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this century, the country should concentrate on newer and newer
manufacturing, as it is the basic science”, said Dr. P. S. Goel,
President, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and
Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.He was
inaugurating the International Conference on Advances in
Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT) 2008 for Young Engineers.
“India is evolving both spiritually
and socially in the recent past. In this development, the country
never looks at the past. Rather, it concentrates on the development
of the economy. Already things are changing rapidly. Today one in
every five Indians uses mobile phones. Phones are moving fast and
they have become easily affordable. Hence, the out reach is very
large. Innovation is not only regarding advances in learning, but
also advances in manufacturing”, he said. According to him, the
outlook for the 21st century is very different, which would be
knowledge driven and the key is to spread the developments to the
society. However, these developments would create problems.
“Problems in the field of Science and technology could be solved
only by Science and Technology”, he said.
 He
stated that Tata’s Nano is a landmark in our mindset and similar new
developments related to manufacturing and freeing the major
population of the country (around 82%) from involving themselves in
mere agricultural activities and creating them alternate technology
and services are the major issues to be addressed in the 21st
century.
ICAMT 2008 is organised by INAE and
the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).
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Dr. Baldev Raj, Chairman, ICAMT 2008 and Director, Indira Gandhi
Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam participated in the
inaugural session.
The main objective of ICMAT 2008 is
to bring together young engineers, scientists, academicians and
technocrats to discuss the advances in manufacturing technology. It
would also give them an opportunity to interact with eminent
personalities and peers from India and abroad, who would deliver
motivating lectures on outstanding challenges in manufacturing
technology.
U. Bakialakshmi
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