Indian Institute of Metals
Delhi Chapter
 
IMMS Conference Detailed Programme

Programme
  9.00 – 10.00 Hrs. : Registration
  10.00 -11.00 Hrs. : Inaugural Session
10.00-10.15 Welcome Address : Shri R K Vijayavergia
Chairman, IIM -Delhi Chapter & Former ED, SAIL
10.15-10.25 Address : Shri L Pugazhenthy, Guest of Honour
Executive Director, ILZDA & Past President, IIM
10.25-10.35 Address : Shri U K Vishwakarma
Executive Director, MECON Limited
10.35-10.45 Address : Shri Navneet Singh Gill, Guest of Honour
MD, Yogiji Digi
10.45-10.55 Address : Prof S Basu, Guest of Honour
IIT Delhi
10.55-11.00 Vote of Thanks : Shri Deepak Jain
Vice Chairman, IIM -Delhi Chapter & Former DDG, BIS
  11.00–11.30 Hrs : Tea Break
  11.30-13.00 Hrs. TECHNICAL SESSION – 1
Process Modelling Automation & AI Technologies
Chairman:         Dr. Ramen Datta, Former Consultant, SRTMI
  1. Smart Metallurgy Approach in Secondary Steel Sector: R K Sinha, Technical Advisor Arjas Steel & Former Director, Modern Steel
  2. Digital Transformation System for Pre-failure Alert Generation for Equipment Failure and Cobble Reduction Based on Data Analytic and Video Analytic at BRM* : Shruti Menon, Manoj Kumar, PS Kalyan, Anshul Gangwar, Meena Naik and Ashish, Bhilai Steel Plant, SAIL
  3. Driving Efficiency Through Digital Transformation and Process Modelling in IISCO Steel Plant: Deependra Singh, Rakesh Kumar Singh and Panka, ISP, SAIL
  4. Navigating the New Frontier: Agentic AI's Role in the Evolution of the Metal Industry*: Sanjay K Prasad, Anshu Razdan, Rabeela Janorious, Vikas K Agnihotri, Vinod Kumar, IBM
  13.00 – 13.45 Hrs : Networking Lunch
  13.45-15.15 Hrs. TECHNICAL SESSION – 2
Digital Transformation
Chairman:         Shri P K Bajaj, Former MD, Durgapur Steel Plant, SAIL
  1. Role of Commodities Derivatives in Price Discovery and Risk Management: Kamlesh Jogi, Multi Commodity Exchange of India
  2. Computer Vision based Slab Profiling System for Optimizing Yield and Minimizing Defects in Plate Mill at Bhilai Steel Plant: Arun Agarwal, Neeraja Sharma and S P Rajkumar, Bhilai Steel Plant, SAIL
  3. ISP’s Journey of Digital Transformation: Empowering Innovation, Productivity, and Sustainability: Deepak Kumar and Firaz Ahmad, ISP, SAIL
  4. Enhancing Production Efficiency and Cost Optimisation Through Digitization as E-Auctions Integrated to SAP: SB Saraswat, Global E-Auction (P) Ltd.
  5. Deploying Agentic AI to Manufacture AHSS by the Indian Steel Industry *: Vikas K Agnihotri, Ex SAIL
  15.15 – 15.30 Hrs : Tea Break
  15.30-16.45 Hrs. TECHNICAL SESSION – 3
Smart Manufacturing Technologies
Chairman:         Shri K K Mehrotra, Former CMD, Mecon Ltd.
  1. Digitalization in the Steel Industry: Sunil Kumar, Steel Process Consultancy Inc., Canada
  2. Pioneering Technologies: Vinay Sethi, Qoncept Technology GmbH, Austria
  3. AI based Operator Guidance System & Silicon Prediction in Hot Metal Tapped from Blast Furnace: Sutar Satyabrata, Sam G Rohit, Saroj Kumar, Jitendra Singh Rathore, Amit Kumar Bokade and Pradeep Rao, Bhilai Steel Plant, SAIL
  4. Real-Time Data Integration and Predictive Modelling in BF-5 of ISP through Process Digital Twin: Ravi Shanker Pandey, Milind Sengupta, Manish Kumar, ISP, SAIL
  5. Forging the Future: Instrumentation and Control in Modern Steel Manufacturing*: Vikas Agnihotri and S Chowdhuri, Ex SAIL
  16.45-17.00 Hrs. Event Closing Remarks & Vote of Thanks
Shri K R Krishnakumar
Hony. Secretary, IIM -Delhi Chapter & Former CGM, SAIL & Former Consultant, Ministry of Mines
 
 
* Papers not presented during the Conference