SCI India joins forces with SDC India EC.

SCI Corporate News

The Society of Chemical Industry and the Society of Dyers and Colourists India Education Charity (SDC India EC) have agreed to work together to promote and further knowledge about mutual interest areas, including the science of colour.

The joint agreement was ratified with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the respective Indian bodies of the SCI and the SDC India EC on 25 June 2008.

Shri Pradip Dave, Executive Chairman and Honorary Trustee of SCI India came together with Shri Neelkanth Desai, Honorary Secretary, and Shri Madhu Maheshwari, Honorary Treasurer of SDC India EC to sign and exchange the document during a small gathering in Mumbai.

Like SCI, SDC India EC is a knowledge-based charitable organisation. It is also the world's only international professional society aimed at 'advancing the science of colour' and is a qualifying body responsible for maintaining high standards of qualifications, competence and professional practice.

SCI CEO Andrew Ladds, said: 'There is so much overlap in our respective areas that it was a natural course of action to agree to work together to further knowledge sharing and science education in India.

'We also have much to learn from each other--our agreement means that we can become a force to be reckoned with and really play a part in shaping the future of these industries in India.

'Since its launch last year, SCI India has gone from strength to strength and the joint agreement firmly establishes SCI's position in India as a force for good.'