Pune: Chemical Industry Experts Gather for Seminar on Improving Chemical Processes
Pune, 27th April 2023: For quite some time the importance of Industry Academia Interaction for achieving excellence has been discussed but in reality, very little meaningful interactions have taken place. In order to give a meaningful push, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers , Pune Regional Center organized a seminar titled “Improving Chemical Processes Through Application of Chemical Engineering Principles” at Kurkumbh recently.
Vikas Topele, President, MIDC Association of Kurkumbh while inaugurating the programme asserted “If Indian chemical Industry is to accept challenges faced by imports from China, Industry and Academia has to meaningfully work together to achieve cost competitiveness”. Mangesh Vaze, Senior Vice President, CIPLA and Guest of Honour while addressing the gathering emphasized doing so on a sustained basis.
The seminar was not only held at CIPLA but 3 excellent case studies were presented by a Senior Officer of CIPLA about resolving technical issues as they arise due to stringent customer requirements by Bhagwan Khandar, Mr. Sanjay, Pawan Waghmare. Papers were also presented by Dr. Vinay Bhandrai and Dr. Sanjay Kamble from NCL. Arun Kalgud, consultant also presented 5 interesting studies on how processes could be upgraded with use of chemical engineering principles.
Distillation to recover solvent is an important aspect in many chemical processes and Chetan Sayankar and Vijay Reddy, Attaquant Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. presented excellent papers on achieving excellence through improvement of equipment required by the chemical process industry such as distillation column, reactors etc. In conclusion, it was agreed that the process of interaction that started with the seminar should be carried forward on a sustained basis so that the chemical industry in India can not only compete with imports from China but also be competitive in the export market.
The keynote address of the seminar was given by Alok Pandit, President IIChE and the seminar was a brain child of Y.H. Gharpure who gave the welcome address “WHY THE SEMINAR”.
