Winner Certificate

Global University Challenge 2016 - Enabling the Digital Twin -

siemens.com/power-gas

Avinash Misra (IE Business School)

successfully participated as a finalist in the Siemens Global University Challenge 2016 and was

selected as one of the twelve winning teams worldwide. The Global University Challenge is an

open innovation project organized by Siemens Power & Gas, Siemens Digital Factory, Corporate

Technology and Human Resources involving students of eight universities worldwide: RWTH

Aachen, TU Berlin, University of Potsdam (Germany), IE Business School (Madrid, Spain), Georgia

Institute of Technology, University of Central Florida (USA), Tsinghua University and Shanghai Jiao

Tong University (China).

The topic of the Global University Challenge 2016 is “Enabling the digital twin”. A key aspect in

future industry is the availability of a digital representation of machines, components or

manufacturing processes. That is the so called 'digital twin'. With a digital twin, manufacturers are

able to use the power of digitalization to achieve improved efficiency and quality.

The participant handed in an innovative idea regarding the mentioned topic, further developed

the idea with Siemens Experts on an online innovation platform and uploaded a visualization of

the idea.

Additionally the participant gained knowledge of Tecnomatix Plant Simulation Software v13 in a

one-day training executed by Siemens Digital Factory.

Berlin / Munich, 2016-11-28

Andreas Fischer-Ludwig

Head of Manufacturing Development and

Industrialization

Siemens AG Power and Gas

Dr. Natascha Eckert

Head of University Relations

Siemens AG Corporate Technology