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 SAEINDIA Aerospace Activities

Background

SAE has had a long association with aerospace for over a hundred years. Back in 1916, the Society of Automobile Engineers, the
American Society of Aeronautic Engineers, the Society of Tractor Engineers and others interested in the growing mobility Industry
came together to form the “Society of Automotive Engineers”. The term “Automotive” was intended to represent any form of self-
propelled vehicle.

Today, SAE International has a thriving community of members from the Aerospace Industry, and a commanding position in the
area of Aerospace Standards with a high percentage of aerospace standards being maintained, managed and disseminated by
SAE International through various Aerospace Standards Technical Committees. SAE International also organizes various
aerospace specific activities for its members.

SAEINDIA, the largest strategic alliance partner of SAE International, SAEINDIA expanded into Aerospace in 2009 by
establishing the Aerospace Board on 17 December 2009. The timing of this expansion was driven by the emerging
unprecedented growth in the Aerospace Industry in India.

Aerospace in India

India has had an Aerospace Industry since 1940 when Hindustan Aircraft was created as a private company. Independent India
expanded aerospace activities by taking over the management of this company and creating Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, and
also establishing several key agencies such as the Defence Research and Development Organization, National Aerospace
Laboratories and Indian Space Research Organization. These agencies formed the core of Indian aerospace and were involved in
the development and manufacture of aerospace products during the 20th century.

With the advent of the 21st century, and the liberalization of the Indian economy, many private companies are able to operate in
the Indian Aerospace Industry and contribute to the global aerospace marketplace. Recent additions include multinational
companies (such as Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, Dassault, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, SAFRAN and United
Technologies Aerospace Systems), private Indian manufacturers (such as Godrej, Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra Aerospace, Tata
Advanced Systems Limited, and Tata Automation Limited), as well as engineering service providers (such as Cyient, HCL
Technologies, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, and Tech Mahindra). The prospect of emerging opportunities in the aerospace
sector has also spawned new educational programs at many colleges and universities.

The dramatic growth of the aerospace sector in India is driven by increasing demand on the civil aviation sector, the urgent need
for modernization on the defence sector, and policy changes introduced by the Government of India. At the present time, the sun
is shining brightly on the civil aviation sector in India. The advent of increasing economic prosperity (indicated by growth in the
GDP), and the increasing need for mobility of business personnel has led to a boom in India's civil aviation. Since 2007, many of
the airports have been modernized and today India has some of the most modern and efficient world-class airports. The number
of airlines and aircraft operating in the Indian skies has also increased significantly, and projections are that this will continue to
grow to meet the increasing demand. This, in turn, leads to a greater need for airport services as well as aircraft maintenance,
repair and overhaul facilities.

The Defence side of aerospace has also been growing dramatically in India. The Government of India has been pursuing a dual
approach to meeting the country's defence equipment needs. While many people talk about the need to develop indigenous
products (for India, by India), a more objective analysis shows that producing the variety of complex equipment needed will
require substantial upgrades to a broad spectrum of skills and capabilities in different areas such as R&D, engineering,
manufacturing, materials, infrastructure, etc.

The Government of India (through the Ministry of Defence) has defined the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 to simplify
the defence procurement procedure and to achieve the objective of self-reliance. There will be no offset clause in government-to-
government, single vendor and IGAs. Under the offset clause, foreign companies are required to invest part of their deal value in
the country and meant to improve domestic defence manufacturing. Indigenous Content of various categories has been increased
by 10%. This has been done to support the Make in India initiative. The recent changes to the Civil Aviation Policy and rules on
Foreign Direct Investment also are expected to influence the growth of the aerospace sector significantly.

Each of these avenues (civil aviation, indigenous products, products from MNCs, and policy changes) has led to new set of
opportunities for aerospace enthusiasts in India. These opportunities cut across the industry and will have a positive impact on
various elements of the Aerospace Industry.

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SAEINDIA Aerospace Forum

The Aerospace Forum (previously known as Aerospace Board) of SAEINDIA was created to engage and support this increasing
aerospace footprint in India. The Aerospace Forum was officially inaugurated on 17 December 2009, at a simple function in
Bangalore, with Dr. Bala Bharadvaj of Boeing as the chairman.

In subsequent months, the Aerospace Forum set about creating a team of dedicated individuals to represent a broad spectrum
of the industry, and defining the strategy and direction of this Board. This team defined the overall objective for the Aerospace
Board to “Develop a strong community of interest, leading to a healthy aerospace ecosystem in India.” This objective was
deliberately chosen to be broad since it was felt that the aerospace story was still unfolding and SAEINDIA should have the
flexibility to engage in a wide range of activities. These activities were grouped into the following areas:
— Assist with Education
— Provide opportunities for increasing Knowhow
— Increase access to Standards
— Increase awareness and influence of Policy
— Enable Networking.

These Objectives remain relevant even today, and continue to guide the activities of the Aerospace Forum.
The first event of the Aerospace Forum was held on 26 March 2010 at the National Aerospace Laboratories in Bangalore. It was
a highly successful event on multiple counts:
— Brought leaders from DPSUs, Government Labs, Indian industry, and MNCs together on the same platform
— Enabled active exchange of ideas
— Demonstrated the enthusiasm and willingness of the different groups to work together

Over the past decade, many events and activities have been organized by the Aerospace Forum – some independently, but
quite a few in collaboration with other like-minded groups. A selected list of these events is listed below:
— “Intelligent Asset Management” by Dr. Richard Greaves, at Bangalore (May 2011)
— “Value Management” by Dr. Edward J Hoffman from NASA, jointly with PMI (2011)
— “National Aerospace Conference & Exposition 2012” at Chennai, with Anna University (Aug 2012)
— New Vistas of Indian Aerospace & Defense” with Indo-French Chamber of Commerce (Feb 2013)
— “Standards workshop” conducted by SAE International in Bangalore and Hyderabad (June 2012)
— “Propel High with Project Management” conference, jointly with PMI India (July 2014)
— “International Workshop on Integrated Vehicle Health Management for Aerospace Applications” & International Technical
Committee meetings for HM-1& E-32 at Bangalore (Oct 2014)
— “Make In India - Transformational Driver for Aerospace & Defense” (July 2015)
— Blue Ribbon CXO Conclave in Bangalore (Sep 2015)
— Celebrating 5th Anniversary of formation of Aerospace Forum (Dec 2015)
— Various events in conjunction with the visit of Board of Directors of SAE International (Jan 2016)
— Contributing to “Skill India” initiative, working with KPMG (May-June 2016)
— Aerospace Then, Now and Future in Feb 2017.
— Systems Engineering for Prognostics and Health Management Systems on 30th May 2018.
— Digital Revolution In Aerospace & Defense Industry on 19th February 2019

As we look ahead, the Aerospace Forum has the potential to contribute to the aerospace ecosystem of India in several different
ways. Keeping this in mind, the Aerospace Forum is currently organized into the following focused teams:
— Membership & Recognition
— Academia & Faculty Development
— Professional Development Programs for Industry Members
— Events and Expositions
— Policy Development and External Collaboration

Summary
In summary, the Indian aerospace industry is poised to grow significantly in the years ahead. At the same time, there is need for
significant advances in skills and capability at various levels. With many Indian and multi-national organizations located in India,
there is a great opportunity for SAEINDIA to engage the aerospace professionals directly and in collaboration with other
organizations with similar objectives.

We look forward to greater participation from members, and expand our footprint in aerospace by welcoming new members

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Sponsors

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 AeroCON 2020 Theme

Technology has always been on the forefront for Aerospace Industry. It incubated, nurtured and
matured many advanced technologies from composites to advanced sensors to drones. Currently,
Aerospace Industry is flying through turbulence due to COVID 19 and is preparing to bounce back. It is
time to deliberate how aerospace ecosystem, from OEM to Operator to MRO to regulator, will meet
these challenges. India is now an emerging high valued hub of Global Aerospace Industry with its state
of art facilities, skills in disruptive technologies, engineering R&D centers, laboratories and modern
manufacturing facilities. India’s Aerospace Industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. While
globally the Aerospace and Defence Industry has been rapidly advancing with new technologies and
artificial intelligence, the Indian Government is also actively promoting indigenisation with cutting-edge
technologies by manufacturing them in the country under Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat.

SAEINDIA’s Aerospace Forum, in collaboration with SAE International, is conducting a premier

Aerospace Conference AeroCON 2020 on Nov 5&6, 2020. The overall theme of the conference is
“Flying through turbulence … Reimagining Aerospace Industry”. This conference aims at bringing
together aerospace professionals to discuss the challenges and identify opportunities during and post
COVID Era for the entire Aerospace Ecosystem. The conference provides a forum for the aerospace
community to discuss and debate on technology landscape, imperatives and its relevance in post
COVID era.

Due to COVID, this event is planned to be virtual and is from 5.00pm to 9.00pm IST on each day.
The conference is planned to have two business and two technology themes.
These are
Business Theme 1: Reimaging Aerospace Industry in Post Covid Era
Business Theme 2: Challenges and Opportunities for Safe and Sustainable Operations
Technology Theme 1: Technology Landscape in Post Covid Era
Technology Theme 2: Taking off … Disruptive technologies in Aerospace

Each of these themes will have one keynote session and one panel discussion. The keynote address
will be delivered by an expert aligning to the overall theme.

The panel discussion will have one moderator and four panel members. The panel discussion is aimed
at bringing multiple perspectives from each of the panel member sharing the learnings and best
practices driving towards key takeaways for the session.

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 CURTAIN RAISER
FOR

AeroCON
2020
As a prelude to the conference, a Curtain Raiser event was organized on 9th September 2020. The event had welcome
address by SAEINDIA President, Dr. Bala Bharadvaj, Managing Director, Boeing India Engineering and Technology
Center as well as Mr. Murli Iyer, Executive Global Advisor, SAE International.

Mr. Damodaran Subramanian, Managing Director, Safran Engineering Services and Chair, AeroCON 2020 Steering
Committee introduced AeroCON 2020, key theme of the conference and expectations.

