The last few weeks have been a true test of resolve and resilience for KPITians. From ramping up hardware infrastructure, extending digital collaboration tools to updating policies we have done whatever it takes for the safety of our employees and upholding commitment towards our clients. A big kudos to the core teams from all functions who have stayed vigilant & stood guard as KPIT prepared to ensure maximum employees can work remotely and stay productive.

In response to major restrictions at the workplace - most of us are now enabled to Work from Home and are settling into this new normal.
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The gravity of the situation demands that we now respond with required intensity, making it our foremost PRIORITY and GOAL to keep our commitments to clients.

Here's a brief of where we stand across our offices:

India: Several government advisories between March 17th – 24th on work from home, ended with a nationwide 21-day shutdown starting March 25th. Our preparedness helped to enable all our employees in India.
Europe & USA: Most of our teams are working remotely following advisories given by the local government.
Japan, Korea, and Thailand: Teams are working remotely.
China: After a couple of months of extreme caution, teams are now gradually resuming work from KPIT or client locations.

We thank our clients, partners and importantly our employees for the caution, patience, and commitment they have shown in preparing towards the crisis.

Stay safe! Stay Healthy! Take care of yourself and your loved ones.

The updates in the newsletter capture stories between the later part of February

until the end of March. Until COVID-19 spread across several countries where we have operations, our employees came together at their respective workplaces as usual.

The updates in the newsletter capture stories between the later part of February

until the end of March.

We thank all those women who have chosen KPIT to pursue their careers and are Reimagining Mobility and making KPIT, a best place to grow.

At our Pune and Bangalore offices women automobelievers were given a surprise flash mob performance by their male colleagues as a gesture to celebrate the contribution of women in their professional lives. A health talk on ‘Lifestyle disorders in women’ was organized where women discussed aspects of health with medical professionals. Cakes, chocolates, and gifts were commonplace and extended as a gesture to female colleagues by their team members

Women automobelievers across KPIT posed with #EachForEqual sign, which is this year's theme to recognize, champion and support women of all backgrounds who dare to innovate, lead, and uplift others towards a more equal and inclusive workplace.

At all our Germany offices, women were greeted with flowers as a token of appreciation. Also, a yummy breakfast was organized for women automobelievers while they went through some insights about leading women in the automotive industry.

At our KPIT office in Novi, US women's day was celebrated with conversations over a cup of tea. They exchanged their personal and professional accomplishments with each other and had snacks together.

KPIT and PACCAR had the 3rd edition of KPCL (KPIT PACCAR Cricket League) at 'Spark Cricket Ground' in Pune. Bill Naber, MD, PACCAR India, Joe Lotz, Engineering director, PACCAR India, and Avinash Badave, Director Delivery, KPIT inaugurated the event by lighting Lamp and releasing KPCL balloons in the air. More than 160 people formed 15 teams (12 Men + 3 Women) and played the cricket league wearing KPCL jerseys. Team names were based on 'Fort names' in Maharashtra (example – Jabardast Janjira, Raigad Kings, Shivnerichya Hirkani). There was a website that was launched to show details of matches, fixtures, rules, and timings. Also, the matches were broadcasted live on YouTube. Bill Naber and Joe Lotz played matches under team Pratapgad Frontier.

The autonomous driving space is witnessing rapid growth with the adoption of new technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, deep learning, and Big Data. Working on these technology domains demands that KPITians are updated and equipped with the latest developments and technology trends to be able to provide the best solutions to accelerate the realization of our customers' vision. With this objective, in November 2018, KPIT forged a partnership with Udacity to enable KPITians to learn and upskill on the new technologies in this domain. Under this initiative, more than 100 KPITians have completed UDACITY Nanodegree programs. These programs have helped KPITians contribute to complex customer programs and take on bigger responsibilities Here are KPITians - Aniruddha and Jeneetta talking about their experience of the Nanodegree program.

We are always looking for opportunities for KPITians to learn, explore and excel. Keeping the same in mind we invited Professor Toshiro Kaneko from the Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, Materials Engineering, Plasma Science Engineering at Tohuku University, Japan to deliver an open house technical session on "Plasma Technology and Applications" at our Pune campus. Professor Kaneko's research areas include Plasma Science and Electron/Electric Material Engineering. He has published many technical papers and has been the recipient of many prestigious awards.

KPITians in Germany celebrated "Carnival Tuesday". The day is part of Carnival celebrations popular across Germany. The Carnival tradition goes back 5000 years in time, with people celebrating the end of winter and nearing of the fasting period of Lent. Central to the festivities is to munch on Doughnuts. They were made popular by the monks & the church, readying people for the fasting period.

A team of KPITians in Bangalore and their family members visited Thayimane, a foster home for children. The volunteers spent time with the children as they set up a library & a computer lab. While segregating the books in the library, employees lost themselves in the process just to rediscover the inner child in them.
Employees wore the hat of 'passionate techies' as they got down to the basics of installing software and setting up the computer lab. It was a day well spent for all volunteers, everyone had fun, they relived their childhood memories while working towards the social cause of education. Education is one of the primary focus areas for our CSR volunteers.