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Activities @ SCT Department

Academic Year 2023-24

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	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

Academic Year 2022-23

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.

Academic Year 2021-22

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

Academic Year 2020-21

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

Academic Year 2019-20

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

Academic Year 2018-19

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

Academic Year 2017-18

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

Academic Year 2016-17

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

Academic Year 2015-16

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

Academic Year 2014-15

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

Academic Year 2013-14

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

Academic Year 2012-13

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

Academic Year 2011-12

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

Academic Year 2010-11

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

Academic Year 2009-10

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

Academic Year 2008-09

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