Siemens Corporate Technology
Network of Competences – Partner for Innovations
Research and development (R&D) is a prerequisite for technological innovations
and for future-proofing a company. This has been true for Siemens ever since
the company was founded over 150 years ago. Siemens now employs more than
47,000 researchers and developers worldwide. This figure represents more than
10% of all the company's employees. They work on the development of
innovative products, systems, and services, which help to secure existing
business and tap into new markets. In the 2004/05 fiscal year, Siemens spent 5.2
billion euros for this purpose. That represents 6.8 percent of the company's
turnover, or about 23 million euros per working day.
With more than 2,500 employees worldwide, Corporate Technology has a
leading role to play within Siemens’ R&D operations. It acts as an international
network of competencies and a worldwide partner for innovations for the
Siemens Groups and Regional Companies. On the one hand, Corporate
Technology employs its Corporate Intellectual Property and Functions Division to
perform key tasks, such as ensuring that the company's R&D successes are
safeguarded from competitors. For example, Siemens filed more than 8,800
invention applications and submitted approximately 5,700 patent applications in
the 2004/05 fiscal year. On the other hand, Corporate Technology makes its own
contribution toward securing the company's future technological leadership and
increasing its compositeness through R&D activities in Germany, the U.S.A., the
U.K., China, India, Russia, and Japan. Work is organized in five Technology
Divisions that are focused on more than forty core technologies, each of which
has high strategic impact for the company.
Siemens Corporate Technology-India
Siemens AG in collaboration with Siemens Information Systems Ltd. (SISL) has
set up its high-end research and development unit, Siemens Corporate
Technology Laboratory (SCT Labs) at Bangalore, India in another step towards
spreading its global network of innovation.
Significantly, the new SCT Labs in India is only the sixth such research lab that
Siemens runs globally.
INTERNSHIP
Location SCT Labs, Bangalore, India
We are looking for two techno-entrepreneurs with a passion for technology and
business to do landscape studies to determine the appropriate technologies to be
developed in India for:
1) energy
2) water
In the water sector the study will have to recommend appropriate technologies to
be developed taking into consideration the demand from the vast millions who
have no access to clean drinking water. The technologies should be robust and
affordable.
In the energy sector the study will have to look at disruptive power technologies
for generation, transmission and distribution using resources available in India.
The report will include the future potential in India for conventional energy
sources, renewable energy, alternate fuels and new technologies. The report
should also include how efficiencies can be significantly improved in the present
system.
For both the above assignments we expect technology-centric reports.