Conventionally, the term manufacturing is defined as transforming the raw materials into physical
products by using man, machines, tools and chemical or biological processing.
different techniques involving man, money and machines. Since, last decades, .
the vision of the manufacturing has undergone a paradigm shift. The current era
of manufacturing is marked by highly agile, networked enterprises that dexterously
employ the information, talent and machinery to serve people from all strata of the society.
With the Government of India’s “Make in India”, “Digital India”, and other initiatives,
our country aims to become the third largest manufacturing hub in the world with the goal
of creating more than 100 millions of jobs and to achieve Self-Reliance.
Several advanced countries have already invested heavily in Digital manufacturing
and Industry 4.0 to create centres of excellence in manufacturing.
A major challenge that India needs to address is to achieve a sustainable economic growth that is
aligned with of jobs and empowerment of people. The answer lies in the concept of
Inclusive Manufacturing by ensuring the cooperation from all the sections of society.
Inclusive Manufacturing is a new paradigm concept aimed at ensuring the participation
of all strata of the society including rural, poor, under-privileged, divyang, women and
senior citizens in order to provide an assured and sustained development to enable the
society to live with pride and dignity. Inclusive Manufacturing strives to support a
large and heterogeneous population, to create job for millions and to make manufacturing
an activity of social relevance and to achieve prosperity, health, sanitation, water, infra, energy etc. for all.
The idea behind the concept of INCLUSIVE MANUFACTURING is to produce quality products
for all the sections of society without discrimination on cast, creed, profession and
income sections of society including rural, poor, under-privileged, divyang, women and
senior citizens by using raw materials and processing techniques that are available
locally and globally. In a nutshell, inclusive manufacturing is envisioned on the
principle of cumulative effort of the society, by the society so as to bring to
bring parity in the society and to make achieve the goal of “AtmaNirbhar Bharat”
It is proposed to conduct AIMTDR 2023 with the theme Inclusive Manufacturing: A Paradigm
Shift to make the event socially relevant by providing a platform to the manufactures
from all the sections of society and to stay tuned to the changing landscapes of
the Manufacturing across the globe and as well as taking a step towards contributing to the GOI’s novel vision.
