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Detailed Programme, 8th FEB 2023
Time Event Location
       
9:00- 18:00 Registration IFC Central Functional Building
9:00- 17:00 Registration IFEX Outside Hall No. 14 FORACE HALL
       
10:00- 13:30 Casting camp Banquet Hall, 2nd floor, Central Functional Building
       
10:00- 10:30 Ladies Tour assembly point Members Lounge, Central Functional Building
       
10:00 - 11:30 Inauguration of IFEX 2023 In front of Hall No. 14 FORACE & 15 ELKEM
  Chief Guest Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister for Heavy Industries, Government of India
Guest of Honour Mr. A K Chandra, Principal Executive Director, Railway Board
Guest of Honour Mr. Sanjiv Anand, Vice President Manufacturing-Swaraj Division-Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
Key Note Speaker Dr Carsten Kuhlgatz, WFO President
       
11:30- 12:00 Tea- Sponsored by IVP Hall No. 2, Floor-2 , Central Functional Building
       
11:30- 13:30 B2B Meet (1)- 5 Cubicles (Sponsored by Pritika Auto) Floor 1st- Foyer Area, Central Functional Building
  ESCORTS KUBOTA INDIA PVT. LTD. Mr. Pavan Vir Singh, Chief general manager- EV & Mechanical, Sourcing & Development
CNH Industrial Mr. Mandeep Singh, Commodity Buyer Purchasing
Mr. Nitin Singhal,Buyer - Metallic casting and machining purchasing
Mr. Satish Dhakar,Asst. General Manager
Mr. Vishal Sharma, Buyer - Metallic
MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA Mr. Rohan Surve, Manager- Strategic Sourcing Unit Casting
Mr. Sharad Dattaram Patil, Manager - Strategic Sourcing
TAFE Mr. Gopi, Senior Manager in Strategic Sourcing
  Mr. Jaybir Singh, Assistant Manager
       
11:30- 13:30 Cast Source Meet Session 1 - Export Session (Sponsored by Pritika Auto) SNAM Business Hall No. 2, Floor 2nd, Central Functional Building
  Session Chairman Mr. Sanjay Arora
DANA Mr. Kadam Mohan, Head Purchase
Mr. Kamlesh Soni, Sr. Manager - Casting Commodity Purchase
CARRARO Mr. Vijay Raman, Director Purchase
Mr. Shashikant Jadhav, Sr. General Manager
American Axle & Manufacturing Mr. Shardul Joshi, DGM (Purchase)
IBCC Mr. Paul Heiss, President
Mr. Bharath Shripathy, Executive Director- Country Head
LCB Mr. CM Bhide, Principal Co-Founder at LCB Sourcing
Mr. Ajay Shinde, Partner at LCB Sourcing
       
12:00 - 13:30 Technical Session No. 1 (Session Sponsored by Zanvar Group) MPM Technical Hall No. 2 , Floor-2nd , Central Functional Building
  Session Chairman Dr. SK Gupta- Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi
Paper 1 Swapan Kumar Biswas, Chris Ecob, Manish Kumar Aluminum in Grey and Ductile irons - Friend or Enemy?
Paper 2 Sandeep Rege, Niraj Kishore Employees Skill development
Paper 3 Kumar Kislay, Chris Ecob Recarburisers - Do we really know what we are buying and using at our foundry?
Paper 4 Dipak Ghosh Latest in Furan and Alphaset technology- Lower binder demand, improved strength and cleaner than ever before
Paper 5 S. Shamasundar Santhosh A.S. Pavan Ajay Raj A. Girish B. Waghle Defect Prediction by Machine Learning for Casting Industries using Casting Simulation Software
       
13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH- Sponsored by VAE VKN Hall No. 2, Floor-2 , Central Functional Building
       
14:30 - 16:00 Focused session on Cost saving by sustainable energy sources (Session Sponsored by Brakes India) MPM Technical Hall No. 2 , Floor-2nd , Central Functional Building
  Session Chairman Mr. Navneet Aggarwal- Managing Director, RBA Exports Private Ltd
  Shri Deepak Gupta, Ex Secy MNRE, Honorary Director General of National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI)
Ms. Meenakshi Jain, Founder & Managing Director , Positive Climate Care
Mr. Archis Patankar, Head Marketing and Technology - Ferrous, Foseco India Limited
Mr. Ashu Gupta, Head Regulatory and Government Relation, CleanMax
       
