mineral security.
Technology demonstrations and exhibition space for sponsors and mineral-based industries.
Selected full papers published in a special volume per the Journal of the Geological Society of India.
A full-day geological visit to the rare-earth occurrence at Notara, Itamati, Nayagarh district.
All sessions are at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar. The inauguration and plenary sessions are in the Main Auditorium; parallel sessions run in the Main Auditorium and S. S. Bhatnagar Hall. Open a session to see every talk, or search for your name. Use + Calendar on any item to add it to Google Calendar, or add the whole programme with the .ics file.
About 100 km from Bhubaneswar. Three air-conditioned buses will take participants. The visit includes packed breakfast en route, fieldwork, lunch and a concluding discussion.
Confirm your participation at the registration counter on the morning of 14 November so that seating and meals can be finalised. Plan onward travel after 6:00 PM.
The peer-reviewed papers of NATURE-CM 2026, published by the Geological Society of India. The volume will be released at the inaugural function on 14 November 2026, and a printed copy will be given to each delegate.
Sarada P. Mohanty
Aindrila Mukherjee and Sisir K. Mondal
Arijit Barik, Abhisheka V.R., R. B. Singh, S. R. Baswani, Nand Kishore Yadav, Venkanna Banothu, Avantika Singh, Vikash Tripathy, Apurba Banerjee, S. Ravi, and M.L. Dora
Arup Ratan Manna, Saptarshi Mallick, Arun Kumar Kujur, J. P. Mohakul, Manoranjan Mohanty and Rosalin Das
Ashit Kumar Swain, Abhilipsa Dash, Sangitsarita Nanda, Reenu Joshi and Sanjaya Kumar Dash
Asit Kumar Mishra, Lipisudha Badapanda, and Satya Narayana Mahapatro
B. H. Lodhia, P. Agrahari, A. Priyadarshi, and B. I. A. McInnes
Bhaskar J. Saikia, G. Parthasarathy, Rashmi R. Borah, and B. Saravanan
Biswajeet Lenka, Shradha Shukla, R.K. Sharma, S. S. Sarkar, and S. Goswami
Biswaranjan Mohanty, Ringphami Awungshi, and Ranjit G. Khangar
Kh. Laksana Singh, C.S. Sindhuja, and M. Ram Mohan
Dev Lalatendu, Biswajeet Lenka, Sourav Misra, and J. P. Mohakul
Dilip Majumdar and Abhijit Gogoi
Fareeduddin
G. Nagendra Babu, G. Praveen, T. Shiva Kumar, S. V. Satyanarayana, and Ch. Ravi
Jugal Kishore Duruka, Ananta Kumar Das, Ramesh Behera, Sasmita Sahoo, and Prabal Kumar Chand
Krutika Jangale, Pratik Godbole, M. L. Dora, Kaustubh Deshpande, Sanjeevani Jawadand, Rajkumar Meshram, and Kirtikumar Randive
Janmejaya Sahoo, S. K. Samala and M. L. Dora
M. Santosh
M. Satyanarayanan, K. Thillairaj, G. Parthasarathy, C.S. Sindhuja, Ajay Kumar Singh and Dheeraj Pande
J. P. Mohakul, K. K. Behera, Arup Ratan Manna, Maya Tripathi, Tusarkant Sethy, Anupam Mondal, Raja Ahirwar, Swarnali Mondal and P. K. Panda
Monika Mishra, Manish Banerjee, Debojit Talukdar, Sandip Nandy, and Chiluvuru Ravi Kumar
Siddhartha Karmakar, Diethovilie Pieru, Mrinal Kanti Mukherjee, Parminder Singh Sethi, Biswaranjan Mohanty, Muduru L Dora, Ravi Kumar Umrao and Arindam Gantait
Muduru L. Dora, Tushar Meshram, Srinivas R. Baswani, M. Santosh, Gladsen Bage, Rajkumar Meshram, Mahesh Korakoppa, K Chandramouleeswara Rao, Ravi Kumar Umrao, and Kirtikumar Randive
Sambit Dalai, Nilima Dash and Bibhuranjan Nayak
Payaswini Das, Bibhuranjan Nayak and Nilima Dash
Mudili. Venkata Sai, P. Venkata Sunder Raju, Saleem Ahmed Khan
Raghunath Mishra, Murari Prasad Kesari, Snigdha Dash and Apurba Banerjee
Ravi Kumar Umrao, Shahid Iqbal, Arguslal A. Ashok, Pushpesh Narayan, and M.L. Dora
Abhishek Verma, and Sakthi Saravanan Chinnasamy
Satya Nanda Mohanty, Somit Mohanty and Ashley Brown
