The mandate of the CEFC is to deliver the following:
- Create awareness, training & education programs for future leaders of manufacturing.
- Develop testbeds for exploring & demonstrating factories & technologies for Industry 4.0.
- Develop smart technologies and solutions for large, medium, small and micro enterprises.
- Develop research capability for developing future technologies for Industry 4.0.
- Support creation and nurture of start-ups in the area of Industry 4.0.
Specific activities are given below:
- Awareness Programmes
- Monthly COVID-19 webinars
- Monthly Adv Design & Mfg Webinars
- Monthly Virtual Tours of IISc Smart Factory
- Monthly Physical Tours of Factory
- Training/Education
- MTech in Smart Manufacturing
- PhD in Advanced Manufacturing
- Industrial Training Programmes in Smart and Advanced Manufacturing
- Developing Smart Technologies and Solutions
- R&D with enterprise partners
- Solutions for/with MSMEs
- Collaborative Research
- Rental of Equipment/facility
- Rental of individual machines, e.g. 3D Metal Additive, CNC etc.
- Getting parts made on these machines
- Getting hands-on training on these machines
- Start-up Support
- Supporting startups in trying out their solutions on IISc smart factory platforms
- Creating new startups at IISc Smart Factory