Festival of Manufacturing

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Overview

The Festival of Manufacturing 2024

Celebrating 10 Years of Make In India

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The Festival of Manufacturing seeks to celebrate 10 years of Make in India to showcase the remarkable progress made in the last decade, highlight success stories, and chart the way forward for India's manufacturing sector. The Festival of Manufacturing is all set to take centre stage in Delhi, India, in March 2024. The one-and-a-half-day event is poised to be a grand gathering of the best and brightest minds of the fraternity who will celebrate India’s vibrant manufacturing sector while enabling meaningful discussions and deliberations to step up India’s game on a global level.

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The Festival of Manufacturing - The Platform

India’s manufacturing sector, through the years, has managed to set a tone for innovation and has today become the most sought-after destination for foreign investments in manufacturing. Adding to it, Hon’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi-launched programmes, ‘Make in India’ and ‘Make for India’ have given Indian manufacturing well-deserved global recognition. What lacks today is a dedicated day to celebrate the accomplishments of Indian manufacturing. The Festival of Manufacturing, an initiative by The Times Group, will bring together manufacturing plants across India to recognise, celebrate, and monumentalise India’s manufacturing sector. The event will bring together conglomerates, MSMEs, start-ups, associations, financial, R&D, and educational institutions under one umbrella to celebrate India’s proliferating manufacturing sector.

Inspiring Stories

Tales of resilience, hope, and triumph

Agenda

09:00 - 10:00
Registration and Networking
10:00 - 10:05
Inauguration of The Festival of Manufacturing by

Shri RK Singh, Union Minister, Ministry of Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India and Shri Atul Dinkar Rane, OS & Director General, BrahMos, DRDO and CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace and other dignitaries followed by National Anthem

10:05 - 10:10
Lamp lighting by
  • Shri RK Singh, Union Minister, Ministry of Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India
  • Shri Atul Dinkar Rane, OS & Director General, BrahMos, DRDO and CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace
  • Ankush Khanna, Director – Commercial Marketing (South Asia Pacific), ExxonMobil Lubricants Private Limited
  • TK Ramesh, Managing Director, Ace Designers Group
10:10 - 10:15
Welcome address: Rahul Kamat, Editor – B2B Division, Worldwide Media, The Times Group
10:15 - 10:25
Keynote address: Ankush Khanna, Director – Commercial Marketing (South Asia Pacific), ExxonMobil Lubricants Private Limited
10:25 - 10:55
Chief Guest Address: Shri RK Singh, Union Minister, Ministry of Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India
10:55 - 11:15
Guest of Honour Address: Shri Atul Dinkar Rane, OS & Director General, BrahMos, DRDO and CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace
11:15 - 12:00
Opening Panel: A Decade of Make in India: Achievements, Challenges, and Lessons Learned
  • N Venu, Managing Director & CEO, Hitachi Energy - India and South Asia
  • Prashanth Doreswamy, President and CEO, Continental India
  • Arun Shukla, President and Director, JK Lakshmi Cement
  • Ankush Khanna, Director – Commercial Marketing (South Asia Pacific), ExxonMobil Lubricants Private Limited
  • TK Ramesh, Managing Director, Ace Designers Group
  • Ravi Kumar Kanakarajan, Director - Product Management, Lenovo
  • Claudio Maffioletti, CEO and Secretary General, Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Moderator: Rahul Kamat, Editor – B2B Division, Worldwide Media, The Times Group

12:00 - 12:40
Guest of Honour Address: Dr Gnanvatsal Swami, Mechanical Engineer, Spiritual Leader and Motivational Speaker
12:40 - 13:30
CEO Panel: Make in India 2.0: A CEO's Vision for the Next Decade
  • Mahesh Gupta, CMD, Kent RO
  • Ramashankar Pandey, CEO, Tata Green Batteries
  • Mihir V Shah, Executive Director & CFO, Vipul Organics Limited
  • Navanit Narayan, Whole-time Director and CEO, Haldia Petrochemicals Limited

Moderator: Vinit Goenka, Former Spokesperson BJP Delhi, Governing Council Member-CRIS, Author

13:30 - 14:20
NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK
14:20 - 15:10
Revolutionizing the Renewable Power Landscape: A Decade of Make in India
  • Srivatsan Iyer, Global CEO, Hero Future Energies
  • Preeti Bajaj, CEO & MD, Luminous Power Technologies
  • Raman Bhatia, Founder & Managing Director, Servotech Power Systems Ltd.
  • Amar Variawa, Vice President and Country Head, Vestas India
  • Rakesh Sarin, President, Suzlon
  • Rahul Bhutiani, Head- Marketing and Sales, Adani Solar

