K-tech Centre of Excellence in Aerospace & Defence
An initiative from Government of Karnataka to provide high quality training for Engineering students in Aerospace and Defence (A&D) domain in collaboration with Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) Belagavi and Dassault Systemes (DS).
Objective of the Project: To generate highly specialised skilled engineers in the A&D domain over a time and provide with Certification and Placements post course completion as an end objective.
Background for this Project: There is an acute shortage of skilled manpower for producing flying machines in India. Under the ambitious plan of Indian Government, “The Make in India” concept has sown seeds for production of these Flying Machines in India. Strategically India has required Infrastructure and manpower to meet the demands of the Industry. But there is a need to develop and upgrade skills to match the requirements of this ever-growing Industry.
Market research findings: It is given to understand that India will need 15,000 engineers today to become a self-reliant manufacturer and exporter of defence products. This is expected to grow four folds i.e.: 60,000 engineers, by the end of this decade. With 1 million engineers graduated out of 3500 engineering colleges in India last year, only 4%-7% were job ready to work for core engineering sectors. This explains the wide gap and the demand for skilled manpower in this domain and hence the need for this project
Importance of A&D domain: Forecast of 5 lac crores investment is required in the A&D domain for the next decade (U.S 100 Billion $). U.S 82 Billion $ market opportunity is available with the present fleet composition of 370 units in the year 2010 to 1046 units in the year 2020. This fleet would essentially comprise of Twin Aisle, Single Aisle and Regional Jet. India has the 9th Highest expenditure for Defence products in the world. Low cost of skilled labour of India in comparison with China @ 20% higher and U.S @ 95% Higher, gives us the advantage to execute “Make in India” concept successful in this domain (Source: KPMG Analysis)
1. Plan of Action
This is the step where a detailed plan is conducted to shortlist which Institution is eligible to become the Nodal Centre for CoE A&D, to check the existing Infrastructure available for successfully conducting the CoE A&D course training. Necessary support with respect to content developed by CoE A&D industry domain experts will be provided as part of the Scope of Work (SoW). Renowned consultants of Aerospace and Defence industry, who are part of CoE A&D Team and technical experts of Dassault Systemes aviation software products, combine to form a team who have designed the course content jointly for Theory & Lab Sessions.
Task Responsibility
Team collaboration CoE A&D – Nodal Centre
Course design – CoE A&D Team
Content Approval – CoE A&D Team
1.1. Infrastructure
Minimum 25+ students are planned for a batch. Facility can be doubled if more students need to be trained.
Course training room & other related requirements:
3 rooms (1 training room+1 nodal coordinator room+1 Faculty/Lab trainer’s room)
Minimum 25 student’s capacity
30 workstations i6, RAM 32GB, 2GB NVDA Graphic Card (for Training room).
Compatible Server (DELL 4400)
Dassault Systemes Academic Software Licences.
1 Projector screen, 1 projector, 1 Remote & 1 Laser pointer.
Internet (speed 100 Mbps) and LAN connections
Microphone & good audio system
White boards, Marker pens & basic stationery
Air-conditioned rooms with proper lightings
Notice Board
3 Faculty/6 Lab Trainers
1 Nodal Co-ordinator full-fledged Office with One Workstation, Printer copier, Internet facility, Storage facility, basic stationery, Files, Folders, etc
1 attender
2. Configurations
Starting of the Project it is essential to have required hardware to set up & install hardware with necessary software.
Name Task Responsibility
Training set up Infrastructure – Nodal Centre
Configuration Workstation & Networking – Nodal Centre
Configuration Software & Server – DS Team Support
3. Manpower Requirements
In this step to provide training to the Manpower plan will be prepared. This will ensure the No: of Faculty (Theory & Lab) needs to be identified, trained & deployed to execute the training programme on the behalf of CoE A&D at the Nodal Centre.
3.1. Guest Lecture
In this step CoE A&D will ensure to provide the Expert Faculty current in Domain from Industry as part of Guest Lecture
4. Training Content
In this step Preparation of training content to take training in the classrooms will be provided from CoE A&D.
4.1. Course Training Content for Trainers
In this step Preparation of training content for the trainers to deliver in the classrooms will be provided in the form of PPT from CoE A&D.
4.2. Course Content for Students
In this step Study material that can be made available to the students would be prepared. A training material covering all concepts discussed in the classroom would be prepared in the form of the PPT from CoE A&D.
Tasks Responsibility
Content Preparation Topics & Review – CoE A&D Team
Content for Trainers – CoE A&D Team
Content for Students – CoE A&D Team
5. Training course plan
In this step Detailed course plan would be prepared on identified systems. Students would be given necessary training on how to understand, support, modify various design elements of the system.
1 Course is recommended as below:
• Internship Course (1 month): This will be spread over 60 Hours will be allocated for Theory & 100 hour will be allocated for Lab Sessions on 3DExperience Platform of Dassault Systemes.
6. Students Evaluation & Certification
In this step, examination paper that evaluates students of the course and to provide the necessary certificate would be designed.
Name Tasks Responsibility
Evaluation Identification of Experts – Nodal Centre
Written Test Questionnaire/OMR – CoE A&D Team
Certification Parameters – CoE A&D Team
7. Start of Training
Course would be carried out in this step. Each training would accommodate 25 students.
Name Tasks Responsibility
Internship Course Scheduling Nodal Centre
7.1. Internship Course (Duration: 1 Month) recommended
Start of Course
No of students: 25
Examination & Certification
Name Tasks Responsibility
Start Internship Course – Nodal Centre
Examination Process – CoE A&D Team
Certification Schedule – CoE A&D Team
Outcome: Complete awareness of civil, military and space crafts and good understanding on functions of sub systems. The students can choose to enrol for the Advance Course with CoE A&D at VTU Regional Office, Bengaluru premises to become Industry/Job ready.