Smita Priyadarshini Ojha, V.V. Sesha Sai, Sini Raj, and Animesh Thakur
Sneha Bhaumik, Saptarshi Mallick, Moumita Mondal, Jayaprakash Mahakul, and Anima Gogoi
Sneha Bhaumik, Sreemoyee Chakraborty, Saptarshi Mallick, Asthajita Bhuyan, Kalyan Kumar Neog, Rosalin Das, Jayaprakash Mahakul, Satyananda Maiti, and Bhoomika Mod
Sujith M.S., Suraj P. Vichhi, H.S. Rajaraman and S.K. Dash
Susobhan Neogi, Trisrota Chaudhuri, and Sandip Nandy
Suvranshu Sekhar Baral and Geetanjali Rana
Tarini Prasad Sahoo, Kallola Kumar Behera, and Biswajeet Lenka
V.V. Sesha Sai, D.B.K. Khuntia, and Subhashree Lenka
Yamuna Singh
No paper matches your search.
Odisha's ancient geology shaped two legacies: the khondalite, sandstone and laterite that built the temples of the Golden Triangle (Puri, Konark and Bhubaneswar), and the separate chromite, bauxite and critical-mineral belts powering India's future. NATURE-CM 2026 is hosted at the heart of this living link between earth science and civilisation.
The consolidated list comprises delegates, students, invitees and organisers.
| Organisation | Participants |
|---|---|
| Geological Survey of India | 40 |
| Directorate of Mines and Geology, Odisha | 39 |
| CSIR-IMMT | 33 |
| Geological Society of India / GSIRCO | 25 |
| My World Consultancy Services (WCS) | 22 |
| Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research | 8 |
| Other organisations, including IIT Bombay, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, IIT Bhubaneswar, NIT Rourkela, IISER Berhampur, Utkal, Ravenshaw and Fakir Mohan universities, CSIR-NGRI, Curtin University, Tata Steel, Hindalco, Vedanta, Hindustan Zinc, JSPL, MECL, OMC and OMDC | 99 |
| Total | 266 |
Figures will be refreshed once after registration closes on 14 November.
Align your brand with India's leading minerals seminar and reach decision-makers across government, PSUs, industry and academia.
*Advertisement display in both outdoor & hall, abstract volume and digital screen. Contact the organisers for the full sponsorship prospectus.
Report to the Auditorium foyer, CSIR-IMMT, Acharya Vihar, Bhubaneswar.
Scan to pay (UPI)After paying, keep the transaction reference or a screenshot and show it at the registration desk. Write your name in the payment remarks where possible.
Questions: Convenor, Shri Jadaba Nanda Das, +91 94801 16485 · naturecm2026@gmail.com
CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR-IMMT)
Acharya Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751013
CSIR-IMMT is the co-host. Registration (9:00 to 10:00 AM, Saturday 14 November) is in the Auditorium foyer. The inauguration, plenary sessions, cultural programme, valedictory function and AGM are in the Main Auditorium. Parallel technical sessions run in the Main Auditorium and S. S. Bhatnagar Hall on the same campus. Dinners are at Amrapali, CSIR-IMMT Auditorium Lawn.
1471/A, Nayapalli, near ISKCON Temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751015
Rooms have been reserved at special conference rates. Committee-supported accommodation is confirmed separately by email to eligible attendees. All other delegates may avail the same rates at their own expense: book directly with the hotel contact and quote “NATURE-CM 2026”.
| Room (with breakfast) | Single | Double |
|---|---|---|
| Deluxe Room | ₹3,000 | ₹3,900 |
| Presidency Suite | ₹6,000 | ₹7,000 |
INR per night, CPAI plan (room with breakfast). Deluxe rates are inclusive of taxes as per the terms on record with the hotel; guests booking a suite should check the tax treatment with the hotel at the time of booking. Extras beyond the room plan are settled by the guest.
