2nd PLANT SHUTDOWNS & TURNAROUNDS SUMMIT 2025
Successful plant shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages are critical for maintaining operational excellence, safety, and regulatory compliance in India's growing industrial sector. With aging infrastructure, complex technologies, and rising production demands, disciplined planning and execution of STOs are essential to minimize risks and prevent costly unplanned downtime. Effective turnarounds rely on interdepartmental coordination, clear scope finalization, resource optimization, and adherence to safety protocols. Integrating digital tools for planning, scheduling, and tracking progress enhances efficiency and ensures timely completion. By focusing on asset integrity, workforce safety, and operational readiness, industries can achieve seamless shutdowns that support uninterrupted production and long-term reliability.
The 2nd Annual Plant Shutdowns & Turnarounds Summit 2025 will bring together leading industry experts from the process industries to explore the latest strategies, innovations, and challenges in shutdown, turnaround, and outage (STO) management. The summit will provide a platform for discussions spanning the entire STO lifecycle-from planning and execution to post-shutdown reviews-while emphasizing asset integrity, operational efficiency, and safety.
By aligning industry best practices with technological innovation and safety excellence, the summit aims to equip organizations with actionable insights to minimize downtime, reduce costs, and strengthen the resilience of India's manufacturing and process industries.
SPEAKERS

Atul Kharate
Chief Operating Officer
IndianOil Adani Ventures Ltd.

Gagan Gupta
Lead Maintenance Strategy, Digitalization and Planning
Essar Oil (UK) Ltd.

Niraj Joshi
Jt. Gen. Manager Reliability and Engineering Rotary
EET Fuels Ltd.

Sai Vamsidhar Bontha
Global Head - Reliability Engineering Energy & Asset Management
Sun Pharma Pvt Ltd.

Sanjeev Raina
Head - Corporate HSSE & Sustainability
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

Sanjiv Prasad
Vice President- Power, Utilities & ETP
Reliance Industries Ltd.

Uresh Antani
DGM-Engineering and Maintenance
Piramal Pharma Ltd.
Topic Highlights
- Capital project and turnaround integration for efficient, safe, and cost-optimized operations
- Improving planning, scheduling, execution, and control of STO for maximum efficiency, minimum downtime, and reducing cost
- Leveraging digital transformation and innovation to enhance STO performance and asset reliability
- Addressing skilled labor shortages in turnarounds: Workforce planning, upskilling, and digital training solutions for Indian industry


Key Takeaways
- To get insights on managing shutdowns in multicultural and multi-stakeholder environments
- Get to learn strategies for flawless restart, safe commissioning, and operational readiness reviews
- Get acquainted with digital innovations, RBI-driven inspection, and asset reliability practices
- To understand best practices in STO planning, execution, contractor management, and risk frameworks
- Get to explore capital project integration and workforce upskilling solutions for turnaround success
WHO WILL YOU MEET?
- Manufacturing
- Plant & Site Operations
- Shutdown & Turnaround
- Asset Integrity
- Reliability & Maintenance
- Operations
- Production
- Inspection
- Oil & Energy
- Power & Utilities
- Petrochemicals & Chemicals
- Metals & Mining
- Pharmaceuticals
- Food & Beverage


Why should you attend?
A platform to learn from the collective experience of front running chemical manufacturers in India on their approaches, challenges and solutions being implemented for driving operational excellence programs.