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Inaugurating the nineteenth edition of the three day International Engineering and Technology Fair, here today, Mr

Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India said “the fair provides a platform for a wide range of business opportunities by showcasing technological strength in different sectors of the economy as well as state of the art environment friendly technologies and products”. Mr Sharma also declared that the fair showcases its engineering and technological prowess.

India’s manufacturing sector has great potential to expand, said Mr. Sharma and explained the steps being taken by the government to boost the sector. He informed that India’s first ‘National Manufacturing Policy’, will soon be unveiled, which aims to increase the contribution of manufacturing sector in India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from the current 17 percent to around 25 percent.

The Minister also talked about the need for creating gainful employment opportunities for a large section of India’s population and felt that the manufacturing sector should be made the

Anand Sharma calls for development of India’s manufacturing sector for sustaining economic growth

employment in the manufacturing sector. He said, India’s investment in innovation is miniscule at around one percent of GDP and expressed hope to double the same in near future.

The Minister said that during the recent global financial crisis, while the world became inward looking and protectionist, India continued to engage with the world. He said, since the financial crisis, India has signed free trade agreements (FTA’s) with ASEAN and South Korea. He also informed that Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPA), with Japan and Malaysia, will be ratified on 15th and 16th of this month, respectively.

Mr. Sharma also said that in the next two decades, three of the world’s five largest economies will be in Asia and added that the centre of global economic and political

power is slowly but surely moving towards Asia.

H E Ms. Sheikha Lubna Bin Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade, UAE, said UAE is India’s leading

‘bulwark’ of employment generation in India. He called for increased investment in training and skills development; investment in increasing the manufacturing capacity and increased investment in research and development, to help boost (continued on page 4)

Schedule of concurrent Events at IETF 2011

Day 2 : 11 February, 20111000 hrs Eco Products International Fair: Conference (Hall -18)

1000 hrs Argentinean Journalists Press Interview (Hall No 2)

1130 hrs Inclusive Integrated Solid Waste & 1430 hrs Management Conference (Hall -14)

1000 hrs International Conference on Water (Hall -12 A)

1000 hrs i-GET 2011 (Hall -12)

1900 hrs CEOs Meet on Water

Day 3 : 12 February, 2011International Conference on Water - • Transforming Municipal Water Landscape - Pragati Maidan

i-GET 2011 - New Product Development • Conference - Pragati Maidan

Seminar on Procurement of Auto • Components in North India organized by Japan (JETRO) - Pragati Maidan

trade partner and added that during the first ten months of 2010, the bilateral trade between the two countries stood at US$ 35.8 billion, up from US$ 29.4 billion reached during the same period in 2009. She also said that the use of engineering and technology are crucial for accelerating and sustaining a country’s economic growth and added that society has benefited significantly from their use. She however, felt that their increased use has led to rapid depletion of natural resources and has also contributed towards climate change. She complimented CII, for including Eco products at this year’s IETF.

Mr. R P Singh, Secretary, DIPP, complimented CII for merging Eco Products International Fair along with IETF and expressed his happiness for the tremendous response received from the industry. He also called for greater learning from Japan in the area of sustainable development. He said India has significantly adapted from Japan in building Smart cities along the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor.

H E Mr. Hideaki Domaichi, Ambassador of Japan to India, said the fair is timely as it happens right before the scheduled visit of Mr. Anand Sharma to Japan. He expressed hope that the ratification of India – Japan CEPA would lead to dynamic

(continue from page 1)expansion in the bilateral relationship between the two countries. He also expressed his pleasure over the participation of large number of Japanese companies in IETF.

Mr. Takashi Yamagishi, Chairperson, EPIF Preparatory committee and Senior Executive Advisor Teijin Ltd, talked about the seventh Eco Products International Fair, happening along with IETF.

