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The Good Practices
Industry Institute Interaction
Industry Institute Interaction Cell
Sardar Patel College of Engineering
May, 2015
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Contents Preface ............................................................................................................................................ 4
MOU’s signed under TEQIP II ................................................................................................... 5
Case studies related to collaboration of industry (MOU signed) with institute ...................... 7
One week training cum workshop on Advanced Pressure Vessel Design and Analysis in collaboration
with L & T Mumbai from 26th to 30
th May 2014 under TEQIP-II ............................................................ 8
2 days Workshop on “Corrosion in RCC and Steel Structures, Fundamentals, Assessment, Protection
and Repair Strategy”on 6th and 7
th March 2014 organized by Structural Engineering Department,
Sardar Patel College of Engineering and Dr. Fix It Institute under industry institute Interaction Cell .... 8
Guest Lecture series by L and T ............................................................................................................. 10
Technical Lecture Series by L and T ...................................................................................................... 10
AKER Solutions...................................................................................................................................... 13
Ongoing Projects with Institute of Chemical Technology ...................................................................... 14
Environmental Policy and Research India .............................................................................................. 16
Case studies related to collaboration of industry (non MOU signed) with institute ............ 17
One day workshop on Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) in collaboration with Design Tech
Systems Ltd and SIEMENS organized on 21st March 2013 ................................................................... 17
One day workshop on Reverse Engineering & Product Development in collaboration with Design
Consultancy Services and Parametric technology Corporation (PTC) organized on 22nd
March 2013 . 18
One week training cum workshop on Product Design Validation using Finite Element Analysis in
collaboration with Shirsh Design Solutions from 24th to 28
th June 2013 under TEQIP-II ..................... 19
Three day AutoStroke 2015 workshop organized in collaboration with Codex design company from
23rd
to 25th January 2015 under TEQIP ................................................................................................... 20
Three days training program on PLC Programming for students in collaboration with Christiani &
Sharpline, Mumabi from 20-09-2013 to 22-09-2013 & 27-09-2013 to 29-09-2013 under TEQIP ........ 21
Two days training program on Advance Course on Excel for Engineers fro students in collaboration
with Shirsh Design Solutions Mumbai from 14-09-2013 to 15-09-2013 under TEQIP ......................... 21
One Month training program for supporting staff on AUTOCAD in collaboration with ECIL, LTD,
Mumbai from 01-10-2013 to 31-10-2013 under TEQIP-II..................................................................... 21
Workshop cum Live Demonstration of New Generation Concrete Flooring and Pavement C onstruction
using Somero Laser Screed &Dramix Steel Fibers organized by Civil Engineering Department, Sardar
Patel College of Engineering under industry institute Interaction Cell .................................................. 22
Other activities ........................................................................................................................................ 24
Industry Institute Interation Meets (Year 2013-14 and Year 2014-15) .................................. 26
Finishing School .......................................................................................................................... 26
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Diagnostic Tests ........................................................................................................................... 27
Campus Recruitment .................................................................................................................. 27
Concluding Remarks .................................................................................................................. 28
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Preface
The journey of cooperation between industry and educational institute has taken different forms
at different times. Historically, it started with simple interaction and gradually evolved to very
close partnership overtime. There has been a wide variety of interactions practiced among
industries and institutes which includes problem solving, curriculum development, study visits,
scholarships, and apprenticeship training and incubation center. However, until the time that the
concept of public private partnership has evolved, industry, has, by far, not been involved in
taking sustainable financial, technical and operational risks in the design, financing and building
and operation of educational projects. Therefore, public private partnership has been regarded as
a natural progression of relationship from interaction elevated to structural partnership where the
private sector assumes substantial operational risks in the design and implementation of
educational projects.
