Bosch embraces 'Make in India' with 'Design in India'

In tandem with the Centre’s Make in India campaign, Germany-based automobile components manufacturer Robert Bosch on Monday unveiled a series of products developed at Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited (RBEI) in Bengaluru that look to address various day-to-day challenges using smart applications.

The company has focused on Internet of things and mobility, automotive technology, data analytics, road safety and energy while developing the new products.

Among the various solutions showcased include an IoT Gateway-Pollution Monitoring Sensing System that can measure the pollution level in an area. It has been developed to function on a smart-city based urban model.

As more and more users prefer their vehicles to be connected to their devices, a platform called mySpin developed by Bosch allows users to connect smart phones to infotainment head units in their cars and allow the use of smartphones handsfree. Among the 12 solutions showcased, all have of them have been tested on a pilot basis at Bosch centres in India.

According to Vijay Ratnaparkhe, President and Managing Director, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions, the company is emphasising on ‘design in India to make in India’.

The German company filed around 4,000 patents filed globally in 2014 whereas, Bosch India had filed 70. In 2013, this was around 180.

Ratnaparkhe added that the company is seeing a huge potential in IoT segment and going forward, will focus on developing more energy and smart-grid based solutions.

The RBEI in Bengaluru and Coimbatore has a strength of 16,000. RBEI was established in India in 1987.