The event had special address from Mr. A.S.Kiran Kumar, President AeSI and Former-Chairman ISRO. He reinforced that
AeroCON 2020 will bring key stakeholders from Aerospace (Commercial, Military, General and Unmanned Space)
industry, research institutions and Academia to exchange ideas and information on the latest technologies, trends and
expertise to reimagining the Aerospace industry in the turbulent times of COVID-19.

Mr. Sarbhpreet Singh Sawhney, Senior Representative – Asia-Pacific, Aviation Safety, Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) spoke about how FAA was integrating Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) into National Aerospace and also shared
perspective on UAS and COVID-19.

Mr. Javaji Munirathnam, Chair, Organizing Committee and Founder & CEO, Javaji Consulting, spoke about the panelists
and speakers lined up for the event and highlighted the collective experience of over 900 man years of the speakers. Dr.
G V V Ravikumar, Chair, Technical Committee and Associate Vice President & Head Advanced Engineering Group,
Infosys went through the detailed agenda for two days during the main event.

The event was complimentary and was streamed across multiple social media platforms and attended by over 1000
participants.

A recording of the event is available on YouTube

https://youtu.be/g4NirYixigg

https://youtu.be/pA8kjMJ0NOw

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 Message from President SAE International

Mr. Todd Zarfos

President, SAE International

I'm honoured to serve as your 2020 President of the SAE International. I would like to start off
by offering my thanks to some of the leaders who made this AeroCON 2020 possible. They
include Dr. Bala Bharadvaj President SAEINDIA, Mr. Damodaran Subramanian, Chair of the
AeroCON 2020 Steering Committee, Mr. J. Munirathnam, Chair of the AeroCON 2020
Organizing Committee and also the members of the Steering & Organizing Committees,
distinguished guest’s ladies and gentlemen.

As the president of SAE International I am seeing first-hand how the entire mobility Industry is
being impacted by the myriad of the destructive forces and how each is responding to every
imagined future. For example, the automotive industry sales forecasts for 2020 were
impacted significantly but we are already seen rebounds for strong forecast in nearly all
countries for 2021 and 2022.

What we are experiencing in the aerospace industry is not a singular or isolated event. In
fact, we are an eco-system and we can and are learning from one another. So how is
aerospace industry sector reimagining itself in a post-COVID era as the theme of AeroCON
so aptly states. One of the primary areas of focus has been on restoring confidence in the
flying public in commercial airplanes as being safe for travel.

Every year SAE International holds an AEROTECH America's Conference. SAE Aerotech is
the comprehensive global aviation event focussed on every facet of modern aircraft
development. We are happy to note that a similar conference series is getting started here in
India which is now a booming space sector in its own right.

There is a critical need for aerospace companies in this region to interact, exchange ideas
and collaborate in overcoming this challenging period. Also this sets the stage for a wider
participation in AeroCON and embarking on an active engagement of aerospace community
in the region. The aerospace industry is not alone all forms of mobility have been impacted
and looking to adapt and navigating towards each other.

This has been a very difficult year for all segments of mobility. But we're showing our
resilience in using the challenges to create solutions that will lead to a brighter future. To all
the AeroCON Organisers, participants and distinguished guests please accept my best
wishes for a successful virtual conference.

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 Message from Steering Committee, Chair

Mr. Damodaran Subramanian

Managing Director, SAFRAN Engineering Services, India

I have a great pleasure to write this note to introduce AeroCON 2020, a two-day technology exposition will be
followed by a sequel of events in the coming months.

AeroCON 2020 – conceptualized during the third quarter of 2019, SAEINDIA Aero forum members swung in
action since then to develop an event at par with any international Aeronautical conference. In our minds, the
synonymic model apparent was a flagship event AeroTECH conducted by SAE INTERNATIONAL.

We have decided to host this event in Bangalore, with the support and involvement from the Aero Industry
experts from other prominent cities like Hyderabad, Pune and Chennai. Unfortunately, due to the continued
COVID-19 pandemic we have decided and are adapting to new norms, to conduct this event completely
virtual. A event of this scale was a long term desire for the Aero-forum members with specific 3 main
objectives as outlined below:-

1. Creating awareness about the SAE organization to the Aeronautical community and increase the
memberships SAEINDIA with an affiliation from SAE INTERNATIONAL, has its heritage and core strength as
a technology consortium and standards organization for more than a century.

India is an emerging market as well a great place to accelerate the engineering process through its capacity.
To seize the above opportunities and challenges and convert this scenario to increase our footprint in India to
increase the aeronautical expertise

2.Increase the aerospace domain knowledge and skill quotient

● In India many aerospace, defense and space organizations exist, but it needed a forum for country’s Top
executives from the engineering organizations, Technical experts, Academicians, Students and researchers.
SAEINDIA with its wing of Aero Forum will bridge this gap, with its local and international members to nurture
the aerospace technical and domain skills.

● SAEINDIA Aero Forum is committed to creating a self-sustainable ecosystem in the country and AeroCON
2020 will be another contribution in this direction.

3.Help the community of practicing engineers, Academia and Students

AeroCON 2020 will also address how the organization who are affected by the current pandemic sustain, re-
imagine and rise. The Aerospace sector along with the Aviation Industry witnessed several challenges since
inception, Oil price hike, Geo-political disturbances, terror strikes and we strongly believe this will also pass
over.

To summarize this note, we strongly believe that AeroCON 2020, will be a successful event to pave a
stepping stone for developing strong aeronautical practices to the local and global needs. I take this
opportunity to thank my fellow members in different committees, SAEINDIA office, SAE INTERNATIONAL,
Volunteers and various teams in supporting me to steer this program chairmanship.

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 Message from Organizing Committee, Chair

Mr. Muniratham Javaji

Chair Aerospace Forum, SAEINDIA
& Founder & CEO, Javaji Consulting

It is my pleasure to welcome you to SAEINIDA AeroCON 2020. This is the first edition of SAEINDIA
AeroCON 2020 with its main theme “FLYING THROUGH TURBULANCE...REIMAGINING THE
AEROSPACE INDUSTRY”. Given the current pandemic situation in the global market, this
conference has now become an apt occasion to look into the Aerospace Industry in-depth.

In SAEINIDA Aerospace Forum, we planned to organize a world class Aerospace Technology

Seminar to share the rich experience of leading Aerospace Leaders from the Industry. AeroCON
2020 is highly focused on current challenging situation and the topics are carefully curated to
understand the global turbulence.

As we navigate global pandemic and impact it has on the Global Aerospace Industry, we have invited
leading Aerospace Experts across the world to share their rich experiences and views about the
current state and its transformation.

SAEINDIA AeroCON 2020 is a two day Virtual Conference being held using high technology platform
on Nov 5 & 6, 2020. Conference will be focused on both Business and Technology themes.

The event starts on Nov 5, 2020 with Inauguration by Dr. Bala Bharadvaj, President SAEINDIA;
Guest of Honour by Dr.V.Sumantran, Chairman, Celeris Technologies and Dr. Prith Banerjee CTO,
Ansys. Inaugural event would have messages from Mr. Todd Zarfos, SAE International President and
Dr. David L. Schutt CEO,SAE International.

On Day 2 (Nov 5, 2020), Key note address would be delivered by Dr. Richard Greaves, Past SAE
President & Aerospace Expert and Mr. Enrico Scharlock, Senior Director, A&D – Dassault Systemes.

In the Business and Technology theme discussions, we have thought leaders and powerful speakers
from top Aerospace and Technology organizations like Airbus, Boeing, Collins Aerospace, GE
Aviation, Lufthansa Technik, MathWorks, etc. In addition, we have highly respected Industry veterans
like Dr. Kota Harinarayana and Dr. Padmanabhan sharing their rich expertise and experiences. The
various expert panel members from India and International Community will be sharing perspectives
on resilience in Aerospace Industry.

I, on behalf of the Organizing Committee and SAEINDIA Aerospace Forum would like to take this
opportunity to thank all the members of the Steering Committee, Organizing Committee, Speakers,
Panellists, Sponsors, Aerospace Forum, Delegate and Most Importantly highly committed SAEINDIA
Office Team for making the event possible.

I hope all of you will enjoy the different sessions, we have curated for AeroCON 2020. Look forward
to your active participation and engagement.

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 Message from Technical Chair & Co-Chair

Dr. G V V Ravikumar Dr. Ramakrishnan Raman

Chair, Technical Committee & Associate Co-Chair, Technical Committee & Principal
Vice President & Head Advanced Systems Engineer, Honeywell
Engineering Group, Infosys

The Aerospace Industry is a harbinger of technology. It has incubated, nurtured and matured many
advanced technologies for many decades, from composites to drones. Currently, this Industry is flying
through turbulence due to the COVID-19 pandemic but is preparing to bounce back. COVID-19 resulted in
reduced travel demand due to concerns related to the health and safety of passengers. The reduced
demand for flight hours is leading to reduced demand for spare parts and reduced demand for new
aircraft, in addition to impacts on various other sectors including travel and hospitality. The aerospace
ecosystem, from OEM to Supplier to Operator to MRO to regulator, is resilient enough to meet this
challenge. The Aerospace Industry has faced many challenges in the past and emerged stronger from each
of these challenges. The pandemic has taught us many lessons. Passenger health, safety and security are
paramount. Aircraft operations need to be sustainable and eco-friendly. The ecosystem should create
space for everyone and should be a win-win for everyone.

Passenger demand can pick up only when air travel guarantees health and safety. New standard operating
procedures (SOPs) need to be put in place to ensure passenger and employee safety. Transparency and
traceability of these SOPs need to be established. This will add to the additional cost of operations. Thus,
aerospace eco-system must focus more on enhanced efficiency with a reduced cost of operations than
ever before. Frugal innovations must take place at all levels from organizations to ecosystem level. The
Aerospace ecosystem is resilient and innovative. It will continuously imbibe, nurture and orchestrate
advanced technologies to navigate the business challenges of COVID era. It will learn from these
experiences and will create new opportunities.

AeroCON 2020 is a premier International Conference bringing together the entire Aerospace Ecosystem,
from OEM, Suppliers, Operators, Regulators, MROs etc., to discuss on the current challenges and
opportunities in this current and post COVID Era. The theme of this conference is Flying Through
Turbulence…Reimagining Aerospace. In line with the theme, we have structured the entire program into 4
broad themes focusing on both business and technology dimensions. Each of the themes will have one
keynote presentation and one panel discussion.

