Source: American Chemical Society Committee on Environmental Improvement (CEI) Member Bios

Dr. Satinder Sut Ahuja Dr. Satinder (Sut) Ahuja successfully managed research and development of a number of new drugs at Novartis Corporation for over 25 years, in various successive leadership positions. He actively managed many successful projects that led to earnings of billions of dollars for the company. He chaired the Waste Minimization Committee and was involved with various projects to prevent contamination of our environment. Since 1994, as President of Ahuja Consulting, he has advised major pharmaceutical companies in the United States and abroad.

Pro Bono Environmental (air/water/food) Activities: Nearly 25 years ago, Dr. Ahuja was invited by UN to Senegal to address the food shortage problem. His interactions with African scientists made him aware of water pollution problems in Africa that lead to the death of hundreds of children. Ever since, he has been motivating members of American Chemical Society (ACS) to get involved in this major issue. Low water availability can cause shortage of food. Furthermore, contaminated water can lead to con-contaminated food as exemplified by arsenic-contaminated groundwater in Bangladesh and other countries worldwide. He has been utilizing his expertise in ultratrace analysis and separation chemistry to help solve the problem of arsenic contamination in Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Cambodia, and the United States. He chaired an IUPAC/ACS workshop on 'Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater' in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2005. As a follow-up, he chaired several symposia on this subject at the ACS meeting in Atlanta in 2006. To highlight the concerns for water, he organized a Science Caf at the ACS national meeting in Philadelphia in 2008 on 'Drinking Water: Meeting our Needs in a Changing World'. Another Science Caf was led by him in Wilmington, NC, on October 22, 2008 on 'Water Shortage and Purity: A Looming Crisis.' Recently, he presented lectures on 'Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater: A Worldwide Problem,' at a symposium of UNESCO and the University of California, Irvine, in December 2008 and Sustainability of Water Quality at the San Francisco meeting of the ACS in 2010. This year, he organized a workshop in India on Sustainability and Water Quality, with the sponsorship of Global Innovation Initiatives of ACS, and with Delhi University on January 17-21, 2011. He chaired a symposium on Novel Solutions to Water Pollution at the Denver meeting of ACS and planning to chair another symposium on Sustainability and water Reclamation in San Diego in 2012. More recently, he was invited by UN to attend a meeting on 'International Water Forum' on September 15, 2011.

Source: American Chemical Society Committee on Environmental Improvement (CEI) Member Bios

Dr. Ahuja has given plenary lectures around the world. As adjunct full professor, he helped develop budding scientists at Pace University. He has published numerous papers and eighteen books, including Assuring Water Quality and Purity; Arsenic Contamination of Water: Mechanism, Analysis, and Remediation; Modern Instrumental Analysis, Chromatography and Separation Science; Chiral Separations by Chromatography; and Trace and Ultratrace Analysis by HPLC.

He chaired the New York and Eastern North Carolina (ENC) sections, ACS; Chromatography and Separation Chemistry Subdivision; NY Sections Environmental Committee; IAC Analytical Instrumentation Committee; New York Chromatographic Society; Rockland Chemical Society; and EAS Program Committee. Dr. Ahuja has won a number of awards and has served on distinguished panels for UN to address hunger problems in Africa and on an AAAS panel for NSF review. Currently he is the Councilor from ENC Section.