The need for Industry Academic Partnership for sustainable development of technical and
vocational education training. The industry institute interaction Cell for Sardar Patel College of
Engineering came into being in February 2013.A total budget of 40 L has been allotted for
Industry Institute interaction. Total expenditure Rs. 10, 00. 000 (14-15), Rs.13, 62,000 (13-14)
and 4,23, 000 (12-13) a total of around 18 L. A total of Rs. 6, 90,000 (14-15) and Rs. 7,18,000
was spent on short term courses in the year 13-14 and about Rs 3,00,00 (14-15) and Rs. 2,
10,000 on academic networking with various institutes. Around Rs. 60,000 (14-15) and 2, 10,000
(12-14) was spent on placement activities whereas Rs. 1, 70,000 on academic programme with
industry. Rs. 55,000 on UG undertaking training with industries and 76,000 on other
miscellaneous activities in the regime of III Cell. The major activities taken up by the college
were as follows
◦ Industry Institute Meets
◦ Guest lectures from personnel in industry
◦ Finishing school
◦ Industrial site visits and training
◦ Short term program with E Cell IIT
◦ Short term certification programmes with industry for Civil, Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering department
◦ Diagnostic tests for students
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MOU’s signed under TEQIP II
A total of 8 MOU’s were signed by SPCE between the year 2013-2015 which are listed as
follows
Sr.
No.
Institute/Industry
Name
Date of
MOU
signing
Purpose
1 RIT Sakharale 18.7.2013 Joint research projects
Joint consultancy assignments
Faculty and staff development programmes
Credit transfer
Training
Collaborative programmes
2 SVNIT 12.9.2013 Joint research projects
Industrial visit
Joint consultancy assignments and
collaborative program
Faculty and staff development programmes
Expert lectures
Internship
3
L and T
24.10.2013 Faculty and students exchange
Joint Research Projects
Collaborative Research Programme
Attend activities organized by institutions
4 Dr. Fixit Institute of
Structural protection
and rehabilitation
6.11.2013 Workshop on selected topics
Short term refresher/professional
development courses
Product/technology demonstration
Joint technology awareness
Student activity club
5 COE, Pune 10.01.2014 Joint research projects
Joint consultancy assignments
Faculty and staff development programmes
Credit transfer
Centre of excellence
Training
Collaborative programmes
6 GGSIET, Nanded 10.1.2014 Joint research projects
Joint consultancy assignments
Faculty and staff development programmes
Credit transfer
Centre of excellence
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Training
Collaborative programmes
7 Aker Powergas Private
Ltd
27.1.2014 Research projects
Start collaborative research program
Industrial visits at APG
Expert lecture
Identify corporate training areas
Internship training
Software related to Engineering applications
Curriculum development
8 ICT 01.04.2015 Innovation networking
9 Walchand College of
Engineering
11.12.2014 Exchange of students
Revision of curriculum
Establish and develop laboratories and
research centres
Training of faculty/staff
Areas for Rand D projects, design and
consultancy
Supervision of M.Tech and Ph.D
Workshops and Seminar
10 Environmental Policy
Research Institute
27.2.2014 Starting and running courses, organizing
conferences, Seminars
Writing Research Projects
internship for students in the areas related to
environmental engineering
Training sessions and corporate training
programmes in the area of environmental
science and engineering for government/non-
government organizations
11 Board of
Apprenticeship
Training (Western
Region)
9.4.2015 Events for student community
Guest lectures and seminar
Participation in III Meet
Publicize activities of BOAT (WR)
Collaborative research Projects
12 D- Espat Private
Limited, Chennai
10.3.2015 Design of Manufacture and Assembly
13 Wright University 12.3.2015 Joint research projects
Joint consultancy assignments
Centre of excellence
Faculty exchange
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Unique features/key accomplishments of partnerships established:
1. Establishing state of the art facilities on campus to enable the students to undergo industry
relevant specific specialization courses as electives or extra credit courses.
2. Opportunities for staff and students to visit industries
3. Providing opportunities for the students to develop their skills in field related applications
helping them to become entrepreneurs.
4. Opportunity for doing research with creative ideas for industry relevant applications covering
varieties of domains viz., Hydraulics, PLC, CNC, Mechatronics, CAD, Environmental
Engineering, system controls.
5. Designing & organizing customized training programme to fulfill the specific training needs
of industrial personnel.