We are very thankful to all the distinguished speakers and panelist from across the globe who are
participating in this event. We are extremely grateful to AeroCON 2020 sponsors, who have provided us the
required support in these turbulent times. We also welcome all the delegates from Industry, both public
and private sector, delegates from universities, and research laboratories who are actively participating in
this conference. We look forward to all the delegates leveraging this conference as a platform to promote
working together to advance their knowledge, exchange ideas with colleagues, and collaborate to help the
Aerospace Industry to overcome the prevailing challenges.

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 Steering Committee Members
Patron
Mr. A S Kiran Kumar
Former Chairman, ISRO
Co-Chair
Mrs. Rashmi Urdhwareshe
Former Director, ARAI Consultant and Research Professor,
Member
Mr. Luigi Celmi
CEO, Lufthansa Technik
Services India
Member
Mr. Ravikiran Pothukuchi
Mr. Kap Prabhakaran
HTS India Aerospace Leader,
Honeywell Technology Services
Member
Dr. Jitendra J Jadhav
Director, NAL
Member
Dr. Manasvi Maharana
Head of Engineering,
Bombardier
Chair
Co-Chair
Mr. Damodaran
Dr. Bala Bharadvaj
Subramanian Managing Director, Boeing India
Managing Director, SAFRAN Engineering and Technology Center
Engineering Services, India
Member
Dr. Ravi Rajamani Member
FSAE, FIMechE, Independent Mr. Ashok Verghese
Director, Hindustan University
University of Connecticut
Member Member
Mr. Savyasachi Srinivas Gp. Captain Ajit Keshav
Executive Director, Agtey
Engineering Collins Aerospace Formerly IAF
Member Member
Mr. Nitesh Bansal
Director, Aerospace, Defense,
SVP & Global Head of Engineering,
Marine & Offshore, Dassault
Systemes Infosys
Member
Member
Mr. Murli Iyer
Mr. Sathish Menon Executive Global Advisor,
Vice President, Thales
SAE International
Member
Member
Mr. Lalan Singh
Mr. Shyam Karigiri
Regional Technical Manager,
Managing Director, Moog India
Ansys Inc.
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 Organizing Committee Members
Chair, Organizing Co-Chair, Co-Chair,
Organizing Committee Organizing Committee
Committee
Dr. D. Umamaheshwar Mr. N. Shekar
Mr.Muniratham Javaji
Executive Chief Consulting Engineer,
Founder & CEO, Javaji Consulting President, AIDAT
GE

Chair, Industry Interface

Chair, Industry Interface Chair, Finance Committee
Committee
Committee Committee
Mr. Vasant Kini
Dr. Y. Srinivasarao Mr. M. Kannan
Managing Director,
Scientist, RCI Labs Manager R&D, TVS Motors
Titanium Industries

Chair, Technical Committee Co-Chair, Technical

Co-Chair, Finance
Dr. G V V Ravikumar Committee
Committee Committee
Associate Vice President & Head Dr. Ramakrishnan Raman
Mr. Rakesh Bidre
Advanced Engineering Group, Principal Systems Engineer,
CAE Leader – Safety, GM TCS
Infosys Honeywell

Chair, Event Co-Chair, Event Chair, Media

Marketing Committee Marketing Committee & Communications
Mr. Pervez Alam Mr. Krupal Aerpula Committee
CEO, Crescent Innovation Engineering Leader, Mr. Prasad M P
Incubation Council Boeing India Pvt. Ltd President, Agnito Insights

Member, Industry Interface Member, Industry Interface Member, Technical

Committee Committee Committee
Mr. Dinesh Manoharan Dr. Ganga Reddy
Mr. Ravishankar Mysore
Manager, Aerospace & Defense, A&D Mechanical Delivery Head,
Formerly, Collins Aerospace
UCAL HCL

Member, Technical Member, Technical Member, Technical

Committee Committee Committee
Mr. Nanda Kumar Maslekar Mr. Sathish Thokala Dr. S. Senthil Kumar
Consultant, AeroDef & Space Industry Manager, Associate Professor,
SASMOS HET Technologies Ltd MathWorks SRM University

Member, Technical Member, Technical Member,

Committee Committee Organizing Committee
Prof. C.S. Karunakaran Ms. Jeba Margret Annam Mr. Sandeep Birje
Assistant Professor, Hindustan Electrical Design Analysis Engineer, Specialist Engineer – Aerospace,
Institute of Technology and Science Boeing Eaton

Member, Media &

Communications Committee SAEINDIA HQ Team SAEINDIA HQ Team
Mr. Robin Jacob Mr. K. Venkataraj Mr. D. Seshadri
Senior Lead Engineer, DDG, SAEINDIA ED, SAEINDIA
Collins Aerospace

Member, Event Management

Committee
Mr. Akash Pandey
Student

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Program Agenda

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Program Agenda

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 Mr. Todd Zarfos
President, SAE International

Todd Zarfos is vice president for Engineering Functions and the Washington State Design Center
and senior chief engineer of Airplane Systems within Boeing Commercial Airplanes. He was
appointed to this position in July 2013. Zarfos is responsible for engineering functional
organizations and the Washington state design centers for all commercial airplanes, as well as the
continuous improvement and utilization of the technical workforce and for supply chain
management for technical services. In his role as senior chief of Airplane Systems, he is
responsible for driving technical excellence within the airplane systems community while also
ensuring the technical integrity and success of Commercial Airplanes’ development and production
programs.Prior to this position, he was senior chief engineer of Support and vice president of
engineering for Commercial Aviation Services responsible for developing, deploying and
integrating engineering and technology strategies to meet Commercial Aviation Services' business
goals and commitments. He also provided oversight for design, certification and product integrity
for all CAS business and product-development efforts.Previously, Zarfos served as vice president
of 747-8 engineering and senior chief engineer of Airplane Systems. In this role, Zarfos led the
development activities for the 747-8 program, culminating in the certification and entry into service
of the 747-8 Freighter and Intercontinental airplanes.Zarfos has served in other key leadership
positions throughout his career at Boeing, including vice president of engineering for the 747, 767
and 777 programs, vice president of Product Development for Boeing Commercial Airplanes and
chief project engineer for the 777 program. During his role as 777 CPE, he led the development
and certification of the 777-300ER and the 777-200LR airplanes, as well as the successful launch
of the 777 Freighter.Zarfos began his Boeing career in 1985 and spent his early career supporting
various avionics development programs. He assumed positions of increased responsibility leading
up to his first executive assignment as chief engineer of Systems for Airplane Programs, followed
by the director of Airplane Systems.He holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from
the University of Minnesota and a master of science in electrical engineering from the University of
Washington. Zarfos is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS). He also serves on the RTCA Board of
Directors.

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 Dr. David L. Schutt
Chief Executive Officer,
SAE International

David Schutt, PhD, is the CEO and oversees the global management and operations of the
+$150M SAE Group, consisting of SAE International (SAEI), Performance Review Institute (PRI),
SAE Industry Technologies Consortia (SAE ITC) and several other subsidiaries and joint
ventures.SAE International is a not-for-profit educational and scientific organization dedicated to
advancing mobility technology and design engineering to better serve humanity. Its more than
128,000 members, including engineers, business executives, educators, and students from more
than 100 countries, develop technical standards, publish authoritative literature, and share
information and exchange ideas for advancing the engineering of mobility systems. SAE is the
world's resource for designing, building, maintaining and operating self-propelled vehicles for use
on land or sea, in air or space.Performance Review Institute is a trade association that advances
the interests of industry through development of performance standards and administration of
quality assurance, accreditation, and certification programs; as well as related activities for the
benefit of industry, government and the public. It provides a full range of programs and services
designed to improve manufacturing process and product quality by adding value, reducing total
cost and promoting collaboration between global stakeholders in the mobility and other interested
industries.SAE Industry Technologies Consortia (SAE ITC) is a trade association with a mission to
build industry infrastructure tailored to the respective technology, market and industry member
groups while satisfying time horizons and providing the responsible resources to enable
achievement of industry objectives. Within SAE ITC, Defense Automotive Technologies
Consortium (DATC), administers as an Other Transaction Authority (OTA), a US Government
mechanism to engage non-traditional defense contractors to quickly and efficiently integrate
innovative automotive technologies into military ground vehicles, ultimately resulting in speed of
adoption of commercial technologies and improved defense capabilities.Dr. Schutt serves on a
variety of not-for-profit and for-profit boards, national commissions and local business
organizations. Prior to joining SAE International in 2007, Schutt worked at the American Chemical
Society (ACS) in several executive management positions.Dr. Schutt holds a doctorate in physical
chemistry from Princeton University and a bachelor's degree from Calvin College. He also earned
an M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University.

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 Guest of Honor
Dr. Prith Banerjee
CTO - Ansys

Dr.Prith Banerjee is the Chief Technology Officer of Ansys. He is responsible for leading the
evolution of Ansys’ technology strategy and will champion the company’s next phase of innovation
and growth. Previously, he was Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry where he was responsible for
IoT and Digital Transformation in the Global Industrial Practice. Prior to that, he held leadership
positions at Schneider Electric, Accenture, ABB and HP. Formerly, he was Dean of the College of
Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Walter P. Murphy Professor and Chairman
of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northwestern University, and Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2000, he founded
AccelChip, a developer of products for electronic design automation, which was acquired by Xilinx
Inc. in 2006. During 2005-2011, he was Founder, Chairman and Chief Scientist of BINACHIP Inc.,
a developer of products in electronic design automation. He was listed in the Fast Company list of
100 top business leaders in 2009. He is a Fellow of the AAAS, ACM and IEEE, and a recipient of
the 1996 ASEE Terman Award and the 1987 NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award. He
received a B.Tech. (President’s Gold Medalist) in electronics engineering from the Indian Institute
of Technology, Kharagpur, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of
Illinois, Urbana.

