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Smart manufacturing
Summit 2024

February 2024

Explore the transformative role of smart manufacturing in accelerating India's progress towards sustainable development.

About 2024 Edition

As global businesses face myriad challenges, CNBC-TV18 and Zetwerk seek to unleash India's manufacturing potential with The Smart Manufacturing Summit 2024, a platform that celebrates innovations that are changing how we build things.

Dedicated news stories, informative digital content and interviews will demonstrate the impact of smart manufacturing on India's economic growth, capped off by the CNBC-TV18 Zetwerk Smart Manufacturing Summit 2024, 2-day mega summit featuring India's top business leaders and policymakers.

Why now?

A unique confluence of global pressures and domestic growth has made India a 'sweet spot' for manufacturing. To fulfil its potential, Indian manufacturing must achieve global leadership, built on innovative digital solutions that improve productivity and efficiency.
The Smart Manufacturing Summit 2024 brings forth news, ideas, and examples that help manufacturers embrace technology, and make India the world's smart factory.

What's next?

Deeper integration of smart manufacturing principles in India’s industrial ecosystem promises exponential gains in productivity and efficiency, and a huge step towards achieving India’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). It will expand the scope of innovation and consumer experiences on offer, nurture new skills, enable smarter decision-making and facilitate growth that adds value to our lives and protects the environment.

CNBC TV18 Zetwerk Smart Manufacturing Summit 2024

Presenting a 2 day Mega Summit that brings together business leaders, innovators and policymakers to herald the smart manufacturing revolution in India and recognise manufacturers who pioneer digital solutions for growth.

25+
sessions
50+
dignitaries
200+
delegates

Knowledge Exchange

  • Profiling ‘Make in India’ champions
  • Videocasts & impactful conversations with manufacturing leaders
  • CXO roundtables across multiple cities
  • Powerful content celebrating 10 years of ‘Make In India’
  • Comprehensive coverage of the Smart Manufacturing Summit 2024
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Leading Through Thought Leaders

  • Special addresses by honourable Union Ministers
  • Fireside chats with leaders and policymakers
  • Panel discussions featuring founders & CXOs from Manufacturing sector
  • Presentations by innovators and entrepreneurs
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A 2-Day Mega Summit

  • Keynote speeches by India’s policy leaders
  • Fireside chats and panel discussions on India’s manufacturing revolution
  • Recognition & Felicitation of inspiring Manufacturing Leaders & Companies
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Our Dignitaries

Rajeev Chandrasekhar

MoS, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Electronics & IT

R.C. Bhargava

Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India

Dr. Anish Shah

Group CEO & MD Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

Salil Gupte

President, Boeing India

PV Sindhu

Indian Badminton Player

Akarsh Hebbar

Global MD, Vedanta Semiconductors & Display

Uday Narang

Founder & Chairman, Omega Seiki Mobility

Sahil Dharia

Founder & CEO, Soothe Healthcare

Vinod Aggarwal

President SIAM and MD & CEO, Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles

Naina Lal Kidwai

Chairman, Board Member & Chairperson, ISC, Rothschild & Co. India

Anurag Garg

CEO, Jakson Solar Modules

Sabyasachi Biswas

Sr. VP- Digital Initiative, Vikram Solar

Vaishali Nigam Sinha

Co-Founder & Chairperson, ReNew

Shashank Srivastava

Sr. Executive Officer, Maruti Suzuki India

Harendra Saksena

CPO, Ather

Vinod Sharma

MD, Deki Electronics

Suparna Handa

MD, Sarita Handa Exports

Rajesh K Singh

Secretary, DPIIT

Seema Chopra

Executive Director & Global Technical Leader, Boeing India

Kavita Kaushik

Director-Head Quality and Six Sigma, Cummins India

Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria (Retd)

Former Chief of Air Staff

Anmol Garg

Indian Standup Comedian

Shaji John

Business Head, Ohmium

Yogen Lal

CEO - Water Vertical, Welspun Enterprises Ltd.

Rajeev Kumar Vishnoi

CMD, NHPC

Vivek Vikram Singh

MD & Group CEO, Sona Comstar

Rohan M Ganapathy

Co-Founder & CEO, Bellatrix Aerospace

Josh Foulger

Country Head and MD, Bharat FIH

Air Vice Marshal Michael Fernandez (Retd)

India Country Head, Lockheed Martin

Rajinder Bhatia

President, SIDM & Chairman, Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd

Air Marshal Anil Chopra, PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM (Retd)

DG, Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS)

Ivan Saha

CEO, Vikram Solar

Dr K Rajalakshmi Menon

DS & Director, Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), DRDO

Ashish Saraf

VP and Country Director for India, Thales

Niranjan Gupta

CEO Hero MotoCorp

M. B. Patil

Minister of Infrastructure Development, Karnataka

Shri Uday Samant

Heavy Industries Minister, Maharashtra

Rahul Sharma

Co-Founder, Zetwerk

Pulkit Bhandari

CFO, Zetwerk

Srinath Ramakkrushnan

Co-founder & COO, Zetwerk

Amrit Acharya

Co-founder & CEO, Zetwerk

Vishal Chaudhary

Co-founder, Zetwerk

Ankit Fatehpuria

Co-founder, Zetwerk

Sunil Vachani

Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Dixon Technologie

Pankaj Mohindroo

Chairman, India Cellular & Electronics Association

Anurag Awasthi

VP- India Electronics & Semiconductor Association

Sameer Patil

Chief Business Officer, BSE

Radhika P.

