: Chennai Startup Designs First-of-its-kind Online Course To Train EV Engineers #IndiaNEWS #Education The Electric Vehicle (EV) market in India is expected to rise exponentially by 2027, according to

Chennai Startup Designs First-of-its-kind Online Course To Train EV Engineers #IndiaNEWS #Education
The Electric Vehicle (EV) market in India is expected to rise exponentially by 2027, according to a report by India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA). The findings suggest that the demand for EVs, EV batteries and public charging infrastructure will also increase.
Owing to this boom, in the next decade, the need for engineers to develop such technology will also understandably rise.
Currently, the academic courses specialising in this field are few, and most engineering graduates in India are equipped with theoretical knowledge but there is less focus on the practical understanding of EVs.
To bridge this gap, and to equip future engineers with a stronger understanding of EVs, a Chennai-based startup named Skill Lync is offering a postgraduate course in Electric Vehicle Design and Simulation.
“The curriculum is focussed on what Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) seek. It is a course that trains engineers on all the essential engineering concepts using simulations and tools that are used by top OEMs to design EVs,??? says Suryanarayanan P, the co-founder of Skill Lync.
The EDX Engine
Founded in 2018, Skill Lync was started by two mechanical engineers — Suryanarayanan P and Sarangarajan V, who believed that in India engineers are taught based on a syllabus that is outdated and that is why most of them are not placed in core-level jobs.
Suryanarayanan P and Sarangarajan V the founders of Skill Lync.
“In 2011, we met during our Masters in the University of Wisconsin, USA. During our time there we both agreed that teaching abroad had a practical approach with a focus on what the industry required from engineers. This landed us in jobs through which we could earn 0,000 annually,??? says Suryanarayanan, adding that in 2014 the duo decided to return to India and start their venture.
Focussing on the skill-gap that prevailed among Indian engineering students, the following year, they worked on a curriculum for mechanical engineering students that taught technical computing concepts. They wanted to implement this in various engineering colleges across Tamil Nadu. But, this venture did not pick up as they expected it to.
In 2016, with the same curriculum, the duo launched a YouTube channel named ‘EDX Engine’, where they uploaded videos explaining engineering concepts such as fluid dynamics, design, multibody dynamics, vehicle dynamics and more.
“For the first year, it was primarily both of us making these videos and teaching these concepts. Then, in 2017, we onboarded more instructors who were industry experts and expanded from teaching only mechanical students to others like electrical engineering, chemical engineering and more,??? says Suryanarayanan.

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