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SIAM, ATMA & ITTAC organizes 2nd Series of virtual seminar on Road Safety Advocacy for Tyres

Sep 25, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Additional Secretary, #ATMA, #Director General, #Executive Director, #MoEF & CC, #Mr Prashant K Banerjee, #Mr Rajiv Budhraja, #Mr Ravi Agarwal, #SIAM, #the Chief Guest

New Delhi: The Indian apex automotive industry body, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) along with Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA) & Indian Tyre Technical Advisory Committee (ITTAC) today led its 2nd edition of ‘Road Safety Advocacy for Tyres’ on a virtual platform. The seminar themed ‘Technology & Environmental Challenges’, this 2nd Series is a part of a Tri Virtual Series.

Under the ‘Tri Series Seminar’, ATMA-SIAM is organizing three sessions to spread awareness on various aspects of tyre care, road safety, and sustainability to advocate the road safety mission by MoRTH, Govt. of India. While the first series focused on tyre and road safety, the second one is emphasising on technology and environmental issues, and the third series will be on standards, regulations and sustainability.

The 2nd edition of the virtual program witnessed the participation of government officials as well as industry leaders and subject experts, who deliberated upon topics such as Sustainable Mobility and Technology & Environmental Challenges.

In his opening remark, Mr Prashant K Banerjee, Executive Director, SIAM, said, “The tyre sector is one of the most regulated one, but the irony is that despite being one of the most critical component for a safe drive the tyres don’t get enough attention. I believe that tyres deserve to be dealt on priority and with more respect therefore, this is important to spread awareness amongst the users.”

On the occasion, the Chief Guest, Mr Ravi Agarwal, Additional Secretary, MoEF & CC, said, “This initiative by SIAM, ATMA and ITTA will go a long way in creating awareness about tyre-maintenance and safety. Also, there is no doubt about the fact that automobiles are the true indicators of economic well-being of the country. There is a lot of potential for research in this area as it has a widespread impact on the environment as well as the economy. Also, a practical and sustainable model for extended producer economy in the domain of tyres must be constituted. The concept of a circular economy is important for the management of tyres from the design stage to the end of product lifecycle.”

Mr Rajiv Budhraja, Director General, ATMA, said, “Road safety and tyre-care are very much part of the inner core functioning of our association. In first phase, we connected closely with the users, further in second phase, we touched product, sustainability and environment and in the third and final phase, we will be connecting with influencers and policy makers. Life-safety is of utmost importance and deserves more attention in awareness campaign. And now the time is RIPE for tyres and safety elements that are associated. We call this RIPE, where R stands for Respect, I for information, P for practice and E for educate.”

During inaugural session Mr Ravin Kurian, Chairman, ITTAC also highlighted the commitment of industry along with the challenges to attain low rolling resistance and improving hostile environment for tyres.

Today, followed by inaugural session, the first Presentation session on ‘Scenario towards Sustainable Mobility’ was hosted by Mr Tom Thomas, Ex. Executive Director, R&D, Technology and Projects, CEAT; Dr K Rajkumar, Director, IRMRA; Mr V K Misra, Director Technical, J K Tyre & Industries Ltd. They respectively presented technical papers on sustainable- mobility: emerging new raw materials scenario, role of rubber industry in environment sustainability and end of life: Tyre Management. The session was moderated by Mr P K Mohamed, Chief Advisor – R&D, Apollo Tyres.

The second presentation-session was conducted on Technology & Environmental Challenges. In this session, Dr D Balakrishnan, General Manager, Ashok Leyland Ltd presented on the Challenges pertaining to commercial vehicle tyres. Another expert, Dr Cyrille Roget, Innovation and Scientific Communication Director, Michelin (Europe) shared his thoughts on Sustainable Mobility: Technology Trends & Development. Mr Anand Kulkarni, Vice President (Product Line EV), Tata Motors Ltd presented on ‘Tyre Requirement for EVs – Future Perspective. The second presentation session was moderated by Mr Renji Issac, VP (R&D) and Technology, CEAT Ltd.

As aforementioned, SIAM-ATMA and ITTAC will continue the endeavours and organize one more remaining session due under the Road Safety Advocacy Tri Series on the “Regulation and Sustainability” in October 2021.

