Industry Day 2019, in its third annual edition, aims to harness and promote the power of Industry-Academia collaborations and showcase cutting edge technology development being conducted by our research community in the pursuit to deliver impactful techno-social and techno-commercial solutions with a global approach.
IIT Delhi is proud to be selected as an Institution of Eminence (IoE) by the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry, Government of India. We are the #1 Unicorn producer in India with a rich history of producing leaders, who have fueled innovation globally. We enjoy strong ties with our leading Industry partners, and our talented community is successfully working with over 200 corporates towards furnishing effective technical solutions our nation yearns and create an ecosystem to drive innovation from concept to masses. We are committed to continually blaze a more radical and transformational path towards a better future for all through continuous improvement to our learning model, active industry engagement, frugal innovation solutions, social inclusion and determination to create a positive change.
Lecture Hall Complex
IIT DELHI, Hauz Khas, Delhi, India.
0800 - 1730 Hrs
Saturday, 21st September, 2019
Vice President, Tata Steel Ltd.
Vice President, Tata Steel Ltd.
Dr Debashish Bhattacharjee completed B.E. in Metallurgical Engineering from Jadavpur University in 1986, M. Tech in Metallurgy from IIT Kanpur in 1989 and PhD in Materials Science & Metallurgy from University of Cambridge, UK in 1993.
He joined Tata Steel in the R&D function in 1996 and headed the function as Chief Research & Development and Scientific Services between 2002 and 2009. In 2009, he was seconded to Tata Steel Europe as Group Director Research, Development & Technology for Tata Steel Group. Dr Bhattacharjee is an expert in development of materials and associated technologies. He has more than 50 international peer reviewed journal publications and 20 patents.
Dr Bhattacharjee is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and of the Indian Institute of Metals. He is Visiting Professor at the Imperial College London, at the University of Warwick, UK, and at the University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China.
Currently he is Vice President Technology & New Materials Business, Tata Steel based in Kolkata. Dr Bhattacharjee’s hobbies include playing cricket and acting in plays.
Country President & MD, Applied Materials, India
Country President & MD, Applied Materials, India
Srinivas Satya is president and managing director of Applied Materials India Pvt. and an appointed vice president for Applied Materials, Inc. Srinivas leads an organization of more than 3000 employees and has been with Applied for over 20 years, holding a variety of technical and customer-facing positions of increasing responsibility in various business units in semiconductor and energy business segments, as well as roles in Finance and Corporate Business Development, where he drove a number of successful acquisitions and external investments.
Srinivas is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds an MBA degree from the University of Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. He received his bachelor of technology degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, and his master of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Director – Strategic Collaboration, GE Aviation Engineering, India.
Director – Strategic Collaboration, GE Aviation Engineering, India.
Arvind Rao is the Director – Strategic collaboration for the engineering team in India for GE Aviation. He is responsible for forging strategic collaborations with Academia, governments and industries in areas of mutual interest for GE Aviation in India.
Arvind joined GE Aviation in 2003 and held leadership roles with increasing responsibilities since then. Arvind is an expert in combustion aero design and has personally worked and supervised teams in development of combustors for products like GEnx, LEAP and GE9X. Arvind also led teams in the area of engineering tools & methods development and in providing engineering support for fielded engines. He led several successful projects with premier universities and national labs in India for collaborative research & development.
Arvind received his bachelor’s degree from K. K. Wagh CoE, Nashik and his master’s degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
Arvind is married to Shilpa and they have a daughter, Aadhya. He is an avid nature lover and enjoys photographing birds and animals.
GE Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of jet engines, components and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. GE Aviation has a global service network to support these offerings.
President & Managing Director, MG Motor India
President & Managing Director, MG Motor India
Rajeev Chaba is the President and Managing Director of MG Motor India, the India unit of the iconic Morris Garages brand.
Over the course of his career, Mr Chaba has held various senior positions with top global automotive brands such as GM across multiple international markets. In 2005, he was the President & MD of GM in India. He has also served as the VP of Marketing & Sales at Shanghai-General Motors (SGM) in China and as the Chairman & MD for GM in North Africa & Egypt. Mr Chaba started his career with Eicher Motors in 1990 after completing his Masters' degree from IIM Bangalore. His last assignments include Global COO at Vanguard Logistics, USA, and Operating Partner at UK-based private equity firm ManCapital.
Commercial Counsellor, Country Manager India at Business Finland
Commercial Counsellor, Country Manager India at Business Finland
Dr Jukka Holappa is a pharma professional with R&D, regulatory, business development, in- and out-licensing and retail experience. As an innovative, experienced and brutally honest dealmaker, Dr Holappa knows how to juggle between parties in order to make business deals happen in the healthcare space. He has been buying and selling pharmaceuticals, medical devices, food supplements, technologies and all kinds of pharmaceutical services globally.
After extensive career in the healthcare industry, Dr Holappa now heads Business Finland in India. He is responsible of Export Finland, Invest in Finland, Visit Finland and Innovation funding activities in India.
