The International Conference on Materials for Energy Environment and Healthcare (MEEHCON)-2024 started at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicuton 20th December 2024. The two-day conference, duringDecember 20-21, 2024, is organized by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NIT Calicut.

The conference was inaugurated by Prof. Priya Chandran, Director in Charge, NIT Calicut The inaugural keynote lectures was delivered by Prof P M Ajayan, Rice University, USA and Prof. Christian Kubel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany and chaired by Prof C B Sobhan, NIT Calicut.

The conference aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers, research scholars and industrialists to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Materials for Energy, Environment, and Healthcare. MEEHCON '24 provides a premier interdisciplinary platform to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns, as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in these fields. This event also emphasizes the importance of knowledge exchange and fostering collaborations among international institutions, promoting global advancements in materials science and engineering.

Eminent speakers including Prof. T S Sampath Kumar, IIT Madras, Dr.Saikat Talapatra, Southern Illinois University, Prof. N V Ravikumar, IIT Madras, Prof.Douglas Galvao, Campinas State University, Brazil, Prof. Ranjit Bauri, IIT Madras , Dr. Santhana Eswara, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Prof. M M Shaijumon, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Prof. Sarith P Sathian, IIT Madras, and Dr. Tetsuo Oikawa, JEOL, will be delivering lectures.

The conference received an overwhelming response, with more than 150 paper presentations with more than 400 attendees. The conference proceedings will be published in Springer Proceedings in Materials and selected papers will be published in SCI indexed journals Materials Research Express, Materials Performance and Characterisation, and Physica-E: Low Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. The best papers will be awarded by reputed publishers including Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and American Chemical Society (ACS).