Indian Chemical News (ICN) is organizing an exclusive e-Conference series titled “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Chemical Series 2020”, focused on highlighting success stories of self-reliant initiatives towards making India a truly empowered nation. The e-Conference is part of an exclusive series of invite-based webinars and editorial articles dedicated to the vision of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on making India a self-reliant nation.

The e-Conference Series will run for four months starting September till December, 2020. The first e-Conference will focus on “Growing Chemical Industry Ecosystem, The Aatma Nirbhar Way'' on 11th September 2020 from 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM IST.

The inaugural session comprises of an impressive line up of chemical industry stalwarts from domestic as well as global brands including:

Shohab Rais, COO-Indian Chemical Business, Tata Chemicals
Sunil Chari, MD & Co-Founder, Rossari Biotech
Anil Kakkar, Vice President, Sumitomo Chemicals
Suresh Kalra, VP & MD-India, SI Group
Sunil Bhatnagar, President, GHCL
Pravin Prashant, Editor, Indian Chemical News

The first e-Conference will discuss on: Resolving infrastructure inadequacies; Setting up of new chemical clusters with single window support mechanism; Availability of adequate feedstock; Exploiting export opportunities; Fund for technology up-gradation for chemicals; Development of chemical standards; Chemical disaster management; Image building of Indian chemical industry; and Sustainability and green technologies. 

Here are the topics and timelines of Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Chemical Series 2020 e-Conference:
- Growing Chemical Industry Ecosystem, The Aatma Nirbhar Way - September 11, 2020 - Registration link:https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OiJinijMRyKM1m8hLgMEnA
- Role of Start-ups to Make Chemical Industry Aatmanirbhar - September 25, 2020
- Government Policy Support to Make Chemical Industry Aatmanirbhar - October 9, 2020
- Role of Digitization to Make Chemical Industry Aatmanirbhar - October 23, 2020
- Role of R&D to Make Chemical Industry Aatmanirbhar - November 6, 2020
- Role of MSMEs to Make Chemical Industry Aatmanirbhar - November 27, 2020
- Role of PSUs to Make Chemical Industry Aatmanirbhar - December 4, 2020
- Collaborative Approach to Make Chemical Industry Aatmanirbhar - December 18, 2020

The Indian chemical industry is an industry-of-industries with a combined turnover of US $160 billion growing at 100 basis points faster than India’s GDP, making it an important sector to propel the growth of the nation’s economy. Being one of the most diversified industries, the chemical industry in India covers more than 80,000 commercial products and is expected to double its size at US $300 billion by 2025.

The government is swiftly implementing various schemes announced under the Rs. 20.97 lakh crore (US $265 billion) Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package which is going to have a multiplier effect on the Indian economy. The potential of the chemicals and petrochemicals sector is huge and the industry needs to take advantage of various reliefs/incentives provided under the ‘Aatmanirbhar Package’. The government is also working on revamping PCPIR policy for rapid growth through a mix of right incentives to strengthen India's manufacturing base and attract new investments.

The effects of the Coronavirus pandemic will certainly echo through many industries and their supply chains, providing an opportunity to learn and most likely change the way they work in the future.

ICN’s upcoming initiative of “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Chemical Series 2020” aims to highlight success stories of self-reliant initiatives adopted by the industry towards making India a truly empowered nation.

For participating in the upcoming e-Conferences as speakers, submitting guest articles or exploring exciting branding opportunities in the ongoing initiative, please reach out to ICN team via email or phone: Pravin Prashant, pravin@indianchemicalnews.com, +91 9899004608 / Yogesh Joshi, yogesh@indianchemicalnews.com, +91 9811431951