Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT) launches the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Development Centre (AMTDC) in India.
AR Sihag, Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India, inaugurated the AMTDC on August 30, 2019 in the presence of Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras, and P Ramadas, President, Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA).
It’s one of kind research and development centre, AMTDC brings the concept of Industry-Academia collaboration into reality and is set up in IIT Madras Research Park.
It will be a nodal infrastructure for academia-industry interaction under one roof and will offer solutions for developing advanced technologies in capital goods manufacturing sector with the collaboration of industrial partners.
The centre works closely with the industry and has provided a part of the funding for R&D.
It is currently developing prototypes that serve the needs of industries across several sectors including Aerospace, Nuclear, Machine Tool, Automotive and Engineering Industry.
AR Sihag said, “The AMTDC is an example of Industry-Academia-Government coming together to solve complex problems and this can set the Indian Manufacturing Sector on a higher growth trajectory. It is not easy to find such combination of people and resources to make such centres possible. And, a special thanks to Prof Ramesh Babu and IIT Madras for having created a culture that helps achieve this kind of accomplishments.”
Moreover, AR. Sihag said, ” We are working on the next stage of the scheme under which this centre was funded and in Phase 2 we are giving ambitious targets such as a five-fold increase in outlay. These efforts are done towards the common good of developing our economy, country and society.”
About AMTDC Centre :
The centre is established over an area of 9,000 sq. ft. in IIT Madras Research Park.
It will be a house to technologies developed over the last three years with six industrial partners.
Only in a short span, AMTDC has developed a core technological base in areas of precision machine design, energy-efficient system design, analytical/numerical design optimisation, soft technologies.
Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras, said, ” This centre gives us great pride and we are delighted to create this kind of translational centre that works tightly with the Industry. Machine Tool sector in India comprises a large number of medium-sized companies. What keeps these companies going is their R&D and their products, which are ahead of the curve. AMTDC has been set up with generous help from the Department of Heavy Industry to bolster the R&D capabilities of these companies. This collaborative work will help MSMSEs stay ahead of the curve.”