The Institute of
Manufacturing
and Economy

India now stands at a critical juncture waiting for the manufacturing engine to drive growth and development. For manufacturing to drive future growth, it must build  both - an innovation-driven, technology-intensive model along with labour intensive yet high productivity enterprises. That is the challenge of India, today. And the opportunities are immense. This transformation requires not only advances in materials, processes, and digital manufacturing, but also stronger linkages between the small and the large firms and better coordination between firms that comprise the supply chain. India has to move towards high value add and high innovation driven manufacturing environment. These would require new models for thinking about small and large, about talent for manufacturing, and about research (both managerial and technological to enhance productivity) and innovation. Trading and Services in manufacturing also require intense deployment of science and technology. One thing has become clear, only globally efficient manufacturing will help India become a major manufacturing nation.

The Institute for Manufacturing and Economy aims to bring scientists, engineers, economist, managers, social scientists, and policy makers together to help India to be at the cutting edge of manufacturing innovation.

Manufacturing challenges need interdisciplinary perspectives

Manufacturing challenges cannot be addressed in isolation. Ahmedabad University views manufacturing as a cross-disciplinary problem, cutting across engineering, management, public policy, economics, and science. Issues such as R&D translation, technology adoption, productivity, and workforce readiness demand integrated perspectives and sustained collaboration across schools and disciplines.