WHY AURANGABAD

Aurangabad

About Aurangabad

Aurangabad is truly the pride of Maharashtra. A city recognized worldwide for its immense historic and cultural importance. It is acknowledged as the Tourism Capital of Maharashtra. The main attractions of the city of course are the awe-inspiring world heritage sites of Ajanta and Ellora caves. in addition to history, culture and heritage, Aurangabad has emerged as a major educational centre. The city is seat of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, the renowned Mahatma Gandhi Mission University (MGMU) and many other prominent educational institutions such as the Institute of Hotel Management, Marathwada Institute of Technology and the like.

Aurangabad has also emerged as an industrial hub in respect of automobile and automobile ancillaries, pharmaceuticals, agricultural seeds and biotechnology. Many prominent companies have their manufacturing facilities in Aurangabad such as Bajaj Auto, Skoda, Garware, Sterlite, Man Diesel, Endress Hauzer, Good Year, Hindalco, United Breweries, Wockhardt, Lupin, etc.

In the forefront of industrial resurgence is AURIC. The Aurangabad Industrial City is a greenfield industrial smart city spread over an area of 10,000 acres. It is part of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project (DMIC), which aims to develop an industrial zone spanning across six States between national capital, Delhi and its financial hub, Mumbai. The Government of Maharashtra has decided to develop Shendra and Bidkin neighborhoods of Aurangabad as a planned industrial township under DMIC.

AURIC will generate massive new-age employment opportunities leading to huge demand-supply gap for qualified and skilled manpower. To address this gap, NKERF has taken an initiative to establish a multi-disciplinary, world class educational institution in the areas of Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology to develop job-ready technopreneurs for the industry 4.0