Mr. Hari S Bhartia, President, CII talked about the five pronged strategy being adopted by the government and the industry in India to sustain high economic growth. The five areas, according to him, which are receiving increased importance in India are – one, investment in education and skills development; second, higher investment in infrastructure; third, focus on increasing the share of manufacturing in India’s GDP; fourth, focus on improving agricultural productivity; and fifth rationalisation of tax system through the introduction of a Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Earlier, Mr. Rajive Kaul, Chairman, Steering Committee IETF 2011, talked about the various concurrent shows happening along with IETF 2011. Some of the highlights of IETF, he said, include, Water India, Solid waste management, exclusive stainless steel pavilion, welding pavilion, corporate pavilion, manufacturing pavilion and the contemporary art gallery.

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Earlier in the opening ceremony, APO’s Eco-products Directory 2011 edition was also

launched in a turnover ceremony. Dr. Yamamoto, who chairs the preparatory committee of the APO eco-products database, presented the 2011 Directory to Minister Sharma. In his keynote remarks at the EPIF launching ceremony earlier in the day, Minister Sharma acknowledged the

significance of the EPIF in promoting eco-consciousness of Indian businesses and hopes that in the future, the mutually beneficial

relationship started through this EPIF between Indian and Japanese businesses will be sustained in the future. The Eco-products Directory 2011 contains the latest eco-products, materials, components, and services compiled by the APO under the guidance of Dr. Yamamoto who is also an Emeritus Professor from University of Tokyo and the database committee, which is composed of some of Japan’s leading environmentally-responsive businesses.

Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, while inaugurating 7th edition of Eco-Products International Fair

(EPIF 2011) concurrent with 19th International Engineering Trade Fair (IETF), here today said that India is today 5th largest wind energy producer in the world and 8th in terms of investments made in clean energy technologies. He informed that globally, investments in clean energy have growth by as much as 230% in the last 4 years and are touching US$ 200 billion. “Within the manufacturing sector, we need to pay special focus to the development of green technologies which will be one of the dominant themes over the next 2 decades, providing both challenges of adaptation and opportunities of growth for manufacturing. The market for green products is estimated at nearly US$ 200 billion and is growing at 15% every year”, he said.

Shri Sharma also informed that India is making a major contribution in the growth of manufacturing and high-value engineering and added that this decade will be particularly significant in the development and growth of this sector even as the global focus shifts on clean energy technologies and processes. 2011 edition of this Fair covers the whole range of technologies from manufacturing, solid waste management and also innovations and auto sector. “It is indeed appropriate that the Eco-Product International Fair which focuses especially on green productivity for sustainable energy is being organised as a concurrent event within the ambit of International Engineering and Technology Fair. This becomes important and relevant in contemporary times as the world is grappling with the challenge of finding a new model for sustainable development new solutions for and addressing the issue of energy security and climate change in ensuring that we continue to grow on a low carbon growth path”, the Minister added.

India is world’s 5th Largest Wind Energy Producer & 8th in Investments in Clean Energy Technologies

CII Launches Greenco Rating System for Sustainable Development

APO’s Eco-Products Directory 2011

CII today launched Greenco rating system for companies at the 19th IETF at Pragati Maidan,

New Delhi. Geenco rating system got a tremendous response from the industry as more than 40 large companies signed up for this innovative rating system at the spot. Jubilant, Bosch, JCB, Jindal steel were some of the companies which signed up for this performance related rating system.

The first of its kind, Greenco Rating in the country will make India a global leader in Green Building and it will greatly leverage efficiency. At present, India has more than 920 companies which are having Green buildings covering more than 580 million square feet area.

Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Chairman, Council on Energy, Environment and Water said, “The Greenco Rating will do the balancing act between economic activity and environmental issues. In fact over a period of time, this rating system will extend not only to companies but to all organizations including government and NGOs as everybody is using Common Natural Capital.”

Get your live caricature made

ietF is not just about showcasing your products, it is also about

showcasing talent. mr Surindra Kumar makes live caricature at a very

nominal fee and takes only 10 minutes to complete. those who wants his/her caricature made can visit Hall

No. 18 at the contemporary indian art exhibition.

Mr. Jamshyd N Godrej, Chairman, CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre said that for sustainable development Greenco Rating will become a benchmark and India will soon be disseminating this rating system to the world. This will give recognition, good governance in tune with the needs of the industry. The five level grading of Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and certified with exemplary performance in energy and water efficiency technology, waste management, supply chain management and product responsibility will benefit companies by building competitiveness and improving profitability, improving green image, help companies to assess where it stands with respect to its peers and competitors, identify strengths and explore improvement opportunities for better environmental performance, added Mr. Godrej.

