Conference Activities and Topics

Conference activities:

Plenary sessions with key note speakers, technical and poster sessions, and social programs.

Conference Topics:

The interest of the conference include, but not limited to, the topics related to health, safety, fire, environment and allied sciences. The broad areas for the conference are as under:

Health

• Occupational health in engineering, process and agricultural industry
• Effect of vehicular pollution, process, engineering, construction and other industrial activities
• Ergonomics and human factors

Environment

• Vehicular pollution and control
• Statutory requirements
• Global warming
• Climate change
• Sustainability

Fire

• Fire safety in residential and industrial complexes
• Protection against incidents of arson and terror attacks
• High rise building safety

Safety

• All the aspects of safety in engineering, process and agricultural industry
• Aviation safety

Allied Sciences

• Work on recent developments in allied sciences (chemistry, biology, geology, social sciences etc) that addresses the above and related problems is also invited.

Conference Speakers and Program

Mr.Howard Pike

(Former) Manager of Operations and Chief Safety Officer with the Canada,

Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum. CANADA.

Prof. Faisal Khan

Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier I),

Director, Centre for Risk, Integrity and Safety Engineering (C-RISE), Memorial University Newfoundland, CANADA.

Prof S. A. Abbasi

CSIR Emeritus Professor,

Centre for Pollution Control & Environmental Engineering,

Pondicherry University, Puducherry, INDIA.

Dr. Rouzbeh A.

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Engineering,

School of Engineering,

Macquarie University, Sydney, AUSTRALIA.

Prof. Dr. A. M. Shariff

Head, Research Centre for CO2 Capture Research Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) 32610 Seri Iskandar,

Perak Darul Ridzuan, MALAYSIA.

Dr. Waddah S. Ghanem Al Hashmi

Executive Director,

EHSSQ & Corporate Affairs, EMIRATES NATIONAL OIL COMPANY LIMITED (ENOC) LLC.

Mr.Satya Prakash Garg

Executive Director,

GAIL (India) Limited

Mr.Rajendra Singh

Water man of India,

Water Conservationist & Environmentlist.

Mr.Mohammad Moizuddin

HSE Specialist,

Ex EHS Head of Burj Khalifa, Dubai.

Mr.Devendra Gill

Additional General Manager,

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.

Dr. Ashutosh Gautam

Expert - EIA, Environmental Clearance, NOC, Consents,Legal Compliances, Liasioning with Government Officials, ETP,

India Glycols Ltd.

Dr. Niranjan Bagchi,

Former Director MoEF.

Dr. Tasneem Abbasi,

Assistant Professor, Pondicherry University, INDIA

Dr. R K Sharma,

Head- Sustainability, India Glycols Ltd. INDIA

Dr. T K Joshi,

Advisor Environmental Health, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)

Download the conference Program here

Paper Submission

Important Dates

Conference Venue: University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, INDIA

University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES) is Asia's first core sector university, was established under UPES Act 2003 of the state legislature of Uttarakhand. UPES emerged as an innovative institution offering industry- focused specialized Graduate, Post graduate and Doctoral programs in key areas such as Energy, Infrastructure, Transportation, Information Technology, Legal Process and Design/Planning.

This is the only university having all three certificates ISO 9001:2008, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001. With an ambitious vision and unique approach, UPES emerged as an innovative institution offering programs that are specifically designed for core sectors with high growth projections.

Founded by prominent educationalists and industry experts, UPES is committed to maintain high standards in providing quality education. The university endeavors to be recognized as a 'Nation Builders University' with a progressive vision of creating specialized professionals in the core sectors that can contribute in the economic growth of the country.

UPES is a major player among National Universities with over 13000 students and 500 plus faculty drawn from premium Indian and International Institutes. The conference will take place in various halls of UPES surrounded by picture perfect Himalayan ranges. At the time of conference the average high temperature would be around 26^oC with average low temperature around 11^oC. Dehradun with cultural history dating back to thousands of years provides the opportunity for exploration of nearby holy cities and Mussouri (The Queen of Hills).

Organizing Committee

• Dr. Kamal Bansal, Dean, SoE, UPES, Dehradun (India)
• Dr. Manish Parteek, Assoc. Dean (SoE), UPES, Dehradun (India)
• Dr. Rajnish Garg, Professor, UPES
• Dr. Dr. Tabrez Ahmad, Director, CoLS,UPES, Dehradun (India)
• Dr. Suresh Kumar, Director, SoE, UPES
• Dr. Shyamal Kumar Banerjee, Associate Dean - Planning & Monitoring, SoE, UPES
• Dr. Jitendra Kumar Pandey, Associate Dean, R&D, SoE, UPES
• Dr. Neeraj Anand, Professor& Head, UPES
• Dr. Nihal Anwar Siddqui,Hod Hse and Civil Department,UPES
• Dr. S M Tauseef, Assistant Dean (R&D), UPES
• Dr. Bikrama Prasad Yadav, UPES
• Mr. Prasenjit Mondal, UPES
• Dr. Kanchan Bahukhandi, UPES
• Ms. Madhuben Sharma, UPES
• Mr. Abhishek Nandan, UPES
• Mr. Venkat Krishna Kanth, UPES
• Mr. Mopidevi Vijai Kishore,UPES
• Mr. Ashish Yadav,UPES
• Mr. Durga Prasad Pandey,UPES
• Mr. Rahul Silori,UPES
• Mr. Susanta Kumar Sethy,UPES
• Mr. Surender V,UPES
• Mr. Arun p. UPES
• Mr. Akshi Singh, UPES
• Dr. Ashutosh Gautam, GM, India Glycols Limited
• Dr. R.K.Sharma, GM HSE,India Glycols Limited
• Er. R.K.Singh, Deputy chief inspector of factories

