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Vol. 1 | Issue 1 | April-May 2018

CONTENTS

 Welcome to Future! - P3
 C4i4 Lab Pune City Centre Inaugurated - P4
 Data Analytics: Key to Unlocking the
True Power of IoT - P5
 ‘Change of Mind Set is the Pre-requisite for Industry 4.0’ - P7
 ‘Accelerate Digitization through Frugal Innovation’ - P8
 Industry 4.0: A Paradigm Shift - P9
 Secretary, DHI Unveils Smart Manufacturing Report - P11
 SmartEco Discusses Road Map of Industry 4.0 and Lays the
Foundation Stone of C4i4 Lab - P13
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The Centre

C4i4 Lab Pune: One of the Four Common

Engineering Facility Centres (CEFC) in India
S AMARTH (Smart Advanced Manufacturing and Rapid Transformation
Hub) Udyog is a government of India initiative to foster awareness,
education and proliferation of ‘Industry 4.0’ - next industry revolution.
The Department of Heavy Industry’ (DHI) initiative encompasses
manufacturers, suppliers and customers as its main stakeholders. The
experiential and demonstration centres for Industry 4.0 have been
established to spread awareness about Industry 4.0 amongst the Indian
manufacturing industries. Four such centres (C4i4 Lab Pune, IIT-D - New
Delhi, IISc - Bengaluru and CMTI - Bengaluru) having unique identity for
spreading awareness and branding were established under SAMARTH
Udyog. It is emphasized that these centres would have resource sharing,
common platform of industry 4.0 and network each other’s resources
so that the utilization of resources is maximised.
C4i4 Lab Pune is the one amongst the four Common Engineering
Facility Centres (CEFC) established under this initiative. The journey for
instituting the C4i4 Lab Pune began in October 2016 with a brainstorming
session amongst its key stakeholders. The session lead to a multi-
Aspiration
disciplinary SmartEco (Smart Manufacturing Ecosystem) conference 2020
having participation of CEOs of over 125 industries. This was followed by
exploratory discussions with Tata Strategic Management Group (TSMG), 3,000 +
Fraunhofer, IIT-B and Nasscom loT Centre. These discussions culminated Companies Experience
with the formation of core team for preparing a proposal to DHI. A Industry 4.0 Immersion
company was formed for this purpose and in October 2017, the centre
got approval from the DHI. The centre with a testing lab and knowledge 10,000+
sharing infrastructure was formally inaugurated in December 2017. Hours of Lab
Demonstrations
Strategic Objectives:
 Accelerate and drive the adoption of Industry 4.0 800+
 Provide a platform for supporting SMEs and MSMEs and making them Executives Trained in
globally competitive Industry 4.0
 Develop an ecosystem of Industry 4.0 solution providers through
start-ups incubation 50+
 Align and work in areas of national priorities Companies to Implement
 Promote development of relevant skills and low-cost innovations Pilot Projects
 Be an authority on Industry 4.0 and the ‘Go-To Entity’ for all Industry
4.0 related topics 10+
 Drive development of standards for Industry 4.0 solutions and enable Start ups Incubation
suitable policy environment Support
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Editorial

