NCTS The Team
| Mr. Sham H. Arjunwadkar Mentor, IIF-NCTS More than 38 years of experience in managing Iron foundries as Entrepreneur Managing Director, expertise in Energy Conservation systems for foundries. At present Chairman, NIAMT (formerly NIFFT Ranchi) |
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| Mr. D. B. Ghate Chairman, IIF-NCTS Hands on experience on S. G. Iron foundries over 35 years; Specialisation in establishing quality norms and Expert in all processes of Casting making. |
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| Mr. Satish P. Sohoni, Director, IIF-NCT More than 30 years of experience in Casting Mfg. and new projects. Has worked in Executive capacity at foundries, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Ghatge Patil Industries Ltd., Neosym Industries Ltd. |
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MEMBERS
A) Foundry Technology and Management
| Dr. Shashi Bhushan Singh Ex- Director, DRDO. A specialist in Research & Development (R & D) Management, with progressive experience of 35 years in DRDO.with leadership proficiency in project planning & management with extensive experience in Material Science, Metallurgy, Industrial Engineering, welding technology, heat treatment, Composites, Rapid prototyping, Failure Analysis. Product and Process design. |
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B) Ferrous Group
I) GREY IRON AND S.G. IRON
| Mr. S. Subramanian Ex. DGM (Foundry Div.) Tata Motors Ltd., Pune,More than 35 years of Grey Iron, S. G. Iron and Al. foundry experience in Tata Motors, Pune, Specialisation in Sand and Metallurgical Controls |
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| Mr. R. S. Sabnis Ex. COO, Menon & Menon Ltd., KolhapurMore than 40 years’ experience in grey iron foundries like Cummins India, Menon & Menon and others. Specialist in quality systems & Training. |
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| Mr. R. N. Bhome Consultant, PuneOver 40 years of experience in automotive foundries producing Grey, S. G. Iron and various nonferrous alloys; specialist in quality audits |
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| Mr. Parag Bhandare CEO, AKP Ferrocast Pvt. Ltd., BelgaumExperience of 20 years in Grey iron and S. G. Iron foundries; specialist in management of medium sized foundries |
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| Mr. S. G. Pawar Ex. G.M.- Foundry, Tata Motors Limited, PuneMore than 35 years of experience in managing large foundry producing Grey iron, S. G, Iron and aluminium castings; specialization in automotive sector. |
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| Dr. K. Gnanamurthy Management & Foundry Consultant, BangaloreMore than 40 years of experience in LMW foundry, Coimbatore, specialization in Wind Mill castings. |
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| Mr. R. Gopal consultant, ChennaiMore than 30 years of experience in organisations like India Pistons and others;Specialisation in setting up new S. G. Iron facility. |
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| Mr. Rajendra Newadkar More than 30 years of experience in foundries like Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Greaves Cotton Ltd., Ghatge Patil Industries Ltd., Neosym Industries Ltd. etc. Ex. Director IIF-NCTS. |
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| Mr. Balraj Seth Consultant, Jalandhar40 years of experience in small & medium foundries, all round foundry expertise mainly in Grey iron with Cupola Melting. |
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| Mr. S. Kuppusamy V.P, PSG Foundry Division, CoimbatoreMore than 30 years of experience in Iron Foundry. All round experience in maintenance, molding and melting. |
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| Mr. Anil Agashe PuneMore than 40 years of experience in foundries like Tata Motors, DCM engineering, Kulkarni Engineering. Ex. Director IIF-NCTS. |
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II) Steel
| Mr. M. B. Panse Consultant, NasikMore than 40 years of experience in steel foundries like CIMMCO Ltd., Gwalior,Nitin casting, Thane, Titan Alloys & others. Expertise in gating systems for steel Castings |
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| Mr. Umesh Sakhavalkar Consultant, NasikSpecialized in development of superior steel alloys & well experience in chrome Iron, Hadfield steel etc. Worked as Executive for Foundries in India & Gulf. |
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C) Non- Ferrous
I) Aluminium
| Mr. A. G. Bam Consultant, PuneMore than 20 years of hands on experience of manufacturing Al. castings of various grades in sand as well as die casting methods; specializations in methods for Al. die casting |
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| Mr. R. D. Chavan Proprietor, Raviraj Enterprises, PuneMore than 35 years of hands on experience in non ferrous castings by various processes. Specialization in low pressure Al. die castings. |
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| Mr. M. Thirugnanam Worked as Executive at M/s. Sundaram – Clayton foundry DivisionChennai for 38 years. Trained and worked at reputed foundries in Korea & Japan. Expert in all manufacturing processes for Aluminium alloy casting. |
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D) Equipment, Tooling, Miscellaneous
| Mr. D. N. Navangul Director, Dhanprakash Indl. Corporation, MirajManufacturer of high quality refractory materials and heat treatment furnaces; specialization in Al melting furnaces and soft ceramics. |
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| Mr. S. G. Khanolkar, CEO,Metalcraft Industries, PuneHands on experience of 38 years in tooling and tool design in organisations like Tata Motors, Pune and KFIL, Hospet; specialization in manufacturing tooling for intricate components like cylinder block for automobiles. |
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| Mrs. S. S. Karkhanis Proprietor, Foundry Friends, PuneHands on experience in design and installation of Cupola Furnaces; numerous installations all over the country; specialization in modern Divided Blast and Hot Blast Cupolas – Design and installation. |
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| Mr. S.S. Bhasin Ex. GM., Tata Motors Ltd., Pune.More than 43 years of experience in large automotive foundry producing Grey / S. G. / Al. casting, specialized in devising maintenance schedules for automated foundries. |
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E) Process Control and Lab Equipment
| Mr. V. S. Kale Managing Director, Vijayesh Instruments P Ltd., PuneManufacturer of electronic instrumentation systems required in foundries; specilisation in temp. measuring and process control equipment. |
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F) Foundry Chemicals
| Mr. Sanjay Karkhanis Director, Samarth Metallurgicals, KolhapurMore than 23 years of experience in foundry materials like Foam Filters Inoculants and others; specialization in Resin Coated Sand. |
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| Mr. Madhav Athavale Ex-Foseco India ltd. PuneMore than thirty five years of hands on experience in developing products for various applications in ferrous and non- ferrous foundries; has been product head for coatings; coal dust substitutes; filters and inoculants; has special insight into Process Control systems for non-ferrous melts. |
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