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PGDIA - Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Automation

PGDIA, the Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Automation, is a four-week EDWartens programme: 24 classroom days of 4 hours at Electronic City, Bangalore, on Siemens and Delta PLC, HMI and SCADA, about 95 hours of guided self-study on 20 more PLC brands and site skills, weekly tests and a final exam. The fee is ₹26,000 including GST.

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Reviewed on 13 October 2026Electronic City, Bangalore Job-assured, conditions apply

PGDIA at a glance

Duration: 4 weeks
Classroom: 24 days × 4 h
Self-study: About 95 h, 75 modules
PLC brands: 22: 2 in class, 20 self-study
Interviews: From week 5
Fee: ₹26,000 including GST

Programme facts

PGDIA at a glance

Format, time, practice, tests, certificate, placement, eligibility and fee, in one place.

PGDIA facts: format, duration, self-study, practice, tests, certificate, placement, eligibility, fee and batches
Format	Classroom days in person at our Electronic City centre, Bangalore, with guided self-study in the EDWartens portal.
Duration	4 weeks: 24 classroom days of 4 hours, Monday to Saturday (96 hours in all). The four weeks.
Self-study	About 95 hours in 75 modules, set week by week: 20 more PLC brands, HMI, SCADA and DCS, basic engineering and site skills. Every module.
Practice	Hands-on every classroom day, on PLC training panels at the centre and simulation.
Tests	A quiz after every class and module, a supervised test each week and a final exam. How you are assessed.
Certificate	The EDWartens PGDIA course certificate, with your grade. What it is, and what it is not.
Placement	Interviews arranged from week 5. Job-assured, conditions apply.
Who can join	Graduates and diploma holders in electrical, electronics, instrumentation, mechanical or mechatronics engineering, and B.Sc graduates in related subjects, including final-year students. Admission follows a counselling session.
Fee	₹26,000 including GST. What it includes.
Upcoming batches	Ask admissions for the next batch date: send an enquiry or call +91 96068 68686.
Admissions languages	Admissions help is available in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil on +91 70225 25308, and in Malayalam and Hindi on +91 81979 78653.

What you learn

Siemens and Delta in the classroom, the rest in guided self-study

The classroom days go deep on two PLC brands, their HMIs and Siemens SCADA. The evenings cover what an automation engineer meets on site, and 20 more PLC brands.

In the classroom · 24 days × 4 h

Siemens PLC with TIA Portal: wiring, bit logic, timers, counters, data, program structure, analog and PID, SCL, PROFINET, drives and diagnostics
Siemens HMI: screens, alarms, trends, recipes, faceplates, WinCC Unified
Siemens SCADA: WinCC alarms, history, reports, user rights, OPC UA
Delta PLC with ISPSoft: instructions, analog, high-speed counting, Modbus and a Delta VFD
Delta HMI with DIAScreen: screens, alarms, trends, recipes
Career: CV, LinkedIn and job portals, technical and HR interview preparation, two mock interviews

Practice: PLC training panels at the centre and simulation.

In guided self-study · about 95 h

Basic engineering topic by topic: electrical, motors and starters, protection, cables and earthing, electronics, instrumentation, control and PID, mechanical, sensors
20 more PLC brands, including Allen-Bradley, Mitsubishi, Schneider, Omron, ABB, Beckhoff and India's own Messung
3 HMIs and 3 SCADAs: Weintek, FactoryTalk, GT Designer; InTouch, Ignition, FactoryTalk SE
DCS: Yokogawa, Honeywell, Emerson, ABB, Siemens PCS 7
On site: pneumatics and hydraulics, robotics, electrical design, documentation, drives, networks, machine safety, AI for automation

Every module has illustrated notes, short videos and a 5-question quiz in the portal.

Your four weeks

4 weeks in class, then interviews

Each week has 6 classroom days, the evening self-study set for that week, and a test at the end.

Week 1
Siemens PLC foundations
Classroom
6 days, PG1 to PG6
Self-study
22 h, 17 modules, including 6 brand primers
Ends with
Weekly test 1
Week 2
Siemens advanced PLC and HMI
Classroom
6 days, PG7 to PG12
Self-study
24 h, 20 modules, including 5 brand primers
Ends with
Weekly test 2
Week 3
Siemens SCADA and Delta PLC
Classroom
6 days, PG13 to PG18
Self-study
26 h, 21 modules, including 6 brand primers
Ends with
Weekly test 3
Week 4
Delta HMI, career preparation and final exam
Classroom
6 days, PG19 to PG24
Self-study
24 h, 17 modules, including 5 brand primers
Ends with
The final exam
Week 5 on
Interviews
The placement team shares your CV and arranges interviews, on the conditions below.
Job-assured, conditions apply

Syllabus

The classroom, day by day

All 24 classroom days as the portal schedules them, 4 hours each. Open a day to see what it covers.

