Presenting ARC's Sixth India Forum
Winning Strategies and Best Practices for Process Industries
Driving Performance During Economic Downturn
July 23-25, 2009 - Hyderabad, India
ARC’s Sixth India Forum Brings to Fore Sharing of Ideas with Technology Experts, Peers, and Solution Providers in Indian Process Industry
 ARC’s Sixth India Forum attracted more than 320 delegates despite the prevailing negative sentiments due to the global economic crisis. The presence of so many key people from different industry verticals was certainly encouraging both for Forum sponsors and ARC. The three-day Forum focused on India’s process industry challenges and charted a roadmap to successfully overcome them. The Forum was structured to help senior executives from process industries, responsible for developing and implementing automation and enterprise strategies, emerge best-in-class and gain global competitiveness through continuous improvements. Over 50 speakers from different industry verticals shared their thoughts and experiences about best practices and through presentations.
The Forum provided an excellent platform for manufacturing companies to learn about winning strategies and best practices that would deliver performance even during economic downturn. Thought leaders shared their views about leveraging enabling technologies for achieving operational excellence. Thought leaders spoke about the benefits of technology adoptions in their plant. Some end users utilized the opportunity to publicly seek answers from peers and solution providers for their specific challenges.
Rajabahadur V Arcot, ARC Director for South Asia, began the forum with a keynote address on driving enterprise-wide performance. He began with a macro overview of India’s economy, and highlighted that the future growth of the manufacturing industry will come from productivity improvements rather than from demand pulled capacity expansions. Following the keynote, several presenters spoke about optimizing operational, human, and business excellence initiatives and stressed the importance of automation and technology upgrades. The inaugural on July 24 was done by Shri VK Sibal, Director General, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons. In his inaugural speech the Chief Guest spoke about bridging the gap between academics and the corporate sector, and the importance of improving quality and productivity, and being innovative in our approach. Following the inaugural, Rajabahadur announced the formation of the Manufacturing IT community of India which would provide access to information and interaction between registered members. ARC President Andy Chatha presented next, discussing current business drivers and trends.
ARC had separate co-branded sessions which were held in conjunction with the sponsors: ABB, IPS, Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric, and TCS. The central theme was achieving operational excellence through productivity improvements, efficiency enhancements, asset lifecycle management, and meeting industry challenges by leveraging enabling technologies.
The last day of the Forum focused on specific industry challenges. Andy Chatha began the first session with a presentation on asset information management. He spoke about the virtual plant concept in asset lifecycle management. The specific industry tracks followed, including sessions on Chemicals, Oil, and Gas including Refining and Petrochemicals; Pharmaceuticals and Food & Beverage; Captive Power Plants; Cements, Metals & Mining, Pulp & Paper, and others. Each industry track was chaired by industry recognized leaders. The session chairman of the Electric Power Industry tracks was Vivek Ghate, Vice President GMS, Reliance Industries; the Chemicals, Oil, and Gas track chairman was Rajamani, former MD, MRPL; the Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage track was chaired by Shyam Bang, Executive Director, Jubilant Organosys; and the Metals & Mining track was chaired by Ajay K Dhir, CIO, JSL.
Panel discussions, participated by invited end users and suppliers were highly interactive, and they took place alongside case study presentations. |
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Who Should Attend
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CEOs, COOs, and Presidents
- CIOs and CTOs
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VPs and Directors of IT
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VPs, Directors, and Managers of Operations
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VPs, Directors, and Managers of Supply Chain
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VPs, Directors, and Managers of Manufacturing
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VPs, Directors, and Managers of Engineering
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Plant Managers and Supervisors
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Production Managers and Supervisors | |
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Topics
- Winning Strategies and Best Practices for Manufacturing Companies During the Downturn
- Improving Return on Assets through Asset Lifecycle Management
- Enhancing Order Fulfillment Capability through Manufacturing Execution Systems/Collaborative Production Management Strategies
- Meeting Energy and Environmental Challenges – Energy Management Strategies
- Migration and Integration Strategies
- Project Management Strategies
- Overcoming Challenges and Emerging Successful
- Driving Continuous Productivity Improvements
- Workshops
- Industry Tracks
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Agenda
Following is the agenda for the forum.
Thursday, July 23
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10:00 AM |
Registration |
| 11:00 AM |
Welcome Address
S.R. Venkatapathy, ARC Advisory Group |
| 11:10 AM |
Keynote Address - Driving Enterprise-wide Performance
Arcot V Rajabahadur, ARC Advisory Group |
| 11:30 AM |
Achieving Operational Excellence: Operation Management Approach
Vijay Srinivasan, Managing Director, Invensys Process System India |
| 12:00 PM |
Achieviing High performance using Automation & Industrial Solutions
Marcelo Szuster, Senior Manager Accenture Automation and Industrial Solutions, Brazil |
| 12:30 PM |
OPC Past, Present, and New OPC - OPC UA
Russel Agrusa, CEO Iconics |
| 1:00 PM |
Workshop: Benchmarking and Best Practices (for End Users and Media only)
