Vishwakarma University, Pune has set up a Centers of Excellence called SAP i360, in association with industry partners like Unity Technologies, Wilo, Integrated Environmental Services, the State University of New York at Binghamton, Centre for Industry 4.0 to sensitize students to the industry needs.

The center provides an ecosystem for transformational research in tandem with the industry needs and problems identified by the industry partners. The spirit of innovation is inculcated in students right from the first year of undergraduate/graduate studies, and they are trained in the process of ideation of the solution to the final execution. A cross-functional group of students from diverse disciplines such as Science & Technology, Art & Design, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Commerce & Management, Law, etc. work in a team to find solutions to the real-life problems of the industry.