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The silver Jubilee conference 25th Lubricating Grease Conference on the theme "“New Frontiers in Grease Industry” Moving Towards Nett Zero" has been organized by National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) - India Chapter during March 3-5, 2023, at Grand Hyatt Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Dr. S.S.V. Ramakumar, Director Indian Oil Corporation R&D Centre was conference president, Mr. Sudhir Sachdeva, MD, Sidharth Grease & Lubes Pvt. Ltd. was Conference Chairman. 481 global delegates and 43 sponsors, were attended the conference, 17 technical papers were presented. The chief guest for the 25th Lubricating Grease Conference, held in March 2023, was Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, the then Hon'ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs, who inaugurated the event.
24th Lubricating Grease Conference on the theme "Latest Trends in Grease Industry" has been organized by National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) - India Chapter during 26th - 28th August, 2022, Hotel Novotel, Visakhapatnam, India. Dr. S.S.V. Ramakumar, Director Indian Oil Corporation R&D Centre was conference president and 363 global delegates, and 30 sponsors were attended the conference, 24 technical papers were presented. Chief Guest of the conference was Dr. Anoop Kumar, President NLGI USA. The conference examined the latest trends and anticipated future developments in grease industry.
23rd Lubricating Grease Conference on the theme "Latest Trends in Grease Industry" has been organized by National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) - India Chapter first time virtually due to covid 19 pandemic situation, during April 16-17, 2021 in Virtual mode. Dr. S.S.V. Ramakumar, Director Indian Oil Corporation R&D Centre was conference president and 300 delegates were attended the conference virtually, 28 technical papers were presented.
22nd Lubricating Grease Conference on the theme "Latest Trends in Grease Industry" has been organized by National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) - India Chapter during February 1-3, 2020 at Marriott Hotel, Indore, India. Dr. S.S.V. Ramakumar, Director Indian Oil Corporation R&D Centre was conference president and 264 delegates were attended the conference, 24 technical papers were presented. The conference was mainly focussed on advancing innovation through comprehensive R&D in field-specific applications to improve grease performance and decrease the dependence on non-renewable base oils and alternative to lithium dependency.
21st Lubricating Grease Conference on the theme "Latest Trends in Grease Industry" has been organized by National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) - India Chapter during February 7-10, 2019 at Hotel Taj Vivanta Guwahati, Assam, India. D.S. Chadravarkar, MD, Standard Grease was conference president and 235 delegates were attended the conference, 23 technical papers were presented.
20th Lubricating Grease Conference on the theme "Latest Trends in Grease Industry" has been organized by National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) - India Chapter during February 1-4, 2018 at Hotel Taj Swarna, Amritsar, Punjab, India. Mr. D.S. Chadravarkar, MD, Standard Grease was conference president and the organising committee was headed by Mr. Sudhir Sachdeva, MD, Sidharth Grease & Lubes Pvt. Ltd. 230 delegates were attended the conference, 25 technical papers were presented.
19th Lubricating Grease Conference on the theme "Latest Trends in Grease Industry" has been organized by National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) - India Chapter during February 2-4, 2017 at Hotel Ramada Plaza JHV, Varanasi, UP, India. Guest of Honour of the Inaugural function – Mr. Nitin R. Gokarn, IAS Divisional Commissioner, Varanasi welcomed the delegates. Chief Guest of the conference- Mr. Prabal Basu, C&MD, B&L Co. Ltd.
18th Lubricating Grease Conference on the theme "Latest Trends in Grease Industry" organized by National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) India Chapter during February 5-7, 2016 at Aamby Valley City, Lonavala, Maharashtra, India. Dr. E. Sayanna, President - NLGI India Chapter welcomed the delegates. In his inaugural address, chief guest of the conference- Dr. R. K. Malhotra, Director General, PETROFED called upon the grease scientists to develop alternates of Lithium hydroxide for grease manufacturing.
17th Lubricating Grease Conference on the theme "Latest Trends in Lubricating Greases" organized by National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) India Chapter during February 12- 14, 2015 at Hotel Radisson Blu Temple Bay, Mahabalipuram in Tamilnadu, India. In his inaugural address, chief guest of the conference-Mr. R. Satyanarayana, Chief Superintendent-Madras Atomic Power Station presented global energy scenario and stressed upon the need of the specific lubricants related to energy sector.
16th Lubricating Grease Conference on the theme "Lubricating Greases – Nanotechnology Applications" organized by National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) India Chapter during February 2- 4, 2015 at Hotel Taj, Chandigarh, India. Dr. R. K. Malhotra, President - NLGI India Chapter and Mr. Chuck Coe, President NLGI USA, addressed the gathering. Chief Guest also inaugurated the exhibition wherein 11 companies showcased their equipments and technologies.
15th Lubricating Grease Conference organized by National Lubricating Grease Institute – India Chapter (NLGI-IC) was held at Hotel Uday Samudra Leisure Beach, Kovalam from February 7-9, 2013. “Lubricating Greases –Technological Innovations” was the theme of the conference. Dr. R. K. Malhotra, IOCL & President, NLGI – IC welcomed the gathering. Guest of Honour, Mr. Chuck Coe, President NLGI-USA, inaugurated the conference and exhibition having 10 stalls. Mr.
