International Forum on Appropriate Industrial Technology Held at New Delhi/Anand, India on November 20-30, 1978. The Role of the Engineering Industry

摘要

The role of the engineering industry as a vehicle of socio-economic upliftment is explained. The report continues with the present state-of-the-art and typical case studies of industries including structural, automobile, railways, metal working machines, power industry, and consumer durables. A comparative study of the trends in the engineering industry is described. Additional topics include a rationale for decentralization of industries; development of capital goods industry as a means of social upliftment; and guidelines for strategy of development.