Conference - 2026
Asset Management: The Strategic Lever for Delivering Lifecycle Value and Operational Excellence
Day 1
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Theme: Leadership, Strategy & Delivering Operational Excellence
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Registration
10:00 AM – 10:05 AM
Inaugural Lighting of Lamp by Dignitaries
10:05 AM – 10:15 AM
Welcome Address
Srinivasan Srikanth
CEO
Virgo Communications and Exhibition Pvt. Ltd
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Industry Address
Dr. Harvindar Singh Gambhir
President
Council of Vibration Specialists
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Address by Guest of Honour
Beyond Commissioning: Building Reliability and Readiness Across the Asset Lifecycle
Cdr. Ajay Tiwari
GM & Head - Through Life Support, Documentation & Training
L&T Precision Engineering and Systems
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Address by Guest of Honour
Engineering Reliability for Complex Shipbuilding Assets: Maintenance, Productivity and Operational Excellence
Vincent D’Souza
General Manager (Maint)
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM
Address By Martin Robinson
The Future of Asset-Intensive Industries: Driving Reliability and Sustainable Growth
Martin Robinson
Founder & CEO
IRISS Group, USA
11:20 AM – 11:40 AM
Address By Amit Gupta
The Future of Asset-Intensive Industries: Driving Reliability and Sustainable Growth
Amit Gupta
Division President, Motion Services
ABB India Ltd.
11:40 AM – 11:45 AM
Felicitation
National Advisory Committee, MRAM 2026
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
VIP Exhibition Tour
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Panel Discussion: From Efficiency to Excellence: Delivering More Value from Asset-Intensive Operations
Moderated by Anil Kapoor
Anil Kapoor
Manufacturing Innovation, Power & Strategy Leader
Partha S Ghose
Group Director – Projects
Kalyani Steels Limited
N. P. Sundar
Fellow & Member – Governing Council
Council of Vibration Specialists
Prashant Bari
Product Manager
ABB India Ltd
Mark Paul
Senior Vice President – Sales & Marketing
IRISS Inc, USA
Ramesh Kande
Senior Vice President
Global Capability Centre, EET Fuels
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Lunch
2:30 PM – 2:50 PM
Presentation
Digitalising the Condition Monitoring and Process Optimisation of the Toughest Applications in Industry
Prateek Mehta
Managing Director
SPM Instrument India Pvt. Ltd.
2:50 PM – 4:00 PM
Panel Discussion: Building High Reliability and High-Performance Organization
Moderated by Indranil Ghosh
Indranil Ghosh
Vice President and Founder Member, Society of Power & Energy Professionals
India (SOPEP)
Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh
Deputy General Manager
Lalitpur Power Generation Company Ltd
Jyothikumar Chandran
Director – Business Development
IRISS Inc, MEA, Africa & Caspian
Nilesh Doshi
General Manager - Projects
BEIL Infrastructure Limited
Arun C Rajyaguru
Group Head Maintenance & Reliability
Deepak Group
Sameer Patkar
Practice Head – Operations & Maintenance Solutions
EAM, Advanced Analytics, ImageGrafix
4:00 PM
Day 1 Concludes
Day 2
Thursday, 8 October 2026
Theme: Digital, Risk-Based & Integrated Asset Strategies
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Opening Industry Address
Reimagining Asset Management: Integrating Intelligence, Reliability & Safety
Libu Mathew
Executive Director
HPCL
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Presentation
Digitalizing Asset Management
Sameer Patkar
Practice Head – Operations & Maintenance Solutions
EAM, Advanced Analytics, ImageGrafix
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Panel Discussion: Intelligent Assets: Scaling AI, Digital Twins & Predictive Technologies
Moderated by Amish Jani
Amish Jani
Vice President, CoE Corrosion Engineering
Static Equipment Reliability, Reliance Industries Limited
Dr Bubathi Muruganantham
Application Engineering Manager
Honeywell Technologies, India
Sudarshan Peshwa
Business Line Manager - Digital & Head of Marketing and Sales, Motion Services
ABB
Gopal Krishan Sharma
Head IIOT and Advanced Analytics
ImageGrafix
Mukesh Vyas
General Manager and Management Team member
Forbes Marshall
Shubhendu Prabhu
General Manager – Condition Monitoring & Plant Health
Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corp Ltd
GRP Singh
Quality Assurance & Analytics
Tata Steel
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Panel Discussion: Risk-Based & Reliability-Centred Asset Strategies (RCM/RBI) for Operational Excellence
Moderated by N.P. Sundar
N. P. Sundar
Fellow & Member – Governing Council
Council of Vibration Specialists
Dr. Tarapada Pyne
Secretary & Director General
Council of Vibration Specialists
Manjul Pandey
Director
Acoem Reliability, IME
Rohit Kurada
AVP, CoE Head - Power Plant
Grasim Industries Ltd
Gokul Sarathy
Senior General Manager, CoE Static Reliability Head
Reliance Industries Ltd
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Lunch
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Panel Discussion: Asset Integrity, Reliability & Safety: A Unified Approach for Operational Excellence
Moderated by Biswabhusan Mohanty
Biswabhusan Mohanty
Head – Reliability & Asset Integrity (Mechanical, Electrical & Instrumentation)
Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd
Sanjiv Prasad
Senior Vice President, Head – Power & Utilities
Reliance Industries Limited
J. N. Agrawal
CEO - Corrsol Tech, and President
Association of Corrosion Professionals (AOCP)
Vipul Gupta
Sr. Manager - Inspection
HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL)
Gurmit Singh
Senior Vice President (Operations)
NAT Business Technical Solutions LLP
Praveen M N
Head – Reliability & Asset Management
ImageGrafix
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Panel Discussion: Next-Gen Asset Management: Integrated Strategies for Sustainable Value Creation & High-Performance Operations
Moderated by Ishwar Gehlot
Ishwar Gehlot
DGM - Projects - Pipelines
Adani Petrochemicals
Dr. Navil Shetty
President
Institute of Asset Management (IAM) India
Pramod Kumar Sapra
President
Shapoorji Pallonji Bumi Armada
Kumar Gyanendra Mohan
General Manager (P&M)
Patel Infrastructure Ltd
K Pradeep
Chief Manager at BPCL's Central Maintenance & Reliability Organisation (CMRO)
BPCL
Vinay Kaul
Senior Manager – Operations
Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL)
4:30 PM
Vote of Thanks
Registrations Closed
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