NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CATALYSIS RESEARCH

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NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CATALYSIS RESEARCH
SUPPORTED BY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

• DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
• INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS

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A CENTRE OF CATALYSIS IN INDIA

• WHY DO WE NEED ONE?
• WHAT ARE ITS FUNCTIONS?
• HOW TO ORGANISE?
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Genesis of this proposal

• 1978 - proposal for a centre in catalysis
• Early 80s major projects were carried out to MRL
  (now CPCL) for developing refinery catalysts
• efforts for a centre every decade
• late 80s major funding to strengthen the
  catalysis division (then formed) from Germany
• attempts since then to form the catalysis centre
  from external sources ( like DST) or from
  internal resources
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WHY? (GENERAL)

• EXCHANGE WITH INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
• EXCHANGE WITH NATIONAL AGENCIES AND LABORATORIES
• EXCHANGE WITH INDIVIDUALS
• EXCHANGE WITH INDUSTRIES
• EXCHANGE WITH ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES
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WHY? ( STILL GENERAL)

• Academic centre for generation of state of art
  documents
• Case history storage for further processing and
  retrieval
• Professional activities
• Web site maintenance
• Professional society activities
• Professional skill development
• Professional competence creation
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WHY DO WE NEED A CENTRE FOR CATALYSIS

• MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SCIENCE COORDINATION
• NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ESSENTIAL
• LOOK TO THE FUTURE - DOCUMENT CREATION
• PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIETAL NEEDS
• VALUABLE PLATFORM FOR DIALOGUE- EXCHANGE
• RESEARCHERS
• COLLATING INFORMATION STORE HOUSE AND
  DISSIMATION
• ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
• ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC CONGRESSIONS
• CLEARING HOUSE ROLE
• MARRIAGE - ACADEMIC RESEARCH INDUSTRIAL
  TECHNOLOGY
• DEVELOPING FRONTIER EXPERTISE IN STRATEGIC
  AREAS
• INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION EXCHANGE
  WINDOW
• KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN RESOURCE GENERATION
  ROLE
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WHY A CENTRE?- II

• INDUSTRIAL TROUBLE SHOOTS
• HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
• TRAINING CENTRE
• INFORMATION AND SUGGESTION SORTER
• IN-SERVICE TRAINING
• IN-SERVICE EDUCATION
• INSTRUCTIONAL CAPSULES
• INDUSTRIAL TESTING NEEDS
• INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANCY
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WHY A CENTRE?-III

• MANY COUNTRIES HAVE EXCLUSIVE CENTRES
• MANY UNIVERSITIES ABROAD HAVE CENTRES
• MANY UNIVERSITIES HAVE CURRICULUM
• MANY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY INTERACTION
• INDUSTRY-ACADEMY MEETINGS
• INDUSTRY-ACADEMY-LAB COORDINATION
• NATIONAL LAB ACADEMY COORDINATION
• TESTING CENTRE
• STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
• STANDARDISATION OF PROCEDURES
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WHY A CENTRE?-IV

• ORGANISE RESEARCH IN FRONTIER AREAS
• MONITOR RESEARCH TRENDS
• FORERUNNER FOR NEW FRONTIER RESEARCH
• ALERT SERVICES
• FOREIGN COLLABORATIONS
• LINKAGES TO INTERNATIONAL BODIES
• TEXT BOOK AND MANOGRAPH GENERATION
• STATE OF ART REPORTS
• TIMELY REVIEWS-GENERATION DISSIMINATION
• ASSISTANCE TO FEDERAL AND NATIONAL BODIES
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Why IIT Madras (General)

• Recognized academic institute in this area
• Has more than 140 Ph.D in this area
• Many of them are holding positions of importance
  in various organizations
• Developed processes FCC, esterification and
  exhaust catalysis and fuel cell catalysts
• Over 20 National and a few international patents
• International agencies like PL480, PRF, and
  multinational industries funded research
• Special assistance from Germany for this division
• Special courses conducted by this division
• Faculty have been recognized and also
  publications of international standards
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WHY IITMADRAS?- I

• ONLY ACADEMIC CENTRE
• HAS BUILT UP A TRADITION
• HAS CREATED SOME GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE
• HAS ENLISTED FACULTY
• HAS ESTABLISHED ON-GOING RESEARCH
• ACTIVE IN OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
• HAS ESTABLISHED A SECTION
• HAD STALWARTS GUIDING THIS SECTION
• HAS BEEN DIVERSIFYING ENCOMPOSING
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WHY IIT MADRAS? - II

