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Engineering & Technology Exposition forOil & Gas, Power and Shipping Industries

21-23 February 2018Cidco Exhibition Centre, VashiNavi Mumbai, India

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Inaugural Session: Dynamic Paradigms…Innovative Solutions

CHEMTECH organised the 8th edition of Oil & Gas World Expo and Technical Conference at CIDCO Exhibition Centre, Vashi,

Navi Mumbai, India. The international exhibition and conference on the theme - “Dynamic Paradigms….Innovative

Solutions” attracted the key decision makers from the entire stakeholders of the global and regional hydrocarbon

industry to discuss and deliberate the paradigm shift being witnessed by the Oil & Gas sector in past few years,

innovations and emerging technologies that will shape the future hydrocarbon industry.

Mr. Arvind J Morbale, ED - Asset Manager, Neelam & Heera, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited; Mr. P K Sharma,

Director (Operations), Oil India Limited; Mr. Abdo Ahmad, Head of Drilling & Completions (HOD) - Deep Water Projects,

Reliance Industries Ltd; and Ms. Ann Ollestad, Consul General, Royal Norwegian Consulate General were among the

key leaders from Indian Oil & Gas Industry delivered their views in different topics viz; New Technologies and Business

Model to Sustain the current downturn; Digitalization in Oil & Gas Industry; Design Competition in field development -

Onshore, Offshore & Subsea, etc.

Mr. Maulik Jasubhai, Chairman & Chief Executive - Jasubhai Group & Chemtech Foundation presents memento to Mr. Abdo Ahmad, Head Drilling & Completions (HOD) – Deep Water Projects, Reliance Industries Ltd

Mr. Arvind J Morbale presents memento to Ms. Ann Ollestad

Guest and delegates attending the Inaugural Session of Oil and World Expo 2018 and conference

Lighting of Lamp: (L-R): Mr. Jayant Malholtra, General Manager, Schlumberger; Ms. Ann Ollestad, Consul General, Royal Norwegian Consulate General; & Mr. Arvind J Morbale, ED - Asset Manager, Neelam & Heera, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited

Releasing of Exhibitors Directory during the Inaugural Session

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Inaugural Session

“CHEMTECH is once again trying to create a holistic platform for the entire value-chain of hydrocarbon industry by bringing all the stakeholder of the industry. The 8th edition will mark its significant of creating the platform towards ‘India Hydrocarbon Vision 2025’.”

Mr. Maulik Jasubhai Chairman & Chief Executive Jasubhai Group &Chemtech Foundation

“The bilateral trade between India and Norway has been evolving manifold in energy, IT, health and technology sectors as presenting opportunities since last few decades. The partnership enhances India’s flagship programmes such as Make in India, Smart Cities, Clean India, Start-up India and the Sagarmala projects. The recent ‘Ocean Dialogue’ between Norway and India was an important tool to bring this cooperation forward.”

Ms. Ann Ollestad Consul General, Royal Norwegian Consulate General

“Era of Easy oil has gone and the new finds are increasingly in remote geographies and difficult environments, such as deep under water or from unconventional sources like shale oil and shale gas. Though the new findings have adequate supply of O&G for future needs; however, the new projects will be larger, more remote and complex and enabled by innovations and advances in technology. The associate risks are also high, thus the nature of programme management is changing, becoming more complex, involving new partnerships, sharing risks, managing operational risks, etc.”

Mr. Abdo Ahmad Head of Drilling & Completions (HOD) – Deep Water Projects, Reliance Industries Ltd

“The Paradigm shift in Oil & Gas Industry subject to the ‘Boom & Bust’ economy and investments that will yield returns has compelled Oil majors to look at innovations and emerging technology adoption in realising the augmented reality. The CHEMTECH Oil & Gas World 2018 will discuss on the changing global oil & gas industry dynamics and find innovative ways to ensure a reliable, equitable and sustainable business model in the sector.”

Mr. Arvind J Morbale ED - Asset Manager, Neelam&Heera, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited & Chairman - Exhibition & Conference Committee, Oil & Gas World Expo 2018

“To meet today’s business challenges there is a need to have constant conversations between companies and customers, and companies should move towards technology integration. The factors that would contribute towards a lower cost per barrel are people, technology, risk-sharing, knowledge, and experience.”

Mr. Jayant Malhotra GM, Schlumberger

Mr. Arvind J Morbale presents memento to Mr. Jayant Malholtra

Inaugural Session (L-R): Mr. Abdo Ahmad, Head Drilling & Completions (HOD) – Deep Water Projects, Reliance Industries Ltd; Ms. Ann Ollestad, Consul General, Royal Norwegian Consulate General; Mr. Arvind J Morbale, ED - Asset Manager, Neelam & Heera, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited; and Mr. Jayant Malholtra, General Manager, Schlumberger


“The oil and gas industry is now at a pivotal point in its evolution and we are now on the cusp of a transformation. The rise of new technologies, coupled with the ongoing global push for a reduced environmental impact, is altering the industry. Organisations across the sector face growing pressure to streamline their operations in order to improve overall efficiency and unlock additional barrels of oil to maximise revenue.”

Mr. Abdo Ahmad Head of Drilling & Completions (HOD) – Deep Water Projects, Reliance Industries Ltd

“Technology advancements in the upstream oil and gas business have opened up new frontiers, enabled safer operations, enhanced oil and gas recovery from existing fields and increased energy efficiency. In the downstream business, technology has helped to increase and upgrade the capacity of the oil barrel and meet the increasing demands of environmental legislation.”

Mr. Manav KanwarManaging Director - SK Oilfield Equipment Co. Pvt. Ltd

“Intervention free reservoir surveillance and diagnosis is required to minimise the operating expenses and downtime in timely fashion for a successful well intervention plan in deepwater offshore. Furthermore, multi-lateral well technology that reduces the number of slots requires additional reservoir management to ensure that production is maximized from various zones. All these issues have led to advances in “smart” or intelligent wells, which allow for real-time data gathering of downhole information, and provide completions that can control production from various zones.”

Mr. Aditya MukerjeeBusiness Development Manager SK Oilfield Equipment Co. Pvt. Ltd.

“With new technologies emerging everyday, many with the same promise of reducing costs and optimising a business’ performance, ways to achieve technological advancement across the industry are now in abundance and oil executives must consider how best to accelerate this innovation to ensure its continued success on a global scale.”

Mr. George Soman Team leader/Lead Structural Engineer - Lloyd’s Register

Session: New Technologies & Business Models

(L-R) Mr. George Soman, Team leader / Lead Structural Engineer - Lloyd’s Register; Mr. Jayant Malholtra, General Manager, Schlumberger; Mr. Abdo Ahmad, Head Drilling & Completions (HOD) – Deep Water Projects, Reliance Industries Ltd; Mr. Manav Kanwar, Managing Director - SK Oilfield Equipment Co. Pvt. Ltd; and Mr. Aditya Mukerjee, Business Development Manager - SK Oilfield Equipment Co. Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Abdo Ahmad presents memento to Mr. Manav Kanwar

Audience interaction with the speaker during the session


“Digital technology is not new to the oil and gas Industry. Digital Platform, Digital Oil fields, etc are now decade old, connecting remote O&G fields to operation centre to monitor performance and analyse real-time data. However, what is new in the digital space within the oil and gas industry are the emerging digital technologies like; IoT, machine learning and analytics; the change in attitude within the industry which is now considering outsourcing ‘innovation’ to partners because they see the value in digitalization.”

