MUMBAI: Managing India Brainstorm, the corporate forum which converges luminaries from diverse streams of industry and business will focus on the manufacturing sector in its the sixth session. Organised by business channel CNBC India in association with Wipro Infotech and Sun Microsystems, the forum will be held at Grand Hotel (Grand Hyatt) in Delhi on 9 January .

The Brainstorm will feature Jairam Ramesh (Economist), Gautam Thapar (BILT), Baba Kalyani (Bharat Forge), Suketu Shah (CII), Bobby Parikh (Ernst & Young) and Vallabh Bhansali (ENAM Securities) as initiators.

According to a release , the session will primarily focus on identifying the problem areas, bridging gaps between policy and on-ground realities, public-private partnerships and collaboration between the corporate sector and state governments to create and drive growth and also work towards development of a blueprint for growth in the present environment.

The forum envisaged to work towards creation of a balanced and comprehensive view of the state of India's industry and economy held its first session in Mumbai. This was followed by sessions in other cities as well, adds the release.