• GOOD CONTINUOUS PUBLICATION RECORD
• HAS GRADUATED MORE THAN 140 STUDENTS
• HAS CARRIED OUT INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
• DEVELOPED PROCESSES AND PATENTS
• BROUGHT OUT BOOKS AND MANOGRAPHS
• HAS CONDUCTED VARIOUS SCHOOLS
• HAS ATTEMPTED VARIOUS WEB CREATIONS
• HAS LINKS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY
• HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL SOCIETY
• RUNS THE NATIONAL JOURNAL
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WHY IIT MADRAS?-III

• IT HAS BUILT SOME INFRASTRUCTURE
• HAS BEEN DEVELOPING ACADEMIC CURRICULA
• IT HAS RUN VARIOUS SPECIAL SCHOOLS
• IT HAS THE SUPPORT OF ORGANISATION
• ADDITIONAL SPACE HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR
• HAS ORGANISED NATIONAL MEETINGS
• HAS ESTABLISHED LINKS WITH INDUSTRIES
• HAS ESTABLISHED LINKS WITH INTERNATIONALS
• FACULTY IN ALL DISCIPLINES OF CATALYSIS
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WHY IIT MADRAS?-IV

• DEDICATED FACULTY
• MOTIVATED STAFF AND STUDENTS
• EFFICIENT RUNNING SYSTEM
• EXPERTISE FOR SERVICES
• EXPERIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANCY
• DEVOTION TO ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
• REPRESENTATION IN NATIONAL AGENCIES
• REFEREEING FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
• EDITORIAL BOARDS OF JOURNALS
• STATUS REPORTS
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OBJECTIVES -I

• Applying results from molecular modelling and
  surface science research to enhance the knowledge
  base of catalytic science.
• Bridging the technological barriers between
  surface science, catalytic science and industrial
  processes by developing in situ techniques that
  monitor catalyst characterization and performance
  under industrial operating conditions.
• Extrapolating from knowledge at the molecular
  level to larger scale investigations, such as
  pilot tests.
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OBJECTIVES

1. The centre will carry out research in frontier
   areas in catalysis including the following areas,
   namely, catalysis for refinery processes,
   development of novel catalytic systems based on
   meso- porous solids and nano-materials, photo
   catalysis, substituting the existing acid
   catalytic processes into solid acid based
   processes, surface studies especially activation
   of small molecules on single crystal surfaces,
   development of enzyme mimics, polymerization
   catalysts and electro catalysts. Members of the
   team have expertise and experience in all these
   areas.
2. To act as a centre for information sharing, as a
   source for solving industrial trouble shoots and
   also to provide technical and analytical services
   to many organizations in and around the centre.
3. To train suitable manpower in the form of Ph. D,
   Masters level courses and also for training
   already existing personnel in industries.
4. To provide academic establishment for liaison
   with other centres in the world and also to bring
   the expertise and experience in this applied area
   to the Indian context

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METHODOLOGY

• The centre is established in tune with any of
  the modern centres existing in most of the
  advanced countries in the world. The activities
  of the centre will be organized on a structured
  pattern with service and excellence as motto.
• The centre will carry out research in frontier
  areas and will try to generate industrially
  relevant problems.
• The centre will arrange and organize well
  structured courses in industrial catalysis and
  also fundamental catalysis and generate suitable
  manpower in this area

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Outcome

• India will have a centre for catalysis, an
  important frontier area of research
• The centre will be the academic centre for
  manpower development in this important area
• The centre will be the knowledge store house for
  information to practitioners and also will be
  able to provide viable solutions to the trouble
  shoots in industries.
• The centre will also provide analytical and
  technical services to the organizations in this
  country
• The centre will form the nucleus for the liaison
  activity in this area between this country and
  other centres in the world
• The centre will also function as the window for
  available technologies elsewhere and also will
  provide technical and analytical back up for the
  prospective catalysts to be obtained from other
  countries
• The centre will carry out research on advanced
  areas and thus will evolve as the nerve centre
  for this area in this country

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DEFINITION

• A centre where highly motivated and trained
  manpower will be generated for research and
  development in the field of catalysis.
• store house for dissemination of information and
  also offer solutions for these expectations of
  the industry.
• The proposed centre will be in a position to take
  up these problems up to the core.
• centre will be able to provide this service and
  also impart knowledge and training in these
  instruments and also carry out research in some
  of the frontier areas.

