Kapilas Das from School of Applied Sciences, Department of Chemistry, KIIT, DU pursuing his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Sanjoy Kumar Maji. Kapilas Das attended the first International Conference on “Sustainable Advanced Technologies for Environmental Management ” organized by IIEST, Shibpur, Howrah, WB, India during 20-22nd December-2023. He delivered his oral presentation on the topic of “BATCH AND COLUMN ADSORPTION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM ON AQUAGUARD WASTE ACTIVATED CHARCOAL (AWAC).” It is my immense pleasure to share that he was selected and announced the FIRST BEST PAPER PRESENTER and awarded the “FIRST BEST PAPER AWARD”.