The Indian wing of Mercedes Benz has donated two of its latest models and star diagnostic units to the Government Polytechnic Institutes in Pune and Aurangabad for the purpose of training. This initiative is a part of the company’s effort to the mechatronics apprenticeship programme, which has been running in the colleges from the past few years.
Eberhard Kern, the Managing Director and CEO of Mercedes-Benz, India, said on the occasion, “The Advanced Mechatronics course by Mercedes-Benz has been designed keeping in mind the increasing complexity of the technical processes which demands a workforce that has expertise in mechanical, electronic and informatics skills as well as in other modern automation technologies. Apart from these skills, the workforce will also develop their interpersonal skills through the programme.”
He added, “The unique aspect of the partnership is the continuous involvement of Mercedes-Benz in the planning of the syllabus on modern automotive technology, supply of Mercedes-Benz cars for training purposes, training of lecturers and supply of technical tools and equipment to the students. As a part of our CSR initiatives and our continued support to the Advanced Mechatronics training course, we are donating a third Mercedes-Benz car to Government Polytechnic Pune and a second car to Government Polytechnic Aurangabad. We will also be handing over highly sophisticated, state-of-the-art Star Diagnosis equipment to the centres conducting the Advanced Mechatronics course.”
Mercedes has been the pillar of support to an advanced on-year long Mechatronics programme, which is being provided in these institutes, to keep students at bay with the advancements in the automobile technology. Apart from this aspect, development of skilled manpower is also one of the major highlights of this programme. This project has been functional in Aurangabad and Pune from 2009 and 2006, respectively. The latest addition to these institutes was the Government Engineering College in Trivandrum, which got this course last year.
According to the company, “The exchange of knowledge from Mercedes-Benz allows students to gauge and learn key competencies which are necessary to adapt to the fast changing industrial requirements.”
