The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) with the support of Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India and the Department for International Trade (DIT), Government of the United Kingdom is organizing “Specialty Chem 2020, a virtual Conference and Expo” on 29th - 30th September 2020 with a theme “Realizing the path of self-reliance”.
The event will be inaugurated by D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Cabinet Minister (Chemicals & Fertilizers), Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India, while Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt. of India will be the Guest of Honour. Officials from Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry along with the captains of the industry will be participating in the event.
Other key speakers slated to address the two-day webinar include:
• Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra, Secretary, DPIIT
• Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt of India
• DB Venkatesh Varma, Ambassador, Embassy of India, Moscow
• Alan Gemmell, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for South Asia and British Deputy High Commissioner for Western India
• Hemant Sharma, Principal Secretary, Department of Industries, Govt of Odisha
• S Suresh Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt of India
• Kashi Nath Jha, Joint Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt of India
• Samir Kumar Biswas, Additional Secretary, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt of India
• Deepak C Mehta, Chairman, FICCI Chemical Committee and CMD, Deepak Nitrite Limited
• Kamal Nanavaty, President, Reliance Industries Limited
• Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, Co-Chairman, FICCI Chemical Committee and CEO, Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd
The objective of Specialty Chem 2020 is to provide a platform to the Specialty Chemicals fraternity in India to discuss India’s current positioning in the global supply chain, highlight the growth opportunities, and the potential challenges that need to be addressed for India to emerge and establish itself as the world’s preferred manufacturing destination for Specialty Chemicals. Also, the Specialty Chem 2020 Virtual Expo will offer a suitable platform for the exhibitors to showcase their products and services. This virtual platform will also offer ample B2B and B2G networking opportunities to discuss and explore potential strategic partnership and joint venture opportunities.
Specialty Chem 2020 is likely to be attended by more than 2000 national and international delegates.
The event will be focussed on Flavours & Fragrances, Nutraceuticals, Personal Care Chemicals, Surfactants, Dyes & Pigments, Textile Chemicals, Construction Chemicals, Water Chemicals and Polymer Additives segments of India’s specialty chemical industry.
India-Russia Roundtable and India – UK Roundtable on bilateral trade and collaboration are amongst the key highlights of the event whilch will help in bringing foriegn investment to India.
