materials.

Simply stated, the future holds a promise of a customer

demanding and getting
a specific combination of various, often contradictory perfomance
parameters: of light
102
weight, least corrosivity, biocompatibility or least cost. There are several
technologies
like thermal spraying or plasma spraying or laser treatment. A laser surface
engineering
center has been established at the Defence Metallurgical Research
Laboratory (DMRL)
campus at Hyderabad. New methods are being invented. It is fortunate that
India has
good R&D strengths in this area. A few Indian industries have forged
partnerships with
global technology leaders and Indian institutions, to take a leading role
commercially. We
believe India can emerge as an important player at the commercial level in
the use and
generation of surface engineering technologies.
Investments:
In the earlier chapter on agriculture and agrofood
processing, there are suggestions for
many measures ranging from education and sensitization of farmers to
successes within
the country itself to bringing in new agricultural practices, new hybrid seeds
and
establishment of cold chain and food processing units. What about
investments? We
believe that much of the governmentlevel
investment (such as public information,
Awareness generation and covering risks for the early experiments) can be
done within
the existing budgets of the Central and state governments. Perhaps a seed
fund to catalyze
actions can be specially created to break the ice. Much of the other
investments can be
specially created to, these investments will flow as they involve several
smallto
medium
level decentralized actions. For items like cold chains and carriers even
foreign
investment could be attracted. The main effort is to shed the present state of
lethargy and
cynicism that nothing can be done in India, nothing can change Bihar or
UP.We have to

combat this trend and transform the neglected areas. Investment levels
required for the
materials sector are of a different class. As described earlier, many
decentralizedmaterials. Simply stated, the future holds a promise of a
customer demanding and getting
a specific combination of various, often contradictory perfomance
parameters: of light
102
weight, least corrosivity, biocompatibility or least cost. There are several
technologies
like thermal spraying or plasma spraying or laser treatment. A laser surface
engineering
center has been established at the Defence Metallurgical Research
Laboratory (DMRL)
campus at Hyderabad. New methods are being invented. It is fortunate that
India has
good R&D strengths in this area. A few Indian industries have forged
partnerships with
global technology leaders and Indian institutions, to take a leading role
commercially. We
believe India can emerge as an important player at the commercial level in
the use and
generation of surface engineering technologies.
Investments:
In the earlier chapter on agriculture and agrofood
processing, there are suggestions for
many measures ranging from education and sensitization of farmers to
successes within
the country itself to bringing in new agricultural practices, new hybrid seeds
and
establishment of cold chain and food processing units. What about
investments? We
believe that much of the governmentlevel
investment (such as public information,
Awareness generation and covering risks for the early experiments) can be
done within
the existing budgets of the Central and state governments. Perhaps a seed
fund to catalyze
actions can be specially created to break the ice. Much of the other
investments can be
specially created to, these investments will flow as they involve several
smallto
medium
level decentralized actions. For items like cold chains and carriers even
foreign

investment could be attracted. The main effort is to shed the present state of
lethargy and
cynicism that nothing can be done in India, nothing can change Bihar or
UP.We have to
combat this trend and transform the neglected areas. Investment levels
required for the
materials sector are of a different class. As described earlier, many
decentralizedmaterials. Simply stated, the future holds a promise of a
customer demanding and getting
a specific combination of various, often contradictory perfomance
parameters: of light
102
weight, least corrosivity, biocompatibility or least cost. There are several
technologies
like thermal spraying or plasma spraying or laser treatment. A laser surface
engineering
center has been established at the Defence Metallurgical Research
Laboratory (DMRL)
campus at Hyderabad. New methods are being invented. It is fortunate that
India has
good R&D strengths in this area. A few Indian industries have forged
partnerships with
global technology leaders and Indian institutions, to take a leading role
commercially. We
believe India can emerge as an important player at the commercial level in
the use and
generation of surface engineering technologies.
Investments:
In the earlier chapter on agriculture and agrofood
processing, there are suggestions for
many measures ranging from education and sensitization of farmers to
successes within
the country itself to bringing in new agricultural practices, new hybrid seeds
and
establishment of cold chain and food processing units. What about
investments? We
believe that much of the governmentlevel
investment (such as public information,
Awareness generation and covering risks for the early experiments) can be
done within
the existing budgets of the Central and state governments. Perhaps a seed
fund to catalyze
actions can be specially created to break the ice. Much of the other
investments can be
specially created to, these investments will flow as they involve several
smallto

medium
level decentralized actions. For items like cold chains and carriers even
foreign
investment could be attracted. The main effort is to shed the present state of
lethargy and
cynicism that nothing can be done in India, nothing can change Bihar or
UP.We have to
combat this trend and transform the neglected areas. Investment levels
required for the
materials sector are of a different class. As described earlier, many
decentralizedmaterials. Simply stated, the future holds a promise of a
customer demanding and getting
a specific combination of various, often contradictory perfomance
parameters: of light
102
weight, least corrosivity, biocompatibility or least cost. There are several
technologies
like thermal spraying or plasma spraying or laser treatment. A laser surface
engineering
center has been established at the Defence Metallurgical Research
Laboratory (DMRL)
campus at Hyderabad. New methods are being invented. It is fortunate that
India has
good R&D strengths in this area. A few Indian industries have forged
partnerships with
global technology leaders and Indian institutions, to take a leading role
commercially. We
believe India can emerge as an important player at the commercial level in
the use and
generation of surface engineering technologies.
Investments:
In the earlier chapter on agriculture and agrofood
processing, there are suggestions for
many measures ranging from education and sensitization of farmers to
successes within
the country itself to bringing in new agricultural practices, new hybrid seeds
and
establishment of cold chain and food processing units. What about
investments? We
believe that much of the governmentlevel
investment (such as public information,
Awareness generation and covering risks for the early experiments) can be
done within
the existing budgets of the Central and state governments. Perhaps a seed
fund to catalyze

actions can be specially created to break the ice. Much of the other
investments can be
specially created to, these investments will flow as they involve several
smallto
medium
level decentralized actions. For items like cold chains and carriers even
foreign
investment could be attracted. The main effort is to shed the present state of
lethargy and
cynicism that nothing can be done in India, nothing can change Bihar or
UP.We have to
combat this trend and transform the neglected areas. Investment levels
required for the
materials sector are of a different class. As described earlier, many
decentralized