20-25 May 2016: Prof. A.M. Kuthe, Dr. Amit Sata and Himanshu Khandelwal presented research papers at 72nd World Foundry Congress, Nagoya, Japan.

24 May 2016: Shri Ajay Shankar (IAS), former Secretary, DIPP, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, visited E-Foundry lab at IIT Bombay and interacted with the team.

14 Mar 2016: SMART Foundry 2020 Consortium researchers from different institutes across India converged at IIT Bombay to work out the project deliverables and timelines.

29 Jan 2016: SMART Foundry booth set up in 65th Indian Foundry Congress, Coimbatore, by a consortium of 12 researchers from 10 institutes, attracted over 1000 visitors.

02 Nov 2015: Prof. Fong-Chin Su and Rong-Fu Kuo, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan visited E-Foundry and OrthoCAD Labs and interacted with researchers.

30 Oct 2015: Dr. Harinarayan Kota (father of LCA Programme) visited EF lab, along with Prof. G.L. Datta, former Professor, IIT Kharagpur and Prof. A.M. Kuthe, Head, Mechanical, VNIT Nagpur.

22 Sep 2015: In his invited talk at the International Manufacturing Conference, Cambridge University, UK, Prof. Ravi highlighted E-Foundry initiative and its impact.

20-21 Aug 2015: Prof. Amit Sata, Prof. Mayur Sutaria, Dr. Savithri Sivaraman and Mr. Arjun with Prof. Prabhu Anna University, Chennai conducted an EF workshop for 45 teachers and foundry professionals.

05 July 2015: The 1970 batch of IIT Bombay visited their alma mater on 05 July. E-Foundry was one of the five labs selected to how research is translated into reality.

25 April 2015: Shri S. Mohanty, Secretary of Ministry of HRD, New Delhi visited E-Foundry lab, saw demos of indigenous 3D printer, tabletop foundry, and other innovative labware.

15 April 2015: Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Director of College of Engineering, Pune who took over as AICTE Chairman, visited E-Foundry lab along with his colleagues.

25 March 2015: In a joint event organized by American Society of Materials and Institute of Indian Foundrymen, Prof. Ravi shared indigenous developments and applications of 3D printing.

28 Feb 2015: Profs. Amit Sata, Goutam Sutradhar, Sangeeta Bhansode and Himanshu Khandelwal presented their work at Indian Foundry Congress, Noida. Himanshu received the Best Paper award.

19 Jan 2015: Shigeki Senoo San, Hideki Ono San and Rajaram Reddy from MHPS Japan along with Dr. Sreehari and Dr. Gautam from Tata group visited E-Foundry lab to explore collaborations.

06 Dec 2014: Prof. Ravi presented E-Foundry's tabletop rapid metal prototyping system at ASM 'Emerging Materials and Processes' conference at Gandhinagar.

25 Nov 2014: Prof. CVR Murty, Director of IIT Jodhpur visited E-Foundry Lab to know about the software and labware, as wellas explore possible collaborations.

06 Oct 2014: Prof. Sir Mike Gregory, Head of Institute of Manufacturing, Cambridge University, UK visited E- Foundry Lab and interacted with researchers.

19 August 2014: High level officials from Nomura Research Institute and DENSO visited IIT-B to discuss how to help Indian manufacturing industry, such as automotive component suppliers.

11 August 2014: Dr. Alan Finkel, Chancellor of Monash University along with Mr. David Pitt, Senior Vice-President visited the E-Foundry lab at IIT Bombay and interacted with the researchers.

30 June 2014: The E-Foundry team conducted lecture and lab sessions as part of the STTP on Advanced Manufacturing Technologies at Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Sakharale.

16-19 June 2014: Distributed & virtual manufacturing and related HRD was discussed in high level meetings at RAE London, IfM Cambridge, JLR Coventry, MTC Warwick, and Mfg Summit at Liverpool.

20 May 2014: A paper on E-Foundry was presented at the 71st WFC at Bilbao, Spain by Prof. B. Ravi as the official delegate nominated by the Institute of Indian Foundrymen.

12 April 2014: About 30 students and a few teachers attended an E-Foundry training programme conducted by Dr. Mayur Sutaria at BVM Engineering College, Vidyanagar in Gurajat.

