La Fondation Dassault Systèmes Marks World Youth Skills Day with ‘ConnectNext Program’

Vélizy-Villacoublay, France – La Fondation Dassault Systèmes, a foundation established by Dassault Systèmes dedicated to transforming the future of education and research, commemorates United Nations World Youth Skills Day (#worldyouthskillsday) by providing a national-level platform for aspiring engineers to present impressive engineering projects they worked on.

The foundation will host an event showcasing the top four projects of the internship program offered to 14 engineering college teams in India, involving 64 students and 14 industry mentors, as part of their annual National Level 15 Week Webinar Series to guide students in selecting meaningful engineering projects to become industry ready under ‘ConnectNext Program.’

The projects presented include the ‘Stacker Car Parking System’ and the ‘Foldable Helmet’ from the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala; the ‘Self-Balancing Solar Powered Vehicle for Short Distance Travel for Individual’ from N K Orchid College of Engineering, Solapur; and the ‘Efficient Post-Harvest Produce Preservation System’ from PVG College of Engineering, Pune.

The program empowers students to be ‘Future Ready,’ while also fostering a vibrant industry-academia ecosystem that addresses talent readiness and employability challenges in the engineering industries. Each project is supported by industry mentors and Dassault Systèmes volunteers who serve as project champions. The program’s objective is to resolve employability challenges while also providing them with a unique ecosystem in which to demonstrate their skills and abilities in the post-COVID world.

The ‘ConnectNext program’ follows a six-step process. It guides students on impactful project ideas, provides a project library of industry-recommended projects, and offers industry mentorship and internships. The program also serves as a platform for industries to identify talent through innovative projects, and it then publishes projects for young people as ‘Do It Yourself’ kits.

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