IndianOil R&D bags National Award for Technology Innovation
New Delhi 25-Feb-2015
Hon’ble Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers, Mr. Ananth Kumar,
presenting the National Award for Technology Innovation to
Mr. Debasis Sen, Director (P&BD), Dr. Sukhdeep Kaur,
SRO and Dr. Bhaskar Bantu, SRO.
In a grand event held at Bengaluru recently, IndianOil R&D won the prestigious national award for technology innovation. IndianOil’s indigenously developed “Catalysts for Producing Polypropylene using Novel and Low Cost Precursors" was adjudged the winner of the 5th National Awards for Technology Innovation in Petrochemical & Downstream Plastics Processing Industry. Mr. Ananth Kumar, the Hon’ble union minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers, presented the award to IndianOil team led by Mr. Debasis Sen, Director (P&BD), in the presence of luminaries from Indian Plastics Industry.
IndianOil R&D has developed a novel and economical magnesium based catalyst support successfully which has been extensively subjected to catalyst synthesis for Polypropylene and Polyethylene. The synthesis process is based on off-the-shelf available raw materials making the process viable.
The resulting catalyst system has been found to be highly active for propylene polymerization resulting in polypropylene having desirable properties. The IndianOil team of inventors includes Dr. Gurmeet Singh, DMR, Dr. Bhaskar Bantu, SRO, Dr. Sukhdeep Kaur, SRO, Dr. K. Naresh Kumar, SRO, Dr. Shashikant, Scientist Emeritus and Dr. G. S. Kapur, DGM.
The indigenously synthesized catalyst is an initiative of IndianOil in the direction of ‘Make in India’ programme of the Government of India. With Innovation as one of the core Corporate Values, IndianOil has done path breaking research in Polymer Science & Technology.
Instituted by the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India, these National Awards are conferred for Technology Innovation in various fields such as Polymeric Material, Polymeric Products, Polymer Processing Machinery & Equipment, Polymer Waste Management & Recycling Technology, Green Polymeric Materials & Products, Polymers in Agriculture and Water Conservation, Polymers in Public Health Care and Research in the field of Polymer Science & Technology.
