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Global Refining & Petrochemicals Congress 2019 (GRPC2019) will be held on 17, 18 July 2019 at Le Meridien, New Delhi. IIChE is pleased to offer its support to the Organisers of GRPC2019 as a Strategic Partner. The global refining and petrochemicals scenario is undergoing critical transformations and facing new challenges amidst important economic and political developments across different parts of the world. This fast changing scenario lends interesting dimensions for the participants to this year’s Congress . IIChE Members will be offered a discount of 10% for Delegate Registration. For details, Members please visit the Conference Website at http://www.refpet.com/. Email: shalinder@itenmedia.in 2nd Indian Oil & Gas Chemistry, Chemicals & Additives Conference & Exhibition (IOGCA 2019) will be held on 16, 17 September 2019 at Courtyard by Marriot, Ahmedabad. IIChE is pleased to be associated with IOGCA 2019 as a Knowledge Partner. A special discount of 10% on the delegate fee will be offered to Members of IIChE. Website: http://www. oilfieldchemical.org// Email: conference@oilfieldchemical.org

List of Office Bearers

Speakers Name of three Memorial Lectures

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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