Week 1Siemens PLC foundations

PG1Siemens PLC 1: hardware, wiring and your first TIA Portal project
- Automation pyramid
- PLC parts and the scan cycle
- S7-1200, S7-1200 G2, S7-1500, ET 200SP
- DC/DC/DC and the order number
- 24 V DC wiring, sinking vs sourcing
- New TIA Portal V21 project and device configuration
- IP address, subnet and download
PG2Siemens PLC 2: bit logic and the DOL starter
- NO and NC contacts, coils
- Wire NC, program NO
- Seal-in and interlocks
- Set/reset and which wins
- P_TRIG, N_TRIG, R_TRIG
- Tags and tag tables
- Online monitoring
- LAD vs FBD
- DOL starter: MPCB, contactor, OLR 95-96
PG3Siemens PLC 3: timers, counters and the star-delta starter
- TON, TOF, TP, TONR
- Time literals and instance DBs
- CTU, CTD, CTUD
- Star-delta sequence and dead time
- Star/delta interlocking
- OLR at 0.58 x FLC
- Traffic light with one TON
- Car-park counter with CTUD
PG4Siemens PLC 4: data types, addressing and maths
- Bool, Byte, Word, Int, DInt, Real, Time, String
- Memory areas %I %Q %M and DBs
- Optimized vs standard DBs
- Bytes, words, double words and byte order
- MOVE and compare instructions
- ADD, SUB, MUL, DIV, MOD
- CONVERT, ROUND, TRUNC
- Integer overflow and truncation
PG5Siemens PLC 5: program structure with OBs, FCs, FBs and DBs
- OB1 and the cycle time
- OB100 startup
- OB30 cyclic interrupt
- FC vs FB
- Input, Output, InOut, Static, Temp
- Instance DB vs global DB
- Single and multi-instance
- Project and global libraries, types
PG6Siemens PLC 6: analog signals, scaling and PID_Compact
- 4 to 20 mA and 0 to 10 V
- 2-wire and 4-wire transmitters
- Raw 0 to 27,648, over-range and 32,767
- NORM_X and SCALE_X
- High/low alarms with dead band
- PID terms P, I and D
- PID_Compact in OB30
- Pretuning, fine tuning, uploading parameters

Week 2Siemens advanced PLC and HMI

PG7Siemens PLC 7: SCL and sequences as state machines
- SCL syntax: := and =, # and quotes
- IF, ELSIF, ELSE
- CASE with ELSE
- FOR loops over arrays
- Timers in SCL
- State machines numbered in tens
- Fault state and timeouts
- PLCSIM and PLCSIM Advanced
PG8Siemens PLC 8: PROFINET, drives and diagnostics
- IO controller and IO devices
- PROFINET device names
- ET 200SP: IM 155-6 PN, BaseUnits, server module
- SINAMICS G120 with CU240E-2 PN
- Telegram 1: STW1, NSOLL_A, ZSW1, NIST_A
- Diagnostic buffer
- Watch and force tables, cross-reference
- Online/offline compare
- S7-300 end of new orders, October 2025
PG9Siemens HMI 1: panels, HMI connection, tags, buttons, I/O fields and navigation
- Basic, Comfort, Unified Basic and Unified Comfort panels
- WinCC Basic, Comfort, Advanced, Professional and Unified
- HMI connection and IP addressing in one subnet
- HMI tags, internal tags, acquisition cycle
- SetBitWhileKeyPressed, SetBit, InvertBit, ActivateScreen
- I/O fields: mode, format pattern, tag limits
- Text lists and symbolic I/O fields
- Panel bits go to a DB, never to %I or %Q
- Lab: motor control screen
PG10Siemens HMI 2: alarms, alarm classes, trends, recipes and user management
- Discrete alarms: trigger tag and bit number
- Word byte order: MW10 bit 0 is M11.0
- Slice access (.%X) for alarm bits
- Analog alarms on scaled values; hysteresis
- Alarm classes: Errors and Warnings
- Alarm view, alarm indicator, alarm buffer
- Trend view with a limit pen
- Recipes: elements and data records
- Users, groups, authorisations, logoff time
- Lab: alarm and trend page for tank T-101
PG11Siemens HMI 3: templates, faceplates, scripts, WinCC Unified and a full PLC + HMI project
- Templates and a consistent screen frame
- Faceplate types, UDTs, versions and instances
- PLC-HMI interface DB: commands, status, parameters
- Accessible and Writable from HMI/OPC UA
- VBScript and SmartTags on Comfort panels
- WinCC Unified: browser runtime, JavaScript, Tags().Read and Write
- Sequence in a CASE; process simulation in OB30
- Lab: mixing tank on PLCSIM with runtime simulation
PG12Siemens SCADA 1: SCADA vs HMI, the WinCC family, architecture, tags and process screens
- SCADA, HMI and PLC: who controls, who supervises
- WinCC V7/V8, Professional, Unified PC, Advanced
- Server, operator clients, web clients
- Terminal bus and process bus
- Channel, channel unit, connection, tag
- PowerTag licensing and counting tags
- ISA-101 display levels and high-performance screens
- Tag naming: area_equipment_signal
- Lab: plant overview screen

