Educators Corner “Deepak Gupta”
” The good you do today, people will often forgot tomorrow; Do good anyway.”……..!!!!!! This is the tag on my next guests email. When you look out on the SolidWorks Forums, you’ll find him there. When you log into SolidWorks Geeks, you’ll find him there. At these sites you’ll find him as well: Yahoo SolidWorks group, Google SWcad group, Comp.cad.solidworks, Angelsix forum and the MNSUG yahoo group. “I comment/contribute on these groups/forums as I’m always learning a new thing and wanted to share what I have learned during my life time.“ In this edition of Educators Corner, I will be talking to Deepak Gupta (DG). Deepak currently works with a multi-national company in their design centre in New Delhi, India.
DG: I used to visit engineering colleges and industries to train students /people. I was involved in this training while I was associated with a SolidWorks VAR. I am planning to start my own training school (part time). I have a 4 year advanced diploma in Die & Mould from Indo Swiss Training Centre, Chandigarh, India.
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Deepak Gupta
RH: Do you have any industry experience?
DG: I have around 8 years of experience working in different companies and on different products. I have been in design, R&D, production, tool room and vendor development.
RH: What led you to become a trainer and why SolidWorks?
DG: I wanted to learn SolidWorks for myself and this led me to be involved in training others.
RH: How long have you been training?
DG: I did that for almost 1 year.
RH: What SolidWorks certifications if any do you currently hold?
DG: CSWA, CSWP, CSWPSMTL (For details of these Certifications, see the SolidWorks Certification Site)
RH: What are your classes like when you train?
DG: All the students were 18+ and include Engineering students, Industry beginners, 2D Cad users and 3D Cad users of software other than SolidWorks.
RH: What is your preferred teaching method?
DG: Providing useful examples while demonstrating commands/options. I prefer using practical examples from industry and day to day life while training.
RH: What curriculum do you teach?
DG: I make my own curriculum depending on the user level and needs. I usually teach the basics of SolidWorks depending on the need. I will teach sheet metal, surfacing, weldments and animation, but just a basic overview of the these tools.
RH: What is the prevalent industry in your area that would eventually hire a SolidWorks trained person?
DG: Mechanical industries mostly involving design and analysis work.
RH: Have you attended SolidWorks World?
DG: Not yet. Was planning to this year but due to some personal issues I could not make it.
RH: Do you feel that there will be continued support for teaching SolidWorks and CAD drafting skills? If so, is it short term or long term support?
DG: Yes and it will be long term support.
RH: How important do you feel that teaching CAD/drafting skills is for the future of engineering and industry in general?
DG: It is very important. Today every industry needs trained/skilled people and no one has time and funding to train employees after they are hired. Some one needs to do this job (training people) and this has to be done at the institutional level.
RH: What are the biggest challenges you face in teaching SolidWorks/drafting?
DG: Sometimes the people using other 3D software packages start comparing the options in the software and start making opinions of the software compared to SolidWorks
RH: What are some goals for your future?
DG: I will keep working in my present field.
Deepak,
Thanks for your time. I really appreciate your input and am glad to know there are other passionate SolidWorks people around the world!
Rich
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