B. Muthuraman, former Vice Chairman of Tata Steel, in his address said, "There is an imminent need to improve talent in manufacturing industry by creating a culture of continuous improvement so that manufacturing can embrace technology.

As the world economy is rebalancing India has tremendous opportunity to leapfrog in manufacturing vertical by improving regulatory environment that will enable the ease of conducting business and help in reskilling of workers for an inclusive growth that will allow India as a nation to achieve 25 per cent of GDP via manufacturing by 2025." 

Parakramsinh G. Jadeja President - IMTMA said, "The manufacturing industry is growing rapidly in India and  is at the cusp of embracing Industry 4.0 that offers huge growth prospects for the industry.

Summits like these are the key enablers to address learning and best practices requirements of manufacturing industry and raising its competitiveness. This is an apt platform to meet the evolving knowledge and skill requirements of overall manufacturing industry in India."