Fourth AIGMF Awards and First Photography Contest announcement
The All India Glass Manufacturers' Federation (AIGMF) is accepting entries for the fourth AIGMF Awards for outstanding achievement to the Indian glass industry.
The C K Somany Award for Innovation and Technology will recognise an individual who has made significant contributions to the glass industry in the field or fields of manufacturing, product development, environmental factors, business performance/growth, research and development and/or science and technology. Separately, the Balkrishna Gupta Award for Exports will be given to an individual/company who has contributed to the identification or growth of glass exports.
The jury for the awards will comprise of: Dr. K. Annapurna, Senior Principal Scientist, Glass Division, CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute (CSIR-CGCRI); Dave Fordham, Publisher, Glass Worldwide; Sanjay Somany, Former President AIGMF and CMD HNG Industries Ltd; Mr P K Kheruka, Former President AIGMF and Chairman Borosil Ltd and Vinit Kapur, Secretary AIGMF.
Applications are invited at info@aigmf.com from within India from all those connected with the glass industry who may submit a brief write-up/CV in support of their candidature by 15 August 2021.
Previous winners of the C K Somany award include Sushil Jhunjhunwala, La Opala (2018), Mr B L Kheruka, Borosil (2019) and Dr. Mukul Chandra Paul, CSIR-CGCRI (2020). Winners of the Balkrishna Gupta Award include PGP Glass (2018), Firozabad Glass Shell Industries (2019) and La Opala (2020).
It is anticipated that the 2021 awards will be presented at the AIGMF’s annual general meeting in September.
Separately, the AIGMF has launched the First Photography Contest, themed ‘Glass in our lives’ celebrating the 2022 International Year of Glass and supported by ICG and CSIR-CGCRI. Entrants aged between 7-24 years from anywhere in the world are invited to submit photographs by 31 July that demonstrate the salient features of glass. Winners will be announced on International Youth Day on 12 August.
Image: Bharat Somany, AIGMF President, alongside Sanjay Somany, a member of the awards jury, with the prestigious C K Somany Award.
