Partnership with Industry                                                                                                                                         

Some Major Activities:-

  -SPONSORED PROJECTS
  -SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME
  -MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING
  -DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSORSHIP SCHEME

I. SPONSORED PROJECTS

Title Funding Agency (amount: Rs. in lacs)

i) Industry Institute Partnership Cell AICTE ( 20.5 )

   Seminars & Workshops:

   No. of Seminars & Workshops : 15
   No. of participants : 910

   Industry Institute Partnership Programme:

   No. of Programme conducted : 06
  No. of participants : 325

   Continuing Education Programme:

   No. of Programme conducted : 02
  No. of Participants : 145

   Skill Development Programme:

   No. of Programme conducted : 02
  No. of participants : 90

   Project Objective:

• To develop well equipped laboratory, both in terms of equipment and manpower, capable of providing full range testing facilities for raw materials and finished rubber products.
• To provide capabilities to analyze and provide guidance to production related problems for process control, energy conservation, product optimization etc.

   Activities Undertaken:

• Technology Industry Meet-2001 : Rubber & Polymer Industry (January, 2001) in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry & Indian Rubber Institute, New Delhi at the Institute.

   Broad Topics Covered:

• Adaptation and absorbing of modern technology, Recent Advances in Manufacturing Technology, Testing and Quality control, Environment Friendly Rubber Technology, Quality Management systems in Rubber Industry, Advances in Rubber Products
• Key expert speakers fromIndian Institute Technology, Khargpur;, HASETRI Jaykaygram, Kankroli (Rajasthan), Rubber Board, Kottayam, Bayer India, New Delhi, Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi, CEAT Tyres, Mumbai, Apollo Tyres, Vadodara, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, Bhimrajka Impex, Mumbai.

ii) Raw Materials and Product MHRD ( 10.0)

   Evaluation for Development and Quality Control in Rubber Technology

   Setting up Rubber Testing Laboratory

• A Rubber testing laboratory inaugurated on May 31st, 2001 out of the project grant.
• A Sub-Chapter of Indian Rubber Institute declared open on this occasion.

   The Major Equipments installed

• Tensile Tester (500 kgf.), Shear Fatigue Tester, De Mattia Flex Tester, Ross Flex Tester, Din Abrasion Tester, IRHD Tester, Tension Set Apparatus, Compression Set Apparatus, Resilence Tester, Ageing Oven, Specific Gravity Apparatus, Lab Hydraulic Press

   Diploma course in Rubber Technology in collaboration with Indian Rubber Institute

• Organized at the Institute during academic year 2001- 2002.
• Attended by about 35 candidates from the various Rubber Industries
• Faculty drawn from Reliance Footwear New Delhi , Modi Rubber Modinagar, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi , Indian Rubber Institute New Delhi , Nav Auxichem Ltd. Jalandhar, Bayer India New Delhi, NIT Jalandhar

iii) QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

   - Sanctioned in the year 2000 with a grant of Rs. 8.00 lacs.

   - Project Objectives

• To Promote concepts of standardization and quality control in Industry.
• To create awareness about ISO Certification, Total Quality management, human Resource Development, Energy Audit, Environmental management, etc. amongst the Small and Medium scale industries.

   - Methodology

• A Questionnaire sent to around 100 small and medium enterprises for survey.
• Data collected and analyzed.
• Conclusions drawns and recommendations made to the concerned Industry.

2002-2003

• “ Future Prospects for IT Professionals”, by Sh. MJS Puri, General Manager, VSNL Jalandhar October 2003.
• “ Personality Development and Corporate Expectations”, by the Expert Team from Hero Mind Mine ( A division of Hero Corporate Services Ltd.), November 2003.
• “ Career in Air Force for Graduate Engineers in Indian Air Force”, by the Expert Team from Indian Air Force, September 2003.
• “CII-NITs Industry Institute Meet”, in collaboration with five NITs (Allahabad, Jaipur, Kurukshetra, Hamirpur and Jalandhar), February 2003.
• Interactive session with Continental Devices Ltd., New Delhi for Industry Institute Partnership Activities at NIT Jalandhar for mutual interaction, November 2003.
• Interactive session with Nestle India Ltd. Moga, December 2002.

