Projects

Global Learning Initiatives

First time, ECMA had launched a call for Research project under learning initiative program for PhD and M. Tech. students. Under this program, Education Committee examines the research papers and selects the best papers.

Subsequently, Students / Authors are called for Interview and based on their performance the winners are selected for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize. The first Global Learning Initiative was launched in 2012. The second Initiative was held in 2014.

1st Learning Initiative

2nd Learning Initiative

1st Learning Initiative

Free Pollution under Control Checks (PUC)

ECMA organized free Pollution under Control Check (PUC) programs as a part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in partnership with Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), BPCL, HPCL, AVL, Pantron, and Ozone.

The program was conducted at M/s Prem Service Station (BPCL) and M/s Servicircle (HPCL) Retail outlets for fifteen days each. Mr. Abhay Bakre, ED, PCRA and Mr. S. K. Goyal, Sr. Manager & State Level Coordinator, HPCL had inaugurated the programs at BPCL and HPCL pump respectively.

In the thirty days program, a total of 4250 vehicles were tested of which two wheelers were 2799, three wheelers 49, four wheelers (Petrol/CNG) 1078 and four wheelers Diesel 324.

The retail outlet owners confirmed that the Free PUC program was very successful as the number of vehicles tested during the period increased by approximately 113% and 176% at BPCL and HPCL respectively. A total of 68 vehicles could not pass the PUC test.

Outlet	Total	2W	3W	4w (Petrol/CNG)	4w Diesel	Total
Prem Service (BPCL)	Checked Rejection % Rejection	1159 7 0.60	20 0	582 23 3.95	153 14 9.15	1914 44 2.29

Servicircle (HPCL)	Checked Rejection % Rejection	1640 15 0.91	29 0	496 9 1.81	171 0	2336 24 1.02

Outlet

Total

4w (Petrol/CNG)

4w Diesel

Total

Prem Service (BPCL)

Checked

Rejection

% Rejection

1159

0.60

582

3.95

153

9.15

1914

2.29

Servicircle (HPCL)

Checked

Rejection

% Rejection

1640

0.91

496

1.81

171

2336

1.02

The vehicles pass and fail figures at both petrol pumps are as under:

Petrol Pump	Total Vehicles Checked	Category wise	Vehicles Failed	Payment Made
M/s Prem Service Station (BPCL) 20th Jan. - 3rd Feb.2014	1914	Petrol: 1761 2 W: 1159 3 W: 20 Car: 582 Diesel: 153	44	1870

M/s Servicircle (HPCL) 3rd March – 17th March 2014	2336	Petrol: 2165 2 W: 1640 3 W: 29 Car: 496 Diesel: 171	24 & 57 vehicles not considered	2255

Total	4250	4250	125	4125