  We compute the transport coefficients, namely, the coefficients of shear and
bulk viscosities as well as thermal conductivity for hot and dense matter. The
calculations are performed within the Polyakov quark meson model. The
estimation of the transport coefficients is made using the Boltzmann kinetic
equation within the relaxation time approximation. The energy dependent
relaxation time is estimated from meson meson scattering, quark meson
scattering and quark quark scattering within the model. In our calculations,
the shear viscosity to entropy ratio and the coefficient of thermal
conductivity show a minimum at the critical temperature, while the ratio of
bulk viscosity to entropy density exhibits a peak at this transition point.The
effect of confinement modelled through a Polyakov loop potential plays an
important role in the estimation of these dissipative coefficients both below
and above the critical temperature.
