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e-Newsletter, Vol. 11, Issue 1

National Register for Professional Engineers

IIChe Awards

Solenis Bharat Ratna (formerly BetzDearborn) Prof C N R Rao Medal and Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Mr Nandkumar Dhekne, Managing Director, Hercules Speciality Chemicals (India) Pvt. Ltd., (Formerly BetzDearborn India Pvt. Ltd.), 5th Floor, Vaydhooth Chambers, 15/16, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore 560 001
Awardees since 2001:
	2018 -	Dr Rakesh Agrawal, Professor , Purdue University, West Lafayette
	2017 -	Prof. D D Sarma FNA, FTWAS IISc, Bangalore
	2016 -	Padmashri Shri M C Dathan Former Director , VSSC Scientific Advisor,Chief Minister Kerela
	2015 -	Dr Girish Sahni, Director General, CSIR
	2014 -	Prof K N Ganesh Director, Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research Pune
	2013 -	Professor Ignacio E Grossmann Mellon University, USA
	2012 -	Professor Md Farid
	2011 -	Professor Garry L Rempel
	2010 -	Dr Baldev Raj Director,IGCAR,Kalpakkam
	2009 -	Prof G.D. Yadav, FNA, FIChemE (UK) Director (Vice Chancellor), Institute of Chemical Technology
	2008 -	Professor Arvind Varma, R Games Slayter Distinguished Professor and Head, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
	2007 -	None Awarded
	2006 -	None Awarded
2005 -	Dr Sadhan C Jana Dept Chair, Dept of Polymer Engg., The Univ.of Akron,OH
	2004 -	Prof Andreas Acrives Dept of Chem Engg, College of the City Univ., NY, USA
	2003 -	Prof J B Joshi Director, UICT, Mumbai
	2002 -	Prof Goverdhan Mehta Prof Goverdhan Mehta, Director, IISc, Bangalore
	2001 -	Prof M M Sharma Former Director, UICT, Mumbai

RPG Life Science Padma Vibhushan Prof M M Sharma Medal and Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award for Bhatnagar Prize Winners and INSA Fellows
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Mr Vinesh P Sadekar, Managing Director, RPG Life Sciences Ltd., Ceat Mahal, 463 Dr A B Road, Prabhadevi, Worli, Mumbai 400 025
Awardees since 2001:
	2018 -	Professor Santanu Bhattacharya, Director Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
	2017 -	Prof Yogesh Joshi, SS Bhatnagar Prize Winner, IIT-Kanpur
	2016 -	Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IIT-Madras,Chennai
	2015 -	Dr Ashish Lele, Chief Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
	2014 -	Prof Sourav Pal Director, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
	2013 -	Professor R P Chhabra IIT, Kanpur
	2012 -	Professor Srinivas Palanki
	2011 -	Dr Vivek V Ranade
	2010 -	Prof S K Gupta Professor of Chemical Engineering,IIT Kanpur
	2009 -	Dr. J.S. Yadav, FNA, FTWAS Director, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
	2008 -	Prof A B Pandit, Chem Engg Dept, IIT-Bombay
	2007 -	Prof P Balaram Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
	2006 -	Prof Ashutosh Sharma Head, Dept of hem Engg, IIT-Kanpur
2005 -	Prof John Villadsen Dept of Chem Engg. & BioCentrum DTU, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, 2800 Denmark
	2004 -	Prof Lanny D Schmidt Dept of Chem Engg and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, USA
	2003 -	Dr P Rama Rao International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Hyderabad
	2002 -	Dr A V Rama Rao Managing Director, A V Rama Rao Foundation, Hyderabad, India
	2001-	Padma Bhushan Prof L K Doraiswamy Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering Emeritus, Dept of Chem Engg, Iowa State Univ., USA

