Conference Background

Committees

Meet the distinguished members of our organizing committees

Organizing Committees

EnggCoat 2026 is organized by a distinguished group of experts from academia, industry, and research organizations. Our committees bring together leading professionals in the field of engineering and functional coatings to ensure a world-class conference experience.

Patron

  • Prof. Shireesh B. Kedare

    Director, IIT Bombay

  • Dr. V. Narayanan

    Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

  • Dr. Samir V Kamat

    Secretary DDR&D and Chairman, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)

  • Prof. Abhay Karandikar

    Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST)

  • Dr. N. Kalaiselvi

    Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

International Advisory Committee (Alphabetical order)

  • Dr. R. Balamuralikrishnan

    Director, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL)

  • Prof. Normand Bernard

    Professor INSA Lyon/Director of MATEIS Laboratory, France

  • Prof. E. S. Dwarakadas

    Professor (Retd.), Department of Metallurgy, IISc Bangalore

  • Dr. Shrikant Joshi

    Professor, Department of Engineering Science, University West, Sweden

  • Prof. Arjan Mol

    Chief Editor Corrosion Science, Professor, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

  • Prof. Sampath S.

    Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University

National Advisory Committee (Alphabetical order)

  • Dr J N Balaraju

    Chief Scientist & Head, Surface Engineering Division, CSIR National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore

  • Dr. Subir K. Ghosh

    Head Surface Engineering Section, Materials Processing & Corrosion Engineering Division, BARC

  • Dr. T. K. Mahato

    Head of Protective Technologies Division, Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL)

  • Prof. A. S. Panwar

    Head of the Department, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

  • Prof. V. S. Raja

    Emeritus Fellow, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

  • Dr. S. Raichoudhury

    Head of Corrosion Engineering Section, Materials Science Division, BARC

  • Dr. K. Rajkumar

    ASM India Chapter

  • Mr. Rajesh Shah

    Chair, ASM India Chapter

  • Dr. Ashok Kumar Tiwari

    ASM India Chapter

Industry Advisory committee (Alphabetical order)

  • Mr. Ranjan Dhar

    Director & VP – S&M, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India

  • Mr. Kalyan Dhakane

    Director - Corundum Coating Innovations Pvt Ltd, Malegaon

  • Mr. Manish Gopal

    General Manager, Head Materials Science Group (R&D) - TVS Motors Ltd

  • Dr. D. Panda

    Ex. Executive Vice President R&D, JSW Steel

  • Mr. Shripadraj Ponkshe

    General Manager, Head Materials Engineering, Tata Motors Ltd

  • Mr. Shreenivas Rathi

    Vice President - Metal Finishers Association Pune, Pune

  • Mr. Sanjeev Shah

    Treasurer - Metal Finishers Association Pune, Pune

  • Dr. Venkatesh Sundaram

    Director - Metsurfin Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon

  • Mr. Milind Varadkar

    Secretary - Metal Finishers Association Pune, Pune

Organizing Committee

  • Dr. Aruna Reddy

    CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories

  • Dr. Jaideep Kulkarni

    Shree Rasayani, B 57, MIDC Ambad, Nasik

  • Dr. Ajay Krishnan

    Materials & Corrosion Engineer, Shell India

  • Prof. MJNV Prasad

    Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

  • Prof. V. Dandapani

    Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

  • Prof. Darothi Bairagi

    Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

  • Prof. Sushil Mishra

    Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay

  • Mr. Rajes Bardia

    General Manager - Technology, Asian Paints PPG, Mumbai

  • Dr. S. Mohapatra

    Head – Technical Marketing & Application Engineering, AM/NS India

  • Dr. T. Route

    Tata Steel, Janshedpur

  • Dr. Prajakta Wagholikar

    Section Head Coated Products, AM/NS India

  • Mr. Nitin Gaidhani

    Secretary, Metal Finishers’ Association Nasik

  • Mr. Hitesh Rawal

    Treasurer, Metal Finishers’ Association Nasik

  • Mr. Sameer Patwa

    Sam Enviro, Nasik

  • ⁠Mr. Vinayak Gokhale

    Shamala Electroplaters, Nasik

  • ⁠Ms. Monika Dhepe

    Asian Paints PPG, Mumbai

Technical Committee

  • Dr. S T Aruna

    CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (Chair, TC)

  • Prof. Rajiv Kumar

    Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

  • Prof. Smrutiranjan Parida

    Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

  • Dr. Ashish Kulkarni

    Shree Rasayani, B 57, MIDC Ambad, Nasik

  • Prof. MJNV Prasad

    Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

  • Prof. V. Dandapani

    Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

  • Prof. Darothi Bairagi

    Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

  • Prof. Karthikeyan Hariharan

    Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

Treasurer

  • Prof. S. Chandra

    Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

Secretary

  • Prof. Darothi Bairagi

    Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

Convener

  • Dr. Ajay Krishnan

    Materials and Corrosion Engineer, Shell

Chair

  • Prof. Smrutiranjan Parida

    Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

  • Dr. Ashish Kulkarni

    Shree Rasayani, B 57, MIDC Ambad, Nasik