The All India Glass Manufacturers’ Federation (AIGMF) celebrated youth and industry members at its Annual General Meeting in Delhi.
The AIGMF gave out several awards to industry members at its Annual General Meeting, held at the Pride Plaza Aerocity Hotel.
The annual ‘CK Somany Award for Excellence’ was given to Mr P K Kheruka, Former President of the AIGMF, Chairman of the glass panel in Capexil, and Chairman of Borosil.
The ‘Balkrishna Gupta Award for Exports’ was bestowed to Schott Glass India.
Finally, the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ was given to Mr Mohan Lalvani of the Mascot Engineering Company.
The jury for the awards comprised of Dr K Annapurna, Chief Scientist of the Glass Division of the CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute (CSIR-CGCRI); Dave Fordham, Global Engagement Lead at Glass Futures; Mr Amit Malhotra, President of Confederation of Construction Products and Services; and Mr Pawan Kumar Shukla, Treasurer of the AIGMF and Managing Director of Schott Glass India.
Dr Annapurna said: “My congratulations to Shri Pradeep Kheruka for winning the prestigious CK Somany Award for his key R&D initiatives in developing eco-friendly solar glass formulations as well as a fully tempered 2mm thick solar panel.
“His contributions in the laboratory, consumer glassware and especially in the solar cover glass have a high impact globally, including India.
“Further, I congratulate Schott Glass India for receiving the esteemed Balakrishna Gupta Award for its attaining remarkable exports.”
Mr Kapur added: “The second Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Mr Mohan Lalvani for his dedicated four decades in the glass industry, and as an Associate Member of AIGMF since 1989.”
Young people were also celebrated at the event through AIGMF’s annual contest to commemorate International Youth Day.
The contest invited online entries from those aged between 7-24 years by means of essays, poems, drawings, photography, etc.
Hundreds of entries were received from schools and colleges across India.
The theme of the annual contest was ‘Glass is Pure’.
First prize (approximately $284) was given to Rashi Sharma, aged 13 years, an 8th class student at Bal Bharti School, Bahadurgarh, Haryana.
The jury comprised of Mr Gurmeet Singh, Chairman of the Federation of Safety Glass (FOSG) and Managing Director of Gurind India; Mr G N Gohul Deepak, Executive Director of the Glazing Society of India (GSI); Mr Fordham; and Mr Vinit Kapur, Secretary of AIGMF.
The top 100 entries will get specially designed Glass Mementos, and top three can be viewed via the AIGMF website.