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Asian Paints Padma Bibhushan Dr R A Mashelkar Medal and Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award Endowment for Innovators and Science Leaders
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Mr Ashwin Dani, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Asian Paints (India) Limited, Asian Paints House, 6A Shantinagar, Vakola, Santacruz (E), Mumbai 400 055
Awardees since 2001:
	2018 -	Dr Sanjeev S Katti, Director General ONGC Energy Centre, Delhi
	2017 -	Dr. Arunima(Ruma) Acharya,CEO/President at GIT, Scinda & Optiblend,Director, PfP Industries USA
	2016 -	Prof M Lakshmi Kantam,Dr B P Godrej Distinguished Professor & J C Bose National Fellow ICT, Mumbai
	2015 -	Prof G D Yadav,Vice-Chancellor, ICT, Mumbai
	2014 -	None Awarded due to absence of speaker
	2013 -	Professor Suresh K Bhargava RMIT University, Australia
	2012 -	Dr Subramanian Ramakrishnan
	2011 -	Dr D M Kale
	2010 -	Dr V S Chauhan Director,International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,NewDelhi
	2009 -	Prof. R.V. Chaudhari, FNA University of Kansas
	2008 -	Dr Ramesh Ramachandran President & CEO, Dow Chemical International Pvt. Ltd.
	2007 -	Prof Samir K Brahmachari Director, Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi
	2006 -	Dr T Ramasami Secretary, DST, GOI, Dept of Science & Tech., Min of Sc & Tech, New Delhi
2005 -	Prof Jean-Claude Charpentier President, Federation of European Chemical Engineers
	2004 -	Prof Kenneth H Keller Dept of Chem Engg and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, USA
	2003 -	Dr S Sivaram Director, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
	2002 -	Prof M M Sharma Former Director, UICT, Mumbai
	2001 -	Padmashree Dr Paul Ratnasamy Director, NCL, Pune

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Deepak Group’s Padma Bhushan Prof L K Doraiswamy Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Mr D C Mehta, Managing Director, Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corpn. Ltd., Opp. Golf Course, Shastri Nagar, Yerawada, Pune 411 006
Awardees since 2001:
	2018 -	Dr Anjan Ray, Director, CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
	2017 -	Prof G D Yadav ,Vice Chancellor ICT, Mumbai
	2016 -	Prof Ashwin Nangia ,Director NCL, Pune
	2015 -	Prof Ranil Wickramasinghe ,Univ. of Arkansas, USA
	2014 -	Prof Katsumi Tochigi Emeritus Professor of Nihon University, tochigi.katsumi@nihon-u.ac.jp
	2013 -	Professor L S Fan Ohio State University, Columbus
	2012 -	Dr Rakesh Bajpai
	2011 -	Professor Ajay Kumar Dalai
	2010 -	None Awarded
	2009 -	None Awarded
	2008 -	Prof S K Sharma Chem Engg Dept, Panjab University, Chandigarh
	2007 -	Prof Dennis Miller Michigan State University, USA
	2006 -	Dr R R Sonde ED (Energy Tech), NTPC Ltd., Engg Office Complex, A-8A, Sector-24, Nalgonda
2005 -	Prof Brian S Haynes Associate Dean (Research) of Engg., Dept of Chem Engg, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
	2004 -	Prof (Dr) Sangtae Kim Purdue University, USA
	2003 -	Prof Arup Chakraborty University of California, USA
	2002 -	Dr M K Gurjar NCL, Pune
	2001 -	Prof Darsh T Wasan Professor of Chemical Engineering and Motorola Chair, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA

Chemical Weekly’s Padmasri Dr G P Kane Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award

Instituted in the year: 2001

Sponsored by:

Mr Ravi Raghavan, Editor, Chemical Weekly, 301 Hanuman Industrial Estate, G.D.Ambekar Marg, Wadala, Mumbai 400 031

Awardees since 2001:

2018 -

Professor Gargi Das Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Soochow University, China

2017 -

Prof Xiao Dong Chen, FTSE, FRSNZ, FIChemE, CEng University Distinguished Professor
Soochow University, China

2016 -

Prof P Selvam ,IIT Madras,Chennai

2015 -

Professor Geoffrey Evans ,Univ. of Newcastle, Australia

2014 -

Professor Yen Wah TONG Dept of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering National University of Singapore

2013 -

Professor P M Ajayan
Rice University, Houston

2012 -

Dr Masoud Soroush

2011 -

Professor K Kesava Rao

2010 -

Mr S Natarajan
Executive President,UltraTech Cement Ltd,Ariyalur

2009 -

Prof. Bala Subbramaniam
University of Kansas

2008 -

Professor Dr Eng Tomoya Tsuji
College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University

