Dr VD Mehta: Labarin ''Synthetic Fiber Man'' na Indiya

Bisa la'akari da farkonsa mai tawali'u da ilimi, bincike da nasarorin sana'a, Dr VD Mehta zai zama abin koyi ga al'ummomin yanzu da masu zuwa na injiniyoyin sinadarai masu son barin alama a kan masana'antu.

Haihuwar c. 11 Oktoba 1938 zuwa Mr Tikan Mehta da Smt Radha Bai a Khanpur ( gundumar Rahim Yar Khan) a cikin jihar Bhawalpur ta Pakistan, Vas Dev Mehta ya yi hijira zuwa Indiya a matsayin ɗan gudun hijira bayan rabuwa a 1947 yana ƙarami kuma ya zauna tare da iyayensa a Rajpura. PEPSU gundumar Patilala. Ya kasance na Bhawalpuri al'ummar Hindu. Ya fara karatunsa a Rajpura da Ambala. Bayan ya kammala Intermediate of Science, sai ya yanke shawarar zuwa Bombay don yin karatu mai zurfi ba tare da burin mahaifinsa ba wanda ya so ya yi aiki kuma ya ba da gudummawa a cikin shagon da ya fara samun abin rayuwa.

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A lokacin bazara na 1960, ya ƙaura zuwa Bombay (yanzu Mumbai) kuma ya yi rajista a kan kansa a cikin Bachelor of Chemical Engineering a Jami'ar Sashen Fasaha na Kimiyya (UDCT), Jami'ar Bombay (yanzu ana kiranta Cibiyar Kimiyyar Kimiyyar Kimiyyar Kimiyyar Kimiyyar Kimiyyar Kimiyyar Kimiyyar Kimiyya). Sannan Bombay ya shahara da jaruman fina-finai kamar Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor da Dev Anand. Yin koyi da waɗannan jarumai, matasa za su yi tururuwa zuwa Bombay don zama 'yan wasan kwaikwayo duk da haka matashi Vas Dev ya zaɓi ya je Bombay ya zama ɗan wasan kwaikwayo. injiniya maimakon haka. Wataƙila ya sami wahayi ta hanyar kiran shugabannin kishin ƙasa don haɓaka masana'antu kuma ya ga yuwuwar haɓaka masana'antar sinadarai a Indiya.

Ya kammala B. Chem Engr a 1964 amma bai fara wani aiki a masana'antar nan take ba. Maimakon haka ya ci gaba da karatunsa ya shiga MSc Tech a Fasahar Kimiyyar Kimiyya a Almaransa UDCT. Shahararren Farfesa MM Sharma ya dawo UDCT a matsayin matashin farfesa bayan kammala digirinsa na uku daga Cambridge. VD Mehta shi ne nasa dalibi na farko bayan kammala digiri. Dangane da karatun Jagoransa, takardar bincike ta farko Tasirin watsawa akan iskar gas-gefen taro yawan canja wuri An buga shi a cikin 1966 a cikin wata jarida ta duniya Kimiyyar Kimiyyar Kimiyya.

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan maigidan nasa ya ɗauki aiki a Nirlon a cikin samar da kayan masarufi na Nylon. Masana'antar fiber roba tana da tushe a Indiya a lokacin. Yayin da yake cikin masana'antar, ya fahimci mahimmancin bincike don haka ya koma UDCT a 1968 don kammala karatun digiri. Ya kasance ba kasafai ba a wancan lokacin don kammala masters, zuwa masana'antu sannan a dawo don yin PhD.

Farfesa MM Sharma yana tunawa da shi a matsayin ƙwararren mai bincike mai himma, wani nau'i ne na mutum wanda ya fi iyakance kansa ga dakin gwaje-gwaje. Ba mamaki ya kammala karatun digirin digirgir (PhD) a tarihin shekaru biyu da rabi. A lokacin karatunsa na farko na PhD, mun ci karo da takardar bincikensa ta biyu Canja wurin taro a cikin ginshiƙan faranti tare da Sharma MM da Mashelkar RA. An buga wannan a British Chemical Engineering a 1969. Ya gabatar da karatun digirinsa a 1970 (Mehta, VD, Ph.D. Tech. Thesis, University of Bombay, India 1970) wanda aka buga a cikin takardu da yawa daga baya. Wani tallafin karatu da Hukumar bayar da tallafi ta Jami’ar ta ba shi ya ba shi damar gudanar da wannan aiki.

