Thiruvananthapuram: Acsia Technologies, the Technopark-based company which develops software solutions for automotive car makers and Tier 1s, to establish Automotive Software Competence Centres for engineering students enabling them to be part of embedded software projects of the company.

This idea is being implemented with the support of various engineering colleges in the State which helps the students to work with a technology company along with their studies. This project helps in finding a solution for the insufficiency of skilled professionals in the software sector, the company said.

Acsia CEO Jijimon Chandran said the project labs of the company will be functioning as Automotive Software Competence Centres at the colleges. Students in Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics engineering sectors will be benefited through the project.

Students who are passionate in Embedded Systems, Automotive and Programming can be part of the programme. Those who have high academic qualifications may not be successful in their career due to lack of proper training, he said.