Envirochem Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. (ELPL) is a consultancy organization rendering a wide range of environment related services for more than twenty years. We are an end to end environmental solutions company providing consultancy, implementation and maintenance services for industrial and large residential projects. We are based in Thrissur, Kearala.
Envirochem Laboratories was started in 1984 by Dr. Sivasankara Pillai, retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala. Presently he is the Chief consultant and Chairman of Envirochem Laboratories Pvt. Ltd, Thrissur, Kerala.
Our services include conducting Environmental Impact Assessments(EIA), installation of treatment plants, Operation & maintenance of Waste water treatment plants, Chemical supplies and Laboratory & Analytical Services. Our client list includes some of the foremost industry houses in India, International funding agencies, Governmental and semi-Governmental bodies.
When do you need Envirochem?
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a significant, anticipatory, environmental management tool. It is an assessment of the possible impact—positive or negative, that a proposed project may have on the environment; considering natural, social and economic aspects. Environmental Impact Study is essential and inevitable for any new development projects of any kind like new industries, buildings, development of roads, bridges dams etc. Environmental Impact Assessment involves baseline data collection, impact identification, and prediction of negative as well as positive impacts and preparation of an Environmental Management Plan so as to mitigate the negative impacts. Finally in order to get a complete scenario, adverse and beneficial impacts are evaluated employing appropriate techniques. It is a process which can not only achieve environmental objectives but also bring considerable savings in capital and operating costs and avoid significant delays.
Envirochem has 20 years of experience in conducting EIAs. Envirochem has the capability to conduct EIA for Infrastructure, Real Restate, Area development, Roads and Highways, Mining and Quarries. Our goal is to help clients to use EIA as a planning tool, and as an integral part of good operating practices.
Dr P. Sivasankara Pillai is the founder and Chief Environmental Consultant of Envirochem Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. He obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras and was formerly Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala. Dr. Pillai is a pioneer and doyen in waste utilization technology and was instrumental in inventing many cost effective solutions for various pollution problems in industries and have developed innovative technologies to turn high pollution potential wastage into valuable resources.
Born on 3rd March 1935, Dr. P. Sivasankara Pillai graduated from the College of Technology, Banaras Hindu University in 1955 and subsequently obtained M. Tech and Ph. D degrees in Chemical Engineering from Indian institute of Technology, Madras. He retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala. He is presently the Chief Consultant of M/s. Envirochem Laboratories Private Limited.
10 Indian Patents on Process and Product development in the Field of Pollution Control.
Dr. Pillai has published so far about a dozen technical papers on his research in national and international journals. The process developed by him for mercury removal from industrial effluents has been widely acclaimed when he presented the same in the Diamond Jubilee Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in Washington D.C. during November 1983 and now this process is well on the way towards commercialization.
Dr. Pillai has found many cost effective solutions for various pollution problems in industries and have developed innovative technologies to turn high pollution potential wastage into valuable resources. ELPL under the guidance of Dr. Pillai has developed and offered in house recycling techniques for various industries to greatly reduce their effluent load.
To economize his effluent treatment process, he put into practice the novel idea of employing Effluent for Effluent Treatment. His process for the purification of highly toxic and coloured effluent from textile mills and dye factories using the trade effluent from Travancore Titanium Products Ltd., Thiruvananthapuram is adopted by textile mills belonging to Madura coats, and some other companies. As a sequel to this, he developed and patented the methods for utilizing the wastes from several other industries for the treatment of paper mills, tanneries, textiles and rubber effluents.
In his constant endure to make pollution control an economically viable proposition he mooted the concept of INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY for waste utilization rather than the conventional end of the pipe treatment techniques being practiced today. He has developed and offered in house recycling techniques for various industries to greatly reduce their effluent load. The salt recovery processes for dyeing units, silicate recovery process for the textile printing units are a few of such contributions.
Dr. Pillai was the recipient of the National Award for Excellence in the Process Development for the year 1984 sponsored by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. The knowhow of the process for the decolourization of pulp and paper mill effluent was transferred to Hindustan Paper Corporation who has successfully adopted the same.
In recognition of his outstanding contribution, he also won the Indian Merchants Chamber Award for Pollution Control in 1986. He is also the recipient of the ISTE Award for interaction with industries for the year 1987. He was also a member of a four member expert committee constituted by the Government of Kerala consequent on Bhopal Gas Tragedy, for implementing additional safety provisions for environmental protection.
He developed a process for converting the trade effluent of Travancore Titanium Products to a solid coagulant much better and cheaper than alum for water and waste water treatment. An industry based on this process was financed by IDBI under the “Venture Capital Fund Scheme” and is a permanent solution to the much debated effluent problem of TTP. This has won the BP Poddar Memorial Award for Environmental Pollution Control instituted by Bharat Chamber of Commerce. The technology has been transferred to M/s. Kilburn Chemicals Ltd, Tuticorin also to treat their trade effluent to make useful products and ELPL have done the detailed engineering for this project.
