CoEP to offer hands-on training in electronics manufacturing

The center, which has been providing faculty and industrial training programs and installing machines for a year, intends to start training 400 to 500 students annually from October 2024. One year after the inauguration of Maharashtra's first academic Center of Excellence in Advanced Electronics Manufacturing (CoEAEM) at the College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) Technological University in September 2023, it is now ready to offer practical training in electronics manufacturing to students from various educational backgrounds starting in October. 

Shrinivas Mahajan, the head of the center that has been conducting faculty and industrial training programs and machine installation work for a year, plans to increase annual student training to 400-500 from October 2024.

“The CoEAEM will not only cater to the training needs of Maharashtra but also to those of the whole of western India. In this facility, students and industry employees will receive training in surface mount technology (SMT) or the process wherein components are mounted onto the surface of a printed circuit board,” said Sunil Bhirud, vice-chancellor, CoEP Technological University.

About the significance of the centre, Mahajan, said, “This is only the second academic centre in India after IIT Chennai. While IIT Chennai aims to provide training in south India, the training centre at CoEP is designed to cater to the needs of western India. Today, the manufacturing industry in India needs trained manpower in the SMT line production process. While providing basic and advanced training in the SMT line, the centre will also support new startups and small/medium electronic manufacturing industries to prepare prototypes of their products and support the ‘Make in India’ initiative."