ICCPDEA - 2022 - Industry Session

About the Session

The special industry sessions during the conference are aimed at listening and understanding problems faced by industry experts in their respective domains and possible solutions using advanced computational and mathematical algorithms with particular focus on problems in Computer & IT industry, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical & Structural Engineering, Oil & Gas, Materials & Metallurgical Engineering and Space industry. It covers applications and relevance of Partial Differential Equations & Numerical Algorithms in the following industries:

Mechanical/Automobile/Manufacturing/Design/Thermal: Challenges in electric vehicles design and development, Vibrations, Heat transfer, Acoustics, Fluid flows/ two-phase flows, elasticity problems, modelling/simulation of solid and structural mechanical problems
Electrical/Electronics/Telecommunication: Electrical networks, signal processing, transmission lines, electrostatistics & electrodynamics
Oil and gas industry: oil and gas dynamics, flow in reservoirs including simulations, modelling of petroleum extraction
Aerospace: Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Structural dynamics

A platform to share and exchange ideas

Industry participants are expected to highlight problems which they are facing, particularly those that can be answered in the framework of mathematical and computational algorithms, partial differential equations (PDEs), mathematical simulation software and scientific computing. The industry participants need not to elaborate the problem as a mathematical model but a broad idea of the challenges they are facing so that the experts and researchers from academia can understand and try to provide an answer through a robust mathematical model and numerical algorithms using PDEs.

Specific topics relevant to the industry

The speakers (plenary, invited, exclusive and contributed talks) will broadly cover topics ranging in the interdisciplinary field of PDEs, Numerical Algorithms, Scientific computing which have vast applications and solutions to problems in Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, Software & IT, Weather Forecasting, Environmental Engineering, Fluid Flows etc.

Industry Speakers

Mr. Nagendra Naram (American Towers Corporation)

Mr. Nagendra Naram has 30 years of industry experience spanned across Engineering, Chemical, Paints, Telecom, Information Technology and Telecom Infrastructure fields. He has worked with Kanpha Chemmo Organics Ltd, Asian Paints India Limited, Tata Cellular, D.E. Shaw & Co. Currently, he is working with American Tower Corporation (ATC) as National Deployment Head. ATC provides passive infrastructure support to Telecom companies viz. Airtel, Reliance Jio, BSNL, Vodafone, Idea. He has exposure in Project Management, Infra Development, Telecom and IT Facilities development, Plant Engineering, Operations and Maintenance, Business Development and P&L Management. Educational qualifications of Mr. Nagendra include B.E. (Mech Engineering), M. Tech. (Industrial Engg. & Management), Diploma in Maintenance Management, M.I.E. (Mech), Chartered Engineer, and Executive MBA.
Mr. Nagesh A.S. (Hero Electric)

Mr. Nagesh is an automotive industry professional with a successful track record of leading multiple high-tech solutions from concept to mass market launch. A hands-on engineering leader, he has developed technologies for a broad range of automobiles ranging from trucks/ buses, to tractors, cars and two wheelers. Currently he heads the Electrical & Electronics Research and Development at Hero Electric Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. His focus areas are electric powertrain, traction batteries and Internet of Things. Nagesh has academic qualifications in Electronics, Computer science and Data science. He believes that industry-academia partnerships provide a win- win proposition for all involved and is an enthusiastic promoter of collaborations with universities.
Mr. Vikrant Singh (BatX Energies)

Vikrant Singh co-founded BatX Energies Pvt. Ltd. along with Utkarsh Singh in July 2020, with the aim to provide green solutions, taking care of nature by providing quality and sustainability. A seasoned entrepreneur, passionate for innovation and sustainability, and a brilliant young mind with an engineering background, Vikrant brings with him profound knowledge of energy storage and operational brilliance to implement it. Having envisaged that recycling of lithium-ion battery materials is the key for growth in electric transportation, he ensured that the company is committed towards a circular economy. With several accolades under his belt and profound engineering experience, Vikrant Singh is an impeccable personality to lead the EV revolution with his innovations. Vikrant is also the Co-Founder and Director (05/2019 - 07/2020) of Batene India Pvt. Ltd. Gurgaon, INDIA. He is recipient of several technology awards including the Best Safety Award (Hero Future Energy) and Best Innovation Award (Virtualis motorsports, 2017). He was the President and Vice President of the student run Automobile Club during his undergraduate studies at the BML Munjal University.
Mr. Manu J. Nair (EtherealX)

Manu is a Mechanical Engineer by qualification with a strong passion for space since his early days as an aspiring astronaut. Having published experimental research papers in Power Systems and Nano Science, Manu is now trained in Atmospheric Science, Solar Mechanics, and in operating Suborbital Spaceflight Airborne Imagery Equipment setup to capture Noctilucent Clouds in the upper mesosphere while having donned a pressurized Intra-vehicular Activity (IVA) Spacesuit. He is a Scientist- Astronaut Graduate of the prestigious project Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere (PoSSUM) - aeronomy research program of the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences. Manu has developed and managed strategic partnerships with satellite manufacturers, small launch vehicle manufacturers, and nationalized space agencies from across the globe. He has introduced new technology products such as Auxiliary Propulsion Systems (APS), Life Support Systems (LSS), Hybrid Propulsion, Retro Thrusters, and Ascent Propulsion. He was briefly a part of the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Project Gaganyaan - India's first human spaceflight mission and program, in carrying out a live project developing the waste management system (WMS) for astronauts in microgravity. He has led a team for Bill Clinton's annual challenge of the Hult Prize in 2018 as a Global Regional Finalist in Singapore. He was the President (Student Council) during his undergraduate studies at the BML Munjal University.
Mr. Devavrat Walinjkar (CAIRN India, Oil & Gas Division of Vedanta Group)

Devavrat Walinjkar is a Management Professional with over 3 years of experience in the Natural Resources and Oil & Gas industry. Currently serving as the Lead – Strategy and Planning, Cairn Oil & Gas, he has worked across functions of Strategy, Planning, Operations, Projects and HR. Devavrat graduated in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.