The Manufacturing Leadership Summit
IndiaWelds Synergy 6.0
Forging India’s Welding Future for Viksit Bharat 2047
An industry leadership forum where India’s manufacturing leaders, government representatives, technology providers and academia come together to shape the future of welding in India. Featuring the curtain raiser for the National Welding Olympiad and Welding Tourism.
About the Summit
Building on five successful editions, IndiaWelds Synergy evolves into a premium leadership summit. It brings together India’s foremost manufacturing leaders, technology innovators, policy makers, academia and strategic partners to launch national initiatives, forge industry collaborations and shape the future of India’s welding ecosystem.
Why You Should Be There
Every weld holds something up: a bridge, a train, a power plant, a rocket on its way to the sky. Behind each one stands a person who learned the craft, a teacher who taught it, and a company that trusted them with the job. If you are one of those people, this summit is about you.
If You Lead a Factory or a Plant
You know the gap between the capacity you are building and the capability on your shopfloor. Spend a day with peers and policy makers working on exactly that question, and leave with ideas you can use on Monday morning.
If You Teach or Train
Your students deserve a clear view of what industry needs. Hear it first-hand, and meet the manufacturers who depend on what your students can do.
If You Shape Policy
See what manufacturers, trainers and technologists are really asking for, and help turn it into national action that reaches the shopfloor.
If You Build Technology
Show your solutions to the leaders who decide, in a focused executive setting, and learn what the shopfloor of 2030 will ask of you.
If You Simply Love Welding
Be in the room when India gives the profession the respect it has earned, at the launch of Welding Tourism and the National Welding Olympiad. You will meet people who care about this craft as much as you do.
Welding built the India we live in. On 17 November, come and help build the next one.
Register NowBringing Academia Closer to Industry Needs
Too often a student finishes a course and walks onto a shopfloor that looks nothing like the classroom. Synergy 6.0 is built to close that gap by putting those who teach and those who hire in the same room.
If you run an institute, teach a trade or train welders, come and help shape what industry asks of you, and what you ask of industry.
Register Your InstitutionHear Industry’s Needs Directly
Manufacturing leaders open the day with the skill-productivity equation and the future of the Indian shopfloor, and academic leaders sit at the table in the Manufacturing Leadership Forum.
Look at the Competency–Productivity Gap
Leadership Dialogue II asks why training is not always translating into performance. Educators and employers unpack it together.
See Where Technology Is Heading
The flagship session on automation in welding and inspection, and the Innovation Gallery, show the tools your graduates will be expected to use.
Turn Conversation into Action
The India Manufacturing Action Dialogue asks how people, process and technology come together, and the National Welding Olympiad gives schools and institutions a national stage for their students.
Who Will Attend
National Leadership Engagement
Welding is a cross-sector enabler. Its advancement depends not on a single ministry or industry, but on coordinated action across government, manufacturing, academia and technology. Synergy 6.0 is designed to engage leadership from these ministries and national institutions.
- Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE)
- Ministry of Heavy Industries
- Ministry of Tourism
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of MSME
- Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways
- Ministry of Steel
- Ministry of Commerce & Industry (DPIIT)
- Ministry of Railways
- Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- NITI Aayog
- NSDC & Sector Skill Councils
- Ministry of Education
- State Governments
Welding Tourism and the National Welding Olympiad
Welding Tourism is a first-of-its-kind initiative that seeks to make welding visible, aspirational, experiential and globally connected.
National Welding Olympiad 2026
India’s first national platform to celebrate welding excellence across schools, institutions and industry. It discovers India’s finest welding talent while giving the profession visibility, recognition, respect, aspiration and national prestige, and inspires the next generation. The Olympiad is the flagship initiative under Welding Tourism.
The Five Pillars of Welding Tourism
- 1Inspire: National Welding Olympiad
- 2Experience: Welding Experience Centres
- 3Explore: Industrial Welding Tourism
- 4Learn: Welding Learning Journey
- 5Connect: Global Welding Network
The Curtain Raiser Happens at Synergy 6.0
- Tuesday, 17 November 2026
- 11:30 am – 12:00 noon
- The Ashok, New Delhi
The curtain raiser for Welding Tourism and the National Welding Olympiad 2026 takes place during IndiaWelds Synergy 6.0. At the National Launch session, India’s welding community comes together to see both initiatives introduced and to learn how schools, institutions, industry and government can take part. If you want your organisation, your students or your team to be part of the first chapter, this is where it begins.
