GTU- Centre of Excellence in Automation
Gujarat Technological University has initiated to build Centre of Excellence (COE) in I - 4.0 frontiers of today’s technology in Automation Technologies in association with Bosch - Rexroth India Limited (BRIN) with an objective of developing industry-institute partnership in the field of Automation, Mobile Hydraulic, Automobile, and Mobile Electronics Technologies to bridge technology gaps between industry and academia to foster research and knowledge among the students at GTU.
About the Bosch Rexroth (India) Limited
Bosch Rexroth is one of the world’s leading specialists in the field of Drive and Control technologies. Under the brand name of Rexroth, the company supplies more than 500,000 customers with tailored solutions for driving, controlling, and moving. As a Drive & Control Company, Bosch Rexroth develops, produces, and sells components and systems in more than 80 countries in the technology fields of Electric Drives and Controls, Industrial Hydraulics, Mobile Hydraulics, Linear Motion, and Assembly Technology and Pneumatics. Bosch Rexroth India Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of BOSCH Rexroth Germany and is one of the leading specialists in drive & control technology. Bosch Rexroth has core competencies in Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Mechatronics, and electric drives and controls, fields in which they have excelled themselves. This excellence and its drive for it has made the firm realize that unless the personnel who man these technical areas are competent the gap between theory at engineering schools and practical applications in industries will widen. This is where BOSCH comes in to fill the gap and make a difference, true to their business vision of making this world a better place to live in.
Objective of the GTU- Centre of Excellence in Automation
The centre of competence is established to bridge the gap between industry expectations and theoretical deficiencies with the following objectives:
• To provide hands-on experience to the students of engineering and polytechnics institutes to the recent technologies practiced in the industry.
• To enable all the students in different regions and rural areas to have exposure to industry and technologies, by the concept of center of excellence.
The scope of activity of the GTU-Bosch Rexroth Centre of Competence is:
• The center will provide training to faculty, students of engineering and polytechnic institutes, and industries in the coastal region.
• The center will offer projects to the students of Engineering.