NAMRUP, Aug 22 - Assam Petro-Chemicals Ltd (APL), a state government undertaking located at Namrup and a pioneer petrochemicals company in the entire North East, received two awards during an international seminar on �Indo-Thai Economic Cooperation� held at Bangkok, Thailand.
Institute of Economic Studies (IES) conferred two prestigious awards � International Icon Award 2019 to APL managing director Ratul Bordoloi and Gold Medal to APL for its remarkable steps in the field of methanol economy as well as for India�s first green and clean fuel pilot project of methanol cooking stove.
The awards were presented to Bordoloi, and APL vice chairman Bikul Chandra Deka at a ceremony organised by the Institute of Economic Studies during the seminar at Bangkok on August 20.
Institute of Economic Studies is a premier research oriented non-profit organisation established in 1980 by a group of eminent economists, parliamentarians and industrialists with an aim to study and discuss problems concerning various aspects of the economy and economic development.
APL marked a new era in the field of alternative cooking fuel and methanol economy as well by launching Asia�s first canister-based and India�s first methanol cooking stove. APL has also introduced methanol as an alternative fuel in tea factories and started a pilot project at the Tocklai Tea Research Institute, Jorhat.
Bordoloi thanked IES and stated that APL was able to achieve these landmarks due to the guidance of NITI Aayog, and support from the Industries and Commerce Department, Government of Assam.