14:30 - 16:00 B2B Meet (2) - 5 Cubicles (Sponsored by Pritika Auto) Floor 1st- Foyer Area, Central Functional Building
  DANA Mr. Kadam Mohan, Head Purchase
Mr. Kamlesh Soni, Sr. Manager - Casting Commodity Purchase
International Tractors Ltd Mr. Rohit Kalia, Sr. Vice President
VOLVO EICHER COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LTD Mr. Vijay Makhija, Head Sourcing
Mr. Nimit Jain, Sr. Manager - Strategic sourcing
TATA MOTORS LTD. Mr. Subrato Choudhary, General Manager - Supplier Quality
Mr. Sandeep Kumar, DGM - Supplier Quality - Casting
Mr. Amit Kolhatkar, Sr. Manager
LCB Mr. CM Bhide, Principal Co-Founder at LCB Sourcing
Mr. Ajay Shinde, Partner at LCB Sourcing
       
14:30 - 16:30 Cast Source Meet Session 2 (Sponsored by Pritika Auto) SNAM Business Hall No. 2, Floor 2nd, Central Functional Building
  Session Chairman Mr. Prem Kumar, Director Nelcast
ESCORTS KUBOTA INDIA PVT. LTD. Mr. Ashwani Malik, Chief Officer R&D and Innovation- EAM & ECE
CNH Industrial Mr. Pritiman Panigrahi, Sr. General Manager Purchasing
MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA Mr. Vikas Nadgir, Dy. General Manager- Strategic Sourcing
TAFE Mr. P. Nagaraj, Sr. General Manager-Materials
Mr. Sachin Dhote, DGM Sourcing
TATA MOTORS LTD Mr. Vijay Khadke, DGM - Ferrous Casting - Purchase
Mr Saroj Padhi, General Manager - Casting Purchase
       
16:00 - 16:30 Tea- Sponsored by Bhillai Eng Corporation Hall No. 2, Floor-2 , Central Functional Building
       
16:00 - 17:30 B2B Meet (3)- 5 Cubicles (Sponsored by Pritika Auto) Floor 1st- Foyer Area, Central Functional Building
  DANA Mr. Kadam Mohan, General Manager-Purchasing
Mr. Kamlesh Soni, Sr. Manager - Casting Commodity Purchase
ATLAS COPCO Mr. Chandrakant Bande, Supplier Quality Assurance Manager
American Axle & Manufacturing Mr. Chaitanya Apte, Director Procurement
Mr. Shardul Joshi, DGM (Purchase)
VOLVO EICHER COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LTD Mr. Vijay Makhija, Head Sourcing
Mr. Nimit Jain, Sr. Manager - Strategic sourcing
       
17:00 - 20:00 71st IFC Inaugural Function Forace Banquet Hall, Floor 2nd, Central Functional Building
  Chief Guest Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
Chief Guest Mr. Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble Minister of Defence
Guest Of Honour Mr. Ajay Bhatt, Minister for state for defence, Government of India
Guest Of Honour Mr. B.B. Swain, Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India
Guest Of Honour Mr. Akshay Sangwan, Director- Development & Commercial (Sonalika / ITL) & Executive Director (Sonalika Industries / ICML)
Guest Of Honour Mr. Ganesh Mani, President & COO Ashok Leyland
       
20:00 Onward Bollywood Entertainment Night - Sponsored by MTC Forace Banquet Hall, Floor 2nd, Central Functional Building
“SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY AKHTAR BROTHER”
20:00 Onward Cocktails Sponsored by Ashapura Outside Forace Banquet Hall, Floor 2nd, Central Functional Building
20:00 Onward Gala Dinner Hall No. 2, Floor-2 , Central Functional Building
       
21:00 PM Bus Departure Outside, Central Functional Building
22:30 PM Bus Departure Outside, Central Functional Building
PLEASE NOTE THAT CART WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO TRAVEL BETWEEN HALL NO 14 & 15 TO Central Functional Building/BANQUET
       
Detailed Programme, 9th FEB 2023
Time Event Location
       
9:00- 18:00 Registration IFC Central Functional Building
9:00- 18:00 Registration IFEX Outside Hall No. 14 FORACE HALL
       
10:00- 13:30 Casting Camp Banquet Hall, 2nd Floor, Central Functional Building
       
08:30- 09:00 Ladies Tour assembly point Members Lounge, Central Functional Building
       
