Program Schedule

INTERNATIONAL TOLLING SUMMIT - 2025

12th and 13th August 2025 | JW Marriott, Pune
From Capability to Credibility: Transforming Indian Toolrooms

From	To		Programme (Tentative)
Day 1 - 12th August 2025
09:00 Hrs	09:45 Hrs	Registration & Hi Tea
09:45 Hrs	09:50 Hrs	Lamp Lighting
09:50 Hrs	09:55 Hrs	Welcome Address	Mr. Devaraya M Sheregar \| President \| TAGMA India
09:55 Hrs	10:10 Hrs	Chief Guest Address	Mr. Deepak Thukral - Executive Officer Supply Chain, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd
10:10 Hrs	10:25 Hrs	Guest of Honor Address	Mr. Guruprasad Biswal - CEO - Aerospace (Defence & Civil), Bharat Forge Ltd
10:25 Hrs	10:40 Hrs	Guest of Honor Address	Mr. Sundar R - Vice President - Function Lead - Procurement, Hyundai Motors India
10:40 Hrs	10:55 Hrs	Guest of Honor Address	Mr. Krishna Sudheendran - Scientist-C / Deputy Director, Production & General Engineering Department, Bureau of Indian Standards
10:55 Hrs	11:10 Hrs	Guest of Honor Address	Leader from MHI
11:10 Hrs	11:20 Hrs	Keynote Address	Mr. Gopalakrishnan T S - Director, Multiple Special Steel Pvt. Ltd
11:20 Hrs	11:30 Hrs	Vote of Thanks	Mr. D Shanmugasundaram \| Vice President \| TAGMA India
11:45 Hrs	12:00 Hrs	Overview of Tooling Industry	Ashim Sharma, Partner, Nomura Research Institute (NRI)
12:00 Hrs	12:55 Hrs	Panel Discussion	'How Automotive Transformation is Reshaping Tooling Need' Moderator: Mr. Nishant Kashyap — Editor, TAGMA Times & Consulting Editor, ETManufacturing Panelists: • Mr. Uday Narang — Founder & CEO, Omega Seiki • Mr. M G Padmanabha — Purchasing Quality and Technology (Plastics & Rubber), Bosch Limited • Mr. Santosh Kulkarni — Vice President, Bajaj Auto • Mr. Sumit Rathore — ME Head, TE Connectivity • Mr. Mittul Soni — MD, Nagata
12:55 Hrs	13:25 Hrs	Technical Session 1	'ALUMINIUM Alloys and its Versatility' — Mr. Sreeraj, Multiple Special Steel Pvt. Ltd
14:30 Hrs	14:55 Hrs	Fireside Chat	'Unlocking Opportunities: Tooling for the Growing Toy Manufacturing Industry' — Mr. Sobhit Singh, Founder, The Stone Sapphire
14:55 Hrs	15:15 Hrs	Technical Session 2	'Automation and Innovation for Die & Mould' — Mr. Tadashi Kasahara, General Manager, Advanced Robotics & Digitalization Business Unit, MAKINO ASIA Pte Ltd
15:15 Hrs	15:35 Hrs	Technical Session 3	'Processing High Performance Plastics with Hot Runner' — Mr. Horst-Werner Bremmer, Head of Technical Consulting & Sales, GÜNTHER Heisskanaltechnik
15:35 Hrs	15:55 Hrs	Technical Session 4	'Next-Gen Tooling: One-Stop Capital Machinery Solutions for High-Performance Moldmaking' — Mr. Venkatesan T, S&T Group
16:15 Hrs	16:40 Hrs	Fireside Chat	'Tooling for Precision and Performance: Evolving Needs in the Electrical Manufacturing Industry' — Mr. Dominic Savio, GM, Legrand