Moderator: Abhijeet Sinha, Technocrat, National Program Director, Ease of Doing Business; Project Director - NHEV, Ex- CAG

15:10 - 15:25
Special Address by: Lt Gen VG Khandare, Principal Advisor, Ministry of Defence
15:25 - 16:15
Panel Topic: Revolutionizing India the Aerospace and Defence Landscape: A Decade of Make in India
  • Amol Suryawanshi, Sr. Director – Operations, ideaForge
  • Col Rajneesh Ralli, Vice President - Growth Operations, Dhruva Space
  • Maneck Behram Kamdin, SPV and Business Head, Godrej Aerospace
  • Satyabrata Satapathy, CEO & Co-founder, BonV Aero
  • Yogesh Ramanathan, Founder & CEO, Vinata Aeromobility Pvt Ltd.
  • AKN Balaji, CEO, Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council (AASSC)
  • AK Kapoor, Outstanding Scientist & Director DRDO (Retired) & Emeritus Scientist
  • Smit Shah, President, Drone Federation of India

Moderator: Anagh Singh, Assistant Vice President, Invest India

16:15 - 17:05
Revolutionizing Manufacturing with Sustainability to achieve Net-Zero output across economic sectors
  • Vinod Kala, Founder, Emergent Ventures India (EVI)
  • Saurabh Palsania, President, Shree Cement Ltd
  • Narayan K Sreekumar, Associate Director - Electric Mobility Program, Shakti Foundation
  • Nishant Idnani, Managing Director, Vaultus Green Funding
  • Shantanu Sharma, General Manager - Brand Marketing, ExxonMobil Lubricants Private Limited
  • CS Sharma, Joint Director, Quality Council of India
  • Rohit Pathania, Lead, OMI Foundation

Moderator: Abhijeet Sinha, Technocrat, National Program Director, Ease of Doing Business; Project Director - NHEV, Ex- CAG

17:05 - 17:30
Felicitation of Best Brands and Champions of Manufacturing Winners by Padmashree Award Winner Ms Shital Mahajan
14:20 - 15:10
Panel Topic: Revolutionizing the Automotive Landscape: A Decade of Make in India
  • Uday Narang, Founder and Chairman, Omega Seiki Mobility and Anglian Omega Group
  • Siddhartha Bagri, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Pravaig Dynamics
  • Vinod Aggarwal, MD & CEO, VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd.
  • Shashank Srivastava, Senior Executive Officer, Marketing & Sales, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

Moderator: Avik Chattopadhyay, Co-founder & Partner, Expereal India

15:25 - 16:15
Revolutionizing the Construction Equipment Landscape: A Decade of Make in India
  • Sanjay Saxena, COO, SANY India and South Asia
  • Navneet Sethi, Executive Vice President – Operations, JCB
  • Shalabh Chaturvedi, MD, CASE Construction Equipment
  • Jalaj Gupta, Business Head, Mahindra CE

Moderator: Samir Bansal, General Manager, Off-Highway Research

 

16:15 - 17:05
Revolutionizing the Electric and Electronic Landscape: A Decade of Make in India
  • Vivek Yadav, Executive President, Havells
  • HS Bhatia, MD, Kelwon Electronics and Appliances Private Limited
  • Sushil Virmani, Managing Director, Best Power Equipments
  • Abhijit Vaish, Executive Director, Instapower Ltd.

Moderator: Nisha Shukla, Assistant Editor – B2B Division, Worldwide Media, The Times Group

Brand Ambassadors

Chief Guest

Shri RK Singh

Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India

Guest of Honour

Shri. Atul D. Rane

Outstanding Scientist and Director General (BrahMos), DRDO and CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace

Guest of Honour

Pujya Dr. Gnanvatsal Swami

Life Coach & Eminent Speaker, BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha

A K Kapoor

Outstanding Scientist & Director DRDO (Retired) & Emeritus Scientist

Abhijeet Sinha

Programme Director, Ease of Doing Business

Abhijit Rai Vaish

Executive Director, Instapower Ltd.

AKN Balaji

CEO, Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council (AASSC)

Amar Variawa

Vice President and Country Head, Vestas India

Anagh Singh

Assistant Vice President, Invest India

Ankush Khanna

Director – Commercial Marketing (South Asia Pacific), ExxonMobil Lubricants Private Limited

Arun Misra

CEO, Hindustan Zinc Limited

Arun Shukla

President & Director, JK Lakshmi Cement

Ashwin Agarwal

Managing Director, Kandui Industries Pvt. Ltd.

