India - an Integral Part of PTC's R&D Ecosystem

On September 11, 2012 I got chance to visit PTC R&D center Pune, India for the press conference.  This was for first time I visited PTC development center, the building was quite impressive, looks like some 3D Assembly! It was nice to see many of the media folks that I only get to see at CAD events, automotive and manufacturing expos. The purpose of this conference was not just to give an overview on PTC’s product line but aim was to introduce R&D Pune center, its activities to world.

                                                          PTC Software (India) Pvt. Ltd. Marisoft

The day started off with Jeffery W. Wilmot, Country Manager for India and Senior Vice President of product lifecycle, delivering the keynote, “PTC’s Initiatives”.  The theme was:

‘Delivering product and service advantage’

As a CAD user and customer, it is always good to see the priorities and commitments of company towards customer.

Jeff was appointed as new SVP, Country Manager for India in May 2012. He works from Bangalore office. It was very good opportunity for us to interact with him to know his views on various fronts. His prior experience is with US market but looks very passionate to work in India. He sees tremendous growth potential here; and said “India has always been a major focus area for PTC”

With a focus on resolving customer problems, he gave an overview on the company’s approach in solving challenges using process expertise, technology and following customer centric engagement model.

Furthermore, he gave information on company’s global presence. Anybody reading this post would be exultant to see the global figures.

6100 employees in 30 countries around the world

1950 R&D employees

1375 service professionals

27, 000+ active customers

1,193, 000+ Windchill users

1,566,000+ total active seats

It was nice to know that 42% of R&D employees work from Pune, India and it is the biggest R&D center among the 18 global R&D locations worldwide. “Our success so far in India is indicative of the tremendous growth and opportunity that we see in the Indian design and engineering industry”, said Jeffery W. Wilmot

In last couple of years, Pune has emerged as the best choice for outsourcing R&D work for American and European corporations due to availability of English speaking educated, skilled manpower.  Also, there are many small innovative companies who have created an ecosystem for research excellence.

Pune is the focal point for India's CAD, CAM and CAE activity. PTC is not only the company hosting its development center here but there are many renowned CAD vendors like Geometric  Global, Autodesk, Bentley, Tata Technologies, 3dplm, Delcam, Altair, Ansys and Siemens PLM having their development centers here. Today, there are more than 5000 CAD, CAM and CAE software developers here.  

“We are doing excellent business in India this year, no matter what media talks about the down economy and manufacturing sector growth” said Mr. Jeff 

                        Mr. Venkateswaran Pazhambalacode, Jeffery W. Wilmot and Dr. Rajiv Agarwal

He concluded his presentation by giving overview on PTC’s academic initiatives and social activities.

Next to take over the stage was Mr. Venkateswaran Pazhambalacode, VP Software development.

His name was not new to me, I often heard about him from my friends working in R&D. He is very active person involved in software development activities of almost all PTC products for last 18 years. He looks after the product management, development, testing and release management teams. He joined Computer Vision in 1994 and got into PTC, when it acquired Computer Vision in Jan 1998.

It was really great feeling to know the growth story of the company in India from Mr. Venkateswaran who is with the company all these years.  “Company started with 180 employees in 1998, today we have reached to 750 employees in Pune” said Mr. Venkateswaran

He gave brief intro about the software lifecycle evolution at R&D. Company has developed its own standards to make world class innovative products.  “I feel very proud to tell that the products like Creo, Windchill and Arbotext are developed at our facility in Pune” said Mr.Venkateshwaran

The company has around 400 professionals for Windchill development in India. The leading automotive manufacturers and home appliances manufacturers worldwide manages their product development and business processes throughout life cycle with the Windchill certifies the quality product developed by R&D team. 

42% of PTC’s total R&D professionals are Indians. In 2004 company shifted to Marisoft facility and later added Weikfield IT CITI Info Park facility in 2006. Today, 348 employees work from Marisoft and 348 from Weikfield. There is also a small team of 33 professionals working from Hyderabad.

“Our employees are biggest asset for us; we have around 100 employees with more than 10 years of experience with PTC” said Mr. Venkateswaran 

Just outstanding!

Nice to know about so many employees working with a single organization for more than 10 years. Company has best talents working in R&D, it’s a gossip in CAD developers community that cracking an interview in PTC is much difficult than other CAD vendors working from India. PTC offers competitive packages along with the world class facilities and workspace.

