Past PLMSS Conferences and Workshops

Venue:

BITS, Pilani (Pilani Campus)

Conference Chief Guest:

Dr. Abhay Anant Pashilkar, Director CSIR-NAL, Bangalore

Themes:

Digital Twin and Circular Economy for a Greener Future

Pre –Conference Workshop:

Nov 25, 2025
Topic – Semiconductors, Microwaves and AI-Enabled Electronics – by CSIR-CEERI
Venue: CSIR – CEERI, Campus, Pilani

Venue:

HAL Management Academy, Marthalli, Bangalore.

Conference Chief Guest:

Dr. G Sateesh Reddy, Former Secretary, Dept. of Defence R&D, Former Chairman DRDO & Former Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri President of AeSci

Guest of Honour:

Shri J D Patil, Member of Executive Council of Management & Advisor (Defence & Smart Technologies) to CEO & MD-L&T

Themes:

“Product Lifecycle Management in Smart, Connected and Sustainable Ecosystem”
+ previous Topics
Additional topics

No. of Papers Presented:

65

Poster Papers:

13

Keynote Speakers:

8

Invited Talks:

15
An Interactive Panel Discussion on Defence Manufacturing was held with Prof. Gurumoorthy as Panel Chair and eminent panelists from Industry and research as detailed below
Sh S. Jayakrishnan General Manager, Aircraft Division, HAL
Sh. Laxmesh B H Head, Missile and Aerospace business of L&T Defence.
Dr. S. Ravishankar Chief Scientist & Head of Aircraft Prototype Manufacturing Division, CSIR- NAL.
Sh Anil K Sogi, General Manager (Electronic Warfare and Avionics), BEL.
Dr. Sudhir Kamath, Director, DRDO Industry Academia Raman Centre of Excellence, IISc Bangalore and Former DG-DRDO(MED & CoS)
Dr. J. John Rozario Jegaraj, Technology Director, Directorate of Product engg & Productionization, DRDL, Hyderabad

Pre –Conference Workshop:

Dec 4, 2023
Digital Thread Solutions for Aerospace Industry
Workshop speakers: Leading speakers from India and Abroad from SAE, Boeing and Indian Industry.

Dr. Ramanathan, Secretary, PLMSS Trust, Mr. Munirathnam, Chair Aerospace Forum, SAE, Dr. Ravi Kumar, Vice President, Infosys, Mr. Peter Bilello, CEO CiMData, USA, Dr. Robert Rencher, Senior Engineer Boeing, USA, Dr. Satish Thokala, Aerospace Engineer Manager, Mathsworks, Dr. Debasis Karmakar, Senior Manager, Hexagon, Mr. Venkataram Sundaram, Senior Enginer, L&T Defence, Mr. Sastry, of Infosys and Mr. Ananth of Dassault Systems, and Mr. Seshadhri Venkatadri, Senior Prinicipal Engineer, Collins Aerospace.

No. of Participants:

100+

(Hybrid Conference: Live Sessions (such as Inauguration and other sessions) to
limited audience – Rest of delegates Online/Virtual) Because of COVID

Conference Chief Guest:

Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO and Secretary DOS

Themes:

Previous topics+
Life Cycle –
Space System Perspective Additional topics

No. of Papers Presented:

57

Technical Briefs:

37

Invited Talks:

4

Pre –Conference Workshop:

Dec 16, 2021
Digital Aerospace Manufacturing
Prof. Ananthasuresh, IISc, Dr. Khalid Rafi, ASTM, Singapore, Dr. Donald Godfrey, SLM Solutions, USA, Prof. Alankar, IIT Bombay, Prof. Debroy,Penn State, USA, Prof. Timothy Simpson, Paul Morrow Professor, Penn State, USA, Dr. Christopher Solomon, DGM,VSSC

No. of Participants:

900+

Conference Chief Guest:

Dr. Tessy Thomas, DG(AERO), DRDO

Themes:

Previous topics+
Sustainable Design, Emerging Additional topics
Life Cycle methods for X Methods, Robotics, Dynamics

No. of Papers Presented:

52

Pre –Conference Workshop:

Dec 16-17, 2019
Industry 4.0
Prof. Amaresh Chakrabarti and Professors
From IISc CPDM and other related Departments and from Industry

No. of Participants:

89

Conference Chief Guest:

Dr. C P Ramanarayanan, DG-Aero
Mr. Karthikeyan Natarajan, Senior VPTechnology, Tech Mahindra

Themes:

Previous topics+
Sustainable Design, Emerging Additional topics
Life Cycle methods for X Methods, Robotics, Dynamics

No of Technical Papers Presented:

56

Pre –Conference Workshop:

11-12 Dec 2017
“Simulation Driven Systems Development”
A CIMdata, USA Workshop
Mr. Peter A Billelo, President, CIMdata, USA
Mr. Frank Popilas, Executive Consultant, CIMdata, USA

No. of Participants:

25

Conference Chief Guest:

Dr. Sateesh Reddy, SA to RM

Themes:

Previous topics +
Sustainable Design, Emerging Additional topics Life Cycle methods for X Methods
Robotics, Dynamics

No of Technical Papers Presented:

56

Pre –Conference Workshop:

14 -15 (F/N) Dec 2105
“PLM for Digital Manufacturing”
Prof. P.L. Narisimhan, Prof M.K. Tiwari and Biswajit Mohanty, from IIT Kharagpur
Prof. K.P. Karunakaran, IIT Bombay

No. of Participants:

75

Conference Chief Guest:

Shri Venu Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Group

Themes:

Previous topics +
Sustainable Design, Emerging Additional topics
Life Cycle methods for X Methods
Robotics, Dynamics

No of Technical Papers Presented:

63

Pre –Conference Workshop:

3 – 4 Jan 2014
“PLM Implementation Best Practices, Solution Patterns and Case Studies by Dr. Ravi Rangan (ASME Fellow, VP-Client Services & CTO, Centric Software, Inc., Bellevue, WA)

No. of Participants:

50

Conference Chief Guest:

P. S. Subramanyam DS/PGD (CA) & Director (ADA)

Themes:

Product Delivery and PLM Function as Additional Topics

No of Technical Papers Presented:

39

Pre –Conference Workshop:

2 – 3 Dec 2011  – A Modern Introduction to Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing’ by Dr. Vijay Srinivasan American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USA

No. of Participants:

50

Conference Chief Guest:

Dr.V. Sumantran, Executive Vice Chairman
Hinduja Automotive Limited

Themes:

Product Delivery and PLM Function as Additional Topics

No of Technical Papers Presented:

75

Pre –Conference Workshop:

12 – 14 Nov. 2008 at NAL, Bangalore Helicopter Design for the Environment
Dr. V T. Nagaraj University of Maryland, USA

No. of Participants:

50

Conference Chief Guest:

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Honourable President of India

Themes:

Product Definition
Product Visualisation
Product Modeling and Simulation
Product Realization
Product Development Framework

No of Technical Papers Presented:

45

Pre –Conference Workshop:

Dec 14 – 16, 2006 at NAL Aircraft Design by Daniel P Rayners USA.

No. of Participants:

100