National Production Authority Chemical Division

National Production Authority, Chemical Division, Government Production Statistics as... 

In programming chemical expansion and in studying supplies and requirements of chemicals, statistics are essential. Production statistics are obtainable through federal agencies, but data on plant capacities, uses, and raw material requirements are also necessary. Such data were developed by the Chemical Division of the National Production Authority on officially approved forms, which were sent to chemical producers. By the end of 1951,92 specific chemicals were surveyed, analysis of data is in progress regularly, and results of such analyses are put to immediate use by the various chemical specialists. 

One of the most important of these and the one which controlled chemicals, was the National Production Authority (NPA) set up within the Department of Commerce. NPA had 33 divisions, including the Chemical Division. The nucleus of this unit was personnel from Office of Domestic Commerce s Chemical Division. 

Former positions include Research Director, Malti-Chem Research Centre, Nandesari, Vadodara (1974-1988). Lecturer, Indian Institute of Science (1953). Head, Division of Organic Chemistry (Natural Products), National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (1960). Visiting Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology (1968) University of Georgia (1969) University of Oklahoma (1970-1971). Author of 280 publications, several books, and 50 patents. 

This volume. Chemistry and the Environment Pedagogical Models and Practices, is a product of a symposium sponsored by the Environmental Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society held during the 249 National ACS Meeting in Denver, Colorado in March of 2015. Several of the models in this volume were presented as papers at that symposium other models came from invited authors. The common theme for these methods is context-based pedagogy in which chemistry concepts are presented to students through the examination of environmental issues and concepts. 

These same files, supplemented by other source material, were consulted for the emergency and war periods. The author found valuable information on the Chemical Advisory Committee to the Army-Navy Munitions Board in the files of the Chlorine Institute and the Manufacturing Chemists Association. He also searched the retired files of the Army-Navy Munitions Board, some of which were in the National Archives and others in the Pentagon. He obtained data on various aspects of CWS procurement and distribution from retired files of the Assistant Secretary of War (ASW), the Under Secretary of War (USW), the Army Service Forces (ASF), the Operations Division (OPD) of the War Department General Staff, the War Production Board (WPD), and the War Department Manpower Board (WDMB), all in the National Archives. 

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