INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE PROCESS OF INNOVATION IN THE INDIAN AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT MANUFACTURERS WITH REFERENCE TO PUNE AS A DYNAMIC CITY-REGION Prepared by: Sumit Roy, Ph.D C3/ 402 Mahadkar Residency 101 paud Road Pune 411038 E-mail:
[email protected] Reviewed and Validated by: Shadia Yousif Bakhait Industrial Development Officer UNIDO-PCF/SRE Table of Contents 1. Why Pune has been selected as a dynamic city region? 2. Brief History of Pune city and its related region 3. The city region attractions 4. Industrial base of the city and the related region 5. Industrial belts of the city region 6. Major Industrial Sectors contributing to Pune’s dynamic growth 7. Population 8. Facts and findings of the region 9. Growth of Auto and Auto Component Manufacturing Industry 10. Infrastructure 11. How did the city region reach its growth? 12. Policy Issues 13. Incentives and resources • General incentives • Sector specific incentives 14. Support institutions and organisations 15. The process of Governance 16. Entrepreneurship and training 17. Environment issues 18. Innovation and learning 19. Annexure 20. References 1. Why Pune has been selected as a dynamic city region? Pune is a major industrial centre, particularly for automobile manufacturing. It is home to one of the world's largest two-wheeler manufacturers – Bajaj. Tata also has its plant here. DaimlerChrysler also has an assembly line for its Mercedes Benz brand. Whirlpool has an appliance manufacturing plant near Pune. Pune also has a burgeoning software industry. Many of India's major software players such as TCS Infosys and Wipro and global majors like SAS, Veritas Software, BMC have a major presence in Pune.