The Greenco initiative will accelerate the process of making India more environmental friendly said Mr. S Raghupathy, Head, CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre.

The present expectation from Green Energy New Product Development Technologies is to bring

innovation and changes in daily work and personal lifestyles of similar magnitude to the “information technology” volcanic explosion over the last two decades. It requires development of new products whose contents and methods of production have the smallest possible impact on the environment, a sustainable business and become preferred products for consumers.

To give insights into the growing importance of innovative green energy technologies for SMEs, CII – AVANTHA Centre for Competitiveness for SMEs is organising a two-day conference on “Innovative Green Energy Technologies for India (i-GET INDIA)” on 11-12 February 2011 concurrent with IETF at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The highlight of the conference is a poster / model competition for engineering students from colleges around Delhi. The best entries are put on display in IETF 2011.

i-GET INDIA aims to set benchmarks and introduce new and relevant subjects to

Innovative Green Energy Technologies for India

MSMEs on New Product Development such as green energy technologies. The two-day conference includes speakers from leading companies engaged in NPD; Eaton Corporation, Cummins, Altair Engineering, Siemens PLM Software, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Titan Industries Limited, Suzlon Energy Ltd, Kirloskar Brothers Limited to name a few.

The conference was inaugurated by Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Member of Parliament, India. Mr Rajiv Kaul, Past President CII & Chairman, Nicco Corporation Group and Dr Arun Jaura, Chairman CII NPD Committee addressed the conference during the Inaugural session. More than 150 people from India’s leading companies are expected to participate in the conference. The conference

focuses on how to go about product innovation in an organization, Green Manufacturing and green product development ; Innovations & Green Energy-Technology Implications, Wind energy scenario and Solar energy perspective amongst other relevant topics.

Contemporary Indian Art Exhibition A New dimension in IETF

The Contemporary Indian Art Exhibition at Hall 18 of the IETF organized by the CII Task Force on Art with the support of DIPP drew a steady stream of visitors.

Indeed, the art exhibition acted like a magnet, drawing delegates and visitors who were all captivated by the collection of eye catching art work that included canvases (both oil and acrylic), digital prints, paper collages, water colours and art installations. Some foreign delegates could be observed taking photographs with the off-beat and

sometimes satirical art installations even before the exhibition had begun! Sandip Pisalkar’s motorcycle fitted with a cannon titled Human Enemy HEK that emits a smoke that kills mosquitoes was of special interest. In complete contrast was the beautiful “That Glory” a shimmering fiberglass leaf to which a grasshopper, a butterfly and an insect added interest. Similarly, a delicate digital carnation print on canvas by Rohit Gupta was set off by a robust work composed entirely of pencils and letter pads done by Rajesh Ram.

Five major Delhi based art galleries displayed works done by about forty artists. Funky art related objects that ranged from mugs, a flexible pencil with sharpener, kitschy cushions, book lights, in addition to books on Indian art and culture were also on offer.

The exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art demonstrated that India’s new economic success has led to a new aspiration amongst Indians to engage with and acquire art. It certainly took CII’s mission to encourage the display of art at public places forward.

Addressing the gathering, Shri R. P. Singh, Secretary (DIPP) cautioned about the environmental challenges which are posing threat to the society. He shared that the government has already initiated 8 missions for fulfilling its national and international obligations on the issue. He also talked about the emerging role of India in increasing productivity in the South-Asian region as a whole for which DIPP has utmost commitment.

Speaking on the uniqueness of the conference, Shri N C Vasudevan, DG, NPC informed that it represents one of the first few attempts in the

region to articulate green product design and green purchasing. He shared that the subject matters chosen for the conference are particularly appropriate and visionary as they are focused towards enhancing environmental protection, international competitiveness, and sustainable development. Some of the key topics selected for the deliberations during the conference are; Eco-finance & Eco-business, energy efficient technologies & global energy markets, Green supply chain, green procurement along with climate change & low carbon growth.

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