Introduction

A NATIONAL COMPETITON
15th OUTSTANDING YOUNG Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) – Mumbai Regional Center
(MRC) introduced for the first time, an event known as Outstanding Young Chemical
CHEMICAL ENGINEER AWARDS Engineers Award (OYCE) in the year 2005 to broaden the horizons of thought and its
2023 potential innovative candidacy of the developing crop of Chemical Engineers. The
prizes for the competition have been sponsored by Bhumistha for UG Category /
ORGANISED BY thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions for Industry Working Professional Category. After
the immense success of the earlier ventures, IIChE-MRC is pleased to announce the
15th annual session of OYCE. The national event unfolds this year 2023 at Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay. The event comprises of Technical Paper
Presentations.
Indian Institute Of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)
Indian Institute Of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) is a confluence of streams of
professionals from academia, research and industry. It provides an appropriate
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING forum for joint endeavors, hand-in-hand to work through applications of Chemical
INDIAN INSTITUITE OF TECHNOLIOGY BOMBAY Engineering and Allied Sciences. It also ensures a platform to Indian Chemical and
Allied Industries, academia and research for continuous education, professional
IN ASSOCIATION WITH excellence, networking and attaining global recognition. IIChE has 33 regional
centers and 158 student chapters spread all over India.
IIChE-MRC
IIChE – MRC is one of the 33 regional centers of the Indian Institute of
Chemical Engineers (IIChE), the apex of professional society of Chemical Engineers
in India. The Mumbai Regional Center (MRC) is the biggest of them all with nearly
13.3% of the total all India membership of almost 13250 engineers.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS IIT Bombay & ChEA

MUMBAI REGIONAL CENTRE (IIChE-MRC) The Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay was established in 1958. The
Department of Chemical Engineering is one of the largest departments in the Institute
SPONSORED BY
in terms of faculty and student strength and research funds received. The department
Industry Working professional Category Under Graduate Category transformed post 1990s from having classical Chemical Engineering disciplines such
as Transport, Reaction Engineering, Unit Operations, Petroleum, Electrochemical
Engineering to include areas such as Systems Engineering, Biochemical Engineering,
Polymer Engineering, Catalysis etc. In recent times, the flavour has further changed to
include several scales from molecular to process to the plant. This has brought forth
inclusion of modern biology, computational chemistry, complex fluids and
nanomaterials into the academic stream of the department.
The Chemical Engineering Association (ChEA), established in 1965, is an association
Bhumistha Infra Services of the Faculty, Students, Staff and Alumni of the Chemical Engineering Department. It
works on spreading knowledge and awareness in the field of chemical engineering
29th July 2023 (Hybrid MODE), Venue: IIT Bombay through meetings, discussions, workshops, seminars, etc.
Competition Details : Chemical, Biotechnology, Biomedical & Allied Stream in Sponsorship avenue:
Engineering (related to chemicals, textiles & dyes, plastics, bio-technology,
Category Facilitating features to sponsor Amount (₹)
pharmaceuticals, metallurgy, nuclear, water etc.) Undergraduate students and
Industry Working Professionals (under 40 years of age are eligible to participate). Title
Logo as partner + 1 min film + 5 free delegates + one full
50,000
page advertisement
• The participants can be individuals or in teams with maximum three members.
• All teams are required to submit a written extended abstract (not exceeding 500 Gold 3 free delegates + one full page advertisement 30,000
words) of their Technical Paper for screening. Participants are requested to fill a Silver 1 free delegate + one half page advertisement 15,000
google form at https://forms.gle/CMx5hudxvqLJyQ74A to upload the extended
abstract.
• Shortlisted top 10 teams from each category will be required to make a 10 minute E-Souvenir
presentation to a panel of judges on 29th July and their writeup will be published An E-souvenir containing abstracts of selected papers, technical programme
in IIChe Journals/ News letter & websites. and other details will be published on IIChe websites/ Youtube/ LinkedIn and
• The decisions of IIChE-MRC Award Committee will be final in all matters possible online portals. Advertisements are welcome from interested
relating to this competition. industries/organisations:
Evaluation Criteria :
• Coverage and depth of the presentation. Place Charges (& benefits) Place Charges (& benefits)
• Appropriate treatment of vital points.
• Teamwork, where applicable. Rs. 50,000 + 18% GST = Back cover / Rs. 40,000 + 18% GST
Back cover
59,000/- (with 2 free Front Cover = 47,200/- (with 2 free
• Effective handling of the questions put by the judges and the audience. (outer)
delegates) (Inner) delegates)
• Overall presentation skills.
Awards: Sponsored by Bhumistha / thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions
Advertisement Fee to be paid through on-line bank transfer (NEFT/RTGS) or
Category 1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize by Demand Draft (DD) / cheque in favour of “IIChE-MRC” to Punjab
National Bank payable at Mumbai. All advertisers have to provide their GST
no, PAN no. and company details along with the payment.
Bhumistha for
₹ 10,000/- ₹ 6,000/- ₹ 4,000/-
Undergraduates