Week 3Siemens SCADA and Delta PLC

PG13Siemens SCADA 2: alarm logging, tag logging, trends and shift reports
- Alarm Logging: came in, went out, acknowledged
- ISA-18.2 rates: floods, chattering, stale alarms
- The hit list and bad actors
- Tag Logging: acquisition versus archiving cycle, averages
- Archive segments, backup and storage sizing
- Trends read from archives
- Report layouts and print jobs
- Shift totals: sum of one-minute averages ÷ 60
- Lab: shift report and trend
PG14Siemens SCADA 3: user rights, OPC UA, redundancy and the three-area plant project
- Users, groups and authorisations
- Automatic logoff and a secured runtime
- OPC UA: endpoint, port 4840, security mode and policy
- Certificates and trust; subscriptions
- OPC UA server on the S7-1500 and S7-1200
- Redundant server pair and archive synchronisation
- MRP ring and S7-1500R/H
- Availability arithmetic and common causes
- Lab: three-area plant SCADA and hand-over
PG15Delta PLC 1: families, ISPSoft, wiring and a star-delta starter
- Delta PLC families: DVP-ES2/ES3/SS2/SE, AS, AH, AX
- ISPSoft vs WPLSoft vs DIADesigner, and DIAStudio
- COMMGR drivers and the simulator
- Sinking and sourcing on a DVP: the S/S terminal
- Relay (R) and NPN transistor (T) outputs
- Devices X, Y (octal), M, S, T, C, D
- LD, LDI, AND, ANI, OR, OUT, SET, RST, LDP
- Download, RUN and online monitoring
- Lab: DOL and star-delta on a Delta PLC
PG16Delta PLC 2: timers, counters, compare, move and special relays
- Timer time base by number: 100 ms, 10 ms, 1 ms
- Accumulative timers, M1028 and M1038
- CNT and DCNT; 16-bit and 32-bit counters
- CMP, ZCP and comparison contacts
- MOV, MOVP, DMOV, BMOV, ZRST
- ADD, SUB, MUL, DIV and 32-bit results
- General and latched D registers
- Special relays and registers: M1000, M1002, M1013, D1000, D1010-D1012
- Lab: traffic light and conveyor sorting
PG17Delta PLC 3: analog, high-speed counting, Modbus and a Delta VFD
- DVP04AD control registers, FROM and TO; AS-series hardware configuration
- 4-20 mA scaling and broken-loop detection
- High-speed counter C251 on X0/X1, x2 and x4 counting
- RS-485 wiring, termination and one master per line
- COM2 setup: D1120, M1120, M1143, D1129
- MODRW function codes 3, 6 and 16
- MS300 parameters 00-20, 00-21, 09-00, 09-01, 09-04
- Control word 2000H, frequency 2001H, status 2100H-2105H
- Lab: speed control of a Delta VFD from the PLC
PG18Delta PLC 4: subroutines, step ladder, troubleshooting and Siemens to Delta
- CALL, SRET, FEND and P pointers
- Timers allowed in subroutines: T184-T199
- Step ladder: STL, SET Sn, RET; SFC in ISPSoft
- Latched step relays and ZRST on M1002
- ERROR LED states and the error registers
- Input and output fault diagnosis
- Mapping %I/%Q/%M/MW/DB to X/Y/M/D
- Lab: filling station mini project

