IRMRA -24th Rubber Conference & Expo, Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association, Polymer & Rubber Research & Testing Center

65 Years IRMRA's

Rubber Conference 22-23 September 2023

Exhibition 21-22-23 September 2023

Chennai Trade Center

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Visitor Delegate Exhibitor

65 Years IRMRA's

Rubber Conference 22-23 September 2023

Exhibition 21-22-23 September 2023

Chennai Trade Center

Register as

Visitor Delegate Exhibitor

ABOUT IRMRA EVENT

IRMRA's 24th Rubber Conference

IRMRA established in 1958, to provide scientific & technological support by way of Testing, Training, Consultancy, Research & Product development services to the Rubber and Allied industries, functioning under the administrative control of Dept. for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT). With the onset of the 65th year of inception, IRMRA’s 24th Rubber Conference” and Expo is announced on 22nd & 23rd September 2023 at Chennai .

The objective of the conference and expo is to bring in the classic innovations in sustainability and circular economy and the alignment of the theme to the trending technology from various sectors. The event provides a unique platform to cover the complete spectrum of the industries involved at every stage of product lifecycle.

Scientific & Technical Session

Sustainable developments in Rubber and Allied Industry
Importance of Circular economy in rubber industry
Advances in Rubber and Rubber Chemicals
Nano – Materials and Nanocomposites
Bio – Materials and BioComposites
Advances in Additives
Advances in Testing and Characterization
Virtual Testing, Modelling and Simulation
Advances in Tyre Technology
Global Regulations – Present and Future Trends
Life Cycle Analysis and End of Life Rubber
Products – Waste management

Scientific Paper/Abstracts (Call For Papers/Poster)

IRMRA encourages research work & calls for technical paper presentation. Authors presenting papers at the conference are requested to take note of the following.

Papers should be based on original & innovative work on the above mentioned subjects.
A copy of abstract paper (about 300 words) must be submitted in typed (Double space) sent by mail to IRMRA on or before 31st June 2023.
The full text of the papers, including diagrams/photographs etc. must be submitted to IRMRA not more than 12 pages in A4 size pages along with soft copy through emails on or before 31st July 2023.
Email ID: irmra23rc@gmail.com

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Program

Day 01 21 Sep 2023
Day 02 22 Sep 2023
Day 03 23 Sep 2023

Programme Schedule of IRMRA 24th Rubber Conference & Expo
September 2023, Day 1
10.00	Inauguration of Expo
10.00-18.00	Exhibition
16.00-18.00	Conference Registration
The exhibition will continue to Day 2 and Day 3

22nd September 2023, Day 2
8.00 onwards	Registration
9.30 -10:50	Inaugural Program
10:50 - 11:20	Keynote Address by Dr. Utkarsh Majmudar, Academic, Consultant and Author, Member, Board of Governors, IIM Raipur
11:20 - 11:25	Vote of Thanks
11:25 - 11:30	National Anthem
11.30 - 11.45	Tea Break

Plenary Session
Time	Speaker	Topic	Session Chair
P1: 11.45 -12.15	Shri SKP Amarnath , Apollo Tyres	The Future of Tyres : Sustainability, Circularity and Technology	Dr. Ramadhas Arumugam Sakunthalai & Shri Ravin Thomas Kurian
P2: 12.15 - 12:45	Dr. R. K. Jain, UNIDO	Sustainability and Circular Economy - Challenges and Opportunity for Rubber Industry
P3: 12.45-13.15	Dr. Virendra Gupta, Reliance Industries Limited	Sustainable Technology for Advanced Elastomers
13.15 - 14.00	Lunch Break
Posters will be displayed from 13.00 to 17.00

Hall A
Session AI - Circular Economy, Recycling and Waste Management 1
	Time	Topic	Speaker	Organization
Dr. B. Mandloi & Dr. V. Kavivalluvan	AI-1 14.00-14.25	Sustainable mobility & circular economy- a business strategy in tire industry	Shri A. K. Sharma	BKT, India
	AI-2 14.25-14.50	Sustainable fillers for rubber reinforcement: fundamental issues	Prof. N Natchimuthu	MIT, India
	AT-1 14.50-15.10	High performance Recycled Rubbers towards sustainability goals	Shri. Kalyan Das,Shri. K. M. Ravi	GRP Ltd., India
	AT-2 15.10-15.30	Manufacture of Rubber Compounding Additives by the Chemical Recycling of Post-consumer PET Bottle Waste	Dr. Thomas Kurian	CUSAT, India

