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Automotive Forum 2017
Upcoming Major Events
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All roads in Chennai on June 7th 2017 led to The Westin Chennai Velachery where Autocar Professional along with SAEINDIA held The Automotive Forum on ‘Growth Through Smarter Manufacturing and Simulation’. It was all about the Connected Shop Floor of the future, of Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things (IoT) and newgeneration technologies like 3D printing. The event is of seminars and Key note addresses.
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The event started by the Keynote address by Mr.
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Vinod Dasari, CEO and MD, Ashok Leyland, who is
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After him Mr. Jeffrey Brennan, CMO, Altair Engineering Inc. USA, said, “Industry is witnessing a simulation-driven innovation revolution and simulation has become a driver of design today. He was followed by Mr. Kanwaljeet Singh Virk, Brand Head – DELMIA, Value Solutions, who spoke about the 3D experience and the dynamic benefits it can bring users. Finally Mr. Rajiv Bajaj, MD, Stratasys India, who is leading the company’s 3D printing business in the region who brought the session to end.
also president of SIAM as well as ARAI, alluded to the Automotive Mission Plan 2026 which aims to
Afternoon session began with a Keynote
propel India into the top 3 markets in the world for
address by Dr.V. Sumantran, Chairman of Celeris
engineering, manufacture and export of vehicles
Technologies spoke on the new disruptive age,
and components, and will encompass safe,
the impact on the automotive industry and the
efficient,
for
role of advanced technologies. According to
affordable mobility of people and transportation of
him, the disruptive elements for the industry
goods, comparable with global standards, growing
today are three key things — electrified, shared,
in value to over 12 percent of India’s GDP and
and intelligent/autonomous capability.
environment-friendly
conditions
generating an additional 65 million jobs. Summing up, he said the present time is India’s chance to
Session 2 was started by Dr. Sathya Prasad
drive change in the manufacturing world which it
Mangalaramanan, VP, Ashok Leyland, who
can by leveraging innovation.
highlighted the major advantages of simulation for composites. Then Dr. T. Sundararajan, Sr.
In Session 1 was Mr.P. Kaniappan, MD, Wabco
GM – R&D, Wheels India, spoke on the evolving
India, said that, “Smart technology is transforming
requirement of light weighting materials.
industry and real-time process capability can be
Mr.Sarangarajan, TAFE was also in the panel.
monitored by Industry 4.0. Mr. Dattatreya Gaur,
The event came to end with the speech of Mr.
VP, Robert Bosch India said that, “Digitalization is
Padmesh Mandloi, Sr. Tech. Account Manager,
hugely impacting all our 4 business divisions to
ANSYS, who said how the company's simulation
make manufacturing better.
platform is an enabler for auto components.