| Title | Industrial Visit at Marigold Paints Pvt. Ltd. |
| Event Name | Industrial Visit |
| Date | 12th August 2025 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 32 Students |
| |
| Title | A Visionary Talk on Paint Industry Dynamics by Mr. Umesh Singh, CMD of Marigold Paints Pvt. Ltd. |
| Event Name | Expert Talk |
| Date | 7th August 2025 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 29 Students |
| |
| Title | Industrial Visit of Semester -3 Students at HLE Glasscoat |
| Event Name | Industrial Visit |
| Date | 5th August 2025 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 11 Students |
| |
| Title | Poster presentation Competition |
| Event Name | NEP Celebration |
| Date | 4th August 2025 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 17 Students |
| |
| Title | Project Topic Identification and Literature Review |
| Event Name | Literature Review |
| Date | 24th July 2025 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 09 Students |
| |
| Title | Career Guidance Talk by Mr. SATISH PATEL (Owner at Dalfon Chemicals, Panoli) on “Career Opportunities in field of Inks”. |
| Event Name | Alumni Talk |
| Date | 17th July 2025 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 20 Students |
| |
| Title | Industry Expert Talk by Dr. Tejas Shah (Usha Coatings) on “Current Scenario of Paint Industries” discussing the significant growth of the Indian and global paint sectors driven by infrastructural development and the increasing demand for protective and decorative coatings on 03/10/2025. |
| Event Name | Expert Talk |
| Date | 3rd July 2025 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 19 Students |
| |
| Title | ALUMNI EXPERT TALK by Bhavika Sharma students regarding the usefulness of various theory and practical subjects in their course, emphasizing how topics related to pigments, resins, paints, and corrosion form the backbone of knowledge required in the coatings industry (03/07/2025) |
| Event Name | INDUCTION PROGRAM AND BRIDGE COURSE |
| Date | 26th June 2025 – 5th July |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 20 Students |
| |
| Title | Career Guidance cum Orientation lecture arranged for B.Sc. Chemistry Students at NVPAS college to brief students about Job Opportunities in field of Paints and Coatings. (21/01/2025) |
| Event Name | Orientation Lecture |
| Date | 21st January 2025 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 18 Students |
| |
| Title | Orientation of B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry Students of V. P. Science College for Career Opportunities in field of Paints & Coatings (06/01/2025) |
| Event Name | Orientation lecture cum Career Guidance |
| Date | 6th January 2025 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 60 Students |
| |
| Title | Student Interaction with Rohit Singh (HR Exectutive – Asian PPG – Sarigam) – A Brief Overview of Career Opportunities in the Field of Powder Coatings. (06/01/2025) |
| Event Name | Career Guidance Talk |
| Date | 6th January 2025 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 15 Students |
| |
| Title | Surface Coating Technology Department, ISTAR & SICART Jointly visited Dubai for Industry Academia Interaction and Partnership with Robustrade, DMCC, Dubai |
| Event Name | Industry-Academia Interaction |
| Date | 15th to 18th December 2024 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 3 Students |
| |
| Title | Career Guidance Talk by Mr. Jayesh Savshani (Production Manager) on “Water based Paint and Job Opportunities” on 09/10/2024. |
| Event Name | Industry-Academia Interaction |
| Date | 9th October 2024 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 16 Students |
| |
| Title | Industrial Visit of Semester-1 and Semester-3 to Beepee Coating Pvt. Ltd., Vitthal Udyognagar, Anand |
| Event Name | Industrial Visit |
| Date | 5th October 2024 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 23 Students |
| |
| Title | Alumni Expert Talk by Mr. Neel Patel (Insignia, Zambia, Africa) on “Current Scenario of Water Based & Solvent Based Paints and Abroad Job Opportunities” on 18/09/2024 |
| Event Name | Career Guidance Cum Alumni Expert Talk |
| Date | 18th September 2024 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 11 Students |
| |
| Title | Expert Talk by Mr. Dhruval Vatiya (Technical Executive, Asian Paints) on “Current Scenario of Adhesives and Field Job Opportunities” on 08/09/2024. |
| Event Name | Expert Talk |
| Date | 8th September 2024 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 19 Students |
| |
| Title | Industrial Visit |
| Event Name | Industrial Visit |
| Date | 6th September 2024 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 22 Students |
| |
| Title | Seminars / Workshops / Conferences: All students and SCT faculty members have attended and participated in PAINTINDIA 2024 International Exhibition & Conference held at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai on 22nd February to 24th February 2024. |
| |
| Title | Dr. Vijay Mannari (Director, Eastern Michgan University, USA) delivered a expert lecture on "Opportunities and Global Current Trends in Coating Industries" on 23rd January 2024. |
| Event Name | Expert Talks |
| Date | 23rd January 2024 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 24 Students |
| |
| Title | Expert talk on “Future Prospects and innovations in the Coating Industry” by Dr. Chintan Patel (BASF, Germany) on 10/07/2024 |