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 Guest of Honor
Dr. V. Sumantran
Independent Director in Board Of Directors - IndiGo,
Adjunct Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Chairman - Celeris Technologies)

Holder of a doctorate degree in Aerospace Engineering and a Master’s degree in Technology

Management, Dr. V. Sumantran has had over 35 years of experience in the automotive
industry in USA, Europe and India.

Dr. V. Sumantran had a 16-year stint at General Motors, USA and Europe, before joining Tata
Motors as executive director – passenger vehicles business unit from 2001-2005. He then took
on the twin role of executive vice-chairman, Hinduja Automotive, UK and vice-chairman, Ashok
Leyland.

Dr. V. Sumantran founded Celeris Technologies in 2014, an advisory firm to multiple domains
including automotive, mobility, digital transformation, aerospace, and technology. He also
serves on several statutory boards and advisory boards in India, Europe and USA. He is also an
Adjunct Professor at MISI-Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The technocrat and strategist
also co-authored a book ‘Faster, Smarter, Greener: the Future of the Car and Urban Mobility’ in
2017.

Commenting on his new role, Dr. V. Sumantran said, "I feel privileged to join the board of
directors of InterGlobe Aviation Limited. In a relatively short time, IndiGo has not only
established itself as a market leader, but has also set new benchmarks in professionalism,
efficiency, and customer satisfaction. I look forward to working with the Board of Directors as
they propel the organisation towards a more successful flight path. ”M Damodaran, Chairman,
InterGlobe Aviation says, “I am delighted to welcome Dr. V. Sumantran as an Independent
Director on the Board of Directors of InterGlobe Aviation Limited. His intellectual prowess,
analytical bent of mind, objectivity, wide-ranging experience and deep understanding of the
aviation sector, will considerably strengthen the Board. ”Cars, motorbikes and aeroplanes form
the ring of strong interest for the seasoned professional. Not many may know that he also
holds an aircraft pilot’s licence.

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 Business Theme 1
“Reimagining Aerospace Industry in Post Covid Era”
Keynote Speech
Objectives:
This keynote speech will share an overview of Boeing’s Confident Travel Initiative and its global effort
to provide passengers and crew with a safe, healthy and efficient travel experience. The Initiative
utilizes Boeing’s multidisciplinary engineering expertise and vast network throughout the travel system
to identify the right, standard protocols that should be adopted, evaluate effective disinfection
practices, research and support innovation of future technologies, and educate the flying public on
how a cabin airflow system reduces the probability of transmission. The results of these efforts will
provide an opportunity to enhance the travel system and travelers’ experience, as well as prepare the
aerospace industry for the next pandemic.

Mr. Pradeep Fernandes is the Managing Director, Strategy for Confident Travel
Initiative. He is responsible for developing strategy for Boeing efforts to restore
public confidence in air travel. Prior to this role, Pradeep was the Managing
Director of International Strategy & Business Development. In this role, he was
responsible for advancing Boeing Commercial division’s efforts to be a global
leader, align international objectives across business units. Prior to this, Pradeep
Keynote Speaker
was the Managing Director of Boeing HorizonX where he explored business
Mr. Pradeep
Fernandes, opportunities beyond the core businesses of Boeing Company including exploring
Managing Director,
Strategy, businesses that could potentially disrupt the core businesses themselves. Prior to
Confident Travel
Initiative HorizonX, he was Managing director for Product Strategy for Boeing Commercial
Airplanes. In this role, he was responsible for setting the product strategy for the
business unit and recommending the launch of 737MAX, 777X and 787-10. Prior to
this role, he was part of the BCA Supply Chain Strategy group, leading the effort to
develop an overall supply chain strategy and key supplier strategies. Earlier, he
was the Product Manager for the Boeing 737 and led marketing and strategy
efforts to launch the Boeing Sky Interior. Pradeep also spent three years in the
Corporate Audit organization, where he was part of the Enterprise Auditor
Program. Prior to Audit, he worked in the Configuration Engineering and Analysis
and Fleet Support Engineering groups contributing to airplane performance
analysis and early configuration development for new airplanes.

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 Panel Discussion
Objectives:
COVID-19 pandemic has put aerospace industry under historic turmoil. While this has posed many
challenges and it has equally provided opportunities for aerospace industry. As air travel is slowly
resuming, airlines and airports are gearing up for the rebound. This panel discussion will focus on
“Reimaging Aerospace Industry in Post Covid Era” and will address the following questions:

How aerospace industry will “Flight Back” against COVID-19? What are the key learnings?
What are the core rules or best practices that airlines should follow during COVID downturn?
What are the opportunities for the industry?
What are the transformational moments going forward to ensure safe, secure and consistent
travel experience?
The panel discussion will also provide a roadmap and message to the aerospace community in
post COVID Era
Panellists:
Dr. Kota Harinarayana graduated from BHU in Mechanical Engineering,
postgraduate in Aero Engineering at IISc, Bangalore, Ph.D. at IIT Bombay and holds
a bachelor’s degree in law. As Programme Director and Chief Designer of Light
Combat Aircraft, he successfully directed the project leading to flight testing and
clearance for limited series production. Thanks to his efforts, India succeeded in
developing a state-of-art, high technology fighter aircraft of world class. He is the
Panel Moderator Fellow of Aeronautical Society of India (former President of the Society), National
Dr. Kota Harinarayana
Former Programme Director, LCA- academy of sciences and Indian National Academy of Engineering. He received
Tejas
distinguished alumnus award from Indian Institute of Science and from IIT Bombay .
He was awarded National Aeronautics Prize and FIE Foundation Award. He
received SBI-Pragna Puraskar, received the Dr. Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award.
He received the DRDO Technology Leadership Award and was honoured with
Padma Shri by Government of India in 2002. Indian National Academy of
Engineering conferred up on him, the life time contribution award in engineering, for
the year 2006. He was formerly Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad, 2005,
Chairman, Research council, Centre for wind energy technology, Chennai,
Distinguished Guest Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT-Bombay,
Indian Technical coordinator for India-Trento/Italy S&T program, Pratt & Whitney
Chair professor at Univ of Hyderabad; Dr D S Kothari DRDO Chair at ADA,
Bangalore.

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Panel Member 1
Dr. Satish Chandra
Former Programme
Director - Civil Aircraft at
NAL, Bangalore
Panel Member 2
Dr. Manasvi Maharana
Head of Engineering, Bombardier
Panel Member 3
Mr. Emmanuel De
Roquefeuil
Country Director for India,
Thales
Dr. Satish Chandra was formerly a Programme Director at the National Aerospace
Laboratories and has over thirty years of experience in R&T, market forecasts,
operating economics, technology strategy and aviation policy. His work has involved
aircraft design, testing and simulation and contract research for global OEMs, apart
from a number of Indian national aerospace programs. He has been monitoring the
civil aviation markets and technology issues for over two decades and has written
widely on these issues. He holds a Ph.D from the University of Bristol.
Dr. Manasvi is currently head of engineering at Bombarider Aerospace, India.
A prodigious business leader with extensive experience in Aerospace, Heavy
Engineering, Developing and Deploying strategy, Business development, Product
Development, Manufacturing, Establishing R&D, Project/Team/Customer/ Supplier
Management, Talent acquisition, Performance mgmt., Operations & Finance
Management, Quality Assurance, Interaction with R&D sectors & Academia,
Automation/ Digitization, Data Analytics etc.
Managed projects across multiple global businesses, functions and geographies
Developed / participated in strategies for long & short terms
Research & analysis of market and competitive information to develop effective
strategies.
Drove Lean & Six Sigma efforts to maximize efficiency and profitability.
Mr. Emmanuel de Roquefeuil was appointed VP and Country Director – India,
Thales, in February 2017. In his current role, he is responsible for leading and
driving Thales’ growth in the country and realising the Group’s overall goal of ‘make
in India and export from India’.
Prior to this appointment, Emmanuel served as the VP Sales & Marketing for
Optronics and Missile Electronics at Thales. In this role, he was responsible for the
setting up of OPTROLEAD, a joint venture between Thales and Sagem.
Emmanuel, 60, brings a wealth of experience spanning over three decades in the
defence and aerospace market. He has been with Thales for more than 27 years
and has occupied key positions in the sales and marketing divisions in France and
overseas. Prior to joining Thales in 1989, Emmanuel worked with Dassault Aviation
as a project engineer on the European space shuttle HERMES.
Emmanuel has majored in Missiles Space from SUPAERO, Toulouse and
undertaken the program for Master of Business Administration from INSEAD,
Fontainebleau. He also holds a Master’s degree in Public Law and Industrial
Strategy in Defence from CHEAR SORBONNE, Paris.
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Panel Member 4
Mr. Shyam Karigiri
Managing Director, Moog India
Panel Member 5
Mr. Siba Satapathy
Senior Vice President, Global Head,
Aerospace & Defense,
HCL Technologies
Mr. Shyam Karigiri is an enterprising leader with a strong record of contributions in
streamlining Aerospace domain Operations & Engineering; offering over 26 years’
experience in the areas of technology development, innovation, organizational
leadership, strategy development & implementation, engineering management,
program management, continual improvement, operational excellence and
manufacturing operations management in a trans-cultural global environment.
Shyam’s education and career has seen him spend significant time both within India
as well as in the USA.
Shyam holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of
Mysore, a Master’s degree in Engineering from Wichita State University, USA and
also an MBA in Global Management from Arizona State University, USA.
Shyam currently serves as the Managing Director of Moog India Technology Center
(MITC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Moog Inc., USA. The MITC Site specializes in
the areas of design/development, prototyping and qualification testing/validation of
primary as well as secondary flight control actuation systems, steering, auto pilot
systems, flight software and test equipment for commercial aircrafts and business jets
globally. In his current role, he is responsible for all Site level engineering
departments and business operations functions to ensure organizational alignment to
technological growth expectations, fulfilment of customer programs per delivery and
& quality goals, statutory & regulatory compliance and overall budgetary targets.
Prior to joining Moog in 2018, Shyam held several senior positions and has been
associated with large aerospace centric organizations such as Collins Aerospace,
HEICO and Rossell Techsys. His expertise spans over multiple aircraft systems such
as emergency evacuation systems, specialty seating systems, actuation systems,
electrical harnesses, electrical panels, etc.
Mr. Siba Satapathy is the SVP and Global Head for Engineering & Technology
Services for Aerospace & Defense sector at HCL Technologies. In his current role he
is responsible for providing leadership to A&D business transformation, client
relationship, developing and leading the go-to-market strategies, large deal
structuring, M&A, new market & service incubation for the sector.
In addition to driving exponential growth of the business unit, through his thought
leadership and strong client focus, he has helped several of these customers
graduate from tactical engagements to strategic and multi-dimensional partnerships.
He has been instrumental in HCL’s foray into the defense/ITAR market and
consolidating HCL’s position in the defense market
Being a Black Belt himself, he has a passion for strong and creative processes which
he believes are integral to any successful business. He is an active member of AIA
and blogs on varied topics from leadership and management to passenger
experience, digital aviation, connected enterprises and more.
Siba has over twenty-two years of extensive experience in engineering, technology,
consulting, large scale transformation and corporate strategy.
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 Technology Theme 1
“Technology Landscape in Post Covid Era”

Keynote Speech
Objectives:
COVID-19 has amplified the need towards technological innovations for safe, healthy and efficient
travel experience. This keynote address will provide a brief introduction on technology landscape
in post Covid Era.

