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Creating non-IT techies
R. KRISHNA KUMAR
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A VTU initiative for hydraulics, mechatronics and other sectors
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For engineering graduates and students gearing up for a career in cutting-edge technologies in the field of Drives and Controls, here is something to look forward to. For, the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), which is redefining quality engineering education in the country, is set to provide state-of-the-art training in the arcane field of Drive and Control at the Mysore-based VTU-Bosch Rexroth Centre.
The course, though meant for industry personnel, will be open for engineering college students of the State in due course and is reckoned to be the first of its kind in the country where students get to familiarise themselves with the latest in the industry. The training centre is the third of its kind in the world, the other two being in Korea and Singapore.
Rapid strides
Described as a significant step forward in meeting the industrial demand for competent and highly trained graduates in Drive and Control, the VTU perceives great opportunity in this field in view of the rapid strides being made in the field of automobiles and other manufacturing sectors.
Incidentally, the VTU is also set to expand its training centre at Mysore by incorporating courses in robotics, mechatronics and Programmable Logic Control, all of which are cutting edge technologies with a wide range of applications in industries, ranging from aerospace to automobile, power generation to manufacturing and packaging.
During the first phase, training was focused on hydraulics, pneumatics and sensorics and it was open to industry personnel who lacked the wherewithal or exposure to master the latest in the above fields. Hence the VTU stepped in and entered into a collaboration with Bosch Rexroth, reckoned to be world leaders in drive and control and hydraulics.
Shortage
With a majority of the engineering graduates opting for employment in the IT sector, there is an acute shortage of trained manpower in other fields and it is the manufacturing sector which is likely to be affected the most.
Experts believe the demand for engineering graduates in the non-IT field is set to grow by leaps and bounds.
And it is now for those in the academia like the VTU to seize the initiative and prepare students for hydraulics, mechatronics, sensorics etc.
The training centre in Mysore was born out of the emerging trends as envisaged by the then Vice-Chancellor Balaveera Reddy and others as a result of which the industry lined up to train its personnel to meet the exacting demands in various fields including pneumatics and hydraulics.
The automobile sector too is witnessing an exponential growth and there is a demand for qualified engineers while the country’s infrastructure is in the process of being overhauled which again requires engineering graduates from the non-IT field to fuel the growth.
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