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VS Jain, chairman, SAIL:
"Getting talented workforce is not a problem, the major problem is that Indian companies are spending less on innovation, quality standards will go on changing and companies must adapt to this situation." |
BVR Subbu, president, Hyundai Motor India:
"India's manufacturing sector's biggest tragedy is the inability to attract talent. And those who attract have not put them into right use. Rewarding innovation consistently is not happening." |
Anup Singh , ED, ITC:
"India has missed the first wave of manufacturing, it shouldn't miss the second wave. The impetus has to come not from the government but from individual entrepreneurs." |
Aniruddha Roy, director, Eveready:
"The main issue is change of mindset, but delivery, quality and people are equally important. The final breakthrough would be getting 'made in India' products to be sold in Japan." |
Ajit Ranade, group chief economist, AV Birla group:
"In India to establish a Copper plant 20% budget goes into developing infrastructures like power, roads and ports, but its plug and play in any other country. This brings pressure on ROCE as this is a deadweight built into any project. The issues of infrastructure, public policy and politics are interlinked." |
Craig Jones, Sr VP, Asia Pacific, Oracle:
"There are several drivers of manufacturing competitiveness in today's India. Broadband -helped in collaborating on product innovation and product designing. With RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), logistics are better managed and infrastructure needs to be sorted out until such time one has to establish ones own network. Networking pays most when one has first mover's advantage." |
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