Welcome to Future!
I am immensely delighted to interact with you all through the
inaugural issue of this unique communication channel of C4i4 Lab
Pune. Starting from April 2018, it will be a bi-monthly periodical to
share the knowledge. Centre for Learning in Industry 4.0 (C4i4) -
Pune was inaugurated by Mr. Rahul Kirloskar, Executive Chairman of
Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Ltd. on December 11, 2017 to increase
awareness on Industry 4.0 and hand-holding the SMEs to plan and
implement relevant Industry 4.0 projects. I also take pride that Pune
has got one of the four common engineering facility centres (CEFC)
approved by the Department of Heavy Industry (DHI), Government
Mr. Dattatraya Navalgundkar of India.
Director,
SAMARTH Udyog Many a times we don’t realize the magnitude of change when we
Technology Forum are a part of that process. Several Indian manufacturers, especially
navalgundkards@kpcl.net
MSMEs and SMEs are still under the impression that Industry 4.0 is a
distant phenomenon. C4i4 Lab Pune intends to change this particular
mind set of industry by adopting various Industry 4.0 practices
in Indian context. We must understand that the ongoing fourth
industrial revolution is not just about automation but far more than
that. While many manufacturers are aware of the terms like Big Data,
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Cyber Physical Interface etc., most
of them are struggling at the application stage. Hence, hand-holding
of big and small companies of diversified industry domains is going
to play a crucial role in successfully transforming manual or semi-
automated factories into smart factories. The founding members of
C4i4 Lab Pune exhibits a perfect blend of manufacturers, platform
providers and educational institutes. Incidentally, all these supporters
are willing to extend their best practices and domain expertise with
other industries to ultimately build an ecosystem where everyone
can leverage by adopting smart manufacturing processes.
The outside world is fast moving in this direction. According to
CONNECT MarketsandMarkets Research, the smart factory market is projected
to reach USD 205.42 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 9.3%
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between 2017 and 2022. There is no mere coincidence that SAMARTH
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Udyog has set up its lab in Pune. While the city is always known for
its manufacturing and IT industry, it is fast emerging as a start-up
Publisher & Editor :
Mr. Dattatraya hub. That’s why Industry 4.0 has opened an entire new terrain for
Navalgundkar manufacturers and IT-IoT entrepreneurs where they can tap right
opportunities and grow together.
Content Development I do hope that this new publication of C4i4 Lab Pune will help
and Design :
us achieve the intended aim of disseminating the knowledge
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Infoprocessors Pvt. Ltd. about Industry 4.0 and creating a conducive ecosystem for the
industrial growth.
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The Beginning

C4i4 Lab Pune City Centre Inaugurated

Mr. Rahul Kirloskar, Executive Chairman, Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Ltd. while inaugurating the C4i4 Lab (Centre
for Learning in Industry 4.0) - Pune.

T he Pune City Centre of India’s unique Smart

Manufacturing Platform – C4i4 Lab (Centre for
Learning in Industry 4.0) Lab was inaugurated at the
hands of Mr. Rahul Kirloskar, Executive Chairman,
Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Ltd. on December
11, 2017. The Department of Heavy Industry (DHI),
Government of India, has set up four common
engineering facility centres (CEFC) across India
under the SAMARTH Udyog Programme.
The Pune centre will feature industry-oriented
applications to directly benefit end-users.
The key deliverables of C4i4 Lab include:
 Awareness on Industry 4.0: Awareness
workshops for manufacturing organisations
along with demonstrations of capabilities and
benefits of various technologies.
 Pilot Project Support: Consulting and
handholding organisations for problem
identification, pilot project design,
implementation and monitoring outcome.
 Executive Education: Organising training
programmes like Boot Camp on Industry 4.0,
Data Analytics, Plant Transformation Strategy,
and Road Map For Transformation.
 Startup Incubation: Facility, training and
mentorship support to start-ups in Industry
4.0 technology areas.
 Policy Advocacy: Participation in national
level agenda setting programmes, work
with other centres in driving standards and
effectiveness.
What is on offer at C4i4?
 Access to the ‘best and brightest’ Industry
4.0 multi-discipline resources
 Lower cost development of one-off, local
solutions
 Lower cost data analysis, modelling and
simulation
 Integration of requirements of small,
medium and large enterprises