The COVID19 pandemic has influenced every perspective of life globally and the aviation industry
is no exception. Even as the industry has shown great resilience in the past during such down
trends, the jury is still out about how traffic will recover following the current crisis and what this will
mean for the airlines, aircraft manufacturers, OEMs, the supply chain and aftermarket support
businesses.

The magnitude of this crisis can be gauged by factors like extent of air travel restrictions, time to
recovery, new normal and future growth path. The longer the restrictions last, the more airlines will
run out of liquidity, leading to bankruptcies, nationalizations or consolidation, hence causing
significant changes in the industry landscape and customer structure for aircraft manufacturers.

I firmly believe in what Albert Einstein said, “in the middle of every crisis, lies a great opportunity”.
Even as the pandemic has rendered air travel & transit through airports risky due to the fear of
spread of infection, there are opportunities for innovation towards making air travel safe again
thereby restoring passenger confidence.

I see disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Sciences &
Autonomy being at the forefront of this opportunity. The post-covid times are likely to see
transformations in the following areas:

• Touchless airport transits and flight to reinstate the faith in safety

• Use of machine-learning & artificial intelligence to automate scanning & isolation.
• Increased use of data & predictive models in supply chain
• Cabin Configuration changes to enable social distancing norms

According to aviation experts, more than 70 areas of passenger journey are set to change in the
coming days. As we deal with the current crisis, I foresee increased use of new technologies to
provide long term sustainable solutions rather than just a quick fix for the current situation.

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Keynote Speaker
Mr. Savyasachi Srinivas
Executive Director,
Engineering Collins Aerospace
Mr.Savya Srinivas leads the Engineering organization in India for Collins Aerospace in
Bangalore and Hyderabad locations. This includes the legacy UTAS Global
Engineering Center (GEC) and legacy Rockwell Collins India Design Center (IDC).
India is home to over 3000 engineers. In his current role, Savya is responsible for
overall strategy and operations of the sites that he leads. Savya leads the engineering
teams that provide support to Collins Aerospace business units. His teams execute
both regional and international programs that support both internal and external
customers globally. Savya possesses global work experience in Aerospace and
Defense Corporations in United States and India with ability to lead cross-functional
and geographically spread teams, where he has led the development of large-scale
systems for mission critical applications in Aerospace, Aviation and other Engineering
domains. Savya started his career as a Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin in the
US and grew up the ranks to lead functional and program teams that supported the
development and deployment of large scale ATM, and other mission critical systems.
Subsequently, he moved to India and joined Thales where he became the Director of
engineering supporting platforms in Avionics, Cabin Systems, ATM and IT. He joined
Rockwell Collins in 2013 as the Director of the India Design Center supporting all
business units of RC in multiple Avionics and Non-Avionics domains. He subsequently
held the role of Senior Director of Asia Pacific Engineering, leading RC sites in India,
Australia and Singapore. Savya focuses on creating an environment that fosters
innovation and capability expansion and is committed to adding increased value to the
enterprise. Savya holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from
Bangalore University, a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from University of
Arizona, and a master’s degree in Technical Management from Johns Hopkins
University.

Panel Discussion
Objectives:
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues around the world, the whole global aerospace and defence
industry is feeling the impact during this uncertain time. During the last decade, aerospace industry
has tried to utilize potential of initiatives such as IoT, AI, Analytics, and Virtual Reality to a limited
extent. Current pandemic is likely to aid in adoption of many smart disruptive technologies in
manufacturing / smart factories, fleet management, product innovations like drone technology and
business model innovations.
This panel discussion will deliberate on technology landscape in post Covid Era. The following
questions will be addressed in the panel discussion:
• What are the key drivers for the technologies?
• How the technology landscape is going to evolve in the post COVID era?
• Which technologies will be more useful and why?

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Panel Moderator
Dr. Ranjan Ganguli
Professor, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore
Panel Member 1
Mr. Nitesh Bansal
SVP & Global Head of Engineering,
Infosys
Panel Member 2
Dr. Sameer M. Prabhu
Marketing Director,
MathWorks
Dr. Ranjan Ganguli is currently a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore. He completed his B.Tech degree in Aerospace
Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and his MS and PhD degrees in Aerospace
Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park. Dr. Ganguli’s research
is broadly focused on aeronautics, applied mechanics and computational
engineering. He has addressed research problems in structural dynamics and
aeroelasticity, structural health monitoring, composite and adaptive structures,
optimal design, and digital twins. He has worked on flight vehicles such as
helicopters, aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and micro air vehicles. He has
published over 200 journal papers and 7 books. He is a Fellow of the ASME,
Associate Fellow of AIAA and Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Mr. Nitesh is passionate about bridging the physical-digital divide, advocating AI,
machine learning and process automation to amplify business value. He has worked
with numerous clients helping them understand ways to leverage Industry 4.0 and
IOT technologies leading to digitization and improvements in manufacturing
operations and use servitization for new revenue models.
Mr. Nitesh is also responsible for leading the innovation charter for the organization
and has a core group of researchers who focus on technology trends and their
intersection with business value. This group works on Horizon 3 and Horizon 2
technologies and has been responsible for launching services like Autonomous
Technologies, Additive Manufacturing, Software Defined Networking and 5G, that
have now become mainstream. One of the key focus areas for Nitesh has been to
drive value through transformation of networks – going from significantly hardware
based to software-based systems. He is actively involved in helping both network
providers and enterprises to identify and drive value through technology
transformations.
Mr. Nitesh is on the Executive Supplier Advisory Board (E-SAB) of Open Networking
Foundation (ONF). He is a regular speaker at recognized business schools and also
a member of the Industry Advisory Board of the Tauber Institute of Global
Operations as well as Ross School of Business at University of Michigan.
Dr. Sameer M. Prabhu is worldwide industry marketing director, manages a
worldwide team of marketing managers who lead the effort to foster the adoption of
MathWorks products for Technical Computing and Model-Based Design across
vertical industries. He has over twenty-five years applying MathWorks products in
various application areas and, prior to joining MathWorks, Sameer has engaged in
the research and development of complex control systems through his work at
Visteon, Caterpillar, and Tata Motors. His efforts have been documented through
United States patents and in global publications. Sameer has a Bachelor’s Degree in
Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mumbai and received his Ph.D. in
Mechanical Engineering from Duke University, specializing in robotic controls and
artificial intelligence. He also holds an MBA from the University of Michigan.
Email: Sameer.Prabhu@mathworks.com
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 Mr. D. Uma Maheshwar is the Chief Consulting Engineer for 700+ member GE
Aviation India engineering team at Bangalore. The team is involved in design &
development of next generation propulsion systems, support of aircraft engine fleet
and development of customized digital and engineering software. Uma has ~
28years of experience in setting up & leading large organizations in Research &
Technology, Advanced Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, and
CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM domains.
Panel Member 3
Mr. D. Uma Maheswar
Chief Consulting Engineer, GE
Mr. Uma joined GE Aviation in 2001 and since then held many leadership positions
in Aviation Engineering. He was instrumental in setting up & leading 200+ member
world-class Advanced Technology teams at Bangalore for GE Aviation. Uma
played key role in design & development of 7 new aircraft engine programs
covering full life cycle particularly in Architectural evaluation, Cycles, Mechanical,
Rotor Dynamics, Thermal systems, Combustion Aero, Turbine Aero, Acoustics
disciplines.

Prior to GE, Uma held positions with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for 8years. During his
association with L&T, Uma lead engineering of 25 mega plants for Oil& Gas,
Fertilizer, Power, Petro-chemical, Defense, Nuclear sectors involving design,
manufacturing and commissioning. Uma has set up and lead Advanced Design &
CAE team at L&T’s largest manufacturing plant-Hazira works. He was one of the
Management Representative to set up Engineering Services Company for L&T.

Mr. Uma holds Master’s in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace MBA from
Toulouse Business School- France. He has presented papers/publications/keynote
sessions in 120+ National & International conferences. Uma was recognized with
many awards and is a member of SAE Aerospace Board, NAFEMS Board,
NACCOM ER&D Council and academic/industry bodies.

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 Group Captain Shivkumar Ramachandran is an Indian Air Force Veteran.
His career in the field of Aviation spans 34+ years. Shiv has a bachelor’s
degree in Electronics and Communication and a Master’s Degree in
Guidance and Control from IIT Bombay. He began his career in the Air
Force as a maintenance engineer on a front-line combat aircraft. After a stint
of 3 years in maintenance, he volunteered for a career in Flight Testing and
graduated as an Experimental Flight Test Engineer from the Indian Air Force
Panel Member 4
Test Pilots School in 1993.His experience in flight testing covers fighters,
Capt. Shivakumar
Ramachandran transport aircraft and helicopters. Shiv has worked on assessment of aircraft
Engineering Director and Site lead,
Honeywell Technology Solutions,
performance and flying qualities, besides integration of several airborne
Hyderabad
electronics, mechanical and weapon systems on military platforms. He has
also worked on several aircraft upgrades including the Su-30MKI when he
was part of the Indian Project Team at Sukhoi Design Bureau, Moscow. Shiv
has also had staff tenures at Air HQ where he was closely involved in
defining requirements and acquisition of aircraft and weapon systems.

