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RECOGNITION

Dr. Bipul Saha elected as an Executive Board member

of IUPAC

Hyderabad-based scientist, Dr. Bipul IUPAC Committee on Chemistry and
Saha, has been elected as one of the Industry for the ‘International Young
six Executive Board members of Inter- Chemist Network’.
national Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry (IUPAC). Dr. Saha has been Alongside the IUPAC General
involved with the Indian chemical in- Assembly, the 49th IUPAC World Chemi-
dustry for more than 35 years and has stry Congress and the 11th edition of
served in top positions in many leading chemistry congress, CHAINS 2023,
Indian chemical fi rms. was also held in The Hague. More
than 2,200 delegates from 77 countries
IUPAC, founded more than 100 attended the programme.
years ago, is the largest global organi-
sation of chemistry professionals with During the joint opening ceremony
members from 56 countries. At the and the inaugural session, ‘IUPAC-Sol-
apex of the IUPAC organisation is the vay International Award for Young
IUPAC Executive Board, the members Chemists’ was presented. From India,
of which were elected during the 52nd Ms. Apurva Panjla of IIT-Kanpur was
IUPAC General Assembly held recently Dr. Bipul Saha one of the winners for her thesis on
in Hague, Netherlands, by the represen- Division of Chemistry and Environment “Therapeutic potential of short peptide
tatives of 56 member countries of the and titular member of IUPAC Commit- conjugates as novel antibiotics and
IUPAC Council. The Executive Com- tee on Chemical Research Applied to osteo-inductive agents”.
mittee members are elected considering World Needs.
one’s scientifi c contribution to the fi eld The ‘IUPAC 2023 Distinguished
of chemistry, their leadership qualities, Dr. Saha will also represent IUPAC Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engi-
thoughts for the future, and others. at the United Nations ‘International neering Award’ was also presented
Conference on Chemicals Management during the event with Dr. Jyotirmayee
In addition to being elected as an (ICCM)’ to be held in Bonn, Germany Mohanty of BARC being among the
IUPAC Executive Board member, from September 25 to 29. winners.
Dr. Saha was elected as Secretary of
IUPAC Committee on Chemistry and Dr. Saha was also a speaker at safety The next Congress will be held in
Industry, titular member of IUPAC training events conducted by the Kuala Lumpur in 2025.

Anupam Rasayan inks MoUs with Gujarat Government

for afforestation

Surat-based speciality chemicals in Surat district. Speaking about the We will be able to plant over
fi rm, Anupam Rasayan, has signed MoUs, Anand Desai, Managing Direc- 1,66,000 trees on these barren lands.
three Memorandums of Understanding tor of Anupam Rasayan, said, “We are The partnership will support efforts to
(MoUs) with the Government of Gujarat excited to collaborate with the Forest identify innovative methods for sustain-
for afforestation on a total land area of Departments on this initiative. This will able land management and afforesta-
150 hectares – 50 hectares located in help offset our carbon emissions and tion. We are committed to minimizing
Narmada district, 50 hectares located further contribute to our goal of achiev- our carbon footprint and maximizing
in Tapi district and 50 hectares located ing energy net zero by 2027. the positive impact of our business.”

134 Chemical Weekly October 3, 2023

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