Week 4Delta HMI, career preparation and final exam

PG19Delta HMI 1: DIAScreen, PLC link, screens and alarms
- DOP-100 family: sizes and type letters
- DIAScreen, DIAStudio and the Lua editor
- DOP-B to DOP-100: DOPSoft 4.00 conversion
- Delta DVP driver, port settings and station number
- One master per RS-485 line
- Buttons: momentary, maintained, set, screen change
- Numeric display and entry with limits
- Alarms: latching in the PLC, alarm list and history
- Offline and online simulation, download
- Lab: operator screen for the filling station
PG20Delta HMI 2: trends, recipes, navigation, user levels and the full project
- History sampling, trends and data files
- Recipes: groups, data types, CSV, USB/SD/FTP
- Staging registers and loading in S0 only
- Screen map and navigation
- User authority: levels, accounts, auto log-out, operation log
- Integrated architecture: HMI on COM1, MS300 on COM2
- Register map and bring-up order
- Lab: full Delta project with acceptance test
PG21Resume and LinkedIn: the CV, the profiles and the application workflow
- How a CV is read: six seconds, keywords first
- ATS parsing: single column, no tables or text boxes
- Competency mapping against a real job advert
- PGDIA projects written as CV entries
- Project portfolio and certificate pack
- LinkedIn headline, skills and certificate
- Naukri and Indeed profiles and job alerts
- Recruiter outreach and cold email templates
- Application workflow and My Applications
PG22Technical interview preparation: power, starters, signals, PLC and fault-finding
- Protection: MCB curves, MCCB, HRC fuse, RCCB, Type 2 coordination
- Cables, transformers and CT safety
- DOL and star-delta power and control drawings
- Overload relay at 0.58 × FLC
- Sinking and sourcing; 4 to 20 mA calculations
- PID terms and VFD selection
- PLC vs DCS vs SCADA
- Live PLC debugging and project defence
- Aptitude and company patterns
- Rapid-fire round
PG23HR preparation and mock interviews: introduction, HR round, recorded panels
- Self-introduction: present, past, proof, future
- Body language and spoken English
- STAR answers
- Salary, relocation, shifts and service agreements
- Explaining technical work to non-engineers
- Technical mock panel, recorded
- HR mock, recorded
- Score sheet and placement-readiness sign-off
PG24Final exam and placement handover
- PGT4 theory: 50 questions, 75 minutes, pass mark 75 %
- Siemens practical: wire, program and an HMI screen from a written spec
- Delta practical from a written spec
- 10-minute viva on your own two projects
- Grades: Distinction 85 %+, Merit 75 to 84 %, Pass 70 to 74 %
- How interviews are arranged from Monday
- Trainee duties: attend, apply to 5 a week, keep the CV current, report offers
- Handover sheet

Guided self-study

75 modules, about 95 hours

Done in the EDWartens portal in the evenings, alongside that week's classroom days. Each module ends with a short quiz, and the weekly tests examine it.

Basic engineering, topic by topic

26 modules · 36 h

Electrical, motors and starters, protection, cables and earthing, electronics, instrumentation, control and PID, mechanical and sensors: the subjects interviewers ask about most.

PGE1Units, conversions and the physics of machines75 min
PGE2DC and AC circuits90 min
PGE3Three-phase power and power factor90 min
PGE4Motors: induction, DC, servo and stepper90 min
PGE5Motor starters: DOL, star-delta, reversing and soft starters120 min
PGE6Contactors, relays, interlocks and 24 V DC control power75 min
PGE7Electronics for PLC I/O: diodes, transistors, sinking and sourcing90 min
PGE8Digital logic, number systems and PLC data types90 min
PGE9Industrial sensors75 min
PGE10Automation overview: the pyramid, PLC, DCS, SCADA and HMI90 min
PGE11Electrical safety, LOTO and conduct on site60 min
PGE12Analog signals and scaling: 4 to 20 mA, 0 to 10 V and the S7 raw range60 min
PGE13Instrumentation basics and pressure measurement75 min
PGE14Temperature measurement: RTDs and thermocouples75 min
PGE15Level and flow measurement90 min
PGE16Transmitters, loop power and HART75 min
PGE17Control loops and PID tuning120 min
PGE18Transformers, CTs, PTs and control transformers75 min
PGE19Protection devices and coordination90 min
PGE20Earthing and cable sizing75 min
PGE21Encoders and high-speed counting60 min
PGE22Networking basics for automation75 min
PGE23Test instruments: multimeter, clamp, megger, earth tester and calibrator60 min
PGE24Calibration, control valves, P&ID tags and hazardous areas90 min
PGE25Advanced control strategies: cascade, ratio, feedforward and split range45 min
PGE26Mechanical basics: gears, belts, bearings, ball screws, conveyors and drawings120 min

