Dr G H Thanki

He brings over 45 years of experience, including over 25 years as Head of GSFC Research Centre, 20 years as a Corrosion management consultant.

Presented more than 65 technical papers, recipient of a “Gold Plaque” from the Indian Institute of Metals, a ‘Gold Medal For India’, from ABI, Inc., USA, honoured ‘LifeTime Achievement Award’ from NACE, Recipient of the ‘Indian Achievers Award For Industrial Development’ from IEDRA by The Vice President of India.

Served as The Indian Consultant to The World Bank, UNESCO and overseas companies like Krupp-VDM; GmbH, Outokumpu, and Cormon Ltd.

He developed and practised various corrosion combating programmes like online real-time corrosion monitoring and surveillance, corrosion resistance compatibility screening, MOC life cycle cost, weld overlays, cooling water treatment optimization to conserve water, corrosion control and effluent quality control, laboratory/field testing and evaluation of corrosion by simulation, CCD development to evaluate ROI and LCC of equipment, corrosion economics, corrosion control of structural steel and concrete structure, etc.

As Course Director, he Conducted Corrosion Control Management related programme like corrosion monitoring, industrial cooling water treatment, corrosion economics, corrosion control of structural steel and concrete structure, painting for field engineers, middle management and executives, encompassing a wide spectrum of corrosion engineering field to > 80 corporate in India and abroad, in-house, as customized, and structured lecture programme. Chaired and convened Technical Sessions at National and International conference.

Conducted Corrosion Survey and Corrosion Audit of industrial sectors like Fertilizer, Pharmaceutical, Hydrometallurgy, Power Plant, Hydrocarbon processing, Paint Manufacturing, Automotive and Industrial Lubricant Manufacturing, Chloralkali, Cement Plant, Chemical Process plant, etc.