After 24 years in the Air Force, Shiv joined Honeywell in 2010. In his career
of 10 years with Honeywell, Shiv has worked on engineering development of
several high integrity control systems. He headed the Control Systems
Center of Excellence in Bangalore and was involved in development of
Autopilots, Fly-by-Wire systems, Engine Control, Environmental Control
systems for a host of aircraft OEMs. Shiv moved to Hyderabad in 2018 and
took over as the head of Honeywell Technology Solutions (HTS) and
oversees engineering teams of several Strategic Business Groups. He
remains in this role till date.

Shiv is a keen hobbyist and likes to work on electronics and mechanical

projects. As an aeromodeller for over 45 years he enjoys designing, building
and flying model aeroplanes.

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 Business Theme 2
“Challenges and Opportunities for Safe and Sustainable Operations”

Keynote Speech
Objectives:
The Covid-19 pandemic is the gravest crisis our industry has faced. There is not one single player in
the aerospace market that is immune to the crisis, be it an airline, a lessor, an MRO, an equipment
OEM, an aircraft OEM, a training center or an airport. Everyone, everywhere around the world is
strongly hit and impacted by the crisis without exception, which makes this crisis unprecedented by its
breadth and its depth. It is also a long-term crisis. The recovery of air traffic will be very slow. We
anticipate recovering 2019 traffic levels between 2023 for domestic flights and 2025 for international
flights. The world in itself is a different one from what it used to be some nine months ago. Covid-19
has aggravated tensions between countries. The pandemic has long-term repercussions on people
that have lost their appetite to travel, on governments and on the complete supply chain. The
challenge for our industry is to adapt to the new situation.

But despite Covid-19, I remain confident in the future of civil aviation. I am strongly convinced that our
world needs civil aviation and that people will be willing to fly again because flying means freedom,
flying means connecting people and cultures and countries, flying is also an enabler for economic
growth and flying contributes to peace and democracy.

However, we will have obviously less means than before to go after our aviation ambition, so we will
need to be smarter all together, we need to work together among all players. More than ever, the first
priority of our industry remains safety. Our industry is more vulnerable than it was before and we need
to stay focused on safety. Keeping safety in mind at all times, the immediate priority is to recover from
the Covid-19 crisis. This means removing all restrictions on domestic and international flight
operations. We also need to act together to restore trust in air travel and to demonstrate to the public
that the overall end-to-end air travel journey is safe and compliant with the most stringent health
standards at each and every step of the journey: before arriving at the airport, at the airport and inside
the plane. This is why we at Airbus together with our partners have launched the Keep Trust in Air
Travel Initiative.

In parallel to the catalyzing of a safe and quick return to operations, we need to continue building the
foundations for India to become a world leader in the civil aviation industry. This includes further
developing the domestic market, capturing the international traffic from India, growing the MRO and
training eco-systems, stimulating the helicopter business as well as developing a sustainable aviation
industry. I strongly feel that the coming years will bring in innovation to match anything in the history of
aviation with the development of zero-emission aircraft and the decarbonisation of the entire aviation
sector.

Let us keep faith. It will take time, but the industry will recover while contributing to building a better
future.

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Dr. Richard Greaves
Past SAE President, Former CTO
Meggitt Aerospace Expert
Keynote Speaker
Mr. Enrico Scharlock
Senior Director, Aerospace &
Defense of Dassault Systemes
Keynote Speaker
Mr. Chadi Saade
Vice President Commercial
and Customer Affairs, Airbus
Dr. Richard Greaves is a physicist from University College London and his PhD from
Southampton University. His early career was based in the UK Nuclear Industry working
in the field of nuclear reactor control and instrumentation.
Richard moved into aerospace over 40 years ago and has worked mainly in the field of
engine sensing systems. He has chaired a number of technological institutions and
committees over the years. Richard has numerous publications to his name with several
on piezo-electric technology and condition monitoring of engines of which he is a known
expert. He is a member (past chairman) of the board of the IVHM (Integrated Vehicle
Health Management) Boeing/Cranfield University Research Institute; a member of the
Bern chapter of the British-Swiss chamber of commerce; member of the Brussels based
Aerospace and Defense Industries Association of Europe Supply Chain Commission,
and a member of the Civil Aviation Committee of the United States AIA (Aerospace
Industries Association). Richard is a chartered scientist, a chartered physicist and a
chartered engineer. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), Fellow of
the Institute of Physics (UK); Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (UK) and a Fellow
of SAE International. In November 2009, Richard received the SAE Technical Standards
Board “Outstanding Contribution Award.” In April 2010, the SAE founded an IVHM
Steering Group reporting directly to Aerospace Council with Richard as its Chairman.
Richard served as President of SAE International in 2015.
Mr. Enrico Scharlock is an Aerospace & Defense Solution Experience Senior Director for
Dassault Systèmes since 2014, Scharlock provides leadership and strategic direction for
the company’s Aerospace and Defense 3DExperience solutions focused on
manufacturing and aftermarket. Working with our global customer base, Scharlock
focuses on addressing customers’ challenges in these domains. Previous to his current
role, Scharlock spent five years in Seattle as the Boeing Manufacturing Solution
Architect. With Dassault Systems since 2001, Scharlock held multiple roles in process
planning and manufacturing including five years as the Process Planning Team lead and
Senior Consultant for Aerospace in Japan and projects working for Airbus and
others.Scharlock earned Masters and Bachelor’s degrees in Business and Science
Engineering from University of Applied Science, Germany.
Mr. Chadi SAADE has been appointed Vice-President Sales for South Asia and Qatar, in
September 2019.
Mr. Chadi Saade’ commercial career with Airbus began in 2004, as a Senior Marketing
Analyst. In 2005 he became an Area Sales Director for Airbus in the Middle East. He
moved to Net-Jets Middle East as Managing Director for Sales and Marketing in 2008,
before re-joining Air-bus, as a Senior Sales Director in the Middle East, in 2009.
In early 2014, Chadi was promoted Vice President Commercial for Airbus Corporate
Jets. In this role he is responsible for Airbus corporate jet sales, marketing and contracts
worldwide.
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 Panel Discussion
Objectives:
Aviation is fundamental to the support and growth of local and global economies
and an essential part of our world as travellers. But the aviation sector is the worst
hit with COVID impact. This pandemic has been highly disruptive to every single
player in the aerospace sector, be it an airline, a lessor, an MRO, an equipment
OEM, an aircraft OEM, a training center or an airport. Current pandemic is
significantly affecting the industry in near- and medium-term, yet history has also
proven air travel to be resilient time and again. This keynote address will focus on
the current disruption and how it will drive opportunities for a safe and sustainable
operations.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the upheaval has made a severe impact to aviation
and MRO industry. It made a huge impact on aerospace eco-system, supply chain,
airlines and OEMs.
The panel will discuss some of the below aspects.

Disruption on the aviation and aerospace eco-system

Growth and opportunities in these challenging times
How might the aerospace supply chain evolve as a result of COVID-19? Would
this lead to consolidation in the industry?
What role the eco-system can play – Airline, MRO, Regulators, Suppliers and
OEMs
What are the best practices?
Can technology help? What are the expectations from technology?
What would be the role of India?

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Panel Moderator
Mr. Pradeep Pathak,
ICAO Member and Former Joint
Director General of Civil Aviation
Panel Member 1
Mr. D. Anand Bhaskar
Managing Director & CEO, Airworks
Panel Member 2
Dr. Subhajit Bose
Director & Head- Strategic Planning,
Analytics & Controls, IndiGo
Mr. Pradeep Pathak, a Graduate in Aeronautical Engineering, is a former Joint
Director General of Civil Aviation, Government of India, superannuated on 30th
June 2020 after serving for more than 34 years. During his professional journey, he
has worked at various levels as head(s) of the Regional and Sub Regional Offices
of Director General of Civil Aviation (India). His experience covers Aircraft
Airworthiness Certification, Aircraft Continuing Airworthiness Management and
more specifically approval of Aircraft Maintenance and Training Organisation,
conducting pilot and Aircraft maintenance Engineers (AME) examination leading to
the issuance of Pilot/ AME Licences including surveillance of aviation activities. He
has been a lead in introducing Online Examination system for Pilot and AME
examination in India and deeply understands the importance of human resources
training and certification. Mr. Pathak has headed the personnel licencing section in
DGCA covering training, examination and issuance of pilot licences including their
medical examination, flying training directorate, surveillance and enforcement
division and Air traffic Controllers licencing division. He was also the state (India)
nominated member on ICAO’s Airworthiness Panel since 2011.
Mr. D. Anand Bhaskar is Managing Director & CEO of Airworks. He has total
experience of 27 years, including over 10 years as CFO / Controller of large
corporations. Prior to Air Works, he served as Vice President-Finance in Moser
Baer, as Senior VP and Global Controller in Genpact and as Head of Finance in
Canon India. He has significant experience in setting up green field projects, and
global financial systems and processes. Anand is a qualified Chartered
Accountant.
Dr. Subhajit Bose is a senior management professional with 22+ years of
experience in aviation, transportation, logistics, supply chain, consulting and IT
industries. His recent experience includes 10 years in Emirates Airline, Dubai
where he headed Management Consulting & Market Intelligence functions and
subsequently, Strategic Planning, Analytics & Business Development functions.
Presently, he is employed by Interglobe Aviation Ltd. (IndiGo) based out of
Gurgaon, India as a Director & Head of Strategic Planning, Analytics & Control
functions. His expertise is in the areas of strategy, analytics, operational
performance management, business development, market intelligence & risk
management. He has worked in India, Dubai and various other international
markets for multinational organizations. Academically, he is a qualified Chartered
Accountant, Cost Accountant, Company Secretary, MBA and a PhD.
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 Ms. Rhonda Walthall is a Technical Fellow at Collins Aerospace Systems in Charlotte, NC, a
division of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (RTX). In her role, she focuses on Design for
Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) and Model-based Digital Thread initiatives. She is
an industry recognized leader in the development of standards and best practices for PHM and
Integrated Aircraft Health Management (IAHM). Rhonda earned her Bachelor of Science
Degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University and her Master’s
Degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University.

