Partnership Summit of Kalpataru- Center of Entrepreneurship Industry 4.0 held at RINL

NEW DELHI- Kalpatru, Center of Entrepreneurship (COE) Industry 4.0 at RINL will the hub for providing digital solutions to the Indian steel industry -  Sri Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL”

The consortium of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) , GOI, Government of Andhra Pradesh and Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)  have created Centre of Entrepreneurship-Kalpataru (COE-Kalpataru) on Industry 4.0 at RINL, Visakhapatnam  Steel Plant.

The partnership summit was conducted to share knowledge on centre for entrepreneurship.

Addressing the dignitaries, the chief mentor of – Kalpatru, Center of Entrepreneurship (COE) Industry 4.0 held at RINL, Sri Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL said that CoE at RINLwill bring in several start-ups from across the country to work for steel industry and other industries.

He expressed confidence that the Kalpatru, Center of Entrepreneurship (COE) Industry 4.0 at RINL will the hub for providing digital solutions to the Indian steel industry. Sri Atul Bhatt assured all possible assistance in nurturing the centre of Entrepreneurship (COE) Industry 4.0 at RINL.

Speaking on the occasion, Sri Arvind Kumar, Director General, STPI also welcomed the partner industries and asked them to get associated with the COE and reap the benefits of early implementation of industry 4.0 in their organisations. He expressed confidence that the Kalpatru, Center of Entrepreneurship (COE) Industry 4.0 at RINL which is the 21st  Center of Entrepreneurship (COE) will provide solutions for various challenges being faced by the Indian Industry. “The Government’s objective is to as many start-ups as possible across the country”, Sri Arvind kumar added.

Sri. A.K.Saxena,Director (Operation) – RINL and member of Project Management Group- Kalpataru, welcomed the partner industries and invited them to visit the Forged wheel plant of RINL at Re Bareli where Industry 4.0 standards are already implemented.

Commodore Hemant Khatri, CMD, Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Sri Girish chandra choukse, Business Unit head, NTPC- Simhadri, Sri Mohapatra, Director(Commercial), Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited, Sri SV Rambabu, Director(Finance), Hindustan shipyard limited, Sri CVD Ramprasad, Director, STPI and senior officials from RINL and other public sector undertakings participated.

A brief on the project Kalpataru was given by Dr. B. Suresh, Additional Director and OIC, STPI-Visakhapatnam.