Dr. Rajiv Agarwal, VP Software development was up next to introduce company’s social and academic activities. . He manages all the development and quality assurance activities for PTC’s Creo software product line.

It was nice to know the overwhelming response to FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge India Robotic Competition last year.

FIRST Tech challenge is really very good initiative by company. It gives students an opportunity to exhibit and sharpen their creative talent under the supervision of industry experts while providing an international platform for students who wish to contribute and excel in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Basic training on Creo, Mathcad and Windchill is given to participants to develop a working model of robot with guidance from mentors. 

   

This year’s FIRST challenge is announced. More than 50 volunteers from PTC Pune have already registered to guide students for the forthcoming competition. Class VIII and IX School students throughout country participate in building and programming the robot.  The winners here are given chance to compete at world event.

FIRST website, visit for details http://www.ptc.com/company/community/first/index.htm

PTC also, offers around fifty internship for engineering students every year.   Internship period vary from 6 months to 1 year. Large percentage of interns turns to employees.

                                                                      With speakers

Overall, it was a remarkable event. Building great products depends on great people. Really good to know the more about PTC’s R&D facility and happy to know about India’s contribution to CAD world!

PTC Presents Second Annual Meet 'L|E|A|P 2012' for Authorized Training Center Partners in India

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.

An Interview with Kaustubh Nande, Manager - Marketing at ANSYS

I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Kaustubh Nande, marketing manager ANSYS. In India, company has its sales headquarter in Bengaluru and offices in Pune, Noida, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai. Almost every design professional is aware of the unmatched contribution of ANSYS in the engineering simulation field. I have not seen any company in design space that has such a large product range with solutions for every industry. 

ANSYS tops the vendors list in the CAE, FEA, CFD and electronics simulations markets worldwide. Company serves a wide range of industries with both high-end multiphysics applications and easy-to-use products designed to work with CAD applications such as Inventor, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, Creo along with the support to a neutral file formats.

Coming back to Dr. Nande’s profile. He is working with ANSYS since two years as marketing manager. He has experience in field and corporate marketing, public relations, academia, and consulting. He holds a doctorate degree and has worked as academic associate at IIM Ahmedabad, as a teaching associate at Ohio University & as a full-time faculty at Towson University in USA. Here is the interview.

Could you please update about ANSYS engineering operations and developments in India?

Sure, we have a good presence in several industries in India. Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Oil & Gas and Energy sectors are important industries for growth in India. We serve our customers through our sales offices located across the country.   

How did ANSYS manage it’s business during recession? 

There's no success script for running a company in a historic downturn, we too experienced some slowdown for a while in India. However, overall we fared well and reported revenue growth in 2011.      

What are your views on analysis software developed by CAD vendors?

Most CAD vendors provide CAD integrated basic simulation tools to their customers. These tools are often used by CAD engineers to do very basic simulations analysis.

ANSYS is an engineering simulations software company and we offer a comprehensive range of engineering simulation solutions. ANSYS has offered native, bidirectional integration with the most popular CAD systems for more than 12 years. One can use existing native CAD geometry directly, without translation to IGES or other intermediate geometry formats. ANSYS also provides integration into the CAD menu bar, making it simple to launch ANSYS simulation technologies directly from any CAD system.

We also provide High Performance Computing (HPC) technology for customers to do bigger, more detailed and more accurate simulations in short time using multiprocessor computers.  

What are your plans for raising awareness of your products and its benefits in India? 

Several activities are carried out to promote our products in the market. We conduct seminars, workshops and conferences in various cities in India. We recently concluded knowledge intensive seminars in Pune and Kolkata during April and May 2012. We had high presence from automotive, industrial equipment, mining and process industry professionals for these day-long events.  

We also offer 1 to 5 days training sessions at our sales offices across country depending on the topic. One can find details about these sessions on ANSYS India website.

http://www.ansys.com/en_in/Training

We also conduct free webinars for benefit of customers periodically. Anyone interested can register to participate in these interactive online sessions.

How is the response to the webinars conducted by ANSYS India?

Very good. We conducted a series of webinar for Indian engineering professionals on the launch of ANSYS 14.0 release in Feb & March this year. The response for these virtual events was overwhelming with more 600 plus engineers benefiting from these webinars. 

How is your company’s collaboration with academic institutions in India?

