Mumbai: UBM India has launched the fifth edition of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) India that brought together internationally renowned exhibitors, consultants, business experts and key government officials under one common platform, to discuss global best practices and seek solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in the field of workplace safety and health.
Being held from 10th – 11th November 2016, OSH India seeks to provide tangible solutions to a very pressing need in today’s workplace. Speaking at the inauguration of OSH India 2016, Mr Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director, UBM India said, “In India, the problems surrounding occupational safety and health are aplenty including lack of awareness or coordination between various stakeholders, a growing informal economy, expansion of flexible forms of employment, expansion of labour migration, and new risks associated with the use of new technology.
“OSH India 2016, addresses this very need, and gives an opportunity to safety and health suppliers and service providers from across the world to showcase their innovations and knowledge amidst an industry landscape of a vastly untapped Indian market. It features a power-packed two day conference to drive occupational safety and health as a priority for companies which will in turn translate into better health and productivity of employees, benefiting the organisation and economy at large,” said Mr Mudras.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have come up with different objectives for the subject of Occupational Safety Hazard such as the maintenance and promotion of workers’ health and working capacity; the improvement of working environment and work to become conducive to safety and health and the development of work organizations and working cultures in a direction which supports health and safety at work. These promote a positive social climate, smooth operation and enhances productivity.
The expo includes an Innovation Zone which is a platform for exhibitors to promote and showcase novel products that will benefit the occupational safety and the health industry. It also comprises a new feature this year – a two day live seminar which is a safety awareness forum where safety experts from leading safety product manufacturers will discuss and demonstrate, over the course of the expo, the latest technologies, trends and topics related to safety at workplace.
Some of the distinguished speakers at the conference include Mr Vinayak Marathe, Senior Vice President, Reliance Industries Limited; Mr Suresh Tanwar, Chief Group Safety and Health, Tata Group; Mr Krishnanand Mavinkurve, Vice President & Head OSH, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited; Mr Sunil Bailwar, Vice President & Head Corporate Environment, Health & Safety – Hindalco Industries Limited; Mr Ashok Emani, Director & Head- ESG, IDFC Ltd.; Mr Badal Roy, General Manager, Head Safety Offshore Operations – Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC); Mr Pankaj Singh, General Manager – HSSE, India & South Asia, BP Castrol India; Mr JC Sekar, Co – Founder& CEO, AcuiZen Technologies Singapore Pte. Ltd.; Mr Stephen Philip Storey, Corporate EHS Head, Larsen & Toubro Limited India amongst others.
OSH India 2016 is also witnessing the fourth edition of ‘OSH India Safety Awards’ open to Indian operating businesses, organizations, alliance and individuals in the public or private sector with a workplace health and safety initiative that complies with any one of the ‘Innovation’ or ‘Hero’ awards categories. Euro Safety Footwear (India) Pvt. Ltd. is the Presenting Partner for the Awards Night which will be a celebration of the coming together of the luminaries and fore-runners of the industry, marked by a night of glamour and entertainment.