Mr. K Balasubramanian Vice President – IT & PDM, Petroleum E&P, RIL

“The geographic distribution and remoteness of oil and gas projects presents operators with significant challenges in managing logistics, making sure key parts are available for maintenance and keeping downtimes to a minimum. 3D technologies — printing and scanning — can help energy companies and suppliers reduce costs wherever possible while maintaining or improving quality of products and speed of repair/maintenance activities.”

Dr. Vladimir NavrotskyChief Technology Officer (CTO), Power Generation Service, Distributed Generation, Gas Turbine Fleet Director, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB

“Digital assets in oil & gas are not merely photos and rich media stored as digital files – they are literally a means to critical business results. Digital assets are the backbone of the industry across its life-cycle with complete information integrity and continual operational readiness. Eventually they help to gain insights from their operation and condition data, effectively and efficiently, to improve productivity, and to safely and reliably extend asset life.”

Mr. Amritpal Singh BamhrahAccount Manager – Oil & Gas, AVEVA Information Technology India Pvt Ltd

“Automation is key to the digital oilfield, driving productivity and innovation both onshore and offshore. Early adopters of digital oilfield technologies are already reaping rewards, including improved efficiencies, cost savings and advanced health and safety and environmental compliance, etc.”

Mr. P K SharmaDirector (Operations), Oil India Limited

Session: Digitalization

“The highly volatile and complex industry, oil & gas sector requires maximum yields per barrels. Predictive analytics can enable to help optimize production. Operators might consider adopting advanced analytics, which combines engineering, data science, and computing power to enable businesses to forecast yields or maximize industry assets. ”

Mr. Ali DidanlooPetroleum Engineering Manager South East Asia, Schlumberger

“As being the most demanding, challenging and exciting engineering and technological advances, a integration of project management with information management is required with the aim to review the project management, improve the decision making process and overall project execution. Smart Project digitizes the project execution process from macro to micro level to integrate all the processes, people and data of a project and organization.”

Mr. Manesh AliasChief Operating Officer, Wrench Solutions Pvt Ltd

(L-R) Dr. Vladimir Navrotsky, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Power Generation Service, Distributed Generation, Gas Turbine Fleet Director, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB; Mr. Amritpal Singh Bamhrah, Account Manager – Oil & Gas, AVEVA Information Technology India Pvt Ltd; Mr. Ali Didanloo, Petroleum Engineering Manager, South East Asia, Schlumberger; Mr. P K Sharma, Director (Operations), Oil India Limited; Mr. K Balasubramanian, Vice President – IT & PDM, Petroleum E&P, RIL; and Mr. Manesh Alias Chief Operating Officer, Wrench Solutions Pvt Ltd


“Integrated approach to field development continues to gain traction – be it Onshore, Offshore or Subsea. Innovative architectures and technologies are the key concepts invented for these developments that will drive the emergence of a new generation of onshore and offshore conventional projects that deliver superior profitability in a ‘cheap oil’ environment.”

Mr. Satish PalekarVice President & Head of Offshore Business Vertical, L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Limited

“Rapid advancements in technology will continue to engineer further growth in oil and gas. Super computers and complex data processing will enable new discoveries. Smart devices will enable improved operational management and better risk management. Advanced materials will offer safer operations in difficult terrain. Manufacturing technologies will improve the applications of new materials and collaborative technologies will enable new ways of managing complex global projects.”

Mr. Rakesh Verma Chief Executive Officer, Simon India

“Subsea Technologies are continuing to gain traction in the offshore field development; however, new technologies can improve projects economy and accelerate first oil.”

Mr. Uday V Kulkarni Offshore Business Development Head – Technip India & Offshore Projects Operations Head, Mumbai

“Subsea market has been one of the few bright spots in the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry globally; however, the downturn is forcing operators to re-evaluate the development concepts of various projects and to look for efficiencies and new business models to survive.”

Mr. Ajay Gharpure VP Offshore Projects – India, Aker Solutions

Session: Design Competition for Field Development - Onshore, Offshore & Subsea Projects

(L-R) Mr. Arvind J Morbale, ED - Asset Manager, Neelam & Heera, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited; Mr. Uday V Kulkarni, Offshore Business Development Head – Technip India & Offshore Projects Operations Head, Mumbai; Mr. Satish Palekar, Vice President & Head of Offshore Business Vertical, L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Limited; Mr. Rakesh Verma, Chief Executive Officer, Simon India; and Mr. Ajay Gharpure, VP Offshore Projects – India, Aker Solutions


Mr. Arvind J Morbale presents memento to Mr. Uday V Kulkarni


“Oil & Gas has been a key focus area for CHEMTECH since the inception of international exhibitions and conferences in the year 1975. As the relevance of Natural Gas in the hydrocarbon sector continues to increase globally and in India, CHEMTECH has launched GASTech World Expo 2018 to discuss the potential of natural gas in the energy mix and deliberate on LNG infrastructure and gas transmission & distribution. ”

Mr. Maulik JasubhaiChairman & Chief Executive Jasubhai Group & Chemtech Foundation

“In line with Government’s plan to increase the share of Natural Gas from 6% to 15% in the country’s energy mix, it is imperative to create balance between the infrastructure developments and polices towards City Gas Destruction (CGD) System in India. Cross country gas pipeline is the key enabler in CGD to make the country as a Gas-based Economy.”

Dr. Ashutosh Karnatak Director Projects, GAIL Ltd

“Energy availability is the key to India’s economic growth. Currently coal is the primary energy source of power generation, however looking at the environmental impact of coal-fired plants and India’s commitment at COP 21, switching to natural gas to generate power is a prudent choice. Factors such as higher availability, development of transmission and distribution infrastructure, cost savings and its eco-friendly characteristics are propelling its use.”

Mr. Nitin Patil, CEO, Gujarat Gas Ltd

“Natural Gas, being a Green and Clean Fuel, has great potential to become the primary energy source in the global energy mix. I am glad that CHEMTECH has taken the initiative to organise GASTech World Expo to highlight the Green Fuel potential and the future of LNG as a sustainable transportation fuel.”

Mr. Rajeev Mathur Managing Director, Mahanagar Gas Ltd Chairman, GASTech World Expo 2018

CHEMETCH organized GASTech World Expo and technical conference for natural gas on the theme “Gas: Green Fuel for Sustainable Future”, under the leadership of Mr. Rajeev Mathur, MD, Mahanagar Gas Ltd, concurrently during the Oil & Gas World Expo 2018. Decision makers from the value chain of LNG sector, technology & services and transportation & logistics services providers attended the event.

Dr. Ashutosh Karnatak, Director – Projects, GAIL Ltd addressed the audience during the inaugural session as the Guest of Honour. Mr. Sarthak Behuria, ED, LNG & LPG, Adani Gas Ltd, Mr Nitin Patil, CEO, Gujarat Gas Ltd; Mr Prabhat Singh, MD CEO, Petronet LNG, Mr I S Rao, ED - Natural Gas, BPCL, Mr. Rahul Deep Singh, MD, Hazira LNG Terminal, Mr. Darshan Hiranandani, MD, H Energy, were among the leaders who addressed the audience during the sessions were held Natural Gas Supply & Demand Dynamics, Gas infrastructure development, Innovation & technology during the conference.

Mr. D K Sarraf, Chairperson, PNGRB shared his views during the panel discussion on “Regulatory & Policy Initiatives to Shape Gas Market” along with Mr. Prabhat Singh, Mr. Vivek Joshi, ED, Natural Gas Society; Mr. Anish De, Partner & Head, Strategy & Operations Advisory (Infrastructure), KPMG India and Mr. Rajesh Mediratta, Director, India Energy Exchange.

“Government’s ambitious plan to increase natural gas share in the energy mix to 15% by 2020 is doable and it requires a proper roadmap. With many gas fields expected to come online and increase in LNG imports will ensure supply security for India’s gas demand. Development of last mile connectivity, promotion of PNG & CNG is required in boosting the gas usage in the country.”

Mr. Sarthak BehuriaExecutive Director LNG & LPG, Adani Gas Ltd

Gas: Green Fuel for Sustainable Future

(L-R) Mr. Nitin Patil, CEO, Gujarat Gas Ltd; Dr. Ashutosh Karnatak, Director Projects, GAIL Ltd; Mr. Rajeev Mathur, Managing Director, Mahanagar Gas Ltd; & Chairman, GASTech World Expo 2018; Mr. Maulik Jasubhai, Chairman & Chief Executive, Jasubhai Group & Chemtech Foundation; and Mr. Sarthak Behuria, Executive Director - LNG & LPG, Adani Gas Ltd


“LNG will be the largest contributor in the gas sector due to constraint of gas flow through cross-country and intercontinental gas pipelines. It is expected that many new LNG producing countries and more expansion in liquefaction will be taking place all over the world. While the major LNG supplier will be countries like US, Australia; India, China and Asian countries will be driving the LNG market as the leading consumers.”

Mr. I S RaoExecutive Director – Natural Gas, BPCL

“The new and emerging sourcing strategy in LNG purchase must have greater flexibility, mix of various indices, supply security and a basket of short term, long term and spot term LNG. Though the combined capacity of current and planned LNG regasifying facilities in India will be around 82 MMTPA, there is a need of capacity expansion and their ability to scale up, along with need of infrastructure development for increased gas penetration.”

Mr. Rajnish Goswami General Manager, LNG Marketing, SE Asia , India Sub continent & Middle East, Anadarko, Singapore Pte Ltd.

“Relevance of Natural Gas to the economic growth as well as energy sector is changing significantly, particularly when overall world scenario is favourable to the economy of developing countries like India. Natural Gas has its inherent qualities to be a popular and most preferably fossil fuel over other hydrocarbon fuels and India has a lot of potential for developing of Natural gas as being a green fuel looking at the energy security of its huge populace of as well as the country’s commitment to COP 21.”

Mr. A M TambekarManaging Director, Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited

“A rapid transition in energy mix is required for a low-carbon economy, managing the risk & climate change and providing energy to all in sustainable manner by cutting emissions. The transition is on the way driven by many factors like; economic reforms, evolving customer habits, emerging technologies, introduction of National policies to cutting carbon emissions and local pollutants, etc. Gas and renewable in the energy mix will certainly be the transition for a low carbon future.”

Mr. Sturat AnsonBDM, Shell

Session: Natural Gas Supply and Demand Dynamics

“Gujarat is the only state in the country which has covered all the last-mile connectivity of CGD Gas Network across the state expect for six districts so far. These six districts in the state, which do not have CGD network, are expected to get one during the next round of bidding. This is due to Government’s proactive policies, availability of skill, talent and technologies in Gujarat.”

Mr. Nitin Patil CEO, Gujarat Gas Limited

“Coal-to-Gas route is vital for India to boost the sustainable energy alternative in the current scenario. However, it is needed to adapt proven technologies to rapidly shore up thermal efficiency in power generation, and carry out-diffusion of cutting-edge emission-abatement equipment nationally, even as we actively seek to raise the share of renewables in our energy mix.”

Mr. Rajesh Mediratta Director, India Energy Exchange

(L-R) Mr. Rajesh Mediratta, Director, India Energy Exchange; Mr. Rajnish Goswami, General Manager, LNG Marketing, SE Asia , India Sub continent & Middle East, Anadarko, Singapore Pte Ltd; Mr. Sturat Anson, BDM, Shell; Mr. I S Rao, Executive Director – Natural Gas, BPCL; Mr. Nitin Patil, CEO, Gujarat Gas Ltd; and Mr. A M Tambekar, Managing Director, Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited


Session: Gas Infrastructure Development Infrastructure Creation vs Demand

(L-R) Mr. Rahul Deep Singh, MD, Hazira LNG Terminal; Mr. S V Kher, Director (B&T), Shipping Corporation of India; Mr. Sarthak Behuria, Executive Director LNG & LPG, Adani Gas Ltd; and Mr. Darshan Hiranandani, Managing Director, H Energy

“The CGD Network is at the tail end of natural gas value chain and thus the infrastructure is pivotal for the development of rest of the supply chain. It will, however, need a fully integrated gas supply infrastructure with uniform pricing alongside affordable end user prices, which can only be determined with targeted regulatory policies.”

Mr. Sarthak Behuria Executive Director LNG & LPG, Adani Gas Ltd

“As the country plans to double its regasification capacity to 62.2 million tons per annum by 2022, the major Infrastructure development will happen on both West and East coasts. This will lead country’s LNG imports as well as require more infrastructure development of CGD Network.”

Mr. Rahul Deep Singh MD, Hazira LNG Terminal

“Efficient and transportation of high calorific value, natural gas could play an important role in a clean energy future for India. This necessitates the development of import and distribution infrastructure including new import terminals, adequate storage and regasification facilities, and distribution networks to deliver gas to the end-customer.”

Mr. Darshan Hiranandani Managing Director, H Energy

“The key attributes of FSRUs – an ability to enable gas companies to commence LNG imports relatively cheaply and quickly – ensure that the global portfolio of FSRU projects continues to grow strongly.”

Mr. S V Kher Director (B&T), Shipping Corporation of India

Conference in progress


“The demand of Natural Gas in India is on the threshold due to the government’s initiative of increasing the greener fuel share in the energy mix and on a nation-wide natural gas pipeline grid, coupled with commissioning of LNG import terminals in west coast. In the supply side, additional Regasified LNG (RLNG) terminals, transmission pipeline network and transnational pipelines would help to meet demand and achieve a higher share of natural gas in the overall installed capacity of energy.”

Mr. A M Tambekar Managing Director, Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited

“India has massive plans to expand its LNG infrastructure. However, most of these plans involve setting up of LNG terminals. There is an urgent need to come up with plans to build a strong LNG supply chain through investments in procuring/building LNG ships and laying adequate pipeline networks to connect gas fields to liquefaction plants without which it will not be possible to transport gas.”

Mr. Prabhat Singh Managing Director, Petronet LNG

“Both the Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs) and Electric Vehicles (EVs) are accelerating the global adoption of clean vehicles to much extent. Factors like technology, policy, and economic opportunities will have to be considered to realise the potential of creating sustainable and successful business model for both.”

Mr. K. K. Gandhi Executive Director, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)

“Worldwide, gas is the preferred feedstock for the power plants and India should use LNG as feedstock for power plants to meet its burgeoning energy demand. However, a holistic plan should require to match the world’s share of natural gas to 15 per cent in energy mix and addressing the existing challenges of inadequacy of infrastructure on supply side.”

Dr. Walter M. Hart, Ph.D., P.E. Vice President, Natural Gas Liquids

Session: Innovation & Technology

(L-R) Dr. Walter M. Hart, Ph.D., P.E., Vice President, Natural Gas Liquids: Mr. K. K. Gandhi , Executive Director, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM); Mr. Prabhat Singh, Managing Director, Petronet LNG; and Mr. Claes Tigerstrand, Head - Southern Europe & Overseas, Technical Market Development & Customer Service, BA Europe, Outokumpu



“India’s plan to move to a sustainable gas-based economy requires more domestic gas production by policy flexibility as well as importing larger volumes of LNG. However, the challenge remains in distribution, not least the lack of well-functioning gas supply chain infrastructure.”

Mr. Anish De Partner & Head, Strategy & Operations Advisory (Infrastructure), KPMG India

“With high unmet demand, the time is right for a more innovative approach to LNG distribution. Natural gas is now more available, affordable and competitive than liquid fuels, thus making it ideal for efficient power generation. Policies should be developed to make way for the development.”

Mr. Prabhat SinghMD & CEO, Petronet LNG

“Keeping in mind that the proportion of natural gas resources in India is at 6.2% compared to 24% globally, our main aim is to maximise the number of connections to reach the target of 25% energy consumption through natural gas by 2030.”

Mr. D K SarrafChairperson, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board

“Government of India’s plan of developing a gas trading platform is commendable. For this, the Government needs to introduce a concrete roadmap for the establishment of the hub commensurate with regulatory support that will enable tariff determination based on the market reality.”

Mr. Rajesh Mediratta Director, India Energy Exchange

“The demand of gas is mostly drive by the transport and fertilizers sectors, power plants and industrial sector. An efficient, well-functioning supply chain that is scaled to match demand will increasingly become part of India’s LNG import and distribution networks.”

Mr. Vivek JoshiExecutive Director, Natural Gas Society

Session: Regulatory & Policy Initiatives to Shape Gas Market

(L-R) Mr. Anish De, Partner & Head, Strategy & Operations Advisory, (Infrastructure), KPMG India; Mr. Rajesh Mediratta, Director, India Energy Exchange; Mr. D K Sarraf, Chairperson, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board; Mr. Prabhat Singh, MD & CEO, Petronet LNG and Mr. Vivek Joshi, Executive Director, Natural Gas Society

Mr. Rajeev Mathur, Managing Director, Mahanagar Gas Ltd; presents memento to Mr. D K Sarraf


“Given the shrinking margins in the Refineries, it has become almost inevitable to look for value added opportunities to be integrated through Refinery-Petrochemical integration. The fact that most of the petrochemical producers invite a higher degree of margin vis-à-vis the fuels, there is a strong case for integration between Refinery and Petrochemical Complex, wherein, both feed as well as energy integration can be exploited for soliciting higher revenues.”

Mr. D M Katre President, Reliance Industries Ltd

“Nickel & nickel alloys alongside stainless steels are used extensively in the refining & petrochemical industry due to their excellent properties such as corrosion, heat and pressure resistance. They are resistant to both aqueous and gaseous corrosion plus they can be used in environments from cryogenic to very high temperatures.”

Mr. Claes Tigerstrand Head - Southern Europe &Overseas Technical Market Development & Customer Service, BA Europe - Outokumpu

“With increasing demand for energy, more stringent product specifications for cleaner fuels, reduced fuel oil demand and the economic advantages in processing heavier sourer crudes, the demand for hydrogen in refineries continues to grow.”

Mr. Kishore Sonawane Senior Business Development ManagerThyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (India) Private Limited

“Though refining capacity additions are a need to meet the primary energy demand in the country, growing demand-supply gap of the petrochemicals also needs to be addressed while adding refining capacity. Stream Dictionary evaluation is the starting point for identifying the integration potentials. Technology sourcing is a challenge in petrochemicals; however suitable solutions vary from case to case. Government policies support production of petrochemicals and creating clusters of manufacturing with allied industries.”

Mr. Nandakumar V Chief General Manager (Petchem and R&D), Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd

Emerging Trends in Refining & Petrochemicals in the Face of Global Uncertainties

Over 100 delegates from refining, petrochemicals, EPC services and other allied sectors attended the 9th edition of

Refining & petrochemicals conference organized concurrently during Refining & Petrochemicals World Expo 2018 in

Navi Mumbai. While India’s refining sector is showing promising growth, this industry also needs to get ready to address

the challenges rising from the use of renewable energy, alternative fuels and strong inclination of Indian government to

shift the automotive industry from fossil fuels to electric vehicles.

The conference “Emerging Trends in Refining & Petrochemicals in the Face of Global Uncertainties” resonated very

well with the audience where they had interesting interactions with the experts on the dais. Speakers delved over

Integration of Refinery & Petrochemicals and latest Hydrogen Technology, they talked about Integration of Engineering

& operations, Control valves for challenging applications and Cost reduction in the session on Technology trends.

Dr. Debesh Patra, Chief General Manager (Planning), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd led the panel discussion with

the keynote presentation on “India’s energy basket analysis; taking into account transition factoring of COP” which was

followed by discussion with expert panel.

(L-R) Mr. Kishore Sonawane, Senior Business Development Manager, Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. D M Katre, President, Reliance Industries Ltd; Mr. Claes Tigerstrand, Head - Southern Europe & Overseas Technical Market Development & Customer Service, BA Europe - Outokumpu; and Mr. Nandakumar V, Chief General Manager (Petchem and R&D), Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd


“The refining industry will continue to grow with the increased demand from the developing countries being the principal driver for that growth. The global refining capacity was around 3.6 billion tonnes in 2016 and is expected to rise to about 4.2 billion tonnes in 2030.”

Dr. Debesh Patra Chief General Manager (Planning), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd

“Digitalization changes all areas of life; the way we stay informed, the way we travel, the way we buy things – and the way we manufacture products. Electrification, Automation and digitalization, E-A-D in short – are the three main drivers of growth and innovation in any organization in the future.”

Mr. Tobias BotzenhardtVice President Asia Pacific, Enterprise Data Intelligence and Analytics, Siemens Industry Software Pte Ltd

“While a lot of brownfield and greenfield refining & petrochemicals projects are coming up worldwide in the coming years, companies will likely have to take a more disciplined approach to capacity additions and all petrochemical players will need to work much harder on core capabilities and strategy. This will include using digital and advanced analytics to reach a new level of productivity, and attain higher capital productivity on the industry’s large-scale projects. Companies must also work on reinventing the interface with oil refining as the gas-driven era winds down.”

Mr. Martin Hawkins COO, HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited

“Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) of Refinery is very critical because of chemicals and processes involved in it. Thus several factors to be considered for the selection of Control Valve including performance needs, testing procedures and lifecycle requirements, and environmental requirements such as fugitive emissions or reducing/eliminating flares. Also consider what technology will be utilized, from the logic solver to the final control element (valve) and contract management, considering budgets, suppliers and schedule needs.”

Mr. Nitin Gupta Chemtrols Industries Pvt Ltd

“Increasing the efficiency of heat exchange is a way of keeping heat in technological processes and reducing heat emissions to the atmosphere. ”

Mr. Timur ZaripovGlobal Sales Director, Lotus

Session: New Technology Trends

(L-R) Mr. Elvis Joseph, Chemtrols Industries Pvt Ltd; Mr. Nitin Gupta, Chemtrols Industries Pvt Ltd; Mr. Timur Zaripov, Global Sales Director, Lotus; Dr. Debesh Patra, Chief General Manager (Planning), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd; Mr. Martin Hawkins, COO, HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd; and Mr. Tobias Botzenhardt, Vice President Asia Pacific, Enterprise Data Intelligence and Analytics, Siemens Industry Software Pte Ltd



“The transition from current usage of Coal & fossil fuel to unconventional mode is a mammoth task. However a flexible alternative of fossil fuel as sources of clean energy can be achieved through measures like; coal conversion development, materials technology, technical support to major liquefaction projects, process analysis and engineering evaluations, fossil energy environmental analysis, flue gas desulfurization, atmospheric fluidized bed coal combustor for cogeneration, etc.”

Mr. Parag Chepe Executive Director – Technologies (Fertilisers, Electrolysis, Polymers), thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd.

“The fall in the price of clean energy is driving massive capacity build across Asia and that is an opportunity that even conventional energy firms can’t ignore.”

Mr. Sourabh Mukherjee Director of Global Sales, Jacobs Engineering

“The timely investment in green technologies is the necessity of current time that will position India to achieve the target set for energy integration. This is significant, given India’s burgeoning electricity demand and the persistent supply demand gap - the pursuit towards cleaner energy sources will have a crucial role in enabling the country’s transition to a fully sustainable energy system. ”

Mr. D M Katre President, Reliance Industries Ltd

“India’s share of world energy consumption was 4.4% in 2000, increased to 5.6% in 2013 and is expected be 11% in 2040. That is much less than 18% of share of India’s population as 1.6 billion, as compared to world’s 9.1 billion.”

Dr. Debesh Patra Chief General Manager (Planning) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd

“While India is leapfrogging from Euro IV to Euro VI Fuel emission standard in last few years, the integration of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Technology and Diesel Exhaust Fluid in vehicles will play key role to meet stringent NOx emission standards to adhere to Euro VI.”

Dr. Kamaraj DuraisamyPartner – KAC International

“Concerns about rapid economic growth, energy security, and global climate change have created a new landscape for fossil energy exploration, production, and utilization. Efficiency improvements, fuel conservation, and deployment of nuclear and renewable supplies will help those concerns, but are unlikely to offset growth in the coming decades. As such, new technologies and undertakings must both provide high quality fossil energy with minimal environmental impacts. Oil and gas supply can be partially sustained and replaced through exploitation of unconventional fossil fuels such as tar-sands, methane hydrates, coal-to-liquids, and oil shales.”

Dr. Pramod KumbharCTO & Executive Vice President, Praj Industries Ltd

Panel Discussion: India’s Energy Basket Analysis: Taking into Account Transition Factoring of COP

(L-R) Dr. Kamaraj Duraisamy, Partner – KAC International; Mr. Sourabh Mukherjee, Director of Global Sales, Jacobs Engineering; Dr. Debesh Patra, Chief General Manager (Planning), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd; Mr. Parag Chepe, Executive Director – Technologies (Fertilisers, Electrolysis, Polymers), thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd; Dr. Pramod Kumbhar, CTO & Executive Vice President, Praj Industries Ltd; and Mr. D M Katre, President, Reliance Industries Ltd


“Under the current India’s energy demand, nuclear power, which is over 5,780 MW now, can play a key role in diversifying India’s fuel mix along with providing clean and cheap power. The Government of India intends to draw twenty-five per cent of its energy from nuclear power by 2050, including 20,000 MW of installed capacity from nuclear energy by 2020, and 63,000 MW by 2032. ”

Mr. S. A. Bhardwaj Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board

“ ‘24X7 Clean Power for All’ is not a myth any more. The transition of power generation has slowly shifted from fossil fuel to non-fossil fuel. Smart power grid has the capability to provide the sustainable infrastructure to achieve it. CHEMTECH’s EnerTech World Expo & Nuclear Energy World Expo 2018 will discuss the transition of power generation and effective transmission and distribution system for economic development of the country.”

Dr. Anil Kakodkar Chairman, Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council; Chairman, Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission; President, National Academy of Sciences, India & Chairman - Nuclear Committee, Central Advisory Board (EnerTECH World Expo 2018)

The Inauguration of EnerTech World Expo and Nuclear Energy World Expo 2018 was graced by Dr. Anil Kakodkar,

Chairman, Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council; Chairman, Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology

Commission; President, National Academy of Sciences, India; and Mr. S. A. Bhardwaj, Chairman, Atomic Energy

Regulatory Boardalong with dignitaries and audiences across the entire energy segment viz; Thermal, Renewable &

Nuclear, and Power Transmission & Distribution.

EnerTech World Expo 2018 conference ‘Smart Energy Portfolio for 24X7 Clean Power for All’ focused on the paradigm

shift in power generation from fossil to non-fossil energy sources for a cleaner and greener energy future. The technical

sessions had discussion on ‘Flexibilisation in Thermal Power Generation’, and ‘Smart Grid Distribution System in India’.

Inauguration (L-R): Mr. Hemant Shetty, CEO, CHEMTECH Foundation & Jasubhai Media Pvt. Ltd, Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council; Chairman, Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission; President, National Academy of Sciences, India, and Mr. S.A. Bhardwaj, Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board

Release of Exhibitor Directory during the inaugural session

Inaugural Session: Smart Energy Portfolio for 24X7 Clean Power for All


“The Indian government is pursuing a clear course in expanding the energy supply and paying special attention to renewables. While coal-based power generation takes the larger pie in India’s energy requirement, a robust roadmap for flexible operation of thermal, gas and hydro power stations is required to facilitate integration of generation from renewable resources.”

