26th - 27th March 2025 India International Convention & Expo Centre ( IICC ), Dwarka New Delhi - India

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Minister Shri Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu
 
 
 
Message from Minister of Civil Aviation Government of India
 

MRO South Asia 2025 | New Delhi, India

The Aerospace Media Group’s (a STAT Media Initiative) signature Aerospace Defence MRO South Asia Summit is planning yet another Blue-Riband event at its new home – the grand IICC at Yashobhoomi, in New Delhi. Slated for March 26 & 27, 2025, the conference will be co-located with the twin exhibitions – MRO XPO India and Aircrafts Interiors India, all of which would be planned across a much larger floor plate than the earlier editions of MROSA.

The MRO industry in South Asia has witnessed remarkable growth in recent years, fueled by increasing air traffic, the emergence of low-cost carriers, and the region's strategic location. With countries like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan at the forefront, South Asia has become a dynamic hub for MRO services, catering to both domestic and international markets.

The MRO industry in South Asia is highly competitive, with several established players operating in the region. India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan are the major players in the region, with India in particular at the forefront and accounting for a significant share of the MRO market.

India has become one of the potential aviation markets in recent years. India will almost certainly become an MRO hub in the long run. The MRO market in India is currently worth more than $2.6 billion, according to estimates. Also, it is now expected to cross US $4 billion by 2030.

Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi envisions aerospace and defense as vital catalysts for his ambitious "Make in India" initiative, which strives to establish the world's fifth-largest economy.

Air India and IndiGo have made groundbreaking purchases, setting new records with their orders for around 1000 Airbus and Boeing jetliners. In a historic move, Air India has placed the largest-ever order for 470 aircraft, showcasing its commitment to shaping the future of aviation. These remarkable developments are expected to significantly enhance the MRO industry in India in every aspect for the next two decade.

Highlights of the 2024 Event

Why MRO South Asia?

Taking advantage of India’s exalted third position in the global aviation market, the country’s strategic geographical location, the event in 2025 is planned to be bigger and better, and something that stakeholders of both Civil and Defence Aerospace sectors cannot afford to miss. With an exhibition area to accommodate 100 plus booths of adjustable sizes, an exclusive Defence Pavilion, and the co-located 6th Aerospace & Defence MRO South Asia Summit 2025, will leave participants, delegates and partners spoilt for choice.

Unparalleled Networking: MRO South Asia 2025 brings together top-tier industry experts, leading airlines, MRO service providers, and solution vendors from around the globe. Participants get to network with like minded professionals, forge valuable connections, and exchange ideas, and come away with an experience that can be best described as enriching. All this then will go a long way towards shaping the future of the industry.

Discover Business Opportunities: Enthused by this year’s full-house at the twin XPOs, a much larger exhibition area was warranted. IICC as the venue will create a dynamic marketplace to be explored, new business deals to be forged, where Start-ups and established players get to showcase their talent, products, services, and solutions. Discover potential business partners, and investment opportunities, unlocking new avenues for growth and profitability.

Professional Development: Enhance your knowledge and skills through technical presentations and panel discussions delivered by industry experts. Stay ahead of the curve and equip yourself with the tools necessary to excel in the new age of aircraft maintenance.

Embrace Innovation: Step into the new age of aircraft maintenance and witness the latest advancements in material, technology, digitalization, and automation. Discover how these innovations are revolutionizing efficiency, safety, and cost-effectiveness in the maintenance and repair sector.

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Speakers

Rammohan-Naidu-Kinjarapu
Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu

Minister of Civil Aviation

Govt.of India

SURESH PRABHU
Suresh Prabhu

10 Union Minister portfolios
(Incl. Minister of Civil Aviation, Govt. of India)

6 times Member of Parliament

Chancellor of Rishihood University

Visiting Professor at London School of Economics

Sanjeev-Kumar
Sanjeev Kumar (IAS)

Secretary

Dept. of Defence Production

Ministry of Defence

Govt.of India

SK Dash
SK Dash

Chief Technical Officer

Air India Limited

Saket Chaturvedi
Saket Chaturvedi

Chief Executive Officer (MiG Complex)

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

Rahul Shah
Rahul Shah

SVP, Strategic Growth and BD APAC, Middle East & Africa

AAR Corp

Parichay Datta
Parichay Datta

Head of Engineering & Maintenance

Indigo Airlines

Ravi S Menon
Ravi S Menon

Director

Air Works Group

Sharad Agarwal
Sharad Agarwal

CEO

AI Engineering Services Ltd

Ashmita Sethi
Ashmita Sethi

President & Country Head - Pratt & Whitney

Managing Director - United Technologies Corporation India Private Limited

RKS Shera
Air MarshalRKS Shera (Retd.)