The Presidency in Google Maps →Plot No. 1151, 1st Floor, Royal Palace Campus, Tankapani Road, near Rabi Talkies, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751018
Airport and station transfers on 13 November, conference buses on 14 and 15 November, and the field visit on 16 November.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and refreshments are arranged at CSIR-IMMT on 14 and 15 November, including the Welcome Gala Dinner (14 November) and the Concluding Gala Dinner (15 November) at Amrapali, CSIR-IMMT Auditorium Lawn. Packed breakfast, lunch and refreshments are arranged for the field visit on 16 November.
From The Presidency join NH-16 towards Acharya Vihar (north-east). After about 2 km turn left at Acharya Vihar into the CSIR-IMMT campus road. The Auditorium is about 600 m inside, facing the institute cricket ground.
| Date | Service | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 13 Nov | Airport and railway station transfers to the hotel | 3 AC Innova Crysta |
| Sat 14 Nov | The Presidency to CSIR-IMMT and return after the programme | 1 AC coach (38 seats), 2 AC Innova Crysta |
| Sun 15 Nov | The Presidency to CSIR-IMMT and return after the programme | 1 AC coach (38 seats), 2 AC Innova Crysta |
| Mon 16 Nov | Field visit to Notara, Nayagarh district, and return; return transfers | 3 AC coaches, 2 AC Innova Crysta |
A short evening visit by bus, about one hour, on each conference day for delegates who ask for it. Give your RSVP during registration.
| Date | Visit | How to join |
|---|---|---|
| Sat 14 Nov, evening | Rajarani Temple and Mukteswar Temple | RSVP during registration; by conference bus from CSIR-IMMT |
| Sun 15 Nov, evening | Khandagiri and Udayagiri caves | RSVP during registration; by conference bus from CSIR-IMMT |
Departure time is announced at the venue. Entry tickets, where applicable, are paid by the delegate.
For sightseeing beyond the two evening visits, including day trips to Puri, Konark and Chilika after the event, book directly with Patra Travels at the conference rate. Quote “NATURE-CM 2026”.
Rates are not negotiated by the organisers.
| Hotel | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Novotel Bhubaneswar Janpath | Janpath | all.accor.com (opened Sept 2026) |
| Vivanta Bhubaneswar, DN Square | NH-16, Patrapada 751019 | +91 674 688 8888 · vivantahotels.com |
| Mayfair Lagoon | Jaydev Vihar (under 2 km from venue) | mayfairhotels.com |
| Trident, Bhubaneswar | Nayapalli (under 2 km from venue) | tridenthotels.com |
| Swosti Premium | Jaydev Vihar | swostihotels.com |
| Ginger Bhubaneshwar | Opposite NALCO HQ, adjoining the IMMT campus | gingerhotels.com |
| Welcomhotel by ITC Hotels, Bhubaneswar | Dumduma | itchotels.com |
| Lemon Tree Premier, Bhubaneswar | Unit III | lemontreehotels.com |
Shri Dibya Jyoti Baral
Coordination of accommodation, transport, venue, catering and field visit.
Mobile / WhatsApp +91 94373 52050 · naturecm2026@gmail.com
| Desk | Contact | Mobile / email |
|---|---|---|
| Convenor | Shri Jadaba Nanda Das | +91 94801 16485 |
| Accommodation | Sakti Prasad | +91 81440 62952 |
| Transport and field visit | Tarini Prasad | +91 82496 06881 |
| Venue | Santosh | +91 91321 21214 |
| Meals and other logistics | Shreejeet | +91 93379 85068 |
| RSVP, inaugural function | Shri Mihir Kumar Senapati, Chairman, GSIRCO | naturecm2026@gmail.com |
All desks use naturecm2026@gmail.com.
Directorate of Mines and GeologyGovernment of OdishaMy World Consultancy Services (WCS)SNM GroupMGM Minerals Ltd.RJ Logistic Pvt. Ltd.JSP Minerals Private LimitedRaga Tradecon Private LimitedPay the fee in advance by bank transfer or UPI, or at the venue desk from 9:00 AM on 14 November.
