mangalore the manipalbased zeta infotech will soon set up an electronic design automation eda rd lab at srinivasnagar near surathkal on the city outskirts the facility could well be a boon to the students of karnataka regional engineering college according to dr narasimha bhat managing director of synopsysmanipal rd site at manipal the present initiative is aimed at creating more professionals for rd in eda research and development in eda requires highly skilled professionals with a thorough background in electrical engineering and computer science universities offering eda software development courses are only a handful partly because of limited faculty and partly because of the highly complex nature of the problems being solved therefore bhat said the eda industry is facing challenges in filling up rd positions it is the responsibility of the industry leaders in eda to liaise with universities to ensure that a steady supply of engineers trained in the skills demanded by the rd organisations within the industry is maintained bhat said it was in this regard that zeta infotech ltd felt that an early exposure to the industry environment will prove beneficial to both undergraduates and graduate engineers in electrical electronics and computer sciences and the like zeta has been operating from manipal since 1998 in collaboration with synopsys inc usa by establishing an industry presence in the vicinity of educational premises the institute offers students an opportunity to gain the required exposure while simultaneously pursuing education zeta infotech president and ceo gautam pai said the lab aims at providing an interaction between the institute and the industry besides offering parttime jobs for students both in ug and pg courses of electronic and computer science disciplines the lab will open some time in september pai said part the of 500million manipal group zeta infotech is a technology services company offering software development services and is the first in dakshina kannada and udupi to be registered with the software technology park of india stpi