S.R. Venkatapathy, ARC Advisory Group |
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1:30 PM |
Lunch |
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2:15 PM |
Panel Discussions - "Flat World Imperatives"
Chaired by Rajabahadur V Arcot, Director ARC Advisory Group
K Rahani, Chief of Instrumentation, Hindustan Unilever
Tanmay Roy, General Manager, Bhilai Steel Plant, SAIL
RN Mohanty, General Manager, Pidilite Industries
Basu Mallick, Head Electronics & Automation, Tata Steel
Vijay Srinivasan, Managing Director, IPS India
Lee A Lane, Director Global Marketing, Rockwell Automation
Marcelo Szuster, Senior Manager, Accenture Automation and Industrial Solution
Douglas Bellin Industry Lead, Asia Pacific Cisco Systems |
| 3:00 PM |
Supply Chain in India – Strategic Challenges and Opportunities: A Case Study
Dhiren Vora, Senior General Manager, Godrej & Boyce; and Pradeep Jadhav, Practice Manager, CHAINalytics |
| 3:30 PM |
Survey Findings of Energy Management in Indian Process Industries
Badrinath Belgaumkar, ARC Advisory Group |
| 4:00 PM |
CISCO Case Study Presentations
Susheela Venkataraman, Managing Director-Internet Business Solutions, Cisco Systems
Douglas Bellin, Industry Lead, Asia Pacific Cisco Systems |
| 5:00 PM |
Tea |
| 5:30 PM |
ARC Advisory Group and Rockwell Automation Session
(Open to end users, media, and Rockwell Automation partners)
1. Introduction to Process Automation Trends and Roadmap
ARC Advisory Group
2. Rockwell Automation Responding to Industry Needs and Challenges
John Watts, Process Solutions Manager Asia Pacific, Rockwell Automation
3. Responding to User Priorities - Plant PAx from RA; Field Device Integration; Batch Management and Controls; Process Information Critical Control; and Safety
Navin Vashist, Sandeep Redkar, and Sujeet Gohil of Rockwell Automation & HCL Representative
4. Manufacturing Convergence - The RA Vision; Technology & Network Convergence Trends and Challenges
Paramanand Choudhary, Rockwell Automation, and CISCO Representative
5. Q & A |
| 7:30 PM |
Cocktails and Dinner |
Friday, July 24
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7:30 AM |
Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM |
Welcome Address
S.R. Venkatapathy, ARC Advisory Group |
| 8:45 AM |
Formal Inauguration of Forum by Chief Guest
Lighting of Lamp |
| 9:00 AM |
V K Sibal, Director General Hydrocarbons, Government of India,
Chief Guest |
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9:20 AM |
Keynote Address: Current Business Drivers and Trends
Andy Chatha, President, ARC Advisory Group |
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9:40 AM |
Automation Systems Help You Drive Performance and Emerge Best-in-Class
Sunil Khanna, President, Automation Industries Association (AIA) and Managing Director, Emerson Process Management India |
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10:00 AM |
Enterprise Solutions in Process Industry - Economic Downturn and Aftermath
Regu Ayyaswamy, VP & Global Head of Engineering and Industrial Services, Tata Consulting Services |
| 10:20 AM |
The Perfect Plant – Integrating the Shop with the Top Floor
Ajay K Dhir, Chief Information Officer JSL Ltd |
| 10:40 AM |
Driving Value Through the Manufacturing Organization: Process Tools and Techniques for Current Economic Environment
Sivaramakrishnan Narayanan, Partner Industrial Products Business, IBM GBS - India/South Asia |
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11:00 AM |
Tea |
| 11:30 AM |
Panel Discussions - "Winning Strategies & Best Practices in Process Industries"
Chaired by Andy Chatha, President, ARC Advisory Group
Shyam Bang, Executive Director, Jubilant Organosys
B K Datta, Executive Director, Bharat Petroleum
Atanu Mukharjee, President Technology Consulting, MN Dastur
Ajay K Dhir, Chief Information Officer, JSL
Sunil Khanna, President AIA & Managing Director, Emerson Process Management, India
Regu Ayyaswamy, VP & Global Head of Engineering, Tata Consultancy Services
ShivaramaKrishnan Narayanan, Partner Industrial Products Business IBM GBS - India/South Asia |
| 12:00 PM |
ARC Advisory Group and Tata Consulting Services Session
1. Roadmap for Achieving Operational Excellence in Process Industries
Dr. Phanibhushan Sistu, Head of Manufacturing Solutions and R&D Engineering and Industrial Services. TCS
2. The Imperatives of Reliability and Lifecycle Asset Performance in Process Industries
Arvindkumar Mishra, Head of Integrated Asset Management Services, TCS
3. Integrated Quality and Compliance Solutions for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Vikram Kunnath, Business Manager Lifesciences, Engineering and Industrial Services, TCS
4. Q&A |
| 1:30 PM |
"Lean Journey"
Michael Yost, Global Marketing, GE Fanuc |
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2:00 PM |
Lunch |
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2:45 PM |
Presenting ARC Advisory Group Team's Survey Findings - Automation and IT in Manufacturing Spend and Process Industry Challenges
Presented by S.R.Venkatapathy Senior Analyst & Head of Research India ARC Advisory Group |
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3:15 PM |
ARC Advisory Group and Schneider Electric Session " Operational Excellence Through Productivity Improvements Around Plant Life Cycle"
Garth McDonald, Global Solutions Architect, Mining, Metals, & Minerals, Schneider Electric
Pradeep Karnik, Director Industrial Automation, Asia Pacific Operations Schneider Electric
Alok Chandana, Business Manager Automation Solutions & Business Development, Schneider Electric
P I Mathew, Schneider Electric
Amit Chadda, Schneider Electric |
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4:45 PM |
Tea |
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5:15 PM |
ARC Advisory Group and ABB Session "The co-branded session - Leveraging Collaborative Production Management (CPM) across Industry verticals "
1. CPM Solutions - Platform & Energy manager
Madhav Kalia, Vice President - CPM Asia Pacific, ABB Singapore / Mr. Toni Kymalainen, Product Manager - cpmPlus Energy Manager, ABB Finland
2. CPM Solutions for the Metals Manufacturing Industry and Cost Savings through the application of Expert Optimizer & Knowledge Manager in Minerals Industry
Johan Harsta, Head of CPM in Business Unit Metals, ABB India
3. Solution in Alternative Energy / Chemical & Pharmceuticals to help customers remain competetive
TR Ravishankar, Head of Automation Applications, ABB India.
