46th Memorial Lecture - 28th January, 2019

Theme: Humane Dimensions of Industry

Speaker: Dr. Paritosh Basu, Senior Professor, NMIMS University

The 46th Lala Lajpatrai Memorial lecture was organized on 28th January 2019 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter Lala Lajpatrai. The chief guest of the occasion and the speaker was Dr. Paritosh Basu, Senior Professor, NMIMS University, Mumbai. He delivered the speech on the topic of the Humane Dimensions of Industry 4.0.

After the lamp lighting and felicitation ceremony, Dr. Basu started his speech by saying that 4.0 was the new buzzword in industries in the modern age, especially in the manufacturing sector. The designers of this concept are experts in technology. However human factor has not been given much importance. He said that we pay attention to technology without giving humans their due when the fact is that humans are always there everywhere, whether in designing the technology, using it in manufacturing goods and services, and society at large which is the client of these goods. Hence need of every individual should be considered in the system by means of the mediation process. Humans being the greatest facilitators cannot be ignored.