Context:
Rubbercon 2024 is being organized by IRI and IRCO from December 5 to 7 at Le Meridien.
Key Highlights:
- The Indian Rubber Institute to Host Rubbercon 2024
- The event on “Sustainable Development in the Rubber Industry – Challenges and Opportunities” will host 90 oral presentations as well as 18 poster sessions of international experts.
- The ceremony will be inaugurated by Tessy Thomas, former Director of the Agni-IV missile project, and Raghupati Singhania, Chairman and Managing Director of JK Tyre & Industries Ltd, as Special Guest of Honour.
- They focus most the conversations about renewable raw materials, energy-efficient tires and industry alignment with global sustainability goals.
- From the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha.
- All operational and technical parameters have been established.
- Under the Strategic Forces Command (SFC).
- It is an Agni series medium to intercontinental range ballistic missiles.
- By word ‘Agni‘ derived from Sanskrit, meaning fire.
- Intermediate-range ballistic and surface-to-surface missile designed for ground and sea launch.
- Range of 4000 km, length of 20 m, and payload capacity of 1000 kg.