 We have academic partnerships in place with IITs, reputed Universities and engineering colleges throughout the country. To overcome the shortage of CAE manpower, we have developed a number of creative approaches to train the next generation of engineers, such as project sponsorships, student competitions and hands-on programs. 

We offer sponsorships for academic projects for engineering students by paying between Rs. 25, 000 – 50, 000 to individual or a group project. The winners are awarded certificates from ANSYS and given an opportunity to present their work at the ANSYS Annual Users Conference. The primary objective of this innovative program is to develop technology and engineering skills, improve employability in the industry as well as benefit ANSYS to enhance its collaboration with students.

We are also a key sponsor for SAE BAJA and SAE SUPRA competitions. This is in order to provide the next generation engineering students with an opportunity to gain vital practical experience by putting together an off-road and F-1 vehicle respectively and demonstrate their engineering skills in front of the top leaders and recruiters of the auto industry.

Does ANSYS have any Re-sellers for educational products?

Yes, we do have Channel Partners (Re-sellers) who sell educational products. In India they are Innovent Engineering,  ATeN Systems and Technology Pvt Ltd., and Entuple Technologies.

Please update our readers on latest ANSYS v14.0?

ANSYS 14.0 provides a great number of new and advanced features that deliver solutions to amplify engineering, simulate most complex engineered products, and drive innovation with high-performance computing (HPC).

There are lots of new features in version 14.0 to deliver additional physics depth and breadth that can be scaled to meet the changing needs of users. The advances have been developed with feedback from our most innovative customers, developing a comprehensive solution for simulation driven product development.

What are ANSYS plans to expand in tier I and II cities in India?

From a sales perspective we are reaching out into these markets already. Naturally we will continue to aggressively position ANSYS in Tier I and Tier II cities in India where many medium scale industries are present and growing.

I would like to thank Dr. Nande for his time. If you have any questions for Dr. Nande or for DailyCADCAM, please write to me on sachin@dailycadcam.com and we will be glad to answer. 

Sachin Nalawade
Editor 
www.dailycadcam.com 

CAD, CAM, CAE Application Engineers Job: - Pune, Delhi, Bangalore

CAD, CAM, CAE Software Re-sellers/Partners are seeking an Application Engineers with CAD, CAM knowledge. We are looking for professionals with proven industrial experience or fresher (Engg graduates) with CAD knowledge. Deep familiarity with solid modeling in one or several commercial packages is required.

Clients: Autodesk, Siemens, PTC and SolidWorks Re-sellers

No of requirement: 10

Location: Pune, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Nasik, Chennai

Exp: Engineer with CAD, CAM, CAE knowledge

Primary Responsibilities

·         Interact with customers in government, industry, and academia.
·         Support the usage of CAD software by addressing technical concerns, providing guidance, advice, and modeling assistance.
·         Develop and teach training classes.
·         Give product demonstrations at seminars, workshops, conferences, and meetings with customers.
Qualities

·         Business oriented and willing to work with customers on a daily basis.
·         Genuine interest in the area of design
·         Strong written and verbal communication skills
·         High energy, self-motivated, quick study with flexible nature.

Offers

·         A challenging opportunity to expand your knowledge and experience and to work on problems spanning all engineering fields.
·         Highly creative and qualified teams with a diversity of experience.
·         Great career opportunities at a quickly growing high-tech software company.
·         Casual atmosphere in a spacious office

Requirements

·         DME/BE Mech, Auto, Production engineering
·         Experience using CAD modeling software -  AutoCAD, Pro/E, Inventor, SolidWorks, SpaceClaim, CATIA, NX or other major CAD package.
·         5%-10% travel per month
If interested in above profile send me your CV on sachin@dailycadcam.com

Please mention “CV for Application Engineer Post India” in title. Also, mention the City u preferred t work.

Jeff Ray Leaving Dassault!!

Read news on some website that Jeff Ray is leaving Dassault Systems and joining Ventyx, an ABB company as CEO.

He was working as executive vice president of geographic operations at DS after he served as CEO of DS SolidWorks from 2007 to 2011.

New position was specially created for him by DS after Bertrand Sicot took over as CEO of DS SolidWorks in Jan 2011.

 He started working as VP geographic operations from Jan 2011, his work was to empower the Dassault Systems local teams to serve customers’ and partners’ growing needs and fully exploit the market growth potential.

