CSI Activities ReviewDr. G. Ramakrishnan, President, CSI

Chromatographic Society of India (CSI ) was founded in the year 2000 at Chennai by a few scientists interested to propagate the education of Chromatography to students and industrial chemists. Now CSI is creditably positioned and progressing in its second decade. During the first ten years, the focus was more in arranging GC and LC courses certified by the American Chemical Society. These courses were held by very experienced people such as Dr. Stuart Cram and Dr. Lee Polite from the United States of America. These trainings were held at

Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. CSI has arranged in the past HPLC and LCMS seminars and workshop by Dr. John Dolan in Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad and lecture in Mass Spectrometry by Professor Graham Cooks from Purdue University in IIT - Mumbai, IIT - Chennai, Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore and IICT - Hyderabad. More than a thousand chemists and students have taken advantage of the above courses and seminars across India. As CSI has travelled into the second decade, some focus was laid on the symposia and recognition awards besides the training courses and seminars. The first major symposium on “Essential Oils, Flavours and Fragrances-Chemistry & Industry” was held in November 2010 at IIT, Mumbai. More than 250 chemists from the industry and research students attended the symposium. On this occasion two stalwarts, Dr. S.C.Bhattacharya ( he died early this year) and Dr. Sukh Dev were felicitated and bestowed with the Lifetime Contribution Award. Continued on Page 2.

CSI Support for Analytica Anacon-2013

CSI is very pleased that Analytica Anacon 2013 is happening again in Mumbai from November 12-14.CSI believes that Analytica Anacon is a unique event , where Indian manufacturers and foreign manufacturers of analytical instruments, related accessories , consumables, laboratory furniture, chemicals, etc. take pride in showcasing their products. As this event is compared with events such as Analytica of Munich and Pittcon of USA, the participating companies will launch their new products and services for Indian customers during this event. Along with the exhibition, a two day symposium on the contemporary topics is also being held at the venue for the benefit of interested chemists from the academia and industry. CSI is pleased to be one of the supporting partners of this big event and wish the organizers and all delegates a fruitful experience. During the last Analytica Anacon held in 2011 in Mumbai, CSI was very much present as one of the exhibitors and launched the publication “Chromatography Today”. This year CSI will be present at booth Number C-44 and will launch CHROM academy website. We graciously invite all the delegates of Analytica Anacon, the Life Members and Corporate Members of CSI to our booth.

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Photos taken at the CSI Booth during Analytica Anacon 2011

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Similarly in November, 2011 a one day symposium was conducted in Mumbai on “Recent Trends, Challenges and Solutions in Bioanalysis “. Selected experts gave authoritative talks on the areas of their expertise and almost 100 chemists and students engaged in the Bioanalysis attended and benefitted from this program. On this occasion, Professor ( Dr) R.T.Sane, one of the pioneers in the area of Bioanalysis was bestowed with a Lifetime Contribution award.

In November, 2012, CSI in collaboration with Chemistry Group, BARC held a two-day symposium on “Evolution of Gas Chromatography in India-Past, Present and Future” in Mumbai, which was attended by more than 250 scientists and students from all over India. On this occasion Dr. R. M. Iyer, Former Director of Chemistry Group, BARC, who did a pioneering research on developing an indigenous GC for the first time in India and helped to transfer the technology to Toshniwal company for local manufacturing was felicitated with a “Lifetime Contribution Award”. Dr. Iyer, who is in his late seventies recollected the difficulties his group encountered in those days in building up the GC instrument and appreciated the gesture from Chromatographic Society of India in recognizing his efforts. Several individuals and companies in India, who have made significant contributions in the area of manufacturing of GC instruments and accessories, were also honored on this occasion.

This year in June, a one day symposium on “Ion Chromatography” was conducted in IIT-Bombay. Powai. This was a unique program, where seven lectures on the technique and industrial applications of Ion Chromatography were presented by leading speakers from the academia and industry. The highlight of the day was honoring of Professor ( Dr) S.M. Khopkar, Emeritus Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay with a “Lifetime Contribution Award”. Dr. Khopkar, in his early eighties, who is one of the pioneers in ion exchange chromatography, was delighted to receive this recognition from Chromatographic Society of India.