4. Q&A |
| 6:45 PM |
Panel Discussions - " Operational Excellence & Collaborative Production Management"
Chaired by Rajabahadur V Arcot, Director South & South East Asia Operations, ARC
Atul Kumar, Group President and CTO, Global Steel Group
S Ramaswamy, Executive Director, Indian Oil Corporation
Vivek Ghate, General Manager CPP, Reliance Industries Ltd
Madhav Kalia, Vice President CPM Asia Pacific, ABB
Pradeep Karnik, Director Schneider Electric, India
Pankaj Mittal, Industry Principal, SAP |
| 7:15 PM |
Launch of MIT Community of India - An ARC Advisory Group Manufacturing IT Initiative for End-Users
Andy Chatha President ARC : Rajabahadur V Arcot, Director South & South Asia, ARC |
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7:30 PM |
Cocktails and Dinner |
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9:30 PM |
Day Session Close |
Saturday, July 25
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7:30 AM |
Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:50 AM |
Welcome Address
Sharada Prahladrao, ARC Advisory Group |
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Asset Information Management Session |
| 9:00 AM |
Asset Information Management
Andy Chatha, President Advisory Group |
| 9:30 AM |
Case Study Presentation - Asset Management for Productivity Improvements
Sachin Kulkarni, Functional Manager Siemens |
| 10:00 AM |
Product Lifecycle and Migration Path - Migration and Integration Strategies
Johan Björklund, Control Systems Business - Asia Pacific, ABB Singapore |
| 10:30 AM |
Renovation and Modernization in Electric Power Plants
Kalyan Mukhopadhyay, Senior Manager (R&M Engineering), NTPC |
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11:00 11:30 AM |
Tea |
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TRACK #1: Electric Power & Water
Session Chairman:
Vivek Ghate, Vice President, GMS, Reliance Industries (RIL)
Co-Chairman:
Rajabahadur V Arcot, ARC Advisory Group |
TRACK #2: Chemical, Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, and Refinery
Session Chairman: Rajamani, Former Managing Director,Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals
Co-Chairman:
Prakash Anjaneyulu, Head Marketing, ARC Advisory Group |
TRACK #3: Pharmaceuticals, Lifesciences, and Food & Beverage
Session Chairman: Shyam Bang, Executive Director, Jubilant Organosys
Co-Chairman: S.R.Venkatapathy, Head Research, ARC Advisory Group |
TRACK #4: Metals & Mining, Pulp & Paper, and Cement
Session Chairman: Ajay K Dhir, Chief Information Officer JSL Ltd
Co-Chairman: Badrinath Belgaumkar, Senior Analyst, ARC Advisory Group |
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11:30 AM |
Integrated Operation of Captive Power Plant at Hindustan Zinc, Chanderiya
A Hindustan Zinc - BHEL case study presentation
T Ramji, Senior Project Leader, Hindustan Zinc & Prafulla D Mahulika, BHEL EDNBHEL
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in Pursuit of a Perfect Plant
Anoop Srivastava, Industry Principal, Oil & Gas, SAP |
Case Study Presentation
Henning Bruns, Practice Director Services, JDA |
Seamless Integration of Plant Low-level Devices and Higher-order Real Time Systems
Atul Kumar,
Group President and CTO, Global Steel Group |
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12:00 PM |
CMC Applications in Power Sector
Satyashekar, CMC |
Idemitsu & Sasol Case Studies - Building a Real Time Enterprise
Ms Sherie Ng, Vice President IPS (Invensys Process Systems) Asia Pacific |
Manufacturing Execution Systems in Pharmaceutical Industry: A Case Study using a Werum MES Solution
Mohan Padmanabhan Lead Business Partner Asia Pacific,
AstraZeneca Pharma |
Beyond ERP: Seek Operational Excellence in Entire Manufacturing Supply Chain Using IT Solutions
Pankaj Mittal, Industry Principal, SAP |
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12:30 PM |
Introduction: Russel Agrusa, CEO Iconics;
Case Studies: Mr Surendra Babu, GM & Himanshu, Hyderabad Water Supply |
Challenges in BSIII/EuroIV Fuels Blending Optimization: Challenges on Automation Front Philip Bhaskar, Chief Engineer (PE), Chennai Petroleum |
PAT: Its Relevence Today
Introduction: Siemens &
Manish Kumar Singh, Senior Manager & CTO Engineering, Dr.Reddys Laboratories |
Advance Process Control and Plant Optimization
KS Krishnakumar, General Manager and R Balaji, Practice Head Manufacturing, RAMCO Systems |
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1:00 PM |
Real Time Optimization
Amit Bhargava IPS (Invensys Process Systems) |
A Discussion on Enterprise IT Challenges in a Refinery
B K Datta, Executive Director (SCO), Bharat Petroleum Corporation |
Automation Will Drive Quality
Niraj Vinaik, GE Sensing / GE Fanuc & End User (TBA) |
Optimizing Steel Plant Operations
Atanu Mukherjee President-Technology Consulting, MN Dastur |
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1:30 PM |
An EPC Perspective on Power and Water Utilities
Venkat Reddy, Head Design, IVRCL |
Chemical Industry Automation Challenges:
K.S.Malwania, General Manager, Godrej Industries |
Case Study Presentation on LIMS
A presentation by STARLIMS |
Joint Case Study Presentation
Energy Efficiency Case Studies in Metals
N M Desai, Head of PS Consulting, ABB India and ISPAT |
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2:00 PM |
Lunch |
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3:00 PM |
Open House Discussions with All Delegates |
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3:45 PM |
Closing Session:
1. ARC Presentation: Wireless in Manufacturing - Industry and Technology Trends
A Podcast from Harry Forbes, Senior Analyst ARC Advisory Group
2. Feedback Session - Open House Session with Delegates |
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4:15 PM |
ARC Advisory Group and Forum Sponsors Session - Market Trends and Analysis:
(Open to Media & Co-branded, Premium, Gold, Silver, Bag, Breakfast, and Table Sponsors of the Forum)
ARC Advisory Group Team |
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Executive Speakers
The following executives are among those who presented at the forum. |
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 V.K. SIBAL, Director General, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Government of IndiaMr Sibal is currently the Director General of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons and is responsible for giving technical advice to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, on exploration of oil and gas, review of exploration programs and the relinquishment of acreage. He is also responsible for the continuous review of discovered reserves, development plans and repository of E&P data besides laying down strategies for exploration abroad. Sibal has the distinction of being short-listed for the prestigious “Energy Executive of the Year 2006” award instituted by the Petroleum Economist Awards. Having joined ONGC in 1975, he moved on to Oil India Ltd (OIL), with whom he was associated close to three decades. At OIL Sibal was responsible for setting up state-of-the art IT department and a geophysical department, and formed a strategic and corporate planning cell. Sibal did his post graduation in Physics (honors) from Punjab University, Chandigarh Andy Chatha, President & Founder, ARC Advisory GroupAndy provides leadership to the ARC organization and guides its research and client activities. For over 20 years, Andy has provided advice and counsel to many leading manufacturing companies around the world. Sivaramakrishnan Narayanan, Partner – Industrial Sector, Business Consulting Division, IBM IndiaSivaramakrishnan has 13 years of consulting experience of which the last 6 has been spent in consulting for metals and heavy engineering clients of IBM across the world. He holds the additional responsibility of delivering manufacturing solutions to IBM clients in India. He has extensive experience in consulting with clients in the supply chain domain encompassing supply chain process improvement, supply chain solution identification, and implementation with specific reference to manufacturing and benefit assessments. He is one of the acknowledged Subject Matter Experts for metals, engineering, and manufacturing within the IBM Consulting Organisation and has contributed to papers and points of view of the IBM Corporation.  