I was surprised to read the news as the link given to news took me to Jeff’s LinkedIn profile. He has updated his current job profile as “CEO at Ventyx, an ABB Company” So; I tried searching for the official announcement on Dassault’s website. But, there is no official news or blog post confirming this.

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=23509908&locale=en_US&trk=tyah2

It is quite surprising to see his updated profile on social media before any official announcement. You can still find Jeff’s profile in the board of directors on DS site and nothing about him on Ventyx site! 

Confused!!

http://www.3ds.com/company/about-dassault-systemes/management/jeff-ray/

His tenure as CEO DS SolidWorks was very successful with record growth. It reflected through media, blogs etc, but never heard about his work as VP geographic operations in media.  

Best wishes to Jeff for his new assignment.

Ventyx Website: http://www.ventyx.com/

Thanks.

No more on Facebook!

On June 1, 2012 at 2.30 pm I was automatically logged out of my Facebook account. I tried to re-enter using my user name and password. And, was surprised to see the message from FB that my account is disabled

Disabled - Fake Account

I felt, very sad for losing my 2693 friends. The list includes my school friends, college friends, friends from my village, CAD professionals! Actually, it is because of FB, I was able to meet my old friends after long years. FB gave me platform to interact with them, enjoy sharing day-to-day activity, looking out what’s happening in their life and many happy moments through quick sharing!

Putting me out of FB is not so heart touching, but not able to see my friends for sometime is really sad part. 

Now let me summarize what I did with the FB. I joined FB in 2010. I was impressed with the features, UI it had compared to orkut. I am working for internet based CAD media company so social networking is part of my daily life to interact/share information with my users, friends. 

The worst part what FB did with me is not giving any warning before disabling my profile. The say “Severity of the violation” is high so no need to inform user.

I ask FB; please let me know the crime I did? What severe violation I did? I did not take FB as time pass site to share cartoons, marriage invitations, party invitations, did not abuse any friend, never wrote a abusing post, never commented without leaving my boundary.

Few, friends working in design field use to tell me that your FB profile is like magazine for them. I have guided many students for selecting proper career in CAD/CAM through FB.

Work I did using FB.

1. -          Shared information related to CAD, CAM,CAE, CFD products on my profile after being permitted to do so by vendors
2. -          Connected more than 2000 design professionals worldwide and have discussion with them on professional level
3. -          Created “Happy CADing – Design Professionals Group”  one of the biggest group for CAD engineers on FB with 1685 users at present from every reputed company like Siemens PLM, PTC, DS SolidWorks, TTL, TCE, TATA, Autodesk, Mahindra, Bajaj, etc.
4. -          I shared CAD event related info on my group on request from vendors/ companies only
5. -          Created “Shivajians –SSPMS Boys” group with around 500 users and brought together my school friends, which helped us in organizing annual old boys meeting.
6. -          I was active user on every group related to CAD, CFD
7. -          I tried my best to share info on online learning, CAD institutes, Design schools with students
8. -          I created event invitations for CAD events, virtual events, seminars and send request only to CAD professionals
9. -          I got large number “LIKE” clicks for my postings always
10. -          I tried to encourage friends to share meaningful info on FB
11. - Never posted unauthorized commercial communication 

 If doing all this is CRIME according to FB than what they want me to do on their site. Should I do a TIME PASS by posting.

1. -          Cartoons on politicians
2. -          Lot of unnecessary images, posts
3. -          Out of box Comments using rubbish language
4. -          Invite friends to birthday parties, parties, movies
5. -          Should I play Games
6. -          Use unnecessary apps

If this is what FB expects from user. I feel happy that I am out of it! I think the ‘Program’ written to track violation found my profile different then other users! If this is to happen in future with other serious FB users. I think the network is heading towards end!

I don’t want to waste my time writing more on this topic. FB is too big as a company and I am too small to criticise them.

But, will not reopen a new account on FB again.

I am now worried that who would take care of removing unwanted posts on my ‘happy CADing’ group on FB and how they will approve new requests.

Anyway! Friends you can find me on Twitter, Linkedin with lot of updates on CAD industry.

https://twitter.com/#!/dailycadcam

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=32156492&trk=tab_pro

Thanks for reading.

