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Under the auspices of the Technology & Energy Expert Committee, ICC is organizing the Conference on "India Centric R&D" on 12 & 13 January 2018 at Seminar Hall, 1st Floor, K. J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, VidyaNagar, Vidyavihar, Mumbai - 400077. The theme of the Conference is "Invention to Innovation in Chemical Industry". Detailed Program of the Conference is enclosed.
INTRODUCTION:
The conference provides a platform where Industry and Academia can participate, and explore possibilities of collaboration and discuss course corrections for making such collaborations successful.
OBJECTIVE:
We are very happy to inform you that, Dr. Girish Sahni, DG-CSIR has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest and inaugurate the Conference. Prof. M. S. Ananth, Former Director, IIT - Madras and a pioneer in Technology R&D Parks in India has kindly agreed to be the Key-Note Speaker for the second day of the conference.
We have invited Shri Samir Kumar Biswas, Jt. Secretary, DCPC, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India to participate in the Inaugural Session of the Conference. We have also invited Dr. V. K. Saraswat, Former Secretary Defense R&D and Member, NITIAayog to give key Note Address (Academia) and to inaugurate the Poster Exhibition.
Dr. PrabhatRanjan, Executive Director, Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) has confirmed his participation. We have also invited Dr. Ajit V. Sapre, Group President - R&T, Reliance Industries Limited to be the Key Note Speaker (Industry) during the Inaugural Session.
Very relevant topics are included in the program on which experts from Industry and Academia will make their power point presentations.
Various CSIR laboratories like National Chemical Laboratory - Pune, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology - Hyderabad, Central Leather Research Institute - Chennai, Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute - Bhavnagar, etc. will participate. We have received confirmation for participation from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Institute of Chemical Technology, IIP Dehradun, IIT-Bombay, CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory - Pune.
POSTER EXHIBITION :
A Poster Exhibition will be organized for interested participating institutions to enable them to showcase their activities and technologies available with them for the industry and also to have one-to-one interactions with the interested parties. Further, chemical companies who have developed new technologies in their R&D Centre, which are not currently used but are available for other members of the industry to use and collaborate, can also showcase the technologies in the Exhibition.
Exhibition Fees for Poster Exhibition & Booth will be:
| Options | Base Rate | GST (18%) | Total |
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Option 1 |
25,000 INR | 4,500 INR | 29,500 INR |
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Option 2 |
50,000 INR | 9,000 INR | 59,000 INR |
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The target Audience for this conference are R&D Managers, CEOs of the Industries, and Directors of institutes.
REGISTRATION FEES:
Registration fees for delegates for two days conference is 11,800 INR (10,000 INR + 1,800 INR 18% GST) per delegate.
PARTNERSHIP:
We request members to consider partnering the Conference, as per details given below:
| Gold Partner | 5,00,000 INR | 6 Complimentary Registration |
| Silver Partner | 3,00,000 INR | 4 Complimentary Registration |
| Lunch Partner | 1,50,000 INR | 2 Complimentary Registration |
ICC will acknowledge partnership support by displaying an appropriate banner at the venue of the Conference and will also offer complimentary registrations as mentioned above.
FEEDBACK REQUESTED:
Members are requested to let us know the areas in which they would like to have discussions with Academia for possible collaborations.
Please highlight the specific category in which your company fits in:
Please state what your Company is looking for:
Please write a 25 lines write-up to enable us to arrange interactions with the relevant Academia. The last date for receipt of write-up will be THURSDAY, 4 JANUARY 2018.
We request all members to attend and also depute delegates from your organization to attend this important Conference on Growth of Chemical Industry through R&D and Open Innovation.
Please confirm registration as per the format enclosed and send to ICC-Mumbai Office to reach on or before WEDNESDAY, 10 January 2018.
Kindly draw the Cheque / Demand Draft for the requisite amount in favour of "Indian Chemical Council", payable at Mumbai. Registration Fee / Exhibition Fee / Partnership Fee can also be paid electronically to Bank of Baroda, Horniman Circle Branch, 10/12 Mumbai Samachar Marg, Mumbai - 400 023, C/A No. 27940200000736, Branch Code: 2794, IFSC Code: BARB0PBBMUM, MICR Code: 400012111 Swift Code: BARB IN BB BMO).
