Programme

Mr. R. V. Ghumaste

Chief Guest
Managing Director, Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd.

Mr. Krishna Patel

Guest of Honour

Mr. Chetan Shah

Chairman
Ashapura Group, Mumbai

Mr. R. K. Saboo

Executive Director
Kores Group, Pune

Mr. R. V. Gumaste

Managing Director
Kirloskar Ferrous Ltd , Solapur

Mr. Kirshna Kumar Srinivasan

MD & CEO
Shriram Pistons & Rings Ltd , Ghaziabad

Mr. Prasad Chavare

Managing Director
Foseco India Ltd., Pune

Mr. Nishank Kumar Jain

Additional General Manager
Midhani

Mr. Manish Bhardwaj

Technical Advisor to Secretary
DRDO

Mr. Neeraj Borwankar

Joint GM
L&T Special Steels and Heavy Forgings Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Sachin Goel

Adani Defence & Aerospace

Inaugural Address

Mr. Saibal Sen

Chairman,
IIF – Western Region

IIF Initiatives for Non Ferrous Foundry Members

Mr. Sushil Sharma

President,
IIF

Guest Adress

Mr. Krishna Kumar Srinivasan

MD & CEO
Shriram Pistons & Rings Ltd , Ghaziabad

Mr. Kirshna Kumar Srinivasan

Managing Director & CEO
Shriram Pistons & Rings Ltd., Ghaziabad

Mr. Jitendra Lakhotia

CEO,
Akshar FOundry Pvt. Ltd; Pune

Mr. Manish Bhardwaj

Advisor to Chairman
DRDO

Mr. Vivek Joshi

President & CEO
Sunderam Clayton Limited

Mr. Rajesh Mishra

Managing Director,
Vulkan Technologies Pvt. Ltd; Pune

Mr. Vipul Shah

Director
Maverick Success Engg Technology

Mr. Rajendra Newadkar

Mentor,
IIF - NCTS

Advanced Industrial Robotic Automation In Indian Foundries

Mr. Yogesh Kumar

ED & COO
DiFACTO Robotics & Automation, Bengaluru

Mr. Vinod Aggarwal

Managing Director & CEO
VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd.

Role of AI in Foundry Operations - Cost Savings

Mr. Michael Nutt

Executive Vice President
Inductotherm Corp., USA

Smarter Furnaces, Stronger Foundries: How Vision AI is Transforming Metal Manufacturing

Mr. Harishankar Durairaj

Chief Technical Officer
SeeWise AI, Chennai

AI – Driven Process : Accelerating Casting Development

Dr. Himanshu Khandelwal

National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology , Ranchi

Mr. Bhushan Bhatt

Director
VEZAPP Solution LLP., Vadodara

Mr. Deepak Reddy

Managing Director
Nelcast Ltd., Chennai

Mr. Shrikrishna Kulkarni

Commodity Manager
John Deere India P. Ltd., Pune

Mr. Deepak Ghate

Star Pipes India Ltd., Rajkot

Mr. Vinay Doddamane

Director
Shanthala Spherocast Limited, Shivamogga

Mr. Vijay Menon

Managing Director
Menon & Menon Ltd. , Kolhapur

Net Zero Foundries Steps to Achieve Carbon Neutrality

Mr. C. H. Srinivas Reddy

Plant Head
Brakes India Ltd., Chennai

Driving Decarbonization and Circular Transformation in Indian Manufacturing

Mr. Kalpesh Gupta

VULKAN Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., Pune

Sustainability at Mesto Foundries

Mr. Vipul Patel

Manager HSE
Mesto India Private Limited , Ahmedabad

Using AI to drive Sustainability and Operational improvements in the Foundry Industry

Mr. Biju

Co-Founder
BACUTI Technologies India Private Limited, Chennai

Mr. A.M. Deshpande

Foundry Consultant, Kolhapur

"Low Emission" Furan No Bake Binder Systems and Running an Olivine Mono Sand system in Ester Cured No Bake

Mr. Christian Fourberg

Global Product Manager
HÜTTENES‑ALBERTUS Chemische Werke GmbH, Germany

Advanced Coating Technology for Next Generation In Castings

Mr. Jurgen Radstake

Global Product Manager – Coatings
FOSECO, UK

Development of Thermally Durable Bentonite for Foundry Application

Mr. Vijay Ghangale

Head Technical Services
Ashapura International Ltd., Mumbai

Mr. Sanjay Desai

Managing Director
RBD Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad

Innovative HPDC Aluminium Battery Housings

Mr. Claudio Mus

R&D Director
Endurance Overseas

Mr. Speaker from DRDO

Aluminium Scrap Recycling

Mr. Prakash Maladkar

Managing Director
AFECO Heating & Automation Pvt. Ltd., Kolhapur

Advanced Tooling Solutions for Stringent Quality in Next-Generation Components

Mr. Jayeshkumar Rathod

Sr. GM and Head Engineering Tooling
Godrej & Boycee Mfg Co. Ltd., Mumbai.

Lean Manufacturing (TPM Implementation in Die Casting Plant & Benefits)

Mr. Suraj Deshmukh

Vice President - TPM & Business Excellence
Sigma Electric Mfg. Corp., Pune

Role of Alloying Elements in Aluminium Castings

Mr. Sanjeev Tugatkar

Chairman & Managing Director
Ceraflux India Pvt Ltd., Kolhapur

Mr. Probal Sen

Hon. Secretory
IIF – Western Region

Mr. Rajendra Newadkar

Mentor
IIF - NCTS

Noval Processing Techniques and Applications of Austempered Ductile Iron at CMRDI

Prof. Adel Nofel

Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute , Egypt

Developing Inoculation Troubleshooting Process Excellence Roadmap

Mr. Ashok Vishwakarma

Group Managing Director
MPM Group, Nagpur

Achieving Required Mechanical properties in Thick Walled Ductile Iron Castings, a Case Study

Mr. Arif Vora

GM - Technical
Fitcast Founders and Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad

Case Study on Shrinkage Reduction in Ductile Iron

Mr. Swapan Kumar Biswas

Technical Manager
Elkem South East Asia P. Ltd., Mumbai

Dr. N. P. Sinha

Foundry Consultant

Status of Indian Foundry Industry

Mr. Sushil Sharma

President
The Institute of Indian Foundrymen, Kolkata

Status of US Foundry Industry

Gopi Ramanathan

Executive Vice President
SIGMA Corporation, USA

Status of Russian Foundry Industry

Prof. Andrew Dibrow

Russian Foundry Association , Russia

Actual Situation and Challenges for the Global Foundry Industry

Mr. José Javier González

General Secretary
World Foundry Organization

Status of South China Foundry Industry

Mr. Thomas Gao

China Foundry Association
China

Status of Egypt Foundry Industry

Prof. Adel Nofal

Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, Egypt

Status of European Foundry Industry

Mr. Thomas Fristch

CEO, Editor-in-Chief
Foundry Planet GmbH, Germany

Mr. Subodh Panchal

Managing Partner
Kastwel Foundries , Ahmedabad

Mr. Satyanarayana V.N.

Sales Director
DISA & SIMPSON, Bengaluru

Overcoming Operational Challenges in the Foundry

Mr. Sandeep Kulkarni

General Manager
Kolhapur Metals LLP, Kolhapur