Shri Bhagwanth Khuba, Hon'ble Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, New & Renewable Energy, Government of India inaugurated the 13^th International e-Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials, APM 2022 on March 08, 2022 @ 11.00 hrs. organized by CIPET:SARP-ARSTPS,Chennai during 8^th - 12^th March 2022 thro' virtual mode with the theme of "Probing Innovative & Sustainable Product Design and Manufacturing". Shri R.K.Chaturvedi, I.A.S., Secretary (Chemicals & Petrochemicals), Deptt. of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India and Prof. (Dr.) Shishir Sinha, Director General, CIPET & Convener – APM 2022 were also present.

The 'Proceedings Book' containing abstracts of the talks / lectures / presentations of the conference was published and the same was released by the Chief Guest.