International Technical Panel

• Prof S.A. Abbasi, Pondicherry University, India
• Prof K. Kesava Rao, Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) Bangalore, India
• Prof F.I. Khan, Memorial University, Newfound Land, Canada
• Prof R. Rusli, Univerity Teknologi PETRONAS, Canada
• Prof A. Tugnoli, University; Di Bologna, Italy
• Dr V. Garaniya, National Centre for Maritime Engineering & Hydrodynamics, University of Tasmania, Australia
• Prof R. Abbassi, University of Tasmania, Australia
• Ms. A. Roychowdhury, Executive Director, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, India
• Dr Savita, Director, Forest Research Institute (FRI) and Vice Chancellor FRI Deemed University, Dehradun, India
• Dr. Anurag Garg, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India
• Prof S. Mukherji, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India
• Dr M. K. Chandel, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India
• Dr S. Kushari, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India
• Prof D. S. Arya, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India
• Prof A. Gairola, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India
• Prof I. D. Mall, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India
• Prof S. N. Upadhyay, Former Director, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) BHU, Varanasi, India
• Prof I. M. Mishra, Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad, India
• Dr B. Sengupta, Former Member Secretary, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India
• Prof S. Shariatipour, Coventry University, United Kingdom (UK)
• Prof S. Ahmed, Memorial University, Newfound Land, Canada
• Prof H. Gaber, University of Ontario, Canada
• Prof Javed Ahmad, Dean Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard, India
• Dr. Waddal Shihab M.A. Ghanem, Emirates National Oil Company Ltd. (ENOC) L.L.C, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• Dr. P Sojan Lal, ADCO, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• Dr. C. Rezzaei, KOC, Kuwait
• Mr. Shakeel H Kadr, Executive Director, CCPS
• Mr. Hari Kumar Polavarapu, Director, ENOC
• Hafedh Al-Qassab, GM, The Bahrain Petroleum Company, Awali, Kingdom of Bahrain
• Prof D. Rashtchian, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
• Dr. B Abdolhamidzadeh, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
• Prof. S. Ayatollahi, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
• Dr. M. Tasaduq, UT South western Medical Centre at Dallas, United States of America (USA)
• Prof A. S. Rangwala, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States of America (USA)
• Ms Erica Poff, Government Affairs and Outreach Manager, Board of Certified Safety Professionals, United States of America (USA)
• Dr Ramkrishna Akula, Emirates Gas LCC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• Dr M. Yunus, Vice Chancellor, Jawahar University, India
• Dr T. Yogeshwara, Vice President, JSW Steel, India
• Dr Shajid Jamal, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India (ONGC), New Delhi, India
• Dr Asha Rajvanshi, Professor and Head, Wildlife Institute of India, India
• Dr T. K. Joshi, Director, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Maulana Azad Medical College, India
• Mr Fareed Bin Ali Al-Hinai, HSE & Sustainable Development Team Leader, PDO, Oman
• Prof Suresh Jain, Teri University, New Delhi, India
• Dr Elangawan, Deputy Director, Director General Factory and Services Labour Institute, Mumbai, India
• Dr Piyoosh Rautela, Executive Director, Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre, Dehradun, India
• Dr Suresh Kumar, Scientist, Centre Pulp and Paper Research Institute, Saharanpur, India
• Dr Seyed M Shariatipour, Faculty Coventry University, United Kingdom (UK)
• Prof Sumeet S Aphale, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom (UK)
• Prof Shephard Ndlovu, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom (UK)

Registration and Accomodation

Payment Details

The Registration can be done by submitting the Bank Demand Draft in favour of "UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY STUDIES" payable at Dehradun. DD should be sent to confrence secretary and the email of the DD scan copy to hsfea2018@ddn.upes.ac.in

Bank Details For NEFT Transaction

Account No:95954444444444

Account Title:HSFEA 2018

Bank Name:YES BANK

IFSC code:YESB0000115

Registration fees:

Participants from India:

Participants from outside India

Author Section

Researchers, Academicians and Professionals interested to present papers in any of the broad themes, listed in conference topics, at the technical sessions of HSFEA 2018 are invited to submit paper in the given format.

1. The Paper in the given format should be submitted online at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hsfea2018


2. All the submitted papers will be screened for plagiarism, format and peer reviewed. Revisions will be intimated to authors and revised papers will be published in Conference Proceedings.


3. Out of all the papers presented in the conference, few selected papers will be reviewed by a Technical Committee comprising of subject experts for publication conference proceeding by Springer () .


4. Information about necessary revisions for selected papers will be communicated to the corresponding author through e-mail. The author(s) will have to strictly incorporate the suggestions and will have to send the revised camera ready copy of the paper in the given time limit.


5. Along with the paper, authors are required to submit an undertaking form which implies that, the paper has not been published previously, is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and if accepted it will not be published elsewhere in the same form.


6. At least one author must register for conference.


7. For the author presenting more than one papers, it is mandatory to register and present each paper separately
    

Steering committee