NCCBM is always in constant endeavour to work in research and innovation field and various projects are undergoing at present for the betterment of Indian Cement & Concrete industry, environment and society.
A high level 71st Research Advisory Committee (RAC) meeting under chairmanship of Shri Ashwani Pahuja (Exec Director- Dalmia Bharat Cement Ltd.) was organized at NCCBM-Ballabgarh office on Wednesday 06 March 2019. This meeting is held 02 times in a year. RAC comprises of eminent and learned technocrats representing Indian cement and concrete industry, technology suppliers, officials from MoCI, Govt of India, Elite academia and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Director General-NCB etc.
In this meeting, progress was discussed for 17 nos. ongoing R&D projects and 06 nos. new project proposals to be taken up from FY 19-20. Many value adding suggestions were received from dignities including Sh Zakaria Khan Yusufzai (SDO, DPIIT, MoCI, Govt of India), Shri Ashwani Pahuja, Shri Sanjay Pant (BIS), Dr B N Mohapatra (Director General-NCB), Shri Avdhesh Singh (Ultratech Cement), Shri B C Pandey (Ambuja Cement), Sh A S C Bose (India Cement), Dr. S K Handoo (CMA), Director-CBRI, CMD-NRDC, Director-CMRS, Sh G C Mishra (Director- A K S University) etc.