| Programme Schedule of IRMRA 24th Rubber Conference & Expo | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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) | |||||||
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| 17.00 - 18.30 | |||||||
| SESSION CHAIR | SESSION MODERATOR | PANELISTS | DESIGNATION | ORGANIZATION | |||
| Shri Sanjiv Joint Secretary, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India |
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| Dr. R. K. Matthan, Polymer Consultancy Services, India |
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| 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 |
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| Plenary Session | |||
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| 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 |
| Hall A | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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) | ||||