Hall B
Session BI -Sustainable Materials and Additives 1
	Time	Topic	Speaker	Organization
Shri Vinod Haritwal & Dr. Sreekumar Nair	BI-1 14.00-14.25	Innovative bioelastoplastic engineered natural rubber grade materials for a decarbonised sustainable circular rubber economy	Dr. R. K. Matthan	Polymer Consultancy Services Chennai, India
	BI-2 14.25-14.50	Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs) and Thermoplastic Vulcanizates (TPVs): Structure, Properties and Recent Applications	Prof. Kinsuk Naskar	IIT KGP, India
	BT-1 14.50-15.10	Synergistic effect of fillers on the performance characteristics of eco-friendly tyre tread formulations with special emphasis on low rolling resistance, hysteresis and antistatic properties	Shri Jiby M Isaac	Apollo Tyres, India
	BT-2 15.10-15.30	Development of Performance Enhancing Carbon Black Grades for Rubber Applications	Dr. Amit Chakrabarti	PCBL, India
15.30-15.40	Break

Hall A
Session AII - Circular Economy, Recycling and Waste Management 2
	Time	Topic	Speaker	Organization
Shri. Shivaramanrishnan & Prof. Srinivasan	AI-3 15.40-16.05	Waste tyres upcycling for high value chemicals and energy recovery: A circular and sustainable solution	Dr. Abhishek Sharma	Manipal University, Jaipur, India
	AI-4 16.05-16.30	Studies on structural element by totting tire derived aggregate	Dr. G.Venkatesan	University College of Engineering (BIT campus) Anna University, India
	AT-3 16.30-16.50	A step towards sustainability: Optimizing the doses of recycled tire powder in tire manufacturing sustaining analogous processability, performance and price	Shri Tirthankar Bhandary	HASETRI, India

Hall B
Session BII -Sustainable Materials and Additives 2
	Time	Topic	Speaker	Organization
Dr.Vasudev Rao & Shri. Rohit Milns	BI-3 15.40-16.05	Understanding of Natural Rubber for the sake of Reinventing the Wheel for the Sustainable Future	Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay	IIT KGP, India
	BI-4 16.05-16.30	Epoxidized Natural Rubber Unveils Exciting Possibilities	Dr. Amit Das	IPF Dresden , Germany
	BT-3 16.30-16.50	Sustainability at wacker silicones	Shri Raghvendra Singh Pal	Wacker, India
15.30-15.40	Tea Break

Panel Discussion on Circular Economy: Current Status and Future Perspective for End of life of Tyres (HALL A)
17.00 - 18.30
	SESSION CHAIR	SESSION MODERATOR	PANELISTS	DESIGNATION	ORGANIZATION
	Shri Sanjiv Joint Secretary, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India
		Dr. R. K. Matthan, Polymer Consultancy Services, India
			Shri P K Mohamed	Chief Advisor , R&D	Apollo Tyres, India
			Shri V K Mishra	Technical Director	J K Tyres and ITTAC, India
			Shri Vishesh Agarwal	Vice President	AIRTRA, India
			Shri Harsh Gandhi	Executive Director	GRP Ltd., India
			Representative	--	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt of India (confirmation awaited)
			Representative	--	Central Pollution Control Board, Govt of India (confirmation awaited)
18:45 onwards		Central Pollution Control Board, Govt of India (confirmation awaited)

Programme Schedule of IRMRA 24th Rubber Conference & Expo

Plenary Session
Time	Speaker	Topic	Session Chair
P4: 9.00-9.40	Prof. Anil K. Bhowmick, The University of Houston, USA	Rubber Research During Energy Transition	Dr Sawar Dhanania & Shri P K Mohamed
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Hall A
Session AIII Advances in Rubber and Rubber Chemicals
	Time	Topic	Speaker	Organization
Dr. M. S. Banerji & Dr. A. K. Tiwari	AI-5 09:50 - 10.15	Role of Rubber products Incubation Centre for sustainable Rubber Industry	Dr. Siby Varghese	RRII, India
	AI-6 10.15-10.40	Rubber Composites with in situ Incorporated Non-Black Filler	Dr. Chayan Das	VNIT, India
	AT-4 10.40-11.00	Effect of Fillers on Natural Rubber Latex Foam Vulcanizates	Dr. Shera Matthew	RRII, India

Hall B
Session BIII Advances in Product Design for Life Cycle Improvement
	Time	Topic	Speaker	Organization
Prof. A K Bhowmick & Mr.Srikanth Krishnamurthy	BI-5 09:50 - 10.15	Recent Developments in Rubber Technology for Marine Applications	Dr. P. Annadurai	NPOL, DRDO, India
	BI-6 10.15-10.40	Probing into Why Anisotropic Nanoclay Offers Better Reinforcement in Natural Rubber Than Isotropic Nano Zinc Oxide by Determining Their Interaction With Sol And Gel Fractions	Prof. Abhijit Bandyopadhyay	University of Calcutta, India
	BT-4 10.40-11.00	Development of Butyl Rubber Based Ionomer with Improved Self-Healing Properties	Dr.Amit. K. Shukla	Reliance Industries Ltd., India
11.00- 11:20	Tea Break