Panel Member 3
Ms.Rhonda Walthall
Fellow, Collins Aerospace
Rhonda started her career in 1987 as an Engine Performance Engineer and then a Flight Test
Engineer for the McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company. She joined Northwest Airlines in 1995
as an Engine Condition Monitoring Engineer, where she helped to launch the FOQA program
still in use today at Delta Airlines. She joined RTX in 2003 as a Systems Engineer, where she
led the development of the Aircraft Systems Health Management aftermarket service offering.
She holds three PHM-related patents.

Rhonda is a Fellow of the PHM Society and the Vice President and member of the Board of
Directors. She also serves on the SAE International Board of Directors and the Audit & Risk
Committee. She has been engaged in SAE standards development and leadership since 2005
and has contributed significantly to numerous SAE publications as well as IEEE publications.
She has presented technical papers and has participated as a keynote speaker, invited
speaker, and panelist at numerous PHM-related conferences.

Rhonda has received numerous awards including the Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award
from Purdue University (2020), SAE Contributor of the Year Award nomination (2019), SAE
Rodica Baranescu Award for Technical Excellence & Leadership (2018), and the SAE James
M. Crawford Technical Standards Award for Outstanding Achievement (2016).

Rhonda is a 23-year member of Women in Aviation International and has delivered technical
presentations at the International Conventions. She is a member of the Purdue Industrial
Advisory Council to the School of Aeronautics & Astronautics where she actively mentors
female students. She is a 14-year member of Toastmasters International, where she earned
the Distinguished Toastmaster Award twice. She served in the top three District Leadership
positions and was recognized at the Toastmasters International Conventions in 2010, 2011,
and 2012 for her achievements.

Mr. Luigi Celmi, leads the Lufthansa Technik’s subsidiary in India and is responsible for
managing the company footprint for South Asia, which includes customer support, logistics
services, material management, technical services as well as components AOG Desk (24/7).
He also helps progress ongoing campaigns for Lufthansa Technik and boost the company’s
‘Skill India’ program among others. Luigi, 44, joined Lufthansa Technik Services India (LTSI) in
2017 as Chief Executive Officer in Bangalore. Prior to joining LTSI, he worked for ATR
Panel Member 4 (regional turboprop manufacturer) in various leadership role, last of which was Managing
Mr. Luigi Celmi
CEO, Lufthansa Technik Services Director in Singapore, responsible for Asia Pacific region overseeing maintenance, customer
India
services, warehousing, flight hour services and training operations supporting Airlines, Lessors
and MROs in various countries across Asia. Luigi holds Master degree in Aeronautical
Engineering from Polytechnic of Napoli and certifications from the French Institute for Aviation
Safety and INSEAD.

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 Technology Theme 2
“Taking off … Disruptive Technologies in Aerospace & Aviation”

Keynote Speech
Objectives:
The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly impacted all industries. One of the industry sectors in the
eye of the coronavirus storm is aerospace. But the crisis has also created a window of opportunity
for industry leaders to aggressively address the next Black Swan or rare but impactful events.

In post COVID era, will drones become technology disruption? Can they become mainstream
playing multiple roles of surveillance, safety enforcement, delivery of goods and services? What is
the current state of India in drone technology, adoption? Can India take lead in this area? What
needs to be done? What partnerships needs to be built? What skills needs to be developed? How
to build the ecosystem in India? How India can play an important global role in drones and
associated technologies?

Keynote Speaker
Mr. Amber Dubey
Joint Secretary at Ministry of
Civil Aviation, Government of
India
Mr. Amber is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and IIM Ahmedabad and has a
professional experience of over 27 years. He was one of nine professionals
selected in Sep 2019 by the Government of India to join as Joint Secretaries in the
union government. At Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Amber is looking after IT,
digital innovation, skill development and job growth etc. Earlier, Amber was India
head of aerospace and defence at global consultancy KPMG.
At KPMG, Amber led several assignments related to policy, strategy, bid
transactions and regulatory issues. He has assisted central and state
governments, regulators, airports, airlines, cargo and MRO companies in India
and abroad. Amber has worked closely with the MoCA in drafting the Vision 2040,
National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP 2016) and the policy framework for the
Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS). He had earlier assisted MoCA in drafting
the 12th Five Year Plan for aviation. Amber was honoured for ‘valuable
contribution to Indian aviation’ in 2012 by the then aviation minister.

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 Panel Discussion
Objectives:
Aerospace industry is harbinger of technologies from advanced sensors to current drones. It incubated,
nurtured and matured many advanced disruptive technologies. What are the disruptive technologies in
aerospace which define the landscape of post COVID era? How these disruptive technologies align in the
new world order? What role these disruptive technologies should play? Where are the opportunities? How
the eco-system needs to be built? This panel discuss will discuss some of these technology disruptions in
aerospace.

Dr Ravi Rajamani is an independent consultant working on applying model-based and data

analytics techniques to aerospace other complex systems, especially in the areas of
controls, diagnostics, and prognostics. He has six books to his name including Electric Flight
Technology: The Unfolding of a New Future. In addition to these books, Dr. Rajamani is the
author of many book chapters, journal papers, and conference proceedings. and is a named
inventor on several patents. Prior to his current job, Ravi worked at Meggitt, United
Panel Moderator Technologies Corporation, and the General Electric Company. He has a PhD from University
Dr. Ravi Rajamani
FSAE, FIMechE
of Minnesota and an MBA from University of Connecticut. Before that, he obtained a BTech
Independent Consultant and
Research Professor, University of from IIT, Delhi, and an MSc from IISc, Bangalore. He is active in the PHM Society, and
Connecticut
within various SAE technical committees dealing with AI and digital transformation,
prognostics & health management, and electric propulsion. He currently serves as the Editor
in Chief of the SAE International Aerospace Journal and is part of the editorial board of two
other journals. In addition, Dr. Rajamani has a visiting professorship at Cranfield University
in the UK.

Dr. M. K. Padmanabhan is a Technocrat with more than 35 years of experience in domains

Panel Member 1
Dr. M. K. Padmanabhan
Director, Virginia Tech India Center
for Research and Education
that span Enterprise creation and Management, Education and Applied Research,
Governance and Policy implementation.
Presently, from 2016, he is the Director of Virginia Tech India Center for Research and
Education, a Not for Profit entity duly Registered under Indian Companies Act. During the
period 2010-2016, he was involved in several initiatives that can broadly be classified as
Education Management. In this period, he served a 3-year term as the Vice Chancellor (Pro
Voce) of a large multi-disciplinary Education and Research University. The University has
Departments in Engineering, Medical Sciences, Arts & Science and Management.
During 2000-2010, Paddu founded Plexion Technologies, funded by JP Morgan, a
Technology company dealing with Design and Manufacture of Aerospace systems. It has
later been acquired by a large Global conglomerate in 2008 and he worked as its CEO for a
further period of two years.
Prior to this, Paddu spent nearly 20 years with Indian Space Research Organisation as
Scientist/Engineer. During this period he was deputed to NASA, USA for a period of 5 years
to work as the Project Manager of an Indo US Spacelab 3 Program on board the Space
Shuttle, Challenger.
Paddu has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Paddu’s other interests and participation includes Community Development and has been
part of several Rural upliftment Programs. Well connected with NGO’s, Rotary and Lions
community in India, South East Asia and Japan, he enjoys working hands-on with local
communities on projects relating to Poverty alleviation, Local Societal issues etc. He is also
Founding member of a Skill Training Initiative of Govt of India.

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Panel Member 2
Dr. Parimal Kopardekar
Director of NASA Aeronautics
Research Institute (NARI).
Dr. Parimal Kopardekar (PK) serves as the Director of NASA Aeronautics
Research Institute (NARI). In that capacity, he is responsible for exploring new
trends and needs related to aviation in the areas of autonomy, aeronautics
manufacturing, and advanced air mobility. He also serves as NASA's senior
technologist for Air Transportation Systems and principal investigator for the
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) project. He was formerly
manager of the NASA’s Safe Autonomous System Operations Project, which
developed autonomy related concepts, technologies and architectures that will
increase efficiency, safety, and capacity of airspace operations. Prior to that, he
managed Next Generation Air Transportation Systems (NextGen) Concepts and
Technology Development Project. He enjoys initiating new concepts and
technology ideas that increase airspace capacity and throughput, reduce delays,
and reduce the total cost of air transportation. At NASA, he has initiated many
innovative research projects including reduced crew operations, net-enabled air
traffic management, autonomy for airspace operations, Shadow-Mode Assessment
using Realistic Technologies for the National Airspace System (SMART NAS), and
low-altitude airspace management system focused on Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(UAS) operations. In 2017, he was named among the 25 most influential people in
commercial drone industry. He is the winner of the 2018 Samuel J. Heyman
Service to America Medals (known as the Oscars for the federal workforce) in the
"Promising Innovations" category. He has published over 50 conference and
journal papers with three best paper awards, delivered more than 15 keynote talks
at national and international conferences, and participates as an expert with media
on topics related to unmanned aircraft systems, urban air mobility, and autonomy.
He is a Fellow of the American Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and recipient
of numerous NASA awards including Outstanding Leadership Medal and Engineer
of the Year. He holds a doctorate and master’s degrees in Industrial Engineering
and bachelor’s degree in production engineering. He serves as the co-editor-in-
chief of the Journal of Aerospace Operations.
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 Mr. Sridhar Dharmarajan (DS) is the Executive Vice President & Managing
Director – Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence India and MSC Software, Indo-
Pacific. In his role, he is responsible for India sales operations of the Metrology
and Production Software portfolios, as well as MSC Software and Q-DAS. He also
oversees the MSC Software Indo-Pacific regional business operations across
India, ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand.
Panel Member 3
Mr. Sridhar Dharmarajan
EVP & Managing Director – Hexagon,
He joined MSC Software Corporation in 2007 establishing the company’s first
Indo Pacific
sales office in the Region. Over the past decade, he has built and retained high
performing teams. He has been responsible for the company's market leadership
and 10x growth. Before MSC Software Corporation, between 2002-2006,
Mr.Dharmarajan was responsible for successfully setting up the MatrixOne
operations in India.

