Bosch India has further enhanced its partnership with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on October 28, 2015. Through this MoU Bosch and IISc will collaborate to address India centric requirements.

The signed MoUs were exchanged between Bosch and IISc in the presence of the Hon'ble President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi on November 04, 2015.

Commenting on this development, Dr. Steffen Berns, president of Bosch Group in India, said, "Based on this MoU we intend to develop solutions that address key India centric requirements. Innovation has always been a special strength of Bosch.

This partnership between industry and academia further enforces our ties with the IISc and underlines our commitment towards local innovations, according to our slogan "Invented for life". We expect to see positive results as we collaborate in research on areas of strategic interest, such as mobility, healthcare, energy and water."

Professor Anurag Kumar, Director, IISC said, "Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems at IISc has helped define a trail for industry-academia collaboration. With the MoU sign off we look to engage in deeper research that will improve the quality of life in totality."

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