Regu Ayyaswamy, VP and Global Head, Engineering and Industrial Services, Tata Consulting ServicesAs Global Head of EIS, Regu is responsible for creating value based solutions and services for accelerated product development for discrete domains such as automotive, industrial machinery, aerospace, and process industries. During his career, he has been instrumental in building relationships with many Fortune 500 manufacturing customers such as General Motors, GE, Ferrari, Daimler Chrysler, and Ingersoll Rand. Regu joined TCS in 1994 and has varied experience spanning 20 years in project management, customer relationships, competency development, and people management. He has held a number of key roles in the organization that includes Regional Manager in Cincinnati, USA from 1997-2000 and Integration Manager during the TCS-Tata Infotech Limited merger. He was instrumental in developing the off-shoring strategy for GE Aircraft Engines and also responsible for developing key relationships with a number of Ohio-based companies such as Procter & Gamble. Sunil Khanna, President AIA & Managing Director Emerson Process Management IndiaSunil Khanna is the present President of Automation of India Association (AIA), an apex body of all the leading automation companies in India and also the Managing Director Emerson Process Management, India. He has been involved with the Process Automation Industry for more than 25 years. He started his career as an R&D Engineer and spent 22 years with ABB in different roles also spent a good number of 6 years overseas (USA / UK & South East Asia), his last assignment with ABB being as Vice President Automation Technology Arcot Rajabahadur, VP & GM, ARC Advisory GroupRaja's areas of expertise include electric power, steel, and other process industries, manufacturing industries, capital expenditure analysis, DCS, PLCs, AC drives, field devices, and enterprise solutions. He has over 35 years of system and application engineering, project management, and solution marketing experience in the field of control and automation. Raja has extensive, hands-on experience in instrumentation design, detailed engineering, project management including procurement & documentation, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of automation systems. Before joining ARC, Raja held concurrent positions of Business Development and Project Manager for Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions and Marketing Manager of Power Generation for Honeywell Asia Pacific. Shyam Bang, Executive Director Jubilant OrganosysShyam Bang is the Executive Director of Jubilant Organosys. A Chemical Engineer with rich experience of over 36 years in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, has been associated with Jubliant group since 1982. Over the years, he has been carried several responsibilities witassociated with the Jubilant Group since 1982. He has handled various responsibilities in the last 27 years, and has been instrumental in bringing new technologies, developing and managing projects and developing new business opportunities for the company. He is currently responsible for all operations of the company, which includes manufacturing, projects, environment and supply chain management John Watts, Process Solutions Manager - Asia Pacific, Rockwell Automation John has fourteen years of experience with both traditional DCS and PLC control systems. He has first hand convergence of the two technologies over the last decade across vertical industries that include upstream oil & gas, refining, life sciences, food & beverage, metals & mining, water & wastewater, and electric power. John has an honors degree in electrical engineering and is an MBA from Melbourne Business School. He is presently located in Singapore Johan Harsta, Head Collaborative Production Management BU, ABBWith over 25years in ABB holding several positions in Sweden, Italy, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Johan is now in ABB India. Currently, heads the Collaborative Production Management (CPM)/MES Business unit's strategic initiative of expanding ABB's coverage of Metals L3 Market. Johan has an MSc in Engineering Science Dhiren Vora, Senior General Manager (Supply Chain), Godrej and BoyceDhiren Vora has over 28 years of experience and has been with Godrej and Boyce throughout his career. He is a mechanical engineer with post graduation in Business management from the prestigeous institute Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. Having served in several assignments within the company from the production floor to controls to logistics and supply chain, Dhiren presently is the functional head of Logistics and Supply Chain at the corporate level Pankaj Mittal, Industry Principal for Process Industries, SAP IndiaPankaj covers process Industries Practice, covering Metals, Mining, Cement, Paper and other related industry segments. His current responsibilities include generating thought leadership, developing customer value network, driving software revenue and partner enablement. With 24 years of inclusive experience and a passionate proponent of industry-based value selling, Pankaj has worked on different segments of the industry value chain such as Production, Production and Transportation planning, Marketing & Sales prior to joining SAP India including 17 year long stint in Tata Steel where he, in succession of assignments, managed challenging responsibilities ranging from shop floor operations to marketing and sales of steel products to overseeing IT-driven efficiency improvements projects; managed and oversaw operations of aluminum plants in Kenya of a Indian large corporate; and led the process industries practice in HCL Rajamani, Former Managing Director MRPLRajamani was the Managing Director of one of the largest and most efficient Public Sector refineries - Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL). He had earlier held several senior postions including as Head of of Technical Services and Operations. Rajamani carries with him more than 38 years of wide experience in Process Design & Engineering, start-up, commissioning, operation, quality control, Production Planning, technical writing and overall Management in process industries. He continues to serve the industry providing knowledge back to the industry Dr. P Sistu, Head Manufacturing Operations