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. A. Ramesh Kumar

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

Dr. Abhijit Rathi

GM - R&D
Advanced Enzymes Ltd.

Mr. Abhijeet Kulkarni

Managing Director and CEO
Proburgeon Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Aditya Gurudanti

Associate Director & Head
Stirrup Sustainability Advisory

Dr. Ahir Pushpanath

Techno Commercial Director - Biocatalysis
bitBiome, Inc.

Mr. Ajit Pal Singh

Vice President - EHS
PI Industries Ltd.

Mr. Akash Singh

Founder & CEO
UnBubble

Dr. Aman Desai

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

Mr. Ananda Sekar

Leader, LCA Global Centre of Excellence
SABIC

Mr. Ashish Kumar Mishra

Associate General Manager, Regional Operations Head- South, East and West II
Geoclean (AFR), Adani Cement

Dr. Ashok Panday

Executive Director (Honorary)
Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability

Prof. Asim Bhaumik

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

Mr. Babubhai Patel

Vice President
Environment Management Centre (EMC)

Dr. Bhanu Manjunath

Director - Reseach & Technology Centre
Syngenta Biosciences Ltd.

Mr. Bhavik Shah

Head - Flow Chemistry
UPL Ltd.

Mr. Biju Baby

Co-Founder
Bacuti Inc.

Prof. Brajesh Dubey

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

Dr. Chandrakanth Gadipelly

Head of Flow Reactors
Amar Equipment Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Chiranjeevi Thota

General Manger - R&D
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

Dr. Chris Senanayak

Founder, CEO & CSO
TCG GreenChem Inc.

Prof. Dr. D. B. Ramachary

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

Dr. David Thaisrivongs

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

Dr. Debabrata Maiti

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

Dr. Debabrata Rautaray

Vice President - Chief Product Development & Innovation Officer
DCM Shriram Ltd.

Mr. Dinesh Malviya

Country Head (India & Asia Region)
VisiMix

Prof. (Dr) Ekambaram Balaraman

Associate Professor Chair, Department of Chemistry
IISER Tirupati

Mr. Gautam Samanta

Director
AGS Pharma Consulting

Dr. K. D. Yadav

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

Mr. K. R. Raghunath

Founder & CEO
KIS Group Sustainability²

Mr. Kunal Godambe

Founder and Managing Director
Greenshift Energy Pvt. Ltd.

Prof. Lalit Vashishta

Founder and CEO
Diva Envitec

Dr. Makarand Pimplapure

Managing Director
MakSpeed Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Ms. Manasa Jayavibhava

Process Engineer
Syngene International Ltd.

Dr. Manish Khandagale

Solutions Consultant - Lab Informatics
Revitty Signals

Mr. Masaaki Toma

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

Mr. Murali P. A.

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

Dr. Narendra Ambhaikar

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

Dr. Ninad Gujarathi

Proprietor
Environalgae

Mr. Ninad Loke

Tech Lead - Process Engineering
Dr. Reddy's Labs Ltd.

Mr. Niroj Mohanty

Managing Director
Core CarbonX Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Ms. Parul Nanda

Head of Strategic Sourcing and Solutions
Geoclean (AFR), Adani Cement

Mr. Pradeep Kumar Jain

COO
PI Industries Ltd.

Dr. Prashant Gargava

Director - National Cleaner Air Programme (NCAP)
MoEFCC

Mr. Pratik Sharma

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

Dr. Pravin Kumar

Founder, Chairman & CSO
KCat Enzymatic Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Ranga Shingte

Founder, Chairman & MD
SWASYA Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Rajesh Mehta

Senior Consultant - Energy & Materials Transition
TNO

Dr. Rajesh Singh

Vice President - Sustainability Consulting
Sphera

Mr. Rajesh Srinivasaraghavan

Co-Founder
Bacuti Inc.

Colonel Rohit Dev

Managing Director & Founder
Reveille Energy

Dr. Sandeep Mohanty

Head - API Synthetic & Oncology R&D
Biocon Ltd.

Dr. Satish Lanke

Founder & MD
Catalogic Technologies LLP

Mr. Shashikanth Bhargava Parcha

Founder & MD
Nano Wings Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Shilpi Kapur

Vice President, Environment Management Centre (EMC)

Mr. Suhas Baxi

Co-founder & Chairman
BiofuelCircle Private Limited

Mr. Suhas Dixit

CEO
AP Chemi

Mr. Sunil Kumar

Director & Head
SIPL Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Swapan Kumar

Senior Sustainability Advisor
The ESG Institute

Mr. Tapas Saha

Senior Vice President - EHS & Sustainability
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.

Prof. Dr. Thallada Bhaskar

Director
CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute

Dr. Vanita Prasad

Founder
Revy Environmental Solution

Mr. Vijay Bhujle

Director
GVS Cibatech Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Vikram Dhumal

Business Head
Geist Research - Division of Z-Tech India Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Vikram Vishal

Professor, Department of Earth Sciences
IIT-Bombay

Mr. Vishal Budhia

Managing Director
Steam House India

Dr. K. Raja

Head - R&D
Godrej Industries Ltd. (Chemicals)

Dr. Surya Manisha Inukonda

Sr. Process Engineering Scientist – API
IPDO, Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd.

