Empowering professionals with industry-aligned design expertise.
Advanced Product Design School (APDS), established in 2025, is a specialized institute delivering industry-aligned training in automotive and industrial product design and development.
Founded by Ing. Saravanan, M.Tech., PDTD., M.IPM (Germany) Founder & Lead Design Mentor, APDS is built on 25+ years of global industry experience across Australia, Korea, Germany, and Singapore. With deep expertise in automotive product development, plastic product design, BIW engineering, tooling, and manufacturing-oriented design, he brings a powerful combination of technical depth, international exposure, and practical industry insight to design education.
Supported by advanced qualifications, including a Master’s in Technology, a Master’s in International Product Management (Germany), and specialisation in Tool Design, he brings hands-on experience with industry-relevant engineering workflows and leading software tools such as
—helping learners gain practical exposure to the tools, methodologies, and engineering practices widely used in modern product design and development environments.
APDS adopts a structured, industry-driven training approach covering plastic and BIW product design, tooling development, and engineering design processes. The programs integrate global methodologies, domain expertise, and hands-on project exposure, aligned with real-world industry expectations.
Based in Chennai, APDS empowers engineering students, graduates, and working professionals to bridge the gap between academic learning and industry requirements—preparing them for impactful careers in product design, automotive development, tooling, and engineering analysis.
At APDS, the focus is not just on software learning, but on building real engineering understanding, practical workflow knowledge, and career-ready design capability.
To bridge the gap between education and industry by delivering hands-on, industry-aligned training in automotive and product design.
To shape the next generation of globally competitive design professionals through practical learning, technical excellence, and real-world industry exposure.
