CUH faculty to receive National Awards for work in area of plastic processing

NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1: Central University of Haryana faculty member Prof. Deepak Pant has been selected for the eighth National Awards for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals and Downstream Plastics Processing Industry.

The prize includes a cash amount of rupees one lakh. For his invention to utilize waste petrochemical products to value-added materials like epoxy.

Prof. Pant has been associated with the Department of Chemistry of the newly established Central University of Haryana (CUH), Mahendragarh. Waste petrochemicals like plastics is a challenge for the society and this method is the green technique for its management.

Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), an autonomous organization under Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals (DCPC), has been entrusted with the responsibility of implementing the scheme of the National Awards for Technology Innovation in Petrochemical sector and Downstream Plastics Processing Industry. The date of the award ceremony is yet to be announced.