21-23 November 2025
Autocluster Exhibition Centre
Pune
Glimpses of Process & Factory Automation Summit Held in Pune
Theme: Achieving Profitable Manufacturing through Automation
Date & Day: Saturday, 23rd November 2024
Venue: Pune International Exhibition and Convention Centre, Moshi, Pune
Saturday, 23rd November 2024
09:00 AM – 09:45 AM
Registration and Arrival Tea/Coffee
09:45 AM – 10:15 AM
Welcome & Inaugural Ceremony
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM:
Opening Keynote Address
Theme: Making Money Through Smart Automation: Where Process Meets Factory
Theme: Making Money Through Smart Automation: Where Process Meets Factory
- How automation is changing manufacturing today
- Ways to make both process and factory automation work together
- Gajanan Patil – GM – Operations – Parag Milk Foods
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM:
Panel Discussion I
Theme: Making Energy-Heavy Industries and High-Precision Manufacturing More Profitable
Process Industries
- Using control systems to cut energy costs
- How digital copies of your plant can save money
- Smart ways to maintain equipment before it breaks
- Making your control room more efficient
Precision Manufacturing:
- Using robots to improve quality and speed
- Cutting waste in production
- Making complex assembly lines more efficient
- Using AI to spot defects early
Panelist:
- Ravindra Gugale – Senior GM (Central Purchase) – Tata AutoComp Systems
- Hemkant Yeole – DGM – Prototype Planning & Manufacturing – ERC – Tata Motors
- Avinash Shinde – Head Automation – Century Enka (Aditya Birla Group)
- Arun Kumar V – General Manager – Salcomp India
- Sabyasachi Mishra – Associate Vice President – Motherson Technology Services
- Sanjay Shekhawat – Co-Founder and CEO – Suchama AI
- Himanshu Jadhav – CEO – Jendamark India
- Nandakumar Sankar – Country Head – BuildSync
Moderator:
- Ruchika Sharma – GM – Manufacturing Functional Excellence – Cummins
12:00 PM – 01:15 PM:
Panel Discussion II
Theme: Boosting Profits in Consumer Goods and Life Sciences Manufacturing
Life Sciences & Food Production:
- Making batch production more efficient
- Following regulations while staying profitable
- Quick product changeovers without losing money
- Using automation to ensure product quality
Consumer Goods Manufacturing:
- Automating production lines step by step
- Handling different products on the same line
- Using collaborative robots to save costs
- Making packaging more efficient
Panelist:
- Atul Paratane – Chief of Operations – Mahindra Accelo
- Manjot Singh – Factory Head and Senior Operations Manager – ITC Limited
- Allhad Kulkarni – Global Head of Operations – Chitale Bandhu
- Vinay Shevade – Head – Operational Excellence – ACG World
- Subhabrata Ghosh – Head – EV & Battery – Reliance Infrastructure
- Amit Tyagi – Vice President – Business Development – Neilsoft Automation
- Ayush Agrawal – Manufacturing AI Innovator
Moderator:
- Nandkishor Boddu – Manufacturing and Automation Enthusiast
01:15 PM – 02:30 PM:
Workshop
Theme: Automating Your Operations: A Practical Guide to Process and Factory Automation
Host: Center for Industry 4.0 (C4I4 Lab) – An Ministry of Heavy Industries, GoI Initiative Subtopics Include:
Host: Center for Industry 4.0 (C4I4 Lab) – An Ministry of Heavy Industries, GoI Initiative Subtopics Include:
- How to check which parts of your business need automation
- Picking the right automation tools that fit your budget
- Making a step-by-step plan to automate your facility
- Measuring how much money you’re saving
- Getting your team ready for automation
- Avoiding common costly mistakes
- Krishna Bhojkar – Advisor – C4I4 Lab
02:30 PM – 02:35 PM:
Closing Remarks and Thank You
02:35 PM Onwards
Networking Lunch
Co-located Exhibitions –
Process Automation Expo (22-23-24 November 2024)
Factory Automation Expo (22-23-24 November 2024)
India Fastener Show (22-23-24 November 2024
For more details, contact Himanshu Bhardwaj at himanshu@futuremarketevents.com or +91-9999013311