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Catalysis centres around the world

• America
• Catalysis research group UCDAVIS
• Surface Science and Catalysis Studies - Yale
  University
• Heterogeneous catalysis research group- The Ohio
  state Univ.
• Heterogeneous Catalysis and Chemical Reaction
  Engineering Berkely
• Centre for catalytic science and Tech Univ. of
  Delaware
• The Centre for chemical catalysis Northwester
  Univ.
• Centre for applied catalysis Seton Hall
  university
• Catalysis research group CalTech
• Catalysis lab at the university of
  waterloo-Canada
• Asia
• Boreskov institute of catalysis Russia
• Europe
• Catalysis research centre University of reading
• The Leverhulme centre for innovative catalysis
  university of Liverpool
• Catalysis Research centre Nottingham Trent
  University
• Catalytic processes and Materials Group Univ. of
  Twente
• Group of Industrial Catalysis Delft University
• Group of Organic chemistry and catalysis Delft

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CENTRES FOR CATALYSIS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

• Chinese National Laboratory for fundamental
  Research in Catalysis NLFRC
• Chinese National Laboratory for catalysis
  Research ( Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics)
• Catalysis institutes in Argentina
• Centro de investigacion y desarrollo en processos
  catallticos
• Instituto de investigacions en catalisis y
  Petroquimica
• Instituto de investigaciones para la Industria
  Quimica
• Instituto de investigaciones en ciencia Y
  Technologia de Materiales
• Instituto de investigaciones en Tecnologia
  Quimica
• Programa de investigacion y Desarrollo de Fuentes
  Alternatives de Materials Primas Y Energia
• Planta Pilotode Ingenieria Quimica
• Catalysis Research Centre at Hokkaido University,
  Japan
• Typical research centres for catalysis in United
  Kingdom

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CENTRES OF CATALYSIS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES (contd.)

• Leverhulme Centre for Innovative Catalysis at the
  University of Liverpool
• Interfacial Chemistry and Catalysis
• French CNRS Institute of Research on Catalysis,
  Lyon.
• Centre de Researche sur les Proprietes des
  interfaces et al catalyse CERPIC in Quebec City
  , Canada
• Catalysis laboratory at North Eastern Laboratory
  (Boston)
• The Netherlands catalysis Foundation (NIOK)
  Netherlands Institute for Catalysis Research
• Korean Centre for Catalysis Research
• Institute of Catalysis at Novosibirsk, Russia
• ( This is only a partial list of the available
  institutes in the world. There are also many
  departments which concentrate on catalysis
  research in various universities in the world.
  Also there are bilateral and multi-lateral
  cooperation between countries like Japan and
  Russia, Korea and UK, European union and there
  are various centres founded or funded by this
  type of joint endeavour as well)

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Centre for Catalytic Science and Engineering
(ICON)

• Main Research Areas
• research into heterogeneous and homogeneous
  catalysis
• polymer catalysis
• computational chemistry
• Electro-catalysis
• applied catalysis, catalyst fabrication
• chemical reaction engineering, reactor technology
  and process modelling.

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Catalysis research in this country

• NCL,IICT,IIP,CFRI,CECRI,CSMCRI,RRL(B),RRL(J),RRL(T
  ) and other national laboratories
• IOC,IPCL,CPCL, and other public sector
  institutions
• ACC,HLL, GE, and other private sector
  laboratories
• Educational institutions like IITs,CUSAT,MSU, and
  few others

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Homo-hetero catalysis
Nanocatalysis
SOLID-GAS SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES
Dynamic restructuring
Novel catalysts
Solid acid catalysts
Transient in situ kinetics
Chemical engineering
In situ techniques
Heterogeneous Homogeneous Surface
science Material science Techniques modelling
ACTIVATION REGENERATION
Molecular modeling
Theory modelling
Selective catalysts
DESIGN CONTROL
Reaction kinetics
Laser induced catalysis
ENANTIOSELECTIVE
Field assisted
Bio processes
BIOMIMITICCATALYSIS
ELECTROCATALYSIS
BIOSENSORS
Biosensors
PHOTOCATALYSIS
FINE AND SPECIALITY CHEMICALS
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COMPETENCE? -I

• PERFORMANCE IN THE LAST YEAR
• 6 national and 2 US patents filed
• 2 Chem Comm, 3 JPC, more than 40 other
  publications
• International collaboration (CCC) for fuel cell
  electrode
• Linkages with GM and du pont being pursued
• Summer schools and orientation programme
• Edited book on catalysis fuel cell book and
  Experimental Physical Chemistry under print
• Proposal for a book with Khazak scientists and
  also with Prof DKC of IIT Bombay
• Invited for ACS, Korean chemical Society meetings
• Many national level editorial memberships