10:00 - 11:30 Technical Session No. 2 MPM Technical Hall No. 2 , Floor-2nd , Central Functional Building
  Session Chairman Mr. Ajay Rai- Executive Director, Pritika
Paper 6 I.V. Bakin, A. Ya. Dynin, A.V. Kalyaskin, M.S. Kuznetsov, A.N. Shapovalov The effect of Barium and Strontium on the Efficiency of Magnesium Recovery During Ladle Treatment Using Complex AEM-Containing Modifiers
Paper 7 Vinayak Ghotge In-situ Coating Preparation - A Latest Trend in Refractory Coatings with Cost Saving Opportunity For Automotive and Jobbing Foundries.
Paper 8 M. Govindarajan Development of Soft PVD Coating in Piston Rings
Paper 9 Nabhan Yousef Dr Amit Sata Intelligent Inspection Device for Investment Casting
Paper 10 Christian Kleeberg Ronald Kreft Dileep Yadav Foundry 5.0 - Driving the Digital Transformation of Metal Casting Operations
Paper 11 Ankan Adhikari An Engineering design model to continuously improve the melting process and keep it at optimum using IIoT and Optimization Algorithms.
       
10:00 - 11:30 "Opportunities for Foundries in Defence" SNAM Business Hall No. 2, Floor 2nd, Central Functional Building
  Session Chairman Mr. Chandrasekhar- Vice Chairman, (Business Strategy Development & Management Initiatives)-M/s Shanthala Spherocast Private Limited & Vice President ,The Institute of Indian FoundryMen(IIF), Kolkata
Guest of Honour Mr. Parimal Kumar- Scientific Advisor to Chief of Integrated Defence Staff
Key Note Speaker Dr. Sanjay Kumar Jha – Chairman and Managing Director MIDHANI
Key Note Speaker Mr. Venkatesh MS - Executive Director Head of Foundry and Forgings, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Key Note Speaker Mr. Mandeep Singh, Plant head of Mahindra defence (MSDL) Prithla Faridabad
       
11:30 - 12:00 Tea- Sponsored by JMP Hall No. 2, Floor-2 , Central Functional Building
       
11:30- 13:30 Cast Source Meet 3 (Sponsored by Pritika Auto) MPM Technical Hall No. 2 , Floor-2nd , Central Functional Building
  Session Chairman Mr. Prashant Mestry- Strategic Sourcing, Casting, Farm Division, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
Yantra India Ltd Mr. Sanjiv Narang, Joint General Manager
Mr. Pawan Jeet Singh, Deputy General Manager
ATLAS COPCO Mr. Chandrakant Bande, Supplier Quality Assurance Manager
Action Construction Equipment Mr. BD Mathur
Danieli Corus India Pvt Ltd Mr. Ravi Tiwari, Deputy Manager- Quality Engineering
Kirloskar Engines Mr. Suresh Patil, GM -STRATEGIC SOURCING
Mr. Abhijit B Koparde, DGM
       
10:00- 12:00 B2B Meet (4)- 5 Cubicles (Sponsored by Pritika Auto) Floor 1st Foyer Area, Central Functional Building
  ZF Wind Power Coimbatore Pvt Ltd Mr. Shreedhar Bapat, Sr. Deputy General Manager
Siemens Mr. Vishal Vanarse, Commodity Manager- Iron Casting
Regal Rexnord Corporation Mr. Vijaykumar Chepyala, Senior Commodity Manager
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO Mr. Alok Agarwal, Scientist / Sr. Engineer
BEML Limited Mr. Sunil Kharad, Chief General Manager & Head of Corporate Materials
Mr. Shantanu Roy, Executive Director
       
11:30- 13:30 B2B Meet (5)- 5 Cubicles (Sponsored by Pritika Auto) Floor 1st Foyer Area, Central Functional Building
  John Deere India Mr. Shrikrishna Kulkarni, Commodity Manager
Mr. Laxman Dewali,
IBCC Mr. Paul Heiss, President
Mr. Bharath Shripathy, Executive Director- Country Head
Siemens Mr. Vishal Vanarse, Commodity Manager- Iron Casting
Regal Rexnord Corporation Mr. Vijaykumar Chepyala, Senior Commodity Manager
Ashok Leyland ( Ferrous Supplier) Mr. Deepak, Deputy General Manager, Head Casting, Forging & Ferrous
Mr. Sridharan, Divisional Manager, Lead Casting, Domine
       