16:40 Hrs	17:35 Hrs	Panel Discussion	'Building a Resilient Tooling Ecosystem: The Case for Local Collaboration' Moderator: Mr. Amar Kulkarni — Global Product Evangelist, Polyworks Software India Pvt. Ltd Panelists: • Mr. Neel Mani — Head of Purchasing & Supplier Quality, KSPG Automotive India Pvt. Ltd. • Mr. Jayant Deshpande — Plant Head, Wilo Mather & Platt Pumps Pvt. Ltd • Mr. Satyabratha Das — Sr. GM, IAC International Automotive India Pvt. Ltd • Mr. Raj Singh — Director, Eqic Dies & Moulds Engineers Pvt. Ltd
17:35 Hrs	17:40 Hrs	Closing Remarks	Mr. D Shanmugasundaram \| Vice President \| TAGMA India
18:30 Hrs	19:00 Hrs	Felicitation of Industry Stalwarts
Day 2 - 13th August 2025
09:30 Hrs	10:00 Hrs	Registration & Hi Tea
10:00 Hrs	10:05 Hrs	Opening Remarks	Mr. D Shanmugasundaram \| Vice President \| TAGMA India
10:05 Hrs	10:25 Hrs	Keynote Address	Mr. Aman Bhatnagar — President, Engineering Plastics Division, TAFE
10:25 Hrs	10:45 Hrs	Technical Session 1	'Updating list of European Tool Steel Mills & their Product range, BIS Certified' — Mr. Pratheek, Multiple Special Steel Pvt. Ltd
10:45 Hrs	11:40 Hrs	Panel Discussion	'Elevating Indian Tooling for Global Competitiveness' Moderator: Mr. Daniel Raravi — Director - Marketing & Strategic Initiatives, Mastercam India Panelists: • Mr. Ravindra T Gugale — SR GM, TATA Autocomp • Mr. Roopal Deoghare — Dy. General Manager, Mahindra & Mahindra • Mr. Stephen Babu — Vice President, Business Development, SFO Technologies • Mr. Opinder Singh — Founder & Managing Director, OM Galaxy Limited • Mr. Sanjay Chavre — Advisor, TAGMA India
11:40 Hrs	12:00 Hrs	Hi-Tea Break
12:00 Hrs	12:20 Hrs	Technical Session 3	'Made In India Steel for Automotive Plastic Moulds' — Mr. Surendiren Venkataramani (L & T Special Steels & Heavy Forging Ltd); Mr. Ashish Bhansali (BMSS Steel Industries Pvt Ltd)
12:20 Hrs	12:40 Hrs	Technical Session 4	'Intelligent Tool Room Evolution' — Mr. Saravanakumar N, CEO, CAD MACRO
12:40 Hrs	13:00 Hrs	Fireside Chat	'Tooling Opportunities and Challenges in the Aerospace Industry' — Mr. Venkatesh Mudragalla, Co-founder & COO, Jeh Aerospace
13:00 Hrs	14:00 Hrs	Panel Discussion	'Smart Tooling: Accelerating Technology Adoption in Indian Toolrooms' Moderator: Mr. Steffen Domay — Head of Global Product Management, FIBRO (Moderator) Panelists: • Ms. Sandhya Pandey — Site Director, Philips India • Mr. Anand Wankhede — Sr GM - Tooling, Schneider Electric India Pvt Ltd • Mr. Gopal Kabra — Director, VEM Tooling India Pvt Ltd • Mr. Mohit Narayan — Deputy General Manager, Force Motors Limited
14:00 Hrs	14:55 Hrs	Lunch
14:55 Hrs	15:15 Hrs	Technical Session 5	'Elevating Tooling Standards with Scientific Injection Molding' — Mr. Subhash Ellath, One Hundred Technologies
15:15 Hrs	15:35 Hrs	Technical Session 6	'How the Dies for Hot Forming are Different?' — Mr. Avinash Khare
15:35 Hrs	15:55 Hrs	Technical Session 7	Mr. Subhash Araksali
15:55 Hrs	16:15 Hrs	Lucky Draw
16:15 Hrs	16:20 Hrs	Closing Remarks

INTERNATIONAL TOLLING SUMMIT - 2025

12th and 13th August 2025 | JW Marriott, PuneFrom Capability to Credibility: Transforming Indian Toolrooms

12th and 13th August 2025 | JW Marriott, Pune
From Capability to Credibility: Transforming Indian Toolrooms