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Laboratory with Major Investment Sr No Name of Laboratory Equipment 1   Automation Lab HMT-T70 Lathe CNC XL Mill CNC  Milling M/C Sunrise USG Table 1050 x 250 mm Centre Lathe – Chetak – M 6½’ Bed 2 Workshop Lathe M/C – HMT – LTM – 20/1500 Capstan Lathe – Auto Turret Feed PRITAM Radial Drill M/C HMT RM-61 Shaping M/C 24″ Stroke Accurate Tool Cutter Grinder HMT – GTC – 28 C – 400 x 250 Series EDM M/C Milling M/C HMT – FN – 24 Universal Wood working M/C 3 Research Lab SPSS BASE PACK , Educational Pack- MDAT Software Tecnomatix-Software   4 Quality & Reliability Engineering Lab (UG+PG) Minitab- Software BlockSim-Software 5 Ergonomics Lab Audiometer MIR Minispir, USB Based Spirometer+ Mouth Pieces Computerized Spiromenter  Advanced Expirograph 6 Instrumentation & Metrology Lab Profile projector Auto collimator     Electromagnetic flow meter Angle Dekkor   Tool maker’s microscope Coordinate Measuring Machine 7 Operations Research Lab Witness-Software 2006 Witness Upgrade 2008 Simula8- Software

Achievements Prof. S. M. Randive received the “Best Academia Award” at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay organized by Computer Society of India Mumbai Chapter, 15 January 2017. Dr. Rashmi Shahu got the Best Paper Award for “Flexibility Cost and its Application for Construction projects” presented at 20th International Conference on Manufacturing ,Optimization ,Industrial and Material Engineering ,Jan 22-23,2018 Amsterdam, Netherlands. Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) conferred Special Award 2017-2018 on dated 29th Sept 2018 to Dr. I. P. Keswani for continuous innovative development of Industrial Engineering in its operations and significant encouragement to the industries in India. Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) conferred Special Award 2017-2018 on dated 29th Sept 2018 to Dr. V. S. Deshpande for continuous innovative development of Industrial Engineering in its operations and significant encouragement to the industries in India. Dr. Rashmi Shahu Has been awarded as ‘OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN ENGINEERING’ (Major Area of Study – Industrial Engineering) by 4th Venus International Women Awards – VIWA 2019. Prof. Sachin Pund received Best Paper Award for presenting his paper ”Evaluation and optimization of route networking using AHP” at International conference on Innovation in engineering sciences, Management and Technology 2019 organized by SBJITMR, Nagpur. Prof. Sahil Tripathi received Achiever Award for IT Innovation in Training and Placement by Global Talent Track in 2020. Funded Research Projects carried out Determination of Tool Condition In Boring Machine using Acoustic Emission Signatures Modernization of Metrology Lab Manpower rationalization at stores & warehouse & Draw Textured Yarn Plant (DTY) carried out at Indorama Synthetics Pvt Ltd, MIDC Butibori Dr. V. S Deshpande was Felicitated and conferred the scroll of Honor at all india seminar on “ Quality Progress 2016” held on 20-21 Feb 2016 at the Institution of Engineers (India) Nagpur Local Centre. Dr. Rashmi Shahu presented a Paper titled “ The NIOSH lifting Equation for manual lifting and its applications; A Literature Review” in All India Seminar on Quality Progress held on 20-21 Feb 2016 at the Institution of Engineers (India) Nagpur Local Centre. Prof. Sachin Pund attended one week STTP on “ Advanced Engineering Optimization through Intelligent Techniques (AEOTIT) held by Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Institute of Technology Surat, Gujrat on 21-25th March 2015. Prof.S. M. Randiwe received a best paper award at the Indian Foundry Congress 2016 held at IIF Coimbatore on 23-31 January. The same paper was published in Indian Foundry Journal in march volume. The title of the paper was “ Experimental Investigation of Computer Aided Titanium casting for customized implant manufacturing. Dr. V. S Deshpande was Felicitated and conferred the scroll of Honor at all india seminar on “ Quality Progress 2016” held on 20-21 Feb 2016Prof. S.M.Randiwe Receiving Best Paper Award.

Events /Activities 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2020 2018-19 Three-day Course on “Maynard operation sequence technique(MOST)” for Industry Personnel Department of Industrial Engineering is organized a three-day course on “Maynard operation sequence technique (MOST)” for Industry Personnel from 27th to 29th December 2018. The programwas organized with a view to train the industry persons in the field of productivity improvement through rigorous analysis of production methods and time losses associated with production processes. The participants from various industries in and around Nagpur attended the program. Dr. V. S. Deshpande, Dr. Priya Khandekar, Prof. Mangesh Joshi and Prof. Himanshu Shukla delivered expert lectures during the respective sessions. The valedictory function concluded with the mentoring remarks of Dr. I. P. Keswani, Head Industrial Engg. Department. He praised the program as an avenue for extending the knowledge support to industries and application of engineering concepts in real life industrial situations. Prof. P. B. Shiwalkar also contributed significantly in the program. Parent Teacher Meet Stakeholder Alumni Interaction (SSP-N Krishnan) Interaction with Industrial Engg Alumni 1991 Batch Mr. N Krishnan   BOS meet :- Welcoming the Subject Expert for Board of Studies Meet Session2017-18 Student Activities Carried Out Akhilesh Sangewar, final year student represented Nagpur university in Western Music at state level at INDRADHANUSH -2018. Yash Jaiswal, Yash Khandwani participated in Nagpur university Basketball Tournament held from 18-20 September 2018. Trupti Parchand secured 2nd position in Nagpur university Badminton Tournament held from 18-20 September 2018.

