Last Seminar:

IRILMM’s organised 2-days Seminar on “Overview of GFR and Public Procurement through GeM” (With Latest Amendments) held on 04-05 June 2026 at ‘Maple’ Conference Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The seminar was inaugurated and conducted by Sh Bhaskar Narang, DG/IRILMM & Course Director; Sh Gajanand Prasad, ED/IRILMM. There were 23 participants from PSUs/Pvt. and Railways.

TOPICs Covered: Fundamental principles of Public Procurement, standards of financial prudence in Tender and Contracts under GFR-2017; Overview of GFR-2017 with policy perspective and latest amendments; Tender Evaluation – Tender Committee proceedings; GTC, STC, SLA & use of AI in GeM procurement; Demo on procedure & process of bidding, ordering, receipt and e-payments on GeM; Practical aspects of procurement of Goods & Services through GeM portal; Vigilance – awareness for effective decision making; & Practical issues in Contracting; Issues in Procurement. &

SPEAKERs: Bhaskar Narang, DG/IRILMM & ex-PED/MoR; Gajanand Prasad, ED/IRILMM & ex-PCMM/NWR; Ashish Saxena, Dy. CEO, GeM; Nitesh Kumar Sharma, , DRS/F, Rly Bd & S.P Jain, , Addl. CEO/GeM

PARTICIPANTS FROM (PSUs/Others and RLYs):

PSUs/Others: Union Bank of india; Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd.; SJVN/Shimla; THDC India Ltd.; NEEPCO/Shilong; Indian Air Force/HQ TC; North East Handicrafts & Handlooms Development Corporation Ltd.; Centre for Railway Information Systems

RAILWAYs: Eastern Railway; South Western Railway; Modern Coach Factory; Rail Coach Factory; Rail Wheel Factory.