15-17 October 2026
Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai
16 October 2026, Chennai Trade Centre – Nandambakkam, Tamil Nadu
THEME: Art & Science of Designing and Building an Efficient Warehousing Facility
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Speakers
Shunmugavel H
COO
Sanjai George
Group CEO
Kaarthik Ramamurthy
Chief Operating Officer
Gulshan Kumar Saini
Senior Director - Smart Factory)
Virat Sharma
Sr. VP - Supply Chain
Mahesh M
Associate Director - Supply Chain ( Preethi Brand )
Kartikeyan P
Head of Distribution Hub
K Kulbhushan
Global Head - Strategy & Business Excellence
Motiram Prasad
Managing Director
Ujjwala Mishra
Director IBP Global Supply Chain
K. Devendra Kumar
Head Retail
Maneesh Jain
Chief Investment Officer
Santhanavadivel E
Head Process Excellence
Bhawanand Thakur
Head of Commodity Purchasing - India
M. Hussain
Director
Ravindra Mathkari
Sr. Deputy General Manager – SCM
S Raghuraman
Business Head - South
C N Srinivasan
Managing Director
Dr. L.S. Jayagopal
Director
V. Gobinath
Principal Engineer & Director
Rohini Pathi
National Head - Business Development
Venkat Raman R
Head - Sourcing & Product Management
Devak Omprakasan
Head - Electronics Operations & Supply Chain
Srinivasa Reddy
Managing Director
Vamshi Karangula
Director - Industrial & Logistics
Arif Siddiqui
Managing Director
Narayanrao Kulkarni
Plant Director
Subramaniam T
Lead Global Project Procurement Manager - Exports and New Projects
Vasanth Raj
Country Manager India
Surender Veeramani
Associate Head – Logistics
Meyarasan
Founder & Managing Director
Inderpreet Singh
Vice President, Solution Sales
Suharto Chatterjee
Co-Founder
Shreyas Mayur
Sales Manager South- ITI & GBI
Aditya Nair
VP - Fleet
Raja Ramadass
Founder & Managing Director
Ashhar Idris
Vice President
Shyam Arumugam
Managing Director
Sriram Satish C K
Group Supply Chain President
Manish Rawat
Senior Vice President - BD
Warehouse Infrastructure Summit 2026
THEME: Art & Science of Designing and Building an Efficient Warehousing Facility
01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
Panel Discussion - I
The Race Against Time in Warehouse Construction
In warehouse development, every month of delay directly impacts developer returns and occupier timelines. The session examines what's driving project overruns and how the industry is delivering faster without compromising quality or cost.
- Speed-to-market as a competitive advantage for developers
- Value engineering: Cutting costs without cutting corners
- Pre-construction engineering & site investigation
- Managing construction material & supply chain delays
- Structural engineering challenges in complex warehouses
- Fast-track project delivery: Aligning developer & contractor expectations
- Design-build models vs. traditional tendering: What delivers faster?
Panelists:
Motiram Prasad - Managing Director -
Casagrand Industrial & Warehousing
Dr. L.S. Jayagopal - Director -
Mithran Structures
V. Gobinath - Principal Engineer and Director -
G & E Engineering Consultants
Rohini Patil - National Head - BD -
TVS Industrial & Logistics Park
Manish Rawat - Senior Vice President - BD -
Indospace
Moderator:
M. Hussain - Director -
Pairahan Design Consultants
02:00 PM – 02:15 PM
Technical Session by Rockwool
Shreyas Mayur - Sales Manager South- ITI & GBI -
Rockwool
02:15 PM – 03:15 PM
Panel Discussion - II
The Warehouse of Tomorrow: Designing for Flexibility, Sustainability & Future Demand
Warehouses built today must perform a decade from now. This session explores how blueprint-stage design decisions determine a facility's long-term efficiency, adaptability, and sustainability.
- Flexible layouts, modular expansion & phased construction
- ESG-Led Design: Cost vs. returns
- Clear heights, column spacing & dock ratios
- Automation-ready design & material-handling integration
- Structural & Operational safety in high-bay warehouses
- Smart Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) & predictive maintenance
- Sustainable design, ESG & green building certifications
Panelists:
C N Srinivasan - Managing Director -
C.R. Narayana Rao (Consultants)
Gulshan Kumar Saini - Senior Director - Smart Factory -
Samsung Electronics India
Arif Siddiqui - Managing Director -
Coign Consulting
S Raghuraman - Business Head - South -
Greenbase Industrial & Logistics Parks
Vamshi Karangula - Director - Industrial & Logistics -
Sudhamudra Group
Inderpreet Singh - Vice President, Solution Sales -
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Moderator:
Maneesh Jain - Chief Investment Officer -
Pragati Warehousing
03:15 PM – 03:20 PM