Dear colleagues,\ \ The next event of the AIPEA Early Career Clay Scientist Network’s bimonthly webinar series will be organized by Indian clay group, Ranjan Paul and Debarup Das.\ It will take place on **Friday, March 24, at 7-9 PM Indian Standard Time (IST)** **(2.30 PM in Paris)**.\ \ We will discover the research activities of **7.05-7.20 PM Subhadip Paul / Debarup Das** \ from  *Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi*about  **Clay mineral alterations due to exhaustive cropping in major soil types of India**\ **7.20-7.35 PM Jaymeet Solanki** \ from *Department of Earth and Environment Science, Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Varma Kachchh University, Bhuj, Gujrat*about  **Geochemistry, mineralogy, and genesis of kaolin deposits of Kachchh Western, India, and its Diverse Industrial Applications**\ **7.35 - 7.50 PM Ranjan Paul**from *Division of Soil Resource Studies, ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur, Maharashtra*about **Characteristics and edaphological significance of nano size smectites of cracking clay soils (Vertisols) of Tropical India**\ **7.50 - 8.05 PM Himanshu Yadav** from *Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam*  about **Factors influencing the engineering behavior of bentonites** \ **Connection link:** <https://cnrs.zoom.us/j/99843000456?pwd=dlV4dFFHT0w3SUZkNnl0TGdPTjFiZz09>\ \ ID : 998 4300 0456\ Password : ee2AVw\ \ **Please share this information in your national clay group and with your colleagues!**\ \ Looking forward meeting you,\ \ Liva, Eiskue, Guangzheng, Javier and Mohamed\ \ AIPEA ECCS Committee