CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is organizing the International Conference on Thin Films (ICTF-17) in collaboration of Indian Vacuum Society during 13-17 November 2017 at NPL, New Delhi. This is an important series of conference supported by “International Union for Vacuum Science & Technology Application (IUVSTA) which is organized every after three years This tri-annual conference series endorsed and co-organized by IUVSTA, a union of national member societies whose role is to stimulate international collaboration in the fields of vacuum science, techniques and applications and related multi-disciplinary topics including solid-vacuum and other interfaces.