UDCT Alumni Association Newsletter May, 2021

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Indiscipline
Dear Alumni,
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
(2019-2021) Greetings.
Office Bearers:
Mr. Dilip Udas
In the events that have unfolded in our country during
President
the last few months, it is easy to place the blame on the
Prof. Padma Devarajan
Imm. Past President
politicians, for lack of anticipation, election rallies, large
gatherings, and what has now become a popular term,
Dr. Sanjay Mehendale
Sr. Vice President lack of “COVID-appropriate behaviour”
Dr. Parag Gogate
Vice President We also need to look at our own behaviour, especially
in our country.
Mr. Vijay Sane
Hon. Treasurer
To cite a few examples of indiscipline, which unfortunately seems to have
Mr. Nilesh Lele
Hon. Secretary
become our culture, how often do our meetings, academic or corporate,
start on time? How often do students or even teachers appear late for a
Members:
Dr. Shalini Deb
scheduled lecture in our own Institute? How often are we required to remind
Dr. Dhananjay Deulgaonkar our co-workers to ensure that the given assignment is done? How often do
Prof. Shreerang Joshi we stop at a signal while driving when no policeman is around? How often do
Prof. Ravindra Kulkarni we revise deadlines? The difficulty is that indiscipline, “follow-up culture”, is
Mr. Rajeev Panse taken for granted and considered normal. Children are expected to behave
Prof. Anand Patwardhan in a disciplined manner while witnessing undisciplined behaviour from their
Dr. Dhananjay Rane own parents.
Mrs. Maharukh Rustomjee
Mr. K. Sahasranaman
Most of the time this indiscipline is only a minor irritant, but it becomes
Prof. Vikas Telvekar
a habit, and then sometimes as seen during the last few months leads to
Co-opted Members: a catastrophe. There is a lot being said about “lessons learnt during the
Dr. Tipanna M Melkeri
pandemic”. We can only hope that one of them is discipline.
Mr. Devavrata Sudhir Golangade
Editors: Coming to the Alumni Association and its activities, another virtual
Ms. Divya Jayaram
Mr. Ravi Raghavan
Distinguished Alumnus Award Function is planned on May 22, 2021 at 6.30
Mr. K. Sahasranaman pm. I cordially invite all of you to join us in felicitating the Awardees. And, on
Dr. Shalini Deb a lighter note, I might just add that reminders would be sent.

Email: My best regards,

[email protected]
UDCT Alumni Association (UAA) is a Dilip G. Udas
Public Charitable Trust.
UAA is registered under Section 80-G of the
Income Tax Act, 1961 with effect from 30-1-2004. President – UAA
This 80-G Certificate has been extended in Email: [email protected]
perpetuity vide Income Tax
Department Circular No. 7/2010
dated 27-10-2010.
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From the Editor S&T Corner

We Will Rise A Better Battery

We are in the middle of the second wave of the If you had played the word association game couple
COVID-19 pandemic. Photographs splashed on front pages of years ago, it would have been absolutely normal to pair
of newspapers and shared on social media shock the battery with lithium, or even nickel or lead. But blurting out
senses, especially because we thought things were getting peptide, would have invited curious stares and even amused
back to normal and we have triumphed over the virus. smirks. Or you would have been hailed as a visionary.
Because the peptide battery is here! And it could be the
We, as alumni of a great institution that has distinguished forerunner of a greener and more sustainable battery.
itself over the last eight decades of its existence, should rise
to the challenge of providing succour to our fellow citizens A team of researchers from Texas A&M University have
in this emergency. Our alumni can contribute in myriad ways recently announced the development of a fully biodegradable,
to mitigate the misery wrought by the pandemic. ICT alumni, polypeptide-based battery. Metal-free polymeric batteries
be they in industry, academia or administrative services, made of organic redox active molecules and biodegradable
can play a vital role by using their expertise and training materials have attracted considerable attention in recent
to manufacture and distribute medical-grade oxygen (the years. The most studied redox active compounds are
most pressing need of the hour), design effective face tetramethyl-4-piperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) and bipyridine
masks and other protective gear, formulate and dispense derivatives (viologen). The Texas team’s battery uses viologen
sanitizing agents, devise anti-counterfeiting strategies for groups grafted on to a polypeptide backbone. Its novelty lies
drugs and vaccines, as well as come up with novel supply in combining the energy storage potential of a redox active
chain management strategies to ensure that aid reaches entity and the biodegradability of polypeptide.
those who require it the most.
Energy storage is vital to fuel the growth of renewable
A combination of empathy, determination and energy, which by nature is intermittent. Lithium-ion batteries
innovation will see us through the pandemic. The extended which are ubiquitous in consumer electronics are now
ICT family can play a major role in helping humankind making rapid inroads into the transport and power sectors.
weather this storm. Unlike lead-acid batteries, only a small fraction of lithium-ion
batteries are recycled. Less than 5% of lithium-ion batteries
All hands on deck! are being recycled today and if this trend continues, it is
estimated that by 2030 the battery waste from Electric
Vehicles alone will be more than 10 million tonnes. The
With best wishes, solution to one problem may end up creating another even
bigger problem.
Shalini Deb
The current lithium-ion batteries are not designed for
Email: [email protected]
repair, reuse and recycle. This makes their recycling difficult
and expensive. Mining and manufacturing new lithium is far
too cheaper than recycling. Batteries are often discarded
with as much as 80% of unused potential. A UK-based
startup is running a pilot project using repurposed old
lithium-ion batteries. By using data analytics to monitor the
health of various components, the company claims that it
can double the life span of its batteries to 25 years. The
company’s circular economy approach has aroused much
interest among the investors.

Appeal to Distinguished Alumni While the supply of lithium is comfortable to meet

the current demands, more than 70% of it is controlled by
The UAA invites Distinguished Alumni to pen their China. Also, International Energy Agency estimates that the
thoughts – be it their growth journey in industry, demand for lithium from EVs will increase 40 times in the
research or academia; their life at ICT; or for that next 2 decades. Hence building a robust infrastructure for
matter their views on industry, technology, economy lithium recycling is imperative. A wave of recycling start-ups
etc. is surging forward to address this future problem. A start-up
This will be published in a series titled ‘Know your founded by the former CTO of Tesla uses a combination of
Distinguished Alumni’ in the newsletter. pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy to extract lithium and
other metals from used batteries.

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The Global Battery Alliance, a public-private stay helped in shaping my personality to a great extent, by
collaboration platform of 70 organisations, was created with giving me all the required training for excelling in academics
the objective of establishing a sustainable battery value too. My stay in the hostels was very inspiring, it is always a
chain. Development of organic metal-free, biodegradable second home away from parents. I am still in touch with my
batteries and recycling of metal batteries have to both Bachelor’s group, thanks to Whatsapp.
gather momentum in this decade if we want to avoid being
During my PhD, I was also a teacher already thanks
buried under a mountain of battery waste.
to the position I got as Mariwala Academic Associate. Of
course it required balance between PhD work and academic
– K. Sahasranaman
duties but I could succeed in that definitely due to the
BoG Member, UDCT Alumni Association support from my guide, Prof. Pandit. A critical changing
track in my career was the exposure to international and
Reflections national collaborations that started from PhD days itself.
Interacting with different researchers allowed exposure to
different ideas and importance of possible commercial scale
Dr. Naresh J. Suchak Awardee 2020: exploitation. Some of the learnings from research stays at
Prof. Parag Gogate collaborating institutes, mainly in Europe, allowed me to foray
into new areas of research, focusing on the core expertise in
In this issue, the 2020 Naresh J. Suchak cavitation phenomena. An industrial consultancy project with
Innovation Awardee, Prof. Parag Gogate a US company also allowed greater understanding into the
(B.Chem. 1996, M.Chem. 1998, Ph.D. Tech. requirements for effectively transferring academic research into
2002) shares some interesting insights about practice. I have continued the interaction globally in the form of
his and his group’s research pursuits as well active reviewer for journals, handling editor for a few journals
as his academic journey at ICT. and also participating in different conferences worldwide.
It is a great pleasure to receive the Naresh J. Suchak One of the most important attributes of my research
Innovation Award as I feel it is a true recognition of the has been publishing in international journals of repute and
efforts put in by all my students who work relentlessly in the also accumulating citations for the same. It has been a real
laboratory to explore innovative applications of technology in pleasure writing research articles and again the origin goes
different areas and help in taking it to next level of application back to my PhD days. Constant encouragement from Prof.
leading to societal and economic benefits. At this stage, Pandit was mainly responsible to develop expertise, and
I would like to profusely thank my guide, Prof. Pandit and along the way, contributions from collaborators and students
all my teachers at ICT, including Prof. Joshi, Prof. Yadav helped in terms of achieving the current numbers. The
and Prof. Sharma, who have been responsible for shaping achievement of being listed in the top 2% of Indian Research
my career at ICT. Interactions with Prof. Sharma are always Scientists and Most Outstanding Faculty Research Award
inspirational; his question, “What’s new” always prompts you in Chemical Engineering based on the publications and
to do something new and be ready before meeting him. citations came as a big pleasant surprise to me and was just
I would like to share something about research out of the blue. Well, there will always be contrasting views on
in response to receiving the Award, before going into these rankings, but I feel pretty happy to be representing ICT
my journey in academics so far. My work has focused in these recognitions. Finally all the success is mainly due to
on the innovative area of process intensification using the support at the institute.
cavitational reactors, focusing both on the design aspects As a final take-home message, I would like to advise all
and subsequent application for a variety of chemical and young budding researchers to have lots of patience, work hard
physical processing operations. The benefits have been and follow the teachers. One should never be disheartened
demonstrated at laboratory and pilot scale based on the work by something you could not get or achieve as it only means
at ICT in a number of areas such as wastewater treatment, that if you continue to work, something better is waiting for
crystallization, chemical and material synthesis as well as you!  You should always thank your teachers, pay respect to
recovery of valuable products from waste resources. Due them as they are always guiding you to build your career. I am
to collaborations with industry, ideas and knowledge have just following in the steps of my great teachers at ICT and look
also been transferred, mainly for wastewater treatment. how rewarding has been the journey so far!
Coming back to my journey at ICT as student and later (Prof. Parag Gogate has been a part of the ICT family since
as academician, my father was a professor and I can thus 1992, when he joined the Institute as a student. Over the course
say that I was influenced at an early age by his interactions of the next ten years, he completed his Bachelor’s, Master’s
with the students and the respect he used to get from them and Ph.D. degrees under the guidance of Prof. A. B. Pandit.
as a teacher. Pursuing PhD at ICT allowed me to closely In the past two decades, Prof. Gogate has guided several
interact with great personalities and reaffirmed my passion students and published in many prestigious journals, making
for teaching and research. him a very highly cited researcher. He continues to tread new
My journey as a student at ICT was spread over almost paths as a researcher and Professor of Chemical Engineering
10 years spanning across three degrees, and the entire in the Department of Chemical Engineering at ICT, Mumbai.)

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the private sector in agriculture.

UAA/ICT Activities She stressed the need to make
India more productive to be
able to compete with other
ICT-NICE: Inaugural Power Talk on economies. Prof. Prashant
Kharkar, President, IIC
Atmanirbhar Bharat introduced Shri. Gadkari.
The S. M. Mokashi Incubation In his talk, Shri. Gadkari
Centre, ICT-NICE (Nurturing Innovations spoke about the various
and Catalysing Entrepreneurship), which projects he is involved in and
was inaugurated on January 26, 2021, how it is important to develop
initiated the Power Talk Series with the technologies to convert
inaugural Power Talk on “Atmanirbhar resources available in backward regions of the country
Bharat” by Shri. Nitin Gadkari, Honourable into value-added products. He also illustrated how surplus
Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways and MSME, agricultural produce as well as agri-residues and agricultural
Government of India, on April 18, 2021. The event was wastes can be transformed into high-value products.
jointly organized by the Institute Innovation Council (IIC) The Hon. Minister also stressed on the need to create
and E-Cell of ICT. The objective of the Power Talk series is to employment opportunities, as an important strategic need,
expose students of ICT to the concepts of entrepreneurship to eradicate poverty. He said that the dream of “Atmanirbhar
and motivate young minds to change their mind set from Bharat” is to make India the No. 1 economy in the world.
being employees to becoming employers. He said that science and technology researchers are an
important asset of the country and urged the audience to
The programme commenced with the welcome address
work to solve real-world problems. He particularly stressed
by Prof. A. B. Pandit, Vice Chancellor, ICT. Prof. Pandit
on prioritizing research that can lead to import-substitution,
recounted his association with Shri. Nitin Gadkari. He also
cost-effective, pollution-free and indigenous technological
expressed happiness on the concept of the Power Talk
innovations. Shri. Gadkari gave examples from his own
series, and also stated that many such events are planned in
ministry to drive home the point that innovations are
the near future. Prof. Padma V. Devarajan, Dean Research
required to solve pressing concerns facing the country. He
and Innovation spoke about the different initiatives that ICT
expressed confidence in achieving the goals that have been
has undertaken to foster an environment of innovation and
set by the government with respect to electric vehicles and
entrepreneurship amongst students and faculty members.
transport.
She also mentioned that ICT-NICE was the most recent
venture in this endeavour to nurture students and enable The automobile industry provides the largest
faculty members to become entrepreneurs. She said that a employment in the country, and Shri. Gadkari said that his
major objective of ICT-NICE is to support the national call for dream is to make India the automobile hub of the world. He
Atmanirbhar Bharat. ICT-NICE will primarily focus on three said that the challenge is to increase exports and reduce
major areas namely, chemical technology with a focus on imports, without which India cannot become the world’s
MSMEs, biotechnology and education. largest economy. He also emphasized on making products
from renewable resources, for which further research is
Mrs. Sandra Shroff, Vice Chairperson, UPL Ltd. and
imperative. He expressed the hope that Indian scientists
Chancellor’s nominee on the Board of Governors, ICT,
will rise to the occasion and plan their research such that
Mumbai gave a brief presentation highlighting the role of
the needs of society are met. Shri. Gadkari also highlighted
the importance of collaboration among leading universities
and research institutes to synergise research and develop
socially relevant technologies.
The talk by the Hon. Minister was very inspiring
and provided an excellent roadmap for ICT in terms of
opportunities, the need of the hour and the manifold paths
available to chase one’s dreams.
The programme concluded with the vote of thanks
proposed by Dr. Shamlan M. S. Reshamwala, Co-Convenor,
IIC. The programme was compered by Mr. Krantisagar
More, PG student representative, E-Cell, ICT.
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
qOTQBHbNz4k
Inauguration of the S. M. Mokashi Incubation Centre, ICT-NICE on Writer credits: Dr. Shamlan M. S. Reshamwala (Assistant
January 26, 2021 Professor, DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences, ICT)

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Nakshatranche Dene ( ): A
Faculty/Alumni/Students Achievements
Manthan-Music Club collaboration
“Let there be music. Let there be life,” said Prof. Prof. N. Sekar receives ISCMA Award
Anand Patwardhan during ‘Nakshatranche Dene’ for Outstanding Professor of ICT
( ), a musical event that drew to a close
Manthan’s cultural events for the current academic (2019-20)
year. It was held on April 10, 2021 via YouTube Live
Professor N. Sekar received the
and was viewed by a large audience. Despite the grim
“ISCMA (Indian Speciality Chemicals
situation that we all find ourselves in currently, Manthan
Manufacturers Association) Award for an
has tried to keep everyone’s spirits up by adapting its outstanding Professor of ICT” for the year
events to suit the online platform. The event was a 2019-2020. The Award was announced
collaboration between Manthan and the Music Club in the first week of April and the award
of ICT, and it was called Nabhotsav – combining the function will be held shortly.
musical legacy of both the clubs.
Prof. Sekar joined the Department of Intermediates
and Dyes (now rechristened as Speciality Chemicals
Technology Department) in February 1988 as Lecturer in
Tinctorial Chemistry and is currently a full Professor. He
started his research career with a focus on nontoxic dyes
and dyes with highly red shifted absorption and photo
stability. Subsequently he started looking into the functional
aspects of colorant molecules especially nonlinear
optical properties, fluorescent molecular rotor properties,
aggregation induced emission enhancement, polarity
sensitive absorption and emission properties of dyes, and
fluorescence probes. He is an expert in quantum mechanical
computations employing Density Functional Theory (DFT)
and Time Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) in
The theme for selection of songs was based on the design of functional dyes, especially fluorescent dyes.
Raag Yaman. The event was graced by Prof. Shreerang
Joshi (Manthan convenor), Prof. Anand Patwardhan, Prof. Prof. Sekar offers consultancies to a few industries in
Purnima Amin, Prof. R. R. Deshmukh, UAA President Mr. designing such innovative molecules using the DFT and
Dilip Udas, Prof. Sunil Bhagwat, Prof. Sadhana Sathaye TDDFT computations (a field which is even today largely
and Prof. A. B. Pandit, in addition to an enthusiastic virtual confined to the academic research arena). He judiciously
audience. The vote of thanks was delivered by Manthan combines synthetic organic chemistry with a priori design
Secretary Swapnil Vaidya. characteristics using ab initio computations to understand
functional properties of dyes particularly at the excited state. 
Writer credits: Swapnil Vaidya (student and Manthan secretary, ICT)
He has supervised 42 Ph.D. students, and 10 students
are currently pursuing Ph.D. with him.  He has authored
UDAAN is now on Instagram! 340 research publications, 198 feature articles, and 7 book
chapters and is the inventor on 7 patents.
With an aim to reach out to a wider audience and
Writer credit: Dr. Vinod Gupta (former student of Prof. N. Sekar)
invite ideas and suggestions, UDAAN has now joined
Instagram. Through snippets and short write-ups
about our multiple columns and upcoming issues, we Met your retired teacher recently?
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Tell us about this interaction
this, we now also have a platform to invite articles and
memories of ICT (or UDCT) from alumni across the If you have met a retired teacher (or their spouse or
globe. We could all do with some fond memories of family member) recently, we would love to know about
how you and he/she felt. Tell us about this reconnect,
our alma mater. Reach out to us on Instagram; we look
which must have rekindled fond memories of your days
forward to hearing from you. We have many exciting at ICT.
things in store for alumni. Watch this space for more!
If you have some views on what UAA can do to
https://www.instagram.com/uaa_udaan/ reconnect with this community of retired teachers do let
us know and we will do our utmost!

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Mr. Dilip Udas Pens Article on Alumni-Led Initiative to Guide Young

Hospital Fires Minds
Considering the recent incidents of fires in hospital Spark, an alumni-led mentorship
intensive care units, Mr. Dilip Udas (President – UAA) initiative, aims to support and
penned an informative article in the Free Press Journal encourage the holistic development
explaining how simple precautions can be taken to avert or of ICT students. Founded with an
reduce such occurrences. intention to provide equal and easy
access to professional development
Explaining that precautionary measures can be taken, resources to all, it hopes to
he drew on the experience of the chemical industry to make address the common concerns and
suggestions for preventing fires. “All electrical equipment, challenges faced by many while
including simple switches, could be made fireproof, as is advancing careers in research, academia and industry.
done in the chemical industry, where flammable chemical
solvents are routinely handled”, he wrote. “Several professional peripheral skills such as
communication skills, leadership skills, etc. are vital to
The article can be accessed here: https://www. having successful careers in any field of one’s choosing
freepressjournal.in/analysis/hospital-fires-where-theres- but are rarely incorporated in traditional academic curricula.
o2-fire-cannot-entirely-be-ruled-out-explains-dilip- It is important that we start honing these skills early on so
udas-entrepreneur-and-alumnus-institute-of-chemical- we are not a step behind than the rest. Through Spark, we
technology hope to provide a platform where students can easily access
and build these crucial skills so that
they can have more meaningful
Dr. A. V. Rama Rao featured in news and successful careers. Education
article has been an instrumental tool in
transforming my personal life, and
Dr. A. V. Rama Rao, ICT alumnus, I passionately believe in giving back
former Director, Indian Institute of for this cause”, says co-founder
Chemical Technology, Hyderabad and Ammar Arsiwala (B.Tech. Pharma,
founder of AVRA Labs, was featured 2012).
in a recent news article. AVRA Labs, in Spark is bringing together
collaboration with Cipla Ltd., recently alumni from all over the world to talk
developed an indigenous version of the about topics like navigating through
antiviral drug Favipiravir in record time, providing a much- academia, pursuing research
needed shot in the arm towards India’s fight against the beyond the lab, entrepreneurship,
COVID-19 pandemic. taking the paths less trodden,
The article was published on April 2, 2021 in the Siasat and many others. Amongst its
Daily, Hyderabad. workshops are those pertaining
to making effective presentations,
Link: https://www.siasat.com/inspiring-journey-of-no- preparing for job interviews, preparing resumes, applying
non-sense-rama-rao-from-technology-to-excellent- for MS/Ph.D., and the likes. Talking about future plans
entrepreneurship-2118823/ for Spark, co-founder Anusha Pusuluri (B.Tech. Pharma,
2013) says, “These are very exciting times at Spark, we
are just getting started and have a lot more in store. Apart
from the ongoing professional development workshops
and career guidance talks, we are planning to roll out
Students’ Corner dedicated programs for communication skills development,
one-on-one mentoring, and sessions geared towards
developing several scientific and research skills in the near
We welcome submissions from current students future.”
of ICT. These can include short poems, pieces of art,
and stories (150-200 words). Spark has been able to reach a wide audience through
various social networking platforms. More information about
Please mail your submissions, along with batch
them can be found on https://www.sparkmentoring.info
details, at [email protected] with the
subject line “Students’ Corner” by the 25th of every
If you are passionate about this cause and interested in
month.
joining the team or mentoring in any capacity, please reach
out to them at [email protected]

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Obituary
We are sorry to inform With deep regret we inform
you of the passing of Mr. M. B. you of the passing of our alumnus
Khandekar (Retd. Technical Mr. Pankaj Bhargava (B.Sc. Tech.
Assistant, Department of Physics, Textiles, 1992). He was the Director
ICT). Condolences to Mr. of Gartex Impex.
Khandekar’s loved ones. 

In his memory, Prof. G.

D. Yadav (Emeritus Professor
of Eminence and former Vice
Chancellor, ICT) shared: “Very tragic. Mr. Khandekar was
more than a Lab Technician, more knowledgeable and
helpful than the demonstrator in doing experiments. He
We are sorry to inform our readers
was well read and a very social and affectionate person
of the passing of Dr. M. V. Nimkar
who always attended the pooja. His son was our graduate
(B.Sc. Tech. Textile Chemistry, 1945;
who left for the US for higher studies and settled there. In
UAA-ICT Distinguished Alumnus
fact, Mr. Khandekar was a tenant in Prof. V. P. Navalkar’s
2005), at the age of 95. He was the
building and had met me three years ago. My condolences
founder of Texanlab. Dr. Nimkar’s
to his family. May his soul attain moksha. Om Shanti.”
passing was preceded by that of his
wife Mrs. Mohini Nimkar, renowned
Marathi writer and personality. Condolences to Dr. and
Mrs. Nimkar’s family and loved ones.

On the passing of Dr. Nimkar, Prof. Yadav said, “Dr

Manohar V. Nimkar, our distinguished alumnus, a famous
textile technologist and industrialist and philanthropist
With deep regret, we inform passed away peacefully today. He was 95. His wife
you of the passing of our alumnus Mrs Mohini M. Nimkar, a famous Marathi writer and TV
Mr. Maninder Singh Jolly (B.Sc. personality, passed away last week. Both are parents of
Tech. Dyes 1989) on April 26, Dr. Deepa Bhajekar, a Distinguished Alumna. They have
2021. He was the founder and endowments created in ICT. It is a great loss to the ICT
chairman of Prolife Group of family. Our deep condolences to the Nimkars and their
Industries. Our condolences to the families. May both attain moksha.  Om Shanti Shanti”.
bereaved family.

In Mr. Jolly’s memory, Mr.

P. P. Sheth (M.Sc. Tech. 1971,
Chairman, UAA Ankleshwar Chapter) shared a note: “We
lost one of our active members, Mr. M. S. Jolly. We pray to
the almighty God to grant his soul eternal rest and peace.
Om Shanti.”

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UAA Board of Governors (2019-2021)

Office - bearers Members
Mr. Dilip Udas
Prof. Anand Patwardhan
President
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, ICT
Director, Ultraconserve Pvt. Ltd.
B.Chem.Eng. 1983, M.Chem.Eng. 1985, Ph.D. (Tech.) 1988
B.Sc. (Tech.) 1972 – Dyes
* UAA-ICT Distinguished Alumnus
Dr. Dhananjay Deulgaonkar
Prof. Padma Devarajan Email : [email protected]
Imm. Past President Sub-Reg Enviro. Manager-South Asia /
Email: [email protected] EHS Manager-Innovation Campus, BASF
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and B.Tech. 2002, M.Tech. 2004, Ph.D. (Tech.) 2008
Technology, ICT
B.Pharm. 1980, M.Pharm. 1983, Ph.D. (Tech.) 1988
Dr. Dhananjay Rane
Dr. Sanjay Mehendale Email : [email protected]
Sr. Vice President Director, Alchem Synthon Pvt. Ltd.
Email: [email protected] Ph.D. (Tech.) 1991
Vice-President, Ion Exchange (India) Ltd.
Ph.D. 1986 – Textiles
Mr K. Sahasranaman
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Parag Gogate Consultant
Vice President B.Chem.Eng. 1977
Email: [email protected]
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, ICT
Mrs. Maharukh Rustomjee
B.Chem.Eng. 1996, M.Chem. Eng. 1998, Ph.D. (Tech.) 2002
Email: [email protected]
Founder Director, Rubicon Research Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Nilesh Lele B.Pharm. 1982, M.Pharm. 1984
Hon. Secretary * UAA-ICT Distinguished Alumnus
Email: [email protected]
Founder, Exelon Foodbio Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
B.Chem.Eng. 2000 Mr. Rajeev Panse
Email: [email protected]
Mind Fitness - Life Coach &
Mr. Vijay Sane Corporate Consultant (since 1990)
Hon. Treasurer B.Pharm. 1984
Email: [email protected]
Visiting Faculty at ICT
Prof. Ravindra Kulkarni
B.Sc. (Tech.) 1979 – Dyes
Email: [email protected]
Pro Vice Chancellor, Mumbai University
Prof. Purnima Amin B.Sc. (Tech.) 1990 – Oils, Oleochemicals and Surfactants
VP-TA Ex-Officio Member Technology
Email: [email protected]
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Prof. Shreerang Joshi
Technology, ICT Email : [email protected]
B.Pharm. 1982, M.Pharm. 1984, Ph.D. (Tech.) 1988
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Tech-
nology, ICT
B.Sc. (Tech.) 1984 – Technology of Pharmaceuticals &
Co-opted members Fine Chemicals

Dr. Tipanna M Melkeri

Email: [email protected] Dr. Shalini Deb
Proprietor, Chemtip Laboratories Email: [email protected]
B.Sc. (Tech.) 1993, M.Sc. (Tech.) 1997, Ph.D. (Tech.) 2000 Research Scientist, DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences
Ph.D. (Sci.) 2017

Mr. Devavrata Sudhir Golangade Prof. Vikas Telvekar

Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Sales Manager, BASF Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and
B.Chem.Eng. 2010 Technology, ICT
B.Sc. Pharm. 1995, M.Sc. Pharm. 1998, Ph.D. (Tech.) 2003

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UDCT Alumni Association

Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga, Mumbai - 400019. India
Phone: +91-22-24141164/24141741 l Fax: +91-22-33611020
Email: [email protected] l Web: www.udctalumni.org.in

INDIAN CHAPTERS: Vapi Chapter

Ahmedabad Chapter Chairman:
Chairman: Mr. Sudipbhai Patel ([email protected])
Secretary: Mr. Kishor Ganatra Secretary: Dr. Prashant Kamat +91-75748-49690
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Treasurer: Mr. Satish Shah Treasurer: Mr. K. P. Heble +91-94271-08432
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Ankleshwar Chapter OVERSEAS CHAPTERS:

Chairman: Mr. P.P. Sheth +91-93779-58840 Bangkok Chapter
Email: [email protected] Coordinator: Mr. Rajendra M. Jain +66-81-4466572
Secretary: Mr. Rajnikant M Parekh +91-94285-86551 Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected];
Treasurer: Mr. Ramesh L Patel +91-99788-64654 China Chapter
Email: [email protected] Coordinator: Mr. Nandkumar V. Dhekne
* UAA-ICT Distinguished Alumnus
Delhi NCR Region Chapter Mobile: +86-159-2166-6900
Coordinator: Mr. Dinesh Chopra Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Singapore Chapter
Hyderabad Chapter Coordinator: Mr. Akhil Kulkarni
Chairman: Mr. Madan Gavane Tel: +65-8751-0705
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Secretary: Mr. Srinivasan Ananthraman UK Chapter
Mobile: +91-97016-40666 Coordinator: Dr. K. Niranjan +44-118-3788388
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Treasurer: Mr. Pushkar Lakhekar Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
US (Atlanta) Chapter
Kolhapur Region Chapter Coordinator: Dr. Ram W. Sabnis
Chairman: Mr. Netaji Powar +91-98221-74113 * UAA-ICT Distinguished Alumnus
Email: [email protected] Mobile: +1-404-372-7657
Secretary: Mr. Prasad Mantri Email: [email protected]
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Email: [email protected] US (Houston) Chapter
Treasurer: Mr. Kewal Sangrulkar Coordinator: Mr. Hasmukh P. Shah
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Marathwada Chapter US (Bay Area) Chapter
Chairman: Mr. G.D. Agrawal +91-93252-13509 Coordinators: Ms. Prerna S Menon
Email: [email protected] Mobile: +1-203-249-8966
Secretary: Mr. T. Yogendra +91-98509-01295 Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected] Mr. Gokul Chandra
Treasurer: Mr. Dilip Bhansali +91-98222-10160 Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected] [email protected]
Pune Chapter ([email protected]) ‘All positions are honorary’
Chairman: Mr. Milind Talathi +91-98221-14099
Email: [email protected] Student Alumni Representatives
Secretary: Dr. Vitthal L. Gole Anooshka Avasare
Email: [email protected] Third Year, Dept. of Food Engineering and Technology
Treasurer: Mr. N Walame Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Sakshi Khairnar
Tarapur Chapter Third Year, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology
Chairman: Mr. Prakash Patil +91-98212-22116 Email: [email protected]
* UAA-ICT Distinguished Alumnus
Email: [email protected] Tanvi Apte
Secretary: Mr. Vijay Kothiwale Third Year, Department of Chemical Engineering
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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