Pune, Mar 11 (UNI) A stronger focus on product Research and Development and embracing of new technologies for innovating along with inculcating a strong value system across the organisation will be an imperative to uphold the rich legacy, said Kirloskar Brothers Limited Chairman and Managing Director Sanjay Kirloskar.
Mr Kirloskar at the centenary event here Sunday evening unveiled its ‘future roadmap,’ which rests on the twin pillars of ethical growth leveraging breakthrough technologies.
The event, attended by the who’s who of India Inc was presided over by chairman emeritus of the Tata Group Ratan Tata as the chief guest while noted scientist Dr Raghunath Mashelkar was the guest of honour.
A revised ‘Code of Ethics’ for KBL which was launched at the hands of Mr Tata has been an integral part of functioning of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd and has served as a barometer of the value system of the employees of the company.
Elaborating on the technologies that will drive the future of the company, Mr. Alok Kirloskar, Non-Executive Director – KBL said, “The journey of Kirloskar Brothers over the next century would be about a smarter approach to product and service differentiation through adoption of disruptive technologies."
"KBL’s technology blueprint using combination of Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) and3D Printing will enable us to innovate across the entire length and breadth of our fluid management systems – right from the deployment phase, to remotely monitoring and operating these systems and lastly to offering seamless and faster after-sales services,” he added.
"KBL has been carrying out extensive skill-set creation and training programmes in colleges across the country to get students acquainted with modern systems and processes that are relevant to the needs of the industry. I believe it is the responsibility for all industry leaders to join in the efforts to create a large trained workforce and quality engineers for realising our ‘Make in India’ dreams,” said Rama Kirloskar, Non-executive Director -- KBL.
During the centenary event, Mr. Sanjay Kirloskar, along Mrs Pratima Kirloskar with distinguished guests including Mr Pant and Mr Ginde whose forefathers over a 100 years ago had helped Mr Laxmanrao Kirloskar in his efforts also released the English version of Laxmanrao Kirloskar’s biography titled ‘The Man Who Made Machines’ originally authored by Mr Shankarrao Kirloskar.
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