Dangane da karatunsa na PhD, wata takarda Mass canja wuri a inji agitated gas-ruwa contactors An buga shi a cikin 1971 a cikin mujallar Kimiyyar Injiniya. Wannan takarda da alama aiki ne na farko a cikin injiniyan sinadarai kuma an buga shi a cikin ɗaruruwan takaddun bincike na baya.

Jim kadan bayan kammala karatun digiri na uku, Dr Mehta ya dawo masana'antar sinadarai, don sha'awarsa "Synthetic Fibre". Ya sadaukar da rayuwarsa gaba daya ga masana'antar sinadarai da ke mu'amala da polyester staple fiber (PSF), yadudduka, yadudduka da sauransu kuma ya tashi zuwa matsayi mafi girma ta fuskar gwaninta da tsarin gudanarwa.

Ya yi aiki da Sri Ram Fibers (SRF) Ltd.in Madras (yanzu Chennai) har zuwa 1980. Mista IB Lal, abokin aikin Farfesa MM Sharma shi ne babbansa a nan. A lokacin da yake aiki tare da SRF, ya kasance memba na Kwamitin Sashe na Masana'antu kuma a wannan matsayi ya ba da gudummawa wajen tsara ma'auni na masana'anta na auduga. IS: 9998 - 1981 Ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun kayan aikin auduga.

A cikin 1980 ya koma yammacin Indiya, Cibiyar haɓaka masana'antu ta Indiya. Ya shiga Baroda Rayon Corporation (BRC) Surat kuma ya kasance Babban Manaja (GM) har zuwa 1991. Farfesa Sharma ya tuna da ziyartar gidansa kuma ya kwana a gidansa da ke Udhana kusa da Surat.

A cikin 1991, ya koma arewacin Indiya a Ghaziabad kusa da Delhi a matsayin Babban Mataimakin Shugaban kasa tare da Swadeshi Polytex Ltd (SPL). Ya kuma kasance Shugaban Kungiyar Gudanar da Ghaziabad a lokacin 1993-1994.

A cikin 1994, ya karɓi matsayin Babban Darakta na Terene Fiber India Ltd (TFIL) wanda a da ake kira Chemical and Fibers India Ltd (CAFI) a Ghansoli, New Mumbai. TFIL (tsohon CAFI) rukunin ICI ne wanda ya haɗu da Reliance. Dokta Mehta ya jagoranci TFIL a lokacin wannan lokacin sauyin yanayi kuma ya juya wannan Rukunin kuma ya samar da kayayyaki masu yawa kafin ya koma garinsu. Rajpura a Punjab ga iyayensa.

Yanzu, a cikin 1996 ya koma Rajpura bayan shekaru 36 yana hidima ga masana'antar sinadarai ta Indiya a matsayin kwararre kan fiber na roba. Bai zo yin ritaya ba amma don ya ba da ra'ayi ga wanda aka danne "dan kasuwa" a cikinsa. Ya kafa wata karamar shukar kwalbar PET (na farko irinta a wannan yankin) a Rajpura a cikin 1996. Shree Nath Techno Products Private Limited (SNTPPL), Rajpura Kamfanin da Dr Mehta ya kafa ya yi nasara (ko da yake a ƙananan sikelin) har zuwa 2010 lokacin da ya yi fama da bugun jini. Bayan gajeriyar rashin lafiya, ya tafi gidansa na sama a ranar 10 ga Agusta 2010.

Tabbas, Dr VD Mehta ya zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙwararrun tsofaffin ɗaliban UDCT waɗanda suka bar alamar da ba za a iya mantawa da su ba akan rukunin fiber na masana'antar sinadarai na Indiya na zamaninsa. Sai dai kuma abin mamaki almajiransa na UDCT ba su da wani ambatonsa a gidan yanar gizon tsofaffin daliban ballantana wani yabo ko lambar yabo da aka taba ba shi. Duk da haka, bisa la'akari da farkonsa mai tawali'u da ilimi, bincike da nasarorin sana'a, zai ba da kwarin gwiwa da zama abin koyi ga al'ummomin yanzu da masu zuwa na injiniyoyin sinadarai masu son barin tazara a masana'antar.

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