First international conference on LPG in Bhubaneswar from 1st sept 2016

Date

September 01, 2016

The Capital City is going to host first international conference on LPG. The two-day conference organised by Research and Development Initiative (RDI) along with leading public sector oil companies Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation is scheduled to be inaugurated by Jharkhand Governor Droupadi Murmu.

The event will focus on the need for an LPG enabled household, problems arising due to absence of cooking gas, the usage of traditional bio-mass cooking fuels and their impact on both health and environment. Over two dozen speakers and delegates from over a dozen developing countries such as Brazil, Guatemala, Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, Nigeria, Nepal, Bhutan, Indonesia, Cameroon and Sri Lanka will share their opinion. Experts and stakeholders from USA and Europe will speak on global best practices and the likelihood of their adoption in Indian context. Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan, UN Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director UN Women Lakshmi Puri and Chairman of Global LPG Partnership, USA Kimball Chen are slated to attend the conference.