Partners for Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE), a joint initiative of General Motors, Autodesk, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and Siemens PLM Software and 17 other leading global industries, have given an in-kind contribution claimed to be worth more than Rs. 1,500 crore (254 million US$) to PSG Institute of Technology.
At the inaugural of PACE centre and laboratory at the institution here on Thursday, Vass Theodoracatos, Manager of PACE Global Partnership, said that the contribution was part of US $11.5 billion worth in design, engineering, manufacturing, software, hardware, equipment and training contribution to 65 institutions in 12 countries from 1999.
PSG is the 5{+t}{+h}institution in the country to have a PACE centre.
The centre focuses in preparing students for the entire automotive life cycle — from concept development to styling, product design, validation, optimisation, engineering manufacturing and supply chain collaboration. The centre also serves as a platform where students collaborate with counterparts PACE centres elsewhere. Technical support to the centre will be extended by experts from the partner companies in India.
“PACE centres are aimed at elevating the curriculum and standard of automotive graduates by training them with latest sophisticated product life cycle management software used in the industry,” Mr. Vass said.
Mr. Vass claimed that students from their partner institutions in India, China and Korea are on the rise and could account for a major share of these recruitments. Global Director, Academic Partner Programme, Siemens PLM Software Dora Smith said that their centres have helped companies reduce cost of training. College Principal R. Rudramoorthy said that students of all departments who have a hand in the automobile industry could make use of the laboratory.
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