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Cambridge`s manufacturing school students on India tour
Prasun Sonwalkar
London, June 30 (PTI) With India as the focus, students
of the Cambridge University Institute for Manufacturing (IfM)
have embarked upon a 12-day summer study tour called 'Hot
Stuff - India's Recipe for Industrial Success'.
A group of 40 students, who left for India Monday, will
visit more than 20 leading firms in Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune
and New Delhi. The business sectors include hi-tech
pharmaceuticals and computing, automotive and construction.
University tour organisers hope the research will provide
greater understanding of the investment opportunities for UK
companies in India and identify future trends.
Prof Mike Gregory, Head of the IfM, said: "India is an
incredibly exciting and important region; it is shaping up to
play an increasingly leading role in the global economy.
"This tour will help us to understand the challenges this
will pose both internally and externally and produce some
important lessons for UK manufacturing."
Tour leader Ajith Parlikad, Lecturer in Automation and
Control in the IfM's Distributed Information and Automation
Laboratory, said: "We'll be focusing on core areas of
sustainability and growth, looking at parallels between
service industry and manufacturing and looking at whether
India's future is now in hi-tech sectors."
Student group leader Jonny Thompson said: "The rapid
changes Indian industry is undergoing at the moment make it an
extremely exciting country for us to visit.
"We hope to be able to compare and contrast our
experiences in the UK to those we find in India and draw
useful conclusions on how these can be used to provide mutual
benefits as well as informing further stages of growth in both
the UK and India," he said.
The research report will be published in a comprehensive
formate and the findings will be presented at the IfM's new
Cambridge headquarters at West Cambridge later this year.
The work will form part of a growing partnership in
industrial innovation involving UK and Indian businesses and
universities. PTI
London, June 30 (PTI) With India as the focus, students
of the Cambridge University Institute for Manufacturing (IfM)
have embarked upon a 12-day summer study tour called 'Hot
Stuff - India's Recipe for Industrial Success'.
A group of 40 students, who left for India Monday, will
visit more than 20 leading firms in Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune
and New Delhi. The business sectors include hi-tech
pharmaceuticals and computing, automotive and construction.
University tour organisers hope the research will provide
greater understanding of the investment opportunities for UK
companies in India and identify future trends.
Prof Mike Gregory, Head of the IfM, said: "India is an
incredibly exciting and important region; it is shaping up to
play an increasingly leading role in the global economy.
"This tour will help us to understand the challenges this
will pose both internally and externally and produce some
important lessons for UK manufacturing."
Tour leader Ajith Parlikad, Lecturer in Automation and
Control in the IfM's Distributed Information and Automation
Laboratory, said: "We'll be focusing on core areas of
sustainability and growth, looking at parallels between
service industry and manufacturing and looking at whether
India's future is now in hi-tech sectors."
Student group leader Jonny Thompson said: "The rapid
changes Indian industry is undergoing at the moment make it an
extremely exciting country for us to visit.
"We hope to be able to compare and contrast our
experiences in the UK to those we find in India and draw
useful conclusions on how these can be used to provide mutual
benefits as well as informing further stages of growth in both
the UK and India," he said.
The research report will be published in a comprehensive
formate and the findings will be presented at the IfM's new
Cambridge headquarters at West Cambridge later this year.
The work will form part of a growing partnership in
industrial innovation involving UK and Indian businesses and
universities. PTI