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions

Registration fees:
India Award for Working ₹ 25,000/- ₹ 15,000/- ₹ 10,000/-
Professionals Sr. No. Category IIChE Members Non-IIChE Members

Judges 1 Undergraduates ₹ 600 Per person ₹ 1,000 Per person

A panel of eminent professionals from industry, research centers and academic
institutions will be judging this event. 2 Working Professionals ₹ 1,000 Per person ₹ 1,500 Per person

3 Delegates ₹ 1,500 Per person ₹ 3,000 Per person

Important Dates
Last date of Abstract Submission : 15th July, 2023
Registration Form: Fill the following form before 20th July for
Last date of Intimation : 18th July, 2023
confirming your registration for the event.
Last date of Registration : 20th July, 2023
https://forms.gle/ZYn6V2UaLapiTBDP6 .
Tentative Programme:
Inaugural Session 09:30 – 10:00 National Advisory Committee IIChE:
Industry Session 1 10:00 – 11:15 Prof. Anil Kumar Saroha, President, IIChE & Professor, IIT Delhi
Undergraduate Session 1 11:30 – 12:45 Mr. Dineshchandra M Butala, President 2022, IIChE
Lunch break 12:45 – 13:30 Prof. C. Karthikeyan, Vice-President, IIChE & Professor, Annamalai University
Undergraduate Session 2 13:30 – 14:45 Prof. K. S. Rajanandam, Vice-President, IIChE
Industry Session 2 15:00 – 16:15 Dr. Avijit Ghosh, Honorary Secretary, IIChE & Asst. Professor, HIT-Kolkata
Technical talk 16:30 – 17:00 Mr. Shashikant Pokale, Honorary Jt. Secretary
Award ceremony 17:00 – 17:30 Mr. Sushanta Kumar Roy, Honorary Treasurer, IIChE
Mr. Dhawal Saxena, CEO & CTO, Bhumistha Infra Services
Organizing Committee: Prof. Parag R Gogate, IIChE & Professor, ICT Mumbai
Chairman : Prof. A.B. Pandit (Vice-Chancellor ICT, Mumbai) Prof. Anil Verma, Professor IIT Delhi
Convener: Prof. S.S. Jogwar (IIT Bombay) Prof. M. K. Jha, Professor HAG, NIT Jalandhar
Co-Convener: Dhawal Saxena (BIS) Prof. Asit Kumar Saha, Principal, Haldia Institute of Technology
Co-Convener: Mr. Akash Shinde (IIT Bombay) Prof. Sanjiv Kumar Gupta, Professor, HBTU Kanpur
Email id: oyceaward@gmail.com, jogwar@iitb.ac.in, Prof. G. M. J. Raju, Professor, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
dhawal_saxena@hotmail.com, sakash@iitb.ac.in Prof. R. Saravanan, Professor, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu
Prof. Narendra M Surana, Member, IIChE
Prof. Bishnupada Mandal, Professor, IIT Guwahati
Executive Committee IIChE-MRC: Prof. M. Venkateswara Rao, Member, IIChE
Prof.Anirudh B. Pandit, Hon. Chairman Smt. Sheela, Member, IIChE
Shri Lalit Vashishta, Hon. Vice Chairman Dr. M. Srinivasa Rao, Professor, Dharmsinh Desai University
Shri Dhawal Saxena, Hon. Secretary Prof. R. Parthiban, Professor, S S.N. College of Engineering
Shri Mahendra Patel Hon. Treasurer Mr. Thakar Sunil Indulal, Member, IIChE
Shri Pratik Bhagat, Hon. Joint Secretary Dr. Utkarsh Maheshwari, Associate Professor, DYPIEMR, Pune
Shri Rajesh Jain, Hon. Joint Treasurer Prof. A. S. K. Sinha, Director, RGIPT, Jais, Amethi
Shri Jagdish Nageshri, Member & Editor E Newsletter Mr. Biswanath Chattopadhyay, CEO, IVL Dhunseri Petrochem Industries Ltd.
Dr. M.P. Jain Member Prof K. K. Pant, Co-opted Member, IIChE & Director, IIT Roorkee
Dr. Alpana Mahapatra Member Prof. Asim K. De, Co-opted Member, IIChE & Professor, CU
Dr. T.L. Prasad Member
Dr. Aparna Nitin Tamaskar, Member
Shri Shreedhar M. Chitanvis, Member
Shri Akash Shinde, Member
Shri Praveen Kumar Saxena, Co opted Member
Prof. Sanjay Mahajani, Co opted Member
Shri Vijay Sane, Co opted Member