Refineries of Tomorrow: Smart, Green, Integrated, and Efficient
Date & Time: 30th November 2021; 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Venue: Online Mode
The details of the session can be seen in the following table:
| Sr No | Topics | Speaker | Time | Recorded Videos |
| 1 | Welcome and Introduction (10 min) | Prof. Shireesh Kedare (PiC CoE-OGE) & Prof. Sanjay Mahajani (Chemical, IITB) | 3:00 pm to 3:10 pm | Welcome |
| 2 | Keynote Address: Refineries of tomorrow - Techno-commercial Challenges to be Addressed (25 min) | Dr. Partha Maitra (President-Strategy & Initiatives, RIL) | 3:10 pm to 3:35 pm | Keynote Address |
| 3 | Presentation: New Refinery Configuration in the context of Decarbonisation (20min) | Mr. Rajiv Aggrawal (ED (Technical), EIL) | 3:35 pm to 3:55 pm | Presentation |
| 4 | Presentation: Digitalization for achieving operational excellence (AI & ML) (20 min) | Mr. V. Ravikumar (CGM(R&D), BPCL) | 3:55 pm to 4:15 pm | Presentation |
| 5 | Presentation: Crude to Chemicals, technologies providing product flexibility so as to tune the processes as per the market demand (20 min) | Dr. Ajit Sapre (Group President, RIL) | 4:15 pm to 4:35 pm | Presentation |
| 6 | Presentation: Meeting the possible norms in the near future on Green H2 obligations by Refineries (20 min) | Mr. Tarun Vakil (Director of Hydrogen Technology, Nippon Sanso Holding Corporation) | 4:35 pm to 4:55 pm (US EST time- 6:05 am to 6:25 am) | Presentation |
| 7 | Panel Discussion: R&D Challenges for sustainable refineries (65 min) | Dr. S. S. V. Ramakumar (Director(R&D), IOCL), Mr. Vinod Shenoy (Director (Refineries), HPCL), Ms. Vartika Shukla (CMD, EIL), Dr. M. O. Garg (President R&D Refining and Petrochemicals, RIL), Coordinator – Prof. Ravi Gudi (Chemical, IITB) | 4:55 pm to 6:00 pm | Panel Discussion |
Organizing Committee:
Chair - Prof. Sanjay Mahajani (Chemical, IITB)
Members -
Prof. Ravindra Gudi (Chemical, IITB)
Shri.Bharathan S (HPCL)
Dr.G S Kapur (IOCL)
Dr.Madhusudan Sau (IOCL)
Dr.Rajeev Nambiar (EIL)
Dr.Shobha Agarwal (EIL)
Dr.Ravi Kumar V (BPCL).