Hall A
Session A-IV: Sustainable Developments in Rubber & Allied Industry
	Time	Topic	Speaker	Organization
Dr. P Annadurai & Shri Vinod Simon	AT - 5 11:20-11.40	Determination of Crosslink Density by Dynamic Mechanical Analyser (DMA)Topic	Dr. Saikat Dasgupta	HASETRI, India
	AT-6 11.40-12.00	Advance in Mixing Technology	Dr. Aji M N	HF Mixing group, India
	AT-7 12.00 - 12:20	Study on the Heat Generation Properties of Rubber Compounds by Using Rubber Process Analyzer	Shri Ajay C	HASETRI, India
	AT-8 12.20-12.40	Induction Heating System for Rubber Curing Application	Smt Richa Nadkar	ELTECH, India
	AT-9 12.40-13.00	Development of A Biaxial Loading Test Frame for Rubbers and Thin Film Applications	Shri Kartik Srinivas	Advanced Scientific and Engineering Services, India

Hall B
Session B-IV Advances in Testing and Characterization
	Time	Topic	Speaker	Organization
Shri. S. Gusain & Prof. Ravi Ravindran	BT-5 11:20-11.40	Tire Wear Labelling : The Right Method	Shri Arnaud Dufournier	Durfornier Industries, France
	BT-6 11.40-12.00	A Prospect of Joint Efficiency Test for Hot Vulcanised Conveyor Belts	Shri Vivek kumar Upadhyay/Shri Aditya Kumar Gupta	NTPC, India
	BT-7 12.00 - 12:20	Use of Vision Tire System 3D Machine to Detect Defects on Tire	Shri. Antonio De Stasio	Tekna Automazione E Controllo S.r.l., Italy
	BT-8 12.20-12.40	Electrical Property Characterisation for Tyre Rubber Materials	Dr. Jagannath Chandaa	HASETRI, India
	BT-9 12.40-13.00	Estimation of total sulphur content in rubber by Inductive coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES)	Smt Suhasini Katke	IRMRA, India
15.30-15.40	Lunch Break

Hall A
Session A-V: Eco-friendly Materials and Composites
	Time	Topic	Speaker	Organization
Prof.Abhishek Sharma & Dr. Virendra Gupta	AT-10 14:00- 14:15	Compatibility Studies of ATF And Bio ATF with Aeronautical Grade Rubbers, Sealants and Paints	Shri Anilkumar Revankar	Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, India
	AT-11 14:15- 14:30	Bio-Sourced Rubber Curing Ultra-Accelerator for Tires & Technical Rubber Goods Applications	Dr. Nibedita Kasyapi	SI GROUP India private Limited, India
	AT-12 14.30-14.45	Effect of Bio-Based Plasticizer ‘Liquid Farnesene Rubber’ in Tyre Tread Compound	Shri Chandresh M. P	SJCE, Mysore, India
	AT- 13 14.45-15.00	Use of Bio/Alternative Materials for Sustainable Development of Tire Compounds	Shri Kumar Vineet	BKT, India
	AT- 14 15.00-15.15	Studies on Eco-Friendly Dipped Polyester for Tyre and Rubber Industry	Shri Loganathan M	HASETRI, India

Hall B
Session B-V: Virtual Testing, Modelling, Simulation and Global Regulations
	Time	Topic	Speaker	Organization
Shri. A. K. Sharma & Prof. L.S. Jayakumari	BT-10 14:00- 14:15	Fine Mesh Straining and Extrusion Applications for Highest Requirements with Gear Pump Systems for Rubber Compounds	Shri. Manuel Bessler	UTH GmbH, Germany
	BT-11 14:15- 14:30	Tyre NVH: Importance in Ever Evolving Automotive World	Shri Kumaraswamy	Siemens, Digital Industries Software India
	BT-12 14.30-14.45	Role of Graphene in Reducing the Rolling Resistance of a Tire to Comply with the Global Standards	Dr. Amrita Roy/Dr. Bharat Kapgate	IRMRA, India
	BT- 13 14.45-15.00	Tyre Care and Road Safety	Shri S. Gusain	TTAC, India
	BT- 14 15.00-15.15	Role of Standardzation in Achieving Gobal Cometitivenes of Rubber Industry	Shri Rajat Gupta	BIS, India
15.15 -16:00 Valedictory Function (HALL A) (High Tea)