PTC Expands Education Initiative to Maharashtra ITI Schools

PTC partners with Directorate of Vocational Education & Training (DVET) to Train ITI Teachers. ITI School Children to be Introduced to Product Design and Development using Pro/ENGINEER®

Bangalore: PTC (NASDAQ: PMTC), the Product Development Company®, today announced the expansion of its technological literacy movement in which 8240 school teachers (650 ITI teachers) in Maharashtra have been trained on its Pro/ENGINEER® software. PTC has partnered with the Directorate of Vocational Education & Training (DVET) to provide free Pro/ENGINEER® software, training and curriculum/project-based materials to teachers who will in turn train ITI school children across Maharashtra state.

“This is the first time ever in India that such an initiative is being started at the school level,” said Rafiq Somani, Country Manager, PTC India. “We want to expose young minds to the excitement of a career in design engineering and are glad to have the support of the DVET in this initiative. Together we look forward to igniting the young minds in our country and preparing them for challenging careers ahead,” he added. PTC already has an active education programme in various institutes and polytechnic colleges across Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. This is PTC’s first foray into empowering the students at the school level in India.

The students targeted for this education initiative are between the ages of 13-16 years. PTC’s initiative is not just restricted to urban areas. To address the needs of schools in semi-urban areas, PTC plans to introduce a Mobile Education Programme. This program is in collaboration with VIIT, Baramati, in which a bus equipped with computers and PTC solutions travels to schools throughout the region providing live demonstrations and hands-on experiences.

“Opportunities to technology should not be limited to students in cities. It is our hope that exposing students from all parts of life to engineering principles in a fun and creative way will inspire these students to pursue engineering-related careers and eventually become the Engineers of the Future” said Mr. John Stuart-Senior Vice President-Worldwide Education Program & Eastern Europe-PTC

”DVET has always striven to create greater preparedness amongst the youth in meeting newer challenges and equipping them with the requisite skills sets for emerging careers. PTC’s initiative will prove to be fruitful to the budding engineering talent of the country and we are happy to be a part of this,” said DVET Spokesperson. “Initiatives at the school level have more impact and with India a major destination for product design and development, PTC’s programme will add an impetus to the growth of design engineering talent in the country,” he added.

The Directorate of Vocational Education & Training (DVET) is a key driver in administering various activities pertaining to ITIs, Technical Schools, Government Industrial Training Workshop and other certificate courses concerned with Vocational and Technical Training in Maharashtra State.

J D Bhutange-Director of Vocational Education and Training, Rafiq Somani –Country Manager-PTC, John Stuart-Senior Vice President-Worldwide Education Program & Eastern Europe-PTC, Sajith M Parambil- Country Manager-Education program-PTC, Rohit Biddappa- Sr. Manager Marketing-PTC, Ashvin Savant-India Education Program Manager-PTC were present at Press Conference.