Dated March 26, 2002
The Hindu, Business Line [Internet Edition]

With embedded technologies gradually gaining importance and India projected to play an important role in this emerging technology solutions space, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), a Scientific Society under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, has designed and launched a course in Embedded System Design.

The Executive Director of C-DAC, Shri. R.K. Arora, said the course is designed with equal emphasis on hardware and software and is aimed at gearing up electronic design engineers to meet the needs of telecom, power, consumer durables and other related industries in the design and development of the embedded systems.

This new tech course being simultaneously launched in the country in Hyderabad and Bangalore, will be extended to other centres gradually. This Diploma in Embedded System Design (DESD) will be a five-month full time course consisting of seven modules and will be industry relevant project. The course structure continuously evaluates the performance of the students' work through assessments and tests, he said.

While the daily session comprises a two-hour classroom exposure followed by a four hour lab work which has been designed with inputs from some of the major players in embedded technologies. Each student is assigned an industry relevant project during the period.

C-DAC has designed the course over a nine-month period based on interaction with industry players. C-DAC's Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS) is dedicated to nurturing talent and bringing out professionals in this emerging space through design and delivery of various processes.

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