Fusion 4.0 plans out collaborative developments for Industry 4.0 adoption

NASSCOM CoE, a Digital India initiative established by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Government of Gujarat, hosted the fifth edition of Fusion 4.0 on 22nd September at IIT Gandhinagar. The event was organised with the support of GCCI, IDMA and FGI and brought together over 150 manufacturing industry leaders, entrepreneurs, startups and research organisations to discuss collaborative development to drive innovation and strategies for adopting Industry 4.0 solutions.

Industry 4.0 offers a myriad of benefits, and NASSCOM CoE has been driving its greater adoption by manufacturing enterprises, especially MSMEs. NASSCOM CoE has built the largest collaborative ecosystem for manufacturing enterprises to co-create solutions that can improve productivity, efficiency, and safety in plants by adopting AI and IoT-led digital technologies with a vision to make India the global hub of Industry 4.0.

“Automation can only take them to a certain level, but to survive and thrive beyond that, they need to have cyber-physical systems and adopt smart manufacturing solutions to reduce costs further and achieve greater efficiency,” said Amit Saluja, Senior Director and Head, NASSCOM CoE, Gandhinagar.

The chief guest at Fusion 4.0 was Gargi Jain, Managing Director of Gujarat Informatics Limited, who spoke on “Digital led industrial growth in Gujarat”.

Multiple panel discussions were also organised as a part of the event, where senior leaders from the manufacturing industry discussed how to leverage a collaborative ecosystem and PoCs to accelerate innovation. There were also focused discussions on the way forward for MSMEs to build digital capabilities and kick-start their digital journey. Manufacturing Today India