He is also a successful entrepreneur who has set up two companies - Bluefont

Technologies and Pixtel communications (Pixtel was sold to Mindtek, Taiwan) in
the early 2000’s. It is during this time Mr. Dharmarajan acquired an in-depth
knowledge of setting up and running a software company end-to-end. Mr.
Dharmarajan started his career with Wipro Infotech. After leaving Wipro, he was
handpicked to be a part of a core team to establish SDRC (now Siemens PLM) in
India. During his eight-year tenure at SDRC, he was the recipient of numerous
technical and sales excellence awards and played a vital role in the success of
SDRC in the country.

Mr. Dharmarajan has completed his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Indian

Institute of Science Bangalore. He is based in Bangalore and calls the Garden
City his home.

Tom Plümmer (30) is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wingcopter. He has a Bachelor
of Art in Digital Media and had already equipped multicopters with complex
camera systems during his studies, offering aerial photography to industry clients.
Tom heads Wingcopter’s Business Development and is the driving force behind
the company’s strategy. He is driven by the conviction and the will to use drone
Panel Member 4 technology for social projects and wants to continuously expand the scope of civil
Mr. Tom Pluemmer applications of drones globally.
CEO Wingcopter

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Panel Member 5
Dr. Rob Harwood
Global Industry Director, ANSYS
Dr. Rob obtained his engineering PhD in 1998 from the University of Sheffield in
the UK. During and since that time Rob has focused on creating significant
customer value through the industrial application of simulation-based engineering.
Today, Rob leads the Global Industry Team at ANSYS, Inc that focuses
specifically on the Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Energy, Healthcare, High
Tech and Industrial Equipment sectors. ANSYS is the global leader in engineering
simulation. We help the world’s most innovative companies deliver radically better
products to their customers. By offering the deepest and broadest portfolio of
engineering simulation software, we help them solve the most complex design
challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination
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 Supporting Association Partner
Aerospace Industry Development Association of Tamil Nadu (AIDAT)
The Aerospace Industry Development Association of Tamil Nadu (AIDAT) was formed in 2016

to promote and develop the Aerospace and Defence industry ecosystem in Tamil Nadu. This
is led by industry veterans who have many years of experience in the Aerospace and Defence
Industry in India and abroad. The focus of the association is to engage with multiple
stakeholders in the community across the world to bring business opportunities for the current

and future A & D industries in Tamil Nadu. The objective is to make Tamil Nadu as a premier
destination for domestic and global manufacturers of A & D products. Tamil Nadu is already
considered a hub for automotive design and manufacturing, even called “Detroit of South

Asia” with many OEMs setting up manufacturing units near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The
association also engages with automotive industry veterans who want to enter the growing
A&D industry and become leaders like they did in automotive industry.
The Aerospace Industry Development Association of TamilNadu (AIDAT) works to create an

end to end ecosystem for Aerospace sector development covering design, engineering and
manufacturing of aircraft for civil and defence sector.

For more information visit: https://aidat.in/about-aidat/

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 Sponsor Profile

Title Sponsor

ANSYS

If you've ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane, driven a car, used
a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a bridge or put on wearable
technology, chances are you've used a product where Ansys software
played a critical role in its creation. Ansys is the global leader in engineering
simulation. Through our strategy of Pervasive Engineering Simulation, we
help the world's most innovative companies deliver radically better products
to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering
simulation software, we help them solve the most complex design
challenges and create products limited only by imagination. Founded in
1970, Ansys is headquartered south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Visit www.ansys.com for more information.

For more information visit: https://www.ansys.com/en-in

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 Principal Sponsor
Dassault Systemes

Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE company, world leader in 3D design
software, 3D digital mock-up and product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, provides software applications
and services, designed to support companies’ innovation processes. The group brings value to over 250,000
customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 140 countries. Its 3DEXPERIENCE platform leverages the
Company’s world-leading 3D software applications to transform the way products are designed, produced, and
supported, enabling businesses to craft delightful customer experiences.

The 3DEXPERIENCE platform is a business experience platform. It provides software solutions for every
organization within a company – from engineering to marketing and sales – that help clients, in their value creation
process, to create differentiating consumer experiences. With a single, easy to-use interface, the 3DEXPERIENCE
Platform, available on premise and on cloud, powers Industry Solution Experiences based on 3D design, analysis,
simulation, and intelligence software in a collaborative, interactive environment.

Dassault Systèmes’ global customer base includes companies primarily in 11 industrial sectors:
- Aerospace and Defense;
- Transportation and Mobility;
- Marine and Offshore;
- Industrial Equipment;
- High Tech;
- Construction, Cities and Territories;
- Home & Lifestyle;
- Consumer Packaged Goods & Retail;
- Life Sciences;
- Energy and Materials;
- Business Services;

Dassault Systèmes has built a vast network of partnerships with leading educational institutes, universities and
engineering colleges across India to build up the workforce of the future. Dassault Systèmes has set up an
aerospace 3DEXPERIENCE
Innovation Center at Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in association with Government of Karnataka
(KBITS). Dassault Systèmes has also partnered with Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation
(APSSDC) to set up 3DEXPERIENCE Innovation Center and make students industry ready in the field of
aerospace, automotive and shipbuilding.

The company continues its investment towards India’s 3D ecosystem by opening more training centers and by
nurturing domestic start-up community that is helping the market grow.

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 Platinum Sponsor

Infosys

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting.

They enable clients in 46 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With
nearly four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of
global enterprises, Infosys expertly steer their clients through their digital
journey. Infosys enables the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps
prioritize the execution of change. Infosys also empower the business with
agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and
customer delight. Infosys always-on learning agenda drives their continuous
improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and
ideas from their innovation ecosystem.

For more information visit: https://www.infosys.com/

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 Platinum Sponsor

MathWorks

MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software.

MATLAB, the language of technical computing, is a programming environment
for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric
computation. Simulink is a graphical environment for simulation and Model-
Based Design for multidomain mixed-signal and embedded systems. Founded
in 1984, MathWorks employs more than 3500 people in 15 countries, with
headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, USA.
MathWorks India was established in November 2008 in Bangalore, and is
responsible for selling and supporting the MATLAB® and Simulink® product
families of the company MathWorks Inc throughout the country. MathWorks
India also has offices in New Delhi, Pune & Hyderabad.

www.mathworks.com Phone: +91 80 6632 6000

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 Gold Sponsor

Hexagon

Hexagon Capability Center India (HCCI) is one of the key technology R&D
hubs for Hexagon, a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous
technologies enabling efficiency, productivity, and quality across industrial,
manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications. Innovations,
consistent deliveries and ever-evolving technologies at HCCI has helped
various Hexagon units to grow its business and customer base globally. HCCI
has product teams that work on product portfolios for PPM, Safety &
Infrastructure, Geospatial, Geosystems, Mining, Manufacturing Intelligence,
and Positioning Intelligence. In addition, HCCI has dedicated services teams
that provide implementation services for PPM and SI customers worldwide.
HCCI, years (formerly Intergraph Consulting Pvt. Ltd) the earliest IT company
in the city of Hyderabad has a rich history of 32 years, employs 1400+
workforce.

For more information visit: https://hexagon.com/our-business/research-and-

development/hexagon-cci

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 Gold Sponsor

HCL

HCL Engineering and R&D Services (ERS) partners with global enterprises in
accelerating product development by leveraging the latest technologies,
monetizing product services, and providing immersive customer experiences.

HCL are one of the most valued broad-based global engineering service
providers (ESPs). With over four decades of experience in supporting
customers in their digital transformation, HCL seamlessly integrates with, and
complements, customers’ product engineering and research and development
(ER&D) activities.
HCL accelerates engineering across the product ecosystem, i.e., engineering,
manufacturing, supply chain and services. We help our customers improve
Time to Profit by maximizing Return on Innovation (RoI). Today, HCL is a
thought leader in digital engineering technologies as they provide
• Technology depth in new-age digital technologies such as I4.0, IoT, AI, AR /
VR, Autonomous vehicles, etc.
• Solutions-driven approach with 50+ solution accelerators across automation,
analytics, platforms, sustenance, etc.
• Flexible business models aligned to customer’s strategy such as outcome-
based models, risk-reward, co-innovation
Over the past decade, HCL’s engineering services has helped more than 330
organizations develop and launch over 1,000 market-leading products across
various market segments. Today, HCL works with 65 of the top-100 R&D
spenders in the world.

For more information visit: https://www.hcltech.com/engineering-rd-services

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 Silver Sponsor

MOOG

Moog is a designer, manufacturer, and integrator of precision motion control

products and solutions. Our high-performance systems control military and
commercial aircraft, satellites and space vehicles, launch vehicles, missiles,
industrial machinery, wind energy, marine applications, and medical
equipment.

Our world-class product lines in servo and proportional valves, servo motors
and drives, servo actuators, motion systems, controllers and software, and
slip rings for data and power transmission provide the highest performance
for hydraulic, electric, and hybrid systems.

In India, Moog operations span manufacturing of servo motors, a design

center and sales and support for Moog products and solutions.

For more information visit: https://www.moog.co.in/

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 Silver Sponsor

Hindustan University

Hindustan College of Engineering, started in the year 1985, was conferred the
"University Status" by University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of
India, Under Section 3 of UGC Act 1956 from the academic year 2008-09 and
under the name HITS (Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science).Today,
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science is one of the most sought after
engineering Institutions in Tamil Nadu, reputed for its highly qualified and
experienced faculty and excellent infrastructural facilities for curricular and extra
curricular activities, the University has maintained an enviable academic
excellence right from its inception. The student community comprises of
students from all over India and Overseas.

For more information visit: https://hindustanuniv.ac.in/

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Eminent Speakers from Aerospace, Defense and Space Industry

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