Divey, J. D.

Jayant D. Divey works as a Polyolefins Technology Consultant supporting technology evaluation and selection, process design and troubleshooting for new grassroot as well as operating petrochemicals plants. Prior to that, he retired as Senior Vice President from Reliance Industries Ltd., where he was responsible for polyolefins technologies. He has four decades of extensive experience in practically all HDPE, LLDPE, LDPE and PP technologies. He also worked as technology manager in FCC light olefins, handling C2, C3, C4 and C5 chemicals. His areas of interest and expertise range from polyolefins catalysts and reaction systems to products. He has led many projects from concept to commissioning, including design basis to engineering. He holds a B.Tech (BS) degree from the Laxminarayan Institute of Technology Nagpur University, and an M.Tech (MS) degree from the Indian Institute Technology Bombay, India, both in chemical engineering.