The Hindu Business Line : `Engineers remain focused on low-end application'

While the application of technology in product design cycles has caught on, Indian engineers are still involved in low-end application, according to Dr S.B. Vijayaraghavan of Altech Industries.

He was speaking on the sidelines of a national workshop on `Application of Ansys for Global Product Design'.

"Ansys, a computer-aided engineering simulation software platform, provides a tool to reuse and re-evaluate finite element models. While breakage cannot be avoided, it can be minimised," he told Business Line. To a query, he said: "Earlier, we used to analyse the breakdown after a possible occurrence, but now, analysis precedes development."

He said that the US banks on getting such jobs outsourced from India because of cheap labour. "Though we have the talent pool, the quality is not up to the mark."

The CEO of ACTIVE (Ansys Certified Training in Value Engineering) Mr B. Sivasubramaniaan, said that the company's first training centre was established in India at the Government College of Technology, Coimbatore (GCT) at an estimated outlay of Rs 50 lakh, sponsored by the State Government under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP).

Cautioning users on the use of pirated software, he said: "The awareness level even among educational institutions is lacking. Out of the 248 colleges in the State, only 70-odd colleges have bought the licensed version." The education segment is important for Ansys. The business volume from this segment touched Rs 20 crore last year. ACTIVE is now in the process of tying up with the Indian Institute of Engineers.

According to him, the training centre at GCT would act as the hub of its mechanical business unit and would focus on the pump and motor industry and the textile cluster.

Among other projects, the centre would work on a project for the textile processing industry in Tirupur.

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