| Event Name | Expert Talks |
| Date | 10th January 2024 |
| Organized By | Surface Coating Technology Department |
| Participants | 18 Students |
| |
| Title | On-hand Instrumentation Training at SICART by Surface Coating Technology Students of 3rd Semester 9 to 16 October 2023. |
| |
| Title | Industrial visit by M.Sc 3rd sem to Maruti Polymers, Ravrapura, Anand in 08/07/2023 |
| |
| Title | Students of 2nd Semester have actively participated in PAINTINDIA 2023, New Delhi |
| |
| Title | Industrial visit by M.SC 1st & 3rd Semester tp Purnima Enterprise, Plot No. 1, Nilkanth Estate, Ahmedabad Mehsana Highway, At: Dhanot, Ta: Kalol Gandhinagar – 382729 on 6th September 2022. |
| |
| Title | International Conference of Academic Institution on 5th & 6th January, 2022 at Vigyan Bhavan Science City, Ahmedabad |
| |
| Title | Allumni and Industrial Expert Dr. Chintan Patel (BASF, Germany) delivered a expert lecture on "Global Current Trends in Coating Industries" |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
3rd January, 2022 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
35 Students |
| |
| Title | Dr. Guraraj Mohari, Raj Speciality Additives Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai. Delivered Expert Lecture on "Paint & Coating" Additives |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
14th - 15nd December, 2021 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
80 Students |
| |
| Title | Webinar on The Topic "Coating Formulation Fundamentals." by Dr. Vijay Mannari, Distinguished Prof., Eastern Michigan University, USA. |
Event Name |
Webinar |
Date |
20th - 22nd July, 2020 |
Organized By |
M.Sc. SCT Department |
No. Of Participants |
72 Students |
| Title | Kansai Nerolac Paint Ltd.,Sayakha Industrial Estate, Ta; Vagra, Dist: Bharuch |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Date |
8th - 9th January, 2020 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
72 Students |
| |
| Title | “Changing Trends in Coating Industries: Environmentally Friendly” |
Event Name |
Guest Lecture |
Date |
18th December, 2018 |
Speakers |
Shree Aswhin V. Parikh. (Technical Speaker & Technocrat and Director: International Business Development) |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
130 Students |
| |
| Title | “Basics of Paint Formulation". |
Event Name |
Guest Lecture |
Date |
27th September, 2018 |
Speakers |
Shankar Narayanan, Paint Consultant |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
130 Students |
| |
| Title | Kansai Nerolac Paint Ltd.,Sayakha Industrial Estate, Ta; Vagra, Dist: Bharuch |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Date |
24th - 25th August, 2018 |
Speakers |
Mr. Anand Muyle, Manager Technical R&D, Mehul Electro Insulating, Vatva |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
59 Students |
| |
| Title | “Recent Trends in Surface Coating Industries”. |
Event Name |
Guest Lecture |
Date |
02nd August, 2018 |
Speakers |
Dr. Chintan J. Patel. Lead Chemist - Resin Development, BASF India Ltd., Mangalore |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
130 Students |
| |
| Title | Paintindia-2018 International Exhibition & Conference |
Event Name |
International Exhibition |
Date |
8th - 9th - 10th, March 2018 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
100 Students |
| |
| Title | Fundamentals of Paint Formulation and Calculations |
Event Name |
Guest Lecture |
Date |
26th December, 2017 |
Speakers |
Mr. Anand Muyle, Manager Technical R&D, Mehul Electro Insulating, Vatva |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
108 Students |
| |
| Title | Wetting and Dispersion phenomenon in Aqueous and Non aqueous Paint System |
Event Name |
Guest Lecture |
Date |
13th December, 2017 |
Speakers |
Dr. Tejas Shah, USHA Coatings |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
108 Students |
| |
| Title | Paint Ex Asia-2017 International Exhibition |
Event Name |
International Exhibition |
Date |
22nd, 23rd, 24th December, 2017 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
108 Students |
| |
| Title |
SHETH CORROSION & COATINGS PVT. LTD., Baroda & SEW EURODRIVE INDIA PVT LTD, Plot No : 04, G.I.D.C., Por |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Date |
5th September 2017 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
26 Students |
| |
| Title | One Day Technical Seminar on “Paint & Coating Technology for Tomorrow’s India” |
Event Name |
Seminar |
Date |
7th October 2016 |
Organized By |
ISTAR & ACT G |
No. of Participants |
110 Students |
| |
| Title | BEE PEE COATING PVT LTD, Vithal Udyognagar |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Date |
17th & 18th September 2016 (Visited by Dr. Mayank Patel) |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
38 Students |
| |
| Title | Chembond Chemicals Ltd., Dudhwada Ta: Padra, Dist: Vadodara |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Date |
17th September 2016 (Visited by Dr. Kalpesh I Patel & Mr. Rajnikant R Patel) |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
26 Students |
| |
| Title | Acorrphen Coating Pvt Ltd, Vadu. Ta: Padra, Dist: Vadodara |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Date |
17th September 2016 (Visited by Dr.Kalpesh I Patel & Mr. Rajnikant R Patel) |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
26 Students |
| |
| Title | Paint Ex Asia-2016 |
Event Name |
International Exhibition |
Date |
24-25-26th, June 2016 |
Event Place |