6. Awards and recognition for students’ work by renowned industries.
Case studies related to collaboration of industry (MOU signed) with
institute
Several activities were taken up by the institute with the industries with whom the MOU were
signed. However all the activities and projects are in nascent stage as the start of activities
occurred in 2013-14. There are several practices identified as best practices such as
Define the project’s strategic context as part of selection criteria
Share the vision with the company about how the vision of collaboration can develop a
win win situation
Investing in long term relationship
Establish a long term communication with the company
Build broad awareness in the industry/institute
Support the work/project even during and after collaboration
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One week training cum workshop on Advanced Pressure Vessel Design and
Analysis in collaboration with L & T Mumbai from 26th
to 30th
May 2014 under
TEQIP-II
This workshop is a part of collaborative activity with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Company under
MOU signed between SPCE and L&T. This is the first type of unique workshop conducted in
association with premier industrial organization like L&T. The workshop has aimed to impart
practical know ledge of Pressure Equipment Design using theoretical procedures along with
PVELITE & other analysis software to participants from engineering colleges & industries.
This workshop has covered theory lectures in the first half & hands on training in the second
half. In this workshop experts in the area of pressure vessel design from L&T have shared their
knowledge along with some case studies
Chief Guest: Mr. Gajanan Sadekar (Vice President L&T)
2 days Workshop on “Corrosion in RCC and Steel Structures, Fundamentals,
Assessment, Protection and Repair Strategy”on 6th
and 7th
March 2014 organized
by Structural Engineering Department, Sardar Patel College of Engineering and Dr.
Fix It Institute under industry institute Interaction Cell
Structural Engineering department of Sardar Patel college of Engineering signed MOU with Dr.
Fix It Institute an initiative of Pidilite Industries in November 2013. On 6th
and 7th
March 2014 ,
2 days workshop was organized in Sardar Patel college of Engineering by structural Engineering
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department and Dr. Fix It Institute on “Corrosion in RCC and Steel Structures,
Fundamentals, Assessment, Protection and Repair Strategy”. The workshop was inaugurated
in presence of Principal Dr. P. H. Sawant, vice principal Dr. M. M. Murudi, Head Training Dr.
Fix It InstituteMr. Trtha Bannerjee.
The workshop was attended by industry personnel , faculty members of other colleges affiliated to
Mumbai University and faculty members of SPCE . 6 Executive engineers from MHADA,
Engineers from ACER , India and private consultants were the participants from Industry. In all 23
participants attended the workshop.
On the first day, Technical session one was started by Mr. Tritha Banerjee on “ Introduction to
embedded metal corrosion” . He discussed fundamentals of corrosion in RCC and steel structures,
its chemistry and action in detail. The following lecture was delivered by Professor Dr.
Bandivadekar T. P., Faculty of SPCE on “Controlling corrosion – Proactive strategies and
methods”. She discussed measures to be taken at the design and construction stages and codal
provisions for the same.
In the afternoon technical session II was conducted by Dr. Urmil Dave, Professor from NIRMA
University, Gujarat. He discussed “Evaluation of corrosion and strategic approach to corrosion
repairs “in detail. Various survey techniques, NDT to evaluate corrosions were explained and
based on the survey report how to design strategy to control corrosion was exhibited.
The second day technical session III the first lecture was delivered by Mt. Tirtha Banerjee on
protection and repair of concrete against corrosion followed by lecture on “protecting corrosion in
Marine and Industrial structures “by Professor Dr. A. S. Khanna , IIT Bombay. He discussed
protection techniques for severe environment along with few case studies .
Dr. Khanna from IIT Mumbai delivering his lecture.
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The IVth technical session started with lecture by Er. Mukul Dehadrai on “ Case studies in
corrosion repairs” . The session was concluded by team from Pidilite Industries demonstrating
various products to arrest corrosion.
Team from Pidilite Industries demonstrating product application.
The workshop was concluded with interesting question and answer session followed by
certificate distribution to the participants. The workshop was very well appreciated by Industry
as well as by faculty since it dealt with theory and practice in detail giving insight to the major
problem of corrosion especially for Mumbai city.