2001-2002

• Industry Meet on the occasion of inauguration of Rubber Testing Center at REC Jalandhar, May 2001.
• “ Future Technocrats : Expectations of Multinational Companies in 21st Century”, by Sh. H.V. Krisnamurthy, Senior Adviser( Corporate Affairs) Price Water House Coopers Ltd. New Delhi, September 2001.
• “ Telemedicine”, by Sh. R.S.Khandpur, Director General, CEDTI Mohali, November 2001.
• “ Grooming Students for Future - Role of Faculty” by Sh Rajiv Khurana, Management Consultant, New Delhi, March 2002.
• “Achievement Motivation” and “Leadership” by Sh. R.P.S.Luther Director, ATM Consultants and Former Head, Training and Development, Engineers India Ltd., (EIL), March 2002.
• “Innovation in Maintenance Techniques”, ( Jointly organized by REC Jalandhar and CII) by Sh. J.K.Sharma, Management Consultant, New Delhi, March 2002.

1999-2000 & 2000-2001

• Industrial Meet with Expert from Rieter Machine Works, Switzerland, November 1999.
• “Technology Industry Meet-2001: Rubber Industry” in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) New Delhi and Indian Rubber Institute, New Delhi, January 2001.
• “ Acquiring Managerial Skills in 21st Century” by Sh. A.M. Mehta, General Manager, Training and Development, Engineers India Ltd., (EIL) March 2001.
• Managing Time for Better Results” by Sh. R.P.S. Luther, Director, ATM Consultants and Former Head, Training and Development, Engineers India Ltd., New Delhi, March 2001.
• A Seminar on Educational Utilization of Indian Standards organized in the College in collaboration with Bureau of Indian Standards New Delhi, January 2001.
• “ Moving positively in Life and Employment” by Sh. Rajeev Khurana,, Management Consultant, New Delhi, November 2001.

1998-1999

• “ Special Applications of Commodity Polymers and Their Relevance in Chemical Industries”, by Mr. U.C. Saroop, Deputy General manager, Reliance Industries Ltd. Mumbai, April 1998.
• “ Telecommunication and Insfrastructural Requirement in Civil Aviation”, by Mr. Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Joint Managing Director, Bharti Telecom, April 1998.
• “Future Managers : Expectation in the New Millennium”, by Mr. Sudheer Sharma, General Manager , Voltas Ltd. and Mr. Suresh Menon, Chief Manager, Voltas Ltd., November 1998.
• “ Quality Management in Small and Medium Enterprises”, in collaboration with CII (Northern Region ), Feb. 1999

1997-1998

• A Workshop on “ Recent Trends in Rubber Technology and Products”, March 1997.
• Workshop on “ Entry Point Professionals: Corporate Expectations”, January 1998.
• Workshop cum Seminar on “ Standardization and Quality”, March 1998.

III. MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANING (MOU)

The CTP has been instrumental in signing MOUs with the following organization for the Institute.

• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
• Amdocs Software Development Corporation, Cyprus.
• Jay Shree Textile Rishra (JST) ( West Bengal)

IV. DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSOR SCHEME UNDER INDUSTRY INSTITUTE INTERACTION

• The scheme has been launched jointly by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in the year 2001.
• Sh. R.S.Khandpur , Director General (Retd.) Center for Electronics Design and Technology of India, awarded Distinguished Visiting Professorship at the Institute for three years w.e.f. September 2001.
• Sh. R.S. Khandpur, visiting the Institute periodically to interact with the faculty and the students of the Departments of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering and Centre of Training and Placement for Lectures and interactive sessions with students and faculty of the departments in emerging areas relevant to the requirements of B.Tech. Programme and for identifying some relevant student- projects.