PVSM AVSM VSM

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Maintenance Command

Indian Air Force (IAF)

Ajay Kumar Suri
Lieutenant General Ajay Kumar Suri (Retd)

Director General & Colonel Commandant

Army Aviation

JN Burma
Air MarshalJN Burma (Retd.)

PVSM AVSM VSM

Indian Air Force (IAF)

Prabhat Mahapatra
Prabhat Mahapatra

COO

Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA)

Shyam-Chetty
Shyam Chetty

Consultant

TATA Advance Systems Ltd & Former Director CSIR

Arun Kumar Bansal
Arun Kumar Bansal

Vice President - Engineering & Maintenance

Spice Jet

Arun Kashyap
Arun Kashyap

Accountable Manager, CEO & Director of Flight Safety

Sirius Airways

Prof Manoj Choudhary
Prof Manoj Choudhary

Vice Chancellor

Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya

K.V. Kuber
ColonelK.V. Kuber

Director, Aerospace and Defence

Ernst and Young LLP

Gautam Nanda
CommanderGautam Nanda (Retd.)

Associate Partner, Aerospace and Defence

KPMG

Mangalam Panday
Mangalam Pandey

Lead Continuous Improvement - CoE, Group QMS

Air India Limited

Yogesh Garg
Yogesh Garg

Regional Vice President , Asia Pacific & Middle-East

De Havilland Aircraft

Air Cmde Anil Sinha (Retd)
Air Cmde Anil Kumar Sinha, Vir Chakra

Founder & CEO

ABS Aerospace Pvt Ltd

Sanjiv Garg
Sanjiv Garg

Secy. General

Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT)

Vassil-Vassilev
Vassil (Vasko) Vassilev

Vice President Sales

ELFC Group

Jitendra Singh negi
Jitendra Singh Negi

GM ENGG.

Pawan Hans

Guruprasad MV
Guruprasad MV

Business Leader - Airlines, India Region,

Honeywell India

Vikas Dwivedi
Air Vice Marshal Vikas Dwivedi VSM

Aeronautical Engineer (Mechanical)

Indian Air Force

Prasanna Subramaniam
Prasanna Subramaniam

Chief Technology Officer

FLY91

Nitin Sarin
Nitin Sarin

Managing Partner

Sarin & Co

Joshua Ng
Joshua Ng

Director

Alton Aviation Consultancy

MP-Sajumon
MP Sajumon

Head of Fulfillment & AOG Desk

Lufthansa Technik Services India

Shveta Gupta
Shveta Gupta

Director

Divyanshi Aviation Services Pvt Ltd

Prashanth Nutula
Prashanth Nutula

Partner – Strategy

Deloitte

Joe De Paoli
Joe De Paoli

VP Sales Asia/Pacific

HEICO Aerospace

Dr.Anil-Kumar-Sinha
Dr.Anil Kumar Sinha

Chief Scientist, Head, Biofuels Division

Affiliation: CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum

Daniel Saldanha
Daniel Saldanha

Vice President - Maintenance and Engineering

Akasa Air

Reena Paigude
Reena Paigude-Rahangdale

Co-Founder & Director

RSR Aviation Services Pvt. Ltd.

Mr-Suresh
Suresh Rahangdale

Co-Founder & Director

RSR Aviation Services Pvt. Ltd

d-anand-bhaskar
D Anand Bhaskar

Managing Director & CEO

Air Works Group

ramkumar
Ramkumar Mohan

Senior Vice President & CIO

Air Works Group

ramkumar
Guillaume Limouzy

Airline Sales Director - EMEA

StandardAero

Senthilkumar
S.Senthilkumar

Former CEO of AIESL

Sr. Executive Engineering, Alliance Air

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Prof. Rajkumar S. Pant

Aerospace Engineering Department

IIT Bombay

Naveen-Chawla-Epsilon
Naveen Chawla

Chief Executive Officer

Epsilon Aerospace Pvt Ltd

Nitya Hanumaiah
Nityanand Hanumaiah

Consultant, VP Line maintenance

Air India Ltd

 Rajesh Phadtare
Air Commodore Rajesh Phadtare VSM (Retd)

