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Leadership Series - 2026

IDEAS - INSIGHTS - IMPACT

Paradigms of Modern Manufacturing
Value-Chains in India

A closed-door gathering of Leadership & Sr. Management Professionals in PRODUCTION, SUPPLY CHAIN, INFRASTRUCTURE & QUALITY.

- keynotes,
- Experts Panel Talks
- Case Studies

Program Agenda

Best-Practices, Dialogues & Perspectives that Matter-Most Now!

01

Learning to See: The Invisibles

Setting the strategic vision of moving away from traditional firefighting toward Predictive, Data-driven Execution.

02

The Flaw of Averages: Dealing with Uncertainty

Changing how organisations perceive & plan for Risk Mitigation

03

Closed-Loop Quality: The Profit Multiplier

Shifting the perception of Quality from an expensive compliance checkbox to a core driver of Profitability & Business Growth.

Who Should Attend

  • Senior Management
  • Head of Operations
  • Functional Managers
  • Plant Head
  • Program & Project Leads

Leadership & Sr. Management Professionals committed to Navigate their Organisations Forward.

Speakers

Expert Practitioners

Operators First.

Every speaker currently runs a Production, Quality, Supply-Chain or Infrastructure function.

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Opening Keynote

Arvind Rao

COO, Meridian Steel · 22 years in heavy manufacturing

Arvind has led operations through two major plant expansions and Meridian’s shift to a multi-sourcing model after the 2023 supply shock. He’ll open the summit with where Indian steel manufacturing is placing its next decade of capital.

Sourcing resilience in a fractured supply chain — Day 1, 10:30 AM

Manoj Kumar Gautam

Deputy General Manager SCM
Strides Pharma

Dr. Siva Prasad Ganta

Head, QC & Analytical Research Aurigene Oncology

Sandeep Thammishetti

Sr. Biz Expert – Ops & E2E Transformation
Carl Zeiss

Rajaram M

Head Process Engineering
Ausa Medical Devices

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From The 2025 Edition

"Most conferences waste a day of my time. This was the one room where every conversation led to something I actually changed on the factory floor within a month."

Rajesh Sharma
COO, a leading auto-components manufacturer

Program Details

Dates

24th September 2026

10 AM – 5 PM

Venue

Hyatt Centric

MG Road , Bangalore

N0 Fee

By invitation Only

Before You Apply

Common questions

No. Approved attendees join free of charge.

To ensure conversation in the room is peer-level & relevant, we screen applications before confirming registrations for participation.

Application date closes on 18th September 2026








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