Agenda

IGCW 2023 Technical Sessions

7th & 8th November 2023, The Westin Mumbai Garden City, Mumbai

Title of the Session	Sub-topics	Date	Academia / Industry Mentors
Green Chemistry Tools for Process Research View Agenda	Green Solvent Selection Guide Green Reagent Selection Guide Green & Sustainable Chemistry Solution Provider’s Website Measuring Greenness of process using DOZN & PMI tools	7^th Nov 2023	Dr. Rakesh Ganorkar, Head - CDMO and R&T, Hikal Ltd. Dr. Sudhir Nambiar, CSO, Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd.
Sustainability & Green Chemistry Metrics View Agenda	Tools & Techniques for measuring: ESG Carbon Neutrality Net Zero Circular Economy Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)	7^th Nov 2023	Prof. Brijesh Kumar Dubey, Professor - Circular Engineering (Dept. of Civil Engg.) and Chairperson - School of Water Resources, IIT-Kharagpur. Dr. Ananda Sekar, Leader, LCA Global Centre of Excellence, SABIC.
Conference on "Facilitating Industrial Sustainability & Pollution Prevention using Green Chemistry" for Pollution Control Board Officers View Agenda	Pollution Prevention using Green Chemistry Balancing role of Regulator & Facilitator - Learnings from US EPA Circular Economy Resource Efficiency Hazardous Waste Management Rules Innovative Initiatives of State PCBs	7^th Nov 2023	Dr. Ajay Deshpande, Adjunct Professor, Centre for Policy Studies, IIT-Bombay. Dr. Atul Vaidya, Director, CSIR-NEERI.
Environment, Health & Safety ( EHS) - Tools & Technologies View Agenda	Safety Leadership & Culture Process & Plant Safety EHS Management Systems & Frameworks Digital Tools for EHS Supply Chain Sustainability Incident Analysis & Investigation	7^th Nov 2023	Prof. Anju Singh, Professor Sustainability Management, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, NITIE. Mr. Mahesh Chandak, Head of HSE - South Asia and HSE Business Partner for Crop Science, Bayer.
Renewable Feedstocks for Sustainability View Agenda	Utilization of all Carbon Components Platform molecules from renewable feedstock Energy from renewable feedstock Key challenges in moving to renewable feedstock AI & Digital in Biorefinery Bio-fuels & Future Fuels Carbon Capture	7^th Nov 2023	Dr. Avatar Matharu, Dy. Director, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, University of York. Dr. Sasisanker Padmanabhan, Senior Principal Scientist, Praj Industries Ltd. Dr. Sangeeta Srivastava, Executive Director, Godavari Biorefineries Ltd.

Title of the Session	Sub-topics	Date	Academia / Industry Mentors
Chemo-Catalysis for Sustainability View Agenda	Catalysis using earth abundant metals Reaction in water Recent developments in Catalysis Catalysis for Air Catalysis for organic transformations Micellar catalysis	8^th Nov 2023	Prof. Lakshmikantam, Dr. B. P. Godrej Distinguished Professor of Green Chemistry & Sustainability Engg, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT). Dr. Rakshvir Jasra, Sr. VP - R&D, Reliance Industries Ltd.
Bio-Catalysis: A Powerful tool for Green & Sustainable Chemistry View Agenda	Basics of Biocatalysis Industrial case studies Recent developments in Biocatalysis Challenges in Bio-Catalysis AI & Digital Tools in Bio-Catalysis	8^th Nov 2023	Prof. Santosh Norohna, Asstt. Professor, Dept.of Chemical Engineering, IIT-Bombay. Prof. Shamlan Reshamwala, Asstt. Professor, Centre of Energy Biosciences, ICT. Dr. Muffazal Hussain, Associate Director, Lupin Ltd.
Green Engineering for Process Safety & Benign Environment View Agenda	Process intensification Flow Chemistry/Flow Reactors Scale-up Challenges Solvent Recovery Systems Mixing & Agitation Process safety Reactive distilation	8^th Nov 2023	Dr. Amol Kulkarni, Scientist, Chemical Engineering & Process Development, CSIR-NCL. Dr. Suhas Jawlekar, Associate Director - Process Engineering, Polymorph development & New technology, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. Dr. Sandeep Jain, Sr. Director - Special Technologies - Process R&D, PI Industries.
Waste Valorization & Industrial Ecology View Agenda	Recycle Reuse Recovery of Chemicals from Wastes Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Use of waste as raw material in other industry Valorization of Wastes Co-Processing	8^th Nov 2023	Prof. Anurag Garg, (Invited) Professor, Environment Science & Engg., IIT-Bombay. Mr. Ulhas Parlikar, Global Consultant (Waste management, Circular Economy, Policy Advocacy & Co-processing) Dr. Jyoti Palekar, Founder, STEP Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Software & Analytical Tools for Green & Sustainable Chemistry View Agenda	Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning for optimization Process Analytical Tools (PAT) Computational Chemistry Design of Experiments (DOE) Software tools & Anatlytical tools like SciFInder-N, SynLED Photoreactors, ASCOS, etc	8^th Nov 2023	Dr. Kaustav Chakraborty, Team Leader, Laboratory of Advanced Polymer & Organic Chemistry, Solvay Specialities India Pvt. Ltd. Dr. Rakeshwar Bandichhor, VP & Head of Chemistry - API R&D, Dr. Reddys Laboratories and Vice-Chair, ACS-India Chapter.