20 more PLC brands

22 modules · 22 h

One-hour primers, each in the same shape: the families and software, a first project, how it differs from Siemens, a translation exercise and the interview questions. The brands: Allen-Bradley, Mitsubishi, Schneider, Omron, ABB, CODESYS / WAGO, Emerson PACSystems, Keyence, LS Electric, Fatek, Messung, Inovance, Panasonic, Beckhoff, B&R, Honeywell, Phoenix Contact, Fuji Electric, Wecon and Unitronics.

PGP1Siemens beyond TIA: S7-300/400 in STEP 7 Classic, LOGO! 8 and S7-200 SMART60 min
PGP2Allen-Bradley ControlLogix and CompactLogix with Studio 5000 Logix Designer60 min
PGP3Allen-Bradley Micro800 with CCW, and MicroLogix/SLC 500 with RSLogix 50060 min
PGP4Mitsubishi FX, iQ-F and iQ-R with GX Works2 and GX Works360 min
PGP5Schneider Modicon M221 and M340/M580 with Machine Expert Basic and Control Expert60 min
PGP6Omron CP and CJ with CX-Programmer, NX and NJ with Sysmac Studio60 min
PGP7ABB AC500 V3 and AC500-eCo with Automation Builder60 min
PGP8CODESYS and the PLCs built on it: WAGO, Inovance AM600, Delta AX60 min
PGP9Emerson (formerly GE) PACSystems RX3i with PAC Machine Edition60 min
PGP10KEYENCE KV-8000 and KV Nano with KV STUDIO60 min
PGP11LS Electric XGB with XG5000: XGK device addressing and XGI IEC style60 min
PGP12FATEK FBs and B1 with WinProladder: the low-cost compact PLC60 min
PGP13Messung, India's own PLC: XMPRO-10, NX-ERA and NX-ERA Xpress60 min
PGP14Inovance Easy, H3U, H5U and AM600: PLC, servo and drive from one maker60 min
PGP15Panasonic FP0H, FP-XH and FP7 with FPWIN GR7 and FPWIN Pro760 min
PGP16Beckhoff TwinCAT 3: PC-based control, EtherCAT and linked variables60 min
PGP17B&R X20 with Automation Studio: mapp, POWERLINK and imported machines60 min
PGP18Honeywell ControlEdge PLC and HC900: process PLCs for boilers and distilleries60 min
PGP19Phoenix Contact PLCnext: an open Linux PLC with IEC, C++ and C#60 min
PGP20Fuji Electric MICREX-SX SPH with SX-Programmer Expert (D300win)60 min
PGP21WECON LX3V and LX5V: the low-cost FX-compatible PLC60 min
PGP22Unitronics Vision, Samba and UniStream: PLC and HMI in one unit60 min

HMI, SCADA and DCS

8 modules · 8 h

Three more HMIs and three more SCADA systems, then the DCS platforms of India's refineries, power and process plants.

PGH1HMI primer: Weintek EasyBuilder Pro60 min
PGH2HMI primer: Rockwell FactoryTalk View ME and FactoryTalk Optix60 min
PGH3HMI primer: Mitsubishi GT Designer3 (GOT2000) and Pro-face GP-Pro EX60 min
PGS1SCADA primer: AVEVA InTouch HMI (Wonderware) 2023 R260 min
PGS2SCADA primer: Ignition by Inductive Automation60 min
PGS3SCADA primer: FactoryTalk View SE and the wider SCADA landscape60 min
PGC1DCS architecture and DCS versus PLC60 min
PGC2DCS platforms in India, batch control and alarm management75 min

Working on a site

19 modules · 29 h

Protocols, drives, pneumatics and hydraulics, process plant, machine safety, robotics, electrical design, documentation, troubleshooting and AI for automation engineers.

