Chemical Engineering Department of G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology (GCET), a Charutar Vidya Mandal institute, Vallabh Vidyanagar, organized Indian Water Congress 2014 during 7-8 February. The programme was sponsored by Charutar Vidya Mandal, Gujarat Council on Science and Technology (GUJCOST), Institution of Engineers and many other Industries of Gujarat. About 150 delegates from industries, academic and R & D organizations from various parts India participated in technical sessions. The confrence was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Professor. Ganpati D Yadav, Vice Chancellor Institute of Technology, Mumbai and Dr. C L Patel, Chairman, Charutar Vidya Mandal. Both of them in their speech stressed on the need for more and more interdisciplinary research for dissemination of knowledge. Professor. Yadav maintained that the water scarcity would become a major problem in another 25 years. Dr. C K Jain of National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, Dr. Himanshu Soni, Principal GCET, Dr. Kaushik Nath, Organizing Chair and Head of Chemical Engineering Department GCET, and the organizing secretaries Dr. Suresh Panchani and Prof. Dharmesh Kapatel were also present. There were total six invited lectures in the plenary session. The topics covered water treatnet, water conservation, harvesting and pollution management etc. The symposium was structured to maximize interaction between established investigators, younger scientists, and students. Resource persons from the Institutes like IIT Mumbai, IIT, Guwahati, CSMCRI Bhavnagar, and also from some reputed industrial houses like delivered their lecture. The organizing committee brought out a book of all the papers that were presented during the congress. The students of Chemical Engineering department also performed an enjoyable Musical evening, which included songs, dances, and other items at a part of the programme. The event was featured with a mix of eminent speakers from research institutes, academia and the private sector, providing examples and case studies of changed and changing paradigms that had provided the fuel for attendees looking for possibilities. A variety of networking opportunities and identification of future collaborations was the key elements of this flagship event.

Department: Chemical Engineering