Panasonic sets up Centre of Excellence  in B’luru  

BENGALURU:  Japanese Consumer electronics  maker Panasonic today announced setting up of a Centre of  Excellence in collaboration with Tata Consultancy  Services.

       The platform will bring the best minds from the country together to develop transformative solutions on Panasonic’s five key focus areas – Connected/ Community, Mobility, Energy, Industrial and Finance Solutions, the company said in a release.

      It said this state-of-the-art facility will be located  at the TCS – Bengaluru.

       Panasonic said the CoE will focus on open innovation  in the consumer electronic space and leverage the technology  already available with Panasonic India, and create geography  centric USPs to develop innovative solutions.

       It said TCS will bring in Industry knowhow, best and  global Innovation practices, and create an ecosystem for  Panasonic to shape the future product strategy, and enable in  digital transformation.

       “This will also strengthen India’s position as a  critical region for the corporation to lead innovations in the  ISAMEA (India, South Asia, Middle East and Africa) market,” Panasonic Managing Executive Officer and Regional Head for ISAMEA Daizo Ito said.

      It will work as a hub that will be central to developing new age technology driven range of products that will emerge from India for both domestic and global consumption, he added. (AGENCIES)