Dr. N. Ramani has three decades of rich experience in the Design, Development and Manufacturing of automotives. He pioneered the use of Rapid Tooling for the limited series production of the internationally famous TVS mopeds. Currently he is the Principal of the renowned NTTF School of Postgraduate studies ( www.nttfspg.com ).

Dr. Mukesh Agarwal is the CEO of 3D Product Development (www.3dpd.net), a company with the proven credentials in the rapid prototyping and tooling. He carried out research on laser sintering and LOM at University of Texas. He holds five patents in RP technologies and material processing. He managed multi-million dollar projects at Dayton Research Institute for US Air force.

Mr. U. Chandrasekhar (rapidchandra@gmail.com) is the in-charge scientist of Rapid Prototyping Laboratory at Gas Turbine Research Laboratory. His contributions to the prototyping of aero engines and a host of Defence systems are responsible for the upsurge of RP applications in Indian Aerospace industry. He is the Chief-convener for the Indian Defence R&D plan for metal prototyping. He successfully organised symposia on Rapid Product Development at many centres.

Mr. Nitin Metkar is a specialist in rapid tooling and RP materials. He has more than a decade of experience in Bajaj Auto, Gba Geigy and Huntsman Advanced Materials.