Third ISID National Conference on India’s Industrial Transformation

As India strives to attain the status of an advanced country in the next two decades, India’s developmental aspirations cannot be realised without transforming the industrial sector, especially the manufacturing sector, as it leads to job creation, increased productivity and economic growth. However, India or for that matter, any other country, cannot pursue an industrial transformation strategy in isolation from the developments in the global economy. The global economy is witnessing a weakening of multilateral institutions such as WTO and the increasing significance of bilateral economic arrangements, increasingly favouring the use of industrial policy measures and moving away from mere efficiency-seeking supply chains to diversified and resilient supply chains. These recent developments, on the one hand, provide an opportunity for India in its efforts to transform the manufacturing sector, but on the other, they also pose challenges. The third conference will focus on strategizing India’s industrial policy to steer through the changes in the global economy to realise the objective of Viksit Bharat @2047.

The broad themes that would be addressed at the conference include:

o  Industrial Strategy in the Changing Global Context

o Trade Policy Changes, FDI, and Supply Chain Restructuring

o  MSMEs and Labour-Intensive Manufacturing

o  Fostering Innovation and Digital Industrialisation

o  Taking Advantage of Green Industrialisation Opportunities

This call for papers invites unpublished research and policy papers from authors on the relevant themes. The papers will be selected through a peer-review process. Interested authors may send in full papers of 6000-9000 words (inclusive of abstract and reference) including an abstract of 150 words. Papers should be submitted by email to [email protected] along with a cover letter and brief profile of the author(s).

The deadline for the submission of papers is June 15, 2025.

Travel grants and accommodation will be provided to select young researchers.

Institute will publish selected papers through reputed publishers.

The Conference will combine keynote addresses by senior experts to set the agenda, competitive presentations, and policy roundtables. The policy roundtables would involve senior researchers, policymakers, and industry experts for drawing policy lessons based on insights and analysis.

For further queries and correspondence, email at [email protected].