Festival of Manufacturing

21st March, 2025 | Yashwantrao Chavan Centre, Nariman Point, Mumbai

Empowering India's Manufacturing Ecosystem: Driving Skill, Scale, and Sustainability

Overview

The Festival of Manufacturing 2025

Empowering India's Manufacturing Ecosystem: Driving Skill, Scale, and Sustainability

The Festival of Manufacturing hosted by the Times Group returns with its third edition in Mumbai, highlighting Maharashtra’s vital role in India’s industrial future. With the theme "Empowering India’s Manufacturing Ecosystem: Maharashtra’s Role in Skill, Scale, and Sustainability," the event emphasises the state's commitment to innovation, sustainable growth, and skill development. Maharashtra has long been a leader in various sectors, including automotive, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, and IT. The Maharashtra Industrial Policy 2020 has created a favourable environment for businesses, attracting domestic and foreign investments and solidifying its status as an industrial powerhouse.

The Festival of Manufacturing 2025 will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders to explore Maharashtra’s industrial vision. By balancing local focus with global ambitions, Maharashtra aims to be a key player in India’s manufacturing revolution, setting standards for innovation and sustainability.

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About Festival of Manufacturing

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.

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Brand Ambassadors

Lenny Abrao

Managing Director, Abrao Group

Shri. Atul D. Rane

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

Shri RK Singh

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

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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(South & East)

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Richa Jain

(South & East)

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(West & North)

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