Gujarat University Exhibition Hall , Ahmedabad |
Organized By |
Aakar Expocomm , Ahmedabad |
Supported By |
Gujarat Paint Association, Ahmedabad |
| |
| Title | Corrosion, Surface Preparation & Coating Application |
Event Name |
Guest Lecture |
Date |
11th, February 2016 |
Speaker |
Mr. Mihir Sheth(NACE Level 3) |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
| |
| Title | Paintindia-2016 |
Event Name |
International Exhibition - Conference |
Date |
21-22-23rd, January 2016 |
Organized By |
Color Publication Paintindia, Mumbai |
| |
| Title | OPEN HOUSE 2015 |
Event Name |
PARENTS-TEACHERS MEET |
Date |
12th, October 2015 |
Organized By |
M.Sc. SCT Department |
| |
| Title | 12th International Surface Engineering , Paints and Coatings |
Event Name |
Conference, Symposium and Expo 2015 |
Date |
7th to 9th October 2015 |
Organized By |
SSPC India and Tafcon |
No. of Participants |
8 |
| |
| Title | Grinding equipments in Paint Manufacturing |
Event Name |
Alumni Expert Talk |
Date |
19th Sept. 2015 |
Speakers |
Mr. Jatin A Desai |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
62 |
| |
| Title | Research Trends in Surface Coating Industries |
Event Name |
Alumni Expert Talk |
Date |
19th Sept. 2015 |
Speakers |
Dr. Chintan J Patel |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
62 |
| |
| Title | Growth Mechanism for Paint World |
Event Name |
Conference |
Date |
23rd September 2015 |
Organized By |
GUJARAT PAINTS RAW MATERIALS SUPPLIERS ASSOCIATION (GUJPRAMSA). |
No. of Participants |
36 |
| Title | TARA PAINTS & CHEMICALS, Village - Moraiya, Ahmedabad |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Date |
23rd September 2015 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
36 |
| Title | 3M India Ltd., Village - Moraiya, Ahmedabad |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Date |
23rd September 2015 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
36 |
| |
| Title | Reliable Paints, Savli |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Date |
18th September 2015 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
26 |
| Title | Axalta Coating Systems India Pvt Ltd., Savli |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Date |
18th September 2015 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
26 |
| |
| Title | VOC Free Inks |
Event Name |
Expert Talk |
Date |
19th Dec. 2014 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
50 |
| |
| Title | Paintindia Outreach, Ahmedabad |
Event Name |
Conference |
Date |
12th Sept. 2014 |
Organized By |
Paintindia |
No. of Participants |
58 Faculty & Students |
| |
| Title | Marketing Strategy in Industrial Paint and Coatings |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
20th Feb. 2014 |
Speakers |
Mr. L T Mohanty, (National Sales Manager-Industrial) British Paints, New Delhi. |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
78 |
| |
| Title | Sand Blasting Process and Equipments |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
28th Jan. 2014 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mr Vijay Rajpura, R & D Head, NESCO Ltd., Indabrator, VUNagar, |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| |
| Title | Introduction to Sand Blasting |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
28th Jan. 2014 |
Speakers |
Dr. Mukesh Bulsara, G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology, VVNagar |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| |
| Title | Recent Advancement in Thermoplastic Road Marking Paints |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
9th Oct. 2013 |
Speakers |
Mr. Shushil Naidu, Paint Consultant |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
84 |
| |
| Title | Research trends in Coating Industries |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
17th Sept. 2013 |
Speakers |
Mr. Karan Thanawalla, Khamir Industries, Mumbai |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
91 |
| |
| Title | Eco-friendly Preservative & Biocide for Water based Paints |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
24th Aug. 2013 |
Speakers |
Mr. Anshuman Shukla , Melzer Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Pune |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
73 |
| |
| Title | Grand Polycoat Co. Pvt. Ltd., Padra |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
50 |
| |
| Title | Chembond Chemicals, Dhudhwada |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
50 |
| |
| Title | GMM Coatings, Kadi |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | SSPC Conference, Ahmedabad |
Event Name |
Conference |
Date |
19-20-21 Jan. 2014 |
Organized By |
SSPC, INDIA |
No. of Participants |
36 |
| |
| Title | Paint India Exhibition |
Event Name |
Exhibition |
Organized By |
Paint India, Color Publication |
No. of Participants |
40 |
| Title | BET Analysis for Pigments |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
22nd Jan. 2013 |
Speakers |
Mr. Manish Mishra, DDIT, Nadiad |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
78 |
| Title | High Performance Pigment |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
12th Jan. 2013 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Dr T K Roy, Technical Head, Huebach, Ankleshwar |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| |
| Title | Electrical Insulating Varnish and Epoxy Encapsulating |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
6th Aug. 2012 |
Speakers |
