As the fourth largest economy racing to be the third largest by 2027, the focus of India today is manufacturing for India and the world. Consequently, the country is on a mission mode to producing and acquiring the cutting-edge technologies of the day. This is also reflected in the new National Manufacturing Mission, announced in the Union Budget 2025-26.
FDI, establishment of manufacturing base in India with TOT (transfer of technology) are key considerations of India’s foreign policy today.
While the Global Capability Centres in India (more than half of the world’s total and about 1900 presently) are driving global innovations in GenAI and engineering R&D, the Ministry for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises has launched SAMARTH Udyog Bharat 4.0 to rapidly transform manufacturing capabilities with Industry 4.0 practices and increase global competitiveness in the capital goods market

Over seventeen editions in three decades, the biennial international tradeshow has today evolved as one of India’s leading exhibitions of manufacturing technology and a trusted platform for all stakeholders of India’s industrial progress – manufacturers of capital goods, end user industries, and policy makers – to meet, interact, take stock and chart the future.

The exhibition is characterized by its large size, scope and outcomes. Held in the capital of one of the leading industrialized states in India, the exhibition covers the entire 1 lakh+ sq. m. exhibition space of one of India’s largest exhibition centres. A full range of engineering and capital goods are displayed with participation from more than 20 countries.