Dr. Rashi Gupta, fondly known as “Batterywali of India”, is the pioneer of manufacturing of Advanced Lithium Batteries in India alongwith the “Worlds Smartest Lithium Battery”. She is the Founder & Managing Director of Vision Mechatronics Private Ltd, leading it towards a name to reckon for in the field of Robotics, Renewable Energy & Energy Storage.

MSc. Frans Augustijn has over 30 years of experience within OEM companies and worked internationally on challenging automation projects in several industries. He is an expert in the development of Industry 4.0 business models within companies which are eager to develop opportunities coming from the main global trends.
He is Business Unit Manager Industrial Solutions of the Swedish listed company Xano.

Mr. Vikram Balasaheb Pol has completed his graduation in Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering in the year 2019, during the fifth semester he has done his internship in a startup automotive company (Aniwini Automotive, Bangalore) Where he had successfully designed map-pocket of Volkswagen Polo by using Unigraphics 11.0 software and learned about the manufacturing of plastic products by the injection molding process. He was proactively participating in the skill development workshops and also visited JSW-Bellary steel manufacturing plant organized at his university.

Mr. Jaikaran is the Director at Balu Forge Industries Ltd and Naya Energy Works Pvt Ltd.

The youngest and newest recruit who joined the BFIL (Balu Forge Industries Ltd) family in 2014, after completion of BSc in Business Management from Cass Business School, London and MSc in Strategic Marketing from Imperial College, London.

Markus Röver, graduated in mechanical engineering at University of Aachen and in business administration at University of Hagen. He started at Schuler, the global leader in metalforming machinery, in 1995.

Christian Leitner has worked nearly two decades in different Industry leading technology companies, where he developed a strong and diverse background in Marketing & Sales, Engineering and Project Management. Since 2015 Christian is part of the Global Automotive team at Rockwell Automation with particular focus on Electric Vehicles.

Ronny Guber is the industry expert for electromobility at B&R, offering manufacturers of batteries and battery systems a single point of contact for solving a new set of manufacturing challenges. His goal is to develop groundbreaking manufacturing concepts in close cooperation with machine builders and system integrators. This offers manufacturers higher productivity and lower unit costs.

Paul Mclachlan leads the e-mobility sector at Balluff, with particular emphasis on battery production. He works together with his teams in Korea, China, Japan and the Europe supporting line builders and system integrators as they equip themselves for the electrification of mobility. Such support includes but is not limited to enabling smart machines with IO-Link , traceability & tracking solutions and sensing technologies focused on mixing all the way to formation plants.

Hannes Weinmann is an expert for manufacturing processes and industrial machinery for the production of lithium-ion batteries. He is currently working as a technical consultant for the rhc+ consulting GmbH, providing technical cross-process expertise, technical project management and strategic product portfolio development for mid-end technologies (assembly) in battery production.

Vineet is the founder and CEO of oorja.energy, a software for designing better energy storage systems. Prior to this, he led the COMSOL India operations for 13 years.

Marcus Braun leads the business like EV Battery and Renewable Energy sector at JOT Automation GmbH in DACH Region, with particular emphasis on battery production equipment and providing technical cross-process expertise, technical project management and strategic product portfolio development for high-end technologies (assembly, handling, testing) in battery production.

Benjamin Troskie is a marketing and communication professional with insights and experience in the energy industry. Focused on Wind Energy and Battery Manufacturing, Benjamin works for Cotes A/S as Head of Marketing and Communications.