Management & Technology

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The purpose of communication is to get your message across to others clearly and unambiguously. Doing this involves effort from both the sender of the message and the receiver. And it's a process that can be fraught with error, with messages often misinterpreted by the recipient. When this isn't detected, it can cause tremendous confusion, wasted effort, and missed opportunity. In fact, communication is only successful when both the sender and the receiver understand the same information as a result of the communication. In a recent survey of recruiters from companies with more than 50,000 employees, communication skills were cited as the single more important decisive factor in choosing managers. The survey, conducted by the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Business School, points out that communication skills, including written and oral presentations, as well as an ability to work with others, are the main factor contributing to job success. In spite of the increasing importance placed on communication skills, many individuals continue to struggle with this, unable to communicate their thoughts and ideas effectively – whether in verbal or written format. This inability makes it nearly impossible for them to compete effectively in the workplace and stands in the way of career progression. This program is primarily conceived and designed to enhance and sharpen the communication and presentation skills of the participants through effective exposure using case studies method of instruction and interactive & practical sessions on the essential fundamentals of these skills and the associated intricacies, thereby helping them in acquiring the necessary skills to deliver one’s best in the organization. The programme is primarily designed to enhance personal and organizational effectiveness.

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Worldwide, welding is a multi-billion dollar fabrication technology, used extensively in the construction of building, bridges, manufacturing automobile, aircraft, aerospace applications, power & energy sector, shipbuilding and electronic industries. Defects in welds or poor performance of weld can lead to catastrophic failures with costly consequences including losses to property and life. Virtually every manufacturing industry uses the welding process at some stage of manufacturing or in repair or maintenance of process equipment like Industrial Boilers and heavy-duty welding of steels plates for shipbuilding etc. Non-destructive Testing is the most versatile tool to assess the quality of components and to ensure their reliability in service. The increasing applications of Non-Destructive Testing Methods necessitate that the tests and evaluation of components are conducted by competent personnel ensuring uniformity of practice and soundness of technical approach. The competence of personnel involved can only be ensured by exposing them to systematic training in the science and practice of non-destructive evaluation. In view of the multi-disciplined background and varying experience of entrants to the field of NDT, the course has been developed from fundamentals through advanced.

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Centrifugal pumps & Compressors are an essential critical and unavoidable equipment group of any process industry. Whether it is steel plant, petroleum refinery, petrochemical complex, thermal power plant, fertilizer plant, Aluminum Company, irrespective of production business involved in, every organization thrives on operation of high speed rotating equipment.

Compressors and gas boosters are common equipment of any industry. Troubles in these machineries results in colossal loss to production. Disruption in supply of utilities like compressed air or high pressure gases or steam and electricity can bring total plant operations to a grinding halt.

Dependence of process operations on un-interrupted availability of high speed machines for operation underlines criticality of this equipment. 100% equipment availability is an essential prerequisite for meeting production targets. 

Operation and maintenance of Centrifugal Pumps and Compressors is a specialized field. Developments like online monitoring of equipment behavior, improvements in design of equipment, improved remedial methods, standardization etc., need to be understood and implemented for enhanced availability of equipment.

This programme is designed to bring in awareness among engineers and engineering managers of various process industries about the necessity to critically analyze and review the operational aspects of this machinery, thereby help achieving near 100% equipment availability by reducing operational expenditure

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Emotional Intelligence (EI) describes the ability, capacity, skill or, in the case of the trait EI model, a self-perceived ability, to identify, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups. Emotional intelligence (EI) is one of the most important ideas to hit the business world in recent years. It is based on the notion that the ability of engineers or executives to understand their own emotions, and those of the people they work with, is the key to better business performance.

Typically, “emotional intelligence� is defined in terms of emotional empathy, attention to, and discrimination of, one's emotions, accurate recognition of one's own and others' moods, mood management or control over emotions, response with appropriate (adaptive) emotions and behaviors in various.

Interpersonal skills are the skills that a person uses to interact with other people. Interpersonal skills are sometimes also referred to as people skills or communication skills. Interpersonal skills are how people relate to one another. Interpersonal skills involve using skills such as active listening and tone of voice, they include delegation and leadership. It is how well you communicate with someone and how well you behave or carry yourself. Also they help people further their careers.

As an illustration, it is generally understood that communicating respect for other people or professionals within will enable one to reduce conflict and increase participation or assistance in obtaining information or completing tasks.

