Dr. Amol Kulkarni
Non-Executive Independent Director
Dr. Amol Kulkarni is a Non-Executive Independent Director of our Company. He is currently a Senior Principal Scientist in the Chemical Engineering & Process Development Division at the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL, Pune). He holds a bachelor’s degree, a masters’ degree and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology, University of Mumbai (ICT, formerly known as University Department of Chemical Technology, UDCT, Mumbai). He was also a Post Doctorate at the Max Planck Inst. Magdeburg (Germany) and IUSSTF Research Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA). Dr. Amol Kulkarni has established the first of its kind microreactor laboratory in India. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award in Engineering Sciences (2020), VASVIK award for technology development (2016), Young Associate of Indian Academy of Sciences (2011), CSIR Young Scientist Award (2011), and Indian National Science Academy’s (INSA) Medal for Young Scientists (2009). He is the author/co-author of 138 publications in international technical journals and has been granted 17 patents in India, USA, and worldwide. Recently, he has been inducted as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).