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Paradigm Shift in Project Execution & Management• India,promisingmarketforinternationalEPCcompanies• Strongerfocusonprojectowners&projectfinancing• Emergingopportunitiesinfertiliser&refiningindustries

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Mr B Narayan, Group President, Procurement & Projects, RIL & Chairman, EPC World Expo 2017, presiding over the 1st Central Advisory Board meeting at The Club in Mumbai

EndUserCentricContentforSpecialtyChemicalsConference• Topicswillincludefutureindustriestolookoutfor• Investmentopportunitiesforspecialtychemicals• Invitingenduserindustrytothe2ndCABmeeting

Dr Raman Ramachandran (in centre), Head, BASF in South Asia & CMD, BASF India Pvt Ltd, chairing the 1st CAB meeting for Specialty Chemicals World Expo 2017. Also seen (from L-R), Mr Maulik Jasubhai, Chairman & Chief Executive, Jasuhai Group & CHEMTECH Foundation and Mr Hemant Shetty, CEO, CHEMTECH Foundation & Jasuhai Media Pvt Ltd Mr Jai Hiremath, Chairman, HIkal, Mr Ajay Durrani, Managing Director, Covestro India Pvt Ltd.

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EndUserCentricContentforSpecialtyChemicalsConference

Dr Raman Ramachandran, Head of BASF in South Asia & CMD, BASF India Pvt Ltd, chaired the

first central advisory board meeting at Khar Gymkhana which was attended by several leaders from the chemical industry. The board has unanimously decided to organise a one-day user centric conference with four themed sessions on: End User Industry Perspective, Regulatory

& Compliance, Emerging Investor Potential, Technology, Innovation & R&D. Each of the sessions will be led by one industry leader who will work on individual tracks after receiving suggestions from the rest of the board members and finalise the speakers for each of the sessions during the next board meeting.

The board members suggested to focus on the home & personal care, water, agrochemicals, plastics and

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Mr B Narayan, Group President (Procurement & Projects), Reliance Industries Ltd & Chairman, Central Advisory Board (CAB),

EPC World Expo 2017 chaired the 1st CAB meeting in Mumbai on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at The Club. The board has decided to organise a one-day conference on February 14, 2017 with the objective of bringing together the experts from the three key verticals - EPC industry, Equipment manufacturers (Static, Rotary, Package equipment, Water treatment) and Project owners along with the representatives from the regulatory authorities. The board members have decided unanimously to organise interactive panel discussions on pivotal changes that EPC industry needs to make in order to become globally competitive.

The earlier editions of conferences have had deliberations where the EPC companies had shared their perspective on the various underlying

issues that they come across various geographies. Though the world economy is going through a slow phase, India is still a promising destination for EPC companies worldwide because of some of the key projects that have now been announced in downstream chemical industry which include investments by refiners and fertiliser companies to new facilities or revamps to upgrade the existing facilities.

This time the board has decided to have greater focus on the expectations of project owners from EPC industry and engage at least one major project owner during each of the sessions.

CAB members have volunteered to connect with key decision makers from some of the key chemical and petrochemical companies to invite for the inauguration, project financing companies to bring various dimensions together to prepare a holistic programme.

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packaging industries. They expressed having deliberations around future industries and investment potential in India which would be of greater interest to the specialty chemical manufacturers.

The members of the board have been asked to share their suggestions through e-mail for deliberation during the next meeting.

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WaterEXWorldExpo2017AttractsGlobalAttentionwithAustriaasPartnerCountry• H.E. AndraRupprechter, FederalMinister fromAustria, confirms hispresenceduringtheinauguration

• AustriandelegationtovisitIndiaduringevent• MrGSJha,ChairmanCWC&MrABPandya,formerChairman,CWC,todirectevent

With Austria as partner country, preparations for WaterEX World Expo 2017 have already started gaining momentum. The

Ministry for Agriculture Forestry Environment & Water Management, Republic of Austria, has confirmed the presence of their Federal Minister H.E. Andra Rupprechter, during the inauguration of event. Austrian

companies will participate in the event in a Country Pavilion and showcase the advanced technologies for the Indian market.