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COMPETENCE? -II

• Retainer consultant to firms like international
  tractors
• Developed processes for CPCL other industries
• Organized Symposia, Seminars and Workshops
• Has been running CSI for nearly 25 years
• Have Completed Research Projects different
  disciplines
• Several awards
• Member Boards of Study for number of Universites
• Accreditation NAAC team member
• Publications in high impact factor journals
• Prestigious International fellowships
• Nominated for GLENN award

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COMPETENCE? -III

• RESEARCH IN A VARIETY OF AREAS
• UNIFORM PUBLICATION RECORD
• MEMBERSHIP ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
• OFFICE BEARER -VARIOUS SOCIETIES
• ORGANISER - VOCATIONAL COURSES
• COORDINATOR- CATALYSIS DIVISION
• ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

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COMPETENCE?-IV

• FAMILIARITY SURFACE ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
• THEORETICAL BACK GROUND
• SCIENCE ENGINEERING EXPERTISE
• ACADEMIC STANDING
• ACADEMIC AMBIANCE
• STRUCTURED COURSE STRUCTURE POSSIBLE
• RESOURCE GENERATION CAPACITY
• INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANCY POSSIBILITIES
• SPONSORED RESEARCH
• TESTING COMPETENCE
• ACADEMIC COLLABORATION INTERACTION

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HOW TO ORGANISE?

• INITIAL AIM TO DEVELOP A COURSE
• ORGANISE VOCATIONAL TRAINING
• INDUSTRIAL COURSES
• INFORMATION GATHERING
• PUBLICATIONS DOCUMENTARY
• JOURNAL ALERT SERVICES
• SERVICE FACILITIES BE CREATED

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HOW TO ORGANISE?-II

• CONNECTIVITY NATL LAB INST.
• ENLIST INDUSTRIAL ORGN
• SERVICE FACILITIES ORGANISED
• CONSULTANCY
• TESTING AND STANDARDISATION
• RECORD MAINTENANCE
• CLEAR HOUSE ROLE

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HOW TO ORGANISE?-III

• ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
• IDENTIFY ROLES RESPONSIBILITIES
• ON LINE SERVICES FACILITY CREATE
• DEFINE THE RESEARCH AREAS
• DEFINE THE LEAD ROLES
• DEFINE INDSUTRY ROLE
• DEFINE NATL LAB ROLE
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How to organise?-IV

• LEADERSHIP ROLE
• ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
• ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK
• NATIONAL LINKAGES
• GUEST ROLES
• CONSULTANT ROLES
• INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION
• GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
• SPONSORED RESEARCH
• CONTRACT RESEARCH

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HUMAN RESOURCE PROGRAMMES

• 1.The centre will propose to the Senate of the
  Indian Institute of Technology, Madras starting
  either a two year Masters course in Applied
  chemistry with great emphasis in Industrial
  chemistry and catalysis or a one year post M Sc
  diploma programme in Industrial Chemistry with
  great emphasis on catalysis.
• 2. in house training programme for persons who
  are already employed in industries on specific
  aspects
• 3. industry or organization expresses desire to
  train individuals, it can be also be taken up on
  one to one basis with specific
• 4. a capsule course content for the in-house
  personnel in industry ( a general one in nature
  with a specified and announced syllabus content )
  
• 4. The coordinator of this programme has already
  evolved a course of the fresh research scholars
  in the field of catalysis.
• 5. has also conducted for M.Sc students special
  course on surface chemistry and catalysis
  supported by DST in the past years.
• 6. has created four web sites for catalysis
  discussion, materials, chemistry education and
  electrochemistry

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HUMAN RESOURCE PROGRAMMES

• Man Power data with specialization and expertise
• Facilities and expertise available in each of the
  laboratories
• Data base on the use of catalysts in industries
  and the sources
• Data base on the trouble shoots and the solutions
  obtained
• Data base on the available catalyst products in
  the market
• Any other data base that may be necessary.

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PROGRAMME FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS AND USING THE
FACILITY

• The Centre once established and nurtured it has
  great potential for exploitation by many other
  users from Academic organizations, national
  laboratories as well as by industries and R D
  laboratories
• many organizations have been utilizing the
  existing facilities of this division extensively
  and also to the maximum extent.
• We have to evolve procedures and modalities for
  the visiting scientists.
• We have to evolve procedures and modalities for
  the visiting scientists.

