Highlights
The 7th Technology Summit and Technology Platform organised by CII & Andhra Pradesh Technology Development & Promotion Centre (APTDC) in Hyderabad on 4-5 October 2001 with Andhra Pradesh as the Partner State was a big success.
The focus areas for the summit were -
- Translating Technology into Business
- Technology for Competitiveness focussing on -
- Low Cost Automation
- Design
- IT Enablement - Technology for Social Development - Industry Initiative focussing on -
- Potable Water
- Disaster Management - Technology Development Case Studies
The organisations which showcased their technologies in the exhibition-Technology Platform included: Technology Export Development Organisation, Technology Development Board, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, various departments of Government of Andhra Pradesh, CSIR Laboratories, TIFAC-CORE, DRDO Laboratories, Solid Works Corporation, L & T Infocity, Inventors association, etc.
The Summit was inaugurated by Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
The key speakers at the Summit included Mr. Per Wisung, ABB, Sweden; Dr.Amit Chatterjee, Chief Technical Officer, Tata Steel; Mr.Udayant Malhoutra, Chairman, CII Technology Committee and President & Managing Director, Dynamatics Technologies Ltd.; Mr. S. B. S. Mani, Solidworks Corporation; Mr. S. P. Reddy, Chairman & CEO, enGenius consulting Group Inc. USA; Dr. Roland E. Haas, Managing Director, Daimler Chrysler Research Centre; Mr. Aroon Raman, Managing Director, Raman Boards Limited; Mr. B. S. Punia, Joint Vice President - Business Strategy, DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd., Mr. G. V. Prasad, CEO, Dr. Reddys Lab.; Dr. P. K. Saxena, Rockwell Automation; Dr. P. K. Ghosh, Director, Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute; Dr. Ram Gopal, Director, Defence Laboratory; Mr. Satish Patil, Messung Systems Ltd.; Dr. Venkat Raj, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre etc.
More than 500 participants including delegates/invitees/faculty /exhibitors took part in the two day summit.
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