2007 -

Prof Rakesh Agrawal
Purdue University, USA

2006 -

Dr Eddy Isaac

Managing Director, Alberta Energy Research Institute, Suite 2540, Monenco Place, Calgary, Alberta T2P 3W2

2005 -

Dr Jacob Masliyah

NSERC Chair Professor, Oil Sands Board of Editors, Journal of Colloidal & Interface Sciences, International Advisory Board, Chem Engg Science, Dept of Chem and Materials Engg., University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2G6

2004 -

Dr Haren S Gandhi

Chem Engg Dept, Ford Research Laboratory, USA

2003 -

Prof K K Mohanty

University of Houston, USA

2002 -

Prof Rodney O Fox

Iowa State University, USA

2001 -

Prof T Sridhar
Head, Dept of Chem Engg, Monash University, Australia

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CSIR-NCL’s Padmabhushan Prof K Venkataraman Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Dr S Sivaram, Director, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008
Awardees since 2001:
	2018 -	None Awarded
	2017 -	Prof. Saikat Maitra , Vice Chancellor, MAKAUT, Kolkata
	2016 -	None Awarded
	2015 -	Prof. Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, IIT, Guwahati
	2014 -	None Awarded
	2013 -	Professor Sanjoy Banerjee Director of the CUNY Energy Institute, New York
	2012 -	Mr Anand Kumar
	2011 -	Professor Abdelhamid Sayari
	2010 -	None Awarded
	2009 -	Dr. A. V. Rama Rao, Chairman, AVRA Laboratories, Hyderabad
	2008 -	None Awarded
	2007 -	Dr Neil Atkinson Director of Qualifications and International Development, IChemE, UK
	2006 -	None Awarded
2005 -	Prof Jong Shik Chung Director, Dept of Chem Engg, School of Environmental Engg., University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
	2004 -	Prof George Stephanopoulos Dept of Chem Engg., MIT, Cambridge
	2003 -	Prof S V Babu Centre for Advanced Material Processing, Clarkson University, USA
	2002 -	Prof Dr R A Sheldon Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
	2001 -	Padma Vibhushan Prof C N R Rao Linus Pauling Research Professor and Honorary President of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore

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Alkyl Amins Padma Bhushan Prof B D Tilak Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Mr Yogesh Kothari, Chairman & Managing Director, Alkyl Amines Ltd., 401-407 Nirman Vyapar Kendra, Plot No. 10, Sector 17, Navi Mumbai 400 703
Awardees since 2001:
	2018 -	Dr Sarwan S Sandhu, Professor, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
	2017 -	None Awarded
	2016 -	Dr C Anandharamakrishnan,Director IICPT,Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
	2015 -	None Awarded
	2014 -	None Awarded
	2013 -	Professor Sankaran Sundaresan Princeton University, NJ
	2012 -	Dr Bandaru V Ramarao
	2011 -	None Awarded
	2010 -	Dr Shekar Gharde Professor and Head,Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselear polytechnic Institute, Newyork, USA
	2009 -	None Awarded
	2008 -	Dr M O Garg, Director Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun
	2007 -	Prof Amarjeet S Bassi University of Western Ontario, London – Canada
	2006 -	None Awarded
2005 -	Dr Ing Eugeny Kenig Dept of Biochemical and Chem Engg, University of Dortmund, Germany
	2004 -	Prof Mathew Tirrell Dept of Chem Engg, University of California, USA
	2003 -	Prof Anil Virkar University of Utah, USA
	2002 -	Dr Mukund S Chorghade Vice President, Geltex Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA
	2001 -	Dr Rakesh Agrawal Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, USA

