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National Mission Centre 3

Strategic Manufacturing, Industrial Competitiveness & Engineering Systems

To advance multidisciplinary research, policy analysis, industrial studies, engineering-systems research, strategic assessments, standards development and institutional collaboration supporting India's strategic manufacturing ecosystem, industrial competitiveness, engineering capability, industrial resilience and technological advancement.

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Areas of focus

  • Strategic Manufacturing Policy
  • Industrial Competitiveness
  • Engineering Systems
  • Manufacturing Innovation
  • Industrial Transformation
  • Industrial Policy
  • Industrial Productivity
  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Industrial Resilience
  • Manufacturing Standards

What the Centre does

Research and assessment

  • Strategic research
  • Applied research
  • Policy research
  • Strategic and sectoral assessments
  • National capability assessment

Standards and foresight

  • Standards, guidelines and framework development
  • Benchmarking and comparative studies
  • Best practice documentation
  • Strategic foresight and horizon scanning

Knowledge and publications

  • Knowledge generation and management
  • Publications and editorial work
  • White papers, policy briefs and technical briefs
  • Digital knowledge platforms

Engagement and capacity

  • Evidence-based policy advocacy
  • Stakeholder consultation and dialogue
  • Government, industry and academic engagement
  • National and international partnerships
  • National missions and strategic programmes
  • Institutional capacity development
  • Executive education and professional capacity building

Publications from this Centre

Designing Supply Chains as One System: A Review of The Modern Supply Chain Playbook by D Sagarika Oct 2026From Challenge to Contract: iDEX, India's Deep-Tech Support Architecture in 2024, and How Start-ups Can Serve Critical Infrastructure Protection Oct 2026Thirty Times the Threshold: The Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse of 2024 and the Case for Vessel-Collision Risk Assessment of India's Bridges, Ports and Approach Channels Oct 2026The Long Way Round: Red Sea Shipping Attacks, the Indian Navy's Response and Chokepoint Risk in India's Maritime Supply Chains Oct 2026The Wrong Wire at Bahanaga Bazar: The Balasore Collision of 2023, Kavach and Rail Signalling as Critical Infrastructure Oct 2026When the Coal Ran Short: The Power Crisis of April 2022 and the Lessons for India's Energy Supply Chain Oct 2026Chips as Strategic Infrastructure: The India Semiconductor Mission of 2022 and What a Resilient Electronics Supply Chain Requires Oct 2026Oxygen on the Move: How India Mobilised Medical Oxygen Logistics in the 2021 Second Wave, and the Lesson for Critical Health Infrastructure Oct 2026