The “Make in India” notion is picking pace with manufacturing players who are making efforts to establish and take hold of the growing market. For “Make in India” to boom, manufacturing is the driving force. However, manufacturing processes are rapidly evolving in the face of emerging technologies. In this ever evolving area, manufacturers can maintain their innovative & competitive edge only if they come up with new ways to condense product design cycles and bring out products faster to market. This needs an approach and attitude of getting products “right the first time”. Apparently, India is a country which generates more innovative ideas in diverse fields where engineering simulation aids companies to beat competition to bring out these innovations faster in the competitive market. Auxiliary to this statement, India is also one of the fastest growing market for simulation technology as well- but in terms of volume it has still a long way to go.

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, U.S, with Rafiq Somani as the Country Manager-India, ANSYS is one of the most familiar and top notch faces for simulation software and solutions with dexterous think tanks creating innovative, flexible and high end products. Pushing the company up the ladder is actually the challenge for innovation which is now moving from OEMs to tier 1 and tier 2 companies particularly because the Indian auto sector, as a whole, is trying to resolve issues pertaining to quality and cost. Surfaced with growing fuel costs and environmental concerns, vehicle manufacturers are bound to re-engineer all vehicle systems — from aerodynamics, engine and transmission to vehicle body, passenger comfort systems and electrical and electronic systems. Observing such shifts of focus, ANSYS Inc. has been providing the Indian automotive industry’s key players like- Mahindra, Eicher, TVS, Tata Motorsto name a few, with cutting edge ANSYS simulation applications and expertise. Contrary to the old ratio which said that, in every 22 engineers there is one simulation engineer, in India the ratio has now benchmarked to roughly 8 is to 1.

Setting Standards
Traditional simulation was carried out one-by-one with each physical domain separately. This led to 20 percent error every time the shift for simulation from one physical domain to another was made. ANSYS software is packed with detailed models, sub-models, methodologies and best-practices across all prominent physics for analyzing key systems and components that enables to explore and optimize designs virtually at an early development stage and test them under many conditions to eliminate quality and reliability issues. Mitigating other run-time engine failure issues in vehicles, ANSYS’ all-inclusive solution for efficient, durable engine cooling design delivers an impeccably connected CAD-to-fatigue solution for IC engine design that covers airflow, combustion, water jacket, solid conduction, conjugate heat transfer, structural strength analysis and thermal–structural fatigue. ANSYS solutions enable engineering teams across industries to develop groundbreaking end-to-end designs while delivering a high level of product reliability and integrity.

In other industries like Oil & Gas, rising global energy demand has enveloped the oil and gas industry with a wide range of challenges and opportunities across upstream, midstream, downstream and oilfield services sectors. To dodge such boulders and pace up the development, oil and gas engineering teams leverage ANSYS’ high-fidelity engineering simulation solutions combined with existing practices. Advanced simulation solutions from ANSYS are meeting these emerging industry requirements by enabling energy engineers to simulate across the various physical domains. Furnishing engineering simulation software for the entire range of the oil and gas supply chain’s design and analysis requirements, ANSYS comprehends a complete oil & gas company.

Bridging the skill gap between Engineers and Industries
Collaborating with the top academic institutes and faculties in India, ANSYS’ is driving a strong academic training program to train the fresh engineers to turn them industry ready professionals, thereby inculcate skillful competency in the engineering colleges in India.

Status Quo
Today in India, the want for simulation among emerging industries is growing at a steep rate undeniably because simulation directly adds to cutting- cost and cutting on the product development time. “By 2022, as we believe, when every engineer will start opting to use simulation during product development, and we are making good strides in making ANSYS software even more user friendly” says Rafiq. With such determination and enthusiasm, simulation giant ANSYS in India is prepared to lend its expertise to meet engineering and manufacturing challenges bestowing best in class quality and cost.