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NEWSLETTER
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GIA News
2014
This issue
Gas Industries Association organizes its 2nd Safety seminar P.1
More about the seminar (continued..) P.2 & 3
Work Plan 2014, Publications by GIA P.4
An update on AIGA P.5
Welcome to GIA News
This is the third issue of the news letter from
Gas Industries Association. Through the GIA
news, we intend to update the members and
all those interested, on the activities of Gas
Industries Association.
Gas Industries Association organizes its
2nd Safety Seminar on June 05, 2014
It is a pleasure to mention that Gas Industries Association organised its second safety seminar which was
held on June 05, 2014 at Radisson Blu Hotel Chennai City Centre, in Chennai. As you are already aware,
. in January 2013 in Delhi. Both the events were a
the first seminar on Oxygen Safety, was held last year
grand success.
The Safety seminar – 2014 on ‘Safety in storage, handling and transportation of cryogenic liquids’, held on
June 05, 2014, was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Mr. T. R. Thomas, Chief Controller of Explosives,
Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation. The program commenced with the opening remarks by Mr.
Siddharth Jain, President of GIA. He welcomed the large gathering which included delegates from the
industry, hospitals and major transporters involved with the storage, handling and transportation of
cryogenic liquids. It was a pleasure that Mr. R. Kannan, President of AIIGMA, also attended the seminar as
guest of honour. Secretary General of Asia Industrial Gases Association, Mr. Milan Sarkar, represented
AIGA. Members of the Governing Council (GIA) viz., Mr. Alain Cottereau, Mr. Anuj Sharma and Mr. Moloy
Banerjee, also graced the occasion.
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Secretary General
Mr. Vijay Kumar
Chief Guest, Mr. T. R. Thomas, Chief Controller of Explosives, alongwith
members of the Governing Council of Gas Industries Association, its
technical committee and President of AIIGMA.
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Cryogenic gases, in liquid state
under pressure, provide an efficient
way of storage, handling &
transportation of these gases.
However, the particular properties
of cryogenic liquids necessitate
certain precautions to be taken and
rules to be followed. The objective
of this program was to spread
safety in storage, handling and
transportation of cryogenic liquids.
The seminar was well attended by a
house full gathering of about 140. It
was a pleasure to find the
participants engaged in lively
discussions with the panel of
experts during the Q & A sessions.
The topics presented in the seminar
are available on GIA’s website, free
of cost, for the benefit of the
members, the gases industry and
for all those interested in the
subject.
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• Safety seminar – 2014 (continued……..)
•Work Plan 2014
• New Chairman of Technical Committee
• Recent publications by Gas Industries Association
• An update on AIGA, EIGA
Safety seminar - 2014
Governing Council
President:
Mr. Siddharth Jain
(representing Inox Air
Products Ltd.)
Vice President:
Mr. Alain Cottereau
(representing Air Liquide
India Holding Pvt. Ltd.)
Opening remarks by Mr. Siddharth Jain, President of GIA
Mr. T. R. Thomas, Chief Guest, inaugurating the seminar.
Secretary:
Mr. Moloy Banerjee
(representing Linde India
Ltd.)
Treasurer:
Mr. Anuj Sharma
(representing Praxair India
Pvt. Ltd)
Other members:
Mr. Srikumar Menon
Mr. Raju Joseph
Mr. Sanjay Pant
Mr. Mukundan Iyer
L to R: Mr. Moloy Banerjee, Mr. R. Kannan, Mr. Siddharth Jain,
Mr. T. R. Thomas, Mr. Anuj Sharma, Mr. Alain Cottereau.
Mr. T. R. Thomas addressing the gathering
Mr. Prabuddha. Dhar, Chairman of technical committee (GIA)
Mr. Siddharth Jain lighting the lamp.
A brief overview of AIGA activities by Mr. Milan Sarkar
Mr. Vijay Kumar, Secretary General – GIA.
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Mr. Ramana Vutukuru, Speaker from Linde Gas Asia
Mr. S. P. Krishnamurthy, Speaker from INOX AP
Mr. Sunil Kher, Speaker from Air Liquide India
Mr. Savir Julka, Speaker from INOXCVA
Mr. J. Bhattacharyya, Speaker from Linde India
Mr. Milind Deshmukh, Speaker from Praxair India
Mr. Ashish Nanda, Speaker from VRV Asia Pacific
Technical Committee
Chairman
Mr. Prabuddha Dhar
(representing Linde India
Ltd.)
Work Plan 2014
The technical committee of Gas Industries Association has chalked out its work plan of
activities for the year 2014.
 Issue of Guidelines for Cryogenic Tank and Tanker end
Members
Mr. B. Haribabu
(representing INOX Air
Products Limited)
Mr. Sunil Kher
(representing Air Liquide
India Holding Pvt. Ltd.)
Mr. Chandan Dey
(representing Praxair India
Pvt. Ltd.)
connections,
 TWSG Guidelines on Truck Cabin and Drivers Training.
 Review and adoption of new harmonized standards.
 Work on selective Safety Campaigns.
 Organize the Seminar on ‘Safety in storage, handling and
transportation of Cryogenic Liquids' in June 2014.
