Pune Student Spotlight: Maqsood Kazi's PLC Path

From Omerga, Maharashtra · B.Tech Electrical Engineering · ABC Trainings, Wagholi Centre, Pune

Maqsood Kazi at the Wagholi Centre

Sushma Ma'am has run PLC & SCADA batches at the Wagholi Centre for long enough to know exactly where students get stuck. What shifted in Maqsood's case isn't on the certificate — it's the way he now talks about ladder logic and IO-mapping for industrial panels, as if those ideas were always obvious. They weren't, at the start.

The background

Behind the certificate is a B.Tech Electrical Engineering background and a hometown — Omerga — that's a commute to the Wagholi Centre rather than a relocation question. The 2-course chain (AutoCAD Electrical, PLC & SCADA) was the workaround: depth in the lead tool, adjacent ones added for hiring breadth.

The PLC & SCADA programme

Maqsood started with AutoCAD Electrical, then added PLC & SCADA on top once the foundation was firm. The unfashionable but evidence-backed strategy: one tool, full depth, real projects. By the third month Maqsood could open a working file and articulate trade-offs out loud — which is the part hiring panels in Pune read as competence.

What the teaching looks like

Sushma Ma'am runs the PLC & SCADA sessions at the Wagholi Centre the way the course is supposed to be run — concept first, then a worked example, then individual debugging when a student gets stuck. The Wagholi Centre lab keeps the same machines and licensed software a working studio uses, so Maqsood wasn't relearning the toolbar layout the day him sat for a placement test. Small detail, big difference.

Maqsood credited Sushma Ma'am for breaking down each PLC and SCADA topic step by step with practical examples and for staying patient through every doubt-clearing session in the Wagholi lab.

Pune hiring outlook

Pune's relevant hiring desk for this profile is open and predictable rather than dramatic. ABC Trainings' job-openings desk is currently routing candidates to the live example listed in this post (Design / Automation Engineer at Impact Automation Solutions, Pune (₹14K start)) and similar shortlists at SME and consultancy firms across Pune. The takeaway for the next batch is small and specific: pick the dominant tool in your target industry, commit three to four months, and start applying before the final module ends.