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TWO-DAY CONFERENCE ON Seminar Hall, 1st Floor, K. J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce THEME - Invention to Innovation in Chemical Industry |
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| Day-1: JANUARY 12, 2018 | |
| 08.45 am - 09.15 am | REGISTRATION |
| INAUGURAL SESSION | |
| 09.15 am - 11.00 am | WELCOME & INAUGURAL ADDRESS: Mr. S. R. Lohokare, Chairman, Technology & Energy Expert Committee, ICC |
| INAUGURAL ADDRESS: Mr. Samir Kumar Biswas, Jt. Secretary, DCPC, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, GoI (Invited) |
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| INAUGURAL ADDRESS: Dr. Girish Sahni, DG-CSIR |
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| KEY NOTE SPEAKER (ACADEMIA): Dr. V. K. Saraswat, Former Secretary Defense R&D & Member, NITI Aayog (Invited) |
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| KEY NOTE SPEAKER (INDUSTRY): Dr Ajit V Sapre, Group President - R&T, Reliance Industries Limited. |
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| VOTE OF THANKS: | |
| 11.00 am - 11.15 am | Inauguration of the Poster exhibition by: Dr. V. K. Saraswat, Former Secretary Defense R&D & Member, NITI Aayog (Invited) |
| 11.15 am - 11.30 am | TEA BREAK |
| 11.30 am - 12.30 pm | Theme - Industry Academia Collaboration - Challenges & Success Stories - Session I |
| Challenges from Academia - Prof. G. D. Yadav, Vice Chancellor, ICT |
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| Challenges from Industry - Mr. R. N. Mohanty, President - Technology, Pidilite Industries Ltd. |
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| 12.30 pm - 01.30 pm | Theme - Industry Academia Collaboration - Challenges & Success Stories - Session II |
Success Story from Academia Collaboration
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| Success Story from Industry - Dr. Prakash Trivedi, Gharda Chemicals Ltd. |
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| 01.30 pm - 02.30 pm | LUNCH BREAK |
| 02.30 pm - 04.00 pm | Theme - Indigenous Technologies for Chemical Industry |
| Dr. Shrikrishna Gupta Head - Technology Transfer & Coordination Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay
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Dr. Prabhat Ranjan, ED, TIFAC
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| Prof. Ashwini Kumar Nangia / Dr. Ajit Joshi Director, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory
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| 04.00 pm - 05.00 pm | Interactive Session |
| 05.00 pm - 05.30 pm | Tea & Visit to Exhibitors |
| Day-2: JANUARY 13, 2018 | |
| 09.30 am - 10.00 am | Key Note Address - Ecosystems (Technology parks & Incubation Centre) to foster Collaboration: Prof. M. S. Ananth, Former Director, IIT - Madras |
| Key Note Address - India centric R&D done in the Industry President and CTO, New Businesses and Innovation Centre, Tata Chemicals Ltd. |
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| 10.00 am - 10.30 am | TEA BREAK |
| 10.30 am - 01.30 pm | Theme - Success Stories |
Dr. Anjan Ray, Director , CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum
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| Mr. Ranjan Patnaik, Director, DuPont Knowledge Centre, Hyderabad & Mr. Umesh Bhide, Chemicals Industry Sector Leader, DuPont Sustainable Solutions, Mumbai
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Dr. Prashant Puri, President & Head R&D - Fertilizers, Insulators, Chemicals, Grasim Industries, Aditya Birla Group.
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| 01.30 pm - 02.30 pm | LUNCH BREAK |
| 02.30 pm - 03.30 pm | Panel Discussion Theme - How to successfully collaborate |
| Chairperson : Prof. M. S. Ananth, Former Director, IIT - Madras |
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| Co-ordinator: Dr. L. M. Gantayet |
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| Prof. A. K. Suresh, Deputy Director - IIT Bombay | |
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| Director IICT/NCL | |
| Dr. Dietmar Hueglin, Head Research Center BASF India, Mumbai | |
| Representative from Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. (Invited) | |
| Prof. (Dr.) V. V. Mahajani, Retired - Prof. of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology |
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| 03.30 pm - 04.00 pm | TEA BREAK |
| 04.00 pm - 05.30 pm | Theme - Open innovation |
| Prof. P. V. Balaji, Dean R&D, IIT Bombay | |
| Representative from Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd (Invited) | |
| Presentation from Heubach Colour Pvt. Ltd. (Invited) | |
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