Plenary Speakers

Prof. MM Sharma
Former Director Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.
Padmavibhushan Awardee

Dr. R. A. Mashelkar
Chancellor Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.
Former Director General CSIR & Secretary, DSIR, GOI.
Padmavibhushan Awardee

Prof. Goverdhan Mehta
University Distinguished Professor
Dr. Kallam Anji Reddy Chair, University of Hyderabad
Padma Shri Awardee
Invited Speakers

Prof. A.K Tyagi
Director, Chemistry Group
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Dr. Ajay K. Dalai
Distinguished Professor and Canada Research Chair in Bioenergy
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma
Institute Chair Professor & (President)
IIT Kanpur & (INSA)

Prof. B.M. Reddy
Senior Professor Emeritus
BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Prof. Bala Subramaniam
Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering; Courtesy Professor of Chemistry; Director, Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis (CEBC); Executive Editor, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
University of Kansas, Lawrence

Mr. Biju Pillai
Deputy Editor of Chemical Weekly and HPIC India magazines

Mr. Bimal Lalitsingh Goculdas
MD & CEO
The Dharamsi Morarji Chemical Company Limited (DMCC)

Prof. Biswajit Chowdhury
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad

Dr. Prof. C. Subrahmanyam
IIT, Hyderabad

Dr. C V Rode
CSIR-Emeritus Scientist, Former Chief Scientist
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

Prof. Debabrata Maiti
Professor
IIT Bombay, India

Dr. Gautam G. Yadav
Director of Advanced Battery Development
Urban Electric Power (UEP)

Prof. Indranil Manna
Vice Chancellor
Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Mesra, Ranchi

Mr. Joseph Varghese
Director - Operations
Pidilite Industries Limited

Dr. Kannan Srinivasan
Director
CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar & Outstanding Professor, Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), India
CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, CSIR

Prof. Kandalam Ramanujachary. V
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rowan University, U.S.A.

Prof. Kulamani Parida
Distinguished Professor in Chemistry and Director,
Centre for Nano Science and Nano Technology, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar

Prof. Md. K. Nazeeruddin
Professor
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, Switzerland, Member of the Advisory Board of the College of Sciences, UoS and Chief Scientist at Utmolight

Dr. N. Lingaiah
Chief Scientist
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

Mr. Nitesh H. Mehta
Co-founder & Director, Newreka GreenSynth Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Co-founder & Director, Green ChemisTree Foundation
Member, Advisory Board, International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3), Germany

Dr. Nitin Labhsetwar
Chief Scientist & Head
Energy & Resource Management Division
CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI)

Prof. P. Selvam
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-MADRAS

Dr. Pankaj Bharali
Assistant Professor
Department Of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam, Assam

Dr. Paresh Dhepe
Senior Principal Scientist
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry Division, Pune, India

Dr. Pramod Kumbhar
President and Chief Technology Officer
Praj Industries

Dr. Pravin Likhar
Chief Scientist
CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

Dr. Rajendra Srivastava
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

Dr. Raksh Vir Jasra
Senior Vice President (R&D)
Reliance Industries limited

Dr. Rohit Kumar Rana
Chief Scientist & Chair
Polymers and Functional Materials
CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Tarnaka, Uppal Road, Hyderabad

Prof. S. Natarajan
Senior Professor
Indian Institute of Science

Dr. Sadhana Rayalu
Chief Scientist & Head , Environmental Materials Division & Professor , AcSIR
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute,Nehru Marg, NAGPUR - 440 020 (MS)

Dr. Samir Singh
Vice President-R&D
Jubilant Ingrevia Limited

Dr. Sangeeta Shrivastava
Executive Director
Godavari Biorefineries Limited

Prof. Sanjay M. Mahajani
Professor
Dept of Chem Engg, IIT Bombay

Dr. Shubhangi B. Umbarkar
Senior Principal Scientist & Chair
Catalysis & Inorganic Chemistry Division, CSIR-NCL, Pune

Prof. Sunil S Bhagwat
Director
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune

Prof. Suresh Bhargava
Distinguished Professor
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Dr. T. Chiranjeevi
Dy General Manager
Corporate R&D Centre, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd

Dr. Thallada Bhaskar
Chief Scientist & Professor
CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun

Prof. Vikramaditya Yadav
Professor
The University of British Columbia

Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai