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happens by sustainable methods,” he cerned,” he noted. “Sizeable funds are that while it was initially seen as “some-
pointed out. also available for skill development at thing for the lab, and not for practice at
State and Central levels.” scale” in the past 25 years the initiatives
In his view, Green Chemistry offers of several researchers, practitioners and
a sustainable path of growth. “It needs ‘Green Chemistry is about innovation’ companies have ensured that this is not
to be a way of life for the chemical Prof. Paul Anastas noted that Green the case. “Green Chemistry is not just
industry, not just a technical term or Chemistry is all about innovation. about doing things better, but doing
slogan,” he added. “There is a crisis of sustainability across better things,” he noted.
the world and we must invent new tech-
‘MPCB labs available to industry’ nologies and do chemistry in a different Dr. John Warner gave several exam-
Mr. Dharande pointed to the many way,” he pointed out. ples of green products innovated by his
challenges faced by Small and Medium companies, many of which have been
Enterprises (SMEs), in particular – limi- In his view, a vast amount of inven- scaled up to make a commercial impact.
ted resources, lack of technical capabi- tion still has to happen to enable sus- “Chemistry is on the verge of doing
lities and manpower, being some – and tainable production and products. “This some amazing things,” he noted.
stressed the need for academic and is not going to happen by just wanting
research outfi ts to provide the change,” he commented. Competitive edge
much-needed assistance. Mr. Anil Jain noted that Green
Speaking on the changes in the Chemistry has given his company, PI
“MPCB has labs that can be acceptance of Green Chemistry in the 25 Industries, a competitive edge, and
upgraded and these can be made available years since the publication of the semi- enabled signifi cant reductions in green-
to the industry for its use. Funds are not nal book – Green Chemistry Theory house gas emissions, specifi c energy
a problem as far as Maharashtra is con- and Chemistry – Prof. Anastas noted consumption, and enhanced wastewater

IGCW Award fi nalists and winners
Category Shortlisted nominees
Ms. Gunjan Sharma, Research Scholar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research;
and Ms. Divya Dixit, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune
Knowledge Community – Student
Ms. Shalaka S. Mohire, Ph.D. Scholar, Institute of Chemical Technology ICT), Mumbai
Ms. Tanmayee Vedak, Ph.D. Scholar, ICT, Mumbai
Knowledge Community – Research/ Prof. Sirshendu De, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur
Academia Dr. Anagha Shyamsundar Sabnis, Associate Professor, ICT, Mumbai
Dr. Ketan Patel, Scientist, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute,
Bhavanagar.
Knowledge Community – Techno- Dr. Ninad Gujarathi, Proprietor, Environalgae
logy Developer Dr. Makarand Pimplapure, Managing Director, MakSpeed Technologies P. Ltd.
Dr. Vanita Prasad, Founder & CTO, REVY Environmental Solutions P. Ltd.
Green & Sustainable Chemistry Mr. Anish Malpani, Founder, WITHOUT by Ashaya
Start-ups Mr. Raj Tanna, Managing Director, SCHUTZEN Care P. Ltd.
Mr. Hemant Goyal, Director, Prayas Greentech P. Ltd.
Industry – Micro Scale Texochem Industries
Sarna Chemicals P. Ltd.
CTech Corporation
Industry – Small & Medium Scale Banyan Sustainable Waste Management Pvt. Ltd.
Aquatech Systems Asia Pvt. Ltd.
Amines & Plasticizers Ltd.
Industry – MNC & Large Scale Anthem Biosciences P. Ltd.
Aragen Life Sciences Ltd.
UPL Ltd.
Winners are indicated in bold

142 Chemical Weekly November 21, 2023

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