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Labor reforms, consistency and predictability of tax regulation will take India to the global stage

Labor reforms, consistency and predictability of tax regulation will take India to the global stage

Nitin Chalke, Managing Director, Eaton, India Make In India, in essence, is a much desired program designed to realise the country’s aspiration of becoming a global manufacturing hub. Urging companies – both Indian and multinational – to invest in the country’s high potential manufacturing powerhouse, this initiative holds the potential of taking India on to a global plane as a[Read More…]

by April 4, 2016 Cover Story, Newscast
Make in India – an invigorating move with innate concerns

Make in India – an invigorating move with innate concerns

Tarang Jain, Managing Director, Varroc Group The main objective of Make in India is to increase the GDP of the country as a whole and there is a lot of provisions for tax revenues, the government could gain out of these initiatives. Although the campaign has set off the ground one and half years now, the fruitions are very few[Read More…]

by April 4, 2016 Cover Story, Newscast
Incentivising R&D and proper inverted duty structure required

Incentivising R&D and proper inverted duty structure required

Arvind Balaji, President, ACMA Make in India gives us a big fillip to the direction, the government wants to take. In-line with that we take our theme of make quality and technology in India as quality and technology become the bedrock for the growth of export market. We try to drive all our programs based on that. We have to[Read More…]

by April 4, 2016 Cover Story, Newscast

“Make in India – Going Forward”

Text: Bhargav TS ‘Make in India’ is an ambitious project, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September 2014, to transform the manufacturing sectors in India by bringing latest technologies to India, creating jobs and increasing the sector’s contribution in gross domestic product (GDP) from 15% now to 25% in next 10 years. The powerful vision of the prime minister[Read More…]

by April 4, 2016 Cover Story

Lot of new in-car technology an overkill

Text: Bhushan Mhapralkar In-car technology is growing rapidly. It has reached a point where pooled resources may help develop a platform, but its use in the final stages may dictate such amount of customisation, that it is unique to the automotive manufacturer that offers it. Used to the fullest advantage by offering an automobile that is superior or ‘intelligent’ than[Read More…]

by March 1, 2016 Cover Story
Automotive electronics sparkles as Iron Pyrite quantum dots boost battery performance

Automotive electronics sparkles as Iron Pyrite quantum dots boost battery performance

Iron pyrite, commonly known as fool’s gold, can produce batteries that charge quickly and work for dozens of cycles. Text: Bhushan Mhapralkar The quantum of electronics in automobiles is growing. Supporting this rise are new age batteries. In case of hybrids and Electric Vehicles (EV) it is the Lithium Ion batteries. Looked upon as superior to the traditional lead acid[Read More…]

by March 1, 2016 Cover Story
Telit banks big on telematics and AMR modules in India

Telit banks big on telematics and AMR modules in India

Text: Anirudh Raheja Having an extensive portfolio of short range, cellular and positioning products across various domains, Italy based global machine to machine movement enabler Telit Wireless Solutions is upbeat about making a mark in the Indian automotive industry. With an unprecedented demand for safety, comfort and performance coupled with entertainment, the demand for automotive electronics like telematics and PoS[Read More…]

by March 1, 2016 Cover Story
MapmyIndia’s ADAS technology cartons mass safety attributes

MapmyIndia’s ADAS technology cartons mass safety attributes

Text: Bhargav TS MapmyIndia, a digital map data, navigation, tracking and location-based service products (LBS) and GPS and GIS-based systems integration service provider trail blazes Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) which packs plenty of electronics systems into it. The new system that the company is working on will help on achieving better fuel efficiency and gives several other alerts. The[Read More…]

by March 1, 2016 Cover Story
InfoTrack Telematics to capitalise on temporary telematic device solutions

InfoTrack Telematics to capitalise on temporary telematic device solutions

Text: Bhargav TS InfoTrack Telematics, a Singapore headquartered telematics provider plans to open the track of temporary telematic solutions which are a pioneered one. The company has over 10 years of experience in the field of telematics which develops applications based on wireless technology with an objective of delivering intelligent solutions unhindered given any circumstances. The company contemplates a proposal[Read More…]

by March 1, 2016 Cover Story
Magnetic sensors as cost effective option to silicon and indium antimonide products

Magnetic sensors as cost effective option to silicon and indium antimonide products

Silicon and indium antimonide products and senors may soon be history with the arrival of magnetic sensors Text: Bhushan Mhapralkar As part of a research project, a team led by Associate Professor Yang Hyunsoo of NUS Electrical and Computer Engineering, with the support of Dr Kalon Gopinadhan, Research Fellow at NUSNNI; Professor Thirumalai Venkatesan, Director of NUSNNI; Professor Andre K[Read More…]

by March 1, 2016 Cover Story