The 34th Annual General Meeting of MRSI and 5th Indian Materials conclave from December 12 - 15, 2023, is being organized at IIT (BHU), Varanasi in collaboration with Materials Research Society of India (MRSI). This is a series that is being conducted along with Materials conclave. This meeting is intended to provide a valuable forum for interaction between researchers working in the area of materials to present technical findings of their research, to network within the country among the material scientists and to increase the breadth of their general materials based boundaries. We welcome all academicians, scientists & technologists working in materials science in India and outside India to this exciting conference.