Solutions, Engineering and Industrial Services, Tata Consulting ServicesPhanibhushan Sistu heads the Manufacturing Operations Solutions portfolio in the Engineering and Industrial Services unit in TCS. Additionally, he heads the R&D group in the Engineering and Industrial Services. Phani is a Chemical Engineering graduate, with a Ph.D in Advanced Control and Optimization. He has rich and varied experience in both academic and industrial environments. He joined TCS in 1996 at its Corporate R&D Center in Pune and since then he has held diverse roles in consulting, solution development, and technology development. He has lead the development of solutions spanning the automation, advanced control, MES, and integration layers for optimizing production operations in both discrete and process industryies Dr. Sistu has to his credit several articles and presentations in international journals and conferences. AJAY K DHIR, Chief Information Officer JSL LtdAjay K Dhir, presently working with JSL limited, as Group Chief Information Officer, holds the overall responsibility for Information Systems Management, Information Technology, Information Security, Corporate Governance, and IT Risk Management and Compliance, on a Global level. Ajay Dhir has over 26 years experience in Information Technology and Systems and he has served in a number of large corporations, both Indian and multinationals. He has numerous awards to his credit including the prestigious CIO 100 award and is recognized as one of the top 50 CIOs in India. He also serves as a member on the Advisory Board of professional organizations, such as CTO Forum and CIO Association of India. Ajay Dhir holds a Master of Science degree with Honors, and is a PG in Cyber Security Henning Bruns, Practice Director, Asia, Consulting Services Asia Pacific, JDAHenning Bruns has over fifteen years as program/project management, system implementation, and supply chain management. He is responsible for management and strategic direction of the leadership teams during implementation and rollout of large scale IT applications using his practice management, business consulting, and project management skills at JDA. As a Practice director, Asia Henning is responsible for consulting services activities for all clients in India, China, Korea, and South East Asia which includes strategic development of customer delivery, service, and support models Vijay Srinivasan, Managing Director India Subcontinent,INVENSYS IndiaVijay is responsible for spearheading the operations of Invensys in the India Subcontinent and oversees the growth and expansion plans of Invensys in the region. He has well over two decades of experience across Asia Pacific in technology-enabled business enterprises, such as BHEL, Wipro, IBM, Ariba, and Bharti Airtel. Vijay started career at BHEL’s Control Equipment Division in Bangalore, and has worked in control systems, software business, computer hardware, and telecom. Vijay passed out of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and has an engineering degree in Electronics & Communication SR Venkatapathy, Head of Research India, and Senior Analyst, ARC Advisory GroupVenkat is part of the automation and enterprise consulting team at ARC covering the process industries. Venkat researches and consults with ARC clients in India, China, and South East Asia in the fields of process control, enterprise decision support systems, and automation systems. Venkat's focus areas in the automation domain include Distributed Control Systems, PLCs, AC Drives, Safety (ESD) systems, SCADA (Electric, Oil & Gas, and Water Wastewater), and Advanced Software and Systems Technologies such as Optimization, Collaborative Production Management Systems/MES, and APC. Johan Björklund, Control Systems Business Asia Pacific, ABB Johan Björklund is responsible for ABB’s Control Systems Business in Asia Pacific. He is currently is located Singapore. He started is carrier in Automation in Product Management in ABB Sweden in 1997 and have since 2001 held various positions in Asia such as Product Manager, Area Sales Manager and Marketing Manager based in Singapore and in China Garth McDonald, Global Solutions Architect, Mining, Metals & Minerals, Schneider ElectricGarth has over 25 years experience in IT and Automation system design in a wide range of industries. He has extensive experience in the application of converging systems to business processes in the mining and metals industries and is responsible for guiding the development and application of software functionality for Schneider’ Electric’s MES offerings to meet the business needs of users in the Metals & Mining industries. Garth’s earlier stints include Alcan and Pechniey besides IBM, and Honeywell Vivek M Ghate, Vice President, Group Manufacturing Services, Reliance Industries LtdVivek Ghate has over 33 years of experience after he obtained a post graduate degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Science. He started his career in Tata Power Company at their Trombay thermal Power Station. Vivek Ghate is well conversant with both, Operation and Maintenance aspects of Independent power producers and Captive Electric Power plants. He has been with Reliance Industries Limited for the last 23 years and has worked in different capacities and at various locations of the company. As Vice President at Reliance Group’s manufacturing services division, he is responsible for all captive electric power plants and utilities at numerous Reliance manufacturing sites as also new projects Arvindkumar Mishra, Head Integrated Asset Management, Tata Consulting ServicesArvind Mishra heads the functional group of Integrated Asset Management at Tata Consultancy Services. Arvind holds a M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from the Institute of Science, Mumbai, India. Arvind also possesses a Post Graduate Diploma in Software Technology from National Center of Software Technology (NCST), Mumbai, India. He has been with TCS for three and a half years, and has more than 16 years of manufacturing, utility, and software industry experience. He has authored the business blueprint for the IAM Practice that covers the Center of Excellence, Program Management, Skill Management, Delivery Management, Alliance Management, and Partner Management. He is also responsible for the creation and growth of TCS’ industry solutions and consulting in Integrated Asset Management (IAM) Practice. Sherie Ng, Vice President Strategy & Marketing, IPS (Invensys Process Systems), Asia PacificSherie Ng responsibilities spans the entire marketing field, including strategic planning, research and intelligence, marketing and business development strategies, communications programs, demand generation (business and market development), solutions marketing and media and analyst relations across Asia Pacific. She is a key member of IPS’ senior management team in Asia Pacific, as well as member of IPS’ Global Senior Leadership Team. Sherie holds a bachelor’s degree in Business from Singapore’s renowned university, Nanyang Technological University Madhav Kalia, Vice President CPM Asia Pacific ABBMadhav has over 20 years experience in Automation and Enterprise interface business solutions and has been dealing with CPM systems for ABB in the whole of Asia Pacific region. He has held numerous positions in