Guest Column
Automated Device Commissioning with Intelligent Commissioning Wizard
Manoj Chandrasekharan
Offer Director for Asset Management
Schneider Electric - Process Automation BU

"Opportunities in Market are linked to Package Solution including Services
Mr Shekhar Jagtap
Managing Director

We have an edge over China in terms of better compliance of Safet y, Health & Environment standards and hence will have sustainable production. Package Solution including Services
Mr. K N Mehta
President (Commercial) of Kutch Chemical Industries Ltd

The Golden Age of Control
Dr Peter Martin,
Vice President - Business Value Solutions Schneider Electric

The Outlook for India Is Promising: Laudenbach
Martin Laudenbach,
President, Solvay Asia

Bringing Manufacturers to the Tech Table
Ramesh Subramanian,
Global Delivery Head, Blue Star Infotech.

Tenets of Operational Excellence: Do It Safely or Don’t Do It At All
Ram K Goyal,
Adviser - Risk Management and Leader - Central Reliability Engineering, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Kingdom of Bahrain,

Import Substitution: The Way to Go
Sanjaya Bhatnagar,
CEO, ISRL,

Challenges & Opportunities for Industrial Gas Market
Prof R C Bhattacharya,
Vice Chairman, Globsyn Business School, Director, Globsyn Technologies Ltd & Technical Consultant, AIIGMA

Specialty Gases in India – An Overview

Make in India’ with SMAC
Ramesh Subramanian,
Global Delivery Head, Blue Star Infotech.

Integrating, Sharing and Analysis of Big Data: A Game Changer for Chemical Industry
Arun Ramachandran,
Country Manager, Data Computing Division, EMC India & SAARC

BDA and IoT: Redefining Chemical Industry
Abhijeet Mhatre,
Co-Founder & R&D Head, Covacsis Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Doing It Differently
Steve Gimre,
MD, UOP India Pvt Ltd

Avoiding Glitches in Mega Scale Projects
G K Pillai,
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Walchandnagar Industries Limited

Insurance of EPC Projects in Downstream Chemical Industry - Indian Saga
Azad Kumar,
Vice President, Aon Global Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd

EPC Model in India: Bottlenecks & Benefits
Ajay Hans,
Managing Director, Petron Engineering Construction Ltd

Opportunities for EPC Players in Fertiliser Sector
K Shanker,
Director - Onshore Business, Technip India Limited

Process Intensification - A Perspective
Dr D M Mohunta
Commercial, Chemical and Development Company

Execution Challenges during Project Life Cycle - Part II
E Pramod
Senior General Manager – Construction, Aker Powergas Pvt Ltd

Is Production Without Wastewater Possible?
Frank Schlegel
Managing Partner, H2O GmbH,

Opportunities in ME’s Chemical Industry
Vishnu Shankar
Associate Director & Head, Chemicals, Materials & Foods Practice, Frost & Sullivan

Capital Project Execution: Decision to go EPC vs.EPCM
Romy Ludwig
President, Dow India Engineering Center, Dow Chemical International Pvt Ltd.

Plant Reliability & Maintenance
Jeff Dudley
Senior Consultant, Solomon Associates

Project Contracting Modes and Associated Risks
Neil Iyer
Independent Project Management Consultant and Former President & CEO, Chemtex Global Engineers Pvt Ltd,

Execution Challenges during Project Life Cycle - Part I
E Pramod
Senior General Manager – Construction, Aker Powergas Pvt Ltd

Filtration System: Basic Engineering Design
Nitin Nageshwar
CEO, YoKu Consultants & YoKu Filters

Tenets of Operational Excellence: Do it Safely or don't do it At All
Ram K Goyal
Advisor - Risk Management and Leader - Central Reliability Engineering, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Kingdom of Bahrain

Role of Project Management Consultant
Partha Purkayastha
Managing Director, Foster Wheeler India Private Limited,

How will Gujarat Continue to Lead the Chemicals & Petrochemicals Industry in India?
Jaimin Vasa
President, Gujarat Chemical Association

Carbon Sequestration: A Fresh Perspective
Pradnya P Gune
Senior Technology Manager - Marketing, Aker Powergas Pvt Ltd

Sustainable Products and their Benefits
Santhosh Jayaram
Technical Director, Advisory - Climate Change and Sustainability, KPMG

Recovering Materials from Fertiliser Production Waste Water
Dr Stefan Neumann Head
Application Laboratory BU ION LANXESS Deutschland GmbH

India: Hydrogen Economy
K. Venkataramanan
Chief Executive Officer & M D Larsen & Toubro

Utilisation of Coal in India: Opportunities for Petrochemicals
Bipin Vora
Consultant & R&D Advisor, UOP LLC, A Honeywell Company

R&D can Breathe a New Life into the Chemical Industry
GD Yadav
Director (Vice Chancellor), Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)