Over the past few years, the educational seminars and workshops conducted by Chromatographic Society of India have become very popular and are well attended. To mention a few, a Two-day workshop was conducted in Ruia College, Mumbai, Al Ameen College in Bangalore and Pharmacy College in Ananthpur, Andhra Pradesh. Following a successful two day GC/GCMS workshop in Mumbai in 2011, a two-day workshop in GCMS and LCMS was conducted in Hyderabad in March, 2013 with the help of Pharmacy College under Bharath Institute of Technology ( BIT) and IICT, which was attended by almost 100 post graduate students from several colleges and institutes. A two day workshop for the introduction to chromatography for undergraduate students was conducted at the SIES College, Sion, Mumbai, in 2012 and recently CSI collaborated with SIES and conducted a one day workshop on Bioanalysis in collaboration with Therapuetic Drug Monitoring Laboratory ( TDML) .

The success of these, seminars, symposia and workshops is of immense encouragement to CSI; therefore, CSI is planning to work with interested colleges and universities in India to replicate these courses in their premises. CSI has also deputed its member speakers for a few seminars and it is realized that there is a tremendous need for the education of theories of various types of chromatography and mass spectrometry among the graduate and postgraduate students. CSI is definitely and seriously working towards achieving this goal and is keen to develop an active honorary faculty, who are willing to travel and teach in various colleges and universities. Those interested to volunteer are requested to contact CSI. CSI considers its website www.chromsocindia. org as a major source for information sharing and presently all the publications that are brought out at the various occasions are posted at this website and also there is a link to the publication from UK, “Chromatography Today”. The website also contains information about the various suppliers in India for Chromatographic instruments, accessories and consumables. The suppliers are encouraged to become the “Corporate Members” of CSI and take advantage of their company profiles and products being displayed on the website for the benefit of those customers, who are looking for such information. CSI is also planning to update the website with information as to how to select the chromatography instruments for their laboratory and tips on how to trouble shoot and maintain them.

As we move forward, CSI is interested to strengthen its ties with Chromatographic Society of UK and work jointly to bring some unique teaching programs and seminars in India. There is a tremendous scope for activities in various industrial applications of chromatography and mass spectrometry and this is the time that sharing information of what is going on in the rest of the world is also brought to the attention of scientists and chemists in India. In this regard, CSI is also stretching its hands to our own leading scientists in Europe, United States and Far East to become the Life Members of CSI and contribute to the education of chromatography in India with their articles and also give seminars during their visits to India. CSI would like to be the bridge in helping in the transfer of knowledge from the Indian Scientists settled abroad to the chemists and students in India. This will be considered as a grand gesture from Indian scientists settled abroad to their home country.

Undoubtedly chromatography is a like an axle that traverses through every chemical industry and it touches our life every minute , be it in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the automobiles we drive, the medicines we consume, etc. Chromatography techniques are here to stay and the faster one is able to understand this science and practice it, there will be many opportunities that will knock at the door in building a strong career in academics and industry. CSI solicits whatever help it can get from scientists, teachers and students from all over India and abroad.

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CSI Activities Review (Contd..)

CSI Initiates Launching of CHROMacademy to India.

Chromatographic Society of India has always been at the forefront in bringing various educational programmes for Chromatographers in India. As part of its commitment and constant endeavor to Education in Chromatography, Chromatographic Society of India has now achieved yet another milestone by launching CHROMacademy in India, in collaboration with Kromaspects SciTec Solutions Pvt. Ltd. CHROMacademy, the professional development website for analytical chemistry from LCGC Magazine and Crawford Scientific used by over 35,000 chromatographers worldwide. CHROMacademy will help to increase the knowledge, efficiency and productivity in the laboratories as the website is a rich resource for scientists and Chromatographers all over the world.

Students, Faculty of Academic Institutions, Scientists and Corporates can now subscribe to CHROMacademy through Chromatographic Society of India and Kromaspects website and avail of its various benefits. Members of CSI have the opportunity to avail special discounts on these subscriptions.

