The 29th Annual General Meeting of MRSI and theme symposium on "Advances in Functional and Exotic Materials" and are jointly organized by the Centre for High Pressure Research, School of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli and MRSI – Trichy Chapter. These are scheduled to be held at SRM Hotel, Tiruchirappalli during February 14 -16, 2018. The event would comprise of plenary lectures, Invited lectures, Medal Lectures, MRSI honor lectures, Best thesis award presentations, contributed poster presentations covering the latest works of the Materials Science community of the country. The main tasks of the Symposium are to provide a forum for the participants to explore the latest developments in the field of materials in India and Abroad and to formulate guidelines for further research and developments in the country.