 Networking with BIS and PESO.
 Activities to make GIA more visible and useful to various stake
holders.
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 Mr. Prabuddha Dhar takes over as new Chairman of Technical Committee in place of
Mr. Milan Sarkar who moves to AIGA as its Secretary General
 Mr. Chandan Dey is the new representative of Praxair on the technical committee
Mr. Milan Sarkar, who has been representing Praxair India on the technical committee of GIA
as its chairman, was deputed to Asia Industrial Gases Association (AIGA) as its Secretary
General. Mr. Prabuddha Dhar of Linde India Ltd. took over as Chairman of technical committee
in place of Mr. Milan Sarkar. The change took effect from 01-04-2014. GIA appreciates the
excellent progress made by the technical committee under the leadership of Mr. Milan Sarkar
and congratulates Mr. Dhar on his appointment as Chairman of the technical committee.
Transportation safety
work group
Chairman
Mr. B. Haribabu
(representing INOX AP Ltd.)
Members
Mr. N. M. Kulkarni
(representing Praxair India
Pvt. Limited)
Mr. Asish Chandra
(representing Linde India
Ltd.)
Mr. Srinivas Vancha
(representing Air Liquide
India Holding Pvt. Ltd.)
Further, Mr. Chandan Dey was appointed as the representative of Praxair on the technical
committee as a consequence of the movement of Mr. Milan Sarkar. GIA welcomes Mr.
Chandan Dey.
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Mr. Srinivas Vancha took over as member of the Transportation safety work group
representing Air Liquide India Holding (P) Ltd. in place of Mr. Anil Sindwani. GIA welcomes Mr.
Srinivas Vancha.
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Recent publications by Gas Industries Association
The following recent publications have been made available on the association’s website,
free of cost, for the benefit of the members, the gases industry and for all those interested
in these subjects:
GIA 016/14: GUIDELINES FOR CRYOGENIC LIQUID FILLING AND
DISCHARGE END CONNECTIONS IN TRANSPORTABLE AND
STATIC BULK STORAGE TANKS.
GIA 017/14: GUIDELINES FOR THE SELECTION OF DRIVERS FOR
TRANSPORTING CRYOGENIC LIQUID ROAD TANKERS.
AIGA Board 2012- 2014
An update on Asia Industrial Gases Association (AIGA)
President
Mok Kwong Weng
(Air Liquide)
Vice President
Vacant
Secretary
Saw Choon Seong
(Air Products)
Changes in AIGA
.
Mr.
Mok Kwong Weng who was the Vice President earlier,
stepped up to the position of President in place of Ms. Anne Roby
who had to relinquish the position as she returned to the U.S. to
take up a new appointment.
The Board also welcomed two new members viz., Mr. Werner
Hickel of Messer China and Mr. John Panikar of Praxair Asia.
The above new appointments and changes were seen at the
AIGA Board meeting on February 19, 2014.
Treasurer
Mok Kwong Weng - President
AIGA’s new Secretary General
Atsuhiro Fujita
(Taiyo Nippon Sanso)
Members
Mr. Milan Sarkar, formerly with Praxair India and Chairman of GIA’s technical committee, was appointed
as Secretary General of AIGA in February 2014, in place of Mr. Low Wing Keong. GIA thanks Mr. Low
for the support rendered by him and congratulates Mr. Milan Sarkar on his new role.
Yukata Suhara
(Iwatani Corporation)
Recent publications by AIGA
Sanjiv Lamba
(Linde Group)
AIGA 086/14: Safe start and shut down practices for steam reformers.
AIGA 087/14: Standards for Hydrogen piping systems at user location.
AIGA 088/14 : Labelling of medical gases containers.
AIGA 089/14: Reciprocating Cryogenic Pumps and Pump Installations.
John Panikar
(Praxair Asia Inc.)
Revised publications in the year – AIGA 033/14, AIGA 055/14, AIGA 056/14.
Werner Hickel
(Messer China).
Seminars in Asia – 2014
Ex – Officio
Following seminars have been planned by National Associations in Asia during 2014:
Mike Shannon (Praxair),
TC Chairman
Milan Sarkar
(Secretary General)
• Gas Industries Association, India, organised a seminar in Chennai on ‘Safety in storage, handling
and transportation of cryogenic liquids’ on June 05, 2014.
• Taiwan High Pressure Gas Industrial Association, Taiwan - ‘Flammable Gases Safety’ on 03/9/14.
• Singapore Gas Association (IGAS ) - ‘ Oxygen Safety’ on September 30, 2014.
• PCIGI, Philippines - ‘Oxygen Safety’ on October 03, 2014.
• KISGA Korea - ‘Emergency response and safety in handling of ESG’ on October 14, 2014.
• MIGMA, Malaysia have planned a seminar on ‘Gases Product Safety’ on October 15, 2014.
EIGA’s winter seminar 2015
Date: January 28 & 29. 2015,
Venue: Sheraton Hotel, Brussels.
Topic: Product Safety.
Note: The final agenda for the Winter Seminar will be available on the EIGA website from mid
October 2014.
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