ABB and NITTTR join hands to set up digital simulation centre

Digitalisation is starting to pervade human activities, be this leisure or business, still manufacturing of any equipment must be based on reliable design to handle the basic natural phenomena, namely thermal, mechanical and electromagnetics.

“In a bid to partner India’s vision of becoming a manufacturing hub, the SCoE is our endeavour to build a robust eco-system of next level training and support technologies to further the design, development and manufacturing of critical electro-mechanical equipment in the country. Such a centre will provide an exposure, currently scarce, in the areas of modelling, simulations and design with expert guidance to engineers, scientists, researchers and faculties across industry oriented topics. The centre will be a key step in providing a differentiating technology platform and focus on quality in the midst of increasing price pressure and competition in the sector,” said Giandomenico Testi, CTO, ABB India. 

Scope of the centre includes establishing a high performance computing platform with necessary advanced computational tools. The centre is expected to be operational by 2017. It will be funded by ABB’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to promote education and skill improvement for graduating engineers, research students, industry professionals as well as faculty.  

By 2022, the installed power capacity in India is expected to exceed 400 GW from 255 GW in 2014, on the back of projected increasing demand from industrialisation and economic development. The Indian Electrical Equipment Industry Mission Plan 2012- 2022 has a vision of making India the country of choice for the production of electrical equipment and reach an output of 100 BUSD from 24 BUSD in 2013 by balancing exports and imports.