Indian Chemical News (ICN), the most credible online media platform for the Chemicals, Petrochemicals, and Energy sector, is organizing a Virtual Panel Discussion on "Digital Transformation: The Catalyst for Agile and Smarter Process" in association with Revvity Signals on June 4, 2025 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM.  

Register here https://www.indianchemicalnews.com/webinar/digital-transformation-the-catalyst-for-agile-and-smarter-process-rd-70 to join the webinar. 

Speakers for the digital transformation session are: Dr. Richard Lobo, Global Head Business Excellence, Innovation, R&D and Chief Ethics Counsellor, Tata Chemicals; Dr. Debabrata Rautaray, Vice President and Chief Product Development & Innovation Officer, DCM Shriram Chemicals Innovation Centre; Dr. Prashant Puri, Head - R&D, Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation (DFPCL); Dr. Deepak S Panmand, General Manager (R&D), Dhanuka Agritech; Dr. Mudassir. K. Munshi, Team Leader, Deepak Nitrite; and Dr. Manish M. Khandagale, Senior Field Application Specialist, Revvity Signals. 

Pravin Prashant, Executive Editor, Indian Chemical News will moderate the digital transformation panel discussion session.

The objective of the session is to familiarize the chemical industry professionals with cutting-edge solutions which empower leaders/R&D heads to streamline R&D processes, workflow standardization, collaboration and knowledge management, reduce costs, and meet sustainability goals.  

India’s chemical industry is rapidly transitioning from the production of commodity chemicals to a focus on sustainable, high-performance specialty chemicals. This brings challenges like global competition, stricter regulations, and pressure for safer, greener processes. To stay competitive, R&D must become more agile and innovation-centric. Despite rising interest in AI/ML and data-driven tools, challenges like fragmented data, lack of standardization, and knowledge silos persist. As a result, digital transformation is not just a choice, but a strategic necessity in process R&D. 

This webinar will explore the impact of digital transformation and the critical role of digital systems as data generators, aggregators, and enablers of collaboration. It will highlight how streamlined scientific data capture, ease of information access and knowledge sharing can drive smarter decision-making and boost operational efficiency. The session will feature examples of standardized data capture, streamlined materials and knowledge management, and the use of analytics across process R&D workflows. 

Points to be discussed during the conference are: Sustainable, agile process R&D; Experiment design and data capture; Workflow standardization and data integrity; Analytics dashboards for process insights; Collaboration and knowledge management; and Industry outlook on digital transformation.