Engineering Research & Development (ER&D) market enjoys fast paced growth globally. India by 2022, is projected to handle $42 billion in ER&D through indigenous Product Engineering work and outsourced services. The Indian context: India produces two lakhs Mechanical engineering graduates annually; Meager 6% employability in Design jobs. Projected talent shortage is tens of thousands [2020-’22]. Up-skilling needed for thousands of Mechanical engineering graduates for enhancing employability and GDP growth. Similar figures for Electronics engineering with 7% employability in Product Development jobs. Careers: Product Development industry in India & overseas needs Design/CAE/CAD/Proto/Test engineers. ISRO in Trivandrum contracts engineers with ProMeX certification. R&D institutions & establishments in Electric Mobility - KAL & CET-TrEST Park and Companies need Design & CAE engineers. Post-graduates needed for ASDC skilling initiative by Kerala...