The Amaravati-based VIT AP University, recently held a three-day online International Conference on Applications of Fluid Dynamics. This ICAFD-2020 meeting was the fifth in a series of International Conferences that aimed to establish a leading international forum that brings together Scientist, Engineers and Industrial experts to present the latest advances and inventions in the fields of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics and explore path-breaking advancements and problems in order to choose alternative paths.

ICAFD 2020 invited resource persons from countries such as USA, Australia, UAE, Singapore and South Africa and from reputed Universities such as IIT, NIT, VIT and Central University from India. The conference was the result of a long collaborative effort between the School of Mechanical Engineering, VIT-AP University and the Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Out of the total 175 participants, 100 presented their research papers among which 25 were from the USA, Canada, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Malaysia, UAE, Singapore, West Indies, Australia and the rest of the papers were from different states of India which included IIT’s, NIT’s, Central Universities, etc.