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Research Activities of the Proposed Centre

• The Research Centre can be expected to focus the
  following areas essentially
• 1. Development of catalyst system based on
  meso-porous and micro-porous solids.
• 2. Development of solid acid catalysts for fine
  chemical production, especially based on
  heteropoly acids
• 3. Photo catalysis and photo catalytic production
  of chemicals and hydrogen
• 4. Supported metals systems especially for syngas
  conversion as well as exhaust conversion
  reactions and also catalysis by multi-component
  systems
• 5. Catalysts for refinery process and additives
• 6. Evaluation of catalytic processes at molecular
  level by surface analytical techniques
• 7. Development of Enzyme mimics based on solid
  supports
• 8. Polymerization catalysts especially single
  site catalytic processes
• 9. Development of electro catalytic systems for
  batteries and fuel cells
• 10. Development of novel catalytic materials
  based on nano materials, multicomponent oxide
  systems and meso porous solids

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INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION

• Testing and analytical services for the
  industries. (A typical list of the services
  rendered for the past year or so is given in
  appendix for ready reference).
• The team had been carrying out many Research
  based Industry Consultancy (RBIC) assignments in
  the past like preparation of poly lactic acid and
  preparation of Ibuprofen for Lactochem Limited,
  and other industries. A sample supporting
  document from the chief of R and D of Malladi
  Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited is enclosed as
  appendix 2 for this section.
• The team member is also doing work for Reliance
  Industries Limited.
• In addition the team had been carrying out a
  number of research projects for various
  industries in the past and also there are some
  on going research projects for industries.
• The investigators are consultants to many
  industries and this will also ensure definite
  industry participation to the centre. In fact
  the investigators are in touch with many other
  industries like International Tractors (
  consultant ) for fuel cell development, General
  Motors P and G and many other national and
  multi-national organizations and these will also
  be extensively pursued to make sure industry
  participation in the centre.

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OTHER NATIONAL LEVEL PLANS

• To build up information on various Centres in the
  country and also act as a store house and sorting
  house for the trouble shoot problems of the
  industry.
• To possibly create an archiving of all the
  publications in the area of catalysis in India so
  that it will truly reflect the status of this
  field in this country. The eprints server is
  being installed already.
• To run the national level The Catalysis Society
  of India, whose headquarters is the Department of
  Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology,
  Madras.
• To run the national journal Bulletin of the
  Catalysis Society of India both in electronic
  form and also in printed version.
• The centre will in addition will also aim to
  create a data base on the following
• Man Power data with specialization and expertise
• Facilities and expertise available in each of the
  laboratories
• Data base on the use of catalysts in industries
  and the sources
• Data base on the trouble shoots and the solutions
  obtained
• Data base on the available catalyst products in
  the market
• Any other data base that may be necessary.

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Programme for Using the Facility Created

• Services to other academic and industrial
  organizations.
• With other academic institutions on sharing basis
  if research is involved
• Training people in special instruments
• Creating a data centre for some of the spectra
• Service to the departments and sections of the
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THE CLOSING REMARKS

• The Centre of Catalysis as and when established
  strives for
• Academic and research excellence in the field of
  Catalysis.
• Networking with other similar centres in other
  countries.
• Interacting with industry, solving their
  trouble-shoots, introducing new catalytic
  processes and providing substitute catalysts for
  the existing processes.
• Generating suitable human resources in this area
  through sustained/structured academic programmes,
  short term courses, in-house training programmes
  as well as quality improvement of existing man
  power of the industries.
• Collating and dissemination of information in the
  area of catalysis especially for industrial use
  as well as for academic research.
• Establishing an archiving centre for data,
  literature and information in the area of
  Catalysis.
• Bringing the talents in various national
  laboratory and universities under one umbrella
  for promoting the science and practice of
  Catalysis.
• Running effectively the national body , the
  Catalysis Society of India and the national
  Journal Bulletin of the Catalysis Society of
  India
• Striving constantly for new innovative and
  challenging approaches and introducing them at
  appropriate stages of the growth of the Centre.

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VISION FOR THE NCCR

• HUMAN CAPACITIES AND EXPERTISE MANPOWER
• AGGRESSIVELY SOLICIT SUPPORT FROM INDUSTRIAL
  USERS
• RELIABLE TEST AND TRAINING HOUSE
• THE VISION OF THE CENTRE IS TO EMERGE AS THE
  NATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDER AND KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL
  ON CATALYSIS AND PROMOTE A VIBRANT PARTNERSHIP
  AMONG THE TRINITY OF ACADEMY-RESEARCH AND

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