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Mr Amol Gulhane Empowering Businesses with innovations R O B O L A B : - “A P E R F E C T P L AT F O R M T O E X P L O R E , L E A R N A N D B U I L D I D E A S ”
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obolab Technologies Pvt. Ltd is a venture by alumni of College of Engineering, Pune (COEP) and is being mentored and supported by BHAU Institute of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership (BIEL). Robolab is your very own, on campus, Centre of Excellence in Robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Rapid Prototyping (RP) and Industrial Automation, tailor-made for you. It is an advanced, state of the art platform to explore, learn and build robots and related technologies. We provide innovative and interactive training by experts consistent with the latest curricula and the industry requirements. In a talk with Mr Amol Gulhane, Director and CEO at Robolab Technologies, we discussed current industry scenario and how Robolab is transforming businesses. What were the initial challenges you faced? We faced following initial challenges in early days of Robolab Finding Right Talent: Biggest asset for any organization is its human resource. Finding the right talent who can share the same passion and nurture them to prepare for 20 April 2021
future roles is also equally important for organizational success. Support from Various Government Departments: The government is showing some positive inclination towards encouraging startups. A lot more can be done; but at the end of the day if an entrepreneur believes and conceives that he wants to succeed, whether the government is pro startups or not, he/she will succeed. Governments can help create ecosystems, entrepreneurs need to build their vision themselves. Know how money flows: The core team of Robolab consists of mostly Engineers. So it took us some hard efforts and lessons to really understand how the money flows. Knowing the regular profit and loss statement of the business is not enough. Perception about Robotics and Robotics Lab. Many a schools and colleges have purchased some toys and kits and have put them in the room which is opened only for visitors and guests and they call it their Robotics Lab. We want to change that perception and really show world class innovations conceived and developed by students fraternity.
Which was that point that triggered the growth of the company? All India Council for Technical Education AICTE’s acceptance of latest technologies like robotics, Automation, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence in the official syllabus for technical institutions across India. Also, The recently launched National Education Policy (NEP) has put a lot of importance on the Hands of Experience and the practicality of the latest technologies ably backed with the theory. Various initiatives by AICTE by other such organisations such as AICTE Idea Lab, MODROB Labs, Innovation Labs, Science and Technology Parks, Incubators have had helped Robolab grow its business. How have the company graphs changed since the foundation? Can you share a few statistics?
With large number educational institutions coming into existence day by day, the quest for providing quality education to the students is
