NCAM hosted its first-ever National Conference on 3D Printing in Medical Devices & Implants on May 13th.
Hon’ble Minister for ITE&C, Industries and MA&UD, Sri K T Rama Rao inaugurated the event along with Ms Michelle Wade, Commissioner – South Asia at Global Victoria, State Government of Victoria, Australia, Shri. Jayesh Ranjan IAS, Principal Secretary, ITE&C and Industries, Smt. Rama Devi Lanka, CIO NCAM, Director Emerging Technologies Wing and OSD, ITE&C Department and Mr Jaspreet Sidhu, CEO NCAM.
One of the highlights of the Conference was the announcement of 22 partnerships with leading organizations in AM technology from India and abroad such as EOS, SLM Solutions, Markforged, Wipro 3D, 3D Systems Corporation, Redington India Ltd, Intech Additive Solutions, Imaginarium, National Institute of Technology Warangal, International Advanced Research Centre, India, Lodestar 3D, Deakin University Cyient BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Phillips Additive, Indian Prosthodontic Society (IPS), Osmania University 3D Incredible Engineering EDS Technologies CMTI – Central Manufacturing Technology Institute THINK3D PRIMAEAM SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
These partnerships will help in fulfilling NCAM’s core objective of promoting the adoption of additive manufacturing in India and enabling the indigenization and commercialization of AM parts, components, and materials and creating disruptions in the Additive Manufacturing sector in India
The National Conference featured exhibitions of the latest 3D printing technology, panel discussions on the latest trends, applications and challenges of this technology in medicine and a round table between doctors, industry leaders and academic experts to discuss the roadmap for developing an ecosystem for additive manufacturing in medicine
We would like to thank our Title Sponsor EOS, Associate Sponsor SLM Solutions and knowledge partner Indian Prosthodontic Society (IPS) for supporting this event and making this event a grand success.