Embedded System Training is a Big hit at Noida- Sofcon

Embedded system has emerged as an integral part of almost all major sectors involving technology. Be it communication, electronics, electrical, name any and it has the application. This has considerably pushed up demand for workforce trained in embedded system which has sent the number of students enrolling in IT training institutes for such courses soaring.

Noida being a semiconductor design hub with some big names in the industry present, along with huge presence of IT sector here, has led to embedded system training providers to do rather well. "Number of students opting for embedded systems is increasing at a staggering rate," said Pravjot Singh, director and COO of EmbLogic Embedded Technologies. "There is an increased realisation that embedded systems is not merely for electronics engineering students, but also for students from streams like computer science, telecommunications, electrical and instrumentation technology."
EmbLogic is a technology design, integration and devices realisation company, providing end-to-end embedded solutions for product development and deployment based in Noida. Institutes state that they have seen 30 to 50 percent growth in student registration annually in last five years.

However, they point out that it is still not enough to meet the rising demand for engineers. "It is still way short of the required mark. At this rate it will take minimum 10 years for Indian market to have sufficient number," said Singh. He added that even in other countries, growth rate is hovering around 30 percent approximately.
Singh pointed out that only 3 percent of required skilled workforce is available in India. This has resulted in heavy losses to design/product based companies as the work has to be outsourced abroad. But players unanimously say that the change in trend towards embedded system training is definitely heartening to see. Main reason attributed to increase in number of students enrolling is the rising awareness among students about its prospects.

"Numerous companies have demand for embedded engineers with experience in designing and implementation," said Vikas Kalra,technical marketing director, Sofcon, another leading institute from Noida. "We can say good placement opportunity and tremendous growth is the main reason for increase in number of students enrolling."

Kalra said that Noida is always the first choice for students to undergo training on various cutting edge technologies like embedded systems. "Major players of semiconductor industries like Cadence, Freescale, Mentor Graphics and others are present in Noida, and it definitely helps students to learn about placement requirements and recruitment cycle." He added that SOFCON also invites officials from these companies to visit institute and give guest lectures and students interaction to enrich their learning experience.

The training basically trains students to design embedded devices. It involves Hardware designing, embedded C programming, firmware design, Linux operating system internals, embedded operating systems design, device driver development, protocols design and implementing, embedded processors design and architecture, embedded applications development.

The main reason that necessitates training in embedded design is the ever-changing technology. It is the most dynamic aspect of any industry and a person regularly dealing with it needs to be updated.