About NAMC-W

National Additive Manufacturing Centre – West (NAMC-W is a project initiated by Ministry of Information & Technology - Government of India, Ganpat University Additive Manufacturing Foundation and in association with industrial Partners. National Additive Manufacturing Centre West (NAMCW)  at Ganpat University, Gujarat – India has been evolved in partnership with  State Govt of Gujarat and industry. The primary aspiration of NAMC-West is to increase AM adoption by Indian manufacturers in six western states of India (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan) which will assist in achieving NSAM’s aspiration to add $ 1 Billion by 2025 to Indian AM market. Additive Manufacturing (AM) facilities will be developed at Ganpat University under NAMC-W which will cater to creation of ecosystem for implementation of NSAM. The tenets of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ under the project includes creation of conducive environment for adoption of AM in manufacturing by non-AM Indian Large Enterprises including PSUs and empower AM MSMEs/ existing & new Start-ups to expand and upgrade their product portfolio through IP creation, prototyping, skilled & executive manpower training. This project aims to create Industry 5.0 based products and businesses using Additive Manufacturing benefiting AM manufacturing industry -Large, MSME and start-ups. The principle objective of the project is to create a section 8 company entitled National Additive Manufacturing Centre West (NAMCW) for deployment of AM in six western states of India (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan) at Ganpat University, Gujarat. Specific Objectives of the NAMC - W are:

• To create a self-sustainable common facility for product development and manpower training
• To promote commercialization of NAMC-W developed AM products suited for domestic and global markets through start-ups/ industry.
• To create skilled and industry ready manpower for industry/ start-up through manpower training programs at different levels and encourage domestic manufacturing. 
• To encourage and make students future ready by implementing Science, Technology, Environmental, Advanced Manufacturing or STEAM learning through AM. To introduce AM training for students that will increase their employability. 
• To nurture domestic AM ecosystem through awareness program for various stakeholders (students, industry, academia, local governments, research community etc.) of the ecosystem.