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ITA group & APS GmbH, Germany sign a MOU with DKTE for robotics & automation training courses

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ITA Group & APS GmbH have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with DKTE on 10th December 2022 on the DKTE stall on the sidelines of the ITME exhibition. ITA Group and APS GmbH will train 100 students from different streams of engineering of DKTE institute on Robotics and Automation. This will make the students ready to enter the industry with upskilled knowledge on Robotics and Automation which domains are now part of today’s manufacturing industry. Modular structured courses will enable a step-by-step qualification and development of knowledge and skills of the students.

The specialized training courses for the 100 engineering students of DKTE are jointly sponsored by Truetzschler India and Rossari Biotech group of companies. ITA, APS and DKTE are thankful to Dr Schuerenkraemer and Mr Thomson of Truetzschler group and Mr Sunil Chari and Mr Edward Menezes of Rossari Biotech group for their gracious gesture.

The MOU signing, on the sidelines of ITME 2022, was done by Prof. Dr. Thomas Gries, Chairman, ITA group and Mr. Prakash Datwade, Governing board member (DKTE). Others present for the event were Mr. Gurudas Aras, Strategy Advisor-India ,ITA group, Dr. Mohit Raina, MD, Raina Industries, Mr. Sunil Patil (DKTE board member) and Prof U J Patil with other professors and students of DKTE.



APS GmbH based in Aachen, Germany is active in the fields of Robotics, Sensor Technology, Information and Communication technology. It is part of ITA Group, a German Research Institute under the RWTH Aachen University. DKTE is a highly rated leading engineering institute at Ichalkaranji, India.


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