¤ Home » Conference Proceedings Conference Proceedings27th INVEST International ConferenceThe 27th INVEST International conference was held on 9th & 10th December in Le Meridian hotel, Bangalore. 40 organizations across India and 220 delegates from various organizations in the country participated in the conference. A total number of 51 papers on subjects related to application of VE in production, service, system and advertisement were presented. Mr. H R Rao, TCS (EIS), Bangalore was the Master of Ceremony. Following are the salient features:
| 8th Dec. '11 | Pre-conference Zonal Council meeting at 7.30 PM at the Senate Hall of Le Meridian hotel | Mr. S C Sarkar, President, INVEST explained about the new shape of the council and the vision way forward to 2015. The new designations of the office bearers were proposed and agreed upon. | | 9th Dec. '11 | Welcome address | Mr. Rohit Mehta, GM, L&T (Mysore) and Chairman, INVEST-SZC | | Presidential address | Mr. S C Sarkar, VP, L & T Ltd., Coimbatore & National President, INVEST | | Chief Guest | Mr. Paparao Kodali, VP, Ingersal Rand, Bangalore | | Guest of Honour | Mr. Craig Squires, President, SAVE International | | Special Guest | Mr. James D Bolton, Executive, SAVE International | | Guest speaker - Art of living | Mr. Kumaran Venkatesh, Country Manger of Wind River (Subsidiary of Intel) | | 10th Dec. '11 | Presentation of CVS forum | Vision 2015 | | Chief Guest, Valedictory | Mr. T Parabramhan, MD, Kirloskar Toyota Textiles Machinery Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore | | AGM | All members | | Handa Golden Key & Trophy winner - Best VE organisation | Sobha Developers Ltd, Bangalore | | Prof. Vasant Rao Trophy - 2nd best VE organisation | TCS (EIS), Bangalore | | Mohata prize - Best VE project | Mrs. Mukta Srivastava & Team, Tata Motors Ltd., Jamshedpur
"Innovative ideas used for Design optimization of the fifth wheel coupling mounting structure" | | Soundaram Kannapan Gold medal - Maximum Nos. of VE sessions | Mr. Daniel Arockiam, TCS (EIS), Bangalore. | | CVS forum | Mr. Rajan Nagre, Bajaj Electricals, Mumbai was adjudged as the best presenter. | | Best paper award | Mrs. Anupama Kumari, AVS, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai
"Creating Business sustainability with VE as a tool" | | 2nd best paper award | Mr. S S Ahluwalia, L&T, Mumbai - "Supporting Economic, Environmental and Social sustainability of business" | | 3rd best paper award | Mr. Amol Malviya, M&M, Mumbai - "Design optimisation of 575 BP Fender assembly" |
Other events during the conference- AVS examination for the participants - mixed group
- INVEST Certification Board meeting - conducted by Mr. KSRM Sastry, Chairman, INVEST Certification Board
- INVAVE Editorial Board & INVEST Web-site committee meeting - conducted by Mr. Alok Ghosal, Editorial-in-Chief
- INVEST National Council meeting - conducted by Mr. S C Sarkar, President, INVEST
- SAVE International representatives' meeting - conducted by Mr. S C Sarkar, President, INVEST
- INVEST Annual General meeting
- 2nd SAVE Asian conference - 2012 in New Delhi - conducted by Mr. S C Sarkar, President, INVEST
Published Papers - INVEST International conference, 2011The following Pepers have been published and presented. Any one desirious of knowing more on the papers are requested to contact Mr. R K Gupta, Vice President, Administration or Mr. Alok Ghosal, Vice President, Marketing & Communication. | Sl. No. | Title of the Paper | Author | Company |
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| 1 | Design optimisation of 575 BP Fender assembly | Amol Malviya | M & M, Mumbai | | 2 | VE for Business sustainability | S M Agrawal | L&T, Mumbai | | 3 | Sustainability - the hidden facet of VM | Sukhdev Balaji, A Daniel | TCS, Bangalore | | 4 | Innovative ideas for design optimisation of 5th wheel coupling mounting structure | Mukta Srivastava et al | Tata Motors, Jamshedpur | | 5 | Effective VE implementation for Business sustainability | H Raghvendra Rao | TCS, Bangalore | | 6 | Application of VA in Advertising agency | Abhay Kant, Alok Ghosal | MBA student, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur | | 7 | Creating Business sustainability with VE as a tool | Anupama Kumari | Bhilai Steel Plant | | 8 | Cost leadership-Road to Business sustainabilty | Vidyasagar Galatagi | Whirlpool, Pune | | 9 | Enhancing the life of BED coiler in boiler | RK Singh et al | Grasim Bhiwnai Textiles | | 10 | VE - Business sustainability - achallenger for 8 inch semiconductor equipment businee | A P Jeevaraj | TCS, Bangalore | | 11 | Supporting Economic, Environmental and Socialsustainability of business | S S Ahluwalia | L&T, Mumbai | | 12 | VE of Module interface in patient monitoring system | Jyotika Ghosh | L&T, Mysore | | 13 | Go Green with VE | Hema Singh | L&T, Mysore | | 14 | VM for Surgical instrument, manufacturing industry | J Sathe | TCS | | 15 | Oxygen lance consumption in SMS-1 | G S Venugopal | Bhilai Steel Plant | | 16 | VE on Parking brake cable | Sagar V Naik | Tata Motors, Pune | | 17 | VE on Expandable baffles | Swapnil V Purvant | Tata Motors, Pune | | 18 | VE for Business