Dr. Tomasz Kaminski Project Director, STEAG Energy Services Pvt. Ltd

“Considering the target of installing renewable capacity of 175 GW by 2022, the variability of solar, hydro, nuclear generation has to be taken care by supplying flexible generation from other power sources to ensure the grid security and stability.”

Mr. Sandeep Chittora Advisory Expert Steam Turbine Performance, Siemens Ltd

“The options of flexible energy sources is now providing the power generators an opportunity to optimally utilise generation from RE that helps in reducing emissions and facilitate further RE capacity addition.”

Mr. Mahesh Kendhe Sr. Strategy & Marketing Leader, Steam Power GE

“The rapidly changing energy mix is a key driver for the flexibilization of power generation. Government has set a target of 175 GW of installed capacity from renewables by 2022 and emphasised on development of non-fossil fuel based power generation through solar, hydro, nuclear, and wind, etc. ”

Mr. Anjan Kumar Sinha AGM, NTPC

“Flexing coal-based power generating units to accommodate renewable generation is a complex problem in India. A multi-pronged approach is required to ensure optimum technical and economic flexibility of coal based generation to sync to generate from renewables in same units.”

Mr. Paul Askew Head of Operations & Maintenance Development & Delivery, Uniper SE

(L-R): Mr. Sandeep Chittora, Advisory Expert Steam Turbine Performance, Siemens Ltd; Mr. Naresh Kumar Wadhwani, Head- PS PG, Power Generation Services, Siemens Ltd; Mr Mahesh Kendhe, Sr. Strategy & Marketing Leader, Steam Power GE; Mr. Paul Askew, Head of Operations & Maintenance –Development & Delivery, Uniper SE; Mr. Anjan Kumar Sinha, AGM, NTPC; and Dr. Tomasz Kaminski, Steag, Project Director, System Technologies, STEAG Energy Services Pvt Ltd

Session: Flexibilisation




“The traditional grid used by coal is now evolving to become smart, driven by an intersection of digital technology and the use of renewable energy. However, this transition will not only determine the supply mix of fuels but the fundamental nature of the grid and the relationships among its stakeholders.”

Mr. V K Shrivastava ED - POSOCO Ltd

“Fly ash is the biggest lever in the country and has to bring the carbon intensity reduction of the GDP growth. A potential to save 30000 MW of power generation in next decade and a half and saving millions of cubic meters of water.”

Mr. Vivek Taneja Business Head – Strategic New Initiatives (Ash Management ), Thermax Ltd “Indian electricity sector has grown tremendously in its

energy demand, generation capacity, transmission and distribution networks in last few years. Keeping pace with the development, advance technologies, ICT Infrastructure, adoption of new monitoring, control and management tolls are also deployed rapidly in smart grid concepts at distribution as well as transmission level.”

Mr. Brahmendra Thakur Regional Area Director – India Power Generation Services, Black and Veatch

“The real-time integration of renewable energy generation is still a matter of concern in grids. The issues that need to be addressed are voltage control grid stability, reactive power management, very high or low renewable generation resulting in critical over or underloading in associated transmission elements, and underutilisation of the EHV network during lower renewable energy injection.”

Mr. B. B. Mehta Chief Engineer, SLDC, Gujarat

“Emerging systems make it possible to embed processing and digital communication on top of the analog power grid. This enables a resultant communications infrastructure capable of handling greater data volumes, and managing the greater data velocity.”

Mr. Atsushi Kato General Manager, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS)

Session: Smart Grid Distribution & New Environment Norms - Challenges and Opportunities

(L-R): Mr. Pankaj Kumar Gupta, AGM, NTPC Ltd; Mr. V K Shrivastava, ED- POSOCO Ltd; Mr. Brahmendra Thakur, Regional Area Director – India, Power Generation Services, Black and Veatch; Mr. Vivek Taneja, Business Head – Strategic New Initiatives (Ash Management), Thermax Ltd; Mr. B. B. Mehta, Chief Engineer, SLDC, Gujarat; and Mr Atsushi Kato, General Manager, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS)

Mr. V K Shrivastava presents memento to Mr. Pankaj Kumar Gupta


Towards Greater Competitiveness in Accelerated Deployment Scenario

The 2nd edition of Nuclear Energy World Expo & technical conference organized under the Chairmanship of Dr Anil

Kakodkar witnessed good attendance of nuclear scientists, technology experts and stakeholders from the allied services

providing sectors. The conference “Towards Greater Competitiveness in Accelerated Deployment Scenario” had focused

sessions on Resource Planning & Risk Management; Innovations in Project management & Optimum Energy Mix . Mr S

A Bhardawaj, Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Mr. S F Vohra, ED- Technology Development, Nuclear

Power Corporation of India February 2020 - Mumbai, India Ltd (NPCIL), Mr. Andrey Shevlyakov, CEO, ROSATOM South

Asia along with other leaders from the industry participated in the panel discussions held during the day-long event.

CHEMTECH also organized a session for students to interact to create awareness about the progress India is making

in the field of application of nuclear sciences across the sectors of energy, medicine and agriculture etc. Some of the

leaders who interacted with the students were – Dr Sharmila Banerjee, Head, RMC, BARC, Dr. Lalit Varshney, Head

RTDD, BARC; Dr V M Datar, TIFR; and Prof Dr Sunil Gupta, TIFR to name a few. The students from the engineering

streams of chemical, mechanical, computers & electronics along with those pursuing undergrad courses in physics &

chemistry attended the Student Outreach Program.

Panel Discussion: Resource Planning & Risk Management

(L-R) Mr. D. K. Shukla, Executive Director, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board; Mr. S. F. Vhora, Executive Director (Technology Development), Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd; Mr. Ashok Chauhan, Technical Advisor - Reliance Nuclear Business; and Mr. Lokesh Kumar, ED (Procurement), Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd

“With the Paris Agreement to limit carbon emissions, countries are making roadmap to adhere to the commitment of carbon reduction a reality. Next generation reactors can make important contributions to the objective.”

Mr. S. F. Vhora Executive Director (Technology Development), Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd

“The successful financing of nuclear construction depends on the project structure which is developed. This, in turn, must be determined on the basis of the relevant electricity market. With the right project structure, one that shares risks equitably among stakeholders and encourages each project participant to fulfil its responsibilities, nuclear power will succeed and investors earn substantial and reliable profits.”

Mr. Ashok Chauhan Technical Advisor - Reliance Nuclear Business

“There has been a surge of interest in nuclear power around the world as countries begin to recognise the benefits of low carbon electricity, improved security of supply and stability of generating costs. ”

Mr. Lokesh KumarED (Procurement) , Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd

“The nuclear resurgence has entered a chapter in which the maturity of the technology, its strong economic competitiveness and its inherent environmental advantages can and must be translated into soundly structured, highly profitable projects that yield nuclear new-build on a worldwide scale. ”

Mr. D. K. Shukla Executive Director, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board


“All aspects of the innovation process, ideation, evaluation, validation, and execution, are important in successful execution of any nuclear power plant.”