Avik Chattopadhyay

Auto Expert & Co-founder, Expereal

Claudio Maffioletti

CEO and Secretary General, Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

CS Sharma

Joint Director, Quality Council of India

H S Bhatia

Managing Director, Kelwon Electronics & Appliances Pvt. Ltd

Harish Chavan

CEO, Swaraj Tractors

Jalaj Gupta

Business Head, Mahindra CE

Kamal Bali

President & MD, Volvo Group, India

Kamal Vashisht

Head Strategy & BD, TVS Electronics

Luca Matteucci

Managing Director, Marposs India

Dr. Mahesh Gupta

CMD, Kent RO Ltd.

Maneck Behramkamdin

SVP and Business Head, Godrej Aerospace

Miguel Gonzalez

Managing Director, ZEISS India

Mihir V Shah

Executive Director & CFO, Vipul Organics Limited

Narayan Kumar Sreekumar

Associate Director, Electric Mobility Program

Navanit Narayan

Whole-time Director and CEO of Haldia Petrochemicals Limited

Navneet Sethi

Executive Vice President – Operations, JCB India

Nikhil Mansukhani

Managing Director, MAN Industries (India) Ltd.

Nishant Idnani

Managing Director, Vaultus Green Funding

Prashanth Doreswamy

President and CEO, Continental India

Preeti Bajaj

CEO & MD, Luminous Power Technologies

Rahul Bhutiani

Head- Marketing and Sales, Adani Solar

Col. Rajneesh Ralli

Vice President - Growth Operations, Dhruva Space

Rakesh Sarin

President – Corporate Development, Suzlon Energy

Raman Bhatia

Founder & Managing Director, Servotech Power Systems Ltd.

Raman Mittal

Joint Managing Director, International Tractors Limited

Ramashankar Pandey

CEO, Tata Green Batteries

Ramesh Palagiri

MD and CEO, Wirtgen India Private Limited

Ravi Kumar Kanakarajan

Director - Product Management, Lenovo

Samir Bansal

General Manager, Off-Highway Research

Sanjay Saxena

COO, Sany India and South Asia

Sanjaya Mariwala

Executive Chairman & Managing Director, OmniActive Health Technologies & President, Association of Herbal and Nutraceutical Manufacturers of India (AHNMI)

Satyabrata Satapathy

CEO & Co-founder, BonV Aero

Saurabh Palsania

President, Shree Cement Ltd.

Shalabh Chaturvedi

Managing Director, CASE Construction Equipment, India & SAARC

Shashank Srivastava

Senior Executive Officer, Marketing & Sales, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

Shreegopal Kabra

Managing Director & Group President, RR Global

Siddhartha Bagri

Founder, Chairman and CEO, Pravaig Dynamics

Smit Shah

President, Drone Federation of India

Srivatsan Iyer

Global CEO, Hero Future Energies

Sushil Virmani

Managing Director, Best Power Equipments (BPE)

T K Ramesh

Managing Director, Ace Designers Ltd.

Uday Narang

Founder and Chairman, Omega Seiki Mobility and Anglian Omega Group

Venu Nuguri

Managing Director & CEO, Hitachi Energy in India and South Asia

Lt Gen, VG Khandare

Principal Advisor, Ministry of Defence

Vinit Goenka

Former Spokesperson BJP Delhi, Governing Council Member-CRIS, Author

Vinod Aggarwal

MD & CEO, VE Commercial Vehicles Limited (VECV)

Vinod Kala

Founder, Emergent Ventures India (EVI)

Vipin Rana

CEO, ExxonMobil Lubricants Private Limited

Vipul Joshi

Chief Financial Officer, IdeaForge

Vivek Yadav

Executive Vice President, Havells India

Yogesh Ramanathan

CEO and Founder, Vinata Aeromobility

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Supporting Partners
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Association Partners

Contact Us

For partnerships opportunities

Mahadev B.

Assistant Vice President – B2B Division,
Worldwide Media

mahadev.b@wwm.co.in +91 944 848 3475
Ranjan Haldar

Deputy General Manager, B2B,
Worldwide Media

ranjan.haldar@wwm.co.in +91 916 726 7474

For Speaker

Rahul Kamat

Editor, B2B,
Worldwide Media

rahul.kamat@wwm.co.in +91 989 261 2075
Nisha Shukla

Assistant Editor, B2B,
Worldwide Media

nisha.shukla@wwm.co.in +91 883 011 6335

For DELEGATES

Shubham Jadhav

Senior Executive - Delegate Acquisition, B2B,
Worldwide Media

shubham.jadhav@wwm.co.in +91 922 624 4676
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