CSIR-NCL scientist gets ICC lifetime achievement award

Amol A Kulkarni, chief scientist at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory in Pune, has been awarded the ICC D. M. Trivedi Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 for his contributions to the Indian chemical industry. Kulkarni's research focuses on continuous flow reactors and their applications in various fields. He has also established a microreactor laboratory in India.

Pune: The Indian Chemical Council (ICC) conferred the ICC D. M. Trivedi Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 on Amol A Kulkarni, chief scientist, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) in Pune.

CSIR-NCL chief scientist Amol A Kulkarni (centre) gets ICC lifetime achievement award. (HT)

“The award recognises Kulkarni’s exceptional contributions to the Indian chemical industry (education and research). ICC is an apex national body of Indian chemical industry, representing various sectors, including petroleum, refining and petrochemicals, fertilisers, pesticides, dyes, pharmaceuticals, paints, inorganic and organic chemicals and speciality chemicals etc, CSIR-NCL release stated.

ICC was established by Acharya PC Ray and BD Amin in 1938.

Kulkarni is working at the chemical engineering and process development division of CSIR-NCL since 2005.

“Kulkarni has focused his research on design and development of continuous flow reactors and explores their applications for continuous syntheses of pharmaceutical intermediates, dyes, perfumery chemicals and nanomaterials. He has established the first-of-its-kind microreactor laboratory in India instrumental in several scalable continuous processes for crucial organic compounds and inorganic functional materials,” the release stated.