History

Indian Chemical Council (formerly Indian Chemical Manufacturers Association) was founded in the year 1938 by Acharya P. C. Ray & Rajmitra B. D. Amin, along with a group of Industrialists for promoting the interests of the nascent chemical industry.

What began as a vision, emerging from foresight and aspirations, became the Indian Chemical Manufacturers Association and was again rechristened the Indian Chemical Council (ICC). ICC today represents the ~ USD 187 Billion chemical industry in India.

Its members include both Indian companies with a global presence as well as subsidiaries of multinationals.

Over the years the Indian Chemical Council went from strength to strength and has evolved into a movement embodying the goals, concern and achievements of the chemical industry in India.

In keeping with the dramatically paced growth of the industry in the latter half of this century, the ICC has striven to give an impetus to the objectives of the industry. Realizing the power of information, ICC has consciously worked as a bridge for the many that forms the Indian Chemical Industry

ICC PRESIDENTS
1938-39 & 1939-40 ACHARYA SIR P. C. RAY *
1940-41 RAJMITRA B. D. AMIN *
1941-42 & 1942-43 MR. J. N. LAHIRI *
1943-44 DR. H. GHOSH *
1944-45 to 1946-47 DR. K. A. HAMIED *
1947-48 MR. B. N. MAITRA *
1948-49 MR. S. P. SEN *
1949-50 DR. K. A. HAMIED *
1950-51 & 1951-52 DR. L. A. BHATT *
1952-53 MR. PURSHOTAMDAS POPATLAL *
1953-54 MR. B. K. MAZUMDAR *
1954-55 MR. MADANLAL H. VAKIL *
1955-56 to 1957-58 MR. LALA CHARAT RAM
1958-59 & 1959-60 DR. K. A. N. RAO *
1960-61 to 1962-63 MR. J. H. DOSHI *
1963-64 & 1964-65 DR. H. R. NANJI *
1965-66 & 1966-67 MR. P. C. JAIN *
1967-68 & 1968-69 MR. D. M. TRIVEDI *
1969-70 MR. M. L. SETH
1970-71 MR. C. D. THAKKAR
1971-72 MR. S. RAMASWAMY
1972-73 & 1973-74 MR. SHIVANAND J. SHAH *
1974-75 & 1975-76 MR. B. HIMATSINGKA *
1976-77 to 1978-79 DR. R. J. RATHI *
1979-80 & 1980-81 MR. KALYAN SEN *
1981-82 & 1982-83 MR. M. B. MEHTA *
1983-84 & 1984-85 MR. M. D. DHAMANKAR *
1985-86 & 1986-87 MR. K. R. V. SUBRAHMANIAN
1987-88 & 1988-89 MR. S. M. DATTA
1989-90 MR. ATMARAM SARAOGI
1990-91 MR. HERO J. CHUGANEE
1991-92 DR. K. NARAYANAN
1992-93 & 1993-94 MR. KISHORE V. MARIWALA
1994-95 & 1995-96 MR. O. P. MALHOTRA
1996-97 & 1997-98 MR. A. C. SHROFF
1998-99 & 1999-2000 MR. S. SUBRAMANIAN *
2000-2001 & 2001-2002 MR. RAJEEV M. PANDIA
2002-2003 & 2003-2004 MR. S. N. SINGH
2004-2005 & 2005-2006 MR. D. C. MEHTA
2006-2007 & 2007-2008 MR. D. DUTTA GUPTA *
2008-2009 & 2009-2010 MR. JAI HIREMATH
2010-2011 & 2011-2012 MR. R. PARTHASARATHY
2012-2013 & 2013-2014 MR. YOGESH M. KOTHARI
2014-2015 & 2015-2016 MR. RAKESH BHARTIA
2016-2017 & 2017-2018 MR. RAVI KAPOOR
2018-2019 & 2019-2020 MR. VIJAY SANKAR
2020-2021 & 2021-2022 MR. RAVI GOENKA
2022-2023 & 2023-2024 MR BIMAL GOCULDAS
* Since Deceased