Summit Highlights
Welding Tourism and Welding Olympiad
National initiatives designed to elevate welding, make it aspirational and strengthen India’s manufacturing capability.
Manufacturing Leadership Forum
An exclusive dialogue bringing together policy makers, sector experts and academic leaders to discuss manufacturing competitiveness, welding capability, technology, skills and collaboration.
Innovation Gallery
A curated showcase of 6–8 carefully selected technology partners presenting next-generation manufacturing and welding solutions, as a focused executive experience.
Welding Leadership Charter
A dedicated session recognising organisations that choose to become contributors to India’s National Welding Ecosystem.
Press Conference
Major announcements from the summit, strategic collaborations and the unveiling of India’s next chapter in welding excellence.
Programme, 17 November 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | Registration and Leadership Networking |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Ceremonial Opening and Lamp Lighting |
| 10:20 – 10:30 am | Welcome Address Why manufacturing needs a new skill-productivity equation |
| 10:30 – 10:45 am | Keynote Address Re-engineering the Indian shopfloor for global competitiveness |
| 10:45 – 11:00 am | Special Address |
| 11:00 – 11:15 am | Special Address |
| 11:15 – 11:30 am | Chief Guest Address India’s manufacturing ambition: from scale to global competitiveness |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 noon | National Launch: Curtain Raiser Welding Tourism and National Welding Olympiad 2026 |
| 12:00 – 12:15 pm | Break |
| 12:15 – 1:00 pm | Leadership Dialogue I (Panel) India is building manufacturing capacity. Are we building manufacturing capability at the same pace? |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Networking Lunch |
| 2:00 – 2:20 pm | Fireside Conversation Manufacturing 2030: what will the shopfloor of tomorrow look like? |
| 2:20 – 3:10 pm | Flagship Session From technology built around processes to processes built around technology: automation in welding and inspection |
| 3:10 – 4:00 pm | Leadership Dialogue II (Panel) The competency–productivity gap: why training is not always translating into performance |
| 4:00 – 4:25 pm | India Manufacturing Action Dialogue How can we effectively bring people, process and technology together? |
| 4:25 – 4:30 pm | Summit Closing |
| 4:30 pm onwards | Press Conference and Media Briefing |
Be Recognised as One Shaping India’s National Welding Ecosystem
A limited number of organisations will be recognised as Founding Strategic Partners of the National Welding Olympiad. As a Founding Strategic Partner, your organisation will stand alongside India’s leading manufacturing institutions in supporting the development of a stronger National Welding Ecosystem.
- Recognition
- Leadership Positioning
- Strategic Networking
- Co-creation Opportunities
| Category | Places | Benefits | Complimentary Delegates | Price (₹)* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presenting Partner | 1 | “IndiaWelds Synergy 6.0 presented by…”; leadership panel participation; VIP delegate engagement; press conference visibility; featured in all communications | 10 | 10,00,000 |
| Founding Strategic Partner | 4 | Recognition as a founding organisation supporting the National Welding Ecosystem; Leadership Charter participation; premium branding; reserved CXO invitations; feature in summit report; digital promotion before and after the event | 5 | 5,00,000 |
| Networking Partner | 1 | Networking Lounge; CXO Meet; exclusive branding of the business networking session | 5 | 3,00,000 |
| Leadership Lunch Partner | 1 | Exclusive branding during the executive lunch and networking lunch; reserved VIP tables | 4 | 3,00,000 |
| Delegate Experience Partner | 1 | Branding on delegate kits, badges, registration, hospitality and the welcome desk | 3 | 2,50,000 |
| Innovation Gallery Partner | 8 | Premium display space; executive demonstrations; digital promotion before and after the event; featured in the Innovation Guide | 4 | 2,00,000 |
| Knowledge Partner | 3 | Knowledge dissemination; white paper inclusion; technical recognition | 3 | 1,50,000 |
| Delegate | Exclusive advantages. Limited seats. | 7,500 |
*Excluding GST at 18%. To enquire about a partnership, use the form below.
Register
Delegate fee: ₹7,500 plus 18% GST. Limited seats.
After you submit your details, you will be taken to our secure Instamojo page to pay the delegate fee. Partnership enquiries are handled by our team directly.