Scientific Committee
Chairperson
Ms. Arti Ahuja, I.A.S.
Secretary to Government of India & President- CIPET Governing Council
Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals (DCPC)
Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi
Co-Chairpersons
Shri Sanjay Pandey
Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor (Chemicals & Fertilizers)
Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers
Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi
Convener
Prof. (Dr.) Shishir Sinha
Director General, CIPET
Head Office, Guindy, Chennai
National Members
Prof. Sabu Thomas, MG University, Kottayam
Prof. Bhuvanesh K Gupta, IIT Delhi
Prof. Josemon Jacob, IIT Delhi
Prof. Y.S. Negi, IIT Roorkee
Prof. D D Kale, ICT Mumbai
Prof. Dibakar Sen, IISc Bengaluru
Prof. K P Karunakaran, IIT Bombay
Prof. Jayesh Bellare, IIT Bombay
Prof. Abhijit Deshpande, IIT Madra
Dr. Manohar Badiger, NCL, Pune
Prof. Yashowanta N Mohapatra, IIT Kanpur
Shri S. Ilangovan, CIPET
Dr. P.S. G. Krishnan, CIPET
Shri B. Ravi, CIPET
Dr. Smita Mohanty, CIPET
Dr. R. Joseph Bensingh, CIPET
International Members
Prof. Ramaswamy Nagarajan, UMass Lowell, USA
Prof. Mohini Sain, University of Tornoto, Canada
Prof. Ramani Narayan, Michigan State University, USA
Prof. Amar K Mohanty, University of Guelph, Canada
Prof. Didier Letourneur, University of Paris 13, France
Prof. Philippe Roger, University of Paris Sud, France
Prof. Tony McNally, University of Warwick, UK
Prof. Jöns Hilborn, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Prof. Laura Teodori, ENEA Rome, Italy
Prof. Aziz Bin Hassan, University of Malaya, Malayasia
Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof. K Kanny, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Prof. Yukio Nagasaki, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Prof. Meifang Zhu, Donghua University Shanghai, China
Prof. Won Jong Kim, POSTECH, South Korea
Prof. Ikuyoshi Tomita, Japan
Prof. Hyung-Ho Park, South Korea
Industry Members
Department of Science & Technology (DST)
Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
SABIC Technology Center, Bengaluru
GAIL (India) Limited
Plastindia Foundation
Naval Research Board (NRB)
ITC Limited, Bengaluru
Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
Indian Plastics Institute (IPI)
All India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association (AIPMA)
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Indian Centre for Plastics in the Environment (ICPE)
HPCL – Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL)
Organization of Plastic Processors of India (OPPI)
Karnataka State Polymer Association (KSPA)
Chemicals and Petrochemicals Manufacturers Association (CPMA)
Chairman
Shri. Arun Baroka, I.A.S.
Secretary to Government of India & President – CIPET
Governing Council
Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals (DCPC)
Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi
Convener
Prof. (Dr.) Shishir Sinha
Director General, CIPET
Head Office, Guindy, Chennai
International Members
Prof. MohiniSain, University of Tornoto, Canada
Prof. Ramani Narayan, Michigan State University, USA
Prof. Amar K Mohanty, University of Guelph, Canada
Prof. Didier Letourneur, University of Paris 13, France
Prof. Philippe Roger, University of Paris Sud, France
Prof. Tony McNally, University of Warwick, UK
Prof. JönsHilborn, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Prof. Laura Teodori, ENEA Rome, Italy
Prof. Aziz Bin Hassan, University of Malaya, Malayasia
Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof. K Kanny, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Prof. Yukio Nagasaki, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Prof. Meifang Zhu, Donghua University Shanghai, China
Prof. Won Jong Kim, POSTECH, South Korea
Prof. Ikuyoshi Tomita, Japan
Prof. Hyung-Ho Park, South Korea
Prof. S R Upreti, University of Ryerson
Prof. Ajay Kumar Dalai, University of Saskatchewan
Prof. K Patchigolla, University of Cranfield
Prof. Hongdoo Kim, Kyung Hee University, South Korea
Dr. Guru Ghosh, Virginia PolyTechnic and State University, USA
Prof.Ashutosh Tiwari, University of Utah
National Members
Prof. Sanjay Palsule, IIT Roorkee, SRE Campus
Prof. Ashish Yadav, IIT Roorkee
Prof. SujayChattopadhyaya, IIT Roorkee, SRE Campus
Prof. Jayant K. Singh, IIT Kanpur
Prof. SantanuChattopadhyaya, IIT Khargpur
Prof. Anupama Sharma, Punjab University
Prof. VimalKatiyar, IIT Guwahati
Prof. Sabu Thomas, MG University, Kottayam
Prof. Bhuvanesh K Gupta, IIT Delhi
Prof. Josemon Jacob, IIT Delhi
Prof. D D Kale, ICT Mumbai
Prof. Dibakar Sen, IISc Bengaluru
Prof. K P Karunakaran, IIT Bombay
Prof. JayeshBellare, IIT Bombay
Prof. Abhijit Deshpande, IIT Madra
Dr. ManoharBadiger, NCL, Pune
Prof. Yashowanta N Mohapatra, IIT Kanpur
Dr. M K Padmanabhan, Virginia Tech India,
IIT Madras Research Park
Prof.BhabaniSatpathy, IIT Delhi
Dr. P.S. G. Krishnan, CIPET
Shri B. Ravi, CIPET
Dr. Smita Mohanty, CIPET
Dr. R. Joseph Bensingh, CIPET
Government Agencies
Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Naval Research Board (NRB)
Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
Industry Members and Associations
HPCL – Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL)
GAIL (India) Limited
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
SABIC Technology Center, Bengaluru ITC Limited, Bengaluru
Plastindia Foundation
All India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association (AIPMA)
Indian Centre for Plastics in the Environment (ICPE) Chemicals and Petrochemicals Manufacturers Association(CPMA)
Organization of Plastic Processors of India (OPPI)
Karnataka State Polymer Association (KSPA)
Indian Plastics Institute (IPI)
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL)
