City gets centre of excellence for pumps & tech related to water

Coimbatore: German consul general Karin Stoll inaugurated a centre of excellence for pumps and water related technologies at the KPR Institutions on Friday.
Launched in collaboration with EKKI Group, EKKI-KPR International Water Technology Centre would harness the combined expertise of more than 45 researchers and academicians of KPR and more than 40 engineers of EKKI.The new centre will initially work on skill training, knowledge transfer and encourage entrepreneurship in the water industry.
Lauding the efforts of EKKI pumps, Karin Stoll said the business and academia collaboration would improve training in the field of engineering considerably. “This will contribute not only to better employability but also higher quality.”
The new centre will aim at exchanging the best practices in teaching and research in the pump industry and water related technologies.
“The centre will provide opportunities for the students and academicians the institution,” said Dr K P Ramaswamy, chairman, KPR Group. “Collaboration with academia and lifelong learning will be crucial components to help achieve industries their growth plans.”