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In today’s increasingly change-driven world, leaders are called upon to evolve their mind sets and skill-sets to reflect and serve the demands of the new millennium. A novel leadership concept, creative leadership, is surfacing these days and becoming extremely successful to augment the shortages of the conventional leadership continuum. What is creative Leadership how it can be defined and understood, acquired and then how it can be placed in context within the history of the field are certain questions that the one would want to know.  Additionally, skills and behaviours related to leading creatively, which are immediately applicable to leadership practice, must also be outlined and acquired.

Creative thinking and problem solving are indispensible to leaders who want to thrive in times of complexity and change. The decision making is an important component of leadership. Both the concepts – leadership and decision making therefore go hand in hand. How to tackle these issues which keep chasing today’s’ leaders recklessly.

A minimum asset apart from others which a leader should possess is his “followers� or in today’s management terminology is “Team�

Successful organizations owe their success mainly to the good team work.  Individual brilliance is no doubt an asset but if it is complemented with team work, the results would be of a superior order.  Hence, the ability to build strong and winning teams should be nurtured in every organization.  The acronym TEAM means “Together Everyone Achieves Moreâ€�.  It is also rightly said that “None of us is as good as all of usâ€� – indicating that teams are always superior to individuals. Less “Iâ€� and more “WEâ€� in organizations is the key to sustained success and excellence.

Team building is an important factor in any environment, its focus is to specialize in bringing out the best in a team to ensure self-development, positive communication, leadership skills and the ability to work closely together as a team to problem solve.

This programme aims at creating a greater appreciation of these Creative Leadership and Teambuilding traits which every engineer, executive and professional needs to imbibe, sustain and improve upon, so that they can handle technology, people and other resources optimally

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An all-round personality equipped with appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes is a pre-requisite for becoming a successful leader.  A positive and pleasant personality will ensure that he / she is able to motivate, inspire and lead the team / department / organization towards performance excellence.  Hence, the compelling need in all organizations to develop an all-round personality in its employees especially the managerial cadres so that it can contribute to efficient, effective and productive functioning at all levels of management.

For developing one’s personality, an open mind, a positive attitude and a learning temperament are essential.

By developing ones personality, the ability to handle people, situations and tasks is facilitated, which is the major attribute that is sought after by all employees.

OBJECTIVES:

The objectives of the programme are:

• To create awareness regarding importance and impact of Personality Development on organizations
• To trace the various attributes by way of knowledge, skills and attitudinal changes required to develop the personality.
• To prepare an action plan and to highlight measures to inculcate these attributes in the Professionals.

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Electrical energy is the primary energy source used for running equipment and machinery in modern industries.  However, in spite of the availability of highly innovative electrical drives and devices, realizing most of the mechanical movements in machines/equipment like even simple reciprocation (or, oscillation) of components, handling of heavy loads in confined spaces, etc is almost impossible by direct electrical means.  To achieve such actuation of machine components, drives run by pressurized fluids can be most conveniently employed – thus the fluid power drives or transmissions assume priority.

If the fluid is a gas like air, nitrogen, etc., it is called a pneumatic system.  And, if the fluid used is a liquid like water, oil, emulsion, etc., it is called a hydraulic system. The basic difference between the two is that whereas the gases are compressible the liquids are considered incompressible (in most practical applications).  Another contrast is while the gases are easily let out into the atmosphere from the system, the liquids are filtered/cleaned and recycled within the system.  A typical fluid power system begins with a pressurizing unit like an electrical pump, or compressor and essentially comprises of fluid preparation units, control valves, and actuators.

Over the period, the fluid power technology has evolved extensively, and into amazing sophistication and has become an inevitable part of almost any modern industrial machine.  Such applications include heavy excavators, hydraulic cranes, material handling equipment, jacks, brakes, packaging units, hazardous processes, clean processes, pharmacy, food processing, pick-and-place mechanisms, job feeders, stackers, robots, etc.

This programme covers the Hydraulic & Pneumatic systems, right from the theoretical concepts to the modern products available in the market, to their selection, installation, operational & maintenance issues, standards applicable, etc.

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Since, engineering simulation helps companies avoid the cost of product failure; companies are investing in creating virtual simulation platforms. Big brands are driven by great products, and great products result mainly from realistic simulation.

Traditionally, companies would design parts or subsystems in different engineering silos, and then subject their prototypes to physical tests at the later stage of product design. However, this physical testing will not give enough data for companies that produce smart products: cars, cell phones, wind turbines, etc that use thousands of components. Hence, virtual engineering simulation is increasingly preferred. Knowing how to do it is an important engineering software skill.

ANSYS has a whole set of products for you to perform simulation of structural aspects of a single product or complex interactions of subsystems. It will help you understand how products would work not only in ideal environments but also changing user’s environments or during unexpected consumer usage.

