Chapter News

WISE Beach Clean up Drive 2022

WISE Committee of American Society of Safety Professional-Kuwait Chapter in coordination with Trash Tag Kuwait organized a Beach Cleanup Drive on 12th March 2022 at Messila Beach. The program was sponsored by M/s IHS Tower.

The program started with a welcome speech by Ms. Noor Adel Alsadi, member of WISE Committee. She welcomed all the participants and thanked for their presence and active participation & held a warmup session before start of program. Ms. Janet Najare & Ms. Zahida Farook informed that “Our goal for Cleanup Day at Messila Beach is not only to pick up every piece of trash we can reach, but also to educate the public on the responsibility of keeping the beaches clean and save our mother environment”.
Caps, Hand Gloves, Trash Bag, Trash picker stick were distributed to all the participants by Trash Tag Kuwait and thereafter trash collection kicked off.

More than 50 participants were present in this program. The volunteers spent 2 hours picking up everything from cigarette butts, plastic bottles and food wrappers etc. The group Leaders coordinated the trash collection and the trash bags were collected at identified collection centers and then later all the trash bags were disposed by Trash Tag Kuwait.

During the closing notes as part of appreciation and recognizing the efforts of the people, ASSP Kuwait Chapter President Mr. Jahid Thakor & Advisory board member Mr. Ashok Garlapati handed over memento to IHS Tower for their support & an appreciation certificate to Trash Tag Kuwait & Ms. Noor Adel Alsadi. The program concluded with a photo session & light snack distribution.

The ASSP – Kuwait Chapter has been organizing these events in Kuwait for several years except during the pandemic season; targeting a new beach every year.



Webinar on “Standards & Innovations in Breathing Air Solutions !”

As a part of ASSP Kuwait Chapter’s continuous efforts to bring learning opportunities and latest developments in the field of HSE, ASSP Kuwait Chapter in collaboration with SafetyPlusWorld (Raja Trading Company), organized a webinar on “Standards and Innovations in Breathing Air Solutions !“. The details are as follows.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Title : “Standards & Innovations in Breathing Air Solutions !”
Date : 21st February 2022 (Monday)                                                                 
Timing :  7:30 pm to 8:30 pm Kuwait Time (GMT+3:00)

Process Safety Management (PSM) Technical Meet – 20

To develop the skills of professionals in the field of Process Safety, improve general awareness, and provide a platform for networking, ASSP-KC established a PSM Specialty Group.

In addition to several activities planned by the PSM Speciality Group, it is also decided to hold monthly Process Safety Technical Meets every third Wednesday of the month. The 20th PS technical meeting was conducted on the Zoom platform as below. 
PROGRAM DETAILS
Tittle : ASSP-KC Process Safety Management (PSM) Forum’s Technical meet – 19
Date : 16th February 2022 (Wednesday)
Timing : 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Kuwait Time (GMT+3:00)
PROGRAM AGENDA

Blood Donation Campaign

ASSP Kuwait in collaboration with Shuiaba Industrial Medical Center (SIMC), Kuwait organized Blood Donation Campaign 2022 on 9th February 2022, under the theme of “Donate Blood to Save Life”.

Process Safety Management (PSM) Technical Meet – 19

To develop the skills of professionals in the field of Process Safety, improve general awareness, and provide a platform for networking, ASSP-KC established a PSM Specialty Group.

In addition to several activities planned by the PSM Speciality Group, it is also decided to hold monthly Process Safety Technical Meets every third Wednesday of the month. The 19th PS technical meeting conducted on the Zoom platform as below. 
PROGRAM DETAILS
Tittle : ASSP-KC Process Safety Management (PSM) Forum’s Technical meet – 19
Date : 19th January 2022 (Wednesday)
Timing : 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Kuwait Time (GMT+3:00)
PROGRAM AGENDA
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PRESENTERS
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Anurag Tripathi A veteran from the Oil industry, a mechanical engineer with PG Qualification in Business Administration. He was the Business Head for Shell in India before heading the HSSE function. 39 years of experience out of which 19 years have been in HSE consulting in India and abroad.
Mr. Tripathi has trained several executives from the ‘K’ companies in Kuwait I the area of Behavior Safety and Modern Safety Practices. His core expertise lies in the area of HSSE leadership consulting for Business Owners and CEOs as well as training on a variety of subjects. He is the founder of Max Safety- A premium HSE consulting organization. Mr. Tripathi has authored a paper on Behavioral Psychology and has also been a speaker at various forums in India.
He was the senior advisor for Petroleum India International an erstwhile Co- venture of premium Indian Oil Sector Companies. He has been a visiting faculty for NITIE, National Safety Council and an exam host for Robert Gordon Univ. in India. 
He is currently an empaneled faculty for
1. GRASIM (Pulp & Fibre) Business of Aditya Birla Group and,
2. United Phosphorous Ltd
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Muruganantham Boosapathi
Work experience with the Public sector in India and Kuwait.   OSHA Authorized Trainer for Construction Safety &Health. 22 Yrs. HSE -Experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical industries, Gas pipelines. IDipNebosh(Nebosh), Nebosh Operational Safety in Oil &Gas, CPSA-Certified process Safety Auditor (BGC-USA). Scaffolding Competent person/Scaffolder Train the Trainer (STI, USA). Forklift operator trainer (Authorized by National Safety Council, USA). ASP(BCSP)-USA. Paper presented in Occupational and process safety international conferences.