ABB including project implementation, research & development, product management, and business development solutions for clients across industry verticals. Presently based in Singapore overseeing the entire Asia Pacific operations, Madhav is responsible for providing Collaborative Production Management / MES solutions to process industry manufacturers in the Asia Pacific Region  Atanu Mukherjee, President – Technology Consulting, MN Dastur Atanu in his consulting capacity at DEC has worked extensively with the steel and manufacturing industry and bears an illustrious background. Prior to his present assignment with MN Dastur, he was Chief Architect, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation. He also worked as Group Program Manager, Microsoft in Redmond, USA; was co-founder and CTO, Versada Networks; worked at Computer Associates in Islandia, New York; and with Digital Equipment Corporation, Boston, USA. Atanu is visiting professor at IIM Kolkata and at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. He is also an executive adviser to Wall Street hedge funds and investment portfolios for the technology sector and sits on the board of several technology firms. Atanu holds a joint graduate degree in Engineering and Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s School of Engineering and The MIT Sloan School of Management. He was also a Research Fellow at MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science and has two patents on file Sujeet Gohil Business Manager Rockwell Automationujeet has fourteen years of experience in various aspects of Process control and Instrumentation in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical domains involving functions likes Business Development, Sales & Marketing, System Design, Project Engineering, commissioning and after sales support for various Process control and Safety systems. He is presently responsible for Oil & Gas business in his current role as Industry Sales Manager Anoop Srivastava, Director Manufacturing, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, SAP IndiaAnook has been with SAP for more than a year and has been driving SAP’s thought leadership and go-to-market strategies. Prior to joining SAP, he held the position of Zonal Sales Head-South at MRPL-ONGC and at BPCL he was part of the core team who pioneered India’s smart card based loyalty program. He has participated in various seminars and presented a paper in Petrotech 2009. Has a B.E (Electrical & Electronics) from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Bhopal, and an MBA from NMIMS Mumbai. Douglas Bellin, Industry Lead Cisco, Asia PacificDouglas is the Industry Lead for Logistics, Retail and Manufacturing and is responsible for bringing market focused solutions to the Asia Pacific marketplace. He is working with customers across the region to ensure that the solutions that are being deployed are correct for their needs. Having worked mainly with high tech companies, Douglas achievements include implementing ERP system for a metals manufacturing company. His experience also includes working in Asia with Brio Software, Cybergaurd, and Tyco Fire & Security Services. Douglas has an MBA in International Business and Finance from Roosevelt University in Chicago Vikram Kunnath, Business Manager, Life Sciences, Engineering and Industrial Services, Tata Consulting ServicesVikram is a Graduate in Electronics Engineering. He possesses over 11 years of experience in direct sales, business development, and project management in the life sciences domain working with customers in India and overseas in the areas across pharmaceutical manufacturing lifecycle including process automation, lab informatics, manufacturing execution systems, and other custom engineered solutions. In his present role, Vikram is responsible within TCS for providing subject matter expertise, solution strategies, domain competence development, and dissemination of knowledge on new technology trends in the life sciences arena. Badrinath Belgaumkar, Senior Analyst, ARC Advisory GroupBadarinath is a member of the ARC automation team focusing on research and consulting projects. He has over 25 years of system and application engineering and project management experience in the field of control and automation. Badarinath has extensive hands-on experience in instrumentation design, procurement and documentation, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of automation systems. Pradeep Jadhav, Practice Manager, CHAINalyticsPradeep works as a Senior Manager with CHAINalytics in the Network Strategy and Transportation Practices. He is responsible for working with clients to develop, manage and deliver network design and transportation solutions. Prior to joining CHAINalytics, Pradeep was a member of the Global Solution Center team at i2 Technologies in Bangalore as a Project Delivery Manager. Pradeep has over 9 years of supply chain consulting experience in various solution areas like strategic network design, transportation management, demand planning, and supply chain planning. Over his tenure as a consultant, he has worked with clients in various industries like FMCG, telecom, consumer electronics, and automotive. Sachin Kulkarni, Functional Manager Marketing, SiemensSachin has over ten years of experience in the field of automation systems marketing and has been involved in the business development function and product management. His role includes buisiness planning, providing value proposition of automation products to the process industry. Sachin carries with him rich experience of engineering and commisioning of systems dealing with DCS, PLC, and automation systems TR Ravishankar Vice President & Head of Automation Applications BU ABB Ravi has over 25 years experience in DCS & PLC automation technology and solutions businesses. His proficiency includes providing solutions for industries such as nuclear electric power plant, captive electric power generation units, sugar manufacturing, primary metals, chemical, and pharmaceuticals. While he heads the automation application business unit for ABB in India, he also is responsible for business development activities in Asia for pharmaceutical industry Balaji R -Practice Head- Manufacturing, Ramco SystemsBalaji career spanning 13 years has spent close to 5 years working in core manufacturing industries. His experience includes areas of implementation and support of ERP projects, multiple supply chain solutions, with global customers. Balaji’s current responsibility provides him the opportunity to provide services to clients to enhance profitability of manufacturing operations across verticals ATUL KUMAR, Group President and Chief Technology Officer, Global Steel GroupAtul Kumar leads the Technology and Automation functions in Global Steel Group and is responsible for strategy, advisory, transformation, change management, governance, delivery, innovation, and infrastructure. He also oversees the application support teams for group’s business, operations, and technology excellence functions. Atul Kumar prior to his present assignment has over two decades of global leadership that include various senior positions such as group leader at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Chief Operating Officer at GATI Intellect Systems, Corporate General