Date: Oct. 26-27, 2018
Venue: Lovely Professional University, Phagwara
Background & Rationale
Workshop on Introduction to Robotics, a Corporate Training Program was organised by Lovely Professional University for aspirants of Artificial Intelligence. Prof. Bhupinder Verma, Professor and Additional Dean, Lovely Professional University, Dr. Krishnalala, Sr. Project Manager IIT Bombay, Mr. Simranjeet Singh,Senior Project Technical Assistant, IIT Bombay and Mr. Nitesh Singla, Sr. Project Technical Assistant, IIT Bombay were the key facilitators.
Each team was handed a robotic kit with the expectation of assembling them. The schedule carried a multi-pronged approach that included inputs, group discussions, practical assembly tips and finally demonstrations of the robots prepared by the participants illustrating their product.
The participants were appreciative of the gesture shown by the University in terms of choice of Subject Matter Experts, appropriate learning environment, venue setting, infrastructure, study tours and content delivery. They were also impressed by the subject expertise of the resource person. The participants observed that the program was hands on, outcome oriented and gave them new insights on the topic. It was crafted to meet the training needs stated by the client. LPU-HRDC is committed to provide tailor made Professional Development Programs for the corporate sector. These training programs also help in strengthening industry-academia relations thus opening new vistas of mutual collaboration.