Senior VP, Head, Reliance Technology Group, Vadodara
Senior VP, Head, Reliance Technology Group, Vadodara
36 years experience in research and development in chemicals and petrochemical. Leading R&D teams for last two decades. Developed 50 and commercialised 16 technologies. Published 300 research articles.More than 150 granted patents. Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering; Fellow Indian National Academy of Sciences; Fellow, Gujarat Science Academy.
Sr. Director & Head- Health Systems, Philips
Sr. Director & Head- Health Systems, Philips
Ravi Ramaswamy heads the Health Systems team at the Philips Innovation Campus at Bangalore, India. He also leads the New Business Creation Hub based out of Bangalore, which interfaces with specific Markets to support their growth ambitions. In addition to product development for the developed world, he is also deeply involved in creating products and solutions for the underserved segment in emerging geographies. The solutions are on par with international standards of quality as also affordable. Ravi is a member of the Management team of PIC.
Ravi completed his Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 1982and then Masters in Engineering Management in 1990. He started his career with L&T in 1982, then moved on to GE in 2000 and then to Philips in 2010. His experience covers R&D, Operations, Finance, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Product Management and General Management. He has also worked in several domains like Computer peripherals, Consumer electronics, Defence electronics, Telecommunications, Medical electronics and IT environments.
Ravi has been a task force member of several Government committees at the Central and State level. He is a regular speaker in Indian / International Conferences on Healthcare. He evangelizes Healthcare in the print and Digital media. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers (India), Fellow, HITLAB USA and a Senior Member of IEEE.
| Event Details | Time |
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| Registration & Breakfast | 0800-0900 |
| Inaugural and Plenary Session | 0900-1000 |
| Parallel Theme Session 1 | 1000-1130 |
| Networking & Research Cafe | 1130-1230 |
| Women in Science | 1130-1230 |
| Poster Presentations | 1230-1430 |
| Lunch | 1230-1430 |
| Parallel Theme Session 2 | 1430-1600 |
| Panel Discussion on Deep Tech Startups in India | 1600-1700 |
| Awards and Vote of Thanks | |
| Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi | 1700-1730 |
| Prof. Anurag S Rathore, Dean Corporate Relations, IIT Delhi | |
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| Thematic Agenda_Clean Energy for Sustainable Economy and Environment | |
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| Theme Session 1 (1000-1130) | |
| Welcome Note | |
| 1000 - 1010 | K.K.Pant, Dept. of Chemical Engg |
| Key Note address: Fuel Cell, Alternative Energy | |
| 1010 - 1025 | M.S.Unnikrishnan, MD and CEO, Thermax Limited |
| Future of Alternative Energy | |
| 1025-1040 | R.V.Jasra, Senior Vice President, R&D,Reliance Industries |
| 1040 - 1055 | Klaus KÄNSÄLÄ, Principal Scientist, Industrial IoT/Smart Energy/VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Haldor Topsoe India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Panel Discussion on Challenges & Opportunities for Future | |
| 1055 - 1130 | R.V.Jasra, Senior Vice President, R&D,Reliance Industries |
| Bharat L. Newalkar, Chief Manager (R&D), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited | |
| Jaswant Singh, General Manager-Research and Development at Haldor Topsoe India Pvt Ltd |
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| Parivesh Chugh, GM (R&D), GAIL | |
| Sukumar Mishra, Dept. of Electrical Engg. | |
| Theme Session 2 (14:50 - 15:20) | |
| 1430 - 1450 | S.Katti, Director General, ONGC Energy Centre |
| 1450 - 1510 | Raju Chopra, Head of Department, HDP Catalyst and Technology Licensing, Haldor Topsoe India Pvt. Ltd., |
| Clean Energy and Applications | |
| 1510 - 1530 | Sanjukta Subudhi, Senior Fellow, DBT-TERI Center of Excellence in Advanced Biofuel and Biocommodities & Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology Division |
| Awards and Concluding Note | |
| 1530-1555 | Best Poster Presentation - Students |
| 1555-1600 | K.K.Pant, Dept. of Chemical Engg |
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| Thematic Agenda_Sustainable Medical Technologies | |
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| Theme Session 1 (1000-1130) | |