Guest Lecture series by L and T
i. A Guest lecture was organised by electrical engineering department delivered by Ms.
Medha Pandit our alumni working in L and T switchgear division held on April 17, 2015
ii. A complete technical lecture series was undertook by Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering on 16th
and 17th
of April.
Technical Lecture Series by L and T
The key notes of Eminent Chief Guest was a great source of knowledge regarding the goal,
motive, infrastructure, working, products and overall view of L&T. Which was really helpful for
our students to develop their Industrial vision. Our Principal Dr P.H. Sawant had appreciated the
concept of merging the Industrial knowledge in the form of Lecture series in our Institute. Mr
B.A. Damahe had thanked to Our Principal for his kind approval for the event. After the keynote
lectures of all the guests the Technical Lecture Series started and our students had gained
immense on field knowledge of the speakers (as depicted in pictures below) in their fields of
experience.
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When the Technical Lecture Series was over, the students were allotted with an innovative
project based on making of Smart Home/ Home Automation as a competition. They did it nicely
and enjoyed a lot.
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AKER Solutions
i. Training in Etap software operation and implementation in electrical system for BE and
ME students in 2013-14 and 2014-15
ii. A total of 10 interns were taken by Aker Solutions from Civil, Mechanical and Electrical
engineering for summer training
iii. As an activity under MoU between SPCE-AKER solutions electrical dept. organized
expert lecture on 'EARTHING TECHNIQUES' for SE Electrical students. Lecture was
delivered by experts from Aker solutions Mr. Rupesh Malbari , Mr. Wagale and Mr.
Satish Rapol. Lecture was on Wednesday 9th April 2014 from 10.30am to 1.15 pm.
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Ongoing Projects with Institute of Chemical Technology
i. Students are working on SIX ONGOING PROJECTS under innovation networking
under TEQIP with ICT
P01: Micro-channel reactors for highly pressurized and exothermic reactions
Students:
Krunal Chaudhari - T.E. Electrical
Vaibhav Bhosale - T.E. Electrical
This project involves the use of newly developed Micro-channel reactors for chemical reactions
which have lower volume of byproducts produced. The electrical aspects in these reactors
include the automatic variation of heat given to the reactor through an electric coil which is
controlled by a temperature sensor. These electrical alterations are first time introduced in the
chemical reactors.
P02: Bio-sensors for detection of pesticides in water
Students:
Krunal Chaudhari - T.E. Electrical
Rahul Kamath - T.E. Electrical
A superficial engraving on a plastic sheet coated with a conductor and some enzymes serves as
an electrode or probe which can be used to detect the presence pesticides in the water. In the
villages, the water is sometimes polluted by the pesticides sprayed in the farm. This type of a
sensor will be of great use in such places to at least test whether the water is potable or not. Its
applications can be further extended to use in industries also.
P03: Microwave assisted micro-reactor systems
Students:
Krunal Chaudhari - T.E. Electrical
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Rahul Kamath - T.E. Electrical
Vaibhav Bhosale - T.E. Electrical
Pratik Hirani - T.E. Electrical
Prakhar Mehta - T.E. Electrical
Harsh Gosar - T.E. Electrical
This project involves the use of newly developed Micro-channel reactors for chemical reactions
which have lower volume of byproducts produced. The electrical aspects in these reactors
include the automatic variation of heat given to the reactor which is controlled by a temperature
sensor. These electrical alterations are first time introduced in the chemical reactors. The heat is
given by the use of specially designed microwave waveguide which is very much efficient as
compared to electrical heating.
P04: Microwave Reactors
Students:
Rahul Kamath - T.E. Electrical
Prakhar Mehta - T.E. Electrical
Pratik Hirani - T.E. Electrical
Harsh Gosar - T.E. Electrical
This project involves the use of microwaves as a source of heat in a chemical reaction. The
present microwave ovens which are used by modification as rectors have 70% of losses. The
main motive is to improve the efficiency of the reactor. This idea can further be extended to
designing of efficient microwave ovens for kitchen use.
