Mr. Ar Rm Arun was invited to speak at the India Japan Business Council organized by FICCI on Feb 14,20 07 at FICCI Headquarters - Federation House, New Delhi.

Asked to speak about Manufacturing and The HR Factor in India, he presented the trends in manufacturing, its challenges and achievements. The second half of his presentation dwelt upon the concerns of Human Resources within the manufacturing arena. Mr. Arun listed the concerns as the Industry Supportive Education, Values driven Industry, Conducive environment for Innovation and Industry Specific Regulations.

He emphasized the need for academia to work closely with industry to provide ready resource. Values, he said was vital to growth and he proposed that values education to begin at the primary school level. He presented suggestions for the Japanese delegation on various ways of be involved in speeding up the innovation process in India. He made special mention of the need for Lean Manufacturing & Continuous KAIZEN, which are proven Japanese manufacturing methodologies. He invited Knowledge sharing of Japanese World Class Manufacturing including TQM

Speaking on the regulatory mechanism in the country Mr. Arun state that the need of the hour was to move industry into Rural India because the natural transition from Agriculture to Manufacturing. He cautioned that while development of rural India was important, we must be careful to protect & encourage cottage industries.

Concluding his presentation Mr. Arun listed out the various opportunities in India that Japan can pursue. India is a good manufacturing base and Japan should consider India along with China. The vast English speaking workforce, growing resource pool of technical talent and the emergence of India as an Auto Manufacturing Hub were some of the pointers he gave for the Japanese Delegation.