Special Feature
Data Analytics: Key to Unlocking the
True Power of IoT
W are
hen the
machines
connected
to the internet,
you start getting
the data. But
one may ask, my
machines were
connected to
Mr. Ranjit Nair
CTO, Co-Founder, systems before
Altizon Systems Pvt. Ltd. as well and I
ranjit@altizon.com
was getting the
data before IoT
also. So, what has changed with IoT? Why does
the data matter now more than ever? With IoT,
the whole equation has changed. Since all your
machines are connected to the internet and
the data is available in real-time, now everyone
(depending on the individual role) from shop
floor to boardroom has access to same “Real”
time data to help make an informed decision. The
data is not only helping you in Descriptive (What
happened) or Diagnostic (Why it happened)
Analysis, but also to understand behavioral
patterns to get Predictive (What will happen)
and Prescriptive (What actions to take). So far,
factories were relying on a small set of siloed
data but with IoT and Big Data, you have access
to the entire dataset, real-time with technology
that helps you deep dive into analytics.
Hence, the big data analytics play an
important role, inputting machine data to work
and transforming this data from arcane strings of
numbers into actionable information for the user.
Analytics are equally important from a business
point of view. As, while reports say the IoT market
is estimated to have a compound annual growth
rate (CAGR) of 26.9% the Analytics market is
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estimated to have a CAGR of 31%. If decision
makers want to ensure that their current and
future IoT projects deliver timely returns, their
focus should be on applying better analytics.
Analytics can be broadly divided into
traditional or historic data analytics and Real-
Time data analytics. Traditional analytics are used
to find patterns in long-term data. It can identify
inefficiencies and help design better systems.
It can compare the performance of systems
across locations aiding standardization, reduce
the risks on investments and help businesses
find the areas best suited to the application of
resources.
To understand, how data analytics are
changing business models and customer
experience, let us take an example of the world’s
largest pump and compressor manufacturer.
They have thousands of water pumps installed
in farmlands, many of them in rural and remote
parts of India. These pumps are connected to
IoT platform sending data real-time. Critical
parameters like vibrations, the speed of water
flow, electricity, and pump condition (Active/
Inactive) are captured real-time. Alerts are sent
based on pump conditions and a field engineer
is informed beforehand. Now, having access to
pump condition and its behavioral patterns, the
field service engineer can do preliminary failure
analysis before reaching the location and go
with right tools to fix the problems. Cases which
earlier used to take more than one visits are now
reduced to Preventive and prescriptive alerts
and to more actionable single visit.
So, how is such historical data put to use?
The volume of data from IoT systems can be
vast and relate to diverse parameters. Presented
as-is, there is nothing to differentiate it from
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noise. To make sense of such data, it needs to
be made available in a form that users can easily
understand. Cloud computing and Big Data
analytics can be used to condition this data and
make it more accessible. For Instance, when a
certain automotive manufacturer analyzed the
data from their paint shop, they found more
particle inclusions in the paint of certain arbitrary
units. Using correlation algorithms to cluster the
parameters measured with parameters from
other machines in the plant, it was found that
these specific units had passed through the
sandblasting machine while it was in operation.
While no particles from the machine directly came
in contact with the affected units, the vibrations
from the machine were causing a greater amount
of inclusions. Data analysis revealed a causal
link that would have been nearly impossible to
identify manually.
With Real-Time data, the challenge is not
volume, but complexity. Once an IoT architecture
has been established, it starts to generate huge
amounts of data. As the number of devices and
scale increases so does the complexity of the
data generated. The interconnectivity of these
systems also exponentially increases the kinds of
insights that can be drawn from this data. Here
the benefits of analytics come from Machine
According to Forbes:
 Analytics leaders report 15% gains in
operating margins and revenues
 Analytics can significantly improve risk
profiles
 Decision makers can model future
requirements to take proactive actions
 Routine decisions can be delegated to
computers so executives can focus on
high-value projects
 Managers can more quickly and easily
optimize resources to increase production
and improve efficiency
Learning and Complex Event Processing. You
need to ensure the IoT Platform is not only
capable of processing your big data with in-
stream analytics but also has machine learning
algorithms to add temporal analytics and make
sense of processed data and bring patterns.
Real Time data is used to create an automated
stimulus-response system, where changes
in parameters trigger appropriate responses
using technologies such as Edge and Fog
Computing. Machine Learning allows analytics
to automatically infer when system parameters
are out of bounds by comparing values to
previously recorded ones thus improving
response times and preventing cascading
failures. Complex event processing is a method
by which available information from various
sources is analyzed in real time to correlate and
infer vital intelligence which otherwise is not
obvious to predict. For example, while it can be
simple to note that HVAC units consume more
power on hotter days, on these same days
productivity in more humid work environments
is lower due to reduced contact times can be a
harder thing to infer. This analytics reduce a lot of
the inferencing required by the user and directly
provide actionable insights, reducing user effort
and eliminating the possibility of human error
due to misinterpretation of the data.
In addition to the derived direct value from
data, analytics also allow systems to become
aware, raise alerts for anomalous behavior,
notify users in cases where the system cannot
respond autonomously and isolate sections of a
network in the event of a security breach. With
newer applications of emerging technologies
such as artificial intelligence, neural networks,
and deep learning, data analytics will enable the
IoT to perform functions far beyond its current
scope, creating an intelligent system that works
in conjunction with its human counterparts to
achieve new standards of productivity, efficiency,
and effectiveness. With the power of big data
analytics, we are capable of finding the unknown
and use it to build sustainable competitive
advantage and newer business models.

