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This is a result of the intensive effort put in by the Indian Chemical Council – Gujarat Chapter (ICC) to ensure that the state's chemical belt consisting of nearly 60 per cent of the chemical industries in the country adhere to the UN Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
According to the ICC, the number of declarations by the chemical industries regarding their product profile and exports has been the highest this year.
Ravi Kapoor, Chairman, ICC said: “We have established the first Chemical Weapon Convention Help Desk at Vadodara to educate and spread awareness about the sensitivity of the chemical industries in today's security scenario.”
He added that the ICC, which acts as a bridge between the industry and the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, Government of India, has organised about 50 training and dissemination programmes over the last three years.
The ICC is now working in collaboration with the UN-sponsored Organisation for Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in this regard.
The first batch of trainees under the 'OPCW Associate Programme' were trained at the Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Company Limited and the United Phosphorus Limited. Kapoor, who recently attended a seminar at the OPCW headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, said: “Under this, engineers from various developing countries are educated and oriented about the uses and ill-uses of various chemicals in real time. This is the first time that the associate programme is being undertaken in an Asian Country.”
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