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Premier Indian maritime institution integrates AVEVA Marine into its training curriculum

9 March 2010

Mumbai, India: AVEVA Group plc (LSE:AVV) one of the world's leading providers of engineering data and design IT systems to the plant, power and marine industries, today announced that AMET University, India's premier marine industry university, will be featuring AVEVA Marine solutions as part of its curriculum. Located in Chennai, AMET University is the first private maritime academy in India.

Launched in 1993, AMET was formerly known as the Academy of Maritime Education and Training. Currently, 1500 students are enrolled in various diploma, degree and post graduate degree courses.

Commander Perumal, Head of Naval Architecture Department, AMET University, said: "The collaborations between AMET University and world leaders in the shipbuilding industry such as AVEVA will ensure that our graduates can look forward to jump-starting their career in shipbuilding, not only in India, but anywhere in the world as AVEVA Marine is widely used in global shipbuilding enterprises."

Peter Finch, President, AVEVA Asia Pacific, said: "India's prominence as a source of skilled labour in the marine industry is seen in the rise of outsourced marine engineering projects by the world's leading shipyards. The AVEVA Academic Initiative equips graduates with hands-on skills in using the leading shipbuilding range of solutions preferred by top global shipyards."

About the AVEVA Academic Initiative
Skills shortages continue to be a challenge in most engineering companies and it will take some time for the recent increases in the number of engineering students at universities and technical colleges to overcome the generation gap that currently exists in the market.

In recognition of this, and in addition to its own in-house graduate recruitment schemes, AVEVA will continue to work with educational establishments and government bodies around the world to support initiatives aimed at narrowing the skills gap. In particular, AVEVA will continue to:

Work with universities and technical institutes to promote the use of AVEVA products within undergraduate courses and postgraduate research projects;
Work with government agencies to re-skill engineers from other disciplines; and
Work with engineering bodies to encourage school leavers to pursue careers in engineering.

AVEVA sees this as a vital investment that will bring long term benefits to the engineering world.

Some of the marine education institutions covered by the AVEVA Academic Initiative include:

Bulgaria: Trieste University
Croatia: FSB Zagreb, Rijeka University
Greece: NTUA
India: AMET
Italy: Trieste University, Naples University, Naval Academy of Livorno (Navy)
Korea: Changwon College, DongEui Institute of Technology, Gyeongnam Provincial Geochang College, Gyeongsang National University, Jeonnam Provincial College, Jinan Industrial High School, Inha Technical College, Inha University, Koje College, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Kwangwoon University, Mokpo Industrial High School, Mokpo Science College, Seoul National University, Ulsan Science College, Pusan National University, Yeungjin College, Yonam Institute of Digital Technology
Portugal: Instituto Superior Tecnico - Lisboa
Russia: State Marine Technical University of St. Petersburg
Singapore: Singapore Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic School of Engineering, Institute of Technical Education
Taiwan: National Cheng Kung University, National Kaohsiung Marine University
Turkey: Karadeniz Teknik Universitesi (KTU), PADML, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Yildiz Teknik Universitesi
United Kingdom: University College London, Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, University of Newcastle
Ukraine: Sevastopol National Technical University
United States: Naval Postgraduate School Foundation -- Monterey, California

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For further information, please contact:
Youli Hooi
AVEVA
Tel: +603-2176 1234
youli.hooi@aveva.com

About AVEVA Group plc
AVEVA is trusted around the world to deliver engineering IT solutions with strategic value to leading companies in the plant and marine industries. For further information please visit www.aveva.com/ednotes