The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), with the assist of the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Government of India, is setting up the CII Chemicals and Petrochemicals Expo 2025 (CPX 2025) from 12–14 November 2025 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
The launching ceremony was honored by the presence of numerous main dignitaries, which consist of R. Mukundan, President Designate, CII, Chairman, CII National Committee on Chemicals and Petrochemicals, and Managing Director, Tata Chemicals, Rupark Sarswat, Chairman, CPX 2025, and CEO, India Glycols, Premraj Keshyep, Chairman, CII Gujarat State Council and Founder and Managing Director, Conmat Heavy Industries and Ankur Singh Chauhan, Executive Director, CII.
Saraswat greeted the honored speakers and representatives and emphasized that India has the opportunity to move beyond being a volume-powered exporter to start to become a companion in high-value, technology-robust chemical value chains. He coordinated his vision with trade realignment, technological transformation, and regulatory evolution.
Mukundan provided his 4-point tips, particularly: superior competitiveness driven by increasing requirements; talents and abilities for constructing a future-ready workforce; AI and digitalization to adopt industry 4.0 solutions; and quality, safety, and sustainability beyond regulatory compliance.
Jayanti bhai M. Patel, Founder, Meghmani Organics and Epigral, highlighted lowering dependence on a narrow set of markets and improving our participation in regional and bilateral trade opportunities. He listed numerous pain points of the industry and encourage industry and policymakers to solve up these problems to make India a worldwide participant in chemical market.
Keshyep, in his closing feedback, targeted on Gujarat as a state rightly called the “Chemical and Petrochemical Gateway of India. He talk about Gujarat’s industrial ecosystem, which is vibrant, dynamic, and expanded for global effect. He robustly endorsed each delegate to use the next 3 days to visit the Expo, in which the techniques discussed in the conference will materialize.
The opening session was followed via targeted conference sessions, with main discussion themes masking Navigating Global Trade Challenges, Becoming Future-Ready with AI, and Emerging Regulations within the Chemicals and Petrochemicals Sector.