Knowledge Club Speaker
'Change of Mind Set is the Pre-requisite
for Industry 4.0'
Thoughts on
Industry 4.0
Two decades
ago, at the
beginning of the
new millennium,
Information
Technology (IT)
Mr. Bernhard Konzet was making
CEO, Blulink SRL, Italy waves and
bkonzet@blulink.com
everybody was
talking about IT
and e-commerce revolution. However, it didn’t
happen overnight. It took next 10-12 years; the
same applies to Industry 4.0. This is the next
industrial revolution and one should not consider
this as a plug-and-play phenomenon. However,
the most important question about Industry 4.0
is what potential do we see in this opportunity?
The answer of this question decides how much
investment top management of industries will
make on this vital topic and at the same time,
it also decides what efforts corporate put in
understanding numerous advanced processes
and systems bring by this new industrial era.
The industry must reciprocate with a fresh mind
set to see the changes; just placing advanced
machinery and putting IoT systems won’t bring
any real change. So, we all still have to go a long
way. But the good thing is that the change has
already begun. Earlier, we used to get in touch
with the quality managers of the companies.
Now, we directly interact with the owners or
top management as they are keenly interested
in our solutions. Today, the top management of
industry is open to connect external players like
us to their network in the company, which was
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not the case a few years back. So, as per my
opinion the most important prerequisite while
bringing Industry 4.0 is the change of mindset.
What needs to be done to change
the mind set?
I think instead of investing in top-end
machinery and infrastructure, governments
and industries should invest more in training
and education. The need of the hour is making
our young generation aware of all the new
technologies. In the industry more and more
training sessions should be conducted, not
just for the top management but also for the
operators.
Future plans for India
If we set up an entity in India in the near
future we will do it along with Accurate Gauging
& Instruments Pvt. Ltd. We, at Blulink, have
complete trust on Accurate. The main reason
behind such collaboration is, being a foreigner, it
would be supercilious to claim that I understand
the Indian market. I came to India 20-30 times
and in each visit, I meet several companies. But
still, I don’t think that I completely understand
this market. I believe that India is a strong
manufacturing country and it has a culture of
high-precision production.
Blulink is a 28-year-old software company
based out in Reggio Emilia, Italy having
installations all over the world. In India,
Blulink delivers its services through Pune-
based industry partner Accurate Gauging &
Instruments Pvt. Ltd.
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Knowledge Club Speaker

'Accelerate Digitization
through Frugal Innovation'

T he
is
World

through an era
going
of most rapid
change that has
happened in the
corporate life.
In the good old
Mr. Lalit Jagtiani days, change
Digital Thought Leader, used to take
SAP Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore place in years as
contact@leadthink.org
an outcome of
a big strategy.
Now-a-days, organizations not just need to
change their strategies every six months, but
also have to change the way they are doing their
business. This puts a lot of stress, not only on
employees but also on the organization because
they have to not only achieve the change but
also to achieve the business. It’s like repairing an
aircraft in the mid-flight. You are changing the
engine, the air-frame when the plane is flying.
That’s the level of speed, pace and pressure
happen during the change.
The Sharp Divide
Digitization is happening not only in India
but across the world. However, the advantage
in India is we have a rich IT capability within the
students and within the employee infrastructure,
which allows us to adapt and adopt change,
particularly from the digital perspective, much
faster than many other parts of the world. For
example, the technology landscapes in India
are far more modern than the technology
landscapes in Australia. So, India, in a way is in a
dichotomy - as on one side there are companies
which are adopting advanced technologies and
in the same market, in the same part of the
cities, there are companies that are lagging and
operating with primitive technologies.
How to Bridge this Gap?
The foremost is infrastructure. However, at the
same time, the big advantage we have in India is
the fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology
coming in. We need to look at examples in Africa
where frugal innovation has come down right to
the basic level. The challenge is, if we use the
Western model of high cost and high quality,
the chances of adoption of digitization across
India would be not so great. But if we use the
principles of frugal innovation to find out what
is the common minimum input needed to uplift
digital technique or technology or machinery to
make that added delta quality that is something
that would work much better.
Advice to Indian Industries
While applying Industry 4.0 in the Indian
context, industries should look at how they can
use technology to enhance the quality of the
goods and not just concentrating on lowering
the cost of labour like Western countries. One
of the biggest challenges today we have in India
is that of predictability. That means - can you
predict particular delivery schedule; can you
predict certain quality parameters? I think, if we
can improve these parameters, the adoption of
digitization can happen much faster. The key,
according to me, is the focus on Indian dynamics
of what we need to improve quality rather than the
Western dynamics of how we can reduce labour.
If C4i4 Lab drives frugal innovation for industries
which can’t afford to make huge investments, I
think it can speed up digitization much faster.
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Special Feature

