Industrial Recognition as a Jury Member

• Manoj Kumar Soni was a Jury member of 6th VDMA Manufacturing Excellence Award (Energy Efficiency & Conservation - Large Category) given at the 12^th VDMA Mechanical Engineering Engineering Summit on on Friday, the 13th of October, 2023*, at Hotel Taj Yeshwantpur in Bangalore., organized by Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA) India., which is the India office of The German Engineering Federation (VDMA). The other jury members were Mr. Seenivasan Balasubramanian, Chief Executive Officer of International Aerospace Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd (IAMPL), Prof. (Dr.) Amaresh Chakraborty, Professor IISC Bangalore, and Ms. Anandi Iyer, Director Fraunhofer Gesellschaft India Office. 

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• Manoj Kumar Soni was a Jury member of 5th VDMA Manufacturing Excellence Award (Energy Efficiency & Conservation - Large Category) given at the 11^th VDMA Mechanical Engineering Engineering Summit on Friday, 16 September 2022, in Pune, organized by Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA) India., which is the India office of The German Engineering Federation (VDMA). The other jury members were Mr. Seenivasan Balasubramanian, Chief Executive Officer of International Aerospace Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd (IAMPL), Prof. (Dr.) Amaresh Chakraborty, Professor IISC Bangalore, and Ms. Anandi Iyer, Director Fraunhofer Gesellschaft India Office. 

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• Manoj Kumar Soni was a Jury member of 4th VDMA Manufacturing Excellence Award (Energy Efficiency & Conservation - Large Category) given at the 10^th VDMA Mechanical Engineering Summit on, 8^th October 2021, organized by Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA) India., which is the India office of The German Engineering Federation (VDMA). The other jury members were Mr. Seenivasan Balasubramanian, CEO, International Aerospace Manufacturing Pvt., Ltd (IAMPL) and Mr. Subodh Jindal CEO, STEER.

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• Manoj Kumar Soni was a Jury member of 9^th Manufacturing Today Conference and Awards 2021, organized by Aditya Birla Group along with ManufacturingToday and LOCTITE, on 17^th Sept 2021. The other jury members were: Mr. Amol Nagar, Director Manufacturing Operations, Global Sourcing and Supply Chain, GE Aviation India Business; Mr. Jagdish Ramaswamy, President and CDO, Hindalco Ltd; Mr. Krishnan Sadagopan, Senior Vice President, Engine Development, Ashok Leyland Ltd; Mr. Mohammad Athar, Partner, Economic and Infrastructure Development, PwC; Mr. Partha Ghosh, Director Projects, Kalyani Steels Ltd; and Mr. Rajesh Nath, MD, VDMA India. 

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Recognition as a Panelist in Symposiums Organized by Industries

• Manoj Kumar Soni was invited as a panelist in the CEO Round Table Discussions on Knowledge Sharing and Strategy Development for "Sustainability as a Practice for Organizations" jointly organized by Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (VDMA) India., which is the India office of The German Engineering Federation and LAPP on 3rd February 2023 (Friday) at Taj Lands End, Mumbai. The panelists were: Sanjay Khare, Vice President –Safety & Sustainability Strategy, Skoda Auto Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Lakshmikantha R J, Vice President of South East Asia & ANZ and Managing Director-India, EMERSON Automation Solutions – Fluid Motion & Control. Mr. Gary Bateman, Managing Director, LAPP India, Mr. Amar Variawa, Country Director - Public Affairs, Sustainability & ESG, and Manoj Kumar Soni. Mr. Philipp Porferl, Senior Head of International Projects ARQUM, Germany moderated the panel discussion.

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• Manoj Kumar Soni was invited as a panelist in the 2022 Interdisciplinary Symposium on Sustainability in Higher Education supported by Wipro Earthian in collaboration with IIT Bombay on 1st- 2nd December 2022 held at the Victor Menezes Convention Centre (VMCC) at IIT Bombay, Powai. He was a panelist for the topic "Design for Change - Imperatives for Engineering Education,” Moderated By: Yogendra Shastri (Chemical Engg, IIT Bombay). Speakers: Prof. Anand B Rao (CTARA-IIT Bombay),  Manoj Kumar Soni (BITS, Pilani), Prof. Ravindra Gudi (Chemical Engg, IIT Bombay), Prof. S. Sivaram (IISER, Pune), Prof. Parthasarthi Sensarma (Electrical Engg, IIT Kanpur), Prof. Yogendra Shastri (Chemical Engg, IIT Bombay).

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