ANSYS offers a suite of engineering simulation software for engineers and designers to virtually analyze how their products (and thousands of parts in them) work in real world environment, at an early stage of product design.

ANSYS software is being used across a wide range of industries to analyze various performance parameters such as signal integrity, electromagnetic interference, thermal issues, and mechanical failure.

OBJECTIVES:

• To generate awareness on ANSYS and significance of Design fundamentals
• To develop and sharpen Technical, Design & Simulation Aptitude of the participants
• To enable the participants understand Design & Analysis for Manufacturing
• To discuss the various issues that the participants face every day in Design Analysis and capacitate them with Error Correction and Problem Solving skill

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Understanding and application of Industrial Metrology assumes high importance as the Industry is progressing to high precision accuracy and automation at a very fast pace. Comparison and measurement against the intended dimensions and standards have led to many advances in the Measurement Technologies.

The present program aims at creating the knowledge base and engineering application for practicing personnel and managers in the field of Precision Engineering.

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The biggest world-wide challenge of any manufacturing Industry is of understanding the engineering drawing and applying same in manufacturing & measurement. Hardly people know that same drawing can be interpreted differently for different purposes; used for the purpose of product function or feedback to the manufacturing.  The best example is GD&T POSITION TOLERANCE.  It is used for the product function while manufacturing team need different output if TRUE POSITION is out of tolerance to apply correction on machine.

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Problem Solving, Conflict Resolving and Decision Making are the core competency of any effective executive. Understanding, learning and mastering these PS CM and DM skills, build potential of the executives towards a senior Leadership role. While the Environment, Education & Experience are on one axis of Business Success Matrix, Change Challenge and Communication are on the other Axis. The process of Interaction and integration of these parameters on the matrix, results in Problems Solving (PS), managing Conflicts (CM) and Decision Making (DM). Managing and mastering the art of PS CM and DM is the secret to Success Therefore, learning to manage PM CM and DM is integral to enhancing peak performance. Conflict may be defined as a struggle or contest between people with opposing needs, ideas, beliefs, values, or goals. Conflict is a conflict of values & interests. Conflict in teams and groups is inevitable and a part of growing process. Conflict not handled in time and properly, can escalate and lead to nonproductive results. Conflict handled properly can benefit the organization both in terms of growth and through put. Whereas conflict needs to be resolved, problems have to be solved. Both may look alike but differ in their nature and in details and hence needs different treatment. Symptoms of the problem often mislead us. Problem solving thus entails identifying the root cause and genesis of the problem. In any business or industry, the ability of an employee to solve problems can mean the difference between success and failure. Lacking the ability to solve problems effectively, can be a source of anxiety and stress for any individual. Problem solving is not an exact science, although there are guidelines that a person can follow to become a successful problem-solver. Flexibility and open-mindedness is an essential part of being able to solve problems, whether it is in our personal life or on-the-job. Possessing advantageous problem solving skills requires a person to understand the problem thoroughly, create a plan to solve the problem, seeing the plan through and reviewing the plan to ensure that the problem is solved and is not repeated. When a person has difficulty in imagining a solution to a problem, it is because he is overwhelmed with the details of the problem and lacks the ability to break down the problem or see the big picture. Decision-making is the study of identifying and choosing alternatives based on the values and preferences of the decision maker. Decision-making is one of the central activities of management and is a huge part of any process of implementation.

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Viewed in the context of globalization and the globalized nature of procurement processes, in the present era, the Material and Supply Chain Management (SCM) is truly a crucial function for success of any organization. This function is not only an „in-bound' chain in terms of supply to the manufacturing units, but more importantly fast and timely supply to numerous outlets meant to reach every customer in the world. The 'out-bound' chain is thus the sustaining arm of the business and when these two are integrated the emerging picture indeed is crystal clear in terms of the significance of SCM to success of business. Many companies traditionally focused on increasing efficiency by addressing how they could improve each step in their core processes. Hence, in most organizations, the manufacturing function is now in a more matured state as compared to Materials and Supply Chain Management (SCM) functions, especially in „flow‟ type of processes of high volume. Supply Chain integration spells the difference between the view of logistics as amalgamation of discrete functions of transportation and distribution and the new vision of SCM that links all players and activities involved in converting the raw materials into products and delivering those products to ultimate users at the right time and the right place in the most efficient manner. In dynamic environments, characterized by demand uncertainty, significant seasonality, short product life cycles, intense competition, etc., companies that organize for functional integration outperform others who are not organized for functional excellence. Information and Communication Technology has also emerged as a force multiplier in this field. Solutions like SAP have also brought about a revolution in this field. Hence optimization of Material & SCM function in any organization has assumed greater importance in the present era.