With an objective to provide practical exposure to its students, on 16th September 2022, Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI), Kolkata campus organized an industrial visit to Webel-Fujisoft-Vara, Centre of Excellence (CoE): Industry 4.0, Newtown, Kolkata.
A total of 54 students of the School of Footwear Design and Production (SFDP), batch 2021 & 2019 and the Foundation batch 2022 of the Kolkata campus were taken for the industrial visit under the guidance of the highly experienced faculties of FDDI, Kolkata.
This CoE in Industry 4.0 is being developed by Webel, Fujisoft Inc, and Vara Technology, an initiative of the Government of West Bengal which brings together graduate students, professionals, start-ups, corporates, technology providers and government to radically transform skill development as well foster innovation. It has teamed up with the world's leading 3D equipment manufacturing company, Stratasys.
The students visited the 3D printing manufacturing facility of the company comprising of state-of-the-art machines, processes and professional environment. Apart from getting hands-on technical knowledge, the visit also gave an opportunity to the students to explore various materials as well.
