Abstract:
Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution, often also called Smart Manufacturing, is a major disruptive influence on how the global economy would be shaped for this century. This is important for India, especially its manufacturing sector, as rapid transformation of the sector is needed for aligning itself with the global movement, and turning the threats into opportunities. This talk will provide an overview of the major concepts and technologies in smart manufacturing. It will then discuss its implications for the Indian economy, and how innovation can play a significant role in growth of the economy. It will discuss the need for innovation in this area, and provide examples of innovations that are in the process of supporting this transformation. The talk will also provide a glimpse of the development of an indigenous smart factory at IISc, which will be used for supporting awareness, training, R&D and innovation.
Speaker bio:
Amaresh Chakrabarti is a Senior Professor and current Chairman for Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He has BE (Topper in Mech Engg, IIEST Shibpur), ME (topper in Mech Design, IISc) and PhD (Engg Design, Univ of Cambridge UK). He led for 10 years the Design Synthesis group at EPSRC CoE Engg Design Centre at Univ of Cambridge. His interests are in synthesis, creativity, sustainability, and informatics. He published 17 books, over 300 peer-reviewed articles, and has 11 patents granted/pending. He co-authored DRM, a methodology used widely as framework for design research. He has been Associate Editor, AI EDAM & Design Science Journal (Cambridge University Press), Area Editor, Research in Engg Design, Regional Editor, J Re-manufacturing (Springer), and Advisory Editor for 8 Journals incl. Clean Tech & Env. Policy, Materals Circular Economy (Springer), and J of Engg D and Int J Design Creativity & Innovation (T&F). He was on Advisory Board and Board of Management, Design Society; member, CII National Committee on Design India; Jury, India Design Mark; invitee, CII Smart Manufacturing Council India. He founded IDeASLab – India's first Design Observatory. He is Programme chair for Intl Conf Series on Research into Design (ICoRD), 22nd CIRP Design Conf 2012, 3rd Intl Conf on Design Creativity 2015 (3rd ICDC) and vice-Chair for AI in Design and Design Computing & Cognition Conferences. He is an Honorary Fellow of Institution of Engineering Designers, the peer society under the UK Royal Charter in engg design, and TUM Ambassador Awardee from TU Munich Germany. 16 of his papers won top paper awards in international conferences. He co-initiated India's first indigenous Smart Factory R&D platform. He also heads IISc-TCS Innovation Lab, IISc Press and the Springer Intl Book Series 'Design Science & Innovation', and chairs the Smart Manufacturing Standards Committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards. He received Careers360 Faculty Research Award 2018 for being the 'Most Outstanding Researcher' in Decision Sciences. He is also among the global top 1% of researchers in 'Design Practice & Management'. He is the current Editor-in-Chief for AI EDAM Journal (CUP).
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