The public-sector undertakings (PSUs) and their ancillary units that earlier led the manufacturing revolution in Hyderabad have given way to the pharmaceutical and aerospace sectors, which now lead the Telangana capital’s emergence as a smart manufacturing hub, says Jayesh Ranjan, the state’s principal secretary in charge of industries and commerce as well as information technology. “Our pharma manufacturing is considered to be one of the best in the country,” adds Ranjan, who spoke at a conference on manufacturing excellence, Man’Exe–2020, organised by the Telangana chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the state government. “Covid-19 had disrupted the supply chains of many sectors, but these are now back to the normal.” Smart manufacturing The 16th edition of the conference, this one was on the theme Smart manufacturing: resurgence of manufacturing sector. Participants from both the public and private sectors spoke on topics like ‘automating into the future – one step at a time’, ‘adaptive engineering for competitiveness’ and ‘new-age skilling – remote and virtual manufacturing’. “Quantity, quality and time to go together,” says Vijay Kalra, head, Mahindra Institute of Quality & chairman, safety council, Mahindra group. “In the current scenario, where many companies are facing resources constraints, we need to have a strong robust system in place to ensure that good quality products are manufactured at a low cost.”
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Ranjan: `Our pharma manufacturing is one of the best in the country’