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CSIR-IICT-Avon Padmashri Dr G S Sidhu Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Dr J S Yadav, Director, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500 007
Awardees since 2001:
	2018 -	Dr Rajender Gupta, Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton
	2017 -	Prof. B N Thorat, Head Dept of Chemical Engineering, ICT, Mumbai
	2016 -	Dr K Vijayamohanan Director,CECRI,Karaikudi
	2015 -	Prof. Rakesh K Gupta,West Virginia Univ, USA
	2014 -	Mr R S Sierra MD, Hurshan Corp Canada Ravinder Sierra
	2013 -	Dr Ashish Lele National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
	2012 -	Dr Rakesh Agrawal
	2011	Professor Shankar Narasimhan
	2010 -	Dr K Alagusundaram Director,IICPT,Thanjavur
	2009 -	Dr. Kyung A. Kang, University Scholar and Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA, "Application of Nanoparticles for Disease Diagnosis and Treatment"
	2008 -	Mr Rajiv Gautam Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Specialty Materials, Honeywell International Inc.
	2007 -	Dr Murali Sastry Tata Chemicals Innovation Centre, Pune
	2006 -
2005 -	Prof Joel Bertrand Director, ENSIACET, Toulouse, France
	2004 -	Prof Alice P Gast Dept of Chem Engg, MIT, Cambridge, USA
	2003 -	Prof Raj Rajagopalan University of Florida, USA
	2002 -	Dr K K Sharma Managing Director, RPG Life Science, Mumbai
	2001 -	Prof Y T Shah Provost and Professor of Chem Engg, University of Missouri, Rolla, USA

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Hetero Drugs Prof G S Laddha Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Dr Partha Sarathi Reddy, Hetro Drugs Limited, “Hetro House”, H.No. 8-3-166/7/1, Erragadda, Hyderabad 500 018
Awardees since 2001:
	2018 -	Dr Vishnu Pareek, Professor, Curtin University, Australia
	2017 -	Prof. B C Meikap ,Dept of Chem Engg IIT, Kharagpur
	2016 -	Prof. G D Yadav,Vice Chancellor and RT Mody Distinguished Professor ICT,Mumbai
	2015 -	Prof. W S Winston Ho, Ohio State Univ, USA
	2014 -	Dr L M Manocha Professor of Materials Science & Nanomaterials & Centre for Advanced Studies in Carbon and Nanomaterials Sardar Patel University VallabhVidyanagar - 388120, INDIA
	2013 -	Professor David Allen The University of Texas at Austin, USA
	2012 -	Dr Ramesh Gupta
	2011 -	Professor K V Venkatesh
	2010 -	Dr M S Ananth Director, IIT-Madras,Chennai
	2009 -	Prof.M.Chidambaram NIT, Trichy
	2008 -	Professor Bala Subramaniam Dan F Servey Distingushed Professor, DC&PE, University of Kansas
	2007 -	Prof Dibakar Bhattacharyya University of Kentucky, USA
	2006 -	Prof S K Sanyal Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
2005 -	Prof Srinivas Palanki The University of Michigan and Florida State University, USA
	2004 -	Prof Gregory Stephanopolulos Dept of Chem Engg, MIT, Cambridge, USA
	2003 -	Dr T Ramasami Director, Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai
	2002 -	Dr R V Chaudhari NCL, Pune
	2001 -	Dr B D Kulkarni Head, Chem Engg Divn., NCL, Pune

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Labindia’s Padmabhushan Prof R Kumar Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award

Instituted in the year: 2001

Sponsored by:

Mr Shriram Bhalerao, Managing Director, Labindia Instruments Pvt. Ltd., 201 Nand Chambers, LBS Marg, Near Vandana Cinema, Thane 400 602, Maharashtra

Awardees since 2001:

2018 -

None Awarded

2017 -

Prof Sanjay M Mahajani Dept of Chem Engineering IIT, Mumbai

2016 -

None Awarded

2015 -

None Awarded

2014 -

None Awarded

2013 -

None Awarded

2012 -

Dr Donald Keith Roper

2011 -

None Awarded

2010 -

Mr W S Aruldoss Kanthiah Director(Rtd),Heavy water board,DAE,Mumbai

2009 -

None Awarded

2008 -

None Awarded

2007 -

Prof V S Ramamurthy
Former Secretary, DST, DAE, New Delhi

2006 -

2005 -

Prof Johannes A Lercher
Director, Chair for Catalysis & Reaction Engg., TU Munich, Technische Universitat Munchen, Institute fur Technische Chemie, Lichtenbergstr, 4, D-85748 Garching, Germany

