manufacturing, quality, reliability, packaging, marketing and servicingwill take place. These will include computer Aided Design (CAD),computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM), FMS, ISO9000, ISO 14000, R&Din new materials, modular design, casting, and forging, mechatronics,precision manufacturing and automation. Design and development of high precision machine tools, highspeedspindles, linear motor slides, diamond truing machines, etc. will also comeup.136 India will become a net exporter of technologies by 2010. Software development for processes and systems will take place. By 2020 India will be a leading producer of quality castings and forgingsand will be a large exporter of these items. India will be selfsufficientinadvanced machine tools and boilers using stateofthearttechnologies.Exports of these items will progressively increase. Employment generation will be on the rise.The select areas of strength are automobile parts, casting, forging and CNC machinetools. A few more could be added after close evaluation. Urgent action is needed torealize this vision. Among these manifold tasks are:gradationof processes CAM, robotics, welding, near net shapemanufacturing, quality, delivery and cost, and state of the art technology adoption.Improvingthe supplier base for components and subassembliesas well asevolving modular designs flexible manufacturing and agile systems are crucial.Inthe foundry sector, the increased accent has to beon control of dimension / surface finish, value addition through machinedcasting, forging and machined and automation with increased scale ofproduction.Inthe forging sector we need to develop better tooling capabilitiesCAD,adopt cold forging and near net shape technologies and resort tomechanization and automation with largevolumeproduction.Inboiler and pressure vessels manufacture, urgent action is required for theupgradation of welding systems, automation in welding, use of robotics forimprovement in radiography, controls, reliability and safety.Furtheradvanced boiler technologies that are required to be mastered aredevelopment ofmanufacturing, quality, reliability, packaging, marketing and servicingwill take place. These will include computer Aided Design (CAD),computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM), FMS, ISO9000, ISO 14000, R&Din new materials, modular design, casting, and forging, mechatronics,precision manufacturing and automation. Design and development of high precision machine tools, highspeedspindles, linear motor slides, diamond truing machines, etc. will also comeup.136 India will become a net exporter of technologies by 2010. Software development for processes and systems will take place. By 2020 India will be a leading producer of quality castings and forgingsand will be a large exporter of these items. India will be selfsufficientinadvanced machine tools and boilers using stateofthearttechnologies.Exports of these items will progressively increase. Employment generation will be on the rise.The select areas of strength are automobile parts, casting, forging and CNC machinetools. A few more could be added after close evaluation. Urgent action is needed torealize this vision. Among these manifold tasks are:gradationof processes CAM, robotics, welding, near net shapemanufacturing, quality, delivery and cost, and state of the art technology adoption.Improvingthe supplier base for components and subassembliesas well asevolving modular designs flexible manufacturing and agile systems are crucial.Inthe foundry sector, the increased accent has to beon control of dimension / surface finish, value addition through machinedcasting, forging and machined and automation with increased scale ofproduction.Inthe forging sector we need to develop better tooling capabilitiesCAD,adopt cold forging and near net shape technologies and resort tomechanization and automation with largevolumeproduction.Inboiler and pressure vessels manufacture, urgent action is required for theupgradation of welding systems, automation in welding, use of robotics forimprovement in radiography, controls, reliability and safety.Furtheradvanced boiler technologies that are required to be mastered aredevelopment ofmanufacturing, quality, reliability, packaging, marketing and servicingwill take place. These will include computer Aided Design (CAD),computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM), FMS, ISO9000, ISO 14000, R&Din new materials, modular design, casting, and forging, mechatronics,precision manufacturing and automation. Design and development of high precision machine tools, highspeedspindles, linear motor slides, diamond truing machines, etc. will also comeup.136 India will become a net exporter of technologies by 2010. Software development for processes and systems will take place. By 2020 India will be a leading producer of quality castings and forgingsand will be a large exporter of these items. India will be selfsufficientinadvanced machine tools and boilers using stateofthearttechnologies.Exports of these items will progressively increase. Employment generation will be on the rise.The select areas of strength are automobile parts, casting, forging and CNC machinetools. A few more could be added after close evaluation. Urgent action is needed torealize this vision. Among these manifold tasks are:gradationof processes CAM, robotics, welding, near net shapemanufacturing, quality, delivery and cost, and state of the art technology adoption.Improvingthe supplier base for components and subassembliesas well asevolving modular designs flexible manufacturing and agile systems are crucial.Inthe foundry sector, the increased accent has to beon control of dimension / surface finish, value addition through machinedcasting, forging and machined and automation with increased scale ofproduction.Inthe forging sector we need to develop better tooling capabilitiesCAD,adopt cold forging and near net shape technologies and resort tomechanization and automation with largevolumeproduction.Inboiler and pressure vessels manufacture, urgent action is required for theupgradation of welding systems, automation in welding, use of robotics forimprovement in radiography, controls, reliability and safety.Furtheradvanced boiler technologies that are required to be mastered aredevelopment of