SIES Institute of Chromatography and Spectroscopy

South Indian Education Society (SIES) , a well-known brand in providing good education has under its banner several reputed educational institutions in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai for arts, science, commerce, engineering , computer science and management. It has also specialized schools such as Institute of Environmental Management and School of Packaging.

As SIES believes that it is very important to provide good training in developing good skills analytical instrumentation both at undergraduate and post graduate levels in, it decided to establish a Center namely SIES Institute of Chromatography and Spectroscopy. Most of the industries connected with chemistry and biology are very much dependent on chromatography and spectroscopy in its entire value chain starting from raw material analysis, research & development, pharmacological studies, production, quality control, etc. The various studies such as, Environmental sciences, Food analysis, Forensic studies, Doping Control are also heavily dependent on instrumental analyses.

The new Center will be inaugurated on Wednesday, December 18, this year. The first phase will have instruments such as GC, GCMS, HPLC, UV-VIS, FT-IR and FT-IR Microscopy. Headspace accessory will be available for use both with GC and GCMS. The mass spectrometer will have capability to work both in EI and CI modes. The HPLC will be equipped with Diode Array Detector that will help in impurity profiling. LCMSMS will be added in the near future. To make this day more memorable, the Institute is planning to have a one day symposium that will stress on the importance of Chromatography and Spectroscopy in various disciplines of research and industry. The six lectures will be by leading scientists who are extensively using these analytical techniques.

The instruments will be primarily used for training the undergraduates and postgraduates of SIES colleges and this will be also extended to students of other colleges periodically. The staff members pursuing research and Ph.D. degree will have access to these instruments as per their requirements. The Environmental Institute and the Biotechnology department will be able to use these instruments for their research projects. The School of Packaging, where the institute will be located, will be able to use these instruments in the analysis of packaging materials and the students of this department will also get an opportunity to study the use of these instruments in their domain. Periodical trainings will be extended to chemists from the industry also. In future, the Institute plans to take up selected sample analysis as a paid service.

Perkin Elmer India is actively involved in setting up of this institute and they will help the Center in providing the technical support in maintenance and take part in the training courses in the future. Chromatographic Society of India is also looking forward to working with this institute to conduct the various chromatography courses for students and chemists from the industry. As the infrastructure in SIES, Nerul is excellent, seminars, symposia and workshops can be conducted from time to time. Presently the Institute is looking for a couple of very experienced chemists, who are well versed in the operation of analytical instruments; those interested may send their resume to .

CSI Support for Chiral India-2013.

Chromatographic Society of India ( CSI) is proud to be associated with Chiral India-2013,a two- day symposium, that is being organized by the publishers of Chemical Weekly. This event will be held on November 14-15 at the Holiday Inn, near Saki Naka (Andheri East)in Mumbai.

This symposium is unique in nature as this will focus on the importance of chiral compounds, in particular their importance in the pharmaceutical industry. The two –day symposium will focus mainly on the pharmaceutical industry and given the importance of health care presently and in the future, this symposium comes as a boon to both synthetic chemists and analytical chemists alike. The details of the symposium can be obtained by clicking the link

. The details are also given on the CSI website :

director@siessopptc.net

http://www.chemicalweekly.com/Chiral_India_2013/Brochure.pdfwww.chromsocindia.org

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Chromatography News is a publication of Chromatographic Society of India. This issue is edited and published by Dr. G. Ramakrishnan, President of CSI. He may be contacted via email : ramakrishnan.g@chromsocindia.org

Dr S.C.Bhattacharya Receiving the “Lifetime

Contribution Award “ from Dr. Devang Khakhar

Dr. Sukh Dev receiving the “Lifetime Contribution

Award” from Dr. Devang Khakhar .

Dr. R.M.Iyer receiving the “Lifetime Contribution

Award “ from Dr. M. M. Sharma.

Dr. S.M.Khopkar receiving the “Lifetime

Contribution Award “ from Dr. Tulsi Mukherjee

Dr. R.T.Sane receiving the “Lifetime Contribution

Award” from Dr. R.M.Iyer

Mr. Nakul Toshniwal receiving “ Special Contribution

Award” from Dr. M. M. Sharma.

CSI Award WinnersCSI Award WinnersCSI Award Winners

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