Create a tribe of Indian designers : President Abdul Kalam tells CII
22 Jun 2006
President
Dr A P J Abdul Kalam gave CII a 3-point agenda to encourage
R&D, design and a strategic approach to new product
development at a meeting with R Seshasayee, president,
CII, and Lt Gen S S Mehta, director general of CII.
Seshasayee
briefed the president Kalam on CII's four missions —
'manufacturing 'innovation', 'knowledge and skills development',
'inclusiveness' and 'sustainability'. He added that
CII would focus on re-positioning India as a creative
and innovative product developer. This would be complemented
by the skills development mission that will leverage
e-learning and technology for developing marketable
skills.
President Kalam appreciated that CII's targets oriented focus and suggested a three point agenda for CII :
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Encourage R&D: "Show Indian industry, the taste of the fruits of R&D," he said and added "disseminate concrete case studies from the recent past, on a large scale to Indian industry."
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Create a tribe of India designers: Design is crucial for competitive new products and therefore, a "tribe" of chief designers may be generated all over the country in different fields and specially employed by industry, the president suggested.