12:00 - 13:30 "Electric Vehicles- Challenges and Opportunities for Foundries" SNAM Business Hall No. 2, Floor 2nd, Central Functional Building
  Session Chairman Mr. Surya Prakash- Executive director, Brakes India foundry division
Key Note Speaker Mr. Sudhendu J. Sinha, Adviser (Infrastructure Connectivity & Electric Mobility), NITI Aayog
Key Note Speaker Mr. Bhagwan Bhosale, Deputy General Manager, Tata Motors Ltd, Pune
Key Note Speaker Mr. Swadesh Srivastava, Head Business Unit, Emerging Mobility, EV Division, Hero MotoCorp Ltd
Key Note Speaker Mr. Philip Jose, Head Functions and Systems Engineering, Mahindra ,EV Technology Center
       
13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH- Sponsored by Frontier Alloys Hall No. 2, Floor-2 , Central Functional Building
       
14:30 - 16:00 Cast Source Meet Session 4 (Sponsored by Pritika Auto) MPM Technical Hall No. 2 , Floor-2nd , Central Functional Building
  Session Chairman Mr. Harpreet Nibber- Managing Director, Pritika
ZF Wind Power Coimbatore Pvt Ltd Mr. Shreedhar Bapat, Sr. Deputy General Manager
Ashok Leyland Mr. M. Niruban, Head- New parts development ICV & MHCV
Regal Rexnord Corporation Mr. Vijaykumar Chepyala, Senior Commodity Manager
John Deere India Mr. Shrikrishna Kulkarni, Commodity Manager
Mr. Laxman Dewali,
BEML Limited Mr. Sunil Kharad, Chief General Manager & Head of Corporate Materials
Mr. Shantanu Roy, Executive Director
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO Mr. Alok Agarwal, Scientist / Sr. Engineer
       
14:30 - 16:00 B2B Meet (6)- 5 Cubicles (Sponsored by Pritika Auto) Floor 1st- Foyer Area, Central Functional Building
  ZF Rane Automotive India Mr. V Rajarajan, General Manager
Comer Industries Mr. Girish kumar Aggarwal, Regional Purchasing Manager India
METSO Mr. Anshul Madan, Manager- Casting & Forging
Kirloskar Engines Mr. Suresh Patil,GM -Strategic Sourcing
Mr. Abhijit B Koparde, DGM
Automotive Axles Ltd. Mr. C.Jagadish
Mr. Raju R Itnali
Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Deputy Manager
       
14:30 - 16:00 "Opportunities for Foundries in Railways" SNAM Business Hall No. 2, Floor 2nd, Central Functional Building
  Session Chairman Mr. Sudipta Mukherjee
Chief Guest Mr. V. K. Agarwal ,Executive Director Mech Engg/Freight, Railway Board
Key Note Speaker Mr. Avaneesh Mani Tripathi , ADE/Wagon/RDSO
Key Note Speaker Mr. Sanjay Verma, Chief Material Manager from Eastern Railway
Key Note Speaker Mr. Yatish Kumar, Chairman & Managing Director-Braithwaite India
       
16:00 - 16:30 Tea- Sponsored by Pritika Auto Hall No. 2, Floor-2 , Central Functional Building
       
16:00- 17:30 B2B Meet (7)- 5 Cubicles (Sponsored by Pritika Auto) Floor 1st- Foyer Area, Central Functional Building
  ZF Rane Automotive India Mr. V Rajarajan, General Manager
Danieli Corus India Pvt Ltd Mr. Ravi Tiwari, Deputy Manager-Quality Engineering
Action Construction Equipment Mr. Shokinder Chillar
Mr. Ranjeet Gupta
Gandharva Engineers Pvt Ltd Mr. Suhas Kulkarni, Director
Mr. Sandip Kulkarni, Director
Automotive Axles Ltd. Mr. C.Jagadish
Mr. Raju R Itnali
Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Deputy Manager
       
16:30 - 18:00 CEOs Meet SNAM Business Hall No. 2, Floor 2nd, Central Functional Building
  Guest Of Honour Mr. Sanjay Jaju, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Defence Production, Government of India
Guest Of Honour Dr. Rajneesh , Additional Secretary & Development Commissioner Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India
Keynote Speaker Mr. B Vinod Babu, Director, CPCB
Keynote Speaker Dr. Ashish Kumar, Senior Consultant, I/c Technical Regulations (TR), Light Engineering Industry (LEI) and Project Development Cell (PDC)- Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
Keynote Speaker Mr. Sachin Kumar Goel, Vice President & Head, Ashok Leyland Foundries
Keynote Speaker Mr. V Srinivasa Reddy, Executive Director (Technical)- Synergy Green Industries Limited
Keynote Speaker Mr. Vineet Jain, President IIF
       
