The Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ananth Kumar will be presenting the 4th National Awards for Technology Innovation in Petrochemical and Downstream Plastics Processing Industry to the Awardees at a function in New Delhi tomorrow.
The Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Nihal Chand will be the Guest of Honour at the function.
The Awards are conferred by the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India for Technology Innovation in the fields of Polymeric Material, Polymeric Products, Polymer Processing Machinery and Equipment, Polymer Waste Management and Recycling Technology, Green Polymeric Materials and Products, Polymers in Agriculture and Water Conservation, Polymers in Public Health Care and Research in the field of Polymer Science and Technology.
The award consists of a Shield, a Citation and a cash prize of Rs. 2 lakh to the Winners. The Award for the Runners up consists of a Shield and a Citation.
A total of 23 awards under eight categories and three sub-categories will be awarded.
The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC), Government of India had set up this Award Scheme to incentivize meritorious innovations and inventions in various fields of Polymers, with participation of Individual/Team, Industry, Academic and RandD Institutions.
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The purpose of this Award scheme is to develop value added and quality petrochemical products at globally competitive price using eco-friendly processes and technologies in line with the National Policy on Petrochemicals approved in 2007.
The Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), an autonomous institute under DCPC, has been entrusted with the responsibility of implementing the scheme of the National Award for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals and Downstream Plastic Processing Industry.
CIPET made special efforts for sensitizing the industry and academic institutes about this initiative of the Government.
In the 4th National Awards, 313 nominations were received which were scrutinized and evaluated by a committee of experts consisting of Academicians, members from the Industry, experts from RandD institutions. Finally, 17 nominations were selected as Winners and 6 Runner-up for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals and Downstream Plastics Processing Industries in the fourth year of its operation in 2013-14.