Mr Parakramsinh G Jadeja, Chairman & Managing Director of Jyoti CNC Automation Limited, is the new President of Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA). Mr Jadeja started Jyoti CNC Automation in 1988 at the age of 20 and has steered its growth since. He has been associated with IMTMA and Machine Tool Manufacturers Association (MTMA), Rajkot, for many years. Mr Jadeja was also the Chairman of ‘UDAAN’, an initiative of IMTMA, from 2007 till 2010. He was instrumental in bringing together the gen-next of the industry as also potential business leaders from within the fraternity for overall industry enhancement.

Mr Jadeja has received numerous awards including the Best Entrepreneurship Award conferred by Ministry of Small Industries, Govt of India (2003), Best Entrepreneurship Award by CII (2004-05) and IMTMA-Premier Outstanding Entrepreneur Award in memory of Vinod Doshi in 2013.

Mr P Ramadas, Managing Director, Ace Manufacturing Systems Limited, is the new Vice-President of Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association. Mr Ramadas obtained his Engineering from KREC Suratkal and M.Tech from IIT Chennai. He joined the prestigious Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) in 1973. Mr Ramadas was a member of the design team, which designed the first NC lathe in India and bagged the first “Best Design award” at IMTEX 1979 for his design of Slant Bed CNC lathe. During his illustrious career in HMT, Widia Tools, Kirloskar and AMS, Ramadas has designed hundreds of machine tools, repeatedly and consistently bagging the awards for Best Design in almost every IMTEX exhibition.