Student Outreach
Program

From ‘Study Circle Initiative’ in 1980s which aimed to expose the students of engineering to the latest trends in chemical processing technologies Chemtech renamed the initiative as ‘Student Outreach Program’ & realigned the charter of the program to ‘Develop Future Leaders’ during the 25th edition of flagship event ChemTECH World Expo in 2013 to inspire the students of engineering & sciences to join the industry. Students interact with Industry leaders in ‘Icon Lectures’, present potential solutions to the industry defined problems & new ideas in ‘Student Innovation Hub’, participate in ‘Internship programs’ for industrial trainings and ‘Pitch innovative ideas to potential investors’. The initiative is run by student volunteers through in Campus Campaigns & Social Media supported by Chemtech Foundation.

Facts & Figs - Student Outreach Program 2019

2500
Students

150
Colleges

90
Posters

24
Prototypes

9
Icons

7
Winners

9
Companies

Student Outreach Program - 2024

Mentors

Dr R A Mashelkar (FRS)

Chairman, National Innovation Foundation of India Jury Chairman, Chemtech Leadership & Excellence Awards 2024

Nadir Godrej

Managing Director, Godrej Industries Ltd, Chairman- CAB, Specialty Chemical -2024

B Narayan

Group President – Procurement & Projects, Reliance Industries, Chairman-CAB EPC 2024

Subramanian Sarma

Whole time Director & Sr. EVP Energy, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Co- Chairman CAB- EPC 2024

P Raghavendra Rao

IAS, Chairman , Haryana State Pollution Control Board, Chairman WaterEX 2024

Rajendra Gogri

Chairman & Managing Director, Aarti Industries Ltd, Key Board Member, CAB Specialty Chemical-2024

ChemTECH World Expo 2024 inspire the students of Engineering & Sciences to join the industry. Students interact with Industry leaders in ‘Icon Lectures’, present potential solutions to the industry defined problems & new ideas in ‘Student Innovation Hub’, participate in ‘Internship programs’ for industrial trainings and ‘Pitch innovative ideas to potential investors’. The initiative is run by student volunteers through in Campus

Highlights of SOP-2024

  • Icon Lectures
  • Student Innovation Hubs
  • Internship Program
  • Student Awards

Icon Lectures

Direct dialogue between Industry stalwarts and students to ‘Develop Future Leaders’ and attract them to join process industries that form the backbone of economic & industrial development. Chemtech facilitates interactions of students with industry leaders to enable the students from the domains of Sciences, Technology Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) to understand the future trends which helps them Identify the emerging areas to explore career options, develop leadership skills, and comprehend the industry expectations.

Student Outreach Program - 2022

Student Outreach Program - 2013

Student Outreach Program - 2015

Student Outreach Program - 2017

Student Outreach Program - 2019

Student Outreach Program - 2022

Student innovation Hubs

Students aspiring to join the industry display the prototypes of their ideas & innovations during the international exhibition alongside the industry exhibits. An independent jury comprising of experts from Industry & Academia interact with the student teams jointly to judge the works showcased by students. Participants have to register for the competition in advance and submit the abstracts 1 month before the event to share with the jury.

Internship Programs

Past Supporters of Internship Program

Human resources teams from organizations from Energy, Chemicals & Pharma sectors interview the potential candidates to provide on- site industrial training across the functions of plant operations, process, design, R&D, marketing and relevant functions to engineers & science students for short term training programs. Students have pre-register and share their bios and area of interest with the volunteers to share with HR teams who identify the potential candidates for on-site interviews

Student Awards

Innovations & Ideas presented by students are judged by an independent jury and the teams are felicitated by the Industry leaders. Recognition includes certificate and cash prize for the top 3 winning teams. Rest of the teams receive certificate for participation.

Industry Feedback

TESTIMONIALS

Edit your own obituary every day. This may sound morbid, but think about it. Every day we live, we are casting our obituary. How we are as children to our parents, parents to our children, friends, colleagues, professionals, we chase our excellence, did we achieve our potential both professionally and personally, all it makes a difference. So always strive to cast the finest obituary you can. In doing so, not only you will help yourself, also help to make this world a far better place to live.

Vipul Shah

COO Petrochemicals Reliance Industries Ltd

Edit your own obituary every day. This may sound morbid, but think about it. Every day we live, we are casting our obituary. How we are as children to our parents, parents to our children, friends, colleagues, professionals, we chase our excellence, did we achieve our potential both professionally and personally, all it makes a difference. So always strive to cast the finest obituary you can. In doing so, not only you will help yourself, also help to make this world a far better place to live.

Rajendra gori

COO Petrochemicals Reliance Industries Ltd

Edit your own obituary every day. This may sound morbid, but think about it. Every day we live, we are casting our obituary. How we are as children to our parents, parents to our children, friends, colleagues, professionals, we chase our excellence, did we achieve our potential both professionally and personally, all it makes a difference. So always strive to cast the finest obituary you can. In doing so, not only you will help yourself, also help to make this world a far better place to live.

Raman Ramachandran

Edit your own obituary every day. This may sound morbid, but think about it. Every day we live, we are casting our obituary. How we are as children to our parents, parents to our children, friends, colleagues, professionals, we chase our excellence, did we achieve our potential both professionally and personally, all it makes a difference. So always strive to cast the finest obituary you can. In doing so, not only you will help yourself, also help to make this world a far better place to live.

Sanjay Joshi

Student Testimonials

“Myself SALMAN FAISAL. The ambassador of CHEMTECH SOP 2017.I had wonderful experience by attending such a good event where I have learnt lots of technical & management skills. SOP 2017 was very well executed well planned and very well managed”

Salman Faisal

Student Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering
College, Aurangabad

“The Internship Initiative taken by SOP was very well organised and handled. It helped all the students to get a feel of the actual placement scenario and their standing in the real world. The response from the companies was overwhelming”

Kruti Goyal

Student Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering: Selected for Internship at Reliance Industries Ltd

“Myself SALMAN FAISAL. The ambassador of CHEMTECH SOP 2017.I had wonderful experience by attending such a good event where I have learnt lots of technical & management skills. SOP 2017 was very well executed well planned and very well managed”

Salman Faisal

Student Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering
College, Aurangabad

“The Internship Initiative taken by SOP was very well organised and handled. It helped all the students to get a feel of the actual placement scenario and their standing in the real world. The response from the companies was overwhelming”

Kruti Goyal

Student Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering: Selected for Internship at Reliance Industries Ltd

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