10 April 2014: AICTE Chairman Prof. S.S. Mantha visited E-Foundry Lab after inaugurating E-Yantra symposium at IIT-B, where Prof. Ravi showcased the online learning resources.

09 April 2014: About 20 teachers and 60 Foundrymen attended the E-Foundry training programme conducted by Dr. Mayur Sutaria at NIT Jalandhar partnering with MSME Foundation.

09 April 2014: As part of the UK-India Manufacturing Policy Roundtable, attended by thought leaders from UK and India, Prof. B. Ravi highlighted the need for initiatives like E-Foundry to attract young people to manufacturing.

04 and 11 April 2014: Dr. Durgesh Joshi conducted E-Foundry sessions for 65 students at Medicaps Institute of Technology and Management, and for 53 students at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Technology.

17 February 2014: Over 50 participants including about 15 teachers from local colleges and M.Tech students attended the E-Foundry course.

28 January 2014: The Melt-IT tabletop furnace developed by TREELabs with support from E-Foundry, won the first prize among academic projects exhibited at IMTEX, Bangalore.

18 January 2014: Over 35 teachers and M.Tech students from 16 engineering and polytechnic colleges from Marathawada region attended the E-Foundry course at SGGSIET.

13 December 2013: Over 40 teachers from VNIT Nagpur and local colleges attended the E-Foundry course, after inauguration of a local E-Foundry Cell by the Director.

14 November 2013: Inauguration of Dhatu-Tantra Prabodhini in Government Polytechnic College, Kolhapur.

26 October 2013: About 35 teachers from a dozen engineering and polytechnic institutes attended the E-Foundry course at VJTI, Mumbai.

17-19 October 2013: Over 1000 teachers from 800 institutes attended the 2nd NKN workshop at IISc Bangalore, where E- Foundry was presented as well as demonstrated live.

10 Oct 2013: About 60 students of Acropolis Technical Campus, Indore attended the E-Foundry course and computer hands-on session conducted by Dr. Durgesh Joshi of SGSITS, supported by Prof Ajay Bhargava, HOD and faculty of ATC.

4-5 October 2013: 40 participants attended the E-Foundry certificate training course at IIT Madras, Chennai. Renowned Professors O. Prabhakar, M. Kamaraj (HOD), and B.S. Murty graced the course.

21 September 2013: 60 participants including 50 teachers from 25 institutes attended the E-Foundry Cell inauguration and training course at BH Gardi College of Engineering, Rajkot.

07 September 2013: Over 60 teachers from 24 institutes attended the 4th E-Foundry course at DKTE's Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji, where an E-Foundry Cell was also inaugurated on the same day.

31 August 2013: 45 teachers from 24 engineering and polytechnic institutes in Maharashtra attended the third E-Foundry certificate training course at SVERI, Pandharpur.

03 August 2013: 80 teachers from 40 institutes attended the second E-Foundry training course and inauguration of local E-Foundry Cell at SGSITS, Indore (Madhya Pradesh).

06 July 2013: 40 teachers from 20 engineering and polytechnic institutes in Gujarat attended the first E-Foundry certificate training programme at CHARUSAT, Changa.

18 Feb 2013: The first E-Foundry webinar for training and certification in casting design and simulation started off with students from Indore, Kolhapur and Rajkot.

27 Jan 2013: Over 300 students from local colleges attending the Forum at 61st Indian Foundry Congress, Kolkata were informed about E-Foundry learning resources.

05 Jan 2013: E-Foundry booth at Tech-Connect exhibition in TechFest, Asia's largest student technical festival attracted hundreds of school and college students.

31 Oct 2012: The E-Foundry Lab was formally inaugurated by Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, New Delhi.

25 Sep 2012: Dr. PS Dhekne, Expert member of the NKN mission and CAD group of NIC, New Delhi visited E-Foundry lab.

29 March 2012: DST Lockheed-Martin India Innovation Growth Award (Gold Medal) for 'Fast and accurate casting simulation technology' used in E-Foundry online Sim Lab.

2 March 2012: The E-Foundry project was announced at the 60th Indian Foundry Congress, Bangalore and both academia and industry were invited to visit the site.