PGX1Industrial protocols: Modbus, PROFIBUS, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT and more90 min
PGX2OPC UA, MQTT, IIoT and OT security basics60 min
PGX3VFDs 1: how a drive works and how to select one90 min
PGX4VFDs 2: commissioning, braking, vector control and safe torque off90 min
PGX5Pneumatics: air supply, valves, cylinders and a PLC-controlled sequence120 min
PGX6Hydraulics: power unit, valves, cylinder force and speed, and safety60 min
PGX7Process plant and utilities: pumps, compressors, boilers, AHUs and water treatment120 min
PGX8Machine safety: risk assessment, PL and SIL, safety relays, E-stops and STO120 min
PGX9Robotics 1: robot types, frames and the teach pendant75 min
PGX10Robotics 2: PLC-robot handshake and cell safety60 min
PGX11Electrical design 1: drawing sets, feeder sizing and the BOM120 min
PGX12Electrical design 2: building the panel120 min
PGX13Industrial documentation 1: from URS to as-built120 min
PGX14Industrial documentation 2: FAT, SAT, loop checks and commissioning90 min
PGX15AI for automation engineers 1: AI assistants for PLC code and documents60 min
PGX16AI for automation engineers 2: plant data, predictive maintenance and vision90 min
PGX17Troubleshooting method: half-split, diagnostics, RCA and maintenance90 min
PGX18Reading datasheets and manuals45 min
PGX19Interview self-test: the most-asked questions, with model answers120 min

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Assessments

Weekly tests and the final exam

Short quizzes keep you on track; the weekly tests and the final exam decide your result.

PGDIA assessments: what, when and the pass mark
Assessment	When	Format	Pass mark
Class quiz	After each classroom day	10 questions, 15 minutes	60%
Module quiz	After each self-study module	5 questions, 10 minutes	60%
Weekly test	End of weeks 1 to 3, supervised at the centre	20 questions, 40 minutes; up to 2 attempts	70%
Final exam	Day 24	A 50-question theory paper in 75 minutes, a Siemens practical, a Delta practical and a viva on your own projects	75%

Certificate

What you receive at the end

The EDWartens PGDIA course certificate, with your grade: Distinction, Merit or Pass. It names the programme and what it covered, and an employer can check it at certificate verification.

What it is not

PGDIA is an EDWartens course and its certificate is an EDWartens credential. It is not a university degree, and it is not a UGC- or AICTE-recognised qualification or a vendor certification.

Career and interviews

Interview preparation in class, interviews from week 5

The last week turns what you built into a CV, then rehearses the interviews. From the week after you finish, the placement team arranges interviews.

PG21
Resume and LinkedIn: the CV, the profiles and the application workflow
PG22
Technical interview preparation: power, starters, signals, PLC and fault-finding
PG23
HR preparation and mock interviews: introduction, HR round, recorded panels

Placement: the conditions

Job-assured, conditions apply

PGDIA is a job-assured programme, conditions apply. From the week after you finish, the placement team shares your CV and arranges interviews. To stay eligible you attend at least 90% of the classroom days, pass the final exam, complete the self-study modules, attend every interview arranged for you, and apply to at least five jobs a week. The full placement terms are given to you in writing before you pay.

Eligibility

Who can join PGDIA

Graduates and diploma holders in electrical, electronics, instrumentation, mechanical or mechatronics engineering, and B.Sc graduates in related subjects, including final-year students. Admission follows a counselling session.

The counselling session is free. Send an enquiry or call +91 96068 68686.

Fee

One published fee

₹26,000 including GST

₹22,034 plus ₹3,966 GST at 18%.

What the fee includes

The 24 classroom days at Electronic City, Bangalore, on PLC training panels at the centre and simulation
The 75 self-study modules in the EDWartens portal, with notes, videos and quizzes
The weekly tests and the final exam
The PGDIA course certificate
Interviews arranged from week 5, on the placement conditions

Ask admissions about anything not listed before you pay. How EDWartens fees work: fees, instalments and refunds.

Compare

PGDIA or the AEP?

Both are taught at the Electronic City centre. The AEP is longer and goes further; PGDIA is the four-week route.

