SIEMENS

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (COE)

Market Situation

Drivers of Globalization
COST PRESSURE
GLOBAL COMPETITION
SELLING IN GLOBAL MARKETS
NEED TO GROW REVENUE
MARKET DEMAND FOR INNOVATION
SHORTER PRODUCT PROFITABILITY
WINDOWS
ENGINEERING SKILLS SHORTAGE

79
%
58
%
49
%
35
%
27
%
23
%
19
%

Source: Aberdeen Group, Global Product Design Benchmark Report

Are we ready ?
If 100
engineering
students apply
for a job today,
only 25 of them
are employable
NASSCOM McKinsey Report
2005
Extending Indias Leadership
of the Global IT and BPO Industries

The Answer

DT Answer
Technical Institutes Siemens Education Initiatives

Companies

Bridges gap between Industry

needs and Technical Education
Industry oriented learning
Enable technical institutes to
improve quality of education
Provide state-of-the-art tools to
match industry standards
Student Training on Industry skills

Challenges Faced by Industry

Weak Education System

Poor
Engineering
Concepts
No Vocational Experience
Outdated tools in labs
Faculty not equipped
with industry trends &
practices and research
orientation

Skill Gap
Poor Engineering Concepts
No Vocational Experience
Poor knowledge of skills
required by Industry

Companies make huge investment in

time, effort & money to train students
618 months for recruits to become
productive
Student attrition post training for better
salary packages
Affects competitiveness of companies

Objectives of the Program

1. Improved skills of faculty & Students at Technical
Institutes
2. Seeding Research Capability & Capacity at Institute
level.
3. Technical Education Curriculum more updated and
aligned with Industry requirements
4. Centers of Excellence and Skill Building Centers to
focus on training students in line with latest
Industry needs and make them more employable
5. Improved placements of students in colleges.
Students can compete in national employment
market for better remuneration and growth.

Siemens Centers of Excellence

An Overview
Interdisciplinary research center in
the domain of Product Lifecycle
Management (PLM)
Focused entity to serve as a PLM resource for
industry
Provide knowledge and tools for using Siemens
integrated PLM platform
Set up in Technical Universities

Activities at Center of Excellence

Objectives of Center of Excellence

Establishing industry partnerships that guide,
support, and validate PLM research and education
activities
Providing assistance for exploratory research
projects that promise to advance the PLM state of
the art
Assisting with the integration of PLM into college
curricula
Facilitating the pursuit of PLM career opportunities
by graduates

Student Training Program

Certification
Assessment
Training
Student Profiling

Will be informed by
respective College for
maintain the
database of students
profiles.

Siemens 'learning
methodology'
as
against
the
'teaching
methodology'
involves
experiential
learning techniques
with an objective to
train students on
industry
best
practices.

Continuous
evaluation
of
students
through
tests
and
assignments. The
students will be
required
to
complete
the
assessments
before they get
certification.

On
successful
completion
of
course
and
assessment,
a
student
will
be
issued a Siemens
Certificate.

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (COE):

PLATFORM OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES UNDER ONE ROOF.

CREATING COMPETETIVE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT.

COMPLETE CYCLE OF DESIGN.

INFORMATION ON APPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERING.

COE IN A
GLANCE
COE

Product
Design And
Validation
Lab

CAD

Advance
Manufactur
ing Lab

CIM
Simulation
Lab

CAE
CAM

DM

Process
Instrument
ation Lab

PLM
MCMT /
CNC
Programmi
ng Lab

Automation
Lab

Electrical
Lab

Mechatroni
cs Lab

Rapid
Prototyping
Lab

WHAT YOU GET FROM COE?

KNOWLEDGE IN ADVANCED
TECHNOLOGIES.

SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE WITH

PROFEESIONALS .

INNOVATIVE THOUGHTS.

UNDERSTANDING FUTURE IN PRESENT.

COE IN A
GLANCE