Mr G S Jha, Chairman, Central Water Commission (CWC), Ministry of Water Resources, has agreed to guide the

event as the technical chair. Mr A B Pandya will be the Convener for WaterEX World Expo 2017. Mr Pandya has been associated with WaterEx World Expo 2015 as the Technical Chair and later as the Chairman for the subsequent editions.

India is currently going through a severe phase of water crisis and 54% of India faces high to extremely high water stress. A closer look at statistics reveals that less than 20% of waste

water generated is treated in India and there is a huge amount of water that gets wasted across multiple sectors of agriculture, industrial, and domestic sectors. WaterEX World Expo 2017 will provide an opportunity to service providers to showcase and

display their services, technologies and products to reduce, recycle and reuse water across the municipal and industrial sectors and have discussions with technical experts during the concurrent conference.

The first Central Advisory Board (CAB) meeting will be organised shortly in Delhi under the Chairmanship of Mr Jha.

SECTOR WATER DEMAND (bcm)

Standing Committee of Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR)

National Committee on Integrated Water Resources Development (NCWIRD)

YEAR 2010 2025 2050 2010 2025 2050

IRRIGATION 688 910 1072 557 611 807

D R I N K I N G WATER

56 73 102 43 62 111

INDUSTRY 12 23 63 37 67 81

ENERGY 5 15 130 19 33 70

OTHERS 52 72 80 54 70 111

TOTAL 813 1093 1447 710 843 1180

INDUSTRYFACTSWater requirement for various sectors

Source: Ministry of Water Resources, Edelweiss Research

Mr A B PandyaFormer Chairman, Central Water Commission,

Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India& Convener, WaterEX World Expo 2017

Mr G S JhaChairman - Central Water Commission, Ministry of

Water Resources, Govt. of India &Technical Chairman, WaterEX World Expo 2017

• Paradigm Shift in Project Execution & Management

• End User Centric Content for Specialty Chemicals Conference

• WaterEX World Expo 2017 Attracts Global Attention with Austria as Partner Country; Austrian delegation to visit India during event

• Leaders for Chemtech World Expo 2017

• Engineering, Architecture & Construction Conference on Changing Urban Skyline

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Mr B Narayan completed his Graduation in Chemical Engineering from Karnataka Regional

Engineering, Suratkal in 1971 and MTech in Chemical Engineering from IIT, Madras in 1973.

He began his career with Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (IPCL), Vadodara in 1973 as a trainee engineer. He is currently the Group President (Procurement & Projects) at Reliance Industries Ltd and responsible for process licenses & engineering services for major projects, project management of capital projects, procurement of capital equipment, supply chain management of input materials, MRO items for Reliance Industries Group companies & E-procurement initiatives.

Mr B Narayan Group President (Procurement & Projects), Reliance Industries Ltd

and Chairman, Central Advisory Board, EPC World Expo 2017

Mr Vipul Shah is the COO, Petrochemical Division at Reliance Industries Ltd. He was the President, Chief

Executive Officer and Chairman of Dow Chemical India, where he worked for 25 years.

He began his career with RIL in India and joined Dow in 1988. In his 25 years' tenure with Dow, Mr Shah has held various positions. In 2007, Mr Shah (MSc in Polymer Science, University of Texas, Austin, United States) was appointed Business Vice President for the Chlor-vinyl for Dow in the United States, a business that includes Caustic, Ethylene Dichloride (EDC), and Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM). In 2010, he returned to the region as the President, South East Asia and India, providing leadership and geographic oversight for implementing Dow’s geographic business objectives and reinforcing the company’s new portfolio and transformational operating model. He returned to India in 2011 as president, CEO and Chairman of Dow India.

Mr Vipul Shah COO, Petrochemicals, Reliance

Industries Ltd and Chairman, Central Advisory Board, Student

Outreach Program 2017

Dr R Ramachandran is the Chairman of BASF Companies in India and Head of BASF in South Asia.

Prior to his current role, he held the position of Senior Vice President, Crop Protection, Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.

He has over 25 years of diversified experience in research, operations, new market development and strategic planning. He joined BASF in the year 2000 and has held several senior management positions in the company, including two years as the Director on the Board of BASF India Limited, from 2006 to 2007.

He is a Master of Science and a PhD in Agriculture from the University of Adelaide, Australia, after which he pursued his research interests by associating with various Universities and Institutions of International reputation.