Mr. Anil V. Parab Executive Vice President (Heavy Engineering & Nuclear), Larsen & Toubro Limited

“Creating a ‘culture of innovation’ globally will be necessary to create the ‘ecosystems’ of capabilities and resources needed for these new nuclear technologies to achieve market acceptance and to have on impact on decarbonizing electrical generation.”

Dr. S. Kalirajan Head - Special Initiatives (Nuclear), L&T Construction

“The economics of new nuclear plants are more challenging. It has however become clear that even with the most cautious assumptions on costs of plants, the price of natural gas and other relevant variables, new nuclear plants can now be economically viable. This prospect is strengthened by the likelihood that public policies will focus increasingly on penalizing energy technologies that produce carbon emissions.”

Dr. Fawzi Issa Jaitapur Deputy Director & Head of EDF Mumbai Liaison Office

“Public-private partnerships with government agencies, labs, private firms, and non-profit R&D centers are the key to access to test facilities, advanced computing capabilities, and support for development of advanced materials and new types of nuclear fuels.”

Mr. K. Prabhakaran Senior VP ( Projects ), Reliance Industries Limited

Panel Discussion: Innovations in Project Management

(L-R) Dr. S. Kalirajan, Head - Special Initiatives (Nuclear), L&T Construction; Mr. Anil V. Parab, Executive Vice President (Heavy Engineering & Nuclear), Larsen & Toubro Limited, Mr. K. Prabhakaran, Senior VP (Projects ), Reliance Industries Limited; and Dr. Fawzi Issa, Jaitapur Deputy Director & Head of EDF Mumbai Liaison Office




“The vision of Indian government for a sustainable energy mix has focused more into renewable due to enhanced policy focus on climate change, energy security, COP 21 commitment, etc. Nuclear energy is undoubtedly most important, yet critical part for India’s future energy security.”

Prof. (Dr.) S P Sukhatme Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering Department,Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

“The Indian Vision scenario estimates total electrical capacity in the country to be over 1,100 GW by 2040, with only 39 GW provided by nuclear power. Thus, manufacturing and supply chain constraints are going to play an important role in determining India’s nuclear future, depending on policy choices regarding domestic and/or foreign reactors.”

Prof (Dr.) Rangan Banerjee Head of Department, Department of Energy Science and Engineering IIT Bombay

“One of the biggest challenges to implement Nuclear Power Program in India is securing and sustaining the support of key stakeholders, including the public. Therefore early opinions to identify the main interests and concerns of stakeholders, including the public are required in developing a comprehensive communication strategy for a National Nuclear Program.”

Mr. Unmesh D. Malshe Head, Engineering Design and Development Division and Head, Computational Analysis Division, BARC

“The most important source of energy for India in the coming decades will be nuclear power, given its huge potential for growth, emission-free nature and consistent nature of production. A significant expansion of nuclear power can both enable the connectivity of millions of Indians who currently lack access to the power grid and help it contribute to global efforts to tackle climate change by curbing its total carbon emissions. ”

Mr. A K Nema Associate Director (Corporate Planning & Corporate Communications), NPCIL

Panel Discussion: Optimum Energy Mix

(L-R) Mr Karthik Ganesan, Research Fellow, Council on Energy, Environment and Water; Mr. A K Nema, Associate Director (Corporate Planning & Corporate Communications), NPCIL; Prof. (Dr.) S P Sukhatme, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Prof (Dr.) Rangan Banerjee, Head of Department, Department of Energy Science and Engineering IIT Bombay; and Mr. Unmesh D. Malshe, Head, Engineering Design and Development Division and Head, Computational Analysis Division, BARC

Dr. Anil Kakodkar presents memento to Prof. (Dr.) S P Sukhatme


Mr. Pravir Pandey (IA & AS), Vice Chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India, Ministry of Shipping,

Govt. of India, chaired the conference ‘Model Shift: Ganga as National Waterways 1’ organised concurrently during

SMP World Expo 2018.

The Indian Government is developing the Inland waterways as a means for effective logistics movement within the

country. At present the government is working on developing 9 inland waterways projects which will provide ample

business potential and create several employment opportunities.

The conference had focused panel discussions around the Emerging trends and synergies in Inland Waterways, Cruise,

Passenger Ferry & Ro-Ro opportunities on Inland Waterways, and Auxiliary Infrastructure for development of Inland

Waterways. The conference engaged the inland waterways authorities with the stakeholders from ports, shipping,

terminals, logistics services providers, crew management companies and training institutes during the conference.

SMP – Inland Waterways World Conference 2018

Release of Exhibitors Directory during the inaugural session

Lighting of Lamp: (L-R) Capt. I.V. Solanki, Sr. Consultant (Marketing and Logistics), Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP), Inland, Waterways Authority of India, Mr. Saibal De, Director & CEO, IL&FS Maritime Infrastructure Company Limited, Mr. Pravir Pandey (IA & AS), Vice - Chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India, Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India and Mr. Maulik Jasubhai, Chairman & Chief Executive, Jasubhai Group & CHEMTECH Foundation

Official Inauguration of Exhibition by cutting the ribbon

Distinguished guests listen with rapt attention


Inaugural Session: Model Shift: Ganga as National Waterways 1

“Inland Waterways have been the foremost importance for Govt of India’s Jal Marg Vikas Project and Sagarmala initiative to develop National Waterways. I am happy that Chemtech is organising Inland Waterways World Expo to highlight the cheapest and the most environment-friendly mode of transportation in line with the Government of India’s ‘Make in India’ initiative.”

Mr. Pravir PandeyVice Chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India, Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India

“Modal Share of inland waterways in China is ~11%, EU it is ~9% and USA it is 8.3%. However, in India, inland waterways carry only ~0.6% of the modal share of the tonnage across 20,000 km.”

Mr. Saibal De Director & CEO, IL&FS Maritime Infrastructure Company Limited

“Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) is one of the ambitious projects of the government to implement National Waterways (NW) and multi-modal connectivity for transportation and cruise tourism in India. NW1, approved by the cabinet in 2017, aims to enable commercial navigation of vessels with capacity of 1500 – 2000 tons and will be an environment-friendly, fuel-efficient as well cost-effective alternative mode of transportation, especially for bulk, hazardous goods and over-dimensional cargo.”

Capt. I. V. Solanki Sr. Consultant (Marketing and Logistics), Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP), Inland Waterways Authority of India

Panel Discussion: Emerging Trends and Synergies in Inland Waterways

“The real driver for developing Inland waterways in India is laying the longest water network of water bodies in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters, and creeks. The total navigable length is 14,500 km, out of which about 5,200 km of the river and 4,000 km of canals can be used by mechanized crafts.”

