Dear Colleague,

We are glad to welcome you to the 21st International Conference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS 21) to be held in Mumbai, India from December 11th - 16th, 2016. ICOS, renowned for leveraging the research findings in organic synthesis, is marking its presence in India after a long span of 22 years and we are ecstatic to unveil the 21st edition at IIT Bombay.

The meeting will follow a traditional ICOS program developed in consultation with theInternational Advisory Board. The present edition boasts of an outstanding group of special lectures, plenary lecturers, invitedspeakers and the Thieme-IUPAC award lecture.Besides,there will also be parallel sessions from other academicians and industry scientists and poster presentations from students. We encourage the students by rewarding the best poster prizes.

We solicit your association to make this event a grand success, much akin to the previous editions.

Thanks and best regards,
Sincerely yours

Prof. Krishna P. Kaliappan Organizing Chair ICOS 21 IIT Bombay	Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar Organizing Secretary ICOS 21 CSIR-IICT Hyderabad