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ALUMINI MEET
The Chemical Engineering
Alumini meet - INTERFACE was organized by the Department of Chemical
Engineering on July 8th 2006. The meeting was attended by around 50
alumini of PEC Chemical Engineering department. An alumini association of
Chemical Engineers by name REFLUX was formed and and the executive
committee REFLUX was constituted.
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2005
The Chemical Engineering Students Forum (ACES) organized a
two days All India Technical Meet (TIELINES 2005) on 24th
January and 25th January 2005. This meet had one key note
lecture , two technical sessions and one technical Quiz. About 35 students
from all over the country participated in this technical meet. Mr.
Sankaranarasimhan, Professor, IIT, Chennai inaugurated the event and
delivered a key note lecture on “Process to Product Design”. Mr. K.
Vijayaraghavan, Factory Manager, Asian Paints delivered the valedictory
address.
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National Seminar on Clean and Sustainable
Technology
A two day national seminar on “Clean
and Sustainable Technology” (NSCST-2003) was held on 10th and
11th October 2003 at Hotel Annamalai International in
Pondicherry. The event was organized jointly by the Department of
Chemical Engineering of Pondicherry Engineering College and the Indian
Institute of Chemical Engineers – Pondicherry Regional Centre
(IIChE-PRC). The seminar was attended by about 100 delegates from
leading chemical industries and members of pollution control boards of
Tamilnadu and Pondicherry. The leading industries represented by the
delegates include Asian Paints, Hindustan Levers, Colour Chem, Madras
Cements, Thirumalai Chemicals, Petroaraldite, orchid Chemicals, EID Parry,
TANFAC, Tagros Chemical Industry, Shasun Drugs and Chemicals, Henkel SPIC
and others. The main theme of the seminar included the discovery and
development of cleaner products to substitute for existing polluting ones
and incorporation of new waste free processes in the manufacture of
existing products. The seminar had one keynote lecture and five
technical sessions of guest lectures by eminent scientists across the
country. The Inaugural function of NSCST – 2003 was held at 10. a.m
on 10th October, 2003. His Excellency, (Late)
Thiru.K.R.Malkani, Lt. Governor of Pondicherry, inaugurated the seminar,
and Thiru.N.Rangasamy, Chief Minister of Pondicherry, presided over the function. The guest speakers in this seminar
include Mr.P.M.Belliappa I.A.S, U.N expert on environment, well known
professors and scientists like Shyam Asholekar IIT, Bombay, T.Swaminathan,
IIT, Madras, Mr.T.Chakrabarti, NEERI, Nagpur etc., The presentation also
included a few case studies of clean technologies implemented and
practiced by leading chemical industries. A Panel Discussion was held at 4.15 P.M on
11th October. The panel members were from Industries,
Institutions, and Research Organizations. Professor Abbasi, Pondicherry
University, Professor K.Ethirajulu, PEC, G.Krishna Prasad, Orchid Pharma,
Misra, R.R.L, Bhubaneshwar, Prof.S.Basu, Calcutta are a few to name. The
concluding session followed the vibrant Panel Discussion session.
Thiru.K.Lakshmi Narayanan, Minister of Education, Pondicherry was the
chief guest of the valedictory function.
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One
Day Workshop on “Membrane Technology in Water Management”
A one day workshop
was organized by the Pondicherry Regional Centre of Indian
Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE-PRC) in association with the
Department of Chemical Engineering, PEC on Saturday the 7th
August 2004 at Hotel MASS, Pondicherry. Prof. K. Ethirajulu, Vice
President of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers inaugurated the
workshop. The workshop had two technical sessions with five lectures
on the topic of the seminar delivered by Mr. G. Sridhar (Ion Exchange
Ltd., Chennai), Mr. R. Suthanthara Rajan (CLRI, Chennai), Mr. K. Pattabi
(Tamilnadu Petroproducts Ltd., Chennai), Mr. Suresh (Chemfab Alkalis Ltd.,
Pondicherry), Mr. Rajan Babu (BARC, Kalpakkam) . The technical
sessions were chaired by Prof. S.A. Abbasi (Pondicherry University)
and Dr. M. N. Chandrashekara (Vanavil Dyes and Chemicals Ltd., Cuddalore).
The Valedictory Address was delivered by Mr. P.K.K. Murthy of
Autofina Peroxide Ltd., Cuddalore. 77 delegates from industries and
academic institutions participated in the workshop.
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