Each year the AOCS Governing Board has the honor of approving long-term members for Emeritus status. Emeritus Members are those members who either meet qualifications for Retired Member and have completed 35 years of membership in the Society or are Retired Members who have served as a past President, won the AOCS Award of Merit winner or A.R. Baldwin Distinguished Service Award winner, and have been accepted as an Emeritus Member with the approval of two-thirds of the Governing Board.
AOCS membership dues are free for the rest of Emeritus members' lives.
In 2022, 23 AOCS members achieved Emeritus membership. We will be spotlighting many of them throughout January.
Meet Sanjay Trivedi
Sanjay Trivedi is a chemical engineer who set up manufacturing facilities for specialities and surfactants immediately after graduation. In his 46-year journey, he established several companies and businesses. His focus remains on specialities and surfactants from renewable resources and new technologies and processes that are sustainable and require lower energy and capital.
He established Trivedi Enterprises Pvt. Ltd in 1984. It is the flagship company for Trivedi Groupe. Technithon India (established in 1989) and Technithon Singapore (established in 2008) offer technologies and innovative solutions along with modular plant designs. He heads Trivedi Groupe as chairman.
He is a founder/director of The Indian Home and Personal Care Industry Association, which also networks with the International Network of Cleaning Products. He is a member of the Asia Oceania Soap and Detergent Association Committee, investor and promoter of Solv8, and mentor of R&D programs for Trivedi Groupe with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and Madras. He was also a vice chairman of the CAMP committee of the Singapore Business Federation.
How has your membership and involvement with AOCS influenced your career?
AOCS has provided the technical platform for networking with industry and connecting across geographies.
What advice do you have for early-career scientists/researchers who are at the start of their careers?
Have a clear plan, remain focused and strive till you succeed. Hard work and perseverance. I am will willing to mentor and even provide seed funds for innovative ideas.
Congratulations, Sanjay, and thank you for your contributions to AOCS and the scientific community! Learn more about the different types of AOCS membership.