2004 -

Prof W S Winston Ho
Dept of Chem Engg., The Ohio State University, USA

2003 -

Prof D V Khakhar
IIT-Bombay, Mumbai

2002 -

Prof Dinesh O Shah
The First Charles A. Stokes Professor and Director of Center for Surface Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl 32611 USA

2001 -

Prof Arvind Verma
Arthur J Schmitt Professor of Chem Engg and Director, Centre for Molecularly Engineered Materials, University of Notre Dame, USA

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Hikal’s Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Mr Jai Hiremath, Managing Director, Hikal Ltd., 717/718, Maker Chambers V, 7th Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021
Awardees since 2001:
	2018 -	Professor S Pushpavanam, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
	2017 -	Mr Soumya Chakraborti ,Chief Operating Officer, OPAL India
	2016 -	Prof Madhumita Ray , Western University Canada
	2015 -	Sri P D Hirani , NTPC Limited, New Delhi
	2014 -	Prof Tomoya Tsuji Professor of Nihon University, Japan
	2013 -	Dr Bharat Bhargava
	2012 -	Dr S B Jonnalagadda
	2011	Professor Flora Ng
	2010 -	Dr Mylswamy Annadurai Project Director,Chandrayan 1&2,ISRO, Bangalore
	2009 -	Dr. A Sriram
	2008 -	Mr D P Misra Former DG, ICC and Former President, IIChE
	2007 -	Prof Jacob Masliyah University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
	2006 -	Dr Aldo Belloni Managing Director & Members of the Linde AG Board of Diretors, Linde AG, Abraham-Lincoln Strasse 21, 65189 Wlesbaden, Germany
2005 -	Prof S K Gupta Dept of Chem Engg, IIT, Kanpur
	2004 -	Prof Stanley I Sandler Dept of Chem Engg, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
	2003 -	Prof M H Moys University of Witwotersand, South Africa
	2002 -	Dr Georges Belfort Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
	2001 -	Mr Vijay B Samant President and CEO, Vical Inc., USA

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Sartorius India Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Mr Cherian Philip, Managing Director, Sartorius India Pvt. Ltd., 10, 3rd Phase Peenya, 6th Main, KIADB Industrial Area, Bangalore 560 058
Awardees since 2001:
	2018 -	Professor Sunil Nath, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
	2017 -	Prof G K Suraishkumar ,Dept of Biotechnology, IIT-Madras, Chennai
	2016 -	Prof Pramod Wangikar , IIT-Bombay, Mumbai
	2015 -	Prof Ranjana Chowdhury , JU, Kolkata
	2014 -	Prof D Mukesh Department of Biotechnology IIT-Madras
	2013 -	Dr Sanjeev Katti Senior Vice President, Research and Technology, Reliance Technology Group, Navi Mumbai
	2012 -	Dr T Grant Glover
	2011 -	Shri R G Rajan
	2010 -	Dr R Natarajan Director(Reprocessing Group),IGCAR,Kalpakkam
	2009 -	Prof.P.Ravindra, University of Malaysia “Metabolic Engineering and Chemical Engineering”
	2008 -	Prof Arvind Lali UICT, Mumbai
	2007 -	None Awarded
	2006 -	Dr I Dayasagar Executive Director (Engineering), Uhde India Ltd., Uhde House, LBS Marg, Mumbai
2005 -	Prof Atul Narang Dept of Chem Engg., University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
	2004 -	Prof Dan Luss School of Chem Engg, University of Houston, USA
	2003 -	Prof Krishnaswamy Nanda Kumar University of Alberta, Canada
	2002 -	Mr G V S Prasad Vice Chairman, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Hyderabad
	2001 -	Dr Subhas K Sikdar Director, Sustainable Technology Divn., National Risk Management Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, USA