Manager, DLF Group, and Manager, Management Services SAIL. Atul Kumar, is a graduate mechanical engineer and hold masters degrees from Indian School of Mines and an MS in Design & Management of Information Systems from London School of Economics K.S.Krishna Kumar, General Manager EPS Division, Ramco SystemsKrishnakumar heading the Enterprise Process Solutions division takes the responsibility of business development, and development of the solutions for customers across verticals including electric power, metals & mining, and chemicals. He is responsible for both domestic and international markets for Ramco. Krishnakumar understands both automation and enterprise systems having dealt with all automation systems during his career span of over 23 years and now carries this domain expertise into plant manufacturing systems solutions Toni Kymäläinen, Product Manager cpmPlus Energy Manager, ABB Toni has more than 10 years experience of energy management systems especially in Pulp&Paper and steel industries. He has held a number of positions including customer project implementation, software development and product management. He holds degree in Master of Science in Energy Technology from the Lappeenranta University of Technology Alok Chandna, Business Manager Automation Solutions & New Business Development, Schneider-ElectricAlok has over 18 years of experience in the field of automation & control and has worked widely in areas of field instrumentation and control systems, Supervisory control, and DACs besides network connectivity at the device, control and enterprise level. In his present assignment at Schneider Electric India, he is responsible for development of automation Business including solutions & markets, channels, open architecture solutions, and communications of the automation solution business operations in India Paramananda Choudhury, Business Manager Logix and View, Rockwell AutomationParamananda is presently responsible for the Controls and Visualization business of Rockwell Automation in India. He has been involved with the manufacturing sector for 8 years and over 9 years in the industrial automation industry. Paramananda was deeply involved in the areas of process control and process safety in his previous stint at Yokogawa. While in Rockwell Automation has been involved in the promotion of the concept of Plant Wide Control amongst end users and equipment manufacturers Tamir Gotfried, Director of Global Partners and Channels, STARLIMS CorporationTamir serves as global head of partner relationships at STARLIMS, managing the company’s relations with its sales channels in 40 countries. Working with technology integrators, Tamir helps design harmonized solutions that serve the technology and business needs of Fortune 500 manufacturing customers. Typical projects address the needs of pharmaceutical, forensic, clinical, and public health organizations, and integrate STARLIMS’s unified laboratory informatics platform with world leading ERP, MES, and Automation Control systems. Tamir holds an MBA and a degree in industrial and systems engineering Philip Bhaskar, Chief Manager (Process Engineering), Chennai Petroleum CorporationPhilip has over 23 years of experience in the refining sector and has been greatly involved in designing and implementation of Advanced Process Controls in several Indian refineries. This includes IOCL, BPCL, HPCL, and CPCL which together constitute a significant percentage of refining in India. Besides management of Auto Fuels Blending Optimization, he has expertise in Project Management of APC for real time process information system and LIMS in refinery space. Philip was the convener of “Center for High Technology” Activity Committee on APC for eight years and has been active presenting several papers in national and international seminars. Philip is a chemical engineer with Masters in Industrial Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras T Ramji, Senior Project Leader, Hindustan ZincRamji responsibility includes overseeing the Captive Power Plants in Dariba Smelter complex. His experience include working with the entire range of instrument and automation systems of several types including maxDNA, Experion, and GE-Fanuc. Ramji is a graduate engineer with specialization in Instrumentation and also holds a Post graduate Diploma in Thermal Plant Engineering from National Power Training Institute, Durgapur Prafulla D Mahulikar,Manager (Design),BHEL EDNPrafulla proficiency is in Turbine Controls design, with specialization in Turbine Governing Systems design and analog controls. He is instrumental in providing customized solutions for islanding and successfully demonstrated for power plants such as those in Hindustan Zinc Canderiya and Zawar; NALCO, Angul; JSL, Dubari; and Tata Power Project. Prafulla's also has expertise in TMR design for Turbine governing and protection systems. With a graduate engineer in the field of Electronics and Communication he also holds a Masters in Power Electronics About Russ Agrusa, ICONICS Founder/President/CEORuss Agrusa is the Founder, President and CEO of ICONICS, Inc., a leading software developer of OPC-enabled HMI/SCADA and other Web-enabled multimedia software applications for factory automation and manufacturing based on OPC standards. Agrusa has over 25 years of experience in managing software development of HMI/SCADA and control products for the Process Control and Data Acquisition industry. His career began at Westinghouse Electric Corporation, designing software systems for Fossil and Nuclear Power Plant control systems. He was instrumental in the development of Westinghouse Electric's first Distributed Control System (the WDPF) in the early 80's. He worked next at Foxboro Company, leading the HMI development of the "IA" Distributed Control System Surendrababu Simhadri, General Manager Projects, Hyderabad Metropolitan WSSBSurendra has over 30 years of experience leading his successfully through several projects over the last three decades at several positions. In his present capacity, he oversees crucial projects for HMWSSB and holds a vision for implementing new technologies to improve and optimize productivity particularly SCADA. He played a key role in getting funds sanctioned from JnNURAM for SCADA. This is the first time ever JnNURM has sanctioned funds for SCADA implementation and has set a technology trend in the Indian Water distribution and pumping sector. Surendra holds a Masters in Engineering technology Venkata Reddy Bommineni, Head Design Division & Water Technologies, IVRCLVenkata Reddy supports the company in pre and post tendering, detail engineering of civil, mechanical, process, electrical, and C&I activities aside of business development and project commissioning efforts. He has been involved in most of his company’s EPC projects. Venkata Reddy has also been responsible for building a design team. Prior to his assignment, he worked with Montgomery Watson Consultants and was involved in design of sewage treatments, water treatment plants and EIA studies. Venkata Reddy holds a masters in Engineering with specialization in Environment Planning from Center for Environment and Planning & Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad Susheela Venkataraman, Managing Director Internet Business Solutions Group, CiscoSusheela has close