Speakers

IGCW 2025 Speakers

Dr. David Thaisrivongs

Director - Process Research & Development
Merck & Co Inc, USA

Prof. Dr. D. B. Ramachary

Senior Professor of Chemistry, Catalysis Laboratory, School of Chemistry
University of Hyderabad (UoH)

Prof. (Dr) Ekambaram Balaraman

Associate Professor Chair, Department of Chemistry
IISER Tirupati

Dr. Aman Desai

Co-Founder and Director Research, Manufacturing, Operations
Aether Industries Ltd.

Dr. Debabrata Maiti

Institute Chain Professor, Department of Chemistry & Centre for Climate Studies
IIT-Bombay

Dr. Ninad Gujarathi

Proprietor
Environalgae

Dr. Chris Senanayak

Founder, CEO & CSO
TCG GreenChem Inc.

Dr. Bhanu Manjunath

Director - Reseach & Technology Centre
Syngenta Biosciences Ltd.

Dr. Narendra Ambhaikar

Head - API R&D (India Region)
Piramal Pharma Ltd.

Dr. Rajesh Singh

Vice President - Sustainability Consulting
Sphera

Mr. Ananda Sekar

Leader, LCA Global Centre of Excellence
SABIC

Mr. Biju Baby

Co-Founder
Bacuti Inc.

Mr. Masaaki Toma

Research Planning & Coordination and Dept. of Carbon Neutral Strategy Cross-Functional Team
Sumitomo Chemicals Co, Ltd.

Mr. Rajesh Mehta

Senior Consultant - Energy & Materials Transition
TNO

Mr. Rajesh Srinivasaraghavan

Co-Founder
Bacuti Inc.

Mr. Sunil Kumar

Director & Head
SIPL Pvt. Ltd.

Ms. Avantika Shastri

Manager, Centre for Sustainability
Eaton

Prof. Brajesh Dubey

Professor - Circular Engineering (Dept. of Civil Engg.) and Chairperson - School of Water Resources
IIT-Kharagpur

Dr. A. Ramesh Kumar

Principal Scientist - Solid & Hazardous Waste Management Division
CSIR-NEERI

Dr. K. D. Yadav

Professor, Environmental Engineering Section, Department of Civil Engineering
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT)

Dr. Ninad Gujarathi

Proprietor
Environalgae

Dr. Prashant Gargava

Director - National Cleaner Air Programme (NCAP)
MoEFCC

Dr. Shilpi Kapur

Vice President, Environment Management Centre (EMC)

Mr. Babubhai Patel

Vice President
Environment Management Centre (EMC)

Mr. Niroj Mohanty

Managing Director
Core CarbonX Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Vishal Budhia

Managing Director
Steam House India

Prof. Lalit Vashishta

Founder and CEO
Diva Envitec

Mr. Ajit Pal Singh

Vice President - EHS
PI Industries Ltd.

Dr. Aditya Gurudanti

Associate Director & Head
Stirrup Sustainability Advisory

Mr. Swapan Kumar

Senior Sustainability Advisor
The ESG Institute

Mr. Murali P. A.

Vice President and Head - Health, Safety and Environment
Nayara Energy

Mr. Pratik Sharma

Corporate Head -Health, Safety, Compliance & Sustainability
Aarti Industries Ltd.

Prof. Lalit Vashishta

Founder and CEO
Diva Envitec

Mr. Ranga Shingte

Founder, Chairman & MD
SWASYA Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Vijay Bhujle

Director
GVS Cibatech Pvt. Ltd.

Colonel Rohit Dev

Managing Director & Founder
Reveille Energy

Dr. Vanita Prasad

Founder
Revy Environmental Solution

Dr. Ashok Panday

Executive Director (Honorary)
Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability

Dr. Vikram Vishal

Professor, Department of Earth Sciences
IIT-Bombay

Mr. Akash Singh

Founder & CEO
UnBubble

Mr. Suhas Baxi

Co-founder & Chairman
BiofuelCircle Private Limited

Mr. Suhas Dixit

CEO
AP Chemi

Prof. Asim Bhaumik

"Associate Editor, Green Chemistry School of Materials Sciences
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Prof. Dr. Thallada Bhaskar

Director
CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute

Dr. Chiranjeevi Thota

General Manger - R&D
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

Dr. Satish Lanke

Founder & MD
Catalogic Technologies LLP

Dr. Abhijit Rathi

GM - R&D
Advanced Enzymes Ltd.

Dr. Ahir Pushpanath

Techno Commercial Director - Biocatalysis
bitBiome, Inc.

Dr. Pravin Kumar

Founder, Chairman & CSO
KCat Enzymatic Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Abhijeet Kulkarni

Managing Director and CEO
Proburgeon Pvt. Ltd.