| Naresh Bhatnagar - Dept. of Mechanical Engineering | 1000 - 1025 |
| Randeep Guleria - Director, AIIMS | 1030 - 1100 |
| Jukka Holappa, Country Head, Business Finland | 1100 - 1130 |
| Theme Session 2 (1430-1600) | |
| Jitendar Sharma, CEO & EX MD, AMTZ | 1430 - 1450 |
| Dieter Mairhörmann, Product Line Manager, Coherent Lasers | 1450 - 1510 |
| Panel Discussion | 15:10 - 15:50 |
| Guruprasad Rao, Director, Imaginarium | |
| Jajal Medical, Founder & CEO - Ketan Jajal | |
| Wrig Nanosystems, MD - Ambar Srivastava | |
| Philips, Sr. Director & Head - Health Systems - Ravi Ramaswamy | |
| Innvolution Healthcare, MD - Gaurav Agarwal | |
| AiMeD, Forum Coordinator - Rajiv Nath | |
| Best Poster Presentation | 1550 - 1600 |
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| Thematic Agenda_Sustainable Environment | |
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| Theme Session 1 (1000-1130) | |
| Welcome Note | |
| 1000 - 1003 | A. K. Gosain, Dept. of Civil Engg. |
| Water Security | |
| 1003 - 1010 | Dhanya C T, Dept. of Civil Engg. |
| 1010 - 1030 | Shashi Shekhar, Ex-Secretary Ministry of Water Resources, GoI |
| 1030 - 1035 | Q&A |
| Waste Water Treatment | |
| 1035 - 1042 | T. R. Sreekrishnan, Biochemical Engg. and Biotechnology |
| 1042 - 1102 | Pawan Agarwal, Managing Director, Nainigroup |
| 1102 - 1122 | Rajneesh Chopra, Global Head – Business Development, VA Tech Wabag |
| 1122 - 1127 | Q&A |
| Concluding Note | |
| 1127 - 1130 | A. K. Gosain, Dept. of Civil Engg. |
| Theme Session 2 (1430-1600) | |
| Welcome Note | |
| 1430 - 1437 | Kavya Dashora, Center for Rural Development and Technology (CRDT) |
| Air Quality | |
| 1437 - 1447 | Sri Harsha Kota, Dept. of Civil Engg. |
| 1447 - 1507 | Ashutosh Saxena, Joint Director, National Council for Cement and Building Materials |
| Transportation | |
| 1507 - 1517 | Geetam Tiwari, Dept. of Civil Engg. |
| 1517 - 1537 | Ajai Mathur, Managing Director, Urban Mass Transit Company |
| Awards and Concluding Note | |
| 1537 - 1557 | Poster Presentation - Students |
| 1557 - 1600 | Kavya Dashora, Center for Rural Development and Technology (CRDT) |
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| Thematic Agenda_Emerging Nano & Advanced Materials | |
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| Theme Session 1 (1000-1130) | |
| Ashwini Kumar Agrawal, Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering | 1000 - 1005 |
| Madhusudan Singh, Dept. of Electrical Engg. | 1005 - 1025 |
| Srinivas Satya, Country President & MD, Applied Materials | 1030 - 1055 |
| Ganesh Srinivasan, CEO, Resil Chemicals | 1100 - 1125 |
| Theme Session 2 (1430-1600) | |
| Debashish Bhattacharjee, Vice President (Technology & New Materials Business), Tata Steel Ltd. |
1430 - 1455 |
| Ashish Lele, Head- Materials Division, Aditya Birla Group | 1500 - 1525 |
| Open mic discussion | 1530 - 1540 |
| Best Poster Presentation | 1545 - 1555 |
| Ashwini Kumar Agrawal, Dept. of Textile and Fibre Engg. | 1555 - 1600 |
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| Thematic Agenda_Make in India | |
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| Theme Session 1 (1000-1130) | |
| Welcome Note | |
| 1000 - 1010 | P.V.M. Rao, Dept. of Mechanical Engg. |
| Sensors, Instrument and IoT | |
| 1010 - 1040 | Ajit Manocha, President & CEO, SEMI |
| Subrat Kar, Dept. of Electrical Engg. | |
| Open Innovation and Make in India, Materials By Design | |
| 1040 - 1050 | Suneel TS, General Manager, Open Innovation, Tata Services |
| 1050 - 1100 | N. M. Anoop Krishnan, Dept. of Civil Engg. |
| Smart and Additive Manufacturing | |
| 1100 - 1115 | Arvind Rao, Director, Strategic Collaboration, GE Aviation |
| Sunil Jha, Dept. of Mechanical Engg. | |
| Startup Pitch and Concluding Note | |
| 1115 - 1130 | Make In India Startup Pitches |
| Harsh Mishra, Dept. of Management Studies | |
| Theme Session 2 (1430-1600) | |
| Welcome Note | |
| 1430 - 1440 | Shuchi Sinha, Dept. of Management Studies |
| 1440 - 1505 | Presentation & Discussion |
| 1505 - 1525 | Rajeev Chaba, President & MD, MG Motor India |
| B. K. Panigrahi, Dept. of Electrical Engg. | |
| Defence | |
| 1525 - 1545 | Mh Rahman, JATC Director, IIT Delhi |
| Naresh Bhatnagar, Dept. of Mechanical Engg. | |
| Awards and Concluding Note |
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| 1545 - 1600 | Best Poster Presentation - Students |
| Sitikanta Roy, Dept. of Applied Mechanics | |
Lecture Hall Complex,
IIT DELHI, Hauz Khas, Delhi, India.
