Program Schedule

Timing(Hrs) Programme (Tentative)
09:00 10:00 Registration & Hi-Tea
10:00 10:10 National Anthem, Light Lamping and Inaugural
10:10 10:15 Welcome Address Devaraya M Sheregar - President, TAGMA India
10:15 10:27 Chief Guest Address Ritesh Agrawal, Senior Vice President and Head of Sourcing (Auto Sector), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
10:27 10:39 Guest of Honour Address
Vagish Dixit - Managing Director & Partner, ALPLA India
10:39 10:50 Guest of Honour Address Sunil Koparkar - Managing Director of IAC International Automotive India Pvt. Ltd
10:50 11:00 Vote of Thanks D Shanmugasundaram - Vice President, TAGMA India
Hi-Tea Break 1-1

Panel Discussion
11:15 12:05 Panel Discussion
'Collaborative Growth: Building Stronger Ecosystems for Toolmaking'
Moderator - Akshay Kalyanpur, Director, Sridevi Tool Engineers
Pankaj Aggarwal – Group Purchasing Head & COO, Motherson
Jayesh M. Rathod, Sr. General Manager & Head - Engineering, Godrej Tooling
Rahul Dev, Vice President - Supply Chain, Maruti Suzuki India Limited
Rajeev A. Solanki, Head - Central Process Engineering Legrand India
12:10 12:30 Technical Session - 1
'Challenges in Scaling up Indian Tool Rooms'
Ashim Sharma, Partner, Nomura Research Institute (NRI)
12:30 12:50 Technical Session - 2
'Roadmap for Scaling India’s tooling Capabilities'
Ashutosh Sinha, Principal, Nomura Research Institute (NRI)
12:50 13:10 Technical Session - 3 'End to End solutions for medium & large size mould manufacturing' by Salil Kumar, Vice President, S&T Group of Companies

Lunch Break
14:15 14:40 Technical Session - 4
'Process optimization through new Innovation'

by Mr. Hosomi Hiroo - Asia Sales Department, Makino Milling Machines"
14:35 15:00 Fireside Chat
'Precision Tooling: Meeting the Needs of the Electronics Sector'
Jim Walsh, VP -Tooling & Kannan R, AVP - Tooling, TATA Electronics
15:00 15:25 Fireside Chat
'Designing Tools for the Next Generation of Electric Vehicles'
Munwar Syed, General Manager - Supplychain Mechanical commodity, Ather Energy
15:25 15:50 Fireside Chat
'Global Insights: Elevating India's Tooling Industry'
Pankaj Agarwal - Group Purchasing Head & COO, Motherson
Hi-Tea Break 1-2

16:15 17:00 Panel Discussion - 2
'Adapting to Automotive Industry Shifts: Preparing Toolmakers for the Future'
Moderator - Alok Jhamb, National Director, Voestalpine High Performance Metals Pvt Ltd
Rajiv E, Executive Director, International Automobile Centre of Excellence (iACE)
Guruprasad Puranmath, VP International Sales & Strategic Initiative, Mutual Engineering Pvt. Ltd

Praveen, VP, Toyotetsu India Auto Parts Pvt Ltd

Neel Bhadra Mani, General Manager - Head of Purchasing, India, Vitesco Technologies
17:00 17:25 Technical Session - 5
'Micro factory from the Indian Tooling Perspective'
Dinesh Singh Thakur, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Director, Planning & Policy (P&P) and NEP Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), DRDO
17:25 17:30 Closing Remarks
Break
Entertainment Program - Cocktails - Networking Dinner

Timing(Hrs)	Programme (Tentative)
09:00	10:00	Registration & Hi-Tea
10:00	10:10	National Anthem, Light Lamping and Inaugural
10:10	10:15	Welcome Address	Devaraya M Sheregar - President, TAGMA India
10:15	10:27	Chief Guest Address	Ritesh Agrawal, Senior Vice President and Head of Sourcing (Auto Sector), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
10:27	10:39	Guest of Honour Address	Vagish Dixit - Managing Director & Partner, ALPLA India
10:39	10:50	Guest of Honour Address	Sunil Koparkar - Managing Director of IAC International Automotive India Pvt. Ltd
10:50	11:00	Vote of Thanks	D Shanmugasundaram - Vice President, TAGMA India