Who will deliver the Minor Degree Program?

Program Delivery and Content Licensing

The Time-Triggered Systems Engineering Minor Degree will be delivered by Govind C. Gaundalkar, a SafeTTy Systems certified trainer, with extensive expertise in embedded systems and functional safety. The course content has been developed and licensed by SafeTTy Systems Ltd., a renowned UK-based company specializing in time-triggered architectures and functional safety. SafeTTy Systems Ltd. is led by  Dr. Michael J. Pont, the founder and creator of the time-triggered systems technology.

Through this collaboration, students will benefit from a world-class curriculum that is both industry-relevant and research-backed, based on patented innovations and real-world applications. The program seamlessly blends theoretical learning with practical, hands-on training, enabling students to gain a deep understanding of time-triggered systems. By the end of the program, graduates will be well-equipped to pursue careers in safety-critical industries worldwide, including automotive, aerospace, industrial automation, and more.

Some of the key highlights of Govind’s career are:

• Govind is the founder of skillsUniverse Technologies and leads the company.
• skillsUniverse Technologies is a training partner of SafeTTy Systems Ltd.and holds the licence
• Govind holds a degree in Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications
• Govind is SafeTTy Certified in time triggered embedded systems UK and is a SafeTTy Certified trainer.
• Certification in Tensorflow Development for Deep Learning.
• Created Self-paced learning programs for Skillsuniverse Technologies in Embedded C, Embedded C++, Verilog, IOT, Bluetooth LE and Linux with more to be launched soon. Platforms used KEIL uVision,  XILINX Vivado, KEIL Studio, TI CCS, STM32 Cube MX, Silicon Labs Simplicity Studio.
• Visiting faculty for SNDT University Usha Mittal Institute of Technology, Mumbai University Dept. of Physics, Somaiya University SIMS.
• Conducted training programme for TIH-IOT IITB in the field of IOT.
• Conducted AICTE sponsored faculty development programme at S.P.I.T., Mumbai on TinyML.
• Conducted SafeTTy Certified training programme for students at S.P.I.T, Andheri for international certifications in Time-Triggered systems from 2017-2019.
• Conducted Tutorial for IEEE Bombay Section International Conference ICCICT-2021 on Reliable Embedded Systems.
• Currently working on creating codebase for STM32 series ARM architecture microcontroller using C language in the event triggered domain.
• Currently working on TINYML on small devices.
• Conducted faculty development programme at Government Polytechnic, Mumbai.
• Conducted training programme for PG students of VJTI, Matunga in the embedded systems domain.
• Conducted training programme at Vidyalankar Institute of Technology in embedded systems for UG candidates.
• Created course content for a IOT course using TI MSP432 and AWS Cloud with Node-Red.
• Created Course content on Linux Fundamentals matching the certification requirements of Linux Professional Institute, Canada .
• Trained more than 1000 participants in firmware programming for Embedded Systems and IOT domain