to 25 years of consulting experience with clients across several industries. In her present position, she is responsible for strategy consulting for key clients of Cisco. Susheela has been over the years assisting clients to realize superior business performance, working with them in areas ranging from strategy through to implementation. Prior to Cisco, she was partner at IBM Global Services; as partner Coopers & Lybrand / PricewaterCoopers; end-to-end system integration projects at ICIM; and at Digital Equipment India. Strategic process redesign, supply chain optimization, organizational performance management, CRM processes, and risk management are some of the key areas of her work over the years. Susheela holds an MS from IIT Delhi and an MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi Amit Bhargava, Associate Director Power & Nuclear, Invensys Process SystemsAmit comes with a wide range of international experience in operations, management, marketing, sales, professional services, and consulting having serve over a period of 18 years in electric power, oil & gas, and technology domains. Prior to his present position in IPS, Amit served as the Vice President, Business Dewvelopment in Rolta India Limited,as Head of Sales for Power and Water solutoins Division of Emerson Process Management, India, and stints in ABB and Siemens Amit Chadha, Senior Business Manager-Energy Efficiency, Schneider-ElectricAmit is responsible overall Energy Efficiency business including identification of the areas for Energy Efficiency & reliability improvement & support implementation of technically feasible solutions to bring Energy improvements in facilities. He has over 13 years of experience with expertise in areas that include energy efficiency & power quality services, applications & solutions across vertical industries such as building automation, data centers, cement, food & beverage, chemicals, and others. Amit has had the opportunity to assist several customers make recommendations to improve the reliability and efficient operation of their plant facilities Kantilal S Malwania, GM Instrumentation, Godrej IndustriesKS Malwania, has been with Godrej Industries over 13 years and even as he heads the Instrumentation department, is responsible for carrying out and overseeing execution of maintenance, plant modification and projects related to entire instrumentation. Of particular interest are his efforts in planning and implementing migration strategies of automation systems and solutions over the years of several vendors. Malwania began his career with ABS Plastics, and then with Lupin Agrochemicals prior to taking up his assignment with Godrej Industries. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation and Control Engineering Naveen Kumar Vashist, Business Development Manager Process Solutions, Rockwell Automation Asia PacificNavin is an Instrumentation and Control Engineer from Delhi Institute of Technology (1988-1992) and have 17 years of experience in the field of Process solution and sales combined with good domain knowledge of process control and instrumentation. He has joined Rockwell Automation since 2005 as Business Development manager for Manufacturing Process Solution group. Prior to that, he held various design engineering and sales positions of increasing responsibilities in India-based companies including MECON, KLG Systel and NECON. He has done Masters in Business Administration (MBA Part time) from Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University (1996-99) with specialization in marketing |
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Previous Attendees
The following companies were among those attending recent India Forums:
ABB
Abhijeet Industries
Acalmar Oils & Fats
ACC
Aditya Birla Management
Air Liquide Engineering India
Aker Kvaerner Powergas
APERC
APGENCO
APTRANSCO
Aquatherm Engineering
Aspentech India
Associated Capsules
Aurobindo Pharma
Automation Industry Assoc.
Avant-Garde
Axcend Automation
Bajaj Hindustan
Ballarpur Industries
Bayer CropScience
Bayer Material Science
BDMA
Beijing Hollysys
Bharat Aluminium
BHEL
Bhilai Steel Plant
Bhushan Strips and Steels
Binani Industries
Biocon
Bongaigaon Refinery & Petro
BPCL- Kochin Refineries
Cadbury India
Cadila Health Care
Cement Manufacturers' Assoc
Chemical Industry Digest
Center for Cellular &
Molecular Biology
Central Electricity Authority
Chennai Petroleum
Chettinad Cement Corp.
Chitale Dairy
Citect
Continental Energy Services
Central Power Research Inst.
Creative Power Engineers
Danfoss
Deepak Fertilisers
Deepak Nitrite
Defence Metallurgical
Research Laboratory
Director General of
Hydrocarbons
Doosan HF Controls
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
DRDL
DuPont Engineering
EID Parry India
El Forge
Electrical and Electronics
Emerson
Endress and Hauser
Engineers India
Enzen Global Solutions
Essar Chemical
Essar Constructions
Excel Consultancy
FLSmidth
GE Energy
Genting Lanco Power
German Technical
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Gland Pharma
GNFC
Godrej & Boyce
Grasim Nagda
Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals
Gujarat State Fertilizers &
Chemicals
Haldia Petro Chemicals
Heidelberg Cements
Hi Rel
Hindustan Lever
Honeywell
Honeywell Process Solutions
HPCL Vizag
IBM
ICB Technimont
IIIT-Bangalore
Indian Cane Power
Industry 2.0
Invensys
IOCL Mathura
IPCL
Ispat Industries
ITC Bhadrachalam
Jacobs
Jasubhai Digital Media
Jindal Stainless
Jindal Steel and Power
Jubilant Organosys
Kartapur Cold Storage
Kemotheraptik Drugs
Keshav Power
KM Sugar Mills
Karnataka Power Corporation
Kribhco, Surat
Krishak Bharati Cooperative
L & T
L & T - Heavy Engineering
L & T - S&L
L & T - Valdel
LANCO Infratech
LMW
M K Raju Consultants
M R F
M.N. Dastur & Company
Mahagenco – Chandrapur
MALCO
Masibus Automation &
Instrumentation
Mecgale Pneumatics
MECON
Metso Automation
Mishra Dhatu Nigam
Mitcon
MRPL
My Home Cement
MY HOME POWER
Nagarjuna Fertilizers and
Chemicals
Natco Pharma
National Aluminium Company
Nava Bharat Ventures
Ncon Turbo Tech
Nestlé India
NMCC
National Thermal Power Corp
Nutech Engineers
Oil India
ONGC
Oracle
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Paradeep Phosphates
Pfizer
Pidilite Industries
Piramal Enterprises
Ponni Sugars
Praj Industries
Raptron Semiconductors
RCF
Reliance Energy
Reliance Gas Transportation
Reliance Industries
Reliance Info Solution
Rockwell Automation
Rolta India Limited
Rourkela Steel Plant
Steel Authority of India
Saipem India Project Svcs
Salem Steel
Sampoorna
Sandoz
Sanghi Sez
SAP Labs India
Sarla Technologies
Satyam Computer Services
Schenectady Herdillia
Schneider Electric
SEARCH
Servilion Systems
Seshasayee Paper & Boards
Shri Chamundeswari Sugars
Shriram Fertilisers & Chemical
Siemens
Sierra Controls and
Instrumentation
Siemens Information Systems
SMS Pharma
SPB Consultants
Sree Rayalaseema Alkalies
and Allied Chemicals
Sunvik Steels
Supcon
Synchrono
Syspro
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consulting Engineers
Tata Motors
Tata Power
Tata Projects
Tata Steel
Tata Technologies
TB Woods
TechNova Imaging Systems
Torrent Power AEC
Ugar Sugars
UGS India
United Phosphorous
US Pharmacopia
Usha Martin
Vacon
Vasavdatta Cement
Vir Rubber Products
Vishay Components
Vizag Steel Plant
Volvo
VPS
VVF
Wintech
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