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Themis Medicare Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Dr Dinesh Patel, Managing Director & CEO, Themis Medicare Limited, 11/12, Udyog Nagar, S.V.Road, Goregaon (W), Mumbai 400 104
Awardees since 2001:
	2018 -	None Awarded
	2017 -	None Awarded
	2016 -	None Awarded
	2015 -	None Awarded
	2014 -	None Awarded
	2013 -	None Awarded
	2012 -	Dr V S Sapkal
	2010 -	None Awarded
	2010 -	None Awarded
	2009 -	None Awarded
	2008 -	None Awarded
	2007 -	None Awarded
	2006 -	None Awarded
2005 -	None Awarded
	2004 -	Prof John Anderson Dept of Chem Engg, Case Western Reserve University, USA
	2003 -	Mr Virendra Mohan Agrawal Director, Orissa Polyfibres Ltd., Orissa
	2002 -	Dr Raj Verma US Environmental Protection Agency, USA
	2001 -	Prof Kamalesh K Sirkar Distinguished Professor and Sponsored Chair in Membrane Separations, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

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UPL Smt Sandra R Shroff Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award

Instituted in the year: 2001

Sponsored by:

Mr Rajjubhai Shroff, Chairman & Managing Director, United Phosphorus Ltd., Uniphos House, Madhu Park, 11th Road, CD Marg, Khar, Mumbai 400 052

Awardees since 2001:

2018 -

Professor G D Yadav, Vice Chancellor, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

2017 -

Prof Pushpito K Ghosh ,Former Director CSMCRI Bhavnagar

2016 -

Dr A Ajayaghosh ,Director NIIST, Trivandrum

2015 -

Dr (Smt) S B Roy,BARC, Mumbai

2014 -

Dr Sarma PisupatiProfessor and Chair of the Energy Engineering Program
Director of Online Education
John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Co-Director, Coal Science and Technology Program, EMS Energy Institute
126B Hosler Building, Penn State University
University Park PA 16802

2013 -

Professor Vinay A Juvekar
IIT-Bombay, Mumbai

2012 -

Dr Rajendra Gupta

2011 -

Dr D M R Sekhar

2010 -

Mr S Chandrasekaran
Director Technical,Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Chennai

2009 -

Dr. Mahendra K. Sunkara,
Professor of Chemical Engineering & Director, Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research and Environmental

2008 -

Dr R V Jasra
Head, Reliance Technology Group, Vadodara

2007 -

Dr A K A Rathi
Chief Technical Adviser, Government of Gujarat

2006 -

Mr Ashok Panjwani
Director, Bharuh Enviro Infrastructures Ltd., Ankleshwar

2005 -

Mr Sujit Banerjee
President (Polymers), Reliance Industries Ltd.

2004 -

Prof William J Keros
School of Chem Engg, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

2003 -

Mr S K Banerjee
Director (P&T), NALCO, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

2002 -

Dr Balaji Singh
President, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., Hyderabad

2001 -

Prof Sanjoy Banerjee
Chem Engg Dept., University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

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CSIR-CSMCRI Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
Instituted in the year: 2002
Sponsored by:	Dr Pushpito K Ghosh, Director, Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar 364 002, Gujarat
Awardees since 2002:
	2018 -	Professor I M Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad, Jharkhand
	2017 -	Prof A K Suresh, IIT Mumbai, Mumbai
	2016 -	Prof P K Bhattacharya, Director,Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Pertoleum Technology Rae Bareli, UP
	2015 -	Prof Sirshendu De, IIT, Kharagpur
	2014 -	Prof S S Bhagwat Head Department of Chemical Engg., ICT, Mumbai
	2013 -	Professor Sirshendu De IIT, Kharagpur
	2012 -	Dr Vishnu Pareek
	2011 -	Professor R P Chhabra
	2010 -	Dr Suresh Bhargava Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor,School of Applied Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
	2009 -	Shri. K. Murali Director (Refinery) HPCL, Petroelum House Nariman Point, Mumbai –400020
2008 -	Professor Katsumi Tochigi Dept of Materials & Applied Chemistry, Nihon University
	2007 -	Prof Ajay K Ray University of Western Ontario, Canada
	2006 -	Dr Sukumar Devotta Director, NEERI, Nehru Marg, Nagpur
	2005 -	Prof J A M Kuipers Dept of Science & Tech., Twente University, Enschede, The Netherlands
	2004 -	Dr Norman Li NL Chemical Technology Inc., USA