P07: Pyrolysis system for conversion of plastic waste to useful chemicals
Students:
Prasad Hadawale - T.E. Electrical
Nayan Bagale - T.E. Electrical
Jay Kshirsagar - T.E. Electrical
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This project involves the conversion of plastic into useful chemicals. This is a very needed and
useful project as the use of plastic is increasing day by day due to which the amount of plastic
waste is also increasing.
P09: Laboratory scale inexpensive gas chromatograph
A gas chromatograph is a very important device used for the separation of gases. A gas
chromatograph available in the market is very costly. So this project aims at creating an
inexpensive chromatograph so that it can be afforded by many.
Environmental Policy and Research India
A guest lecture by Dr. Hansa Jeswani was taken up for industry and research organisation related
to construction waste and dust management in India and Mumbai on 7.3.2015. A collaborative
project regarding framing rules for dust management for Mumbai Metropolitian Region has been
taken up by SPCE and EPRI.
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Case studies related to collaboration of industry (non MOU signed)
with institute
One day workshop on Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) in collaboration with
Design Tech Systems Ltd and SIEMENS organized on 21st March 2013
This workshop was organized for faculty /students / professionals to get exposed to new software
driven technology Product Life Cycle Management (PLM). This is a new emerging area in the
field of Mechanical Engineering. PLM encompasses the complete product information right from
cradle to Grave. PLM facilitates concurrent engineering and therby automates the new product
development process. This workshop created the footprints of PLM in academics. At the end of
the day students & faculty were sensitized to include this as a elective in academics and at PG
level too. In the afternoon session the participants were trained on the actual software to get
hands on experience. The workshop ended with vote of thanks given by Dr.S.B.Rane.
Chief Guest: Dr.P.H.Sawant (Principal SPCE)
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One day workshop on Reverse Engineering & Product Development in
collaboration with Design Consultancy Services and Parametric technology
Corporation (PTC) organized on 22nd
March 2013
This was a one day workshop on Reverse Engineering and Product Development organized in
collaboration with Design Consultancy Services and Parametric technology Corporation (PTC)
organized on 22nd
March 2013. This workshop gave exposure to the participants in the area of
Reverse Engineering and also the newly emerging data collection methods/devices in the form of
scanners apart from co-ordinate measuring machine. The participants got an opportunity to have
hands on experience on software as well as hardware in the afternoon session. This emerging
area was recognized by Mechanical Engineering Department for the students and faculties. This
workshop also created the footprints of Reverse Engineering and Product development in
academics.
Chief Guest: Dr.G.T.Thampi, Principal Thadomal College of Engg. Bandra
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One week training cum workshop on Product Design Validation using Finite
Element Analysis in collaboration with Shirsh Design Solutions from 24th
to 28th
June 2013 under TEQIP-II
The objective of these training is to provide the attendee with the skills to interpret the
engineering problem, identify the required analysis process clearly to use Finite Element
Analysis tools such as NFX, NASTRAN, ANSYS and ABAQUS to carry detailed analysis and
review the results. This training program will enable engineers to perform linear, nonlinear,
fatigue, buckling, modal, dynamic (Implicit and Explicit) and heat transfer analysis in the most
efficient manner to speed the product development cycle and to obtain the most accurate results
for product design validation. This training cum workshop are presented with the emphasis
towards maximizing the hands on experience with many sample model set up, analysis and
results processing examples, presented live by the faculty. In addition examples were provided to
the students for practice and gain confidence in the methods.
Chief Guest: Mr. Gajanan Sadekar (Vice President L&T)
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Three day AutoStroke 2015 workshop organized in collaboration with Codex design
company from 23rd
to 25th
January 2015 under TEQIP
Department of Mechanical Engineering Conducted AUTO-STROKE, a 3-day workshop on
Automotive Design and Analysis in collaboration with Codex Design under Mechanical
Engineering Students’ Association (MESA) from 23-25 January 2015. The workshop was
coordinated by MESA Incharge Prof. Megha Janbandhu.
The workshop was inaugurated on the 23rd
of January by guest of honour Mr. P.N. Jumle,
Director, Board of Apprenticeship and Training, Western Railways. Also present were Dr. P.H.
