Cement, Energy & Environment

Dr. Jigar V Shah, Executive Director, liP Mr Ratan K Shah, Group Executive President, UtraTech Cement Ltd. Mr Philippe Fonta, MD, WBCSD- CSI (RDF) from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Used tyres , biomass and plastic waste as alternate fuels, and fly ash and steel slag as alternate raw materials. Mr M A M R Muthiah, Mr N A Viswanathan, President, CMA Secretary General, CMA Also, in the Inaugural session , Dr. Jigar V Shah, Executive Director, liP delivered the Welcome Address; Mr Ratan K Shah, Group Executive President, UtraTech Cement Ltd. gave Introductory Address; Mr Philippe Fanta, Managing Director, World Business Council for Sustainable Dr K C Narang. Advisor. Dalmia Cement (B) Ltd Mr Thomas Armstrong, Managing Editor, International Cement Revie UK Development (WBCSD) Cement, Mr Hardik Shah,Chirman-RF & Member Secretary, Gujarat State Control Board Dr K U Mistry, Chairman, Gujarat State Pollution Control Board s ustainability lnitiative(CSI), Switzerlandand Mr M A M R Muthiah, President, CMA, delivered Special Add resses , with the Vote of Thanks proposed by Mr N A Viswanathan , lAS (Retd.), Secretary r Genera l, CMA. There were four Technical Sessions carrying the Themes, (I) CMA– IIP Initiative on AFR:Setting the Stage, (II) Voices From Across the Globe, (Ill) Creating Win-Win Situations Through Regulatory Reforms, and (IV) Case Studies to Learn From, that were respectively Chaired by Dr K C Narang, Advisor, Dalmia Cement (B) Ltd with Mr S K Wali , Wholetime Director, JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd. as the Co-Chair; Mr Thomas Armstrong, Managing Editor, International Cement Review, UK with Mr K N Rao, Director (Energy & Environment) , ACC Ltd as the Co-Chair; Mr Hardi k Shah, Member Secretary, Gujarat State Pollution Control Board and Dr K U Mistry, Chairman, Gujarat State Pollution Control Board with Mr Ashwani Pahuja, Director General, National Council for Cement and Building Materials as the Co-Chair, of the Sessions. Altogether, 14 Technical Papers conforming to the above themes were presented by different National and International Experts in these four technical sessions spread over two days. Participants attending the Conference 48