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CSIR- CLRI Padmabhushan Dr Y Nayudamma Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Dr T Ramasami, Director, Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai 600 020
Awardees since 2001:
	2018 -	Professor Ajay K Dalai, University of Saskatchewas, Canada
	2017 -	Mr C K TewariExecutive Director, IOCL Haldia
	2016 -	Dr S ChandrasekharDirector CSIR-IICT,Pune
	2015 -	Prof B K Dutta Past President, IIChE
	2014 -	Dr Raj Sardesai IPR Consultant, USA
	2013 -	Dr R K Malhotra Director (R&D), IOCL, Faridabad
	2012 -	Professor Moses Tade
	2011 -	Dr L M Gantayet
	2010 -	None Awarded
	2009 -	Prof Suresh Bhargava
	2008 -	Prof Muthanna Al-Dahhan CREL, Dept of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
	2007 -	Prof K N Ganesh Director, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
	2006 -	Dr Pushpito K Ghosh Director, Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Gujarat
2005 -	Dr Miryan C Cassanello PINMATE, Dep. Industrias, FCEyNUBA Int., Guiraldes 2620, Argentina
	2004 -	Dr P K Mukhopadhyay Former Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., New Delhi
	2003 -	Prof J A Yiannatos Santa Maria University, Chile
	2002 -	Dr R K Mashelkar Director General, CSIR
	2001 -	None awarded

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Development Organization for Sustainable Transformation’s (DOST) Professor S K Sharma Medal and Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award
Instituted in the year: 2004
Sponsored by:	Dr T Ramasami, Director, Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai 600 020
Awardees since 2004:
	2018 -	Professor Moses Oludayo Tade, Chairman, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Curtin University, Australia
	2017 -	Dr. Sadhana Rayalu Scientist G CSIR-NEERI Nagpur
	2016 -	Prof V S Sapkal Former Vice Chancellor STM Nagpur University
	2015 -	Prof A Ghatak, IIT, Kanpur
	2014 -	Mr Praveen Saxena Director and CEO Blast CarboPvt Ltd
	2013 -	Professor V G Gaikar ICT, Mumbai
	2012 -	Dr Sarwan S Sandhu
	2011 -	Shri K Sahasranaman
	2010 -	Mr S Chandramohan Managing Director, Tuticorin Alkalies Chemicals Limited,Chennai
	2009 -	Dr. Ashok Padia, Vice President at Scientific Design Company, USA. “Development of Higher Selectivity Ethylene Oxide Catalysts and Enhancement of EO / EG Plant Economics
2008 -	Professor Hugh Hillhouse Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
	2007 -	Dr Tapas K Das Saint Martin’s University, Lacey, Washington
	2006 -	Dr J S Yadav Director, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
	2005 -	Prof G D Yadav Past President, IIChE, & Darbari Seth Professor of Inorganic Chemical Technology, Dept of Chem Engg., UICT, Matunga, Mumbai
	2004 -	Prof Shivaji Sirkar Dept of Chem Engg, Lehigh University, USA

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CSIR- NEERI CHEMCON Distinguished Speaker Award

Instituted in the year: 2005

Sponsored by:

Dr Sukumar Devotta, Director, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020

Awardees since 2005:

2018 -

Dr Prabir Basu, Professor, Dalhousie University, Canada

2017 -

Somnath BasuVice President & Chief Technical Officer Headworks International, USA

2016 -

Prof Shankar NarasimhanIIT-Madras,Chennai

2015 -

Prof Vimal Katiyar, IIT, Guwahati

2014 -

Prof Izumi Hirasawa Professor of Waseda University, Japan

2013 -

Dr M Lakshmi Kantam
Director, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad

2012 -

Dr Ujjal Ghosh

2011 -

Dr Utpal M Vakil

2010 -

None Awarded

2009 -

Professor P. A. Ramachandran,

Washington University, St. Louis

2008 -

Dr Rajiv Kumar

Head, Green Chemistry and Catalysis Innovation Center, Tata Chemicals Ltd.

2007 -

Prof Arup Kumar Sengupta

Lehigh University , USA

2006 -

Dr Ajay K Dalal

Professor of Chemical Engineering, Dept of Chem Engg, Univ of Saskathewan, Canada

2005 -

Prof S J Arceivala

Former Director, NEERI, Cuffe Parade (near President’s Hostel), Venus Appartments, Flat No.213, Mumbai

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