IAF(Retd) Consultant

Ramco Systems

 DIPESH-MATHUR
Dipesh Mathur

President

Stellar Aviation Solution

 Deepak-Doshi
Deepak Doshi

Chairman & Managing Director

Star Hentzen Coatings Private Limited

 UMA Maheshwar
UMA Maheshwar D

Chief Consulting Engineer

GE Aerospace India

Anmar Alnaser
Anmar Alnaser

Sr. Manager Sales / Deputy VP Sales Commercial

Joramco

Aruna-Schwarz
Aruna Schwarz

Founder and CEO

Stelae Technologies

Adrian-Foo
Adrian Foo Ji Liang

Director, AP Aviation Lubricants

Exxon Mobil

Pankaj_Kumar
Air Cmde Pankaj Kumar (Rtd)

VSM

India Air Force

Manish-Sood-Indigo
Manish Sood

Director-Engineering

Indigo Airlines

Reza-Soltanian
Reza Soltanian

Founder & CEO

Regent Aerospace Corporation

Dharanidharan-Adani-Defence
G.R. Dharanidharan

MRO Lead

Adani Defence and Aerospace

Lars_Moeslein_HAECO
Lars Moeslein

Sr. VP of Group Commercial APAC

HAECO

SI-pic
Sriram Iyengar

Regional Managing Director of India and Qatar

Callington India Pvt. Ltd.

AVM-Sushant-Datta
Air Vice Marshal Sushant Dutta VSM (Retd)

Former, Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Logistics)

Indian Air Force

AVM-Sanjeeb
Air Vice Marshal KAA SANJEEB VSM

Assistant Chief Of Air Staff (Maintenance Planing)

Indian Air Force

Ashok-Gopinath
Ashok Gopinath

President

GMR Aero Technic

poonam-mam
Poonam Bhardwaj

Global Business Head

Vandana Aircraft Services Pvt Ltd

Sebastian_Image
Sebastian Pleines-Döpke

Senior Consultant

Lufthansa Consulting

Navneet-Dahiya
Col. Navneet Dahiya

Director (Self-Employment)

DGR (Ministry of Defence)

RAJESH-BHANDARI
AVM Rajesh Bhandari VSM

Assistant Chief - Air Staff (Procurement)

Indian Air Force

Thakur-Executive
R.S Thakur

Executive Director

AIESL

Paul Belisle
Paul Belisle

General Manager

Turbine Kinetics (The HEICO Company)

Harpreet-Singh
Dr Harpreet A De Singh

Divisional Vice President- Integrated Management Systems, DMS and Headquarters Projects

Air India

Harpreet-Singh
AIR MARSHAL (Dr) AJAY KUMAR ARORA, AVSM, VSM (Retd)

Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance

Indian Air Force

AIR-CMDE
Air Cmde S. Rajesh

Department of Indigenisation

India Air Force

Dr-Saleem
Dr Saleem Akhtar Farooqui

Principal Scientist

CSIR-INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM

Hemant-Pimplikar
Hemant Pimplikar

Managing Director Sales

FedEx

Emma Lovell
Emma Lovell

MC & Anchor

& expect more...

