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Bipin V. Vora, a chemical engineer and innovator, has been credited for development and commercialization of several petrochemical processes. He is named in 95 US patents and over 200 international patents. In 2020, products derived from these processes are valued at more than 30 billion US dollars annually and increasing as more plants come on-stream.

Mr. Vora was born in Harij, North Gujarat, India on April 1, 1943 to Indian father, Virpal H. Vora and mother Shanta V. Vora. His father passed away when he was eight years old. At the time there was no running water or electricity and Harij had schooling only up to 8 grades. So, he completed his high school education at Dhrangdhra while staying with maternal grandparents. In 1963, after getting B. S. degree in Chemistry from U. of Mumbai, he came to University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA for higher studies in Chemical Engineering. After receiving M.S. degree in chemical engineering, Bipin joined Universal Oil Products Company (UOP), Des Plaines, Illinois in 1967, now a Honeywell Company; and held various position in R&D over 40 years, rising to "UOP Fellow" a highest technical ladder position at UOP.

Products made today through the use of processes developed under Bipin Vora’s leadership continue to improve quality of life not only in the United States but worldwide. During his 40 years of employment at UOP, he has been credited for leading process development and scale-up activities for several successful commercial processes processes; among them most notables are:

Higher conversion UOP PacolR Process; catalytic dehydrogenation of paraffins for production of detergent range olefins.UOP DeFineR Process; Selective hydrogenation of diolefins that increased LAB yield by 5%. UOP/Cepsa DetalR Process; Detergent alkylation process replacing liquid HF acid catalyst with a safer solid acid catalyst. Integration of above three processes is the key for synthesis of Linear Alkylbenzenes (LAB), a raw material for household biodegradable laundry and dishwashing detergent. Today nearly 5 million metric tons of LAB is produced in more than 40 commercial operating plants throughout the world, including 3 in China, 4 in India.

UOP OleflexR Process; Selective catalytic dehydrogenation of propane and isobutane for propylene and isobutene production. Since first commercialization in 1990 at NPC, Thailand, UOP has licensed more than 80 commercial plants, including more than 25 in        China alone.

UOP InAlkR Process; Butene dimerization and hydrogenation for production of high octane gasoline blending C8 product. UOP/Hydro MTO Process; Selective conversion of methanol to olefins, primarily ethylene and propylene. First commercial unit in China at Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Co., Ltd came on-stream during 2012 and since than several more units are in operation.

Mr. Vora holds 95 US patents and over 200 international patents. He has more than 150 publications, including contribution to: Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Engineering, Encyclopedia of Chemical Processes and Design, Handbook of Detergents, Proceedings of Surface Science and Catalysis, Applied Catalysis, Handbook of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Handbook of Petroleum Processing, Second Edition, Springer International Publishing and Carbon Management Technologies.

Awards and Honors •	Elected as a Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI), USA December 2020 •	Elected as a Foreign Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering, Dec 2020 •	Elected as a member of National Academy of Engineering (NAE), USA - 2018 •	Invited Speaker at Catalysis Society of India 2018 meeting at Bengaluru, India •	Process Development Practice Award, AIChE, April 2015 •	2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, a highest honor by Platts Global Energy Forum known as Oscar of Energy industry •	Chemtech (India) Technology Leadership Award, 2011 •	AIChE National Award-Chemical Engineering Practice, 2003; Named AIChE Fellow in 2002 •	2002 American Chemical Society (ACS) National Award in Industrial Chemistry •	Distinguished Alumnus Award, College of Engineering, UNM, Albuquerque, NM 1999