The story of Chandrakala Ponnada is very inspiring, and it is nothing less than the inspiring script of a Bollywood movie. Working with Bangalore based Elmeasure India Private Limited, she heads the project of Light Management System and literally lights an entire modern airport in one of India’s leading metros.

Belongs to Royal ancestral line but by the time she was born they were just another typical ... Read more

Success does not come to you unless you thrive on it. Wait, ideate and execute is what he believes in. Our country is full of resources and what it needs is a spark to ignite the passion of utilizing it. We can create a hierarchy of extraordinarily productive assets. Try and see upside down and one can find the positives of GST as well. It’s all about the perspective of how one sees.

There are very few people who can perform brainstorming ideation and execution of too many ... Read more

Often we find that the poor performance of the company is attributed to the poor efficiency of its employees, however, most of the times it’s the policy that falls short on building a robust framework in assisting the employees. Mr. Ravi Gilani, Founder & Managing Consultant of Goldratt India, is a certified expert of Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization. He is also one of the most sought- ... Read more

Legacy speaks a great deal for humans. But to continue the legacy with ones all heart is one’s choice and determination. The inborn drive to dedicate his life to the inherited prestige and devotion to the industry and it’s people was certainly experienced by Mr. Chirag Bakshi , Business and Solution Development head, Hindustan Automation. An extremely proud son and a technocrat at heart decided to take up the challenge ... Read more

The thirst for knowledge, the sheer confidence in her work, and the willpower to go against the traditional ways of the society and work have paved the way for a successful career in Ms. Samina Khalid’s life. Machine Maker is proud to showcase the story of this incredible woman who is doing her part in revolutionizing the manufacturing sector in a way which many believed, wouldn’t have been possible at all.

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For three bright IITians sky was the limit of success in their individual career; they together instead have made limitless success in the sky. Shunning off big corporate dreams and lucrative careers, three IIT graduates joined hands to build Drona Aviation, a Mumbai based startup that is exploring the possibilities with drones in India.

Of its three founders namely, Prasanna, Apurva, and Dinesh, Prasanna is a Ph.D. student of IIT Mumbai, and it was primarily his concept to ... Read more

Danone Waters optimises handling on the loading platforms at its EVIAN® plant

Danone Waters has opted to make handling pallets of Evian water on platforms —before they are loaded onto trains— safer and more streamlined, using Interroll heavy-duty gravity conveyors.
At the Publier site in the Haute-Savoie department of France’s Amphion-les-Bains region, the largest natural ... Read more

A revolutionary start-up, one of its kinds, AUTOBOT INDIA (ABI) is revolutionizing the way our education systems works. India, the land of knowledge and culture, can boast of having one of the oldest education systems in the world. But even after repeated overhauls this 5^th-century education system, one that originated in one of the world oldest university, the Nalanda University, ... Read more

In last few years, I have developed my own unique process of networking with leaders and professionals across industries and it has worked efficiently for our mutual growth. I call it as “Service Model of Networking” as opposed to “Sales Model of Networking”. The “Service Model of Networking” doesn’t work on the basis of “revenue earned from every professional network”; instead ... Read more

Who is an Ideal Shop Floor Manager?

To answer this question, we first need to identify the broad parameters that will establish his effectiveness. These are:

1. Knowledge of his Job and Objectives
2. Knowledge about his Resources
3. Knowledge about his people (actually the most important resource and hence listed separately)
4. Awareness of Safety
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The HARTING Technology Group continues to grow and expand its capacity: the production site in Chennai, India, which was officially opened in February 2017, has now been expanded.

HARTING sees good growth potential in the country, especially in the important markets of mechanical and plant engineering, power generation and transportation. The production facility has now been doubled in ... Read more