Sawant, Principal, Sardar Patel College of Engineering; Dr. M.M. Murudi, Vice-Principal &
HOD, Structural Engineering Department, Sardar Patel College of Engineering; Dr. Rajesh
Buktar, HOD, Mechanical Engineering Department; Dr. Prashant Nagrale, HOD, Civil
Engineering Department, Sardar Patel College of Engineering; Mrs. Vidya Joshi, HOD,
Electrical Engineering Department. The chief guests welcomed the trainers for the workshop,
Mr. Ashish Chandra, Technical Manager, Codex Design and Mr. Ripu Daman Singh Chauhan,
Guest Faculty, Codex Design.
Chief Guest: Mr. P.N. Jumle, Director, Board of Apprenticeship and Training, Western
Railways
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Three days training program on PLC Programming for students in collaboration
with Christiani & Sharpline, Mumabi from 20-09-2013 to 22-09-2013 & 27-09-2013
to 29-09-2013 under TEQIP
As per the training needs identified by the students of Third year mechanical engineering under
TEQIP provisions, Department of Mechanical Engineering organized a 3day training program
under TEQIP on PLC Programming on the above dates in collaboration with Christiani &
Sharpline Mumbai.
This training program was conducted by Christiani Sharpline technical training pvt. Ltd. Which
is a Indo-German Siemens authorized training centre in PLC, Mechatronics & CNC technology.
Many of our MED students have undergone training programs and successfully completed their
final year projects under their mentorship.
Two days training program on Advance Course on Excel for Engineers fro students
in collaboration with Shirsh Design Solutions Mumbai from 14-09-2013 to 15-09-
2013 under TEQIP
This workshop was conducted by Director Shirsh Design solutions. This workshop was useful
for engineering students and faculties. Its aim was show the usefulness of Microsoft® Excel in
solving a wide range of numerical problems. Excel does not compete with the major league
symbolic mathematical environments such as Mathematical, Mathcad, Maple, and the like.
Rather it complements them. Excel is more read-ily available and easier to learn. Department of
Mechanical Engineering has recognized this important topic and wants to empower engineering
students with this unrecognized field of using excel in engineering.
One Month training program for supporting staff on AUTOCAD in collaboration
with ECIL, LTD, Mumbai from 01-10-2013 to 31-10-2013 under TEQIP-II
Department of Mechanical Engineering organized a
one month training program for their supporting
staff to enhance their technical skills and support
the department in day to day activities.
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Workshop cum Live Demonstration of New Generation Concrete Flooring and
Pavement C onstruction using Somero Laser Screed &Dramix Steel Fibers
organized by Civil Engineering Department, Sardar Patel College of Engineering
under industry institute Interaction Cell
A workshop cum live demonstration of new generation concrete flooring and pavement
construction using Somero Laser Screed &Dramix Steel Fibers was organized by Civil
Engineering Department in collaboration with
Somero, Bekaert and Dramix under Industry Institute
Interaction (TEQIP II) on 15th
and 17th
April 2015
from 10.00 am to 03.00 pm for the first time in India .
A formal inauguration was held in seminar hall on 15th
April 2015 in presence of principal Dr. P. H. Sawant,
vice principal Dr. M. M. Murudi, HOD (Civil) Dr. P.P.
Nagrale, Mr. Lance, Vice President Somero, Mr
Christophe COO, RCR group, Mr. Kamtekar, Regional Heal Office, Bekaert.
Students and faculty were first introduced with the concept of fibre reinforced floors in the
workshop on 15th
between 10:00 am to 2:00 pm by Mr. Balakrishnan of Bekaert. He delivered
lectures on advantage of new concept in concrete flooring. He explained in detail the properties
of concrete floors and fibre reinforced concrete floors. He mentioned
the impact of using fibers and new technology of S840 for the
construction of floors. Industrial concrete floors need to be impact
resistant and durable. Other key requirements are: high load bearing
capacity and resistance to crack formation and fatigue. Dramix® steel
fibers meet all these requirements. Steel fiber concrete is thinner, cheaper
and can be cast considerably faster than floors reinforced with traditional
mesh reinforcement. The result is a high-quality and cost-effective
industrial floor. Mixing of Dramix fibres
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Later in the day the preparation of parking area by compaction of sub soil was carried out and
levelling was carried out. On 15th
April a live demonstration of this new technology was
conducted in the parking of
SPCE. A total of 150 m2
of
fibre reinforced concrete floor
was laid and levelled within a
duration of 4 hrs. During the
entire construction students and faculty of Sardar Patel
College of Engineering. The students were curious and
asked several questions related to the new technology.