PGDIA compared with the Automation Engineer Program (AEP)
	PGDIA	AEP
Length	4 weeks	3 to 12 months, depending on the phases a candidate completes
Classroom	24 days of 4 hours	67 sessions in 6 assessment-gated phases
PLC brands	Siemens and Delta in class; 20 more in guided self-study	Siemens and Allen-Bradley in depth in class, then the others: 20 PLC brands in all
HMI and SCADA	Siemens HMI and WinCC SCADA, Delta HMI in class; 3 more HMIs and 3 more SCADA systems in self-study	SCADA software including WinCC, FactoryTalk View and Ignition; HMI screens for your own PLC programs
DCS	Self-study: architecture and the platforms used in India	Covered as concepts in class
Project work	A Siemens project and a Delta project in class; no project phase	A placement and project phase as a junior engineer on Wartens projects
Certificate	EDWartens PGDIA course certificate, graded	AEP certificate of completion and a Wartens experience certificate
Fee	₹26,000 including GST	Agreed per candidate after counselling; 3, 6, 9 or 12 instalments
Suits	Graduates who want a short, structured route into Siemens and Delta work and can study in the evenings	Candidates who can give several months and want Allen-Bradley in class and project experience
Placement	Job-assured, conditions apply	Job guarantee (conditions apply). It runs for the six months after you complete the programme. See the placement policy.

The AEP in full: Automation Engineer Program (AEP).

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PGDIA questions

Length, fee, recognition, placement conditions, brands, tests and where the classes are.

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4 weeks. 24 classroom days of 4 hours, Monday to Saturday, at Electronic City, Bangalore: 96 hours in the classroom in all. Alongside them, about 95 hours of guided self-study in the EDWartens portal, 75 modules set week by week for the evenings.

The fee is ₹26,000 including GST: ₹22,034 plus ₹3,966 GST. It covers the 24 classroom days, the self-study modules in the portal, the weekly tests, the final exam and the certificate. How EDWartens fees work: edwartens.co.in/plc-course-fees-bangalore.

No. PGDIA is an EDWartens course and its certificate is an EDWartens credential. It is not a university degree, and it is not a UGC- or AICTE-recognised qualification or a vendor certification.

Siemens and Delta in the classroom. In guided self-study, 20 more: Allen-Bradley, Mitsubishi, Schneider, Omron, ABB, CODESYS / WAGO, Emerson PACSystems, Keyence, LS Electric, Fatek, Messung, Inovance, Panasonic, Beckhoff, B&R, Honeywell, Phoenix Contact, Fuji Electric, Wecon and Unitronics.

The Automation Engineer Program (AEP) is the longer route: 3 to 12 months, 67 classroom sessions with Siemens and Allen-Bradley taught in depth, then a placement and project phase on Wartens projects. PGDIA is the four-week route: Siemens and Delta in the classroom, the other brands and site skills in guided self-study. The comparison is at edwartens.co.in/courses/pgdia#compare.

Each classroom day is hands-on, on PLC training panels at the centre and simulation: you program, wire and test what the day teaches, and build a Siemens project and a Delta project you can describe in interviews.

Yes. A short quiz after every class and every self-study module, a supervised test at the end of each week (20 questions, pass mark 70%), and a final exam on the last day: a 50-question theory paper (pass mark 75%), a Siemens practical, a Delta practical and a viva on your own projects.

EDWartens trains at its classroom centre in Electronic City, Bangalore 560100. Electronic City metro station (Yellow Line, opened August 2025) is about 300 m from the centre in a straight line.

Admissions help is available in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil on +91 70225 25308, and in Malayalam and Hindi on +91 81979 78653.

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PGDIA - Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Automation

PGDIA at a glance

Siemens and Delta in the classroom, the rest in guided self-study

4 weeks in class, then interviews

Siemens PLC foundations

Siemens advanced PLC and HMI

Siemens SCADA and Delta PLC

Delta HMI, career preparation and final exam

Interviews

The classroom, day by day

Week 1Siemens PLC foundations

Week 2Siemens advanced PLC and HMI

Week 3Siemens SCADA and Delta PLC

Week 4Delta HMI, career preparation and final exam

75 modules, about 95 hours

Basic engineering, topic by topic

20 more PLC brands

HMI, SCADA and DCS

Working on a site

Weekly tests and the final exam

What you receive at the end

Interview preparation in class, interviews from week 5

Who can join PGDIA

One published fee

What the fee includes

PGDIA or the AEP?

Where to find us in Electronic City

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