Industry 4.0:
A Paradigm Shift

Industry 4.0 also

known as ‘The
Fourth Industrial
group of companies. The manufacturing
companies and service systems are facing
substantial challenges in coordinating and
Revolution’ aims connecting disruptive concepts such as
to gradually Communication and Networking (Industrial
decentralize Internet), embedded systems (CPS), Adaptive
the centralized Robotics, Cyber security, Data Analytics
production and Additive manufacturing. Advancements
Ms. Radhika Bhorade system control. in these coordinated and communicative
C4i4 Labs It’s more focused technologies have caused the extension of
radhika.bhorade@c4i4.org on building the developments that are constituted to the
a connected term Industry 4.0. It was first announced from
environment, one where people, data systems, German government as one of the key initiatives
machines, processes, services, and capital and highlights a new Industrial Revolution.
assets can converge to create Cyber Physical Industry 4.0 indicates more productive
Systems, and propel IoT. Because of the rapid systems; companies have been searching
changes which appeared in manufacturing for the right adaption of this term. The
and information technology, the integration main challenge is to find the fundamental
of advancements in information technology relevance between the design principles and
services and manufacturing has led to the technologies in order to propose a framework
development of synergy among the different for Industry 4.0. The purpose is to promote the

One of the biggest challenges we are facing today is ‘Situational awareness about
Industry 4.0’ followed by a lack of clear digital operations vision and fostering
a strong digital culture. To overcome these challenges a well-coordinated effort
jointly by big companies, SMEs and the Government is required. C4i4 labs will
take the first step in bridging that gap and will ensure the new technology
adoption, development and innovation across the functions.
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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Industry 1.0 Industry 2.0
Mechanization, steam Mass production and
and water power electricity
mass customization of demand and to achieve
maximum resource efficiency and short
product development periods. The Industry
4.0 initiative has a huge potential that allows
companies to manufacture one-off items and
have very low production volumes whilst still
making a profit.
In a ‘smart world’, the Internet of Things
and Services will make its presence felt in all
of the key areas. Industry 4.0 is focused on
creating smart products and processes. This
transformation is leading to the emergence
of smart grids in the field of manufacturing,
energy supply and sustainable mobility
strategies. Smart factories constitute a key
feature of Industry 4.0 and are capable of
managing complexities even at the shop floor
level. It attempts to automate the decision
making across the enterprise and opens up
new ways of creating value, for example new
forms of employment through downstream
services. Some of the innovative services
like smart algorithms, smart devices and
big data analysis create significant business
opportunities for SMEs and startups to
develop B2B (business-to-business) models
for Industry 4.0.
The world’s leading industrial companies
are looking forward to step into the Fourth
Industrial Revolution and a profound digital
transformation is now underway. Behind the
scenes of the Industrial expertise and their
Industry 3.0 Industry 4.0
Electronic and IT Cyber physial
systems, automation systems
programs, focus is on digitizing essential
functions and processes.
As we speak for India, knowing where it
stands in the global competition in terms
of technology and productivity, is the first
step towards implementing Industry 4.0. It
was observed that a few SMEs like Sumax
Engineering (Pune) have shown remarkable
progress in Quality management and real-
time data collection. Shifting towards the key
players in Indian market that include product
companies and system integrators like
Honeywell, GE, Bosch, SAP, Siemens, Wipro
and others have started building a roadmap
for Industry 4.0 and identified their areas of
potential progress.
India may have missed the early waves of
automation and industrialization in the light of
new technologies, it is still possible to ensure
a due place. One of the biggest challenges we
are facing today is ‘Situational awareness about
Industry 4.0’ followed by a lack of clear digital
operations vision and fostering a strong digital
culture. To overcome these challenges a well-
coordinated effort jointly by big companies,
SMEs and the Government is required. C4i4
labs will take the first step in bridging that
gap and will ensure the new technology
adoption, development and innovation across
the functions. This initiative will eventually
enable them to reach their objective of
digitization by 2020.
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Industry Update

