QNX Everywhere in Education for India
The Future Starts Here.
Collaborating to Build Next Generation Embedded Developers
About Partnership
In collaboration with Pi Square Technologies, QNX has launched the “QNX Everywhere in Education for India” initiative. Pi Square is implementing this initiative at select institutions across India by integrating QNX’s foundational software and tools into the engineering curriculum. This will provide students with practical knowledge in embedded systems software development and equipping them with turnkey skills needed to solve industry problems upon graduation. Industries like Automotive, Robotics, Medical Devices, Railways, and Industrial Automation can take advantage by hiring skilled resources who are trained under this initiative.
Pi Square is a global technology company headquartered in Detroit, USA, with operations in India (Bangalore andHyderabad), Germany, and the UK. Pi Square’s engineering division primarily focuses on providing Embedded Software Services and Solutions for the Automotive, Medical, and Industrial Sectors. Presently, it supports global Automotive customers in the areas of ADAS/AD, Digital Cockpit, Software Defined Vehicles (SDV), Vehicle and Body Controls. The company is also developing its own product line in the EV Charging ecosystem.
QNX, a division of BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB), The business leads the way in delivering safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, solutions, and development tools, along with support and services delivered by trusted embedded software experts. QNX® Software Development Platform (SDP) has been deployed in the world’s most critical embedded systems, including more than 255 million vehicles on the road today. QNX® SDP is trusted across industries including Automotive, Medical Devices, Industrial Controls, Robotics, Commercial Vehicles, Rail, and Aerospace & Defense. Founded in 1980, QNX is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. Learn more at www.qnx.com.
Program Overview
“QNX Everywhere in Education for India” is an expansion of the company’s recently launched QNX® Everywhere initiative, which seeks to nurture and grow QNX’s worldwide developer community by providing free access to the QNX® Software Development Platform (SDP) 8.0, empowering students, researchers, and academic institutions to gain hands-on experience with QNX SDP. The program aims to benefit industries like Automotive, Robotics, Medical Devices, to name a few. The partnership aims to rapidly scale the number of India-based software engineers who have the foundational skills needed to excel in the Embedded Systems Industry.
Multi Year Plan
QNX Everywhere in EducationAwareness and Branding
Creating Ecosystem for Automotive, Medical, Industrial
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Develop Thousands of QNX Trained Workforce across India
Active engagements with topInstitutions across India
QNX Active Community
Holistic Approach
We have taken an outcome-oriented approach in designing the “QNX Everywhere in Education for India” initiative, grounded in anin-depth study of existing industry–academia collaboration models across India. Recognizing the possible avenues of improvement,Pi Square rethought the engagement model to ensure Institutional Capacity Building, Faculty Empowerment, and Student CareerBuilding are the core outcomes.
Support
Support, Quality and Continuous Improvements, Training POCs and Placement Team
Hackathons and Design Contest
Regional and National level events
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Industry Connect
QNX Customers and Partners Connect events
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Community
Faculty and Students to be part of global QNX Community
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Faculty Training and Certification
Boot Camp, 2 Months of Mentoring, Assessments and Certification
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Curriculum and Content
Provide Curriculum, Teaching Material, eLearning Content, eBook, Lab guide
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Lab Tools and Software
QNX SDP 8.0, Support for Installation and Configuration (Non Commercial Use)
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Community
Faculty and Students to be part of global QNX Community
Gallery: MOU Signings with Partner Universities
