The following executives will give the Forum's Keynote Presentations.

B.R. Mehta

Senior Vice President
Reliance Industries Limited

Mr. Mehta has over 43 years of experience in the refinery and petrochemicals industry.   During his 31+ years with the Reliance group, his roles have included engineering and projects in the field of control systems and instrumentation for the Patalganga, Hazira, and Jamnagar Refinery & Petrochemicals complex.  He currently heads the design and engineering department in the field of control systems and instrumentation.  His experience includes engineering, procurement, inspection, expediting, construction, testing, pre-commissioning and commissioning of various petrochemicals and chemicals, and co-generation power and refinery projects from concept to commissioning.  Prior to joining Reliance he worked for 2 years at Agro Chemical & Food as Chief Instrumentation Engineer and 11 years at Indian Petrochemicals as an Instrument Engineer.  

Bob Gill

General Manager, Southeast Asia
ARC Advisory Group

Bob is responsible for managing ARC’s operations in Southeast Asia.  Prior to ARC, he had a decade-long career in industrial technology media, most recently as Editor-in-Chief at Singapore’s Contineo Media, where he had editorial management responsibility for Control Engineering Asia, Asia Food Journal, PharmaAsia, Logistics Insight Asia, and Payload Asia, while also concurrently being Editor of Control Engineering Asia.  Taken together with his earlier experience at Industrial Automation Asia magazine, he spent more than 10 years covering developments in automation technology in Southeast Asia and became widely recognized as the primary editorial voice for this sector in the region.

Achyuta Ghosh

Head of Research
NASSCOM

Achyuta has over 15 years of professional experience in research and consulting.   In his current role, he leads the research function at NASSCOM providing thought leadership and insights across the Indian IT-BM landscape, which includes IT services, BPM, software products, ER&D, and Internet and e-commerce.  Additionally, Achyuta takes the lead in driving NASSCOM’s thought leadership around areas such as digital transformation, talent, and the future of work.  He assists Fortune 500 companies and investors with strategic insights on future directions of the technology industry and the impact on business strategy.   He is a technology industry evangelist, proactively engaging and influencing key stakeholders of the Indian IT-BPO industry (government policymakers, CXOs and clients, analysts, media, investors, and academia).  Prior to NASSCOM, Achyuta consulted at technology organizations such as Frost &Sullivan, Genpact, and WNS.

B. Ashok

Deputy Project Director
ADA

Dr. Ashok has been with ADA for 25 years, working on the LCA project.  His responsibilities are primarily in the areas of materials development, especially spearheading research in smart material applications.  In his current designation as Deputy Project Director, he spearheaded the successful establishment of India's first (and only one of three) Shape Memory Alloy plants in the world.  He was elected fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and a certified Chartered Engineer in 2010.  His other professional affiliations include the Aeronautical Society of India, the Indian Institute of Metals, ISAMPE, NDTSI, and ASM.  Prior to ADA, he worked for three years with M/s Hindustan Motors as a plant metallurgist and also a brief time in the practice of law.

Following is the schedule for the Forum.

Thursday, July 7

Friday, July 8

The Forum is held at the Le Meridien Bangalore.

Le Meridien Bangalore
28 Sankey Road
PB No 174
Bangalore, Karnataka 560 052
India
Tel: + 91 80 2226 2233
lemeridien.com/bangalore