Phone : 033-2413-8878

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At present Indian Ceramic Society has 14 (Fourteen) Local Chapters spread across the Country, which are as follows (Please click on each chapter for details):

CHAIRMAN

Mr Veda Prakash Upadhyaya
Chief General Manager (Refractory)
SAIL, Bokaro Steel Plant
Quarter No.1008, Sector – 4/B
Bokaro Steel City 827 004 (Jharkhand)
Mobile : 8986870924 /8789564885
Email : pundit.upadhyaya@gmail.com, pundit_upadhyaya@yahoo.co.in

SECRETARY

Mr Pranab Kumar Sengupta
General Manager
Refractory Engineering Department
SAIL, Bokaro Steel Plant
Quarter No.1037, Sector – 5B
Bokaro Steel City 827 006 (Jharkhand)
Mobile : 8986870925, 9608147092
Email : prsengupta89@gmail.com

CHAIRMAN

Prof. A. R. Kulkarni
Professor
Dept of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
IIT-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076
Phone : (022) 25767636 (O)
Mobile : (0) 9820068463
E-mail : ajit.kulkarni@iitb.ac.in, ajit2957@gmail.com

SECRETARY

Prof. S. P. Butee
Professor
Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science
College of Engineering Pune (COEP)
(An Autonomous Institute of Govt. of Maharashtra)
5, Wellesly Road, Shivajinagar
Pune - 411005
Phone : 020-25507263
Mobile: (0) 9422019150
Email: spb.meta@coep.ac.in

CHAIRMAN

Mr Rupesh C. Shah
Managing Partner, Sonya Ceramics
711 Anil Road, Nr. Anil Starch
Ahmedabad 380 025 (Gujarat)
Phone : (079) 22202588 (O), (079) 22202039 (O)
(079) 26569090 (R)
Mobile: (0) 9825073551
E-mail : info@sonyaceramics.com, admin@sonyaceramics.com, rcshah52@gmail.com

SECRETARY

Mr R. M. Savsani
Retd. Senior Technical Officer
CSIR-CGCRI Naroda Centre
168 & 169 Naroda Industrial Estate
Ahmedabad 382 330 (Gujarat)
Phone : (079) 22815142 (R),
Mobile : (0) 9825710742
E-mail : rugnathsavsani@gmail.com

CHAIRMAN

Mr A. R. Raju
8-3-318/11/20 Vishva ai Enclave
Plot No. 304, Jayprakash Nagar
LR Guda, Hyderabad 500 073 (AP)
Phone : (040) 23203637 / 23202548 (O), (040) 23735803 (R)
Mobile : (0) 9949005444 / 9900572349
E-mail: arraju@yahoo.com

SECRETARY

Dr Venkat Yakatpure
Scientist 'F'
DSG-DMRL, Kanchanbagh
Hyderabad 500 058 (Telangana)
Phone : (040) 2458 6594 (O)
Mobile : 7382601283
Email : vyakatpure71@gmail.com, vyakatpure@yahoo.co.in

CHAIRMAN

Mr Prasanta Panigrahi
Head, Refractory Technology Group
Tata Steel Limited
RTG | One Refractories |
Jamshedpur 831001
(Jharkhand)
Mobile : 92345 02891
Email :
ppanigrahi@tatasteel.com, panijsr@gmail.com

SECRETARY

Mr Satrughna Nayak
Flat No. 208, Swarnrekha Sup Flat
Sakchi
Jamshedpur 831 001 (Jharkhand)
Mobile : (0) 7783019658
Email: satrughna.nayak@tatasteel.com

CHAIRMAN

Dr Shyam S. Rao
Carborundum Universal Ltd
64, 3rd Cross, Rama Rao Layout
Banashankari 3rd Stage
Bangalore 560 085 (Karnataka)
Mobile : 9894070559
Email : rao.shyam9@gmail.com, shyamsr@cumi.murugappa.com

SECRETARY

Mr M. Mohan Raj
Consultant, Thermal & Passive Fire Protection Solutions
Kritan Kushal Apartments
Flat No. 05, II Floor
No. 136, 6th Main AGB Layout
Hesaraghatta Main Road
Chikkabanavara
Bangalore 560 090 (Karnataka)
Mobile : 9537394949
Email : mrmmadhu@hotmail.com

CHAIRMAN

Dr S. Anantha Kumar
Senior Principal Scientist
Material Science & Technology Division
CSIR-National Institute for
Interdisciplinary Science & Technology
Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
Industrial Estate P. O., Pappanamcode
Thiruvananthapuram 695 019 (Kerala)
Phone : (0471) 2515289 (O)
Mobile: (0) 9497271547
E-mail: ananthakumar70@gmail.com

