Since water is one of the most important part of our lives,it's purification before consumption is necessary in today's world especially with our ever dwindling supply.The necessity of the hour has shifted it's focus towards innovative methods to help in the advancement of water purification technologies.In pursuit of this, the Department of Chemical Engineering, VIT in association with InDA(SZ) and YNU is convening Technoscape 18, an international conference on Sustainable water resources - Innovations and Impacts. The conference aims to provide an interactive knowledge sharing platform for experts, engineers, scientists and industrialists working in the field of water purification .