Dr. Vinayak Bhanu,General Manager, (R & D) Elantas Beck India Ltd.,Pune |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Paint India Exhibition |
Event Name |
Exhibition, Mumbai |
Organized By |
Paint India, Color Publication |
No. of Participants |
40 |
| |
| Title | SSPC Conference, Ahmedabad |
Event Name |
Conference |
Date |
15th Feb. 2013 |
Organized By |
SSPC, INDIA |
No. of Participants |
36 |
| |
| Title | SPECCOAT-2012 |
Event Name |
Workshop |
Organized By |
Department of SCT with the help of Paint Industries at ISTAR |
Date: |
29th Oct. 2012 |
No. of Participants |
40 |
| |
| Title | IDMC, Packaging Unit, Viththal Udyognagar |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
50 |
| Title | BEEPEE Coatings, Viththal Udyognagar |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
50 |
| Title | Hueabach Colours, Ankleshwar |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
50 |
| Title | Elantas Beck India Ltd., Ankleshwar |
Event Name |
Industrial Visit |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
No. of Participants |
50 |
| Title | Printing and Packaging Inks |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
Dec. 2011 - Jan. 2012 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mr. Pramod Gangiyan, Technical Director, Nano Coatings and Ink, Vapi. |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Additives for Coatings |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
29th Dec. 2011 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mr. Johan Bieleman, Technical Consultant, PATCHEM (FZC). Sharjah, UAE |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| |
| Title | Sustainable technologies in Coating Industry |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
30th Jun. 2011 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Dr Vijay Mannari, Eastern Michigan University, USA |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Mechanical & Tribological Analysis in surface engineering |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
12th Mar. 2013 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mr Vishal Khosla, CETR, California, USA |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| |
| Title | Recent Advances in Coating Additives |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
22nd Dec. 2010 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mr Nishith Patel, Patchem, Dubai |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Problems related to workman handling |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
19th Oct. 2010 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mrs. Chitra Ramesh, Asst Director, CDC, Vallabh Vidyanagar |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Recent Trends in Organic Pigment |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
11th Oct. 2010 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Dr Krishna Kurtkoti, Consultant, Vallabh Vidyanagar |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Azeotropes & Azeotropic Distillation |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
4th Oct. 2010 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mr B I Bhatt, Avishkar Consultancy, Ahmedabad |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Road Marking Paint |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
11th Sept. 2010 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mr. Shushil Naidu, Dubai |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Entrepreneur Acumenship for Surface Coating Technocrats |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
5th Aug. 2010 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mr. Ramesh Patel, Vallabh Vidyanagar |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Acrylic & Amino resins |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
29th Aug. 2009 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mr. Shrikant Joshi, Consultant, Mumbai |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Flexographic Printing Process |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
28th Aug. 2009 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mr. Ganesh Mendhe, DIC, Ahmedabad |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Recent trends in Paint Application Equipments |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
8th Aug. 2009 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mr Meghan Manjrekar, NIT, Pune |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Coatings for Plastic components in automobile industry |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
1st Aug. 2009 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Shushil Naidu, DuPont., Baroda |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Surface Preparation in Automotive Painting |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
27th Sept. 2008 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mr. Manoj Soni, Technical Director, M/s Mirka India, Ahmedabad |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | Scope of Powder Coatings |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
13th Sept. 2008 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Dr. Hitesh Hirani, Managing Director, M/s Neatkote Speciality Coatings Pvt. Ltd., Rajkot |
No. of Participants |
48 |
| Title | External and Internal Coatings of Pipelines |
Event Name |
Expert Lecture |
Date |
2nd Aug. 2008 |
Organized By |
SCT Department |
Speakers |
Mr. Pranav Purani from Berry Plastic Pvt. Ltd., Baroda |
No. of Participants |
48 |