Initially the dramixfibres were mixed with M30 grade concrete mix. The laying of fibre
reinforced concrete followed by screeding and levelling was carried out. Later finishing was
carried out using Aquarius skimfloater G900 EC which is
the floating and trowelling device.
On 17th
of April various construction industry personnel
were invited and a live demonstration for them was kept
between 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. A total of 200 m2 of floor
was laid on the 17th
2015. The event was organized as an
Industry Institute Interaction event where engineers,
managers and other personnel from industry
interacted with the students and faculty of Sardar
Patel College of Engineering. The director of
colleges, BhartiyaVidya Bhavan’s campus Dr. S.G.
Chitale and chairperson of BOG, Dr. SeshaAiyer
also was present during demonstration of the new
generation concrete flooring and pavement
construction technology and encouraged the college
to take up such activities. The event was a huge
success as around 90 personnel from construction companies took the benefit of the event.
Floating and Trowelling
Faculty and Involved Industry
Personnel
S 840 Laser Screed
Laid FRC
Students and faculty of SPCE
witnessing screeding operation
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Other activities
Apart from above activities. Certain other activities undertook as part of Industry Institute
Interaction are mentioned below:
Industrial VISIT to Reliance Infrastructure Limited receiving stations
A visit was arranged to RELIANCE INFRASTRUCTURE LTD on 3rd of March 2014. This
visit was arranged to give a brief introduction about working of power industry in general and
working of the SCADA system in detail. Nearly about entire class ( 76 students) visited the
AAREY RECEIVING STATION and VERSOVA RECEIVING STATION . Prof. Prajakta Joshi
had accompanied us in the visit.
A presentation on SCADA system was given by Mr. Abhijit Patil, he gave us brief introduction
about the structure of transmission and distribution in reliance energy, the requirement of
SCADA system and its functionality, the new concept of scada DMS (DISTRIBUTION
MANANGEMENT SYSTEM) at 11 kV level and its implementation.
Then the students were sent to VERSOVA RECEIVING STATION for visit to switch yard,
control room of the switchyard. The receiving station was used to step down the voltage from
220kV level to 33 kV level. The officers at the control room explained us about the data
monitoring system, the maintenance work at the station. The various equipments at the
switchyard that were observed are listed below
1) Lightning Arrestor
2) Current transformer & Potential
transformer
3) Isolator and earthing switch
4) Circuit breaker(SF6)
5) Power transformer (100 MVA)
6) Neutral grounding transformer(NGT)
7) Capacitor bank
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Bhivpuri Hydro Power Plant
On 4th
March and 25th
March a trip to Bhivpuri
hydro power plant was arranged for the students
of S.E Electrical, Sardar Patel College of
Engineering. 75 students of the class were
divided into group of 37 and 38 students
respectively accompanied by 2 teachers, Mrs.
Prajakta Joshi & Mrs. Sumbul Abidi and a lab assistant.
Visit to HVDC Receiving station Padghe
A visit was arranged to HVDC Receiving station
Padghe for the final year students on 3rd
September
2013. Mrs.Prajakta Joshi , Mrs. Sumbul had
accompanied the students for the visit. The visit
gave an insight in the power industry as a whole
and HVDC system in particular. Various hi-tech
equipments like thyristor valves, converter
transformers, active filters, d.c. switchyard were
observed and their importance was understood well.