Secretary, DHI Unveils

Smart Manufacturing Report
EXCERPTS FROM THE REPORT

BENEFITS OF IIoT
IMPLEMENTATION
(3% - 8%)
5% Average Improvement
in Topline

(7% - 50%)
13% Average Improvement
(From left) Mr. Atul Kirloskar, Executive Director, Kirloskar Oil in Productivity
Engines Ltd., Mr. Girish Shankar, Secretary, Department of Heavy
Industry, Government of India and Mr. Rahul Kirloskar, Executive (1% - 8%)
Chairman, Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Ltd. unveiling the Altizon
Smart Manufacturing Report 2017 at a conference. 5% Saving in
Energy Expenses

A ltizon, the Industrial IoT platform provider has been at

the forefront of the IoT revolution since 2012. Recently
named in the Gartner’s report for Competitive Landscape
16%
(1% - 20%)
Saving in
Indirect Cost
of IoT Platform Vendors, Altizon is the trusted partner of (0.5% - 6%)
over 130 global manufacturing enterprises. With over 155 3% Savings in
IoT projects executed at over 62 plants in 6 manufacturing Tooling & Spares Cost
industries, it has captured great amount of learning about
what matters in IoT projects, challenges and how to make findings with wider audience. The Smart
them successful. Altizon has documented these learnings Manufacturing Report 2017 is a crisp
in ‘The Smart Manufacturing Report 2017’. analysis of these learnings with IoT use
The report was launched at the hands of Mr. Girish cases, Payback period, highlights and
Shankar, Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry trends for industries like Automotive,
(Government of India) along with Mr. Rahul Kirloskar, Industrial products, Steel, Tire, FMCG,
Executive Chairman, Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Ltd. and Chemical. It highlights the key
and Mr. Atul Kirloskar, Executive Director, Kirloskar Oil trends and payback period classification
Engines Ltd. The report is useful for those who are just for important KPIs at the smallest value
evaluating IoT projects or for those who are already unit to the broader business objectives
engaged in IoT projects to gain insights on benchmark for such as Condition Based Maintenance,
expectations on payback period and other improvements/ Productivity Improvement, Quality
savings from the current project. Improvement, Energy Optimization,
Vast majority of customer interactions dwelled around Warehouse Management and Predictive
need of IoT, required time and efforts and justifying the Maintenance.
RoI. When the team encountered these queries from http://altizon.com/smart-
many manufacturers globally, they felt a need to share their manufacturing-report-2017/
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‘More Industry 4.0 NIQR Join Hands

Centres to Come Up’ with C4i4 Lab Pune
S AMARTH Udyog
is a
opportunity
golden
for
Indian manufacturing
industry to catch
up with global
competition. Software
is an area of strength
Mr. Sanjay Chavare for us. We have
Senior Development Officer, an opportunity to (From left) NIQR's Secretary Mr. C. V. Gowri
Department of Heavy Industry, leverage our strengths Sankar, National Vice President Mr. S. Rajasekaran,
Government of India. National President Mr. Pradeep Kumar Aggarwal,
in software and make SAMARTH Udyog Technology Forum's Director
hardware for the Mr. Dattatraya Navalgundkar and NIQR's Chennai
world under ‘Make in India’. At the moment, we have branch Chairman Mr. K. Manikandan during their
recent visit to C4i4 Lab Pune.
four centres and one sub-centre under SAMARTH
Udyog programme. All these centres are under
planning of setting up demonstrations facilities. One I n a major development, senior executives
of Chennai-based National Institute of
Quality and Reliability (NIQR) paid visit
of the key challenges before SAMARTH Udyog is to
spread knowledge about Industry 4.0, which is not to the Centre for Learning in Industry 4.0
available for Indian manufacturers. They are keen to (C4i4) in Pune, as NIQR is all set to start the
know how SAMARTH Udyog can help them in their Chennai Centre of C4i4. NIQR's National
day-to-day manufacturing, survival and growth, what President and Vice President (Corporate
are the benefits, what liabilities they have to take up. Quality) of Tractors and Farm Equipment
From workers to managers, every stakeholder in the Limited (TAFE) Mr. Pradeep Kumar
industry need answers to these questions. We need Aggarwal, NIQR's National Vice President
to develop demonstration facilities where they can Mr. S. Rajasekaran, NIQR's Chennai
have touch and feel and run their projects. branch Chairman and General Manager of
The entire knowledge support - starting from Ashok Leyland Mr. K. Manikandan, NIQR's
awareness to implementation, will be available at Secretary Mr. C. V. Gowri Sankar had
all the common engineering facility centres (CEFC). signed an MoU with C4i4 Lab Lab Pune for
We will extend these facilities in other regions of the helping out NIQR in setting up state-of-the-
country. The aim behind it is each of the manufacturing art Centre for Learning in Industry 4.0 in
clusters has at least one such demonstration centre Chennai. Members of NIQR Pune Chapter
where they can get support for the Industry 4.0. were also present on the occasion.
The universities and cluster-based organizations are
suitable to set up these centres. We are sincerely
appeal them to forward more proposals for starting
these centres. The biggest expectation from all
CEFCs is that, they should spread awareness in at
least 80 percent small and medium-sized industries
in their catchment areas. They should train at least
50 percent workforce based in these industries on
the skills required for Industry 4.0.
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SmartEco Discusses Road Map of Industry 4.0