Dr Raman Ramachandran, Head - South Asia and

Chairman, BASF India Pvt Ltd & Chairman, Central Advisory Board

SpChem World Expo 2017

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Dr Deepak Parikh is the Region President – India for Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals. He

is the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited. He is also on the Board of six other Clariant entities. He has also managed IMEA Region in Clariant and ASIA Region during his tenure at Dow Chemicals & DuPont. A dynamic strategist, an energizer - Dr Parikh joins Clariant from Lion Copolymer (USA), where he held dual roles as the President of Asia Pacific Business and Chief Technology Officer. Prior to this, he worked with Dow Chemical and DuPont in USA and Asia for almost 20 years where he held various global and regional leadership roles in commercial, R&D and business development functions.

Dr Parikh is a Chemical Engineer from Bombay University (UICT) and is the youngest person to obtain a PhD from University of Tennessee’s Engineering Department. He is the holder of 40 US patents.

Dr Deepak Parikh Vice Chairman & Managing

Director, Clariant Chemicals India Pvt Ltd and Vice Chairman

Central Advisory Board SpChem World Expo 2017

Mr G S Jha is a graduate in Civil Engineering and Post-Graduate in Structural Engineering,

from BHU-IT, Varanasi with Hons. He joined Central Water Engineering (CWE) Gp-A Service (Central Water Commission) in April, 1981. He has worked in various capacities in CWC, Ministry of Water Resources, RD&GR, Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC) and Brahmaputra Board since then. Prior to the assignments of Commissioner (CADWM) and Commissioner (Pen. Riv.) in the Ministry during 2008-14, he worked as Senior Joint Commissioner (CAD) during 1997-2002. He also worked in Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of United Nations as an Irrigation Expert for implementation of Special Programme on Food Security (SPFS) in Lesotho, Africa. He has taken over as Member (D&R) in CWC on Novemer 9, 2015 with additional charge of Chairman, Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC), Patna and Chairman, Central Water Commission.

Mr G S Jha Chairman - CWC, Ministry of

Water Resources, Govt of India & Technical Chairman, WaterEX

World Expo 2017

Mr A B Pandya, Former Chairman, Central Water Commission is a graduate in Civil Engineering from

Saurashtra University and M Tech in Structural Engineering from IIT, Delhi.

Mr Pandya joined the Central Water Engineering Service in CWC in October, 1977 as the Assistant Director and has held various positions in the Department and other organisations under the Ministry of Water Resources like WAPCOS, NWDA and NPCC.

In his long distinguished service encompassing all aspects of water resources sector, Mr Pandya has gained all round experience in water resources sector involving resource assessment, project planning, design, execution, operation and safety assurance, funds management, commercial consultancy management etc.

Mr A B Pandya Former Chairman, CWC, Ministry

of Water Resources & Convener, WaterEX World Expo 2017

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Engineering,Architecture&ConstructionConferenceonChangingUrbanSkyline

Indian Architect & Builder (IAB) will organise a one-day conference on Engineering, Architecture and

Construction (EAC) on December 2, 2016 at The India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The conference will focus on the theme of Changing Urban Skyline and bring entire ecosystem of Urban

Development, Structural Engineering, Architecture and Construction along with the allied services to common platform.

Today, our cities offer innumerable possibilities of creating an ever changing and dynamic built environment; the conference envisages bringing forward thought provoking ideas of various stakeholders who comprehend the

importance of addressing the role of sustainability and an innovative infrastructure.

Mr Mahendra Raj, India’s renowned structural engineer, Mr Mahesh Tandon, President Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IASE), Dr A S Firoz, Chief Economist, ERU, Ministry of Steel, Mr Jagjit Chandra, Director, DLF Real Estates Limited, Dr P R Swarup, Director General, Council industry development council and Mr Sudhir Dhawan, President, Consulting Engineers Association of India & Mr Yatinder Pal Singh Suri, MD, Outokumpu India, are amongst the panel of experts who have joined the central advisory board to design the content for the conference to genuinely address the pivotal issues for sustainable development.

The conference will be one of its kind which, apart from bringing the professionals to interact and invigorate thoughts together, envisages bridging the gap between the various fraternities who form the ecosystem of urban world.

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