Glitterati who has graced CHEMTECH events over the past four decades OceanTEX World Expo 2010 Mr. Shivraj Patil Mr. S Krishnakumar PCE 99 HEALTH & MEDICARE INDIA 98 Union Minister of State for Union Minister of State for Mr. Nelson Narciso Mr. Suresh Prabhu Mr. Sunil Dutt Science & Technology Non-Conventional Energy Sources Director, ANP Brazil (Energy) Union Minister for Chemicals & Member of Parliament CHEMTECH+Oil & Gas 87 Fertilizers CHEMTECH 2013 Mr. Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav AGRO FOOD TECH 98 H E Giani Zail Singh Mr. Omar Abdullah Union Minister of Chemicals & Mr. Manohar Joshi Mrs Deepa Dasmunshi President of India Fertilizers (Chemicals) Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Chief Minister Maharashtra State the then Minister of State for ENVIROTECH 88 Dr. C R Bhatia Urban Development, CHEMTECH WORLD EXPO 2000 HOSPIMedica India 99 Govt. of India Mr. B A Desai Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of Justice A S Anand Minister of State for Environment Mr. Noel Watson CHEMTECH South 2013 & Urban Development, India (Environment) President and CEO, Chief Justice of India Jacobs Engineering, USA. Government of Maharashtra. CHEMTECH SOUTH 95 ISC 2000 Dr K Rosaiah Mr. Suresh Prabhu Governor of Tamil Nadu CHEMTECH 89 Mr. K Karunakaran Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee Union Minister of Power Mr. P Thangamani Mr. H K Khan Union Minister of Industry Prime Minister of India Government of India Padmabhushan Prof M M Sharma Minister for Industries, Secretary, Union Ministry of Dr. R A Mashelkar Petroleum & Natural Gas, Former Director, UDCT, Mumbai Tamil Nadu Mr. M Arunachalam (Chemical & Process Industry) Director General, CSIR Government of India. Union Minister of State for Mr. Bimal Jalan Dr Shailesh Nayak Mr. Ramrao Adik Industry Dr. (Mrs) Manju Sharma, Secretary, Ministry of Secretary, Department of Government, Reserve Bank of Industry Minister CHEMTECH TRIPLE EXPO 96 India Earth Sciences, Govt. of India Government of Maharashtra Biotechnology, Government of Mr. Darren Gribble India (Biotechnology) CHEMTECH 2002 Oil & Gas +EnerTECH + CHEMTECH 90 High Commissioner of Australia Dr. Fredie A Mehta, SMP 2014 in India Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, Mr. M S Gurupadswamy Director, Tata Sons Ltd CM Maharashtra (Energy & Environment) Mr Noboru Ueda Minister of Petrochemicals Mr. T R Balu Chairman and President, Government of India. Union Minister of State for Mr. Mukesh Ambani OFFSHORE & ENERGY 92 Vice Chairman, ClassNK (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, ENVIROTECH 91 Petroleum & Natural Gas Japan) (Offshore & Energy) Mr. S K Manglik Reliance Industries Ltd Mr. Pranab Mukherjee Member (OPS) ONGC CHEMTECH + Pharma 2003 CHEMTECH 2015 Deputy Chairman Planning Mr. Ganesh Naik Minister of Environment Mr. Jagdish Tytler Luminaries Commission, Government of India Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh Mr. Surjit Chaudhary & Forests, Government of Union Minister for Surface Transport CM, Maharashtra Secretary – Department of Mr. Digvijay Khanvilkar Maharashtra Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Mr. S S Dhindsa Minister of State for Health, MEDITECH TRIPLE EXPO 95 Ministry of Chemicals and Government of Maharashtra. CHEMTECH SOUTH 97 Union Minister, Govt. of India Mr. R T Kadam Fertilizers, Government of India ENVIROTECH 93 Mr. M Arunachalam Oceantex 2004 Union Minister of Chemicals & Mayor of Mumbai Prof. Sanwar Lal Jat Mr. Ramrao Adik Fertilizers F&B TECH 97 Dr S P Gupta Hon’ble Minister of State for Water Minister of Finance Member Planning Commission, Resources, River Development and Government of Maharashtra. Mr. B B Ramaiah Mr. Devdas Chhotray Government of India Union Minister of State for Ganga Rejuvenation, Government Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of of India Mr. Arun Gujarathi Commerce Food Processing Industries CHEMTECH + Pharma 2007 Minister of Environment, CHEMTECH WORLDEXPO 98 Dr. S Venugopalachari Mrs. Satwant Reddy CHEMTECH GUJARAT 2016 Government of Maharashtra. Secretary, Dept.of Chemicals & Union Minister of State for Mr. B N Navalawala CHEMTECH TRIPLE EXPO 94 Mr. Surjit Singh Barnala Agriculture Petrochemicals, Govt. of India Union Minister of Chemicals & Adviser to the Hon. Chief Minister, H E P C Alexander Fertilizers EN-POWER-EN 97 Government. of Gujarat Governor of Maharashtra Oceantex & SMP 2008 Mr. Suresh Prabhu Mr. Gopinath Munde Smt. D. Thara, IAS Mr. S K Manglik Union Minister of Environment & Deputy Chief Minister H.E. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Municipal Commissioner, Municipal former President of India CMD, ONGC (Oil & Gas), Forest (Valedictory Address) Government of Maharashtra Corporation of Ahmedabad 2 Impressions - A Pictorial Journey Journey Since 1975 The spirit of Chemtech is about innovation as a differentiator, invention as a strategic tool and collaboration to build institutions and country Founder Mr Jasu Shah Chairman Founder Chairman, Jasubhai Group & CHEMTECH Foundation Impressions - A Pictorial Journey 3 PROLOGUE A country of tremendous opportunities and enormous talent, India is blessed with huge untapped potential to become a major economic power within a very short period. Realisation of this dream requires vision and self-confidence. Above all, it demands dedicated efforts in the right direction at the right time. The chemical industry has a very important role in the realisation of this dream as it makes a major contribution towards improvement in the quality of life of the people. The chemical industry meets a variety of basic needs – household goods, plastics, polyester for clothing, soaps and detergents and so on. It also has the capability to ensure food security in a large number of developing nations by partnering with the farming community to increase the yield and reduce post-harvest wastage during transportation, storage and distribution. It contributes to the enhancement of grain productivity and the management of water resources. It can ensure healthcare for all by creating cost effective medical preventive care. In the long term, such initiatives would lead to a healthier society and, also, eventually expand the consumer base for the industry. The chemical industry, which is the second largest in the world, offers great opportunities as well as big challenges. The Indian chemical industry has already emerged as a major driver of the country’s economic progress. In the last three decades, it has leapfrogged from small processing units to large integrated enterprises. Several of them meet international standards in size, technology and services. Though it forms only 1.5 per cent of the global chemical industry, the Indian chemical industry contributes to about 7 per cent of India’s GDP and 5.6 per cent of its exports. It is likely to be in the high growth phase in the next few decades with growth rates of around 15 per cent per annum growing at five times the worldwide growth rates. By operating at the convergence of chemicals, energy, power and pharmaceuticals, it can realise its full potential. The large domestic opportunity, an inherent strength in intellectual capital, access to global financial markets, strong knowledge of chemistry, strength in software engineering and its rich bio-diversity provide ample opportunity to make India a global force in the chemical industry. With a creative harnessing of these opportunities, appropriate restructuring of organisations, redesigned strategies, a change in the mindset and above all, dynamic leadership, it can usher in an era of unprecedented growth. PROLOGUE Since 1975, CHEMTECH, a truly pioneering effort, has to its credit manifold achievements. It has become an important catalyst across this entire spectrum, and has contributed significantly to the development of the industry. More than anything else, it has brought about a major change in attitudes and mindset. I am happy that the CHEMTECH Foundation is redefining its role in its thrust areas so as to meet new and ever- growing challenges. This is extremely important at this juncture when technology is offering exciting solutions to challenges on the productivity front and innovations are opening up new windows of opportunity. Therefore, I am DHIRUBHAI AMBANI very happy that CHEMTECH has set before it the mission of ‘Inspiring Intelligence’ and ‘Igniting Innovations’. The successful implementation of this noble objective would give a dramatic fillip to India’s economic technological and Mumbai - April 24th 2002 social transformation. Their recent emphasis on Pharma and Biotechnology Industries strengthens my belief that knowledge-based industries will pave the way for progress and prosperity in the twenty-first century. All segments of the chemical industry need to work together in a seamless fashion to take advantage of the new era of convergence. I hope a chronicle of CHEMTECH’s journey will greatly help the industry to explore the future creatively and set new milestones to guide its forward march towards greater successes. 4 Impressions - A Pictorial Journey Journey Since 1975 FOREWORD I am happy to respond to Mr. Jasu Shah’s invitation to write a ‘Foreward’ for the book ‘The Journey is the Reward’, which covers the story of 25 years of service to the Indian industry, the story of CHEMTECH Foundation, the story of the people who shaped it and the story of organisations, which have benefited from it. Mr Jasu Shah, the driving force behind CHEMTECH Foundation, is a visionary. He pioneered International Trade Fairs and Conferences in 1975 at a time when such events were required the most. He focussed on ’Environment’ since 1978, much before the Bhopal disaster, on computers since 1980 and Biotechnology since 1983