SIEMENS
i. Industrial Visit to Siemens on April 14, 2015
ii. Students attend workshops on PLC, SCADA , Drives etc. in SIEMENS since last three
vacations.
iii. 2 students who are giving exam of Sem. IV Electrical ( now in second year) are
selected as intern in SIEMENS for the Academic year 2015-16
IEEMA
i. One of electrical engineering second year student’s (Shefali ) paper entitled
“Alternative to SF6 “ for SWICON 2015 competition has been accepted
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Indian Railways
i. An industrial visit was organized for final year (electrical) students ,semester VIII to
Virar Railway training center. This was organized to study the traction system and
substation (tss)
Rashtriya Chemical Fertilizers
A one day workshop cum industrial site visit to Effluent Treatment Plant and Sewage treatement
plant is regularly taken up for final year civil engineering students
Industry Institute Interation Meets (Year 2013-14 and Year 2014-15) Industry Institute Interaction Meets were held twice for the Institute and once for each
department in the year 2013-14 and 2014-15. The main aim for these meets were to bring the
personnels and alumni from various industries and seek their inputs related to (i) workshops (ii)
MOUs (iii) Collaborative research (iv) Development of New facility in the campus (v) Syllabus
framing (vi) auditing of question papers (viii) Collaborative subject training (ix) Revenue
generation by collaborative activities. All the industries responded positively and were ready to
collaborate in the best possible manner.
Finishing School T & P Office of SPCE train our students to fit the Corporate World requirements - both in terms
of moral fiber and knowledge. With this goal in mind, the institution has established a Finishing
School as per the norms of TEQIP with an intention to increase institutional focus on providing
academic guidance and support to the SC/ST/OBC and academically weak students.
The key activities under the aegis of this Finishing School are,
1. Helping every student to define his/her career interest through individual expert
counseling.
2. Conducting specialized soft skills and professional skills development training for
students to increase employability.
3. Organizing campus placement drives to offer good career opportunities to every student
of the Institute.
4. Organizing career guidance seminars for higher education aspirant students.
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5. Conduct post-recruitment training programs for students placed through campus
recruitments to make their campus to corporate transition smooth.
Diagnostic Tests
Employability Assessment Test was conducted as part of Finishing School with TEQIP funding.
The skills assessed in this test are:
Aptitude Test Skills [Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Thinking and Reasoning
Skills, Verbal Skills]
Workplace Skills [Problem Solving, Situational Analysis, Lateral Thinking, Time
Management, etc.]
Personality Factors [Introvert / Extrovert, Confident / Insecure, Dependant /
Independent, Disciplines / Undisciplined, etc.]
On the basis of Training Needs Assessed with the help of this Diagnostic Test, specific trainings
are provided to each student under Finishing School.
Campus Recruitment
T & P Office of SPCE nurture Industry Institute Interaction, by organizing and coordinating
industrial visits, internship trainings and projects of industrial relevance for the students. Over
the years, the T & P Office has maintained symbiotic, vibrant and purposeful relationship with
Industries across the country.
Every year SPCE supplies hundreds of professionally qualified Engineering Graduates to these
companies with the intent to infuse talent, vigour and novelty into the Corporate World. Some of
the prominent and regular recruiters at SPCE are Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Housing, Tata
Power, Tata Motors, Tata Consulting Engineers, UHDE India, Aker Solutions, Reliance
Industries Ltd., Toyo Engineering, L & T Engineering, L & T Construction, ACC Cement,
Siemens, Alfa Laval, Mu Sigma, etc.
As a result of highly focused and continuous efforts of T & P Office, we have built up an
impressive placement records. Many students also fetch multiple offers. The salaries offered are
in the range of Rs. 3.5 Lac to Rs. 11.5 Lac per annum.
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Concluding Remarks
Sardar Patel College of Engineering has signed 13 MOU’s in the last two years however
activities for the Industry institute interaction is not limited to those institutes and industries. In
the last two years several workshops, short term programs, lecture series , technical festivals ,
internships, demonstration and research projects were taken up under industry institute cell.
However the long term relationship with various institutes and continual improvement with a
win win situation for industry, institute and society needs to be looked in the coming years.
Further the collaboration needs to enhance the relationship by generating revenue for both the
parent collaborating organisations with a societal benefit projects.