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...TechTalk features lectures by distinguished Technologists'...

TechTalk - 3:    Addresses delivered by Shri. Onkar S. Kanwar, Dr. R. A. Mashelkar and Shri. R. R. Shah,

                        as part of the 19th National Conference on In-house R & D in Industry

TechTalk - 2: Experience in Managing Technology in HMT by Dr. S. M. Patil

TechTalk - 1: Experience in Managing Technology in ACC by Dr. S. Ganguly


Addresses delivered by Shri. Onkar S. Kanwar, Dr. R. A. Mashelkar and Shri. R. R. Shah

as part of the 19th National Conference on In-house R & D in Industry

21-22 November 2005

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Abstract-3

This TechTalk comprises the addresses delivered by Shri. Onkar S. Kanwar, Dr. R. A. Mashelkar and Shri. R. R. Shah, as part of the 19th National Conference on In-house R & D in Industry. Some salient points in their speeches are highlighted below:

Address by Shri Onkar S. Kanwar, President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

Inaugural address by Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Secretary, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research

Valedictory address by Shri R. R. Shah, Member Secretary, Planning Commission, New Delhi


Experience in Managing Technology in HMT

(Under Distinguished Technologists Lecture Series of DSIR)

Lecture at I. I. Sc. Bangalore on 21st September 1996

by

Dr. S. M. Patil

Former Chairman and Managing Director

Hindustan Machine Tools Ltd.

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Abstract-2

The lecture on “Experience in Managing Technology in HMT” was delivered by Dr. S. M. Patil, former Chairman and Managing Director of HMT, as part of the Distinguished Technologists Lecture Series of DSIR. The talk was organized by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India, New Delhi; in association with the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad; and held at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on 21st September, 1996.

The areas that Dr. Patil touches upon in this lecture are briefly highlighted below:


“Experience in Managing Technology in ACC”

(Under Distinguished Technologists Lecture Series of DSIR)

Lecture at I. I. T. Madras on 19th February 1999

by

Dr. S. Ganguly

Vice Chairman,

ACC (Associated Cement Companies) and Associated Group of Companies

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Abstract-1

This lecture was delivered by Dr. Ganguly as part of the Distinguished Technologists Lecture Series of DSIR. He speaks of his personal experiences in a process of transformation of the Associated Cement Companies (ACC). Some of the main points he deals with are:

Dr. Ganguly explains the ‘planned discontinuities’ which were created as part of the technologist’s approach to managing an enterprise (namely ACC) which had to face competition. Some of these planned discontinuities were:

Dr. Ganguly also highlights the dramatic transformation which has taken place in a living organisation with over 20,000 employees, operating in over 12 different states of India, and which was effected without creating any major upheaval.


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