Cutech's Chairman, Mr Nachimuthu Arunchalam (who is one of alumni of Nachimuthu polytechnic under Nachimuthu Industrial Association - NIA, pollachi, India and the only student who took welding technology as his elective subject during Diploma Mechanical Engineering studied in the year 1981), delivered a guest lecture at Nachimuthu Polytechnic College, India. The event was held on 7th Feb 2013 and marked the inauguration of MCET-TUV Rheinland Centre for Advanced Training (Welding and NDT). Both local and international professionals from various disciplines took part in the inauguration ceremony that signified the escalating demand of technically skilled personnel in the Engineering sector.

During his lecture, Mr Arunachalam elaborated on the current trends in Welding and NDT sectors, and shortage of such skilled technicians in this field. Mr Arunachalam spoke about how employers are on the lookout for “employable” technicians who are pre-trained to transform their theoretical knowledge to practical application. He highlighted that this growing need of skilled professionals is being sought after not just in India but in various sectors all over the world. He credited NIA’s efforts in establishing the training centre as it served as a milestone in enhancing workability of technicians and opened window for wider opportunities to NIA’s students.

He also promised to NIA to support the centre by providing test samples, NDT & Welding guest lecturing, future employability training like ASNT,NDT leve1 & level 2, AWS CWI Certifications for the students.