18:00 Onward IIF Awards & Entertainment Night - Sponsored by MTC “SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY BENNY DAYAL” Forace Banquet Hall, Floor 2nd, Central Functional Building
18:00 Onward Cocktails Sponsored by Vision Metal Aids Outside Forace Banquet Hall, Floor 2nd, Central Functional Building
19:00 Onward Gala Dinner Hall No. 2, Floor-2 , Central Functional Building
       
21:00 PM Bus Departure Outside, Central Functional Building
22:30 PM Bus Departure Outside, Central Functional Building
PLEASE NOTE THAT CART WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO TRAVEL BETWEEN HALL NO 14 & 15 TO Central Functional Building/BANQUET
       
Detailed Programme, 10th FEB 2023
Time Event Location
       
9:00- 13:00 Registration IFC Central Functional Building
9:00- 13:00 Registration IFEX Outside Hall No. 14 FORACE HALL
       
10:00- 13:30 Casting Camp Banquet Hall, 2nd Floor, Central Functional Building
       
10:00 - 11:30 Technical Session No. 3 MPM Technical Hall No. 2 , Floor-2nd , Central Functional Building
  Session Chairman Mr. Kuppusamy S- Hon Treasurer-IIF
Paper 12 Uma Batra Manpreet Singh Dr. Sandan Kumar Sharma Nano-Ausferritic Austempered Ductile Iron for Extreme Tribological Applications
Paper 13 Andrew Tagg Sand Expansion Defects ( The Solution)
Paper 14 Prof Dr Nandita Gupta Himanshu Khandelwal Sarita Kumari Rahul kumar Ashish Nayak Effect of casting section geometry on stresses and Deformation by Procast
Paper 15 Dr. Himanshu Khandelwal Dr. Sanjay Kumar Anand Kumar Design Optimization of Steel Wheel Casting using Casting Simulation
Paper 16 Bhukya Praveen, Ajay Kumar Prospects for Using Light Weight Metal Matrix Composites in the Automotive Industry
       
11:30 - 12:00 Tea Hall No. 2, Floor-2 , Central Functional Building
       
12:00 - 13:30 Cast Source Meet Session 5 (Sponsored by Pritika Auto) SNAM Business Hall No.2, Floor 2nd, Central Functional Building
  Session Chairman Mr. Ajay Rai- Executive Director, Pritika
Gandharva Engineers Pvt Ltd Mr. Suhas Kulkarni, Director
Mr. Sandip Kulkarni, Director
METSO Mr. Anshul Madan, Manager- Casting & Forging
Automotive Axles Ltd. Mr. C.Jagadish
NTPC Mr. Harbans Singh, Ex Regional Executive Director
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Dr N Krishna Ramana Murthy, Chief Manager, Planning and Outsourcing
       
12:00 - 13:30 B2B Meet (8)- 5 Cubicles (Sponsored by Pritika Auto) Floor 1st Foyer Area, Central Functional Building
  ASHOK LEYLAND (Ferrous+Non-Ferrous) Mr. Deepak, Deputy General Manager, Head Casting, Forging & Ferrous
Mr. Sridharan, Divisional Manager, Lead Casting Domine
Mr. Rajapadman, Divisional Manager
Kirloskar Engines Mr Suresh Patil, GM -Strategic Sourcing
Mr Abhijit B Koparde, DGM
Danieli Corus India Pvt Ltd Mr. Ravi Tiwari, Deputy Manager-Quality Engineering
AVTEC LTD Mr. Surendiran. V, Senior Manager - Strategic Sourcing
       
12:00 - 13:30 Technical Session No. 4 MPM Technical Hall No. 2 , Floor-2nd , Central Functional Building
  Session Chairman Mr. Saurabh Gupta- Director, Srinathji Ispat Ltd.
Paper 17 Jorg Ritter Mr Murad Futehally An Analytic Approach for Acoustic Material Testing
Paper 18 Umang Soni Sandeep Rege Hemant Joshi Environment Social Governance at "M&M"
Paper 19 Adhitya Karivaratharajan Metallography - A Powerful Tool for Steel Foundry Quality Control
Paper 20 Mr. Sondip Bor Mr. Archis Patankar New Generation Coatings for Steel casting – “ Zero “dependency on Zircon
Paper 21 Asifur Rahman Syed Zahidul Hassan Shamim Haidar Energy Efficiency In Indian Foundry: A Study Of Scope And Remedy
       
13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH Hall No. 2, Floor-2 , Central Functional Building
       
14:30 - 16:00 Valedictory SNAM Business Hall No. 2, Floor 2nd, Central Functional Building
       
16:00- 16:30 Tea Hall No. 2, Floor-2 , Central Functional Building