SECRETARY

Dr. U. S. Hareesh
Principal Scientist
Functional Materials Science & Technology Division
National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST)
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Industrial Estate PO, Pappanamcode, Thiruvananthapuram-695019
Phone : (0471) 2535504 (O) ; Mobile: (0) 9446337222
E-mail: hareesh@niist.res.in, ushareeshnair@gmail.com

CHAIRMAN

Dr Sitendu Mandal,
FIIC, FASTl
Chairman, The Indian Ceramic Society, Kolkata Chapter
and Ex-Chief Scientist and Head
Specialty Glass Division (SGD)
CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute Kolkata
Mobile: (0) 9432673626, 9830587856
E-mail: sitendum1965@gmail.com

SECRETARY

Mr Diptendu Banerjee
Sr. General Manager,
RHI Magnesita Ltd
P - 51 Natabar Pal Road
Howrah 711 105 (WB)
Mobile :8583812753
Email : diptendubanerjee1975@gmail.com

SECRETARY

Mr K. B. Gupta
Director, Rangoli Ceramics Ltd
98 Industrial Area, Rani Bazar
Bikaner 334 001 (Rajasthan)
Ph : (0151) 2251701 (O); 2251820 (R)
E-mail: guptakunj@hotmail.com

CHAIRMAN

Mr Shanmugam Arasu
Director and CEO-India,
IFGL Refractories Ltd
Flat 1E - 302, AVISHIKTA 2
369/3, Kalitala Road, Kolkata 700 078
Mobile :8114380987
Email : arasusamu@gmail.com, arasu.shanmugam@ifgl.in

SECRETARY

Mr Swadesh Kr Pratihar
Associate Prof & Head
Dept of Ceramic Engineering
National Institute of Technology
Rourkela 769 008
Dist : Sundargarh (Odisha)
Mobile :9437391103
Email : skpratihar@gmail.com, skpratihar@nitrkl.ac.in

CHAIRMAN

Mr P. Chintaiah
Retd. GM & Acting HoA(PC)
RDCIS, SAIL,
Ispat Bhawan, P.O. Doranda,
Ranchi - 2 (Jharkhand), India
Mobile No: (0) 8986880318
E-mail : chintaiah_p@yahoo.co.in

SECRETARY

Mr Manish Kumar Kujur
Asst. General Manager (Refractory)
RDCIS, SAIL
Doranda, Ranchi 834 002 (Jharkhand)
Phone : (0651) 2411145 (O)
Mobile : (0) 8986880317
E-mail : mkk@sail.in

CHAIRMAN

Prof. N. V. Ravi Kumar
Professor, Laboratory for High Performance Ceramics
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering &
Professor In charge, Central XRD Laboratory
Indian Institute of Technology-Madras
Chennai 600 036
Mobile :9444376359
Email : nvrk.iitm@gmail.com, nvrk@iitm.ac.in

SECRETARY

Prof. Manisha Vidyavathy
Professor, Department of Ceramic Technology Anna University
5/3 Janaki Raman Street
New Perungalathur, Chennai 600 063
Mobile :9940457582
Email : mvidyavathy@yahoo.com, manisha@annauniv.edu

Photographs of the Revival meeting of the chapter will showcase key moments, attendees, and the event's atmosphere



CHAIRMAN

Mr Anab Bhattacharya
GM (WCD)
VIsakhapatnam Steel Plant
Flat No G-8, Block No A
Fortune Heights, Shivaji Nagar
Visakhapatnam 530 046 (AP)
Mobile : 9989244270
Email : anab_bhattacharya@yahoo.com / anab@vizagsteel.com

SECRETARY

Mr Piyoosh Jadiya
DGM(Operations)/CRMP
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
H. No. 31-58-27, HIG-161, Vuda
Phase -7, Kurmannapalem
Visakhapatnam 530 046 (AP)
Mobile : 8500669808
Email : piyooshjadiya@gmail.com / p_jadiya@vizagsteel.com

CHAIRMAN

Mr Shivkumar Singhania
Proprietor, R. K. Potteries
Junction Road, Khurja 203 131 (UP)
Mobile : 9837051107
Email : singhania_shalabh@yahoo.co.in

SECRETARY

Mr Mukul Saxena
(Joint Secretary, Mahamana Ceramic Development Organization)
570 Ghora Baygi Vali Gali
Saray Nasrullah Khan
Near Paddam Ki Puliya
Khurja 203 131 (UP)
Mobile : 9536105448 / 9411251050
Email : mukulsaxena72@gmail.com