Articles Published During January – December 2021

Bibliography – Articles

January 2021 – Annual

1. Global Energy Transition – Thomas Mathew, Reliance Technology Group of Reliance Industries Ltd; Antony Francis, Gasification Techno-logy-Centre of Excellence, Reliance Industries Ltd

2. Chemical Industry: Navigating through Challenges of COVID-19 – Shohab Rais, Tata Chemicals Ltd

3. Chemical Business and the COVID-19 : Seeking New Paths for the Next Decade – Dr. R. Rajagopal, CEO, KnowGenix India

4. Top 5 Technologies Disrupting the Chemicals and Materials Industry – Anthony Schiavo, Lux Research

5. Deploying Industry 4.0 in the Chemical Industry – Dr. Valentijn de Leeuw, ARC Advisory Group.

6. Challenges Faced by Petrochemical Industry in India – Nitesh Ranjan, CARE Ratings

7. Is the Indian fertiliser industry set to change or will it continue to be in doldrums? – R G Rajan, Independent Consultant

8. New Drug Discovery Research in the Context of COVID-19 Vaccines Development – Dr. M D Nair, Consultant to the pharmaceutical industry in India

9. Interview – Emerging renewable energy sources and shift to electric transportation will usher in a new epoch
– Thomas Mathew, President, Reliance Technology group of Reliance Industries

10. How Green and Sustainable Chemistry Can Drive the Growth of Chemical Industry – Ashwin C. Shroff, Executive Chairman, Excel Industries Ltd

11. Prospects of Titanium and Zirconium in India
– Dr MP Sukumaran Nair, FIE, Director, Centre for Green Technology & Management, Cochin, India

12. Trends in Indian Homecare Industry
– Sanjay Trivedi, Chairman, Trivedi Group

13. Need to Build Production Capacity for Specialty Chemicals Used in Lithium-Ion Battery – N S Venkataraman, Founder & Director, Nandini Consultancy Centre.

14. Funding Options for the Chemical Industry – Shailesh Monani, Amit Agrawal, Arpit Singhvi, Chartered Accountants based in Mumbai.

February 2021

1. Bhopal Gas Tragedy – World’s Worst Industrial Disaster:
No Redressal and No Closure – Dunu Roy, Director, Hazards Centre, Delhi; N.D. Jayaprakash, Joint Secretary, Delhi Science Forum

2. Fault Tree Analysis – Safety Promoter & Defects Eliminator Primer
– S Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant

3. Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) – Ronjoy Rajkhowa, GVS Cibatech

4. Transportation of Petroleum Products – A Comparison of Consequences on Accidental Release – Dr. U K Chakrabarty, Industrial Safety Expert & Trainer

5. Standalone Smart Control Valve – V. Murugappan, Dow Chemical International Pvt. Ltd.

6. Predictive Maintenance Takes on Operational Risk – Dr. Paige Marie Morse, Aspen Technology, Inc

7. Role of ‘Competency’ in Functional Safety – A Case Study – Shivendra Kapoor, Sr Manager, Functional Safety with Chola MS Risk Services, Mumbai

March 2021

1. Project Management: Involve Contractors Early – Shawn Buchanan, Brian Gallagher, Graycor Southern, Ga, USA.

2. Artificial Intelligence in the Chemical Industry – Pushkar Deo, Aker Solutions

3. Engineering Processes that are Environmentally Sound – Jochen Schaal, Michel Rosmolen, SoundPLAN GmbH

4. Interface Challenges in a Hydrogen Production Unit – Pranay Veer Singh, Venkata Sravan Kumar, Debopam Chaudhuri, Fluor New Delhi.

5. Processing Equipment Tips: Consider Modularization – Catalin Eftimie, Consultant based in Calgary, Canada.

6. Accelerate Business Outcomes with Industrial AI – Adi Pendyala, Aspen Technology, Inc

April 2021

1. Plant Decommissioning – How to decontaminate,
dismantle and decommission process plants – Abhisam Software

2. Solutions for the Caustic Soda-Chlorine Industry – Prabodh Kumar Maiti, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (India) Pvt Ltd.

3. Why Pumps & other Shafts Fail? – S Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant

4. Indian specialty chemicals sector poised for double-digit
growth – Shohab Rais, Tata Chemicals Ltd

5. Out of the box – Solutions to Industrial Problems – S Raghava Chari, Industry Consultant

May 2021

1. Geopolitical Shifts Create Opportunities in the Indian
Chemical Industry – Tojo Eapen, Chandan Kumar, Veena Pandey, Stanton Chase

2. Using Continuous Helical Flow to Reduce Fouling – Dennis Long, Watlow

3. Hydrogen Economy – Peter Muller Baum, VDMA

4. Gas Based Economy: Role of Small LNG Units – Dr MP Sukumaran Nair, Centre for Green Technology and Management

5. A Sustainable Solution to Rising Fuel Prices – Dr Pramod Chaudhari, Praj Industries India

June 2021 – Sustainability Annual

1. CEO’s Forum – Getting to Action on Sustainability: Views of renowned global industry leaders and scientists – Chandrakant Nayak, CEO and Country President of Dow India; Dr Anjan Ray, Director, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun; Ravi S Jalan, Managing Director, GHCL; Michael Carus, Managing Director, nova-Institute.

2. Circular Economy in India: Setting an Agenda for
Sustainable Growth – Dr R Rajagopal, CEO, KnowGenix India.

3. What “Sustainability” Means for Energy and Chemical
Companies – Peter Reynolds, ARC Advisory Group

4. Sustainability: The Next Big Opportunity for Green Chemicals – Richard Lobo, Tata Chemicals Ltd

5. Competitive Advantage Through Forceful Implementation of
Sustainable Measures – Dr. Jörg Straßburger, Go East Advisors

6. Hydrogen – Role in Global Energy Transition – Antony Francis, Reliance Industries

7. Biorefinery Concept – Dr. D. K. Tuli, Indian Oil Corporation

8. Industrial Sustainability: Responsible Stakeholder Collaboration
is Needed – Dr. MP Sukumaran Nair, FIE, Director, Centre for Green Technology & Management

9. Turning Off the Tap for Fossil Carbon: Future prospects for a global chemical and desired material sector based on renewable carbon
– Nova Institute, Germany