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First Seminar Series

High-Volume Fly Ash Concrete Technology
1st Seminar Series : 24 November - 05 December 2004

The first seminar series was held from the 24th of November till the 5th December 2003 at the following venues: -

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VENUE & CITY

24 November 2003

Mumbai

27 November 2003

Hyderabad

01 December 2003

Kolkata

03 December 2003

Chandigarh

05 December 2003

New Delhi

These awareness seminars helped the Stakeholders to review the characteristics and various potential applications of fly ash concrete and HVFAC technology. The potential environmental benefits such as the reduction in fly ash disposal and CO2 emissions were also explained thoroughly during the seminars as well as the subject of Certified Emissions Reduction Credits.

The seminar series involved personnel from the International Center for Sustainable Development of Cement and Concrete (ICON/CANMET), Canadian consultants, and from various Indian State Governments, Indian Industry and Research Institutions.

The seminars were very well attended, over 700 people participated the seminars in these cities from various sectors.

As with the participants, the speakers were also from diverse sectors, which lead to better interaction between the participants and the speakers due to a wide range of viewpoints.

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List of Speakers

Mr. M D Khattar
Executive Director (Tech. & Business Development)
Hindustan Construction Company Ltd.

Mr. M L Gupta
Chairman 
HVFAC Project Steering Committee &
Managing Director
Everest Industries Ltd.

Dr. V M Malhotra
Scientist Emeritus
International Center for Sustainable Development 
of Cement & Concrete (ICON), CANMET

Dr. S V Joshi
Principal Secretary (Housing)
Government of Maharashtra

Mr. A M Deshpande
Air Pollution Abatement Engineer
Maharashtra State Pollution Control Board

Dr. Nabil Bouzoubaa
Research Scientiest
International Center for Sustainable Development 
of Cement & Concrete (ICON), CANMET

Mr. Mohd. Ashraf
Chief Corporate Executive (R & D - Design & Management Systems)
Hindustan Construction Company Ltd.

Mr. A K Jain
Vice President (Technical)
Grasim Industries Ltd.

Mr. D V Manohar
Convenor
Public Policy Panel, CII Andhra Pradesh State &
Chairman 
Shiv Shakti Group

Mr. Manuel Le Bris
Senior Development Officer
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
India, Nepal, SriLanka Division, Asia Branch

Mr. T Chatterjee
Principal Secretary - Environment
Government of Andhra Pradesh 

Mr. N Kalidas
Director
Institute for Solid Waste Research & Ecological Balance (INSWAREB)

Dr. (Mrs.) N Bhanumatidas
Advisor (R & D)
Ramco Research & Development Centre (RRDC)

Dr. S Gopalakrishnan
Director - Grade Scientist &
Head - Concrete Composite Laboratories
Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC)

Dr. Suparna Dasgupta
Deputy Director
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Mr. Sanjay Budhia
Chairman 
CII Eastern Region &
Managing Director
Patton Group

Mr. K P Nyati
Head - Environment Management Division
Confederation of Indian Industry

Mr. Harshvardhan Neotia
Chairman 
CII National Committee on Housing &
Managing Director
Bengal Ambuja Housing Development Ltd. 
& Ambuja Cements Eastern Limited

Mr. Alapan Bandyopadhyay
CEO
Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority

Mr. Hirak Ghosh
Principal Secretary - Environment
Government of West Bengal &
Chairman
West Bengal Pollution Control Board

Mr. J P Desai 
Senior Vice President (Technical Services)
Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd.

Mr. S K Bijlani
Immediate Past Chairman
CII Northern Region &
President
Magnus Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Anik Ajmera
Counsellor
Environment Management Division
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Ms. Kavita Choudhary
Deputy Director
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Mr. H S Bains
Chairman
Haryana Pollution Control Board

Mr. S B Sharma
Sr. Environment Engineer
Punjab Pollution Control Board

Mr. P Srinivasan
Senior Manager
The Associated Cement Companies Ltd. (ACC)

Ms. Sangeeta Anand
Consultant
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Mr. Brian Dickson
Deputy High Commissioner
Canadian High Commission
New Delhi

Mr. Shikhar Jain
Environment Management Division
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

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