India – July 17, 2012 – PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) commenced the second annual ATC (Authorized Training Centre) meet, L|E|A|P 2012 in Goa today with over 175 attendees. PTC’s Authorized Training Centre (ATC) Program is an important part of the global PTC Academic Program, which delivers an affordable, world-class product development education for students and educators around the globe.
The annual three day event is a great forum for ATC owners and all the attendees as PTC will showcase its new product features during the event. By facilitating industry-recognized student trainings through a strong network of Authorized Training Centres (ATCs), PTC is working towards empowering every engineering student for a competitive global industry. L|E|A|P provides a unique opportunity to all the ATC owners to learn about best practices of successful ATCs and also interact with senior management from PTC. With the ATC partner network PTC aims to bridge the gap between opportunities and skills by bringing together the industry and engineering students using its world-class design software suite.
“Global industry exposure is extremely useful for career growth. This idea needs to be inculcated right from school days. With thousands of leading product design companies in the world, trust the opportunity is huge and we need to prepare the engineer of the future for the same. PTC Academic Program is continuously working in this direction”, said Mr. John Stuart, Senior Vice President, Global Education and Country Manager, PTC Eastern Europe S.R.L.
Eduarda Camacho, Vice President for Global Services PTC said “the power of the engineer is released through great enabling software combined with the right skills and expertise. The ATC program is designed to give the individual user the advantage they need to release their possibilities and help their career. At PTC University we believe in integrated eLearning within PTC products combined with world-class live training experiences like the type provided by the ATCs as the key to the future development of the engineers of the world”
“We are happy and proud to be a part of a global technology movement. PTC’s ATC program has witnessed tremendous growth in a short span of five years. The judicious amalgamation of content and technology enhances learning tremendously, thereby enabling the future innovators with the technical knowledge and skills to work with the leading companies across the globe”, said Mr. Rafiq Somani, Area Vice President and Country Sales Manager, PTC India.
Commenting on this Mr. Sajith Parambil, Business Head, PTC Academic Program, India & Middle East said, “With an unprecedented growth in the manufacturing industry, there has been a surge in demand for world class engineers in India. Hence it becomes indispensible to train the engineering students on award winning design software to be well equipped to embark on a global engineering career. At PTC, we believe that one of the best investments is to help youth of today to realize their dreams of becoming innovators of tomorrow.”
The PTC academic programs are committed to the future of engineering by developing potential workforce for many of the world’s leading product design companies.
About PTC
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) enables manufacturers to achieve sustained product and service advantage. The company’s technology solutions help customers transform the way they create and service products across the entire product lifecycle – from conception and design to sourcing and service. Founded in 1985, PTC employs over 6,000 professionals serving more than 27,000 businesses in rapidly-evolving, globally distributed manufacturing industries worldwide. Get more information at www.ptc.com.