Happy CADing

Sachin Nalawade

PTC Announces Winners of FIRST Tech Challenge India 2011 – 2012 Robotic Competition

-      The grand finale of the mentor-based program FTC India 2011 – 2012 witnessed over 100 participants from different parts of India for the Robotic Competition -

Pune – 20th February, 2012: PTC (NASDAQ: PMTC), the product development company, today extended its congratulations to the award winning team at the  grand finale of  FIRST® Tech Challenge India 2011 – 2012 Robotic Competition held at the Shiv Chhatrapati Stadium, Balewadi, Pune. In riposte to the call to bolster STEM education in India among the children and to build the innovators of tomorrow, PTC launched the Second Season of FIRST® Tech Challenge on June 8th2011 in Mumbai, in partnership with FIRST® and Techtronics Education. This season of FTC India culminated with the finale in Pune on 19th February 2012.

A competition like FIRST® Tech Challenge is instrumental in providing students the opportunity to exhibit and hone their creative talent under the supervision of industry experts while providing an international platform for students who wish to contribute and excel in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. This year’s competition saw a significant traction from the students, academicians, noted Scientists and social Enthusiasts.

With over 10, 000 students participating from all over India the competition based on the game Bowled Over! was a huge success. The winners of this competition, Team S.M. Tech from St. Mary’s High School, Pune will now have the opportunity to travel to USA and compete with students from across the globe at the FTC World Championship in April 2012.

“We are extremely proud and happy to hold FIRST® Tech Challenge in India to help in cultivating the engineers for tomorrow, who would address the imperative demands of the future. The atmosphere at the venue was filled with enthusiasm and the diligence with which the students were working and the team spirit was commendable. With India now thriving to be a land of innovation at a global platform competitions like the FIRST® Tech Challenge will help us create budding innovators”, said Rafiq Somani, Area Vice President and Country Manager, PTC India.

“PTC is so pleased to be a Founding Partner of the FIRST® Tech Challenge in India,” said John D. Stuart, Senior VP Global Education for PTC.  “As India transforms its economy to an innovation society, the Engineers of the Future get real world hands-on experience through the FTC competition.  Designing, building and competing in FTC are similar to the same challenges industry meets. For example, John Deere has been a big sponsor of this event and NRB Bearings Ltd was a Founding Partner for FIRST® in India.  These students learn skills that one day may transfer into working for Deere or NRB!”

Ashvin Savant, India Education Program Manager, PTC India said “FTC India 2011-12 National Robotics competition has provided the right platform for students to learn and implement the STEM-D concepts. Principals have confirmed 10-12% increase in student’s academic performance.”

“Students and Teachers were excited for building and programming the robot. They spent almost 8/10 hours daily in the final phase to fine tune the robot. More than winning, the team spirit was really great amongst the youngsters,” said Vinay Kunwar, Managing Director, Habib Animatos Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Sudhanshu Sharma, MD Techtronics Education (India) Limited, said at the event, “Techtronics Education is proud to be associated as the operational partner of the FIRST® Tech Challenge India and is committed to the core cause of learning by doing, and bring FTC to all major cities in India in the coming years with active Corporate partnership”.

Rtn. Amit Jadhav, President Rotary Club of Poona Midtown said, “at the outset let me thank PTC and the entire Education Team in India with Techtronics and Habib Animatos, who have joined hands with us to bring technology to school and unlock creative minds of young India. Next year this competition will get bigger and Rotary will be active in taking it to their Interact Schools and get them engaged.”

“Rotary District 3131 is proud to present the first of its kind, innovative ROBOTIC competition for school children. Thanks to the initiative by Rtn Amit Jadhav,President of Rotary Club of Poona Midtown and co operation from PTC. It is my earnest appeal-kindly attend in large numbers with your children and help ENGINEERING their and nations future,” said Rtn. Mohan Palesha, District Governor.

About FIRST®

Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in 1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people. Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRST® designs accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology, and engineering. With support from three out of every five Fortune 500 companies and more than $12 million in college scholarships, the not-for-profit organization hosts the FIRST®® Robotics Competition (FRC® ) and FIRST®® Tech Challenge (FTC® ) for high-school students, FIRST®® LEGO® League (FLL® ) for 9 to 14-year-olds, (9 to 16-year-olds outside the U.S. and Canada) and Junior FIRST®® LEGO® League (Jr.FLL™) for 6 to 9-year-olds. Gracious Professionalism™ is a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. To learn more about FIRST®, go to www.usFIRST®.org.