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IIHMR University Signs An MoU With Indus Wellness Code Trust…

Apr 12, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Chairman & Founder, #Dr. PR Sodani, #Dr.Sudhir, #IIHMR University, #Indus Wellness Code Trust, #Jaipur, #Mr.NarenBakshi, #President, #Senior Professor of Medicine at SMS Medical College & Hospital, #the Chief Guest

Jaipur: IIHMR University signed an MoU with the Indus Wellness Code Trust (IWCT) today. Indus Wellness Code Trust is launching its first Wellness Resource Center in India in collaboration with the IIHMR University, Jaipur. This initiative is in support of Silicon Valley USA’s professionally run largest India Community Center – Crack the Wellness Code (ICC-CWC) in North America over the last 3 years. The Wellness Resource Center was inaugurated by Dr.SudhirBhandari, Principal, SMS Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthanwho was the Chief Guest at the occasion. Dignitaries Dr. PR Sodani, President, IIHMR University, and Mr.NarenBakshi, Chairman & Founder, Indus Wellness Code Trust were present during the launch.The ICC-CWC has won many accolades in the west, where it has established several Wellness Resource Centers and has been able to create an impact on the lives of many through health and wellness campaigns.

During the inauguration, the Chief Guest, Dr.Sudhir, Senior Professor of Medicine at SMS Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, said, “In this new normal, doctors and patients seemed to have evolved and adopted the change post-COVID-19. When one looks at the curative aspect, ‘Wellness’ should be a priority. COVID-19 has created an urgencyamong the entire health fraternity, which has given an emergence of wellness.Wellness is multidimensional and leads to holistic health, happiness, and well-being. Physical, mental, and social wellness are the most significant dimensions. Many organizations like IWCT and IIHMR University should come forward to collaborate and focus on health training to make a healthier and disease-free India.”

Dr. PR Sodani, President, IIHMR University, said, “COVID-19 has created a churn in the entire health sector. What gets left behind is mental health, which does occur to most of us as this pandemic has given a huge blow to our lifestyles, making us more sedentary. The MoU with IWCT is a strategic alliance where IIHMR University will be a Knowledge Partner for valuable knowledge generation and dissemination activities. The prime objective of this alliance will be to influence government policies towards prevention and wellness. IIHMR University will be one of the leading Institutional partners with the Wellness Resource Centers to promote Wellnessproactively among its Faculty, Staff, and Students. IIHMR University and IWCT will share knowledge resources and expertise through Webinars, Conferences, and Wellness Support Groups. We are happy that IWCT has laid its faith in IIHMR University to give the cause of ‘Wellness’ a way forward.”

Mr.NarenBakshi, Chairman & Founder, Indus Wellness Code Trust, said, “Wellness is a need of the hour with a single-minded focus. Wellness is vital for post-pandemic recovery and as founding Trustee of ICC and Chief Mentor and Co-Founder of CWC, I am delighted to form the IWC Trust to support the growing Wellness Movement with the establishment of the First WellnessResource Center in my ancestral home in Jaipur with an expectation of scaling up Pan-India. I am delighted that IIHMR University, Jaipur, founded by my friend Ashok Agarwal’s family as our first Strategic Knowledge partner who has been graduating healthcare managers in health, hospital and pharmaceutical sector.”

The strategic alliance between IIHMR University and IWCT will have WRC’s that will provide opportunities for healthcare start-ups incubated and supported by the Centre for Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship at IIHMR University, Jaipur.

The launch of the Wellness Resource Center opened with a Yoga session by the Youth Icon ShivVinayPande and opening remarks by Dr.Rashmi Jain, (Advisor, IWC Trust). The event also witnessed a Nutrition and Healthy Cooking Session post the inauguration and was concluded with a webinar on wellness with famous panelists such as Dr.Pratiksha Gandhi (India’s first preventive Cardiologist), Mr.RohitSaboo (President & CEO, NEI Jaipur),Dr. P R Sodhani, President, IIHMR University, and Mrs. Neeta Boocha (Past National President FICCIC FLO, Founder Chairperson FLO Jaipur).