From Editor's Desk

Theme of this Conference is “Accelerating Developments & Growth With New Synergies with special focus on Indian Medical Disposables & Implants Industry”.

The epicenter of the Innovation ecosystem is shifting towards emerging economies in general and India and China, in particular.

India has a large scientific talent and medical expertise for manufacture and use of medical devices in the country. It is essential therefore that the Medical Device industry in the country grows at a faster rate and Medical Devices are developed indigenously at affordable costs.

Country needs companies to become engines of manufacturing growth, create products which are really Indian, and go on to become global icons, building the nation’s brand identity.

Mr. D.L. Pandya

Editor

Medical Device Industry in India, like any other sector, has its own challenges as well as opportunities.

It is very relevant here to understand the findings of a study carried out by Prof. Shoji Shiba, an international expert in Breakthrough Management in collaboration with National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and CII.

As per Prof. Shoji Shiba “any improvements in individual Companies or Organisations are not effective. Consultants do not raise the bar enough. What we must focus on is the entire supply chain relationships, starting from Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and then extending to first tier suppliers and second tier suppliers.” He says, “This is much faster way to transform manufacturing”.

We are proud to mention here that we initiated our efforts to integrate and facilitate synergies between Medical Disposables, Implants, Diagnostics and Pharmaceuticals Industry and their supply chain since 1994 through Publications, Internet Portals, Conferences, Exhibitions as well as through Cluster Development Programs, International Linkage Programs etc. with an objective to facilitate an environment of healthy growth. We call it the:

“Annual Celebration Of Knowledge Sharing, Brain Storming And Networking”.

We support and agree with Prof. Shoji that, Breakthrough is possible when:

• New products are developed and organizations are transformed

• Customers and suppliers work together

• Society is impacted

• Higher Education is imparted through Industry Academia collaboration

We also believe that for Innovation to happen, not only the barriers between Organisations and Individuals are to be broken but collaboration should also happen across disciplines and sectors. And hence, we make our efforts to integrate various disciplines and sectors including Medical Devices, Plastics and Polymers, Pharmaceuticals, Diagnostics, Healthcare Services etc. from India and abroad.

D.L. Pandya