Chief Business Officer, Pinaka- Zetwerk

Bhanu Prakash Srivastava

Chief Managing Director, BEL

Andleeb Shadman

Managing Director of Hensoldt

Colonel Danvir Singh (Retd)

Security Expert

Ashwani Bhargava

Sr. Director and heads Supply Chain Management, Boeing, India

K V Srinivasan

Executive Director, and CEO of Profectus Capital

Dr Rajendra K Sinha

Professor & Chairperson, Centre of Excellence in Banking, JAGSoM

Ashok Chandra

Executive Director, Canara Bank

Arun Ramchandani

Executive Vice President, L&T Defence

Suresh Khatanhar

Deputy Managing Director, IDBI Bank

Dr C.G. Krishnadas Nair

President, SIATI

Shekhar Shrivastava

Former Chief Executive Officer, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

Aloke Palsikar

Executive Vice President and Head of Growth Industries, Tata Technologies

Ashish Khanna

President - Generation, Tata Power

Anil. V. Parab

Whole-Time Director & Sr. Executive Vice President, Heavy Engineering & L&T Valves

Prashant Girbane

Director General, Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (MCCIA)

Sumit Issar

Managing Director, Mahindra Accelo

Saket Chaturvedi

Chief Executive Officer, HAL, MiG Complex

Amit Rakesh Sethi

Executive Vice President, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Thermax Limited & Member of Thermax Executive Council

Arun Nagarajan

India Digital and Emerging Technologies Partner, EY

A 2-Day Mega Summit

Backed by one of the nation’s leading news platforms, the CNBC-TV18 Zetwerk Manufacturing Summit 2024 will showcase India’s manufacturing growth and envision how modern digital solutions will accelerate the space, through dynamic conversations with thought leaders, decision makers and Innovators.

The Summit will also recognise, felicitate and celebrate iconic business leaders and companies that are transforming the manufacturing landscape through innovative solutions and sustainable thinking.

Agenda

1:30 PM
Lunch
3:00 PM
Registration & Networking
4:30 PM
Welcome Address by Network18 Editor
4:35 PM
Inaugural Keynote Address by Hon’ble Minister followed by Fireside Chat - Vision for India as a Global Manufacturing Hub
Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Ind.Charge) for Science & Technology, Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy & Space, Government of India
5:10 PM
Fireside Chat - The Power of Possibilities: Indian Manufacturing @ 2030
Dr. Anish Shah, Group MD & CEO, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Moderated by: Shereen Bhan
5:50 PM
Panel Discussion - Green & Smart: Transforming India with Renewable Energy
Sandeep Batra, Group General Manager (Civil), NHPC
Shaji John, Business Head, Ohmium
Sabyasachi Biswas, Sr. VP- Digital Initiative, Vikram Solar
Anurag Garg, CEO, Jakson Solar Modules
Srinath Ramakkrushnan, Co-Founder & COO, Zetwerk
Moderated by: Mridu Bhandari
6:25 PM
Panel Discussion - Pathways to Smart Manufacturing: Policies for Innovation, Inclusion & Sustainability
Anurag Jain, Secretary (RT&H), Road Transport
Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, Secretary, MNRE
Moderated by: Parikshit Luthra
6:50 PM
Panel Discussion - Disrupting Traditional Manufacturing Practices: Learnings from Young Leaders
Akarsh Hebbar, Global MD, Vedanta Semiconductors & Display
Vishal Chaudhary, Co-Founder, Zetwerk
Moderated by: Ashmit Kumar
7:10 PM
Panel Discussion - Building Factories of the Future
Shashank Srivastava, Sr. Executive Officer, Maruti Suzuki India
Amrit Acharya, CEO & Co-founder, Zetwerk
Moderated by: Parikshit Luthra
7:50 PM
Entertainment Act – Stand-up comedy act by Anmol Garg
8:20 PM
Cocktails & Networking Dinner

Zetwerk is a managed marketplace for contract manufacturing across industrial and consumer products. Zetwerk partners with the world’s leading industrial and consumer enterprises to get their products manufactured via a global network of small manufacturers, where Zetwerk helps with supplier selection, pricing and fulfillment of orders.

15+ Countries

North America, Indo-Pacific, Europe, South-East Asia and Middle-East Africa

25+ Industries

Fabrication, Precision Manufacturing, Railways, Oil & Gas, Transmission & Distribution, Consumer Electronics, Aerospace & Defence

2000+ Customers

Across industries, geographies and categories

10000+ Suppliers

An integrated network to deliver quality with utmost transparency
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MANUFACTURING SERVICES

Zetwerk’s practically unlimited range of manufacturing services are spread across industries, regions and capabilities. Zetwerk offers quality monitoring through proprietary technology and end-to-end transparency from purchase orders to delivery, thus eliminating uncertainties around quality, visibility, reliability and under-utilization.

  • Die-Casting
  • Forging
  • CNC Machining
  • Metal Stamping
  • Aluminium Extrusions
  • Injection Molding
  • Prototyping & Pre Production

Industry Interactions

Panel Discussions
Short Videos
News Stories
Videocasts

Learn about innovative ‘Made In India’ products and the people and businesses behind them.

CNBC TV18 Zetwerk Smart Manufacturing Summit 2024 – Chapter 2 | Delhi

Presenting a 2-day Mega Summit that brings together business leaders, innovators, and policymakers to herald the smart manufacturing revolution in India and recognize manufacturers who pioneer digital solutions for growth.
FEATURED
  • CNBC TV18 Zetwerk Smart Manufacturing Summit 2024 – Chapter 1 | Delhi

  • India’s Industrial Destiny: A manufacturing charter for the Next Decade.

  • Conversation with Shri Uday Samant, Minister of industries of Maharashtra

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