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Agenda*

26 March, 2025 - DAY 1
08:30 Registration Commences
09:30 - 17:30 Exhibition Opens
10:00-10:30 Inaugural Ceremony- Lamp Lighting
10:30- 10:40 Welcome address by Editor in Chief, Aerospace Media Group, R.K. Patra
10:40-10:50 Address by Shri Sanjeev Kumar, IAS, Secretary Defence Production- Govt. of India
10:50- 11:05 Shri Rammohan Naidu- Hon'ble Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India-honoured with the coveted "Diamond In The Sky Award"
11:05- 11:20 Hon'ble Minister Addressing Dignitaries, Delegates and Industry experts
11:20 - 11:30 Hon'ble Minister Launching IAMA (International Aircraft Maintenance Association)
11:30 -12:15 Business Session 1: INDIA - EMERGING GLOBAL MRO HUB
12:15 - 12:25 Presentation - AI Engineering Service Ltd
12:25 - 12:35 Presentation - GUJSAIL
12:35 - 12:45 Presentation- AVM Rajesh Bhandari VSM, Assistant Chief - Air Staff (Procurement), Indian Air Force
12:45 - 13:30 Business Session 2: CIVIL DEFENCE SYNERGY - Roadmap and Beyond
13:30 - 14:30 Networking lunch break Hosted by Henkel Adhesives Technologies India Pvt Ltd
14:30 - 14:40 Presentation RSR Aviation
14:40 - 14:50 PRESENTATION EXXONMOBIL AVIATION
14:50 - 15:35 Business Session 3: DIGITISATION TO DIGITALISATION
15:35 - 16:05 Networking Tea / Coffee Break hosted by Team Aviation India Pvt. Ltd.
16:05 - 16:15 Presentation - Vandana Aircraft Service Pvt Ltd
16:15 - 16:25 Presentation JORAMCO
16:25 - 16:35 Presentation- HEICO Aerospace
16:35 - 17:20 Business Session 4: ENGINE LEASING & FINANCE, and Relevant Laws
18:30- 21:00 GALA AWARD NIGHT
20:30 onwards GALA DINNER
27 March, 2025 - DAY 2
08:30 Registration Commences
09:30- 17:30 Exhibition Opens
9:30- 10:15 Business Session 5: AIRCRAFT INTERIORS - Infusing Sustainability and Luxury-- For the Indian Costumer
10:15 - 10:25 Presentation - Field International
10:25- 10-35 Presentation - Callington
10:35 - 11:05 Networking Tea / Coffee Break hosted by Team Aviation India Pvt. Ltd.
11:05 - 11:50 Business Session 6: SUSTAINABILITY - Race Towards Net Zero, Where are we?
11:50 - 12:10 Presentation - Henkel Adhesives Technologies India Pvt Ltd
12:10 - 12:20 Presentation RAMCO System
12:20 - 13:05 Business Session 7: HR CHALLENGES IN MRO - Our Prospect
13:05 - 14:05 Networking Lunch Break Hosted By Henkel Adhesives Technologies India Pvt Ltd
14:05 - 14:15 Presentation - Star Hentzen Coatings Pvt Ltd
14:15 - 14:25 Presentation Divyanshi Aviation Services Pvt Ltd
14:25 - 15:10 Business Session 8 : GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE - Solutions for a complex world
15:10 - 15:40 Networking Tea / Coffee Break hosted by Team Aviation India Pvt. Ltd.
15:40- 15:50 Presentation
15:50- 16:00 Presentation Shyam Chetty Senior Consultant At TATA.
16:00 - 16:45 Business Session 9: Aircraft Components Manufacturing and Repairs - India's New Gold Mine?
16:45 - 17:15 Valedictory Speech By Shri Suresh Prabhu- Former Civil Aviation Minister, Govt. Of India.

What the leaders say !!

About Organiser

Aerospace Media Group has been carved out of the STAT Media Group, and the legacy publication house - STAT Times. Published on a monthly basis as the only integrated transport news source since 1986, the product has been appreciated and used by decision makers for their commercial benefits for nearly four decades.

Given the growth and trajectory of Aerospace in India and the region, Aerospace Media Group's endeavors will be a focused approach in the dissemination of information, analyses and insights on the Aviation and Defence sectors.

Growing in popularity is the group's signature MRO South Asia Summit that takes place in February at the Indian capital New Delhi each year, and have been a must-visit for industry professionals and enthusiasts, relevant ministries, diplomats, trade missions and allied industries. With high visibility brands form the MRO industry, This then forms the perfect platform for such conversations, interactions and knowledge-sharing.

Co-located at these Summits, starting 2024, are added attractions and India's single largest MRO XPO India and Aircraft Interiors India. These XPOs are expected to scale up given the introduction of newer and innovative products and services available from leading suppliers and consumers alike.

About India's Aerospace & Defence Sector
  • The enormous opportunities in the Aviation MRO market in India which was estimated in 2021 to be US$ 1.7 billion in 2021, is expected to surpass US $4 billion by 2030.
  • With over 1,250 aircraft currently on order up till mid-2023 itself, the country is likely to become the third-largest buyer of commercial passenger planes in the world, only after the US and China.
  • The Industry says that this shall create a demand for 200-300 major maintenance checks annually. Replacing ageing aircraft in the fleets of several airlines also creates scope for MRO to meet redelivery contracts.
  • The Ministry of Defence in India (MoD) is actively engaging with the private players for MRO of defence aircrafts. Indigestion in defence manufacturing is gaining ground, with technology transfer from leading OEMs, is an impressive development.
About STAT Media

The STAT Trade Times popularly known as STAT Times published on a monthly basis is the only integrated transport news source which is appreciated and used by the decision makers for their commercial benefits since 1986.The focus remains on providing in-depth coverage for the Aviation industry globally.

Venue

India International Convention & Expo Centre ( IICC ), Dwarka, New Delhi – India, 110061

Past Participants