14th Lubricating Grease Conference on the theme of "Lubricating Greases – Driving Technologies" was organized by National Lubricating Grease Institute – India Chapter (NLGI-IC) at Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur during February 2-4, 2012. Dr. R. K. Malhotra, Dir(R&D), IOCL & President NLGI – India Chapter inaugurated the conference and exhibition having 15 stalls. Dr Malhotra in his inaugural address has given world grease production vis-a-vis Indian scenario and emphasized for the development of alternate thickeners to lithium greases,
NLGI – India Chapter's 13th Lubricating Grease Conference was organised at Hotel Holiday Inn Gem Park, Ooty during February 3-5, 2011on the theme of "Lubricating Greases – Future Prospects". Indian Oil Corporation was the organizing company and Mr. R. Suresh, DGM (TS), IOC (M), HO was the organizing secretary of the conference. Dr. E. Sayanna, DGM [Grease & IL] of Indian Oil R&D Centre was the technical convener.
The 12th Lubricating grease conference on a theme “Lubricating Greases – Challenges Ahead” was organized at Hotel Cidade De Goa during January 28-30, 2010. Goa is the only venue, where the conference is held for the second time. Over 185 participants representing manufacturers, consumers, input / equipment suppliers, researchers etc both from India and abroad registered for the conference. Around 15 participants from abroad also participated in this important event.
11th Lubricating Grease Conference was organised at Jaypee Residency Manor, Mussoorie during February 19-21, 2009. “Lubricating Greases – Emerging Trends” was the theme of the conference.
10th Lubricating Grease Conference, 31st January-2nd February, 2008 at Aurangabad.
The 9th Lubricating grease conference on a theme “The High Performance Greases - Emerging Trends” was organized at Hotel Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar during February 1-3, 2007. Over 170 participants representing manufacturers, consumers, input / equipment suppliers, researchers etc both from India and abroad registered for the conference. Around 12 participants from abroad also participated in this important event.
The venue for the 8th Lubricating Grease Conference was chosen as Hyderabad, situated on the south coast of India, capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh. The conference venue was Hotel Sitara and Tara for this important conference. Over 175 participants including President NLGI-USA participated. Response from the participants was quite good.
The venue for the 7th Lubricating Grease Conference was chosen as Cochin (Kerala) during 3-5 February 2005. The conference venue was Hotel Le Meridien Cochin for this important conference. Over 175 participants including President NLGI-USA participated. Response from the participants was quite good.
The venue for the 6th Lubricating Grease Conference was chosen as Pune during 21-23 Jan. 2004. The conference venue was Hotel Le Meridien for this important conference. Participants received a traditional welcome at Hotel. Registration started on 21st morning where over 175 participants representing manufacturers, consumers, input / equipment suppliers, researchers etc both from India and abroad registered for the conference. Around 50 participants from abroad also participated in this important event. Ms Patricia Todd, Mr. Dave Lambert & Mr. Raj Shah, the Board Members of NLGI USA graced the conference and addressed the participants.
The venue for the 5th Conference was chosen as Agra the Taj city during 16-18 Jan. 2003. The conference venue was hotel Mughal Sheraton for this important conference. Participants received a traditional welcome at Hotel. Registration started on 16th morning where over 150 participants representing manufacturers, consumers, input / equipment suppliers, researchers etc both from India and abroad registered for the conference. Over 10 participants from abroad also participated in this important event. Ms Patricia Todd, President NLGI-USA graced the conference and addressed the participants. This conference was also represented by senior officials from various users industry like TATA Steel, RDSO, Essar Steel, Hindalco, Indian Navy etc.
4th Lubricating Grease Conference was organized at a beautiful hotel, Hilton Golden Palms & Spa, Bangalore during 16-18 January 2002. Over 150 participants from India and abroad participated in conference. This conference was inaugurated by
Dr. K. Aprameyam, CMD, BEML. Many prominent personalities representating oil industry, research institutes & user industry participated. Like previous years this conference was once again attended by President NLGI, USA & ELGI.
The NLGI-India Chapter, organized the 3rd Lubricating Grease Conference at Jodhpur from 14-16th Feb 2001, covering broad spectrum of all aspects related to lubricating greases and gear oils, anyone related directly or indirectly to manufacture of greases, research & development, users, additive and equipment supplier, marketers, manufactures of other inputs invited to participate.
The NLGI-India Chapter, organized the 2nd Lubricating Grease Conference at Goa 28 & 29 Jan' 2000, to discuss all aspects related to lubricating greases and gear oils. It was graced by hundreds of participant from India and abroad and was a roaring success. To Download the list of papers presented there, please
The India Chapter of National Lubricating Grease Institute, USA, organized the 1st Lubricating Grease Conference at Nainital during February 10-12, 1999, to discuss ways and means of rationalizing grease specification in order to combine many grades into a single product, which would help user industries to reduce their product inventories and costs.