sustainability | R K Rangaswamy | Mahindrasatyam | | 19 | VE-a tool for Business sustainability | Sreenidhi V Attur | TCS, Bangalore | | 20 | VE on Engine test cycle time optimisation | Ganesh Kolhal | M&M, Mumbai | | 21 | Eight essential role for a sustainable VM team | A Daniel | TCS, Bangalore | | 22 | Business sustanance through VE | R Chandrashekar | TCS, Bangalore | | 23 | Productivity improvement in Bliss Mill | Sandip Choudhury & D Mandal | Hindalco, Belur | | 24 | Value Engineering technique for sustainable product design | Sriram J Sathe & J Sathe | 3rd year BE student | | 25 | VE aids manufacturing decisions | Venugopal Pisharody & Vishal Trivedi | Ingersall Rand, Bangalore | | 26 | Integrating cost modelling in VE methodology | Keshav V | Ingersall Rand, Bangalore | | 27 | VE in Cargo bed in Clubcar utility vehicle | Shadashiv R Shetty | Ingersall Rand, Bangalore | | 28 | VE - Cross drive | Senthil Kumar C | Ingersall Rand, Bangalore | | 29 | Design Optimization of Tri Vector Meter through VE | Vijendra K | L&T, Mysore | | 30 | Cost reduction by optimising silver consumption | Dheeraj V Dere | L&T, Ahmednagar | | 31 | Cost & Time elimination in Assembly of Roller journal assembly (Pulveriser), one of Pulveriser, Boiler. | Avadesh Chandak & Chanchal Maloo | L&T, Hazira, Surat | | 32 | Business sustanance through effective use of FAST | A K Mukhopadhyay | Consultatnt, Jamshedpur | | 33 | VM for Life science instrument and inplant manufacturing industry | Manjunath Penagonda, G Bangaru, Vasantha K Pr | TCS, Bangalore | | 34 | VE Ecosystem for a medical device | Manjunath P, G Bangaru, J Sathe | TCS, Bangalore | | 35 | Fostering business sustainability through VE | Anita Lukose | Sobha Developers, Bangalore | | 36 | Gator engine belt shield | Sachin Ballewar | John Deere, Pune | | 37 | Function anlysis - Heart of VE | N Shetty, G Bangaru, Deelip K Murthy | TCS, Bangalore | | 38 | Debris management | Soumya.S | Sobha Developers, Bangalore | | 39 | Value Engineering Study of Lift System of Mid-Spec Lawn Tractor | Ram K Sharma | John Deere , Pune | | 40 | Rear seat packaging | Ashwinder Singh, Rakshit Bisaria, Puneet Sharma, Vijay Garg | Maruti Suzuki Inda Ltd | | 41 | VE project on process change | U. B. Hatnolkar, V.G Malkar | L&T, Ahmednagar | | 42 | Achieving weight saving through optimisation of product design | Sushil mane | Altair Engg. | | 43 | VAVE on Outside unit of a Room Air conditioner | Rajashekar Nakula | Mahindrasatyam, Hyderabad | | 44 | Sustained cost leadership through cost medeling | Jerome Jerline J | Whirlpool Corp, Pune | | 45 | Cost saving through standardisation and change in material guide roller assembly | R P Mahamuni, Pavan SR | L&T, Pune | | 46 | Systemetic VE to increase productivity of calender machine | Vinay Singhal | Grasim Bhiwnai Textiles | | 47 | Ranking of sustainable methods for recycling rubber waste | P. Ashok Kumar, M. PalaniNatharaja | Thiagarajar college of Engineering, Madurai | | 48 | Briqueting of metal scrap in M&M | Haresh Parasramani | M&M, Mumbai | | 49 | Innovation and VA in welded blank | Vishal Handa & Santosh Gaikwad | Maruti Suzuki India Ltd | | 50 | Optimising design of Isolating valve in Coke plant, Tata Steel | Uday Shankar, Balaram Jena | Tata Steel, Jamshedpur |
Mr. S C Sarkar, President is delivering Presidential address
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Mr. James D Bolton and Mr. Craig Squires standing 3rd & 4th from left
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Mr. SC Sarkar, President talking in the Pre-conference Zonal council meeting
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A section of the participants
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Mr. Craig Squires is delivering his talk
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Mr. James Boltan is making his points
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INVAVE board and Web committee meeting is being conducted by Mr. Alok Ghosal, Editor- in-Chief
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INVEST Certification Board (ICB) meeting is being conducted by Mr. KSRM Sastry, Chairman, (ICB)
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Mr. Kumaran Venkatesh is presenting the Art fo living
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Participants are practicing Art of living
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Various trophies - from left Mutiah Kasi, Handa, Golden Key and Vasant Rao trophies
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A paper presentation is in progress
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Mr. Alok Ghosal is presenting during CVS forum
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Ms. Anupama Kumari of Bhilai Steel Plant is receiving Best paper award
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Mr. S S Ahluwalia of L&T, Mumbai is receiving 2nd Best paper award
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Mr. Amol Malviya & team of M&M, Mumbai receiving the 3rd Best paper award from Mr. T Parabramhan, MD, Kirloskar Toyota Textiles Machinery, Bangalore |
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