Capt. Harish Khatri Nautical Advisor, Maharashtra Maritime Board

“India should consider and make roadmap for developing more National Waterways as a key transport intervention with an integrated transport network strategy that will help correct the transport modal mix that imposes huge logistics costs on the Indian economy. The costs of logistics in India, at 15 % of GDP, are about twice those in the United States.”

Mr. Dirk SommerSenior Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation

“Success stories of developed countries have witnessed that Inland water transport is cost effective, relatively fuel efficient, environment friendly and more employment generating – all hallmarks of economic vitality and growth .”

Prof. Balaji RamakrishnanDepartment of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay

“A sound and efficient transport infrastructure is the key to boosting economic growth. Inland water transport system ensures both, by way of providing access, mobility and connectivity and generating employment at the grassroots with lesser environmental footprint and cost.”

Mr. Amber DubeyPartner, KPMG

(L-R): Capt. Harish Khatri, Nautical Advisor, Maharashtra Maritime Board, Mr. Dirk Sommer, Senior Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation, Mr. Pravir Pandey (IA & AS), Vice - Chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India, Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India, Prof. Balaji Ramakrishnan, Ph.D - Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay and Mr Amber Dubey

Panel Discussion: Cruise, Passenger Ferry & Ro-Ro Opportunities on Inland Waterways; and Auxillary Infrastructure for Development of Inland Waterways

“Inland Waterways is not only the mode of affordable and sustainable transportation in term of cost and environment friendly; it has the potential to create thousands of new job opportunity in the maritime sectors through passenger ferry services and cruise liner.”

Mr. Raj Singh Managing Director, Heritage River Cruise

“With the country’s economy developing at a high rate and steady pace, domestic travellers are also interested in going on cruises. The inland waterways of India offer enormous scope to develop cruise tourism for domestic and international travellers.”

Mr. Kevin D’ Souza Director Commercial & Business Dev., D P World

“The government should focus on developing navigation, channel operation and maintenance and external connectivity infrastructure. Private players can undertake terminal development, cargo and passenger handling and building low-draft vessels along with related repair facilities.”

Mr. Vishal Goenka Director, Sterling Auxiliaries Ltd.

“Domestic cruise tourism has been getting silver liner through Inland Waterways development in India in terms of not only job creation but attract a lot of investment for its infrastructure. Dredging, Cruise Liners, Ro-Ro Terminal, etc are making inroads in the Indian Domestic cruise sector.”

Ms. Prerna Soni Principal Investment Specialist (Infrastructure), Invest India

“India has about 14,500 km of navigable waterways, Inland water transport accounts for merely less than 1% of freight transportation. Thoughtful policies and infrastructure development using the PPP model can give a boost to the cheapest transport mode.”

Mr. Mayank Garg Managing Director, Venerable LNG Pvt. Ltd.

(L-R): Mr. Mayank Garg, Managing Director, Venerable LNG Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Sanjay Garg - Partner, Leader - Capital Projects, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Ravi Kant, Chief Engineer, Inland Waterways Authority of India, Capt. I.V. Solanki, Sr. Consultant (Marketing and Logistics), Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP), Inland, Waterways Authority of India, Mr. Raj Singh, Managing Director, Heritage River Cruise, Ms. Prerna Soni, Principal Investment Specialialist (Infrastructure), Invest India, Mr Kevin D’ Souza, Director Commercial & Business Dev., D P World, and Mr. Vishal Goenka, Director, Sterling Auxiliaries Ltd.




Student Outreach Program - Nuclear 2018


EXHIBITION

GAIL (INDIA)LIMITED

INLAND WATERWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA

NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA

SANDVIK ASIA PVT LTD

MAHANAGAR GAS LTD

TUBACEX PVT LTDAVEVA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDIA PVT. LTD.

OUTOKUMPU INDIA PVT LTD


EXHIBITION

DIPESH ENGINEERING WORKS

SWAN LNG PRIVATE LIMITED ( SUBSIDIARY OF SWAN ENERGY LTD )

C C JENSEN FILTRATION PRIVATE LIMITED

HAZIRA LNG PRIVATE LIMITED

TRIPURA NATURAL GAS COMPANY LTD

AMBICA STEELS LIMITED

EPP COMPOSITES PVT LTD F.A.T.I. GENERAL EQUIPMENTS PVT. LTD.


EXHIBITION

GLUBUS ENGINEERING (SEEPEX GMBH )

TIMM ELEKTRONIK

SIMON INDIA LTD

IMAGEGRAFIX ENGINEERING SERVICES PVT. LTD.

RAVI INDUSTRIES

TWIN SEAL TECH PVT. LTD.

DUGAR TUBES LTD PANAM ENGINEERS LTD


EXHIBITION

CHEMTROLS INDUSTRIES LIMITED

MAHARASHTRA NATURAL GAS LIMITED

NIRMAL INDUSTRIAL CONTROLS PVT LTD

BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE

SURAJ LIMITED

VARIETY STEEL ALFA LAVAL INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE (I) PRIVATE LIMITED


EXHIBITION

DYNAMIC FORGE & FITTINGS (I) PVT. LTD.

LEONI CABLE SOLUTIONS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED

SIEMENS INDUSTRY SOFTWARE (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED

HILTI INDIA PVT LTD

MARATHON HEATER (I) PVT. LTD.

BOHRA METAL & ALLOYS

ACOUSTICS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED ALTAIR GAS ENGINEERING COMPANY


EXHIBITION

FABMAX PIPE FABRICATION MACHINES PVT. LTD.

FIT TECH INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD .

PRAJ INDUSTRIES LTD

FENIX PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD

MCX INVESTOR ( CLIENT ) PROTECTION FUND

PROTTON ENGINEERING

RAJASTHAN STATE GAS LIMITED RUHRPUMPEN INDIA PVT. LTD.


EXHIBITION

SAI-LEE ELECTROTEKNIKS PVT. LTD.

TIME TECHNOPLAST LIMITED

WONJIN METAL CO LTD.

SHAVO TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD.

V P ENGINEERS

WRENCH SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED

VISION VIDYUT ENGINEERS PVT.LTD. WALLMAX INDIA ENTERPRISES PVT. LTD.


EXHIBITION

IRD MECHANALYSIS LTD.

PSL TOOLS

CHEMIE TECH DMCC

LALIT ROHR FITTINGS PVT. LTD

MESTA INC

COLE-PARMER INDIA PVT. LTD.

LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED, HEAVY ENGINEERING IC RAJ PROCESS EQUIPMENTS & SYSTEMS PVT LTD


EXHIBITION

SEA BREEZE MARINE ENGINEERS & CONSULTANTS PVT LTD

NDT TECHNOLOGIES P LIMITED

THEME PAVILION-SUSTAINABILITY-ONGC

THEME PAVILION-SUSTAINABILITY- L & T

CFF FLUID CONTROL PVT LTD

GULF DOWNSTREAM ASSOCIATION (GDA) THE INSTITUTE OF MARINE ENGINEERS INDIA

NVP NKEMZ LTD

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