OSH Chennai 2016 echoes a positive wave in South India’s Occupational Safety and Health industry
A congregation of 100 renowned Indian
and Global brands by
UBM India
by Shrutee K/DNS
Chennai, 9th June, 2016:
UBM India today launched the 3rd edition of Occupational Safety
& Health (OSH) India-Chennai, the two day (9th – 10th
June 2016) safety show at Chennai Trade Center. The show brought together
internationally renowned exhibitors, consultants, business experts and key
government officials on one common platform, to discuss global best practices
and seek solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in workplace safety
and health.
The inaugural ceremony of OSH India, Chennai 2016
took place in the presence of Chief
Guest, Shri. Thiru K Kalaiannan, Additional Director, Directorate
Industrial Safety and Health, Government of Tamil Nadu; Guest of Honour, Shri
V.V.G.Raju, Regional Executive Director - Southern Region, Airport Authority of
India; Key Dignitaries, Shri A K
Megharaj, Deputy Director General Mines Safety, Southern Zone, Directorate
Mines Safety, Government of India; Mr Karthikeya R. Reddy, CEO & Director,
Dickies India & ID Overseas Pvt Ltd.; Mr Badrinath Gulur, Director,
Training & Capacity Building - Social Accountability International (SAI);
Mr. Varun Budhiraja, Director, Euro Safety Footwear, India and Mr. Dr
P.C.Ghosh, Director Retired (Physiology& Ergonomics), Central Labour
Institute, Mumbai and Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director, UBM India amidst an
august industry gathering.
The participation of leading exhibitors from
across the industry reaffirmed the need and focus of OSH India as an industry
event. These include ‘Presenting Partner’ – Dickies India, ‘Occupational
Safety & Health Partner’ - Euro Safety Footwear (India) Pvt. Ltd. and
others such as Mallcom India Ltd; Venus Safety and Health Pvt Ltd; Acme
Safetywears Ltd; Accent Industries Ltd; Prolite Autoglo Ltd; Acme Fabrik Plast
Co; Lakeland Glove and Safety Apparels Pvt Ltd; Allied Safety Equipments Pvt
Ltd; JLG Industries; Aktion Safety Solutions Pvt Ltd; Tobit Engineers; Tej
Engineering; Prem Safety Works; Hetal International and NIST Institute Pvt.
Ltd.
Speaking on the inaugural of the 3rd
edition of OSH Chennai, Mr. Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director, UBM India
said, “Productivity and Profitability go hand in hand with Health and
Safety. To sustain the blistering economic growth and for enhancing quality of
life as a whole, Occupational Health & Safety is extremely important to
emerging economies. With a sprawling rise in workforce owing to India’s
expanding industrial horizons, implementing and highlighting the importance of
this sector has become a necessity. With regular emphasis by governments on
providing workplace safety coupled with the increase in global investments in
the sector, there lies a massive opportunity for the suppliers and service
providers from across the world to showcase their products and solution
offerings. Through our initiative with OSH Chennai, we provide the right
platform to the industry to realise this opportunity.”
OSH
Chennai’s two-day conference brought occupational safety to the forefront
by experts from across the country and leading international organizations,
whilst discussing industry challenges and global best practices. Topics
of discussion at the conference ranged from: ‘Building a culture of prevention
in Occupational Safety and Health’; Responsible Care – A comprehensive Safety
System for Chemical Industries’, ‘Building Safety Leadership and Talent’; ‘Process Safety Excellence’; ‘Fire Safety Challenges in
India’; ‘Construction Industry: Building a Proactive Safety Culture’ to
‘Workplace Stress: A Collective Challenge’.
The summit has a line-up of
eminent speakers including Mr. Narasimham, Executive
Director, Corporate HSE, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL); Capt.
Dhruv Rebbapragada, Chief of Flight Safety, IndiGo Airlines; Mr.
R.A.Venkitachalam, Vice President, Public Safety, Underwriters Laboratories
Inc; Dr Ashish Arora, Occupational Health Physician, Shell India; Mr Shailesh
Raval, Head-Health, Safety & Environment, Deepak Nitrite Ltd., Mr Stephen
Philip Storey, Corporate EHS Head, Larsen & Toubro Limited and Mr. JC
Sekar, CEO, AcuiZen Technologies Singapore Pte. Ltd. amongst others.
Industry
validates OSH Chennai 2016 as an industry platform and reiterates the objective
of the annual expo in South India by UBM India.
Dickies India
Leading global work wear brand ‘Dickies’, the
‘Presenting Partner’ for OSH Chennai 2016 will be unveiling their new safety
footwear and performance occupational work wear line at the expo.Speaking on their launch and
association with OSH Chennai 2016 as Presenting Partners, Mr.
Karthikeya R. Reddy, CEO & Director, Dickies India said, “OSH India
provides a great platform for Dickies to introduce its products to Indian
workers and we are glad to be the Presenting Partners for this year’s edition
too. We would like to introduce global largest work wear brand to Indian
workers and we believe OSH is great platform for it. We have launched our
new safety footwear and performance occupational work wear line at OSH Chennai
in June’2016.”
Euro Safety
Footwear
Euro Safety Footwear, the
‘Occupational Safety & Health Partner’ for OSH Chennai 2016 will be
showcasing their newly developed range of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE),
with promising products to cater to every kind of industry. Speaking on the launch and
their association with OSH Chennai 2016, Mr. Varun Budhiraja, Director, Euro
Safety Footwear (India) Pvt. Ltd., said, “We have been working on our new
product range for months now. When any new player enters a market, it follows
the
ongoing trend and offers
what people are already buying. What we will be offering is something new and
what people would want to buy. Workers want comfort, convenience, looks all
wrapped up in a blanket of safety and this is exactly what we will be offering.
OSH and Euro Safety Footwear have been working together to spread
awareness about occupational safety and for the first time, we are
supporting the expo as ‘Occupational Safety & Health Partner’
to strengthen our beliefs. We must always remember that the money
saved today on compromising a worker’s safety is spent on fatality; what’s left
of it is the guilt."
About UBM India
UBM India is India's leading
exhibition organizer that provides the industry with platforms that bring
together buyers and sellers from around the world, through a portfolio of
exhibitions, content led conferences & seminars. UBM India hosts over 25
large scale exhibitions and 40 conferences across the country every year;
thereby enabling trade across multiple industry verticals. A UBM Asia Company,
UBM India has offices across Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai. UBM Asia
is owned by UBM plc which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. UBM Asia is the
leading exhibition organizer in Asia and the biggest commercial organizer in
mainland China, India and Malaysia. For further details, please visit
ubmindia.in.
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