Governance

Members and Committee

Regular and thorough review processes are essential for the success of any program. The SamridDHI program follows a quarterly review schedule, during which the Program Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC) chairman and members are invited by the FSID for a full-day session to assess project progress and milestones. These reviews are complemented by presentations from each Industry Partner’s product owner, providing updates on technological advancements, program scheduling, financial status, intellectual property developments, and risk management strategies. Feedback and comments gathered during these reviews are carefully considered by Industry Partners and incorporated into subsequent PRMC meetings to drive continuous improvement and ensure project success.

The Ministry of Heavy industries

The Ministry of Heavy Industries is concerned with the development of the Heavy Engineering and Machine Tools Industry, Heavy Electrical Engineering Industry and Automotive Industry and administering the following 40 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and their subsidiaries and four autonomous bodies.

Scheme

Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector

Phase II for Assistance to Common Technology Development & Services Infrastructure

Promotion of progressive indigenization of technologies for capital goods, by engaging local industry, as an active partner in innovation and development of new products, in partnership with premier institutions, in the forefront of industrial innovations, through creation of Industry Accelerators.

PRMC - Panelists & Meeting Timelines

Panelists
Shri Vipin Sondhi	Chairperson
Shri. Kamran Rizvi, I.A.S (Secretary, MHI)	Member
Shri. Vijay Mittal (Joint Secretary, MHI)	Member
Shri. Vikas Dogra (Director, MHI)	Member
Shri Partha Dasgupta	Member
Shri Satish Kumar	Member
Shri Vaman Kulkarni	Member
Shri Tapan Basu	Member

Date	PRMC no.	Details
03-01-2023	PRMC 1	Program Kickoff meeting
04-04-2023	PRMC 2	April-23 Project Status Meeting
26-07-2023	PRMC 3	M2 Status Completion and Project Status Meeting
15-11-2023	PRMC 4	M3 Status Completion and Project status meeting
05-03-2024	PRMC 5	M4 Status updates
25-06-2024	PRMC 6	M4 Status Completion covering Detailed Design and Prototyping plan

Subject Matter Experts

Prof. O.N. Ramesh

Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering) Indian Institute of Science 1997. M.E. (Mechanical Engineering) Indian Institute of Science 1991. B.Sc. (Physics) University of Madras 1987.

Prof. Satish Vasu Kailas

Chairman of the Interface Committee, IISc. Chairman of Students Affairs Committee, IISc

Prof. Gopalaratnam Narayanan

Professor G. Narayanan received the B.E. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Anna University, Chennai, the M.Tech. degree in machine drives and power electronics from the Indian Institute of Technology

Prof. Praveen Kumar

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Major: Materials, Minor: Design), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (USA), 2007. Mechanical Engineering (Mechanics and Materials), University of Southern California, Los Angeles , 2005.

Prof. Vikram Jayaram

Professor Vikram Jayaram received his BA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and his PhD from Stanford University. Following postdoctoral research at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and the University of California at Santa Barbara

Prof. Jishnu Keshavan

PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, USA 2012. MS, University of Maryland, College Park, USA 2007. B.Tech., IIT Bombay, 2004

Assoc. Prof. Pramod Kumar

Prof Kumar’s lab specialises in research and development of green technologies involving natural refrigerants, hydrocarbon mixtures, and trans-critical co2 for cooling applications along with supercritical co2 based Brayton power cycles.

Asst. Prof. Koushik Viswanathan

PhD, Purdue University, USA 2015. MS, Purdue University, USA 2014. BTech, MTech., IIT Madras, 2010

Asst. Prof. Vishnu Mahadeva Iyer

Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, NC State University, USA, 2020. M.E in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India, 2013. B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India, 2011.

Asst. Prof. Samir Hazra

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, 2016. M.Tech. in Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India, 2008. B.E. (Hons.) in Power Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 2005.