IGCW-2015 180º Seminars
The 180o Seminars are subject-specific seminars on topics which are most relevant in the industrialization of Green Chemistry & engineering applications. These Seminars consist of 3-4 focussed presentations and case-studies by domain experts.
Seminar I : Green Processes (09:30 to 10:50) | ||
Timing | Speakers | Topics |
09:30-09:50 | Mr. Ulhas Parilkar, Director, Geocycle India at ACC Limited | Managing Hazardous and other wastes through cement kiln co-processing in a sustainable manner". |
09:50-10:10 | Mr R N Mohanty, President- Technology, Pidilite Industries Ltd. | Developing green process for speciality chemicals |
10:10-10:30 | Ms. Shweta Gupta & Mr. Anup Phalke Manager Application & Technology Development, Covestro (India) Private Limited | Versatile, environmentally friendly coatings & adhesives |
10:30-10:50 | Mr. Amit Udgirkar, Sr. Manager, PRAJ Industries Ltd. | Zero Liquid Discharge solutions for Industries |
10:30-10:50 | Q&A | |
Seminar II : Green Catalysts (11:30 to 12:50) | ||
Timing | Speakers | Topics |
11:30-11:50 | Dr. Parasu Veera Uppara, Group Lead- Ionic Liquids, Reliance Industries Ltd. | New class of chloroaluminate Ionic Liquids |
11:50-12:10 | Dr. Dinesh Nair, Regional Business Manager, Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Ltd. | Biocatalysis - An effective tool for a cost efficient, Sustainable & Green Manufacturing |
12:10-12:30 | Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar, FRSC Nano-Catalysis Laboratory (NanoCat), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) | Green Chemistry by Nano-Catalysis |
12:30-12:50 | Mr. Wolgang Eger, Director, Kijani Asia | Catalyzing Biocatalysis |
12:30-12:50 | Q&A | |
Seminar III : Green Solvents (14:00 to 15:30) | ||
Timing | Speakers | Topics |
14:00-14:20 | Dr. Sangeeta Shrivastav, GM- Corporate & R&D, Godavari Biorefineries Ltd. | Green Solvent - A sustainable option |
14:20-14:40 | Mr. Arun Bachnalkar & Mr. Ganesh Chonkar, Product Manager - Solvents, MERCK Life Sciences Ltd. | We are already on the “Green Way”…. Green Solvents from Merck |
14:40-15:00 | Dr. David Pasin, President, TBF Environmental Technology Inc. | Replacing Dirty & Toxic with Clean & Green |
15:00-15:20 | Dr. Denis Prat Head of Process Safety & Environment, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Sanofi, France | Chem21 Solvent selection guide |
15:20-15:30 | Q&A | |
Seminar IV : Green Engineering (16:00 to 17:30) | ||
Timing | Speakers | Topics |
16:00-16:20 | Dr. MG (Deepak) Palekar, Head-Strategy & Technology, STEP Pvt. Ltd. | ‘Green Engineering with Downflow Gas Contactor (DGC) Reactor' |
16:20-16:40 | Mr. Girish Thorat, General Manager - India, Rochem Separation Systems (I) Pvt. Ltd. | Optimizing resource recovery... towards effective ZLD |
16:40-17:00 | Dr. C. Nandi, Vice President - R & D, NOCIL Ltd. | “Innovative Ion Exchange Technology for treatment of Aqueous Effluent Streams & Developing Greener Proccesses through Recovery & Reuse of valuable products.” |
17:00-17:20 | Corning India | Innovation Drives Green Growth: Corning® Advanced-Flow™ Reactor Technology |
17:20-17:30 | Q&A |
The seminars will focus on specific concepts, how they work, how they can be implemented with a ‘green’ context, and how they can derive triple bottom line of people, planet and profit for process-intensive chemical manufacturing companies.
Following four topics are selected, as the maximum – impact areas in the implementation of industrial green chemistry and engineering practices.
Dates & Days | Timings | Sessions |
5th December, Day II | 09:30-11:30 | Green Processes |
11:30-13:00 | Green Solvents | |
14:00- 15:30 | Green Catalysts | |
16:00-17:30 | Green Engineering |