Ms. Ashwini Gunnal

Head - R&D
Newreka GreenSynth Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Rahul Raman

Principal Engineer
Keypear Consulting

Prof. Rajgopalan Srinivasan

Professor of DART Lab
Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT-Madras

Mr. Hemanth Satyanarayana

Founder & CEO
Imaginate

Dr. Pramod Kumbhar

President & CTO
Praj Matrix R&D

Dr. Nirmala Kaushik

Scientist-F and In-charge (Fin.& Acct)
Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)

Dr. Saravanan

CSO
Shasunmed Life-Sciences Pvt. Ltd.

Prof. Amit Pratap

Professor & Head
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)

Dr. Santosh Padhi

University of Hyderabad

Mr. Nagaraj Maddur

Principal Scientist (Biocatalysis)
Advanced Enzymes Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Gladstone Sigamani

CEO
K-Cat Enzymatic Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Sangam Shaha

Manager - Process Engineering
BASF

Dr. Vishwanath Dalvi

R. A. Mashelkar Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology

Dr. Sanket Salgaonkar

Principal Engineer - Autochem Scale-up Systems
Mettler Toledo India Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Makrand Pimplapure

MD
MaxSpeed Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Deepak Kachru

Senior GM - Sales & BD (Industrial & Infrastructure)
Aquatech Systems (Asia) Pvt Ltd

Mr. Surjith Reddy

Executive Director
Dalmia Cement Ltd.

Dr. Dhiraj Singh Yadav

Vice President - Research & Development
Excel Industries Ltd.

Dr. Aruna Khanolkar

Director
Quality by Design (QbD) & Operational Excellence, Cipla Ltd.

Mr. Prasad Bidwe

Senior Sales and Product Specialist – APAC Region
Merck Life Science Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Mike Danielson

Industry Lead
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

Mr. Gulab Malunjkar

Research Scientist – LCA
Dow India Technology Center

Ms. Hetal Udas

Head of Customer Success
One Click LCA

Mr. Ajay Popat

President
Ion Exchnage India Ltd.

Dr. Akshai Kumar Alape Seetharam

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry Head
Centre for Nanotechnology Indian Institute of Technology – Guwahati

Dr. Alvaro Enriques

Research Scientist
Eli Lilly & Co.

Ms. Archana Datta

Associate Programme Management Officer
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Mr. Ashwin Shroff

Chairman
Excel Industries Ltd.

Dr. Benjamin Kühne

Group Lead - Sustainability Assessments
Merck KGaA

Prof. Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay

Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) – Pune

Mr. Chandrakant K Sethia

National Head – Sales & Business development
Corning Advanced-Flow Reactor (AFR) Technologies

Prof. Chris Slootweg

Full Professor - Circular Chemistry
Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam (Online)

Dr. David Entwistle

Head of Process Chemistry
Codexis

Dr. Devender Mandala

Director
Aurigene Pharmaceutical Services

Dr. Avijit Dey

Vice President
Process Development , Aquatech

Prof. Ekambaram Balaraman

Associate Professor Chair
Department of Chemistry, IISER Tirupati

Dr. Gopal Kasat

Project Manager,
Tridiagonal Solutions

Ms. Hiranmayee Kanekar

Consulting Manager - ESG & LCA Consulting
Ramboll

Dr. Joe Armstrong

Chief Operating Officer
TCG Green Chem

Dr. John Warner

Founder
The Technology Green House

Dr. Juan Colberg

Senior Director Technology & Innovation
Global Green Chemistry Leader, Pfizer

Mr. Kingston Arulappan Felix Elango

Technology Solutions Consultant – Scientific AI & Automation,
Zifo RnD Solutions

Mr. Manjit Singh

Founder
Sustainability Edge Consulting

Lt. Col. Monish Ahuja

Promoter & Managing Director
Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Prashant Wagh

Director
Aqura Enviro Projects Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Pratik Bharne

Director,Regional Directorate - Pune,
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Mr. Raghavendra Pai

India Sustainable Sourcing Lead
Syngenta Global Capability Center Private Limited

Dr. Ralph Zhao

Sr. Principal Scientist
Environmental and Process Safety Engineering (EPSE) Lead, Merck & Co Inc.

Mr. R. N. Mohanty

President
Pidilite Industries Ltd.

Mr. Subhash Dhar

Head of Plant Technology
Deepak Nitrite Ltd

Mr. Sudhakar DGS,

Scientific Manager
L 'Oreal Research & Innovation

Dr. Thomas Colacot

VP - R & D
Hindustan Platinum Ltd.

Dr. Todd Maloney

Associate Vice President
Eli Lily & Company

Prof. Dr. Venkata Krishnan

Professor, School of Chemical Sciences and Advanced Materials Research Center
Indian Institute of Technology - Mandi

Green Chemistry Tools for Process Research

Sustainability & Green Chemistry Metrics

Conference on "Facilitating Industrial Sustainability & Pollution Prevention using Green Chemistry" for Pollution Control Board Officers

Environment, Health & Safety ( EHS) - Tools & Technologies

Renewable Feedstocks for Sustainability

Chemo-Catalysis for Sustainability

Bio-Catalysis: A Powerful tool for Green & Sustainable Chemistry

Green Engineering for Process Safety & Benign Environment

Waste Valorization & Industrial Ecology

Software & Analytical Tools for Green & Sustainable Chemistry

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