and Lays the Foundation Stone of C4i4 Lab
Mr. Parag Satpute Said,
“Industry 4.0 is changing
the entire business model
and this has been a mega
trend in the industry today.
This new revolution is about
marrying two key industries,
which are Manufacturing and
IT. So I think India has a good
(From left) Mr. Parag Satpute, Managing Director of Sandvik Asia, Mr. John
chance to be the leader in this
Oberon, Vice President and Head, IoT of Cisco, Mr. Rahul Kirloskar, Executive field. With ample presence of
Chairman, Kirloskar Pneumatics Company Ltd., Dr. W . N. Gade, Former both IT and Manufacturing
Vice-Chancellor of Savitribai Phule Pune University and Mr. Vikram Salunkhe,
Managing Director, Accurate Sales and Services Pvt. Ltd. at the SmartEco industries, Pune is a hotspot
2016. for this new development.”
In his concluding remarks

C EOs of more than 125 companies were present for the Smart
Manufacturing Ecosystem (SmartEco 2016) conference to
get an insight of the latest and biggest industrial revolution. Held
Mr. Vikarm Salunkhe said,
“Industry 4.0 is not just about
automation. I strongly believe
at the picturesque campus of Kirloskar Centre for Advanced that in India we will evolve our
Management and Studies (KIAMS, Talegaon) experts from well- own unique model of it over
known companies like Sandvik, GE, Cisco, Bosch, Siemens, Bajaj, the coming years. Right now
Kirloskar, Volkswagen shared their own experiences of adopting we have many questions in
Smart Manufacturing practices. our mind – whether Industry
During the inaugural session the Executive Chairman of Kirloskar 4.0 is real for Indian industry
Pneumatics Company Ltd. Mr. Rahul Kirloskar explained the theme or just a futuristic dream. Can
and reason behind arranging such a conference. Sharing his personal this really be achievable by
experience he said that accumulating data from the machines is the our industry with a fact that
very first step, which his company took correctly. However, he soon most of the industries are still
started finding a need to learn and understand the effective use of in the stage of embracing the
this data. He further said that he realised most of the industry is third industrial evolution and
at this crucial initial stage and that’s the reason behind organizing most importantly whether
this conference where corporate players can come together and Industry 4.0 is just for large
discuss the future roadmap of Smart Manufacturing. MNCs or there is something
The other dignitaries present on the dais for the inauguration for MSMEs and SMEs as well.
include Dr. W. N. Gade, former Vice-Chancellor of Savitribai Phule All these are genuine doubts
Pune University, Mr. John Oberon, Vice President and Head, IoT of and we gather here to discuss
Cisco, Mr. Parag Satpute, Managing Director, Sandvik Asia and Mr. and sort them out.”
Vikram Salunkhe, Managing Director, Accurate Sales and Services SmartEco 2016 laid the
Pvt. Ltd. foundation of C4i4 Lab Pune.
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Inter alia

Visits, Interactions, Knowledge Exchange

Members of Fraunhofer, Germany during their visit to Visit of Team C4i4 Lab Pune to Fraunhofer in Germany
C4i4 Lab Pune.

A special team of IIT-B interacted with the steering committee members of C4i4 Lab Pune to discuss the future road
map of the proposed Centre in February 2017.

The steering committee members of C4i4 Lab Pune got engaged with Tata Strategic Management Group (TSMG) - for
need assessment and to know the exact picture and current scenario of the manufacturing industry in India was done
in February 2017. A survey was conducted for this purpose which included around 300 plus companies including large
enterprises and MSMEs.
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An Initiative of DHI, Ministry of HI & PE, Government of India
Registered Office Address:
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+91 98235 70731 (Manas Mehendale) www.c4i4.org info@c4i4.org