With an objective of promoting CollabCAD Software in Educational Institutions and Industries, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between National Informatics Centre and Basaveshwar Engineering College (BEC) Bagalkot for setting up of “CollabCAD Training & Support Centre “ at the Institute During the inauguration, Mr. K.S. Nagesh, Technical Director, NIC explained about the utility of the CollabCAD Software in Industries & Educational Institutions and made technical presentations on the different features of the Software. Shri. R.N. Herkal, Principal, BEC, Bagalkot expressed his pleasure on setting up of the Centre by NIC. The inauguration was followed by one week training cum workshop on CollabCAD for the faculty members of the College. The Institute has also made plans to introduce CollabCAD in curriculum of B.Tech & M.Tech courses. This will help in creating technical manpower around CollabCAD and will also go a long way in popularizing CollabCAD in Indian Industries.