IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw To Release "National Strategy On Additive Manufacturing" Today

To cater to next-generation digital manufacturing and mitigate immediate disabilities of local industries, Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw and MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar will release the “National Strategy on Additive Manufacturing” today (24 February), according to an official release.

IT secretary Ajay Sawhney and Telangana government's principal secretary (departments of industry and commerce and IT) Jayesh Ranjan will also attend the event along with senior officials from the Union Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY).

According to a statement by the IT Ministry, Additive Manufacturing (AM) has immense potential to revolutionise India’s manufacturing and industrial production landscape through digital processes, communication, imaging, architecture and engineering.

With the release of the strategy by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Innovation and R&D ecosystem will be encouraged in public private partnership (PPP) mode to transform existing research knowledgebase to develop Additive Manufacturing grade materials, 3D printer machines and printed indigenous products for vast domestic and international market in various sectors including electronics, photonics, medical device, agro and food processing etc, the ministry said.