CADD Centre to open 40 centres by 2013

CADD Centre Training Services Limited will open 40 centres in Sri Lanka to impart training in engineering software.

The CADD Centre is in Sri Lanka since 2003. It has two franchise centres and has so far trained about 10,000 students and professionals.

Managing Director, CADD Centre, Karaiadi Selvan said that the strong economic growth driven by large-scale reconstruction and development projects in infrastructure, tourism and manufacturing sector, has created a demand for engineers and technicians with mastery over global product design, product development life-cycle and project management software.

Through the new centres, which will be set up across the island with local partners, CADD Centre will introduce many basic-to-advanced courses for students and professionals in civil, architectural, mechanical, electrical, electronics and other branches of engineering.

He said that the courses will be custom-designed for the economic and job needs of local industries, though the internationally recognised CADD Certification can greatly help students get jobs abroad.

"The country produces 120,000 students annually who qualify for university education. Approximately 50 percent of the students who have completed higher education are trained in technical and business disciplines. However, the employability of technical and engineering students and productivity of employed professionals would grow multi-fold if they are exposed to world -class training in globally leading engineering software products.

"The training will create more job opportunities for students. The CADD Centre will also partner with colleges and Universities to conduct courses in CAD, Computer Aided Engineering, Computer Aided Manufacturing, and Project Planning and Management to higher education students," he said.

Selvan said that Sri Lanka achieved high growth in 2010 and 2011. Its GDP is expected to register an eight percent growth rate this year.

There will be a demand for engineers trained in engineering software products especially in the booming telecommunications, tourism, shipping, clothing, textiles, cement, petroleum refining, information technology services and construction sectors in Sri Lanka.

"The massive infrastructure development and economic growth is driving the need for IT training to support companies to achieve excellence in productivity and innovation. The consistent supply of skilled manpower is important for Sri Lanka's knowledge services industry. The Government has identified IT training as a priority area in education.

The commitment of CADD Centre to expand its network of IT training centres will complement the country's aspirations to become a region of excellence in higher education by 2020", he said.

The CADD Centre is one of Asia's largest information and communication technology training services company, creating skilled human resources in computer aided design, engineering, and product life-cycle management. Founded in 1998, the company has over 300 centres in major cities and towns across 13 countries including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, Maldives, Qatar, Nigeria, UAE and Oman.

The institute runs over 100 courses in mechanical, civil, electrical, electronic engineering, architecture, interior design, project management, process management, garment design, modelling and animation. In the past 24 years, the centre has provided quality training to over 700,000 engineering students and professionals.

Adding about five new centres and enrolling over 5,000 students a month on average, it has been winning awards for its efficient franchise operations, quality course ware development and training programs from Franchise World and Project Management Institute.

CADD Centre runs Skillease, a flexi-staffing services for companies in engineering and project management. Its Synergy School of Business Skills conducts training in India's major cities, exclusively in project management in partnership with global software companies and project management consulting firms.

DreamZone, another training division of the company, trains students in interior design, architecture, garment design, multimedia, animation and graphics.