Research Center Research Area Quality Engineering Industrial Automation and Mechatronics Logistics & Supply Chain Management Operations Planning and Control Reliability & Maintenance Engineering Optimization Work System Design Human Factors Engineering Engineering Design Manufacturing Engineering Research Supervisors Name of Supervisor Designation Research Areas Dr. M. M. Gupta Professor & Head Human Factors Engineering, Supply chain management, Data Visualization tools Dr. V.S. Deshpande Professor (Superannuated) Quality, Maintenance Engineering Dr. D.R Zanwar Associate Professor Operations Research, Optimization Techniques, Modelling and Simulation, Robotics, Sequencing and Scheduling, Computers in Industrial Engineering Dr. A. S. Chatpalliwar Associate Professor Manufacturing Automation, Maintenance Management, Reliability Dr. R. B Shahu Associate Professor Ergonomics, Industrial Psychology   List of Candidates PhD Awarded Total No of PhD Awarded = 14 Sr. No. Name of Candidate Name of Supervisor Topic Date of Registration Status 1 K.N. Agrawal Dr. V.S.Deshpande Decision support system for behavioral prediction of industry performance indicators 15/07/2008 Awarded 2 M.M.Gupta Dr. V.S.Deshpande Probabilistic modeling of production process and predictive simulation 15/07/2008 Awarded 3 P. V. Washimkar Dr. V.S.Deshpande Modelling of Reliability and improvement of availability of dragline system 24/02/2010 Awarded 4 A.S. Chatpalliwar Dr. V.S.Deshpande Formulation of Approximate generalized design data based model of a plant manufacturing Biodiesel 09/07/2009 Awarded 5 G. R. Potey Dr. V.S.Deshpande Design Optimization & development of Carding machine 15/07/2009 Awarded 6 D. R. Zanwar Dr. V.S.Deshpande Prototyping uncertainty of maintenance activity & its simulation 15/07/2009 Awarded 7 A.Agashe Dr. V.S.Deshpande Formulation of a field data based model for functioning of a workstation at floor grinding system emphasizing ergonomic considerations and optimization 15/07/2010 Awarded 8 G. R. Nikhade Dr. V.S. Deshphande Optimal trajectory Tracking of Mobile manipulator for Welding Operation 15/01/2011 Awarded 9 Y.M. Sonkhaskar Dr. V.S. Deshpande Formulation of an approximate generalized experimental data-based model for pelletizing process energized by human powered flywheel motor 15/01/2011 Awarded 10 D. R. Ikhar Dr. V.S. Deshphande Ergonomics evaluation & work station design for hand driven cotton spinning operation 9/4/2014 Awarded 11 P. M. Khandekar Dr. S. Chiddarwar Dr. V.S. Deshphande A Generalized Framework for Generation of Robot Motion Plan using Manual Lead Through Training System 23/5/2012 Awarded 12 Pranjali Dongre Dr. S. Chiddarwar Dr. V.S. Deshphande Tool condition monitoring in boring machine by using Acoustic emission signals. 10/11/2012 Awarded 13 Mr. S. Karanjekar Dr.V.S.Deshpande Delineation of a frame work for quality function deployment for enhancing technical institute service quality in vidarbha region 20/10/15 Awarded 14 Mr. A. Urade Dr.V.S.Deshpande Parametric Analysis and Performance Measures in Electric Discharge Machining 9/1/2015 Awarded List of Candidates PhD Pursuing Total No of PhD Pursuing = 05 Sr. No. Name of Candidate Name of Supervisor Topic Date of Registration Status 01 Mr. M. Joshi Dr. V. S. Deshpande Development of Workstation Improvement Framework though ergonomic evaluation 28/10/2018 Pursuing 02 Mr. Himanshu M. Shukla Dr. M. M. Gupta Ergonomic Evaluation and Modeling of Sawmill Operations 28/10/2018 Pursuing 03 Mr. R. Deshmukh Dr. D. R. Zanwar Influence of Magnetic Field and Parametric Evaluation of Vapor Compression Refrigeration System 22/05/2019 Pursuing 04 Mr. Y. Joshi Dr. D. R. Zanwar Feasibility testing and analysis for 06 Yrs. Improving C.O.P. using nano refrigerant in vapor compression refrigeration system 22/05/2019 Pursuing 05 Mr. O. Bohrey Dr. A. S. Chatpalliwar Design and development of 06 yrs. Maintenance program to improve the aircraft availability 22/05/2019 Pursuing

About PG Program Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering & Management has the distinction of offering first inter disciplinarily post graduate programme in Industrial Engineering in the year 2004. This Post Graduate programme has the available expertise of its core faculty supported by faculty of other departments and expert faculty from other engineering colleges. Faculty specializes in Operations Research, Quality Management, Human factors Engineering, Simulation and Modeling. Most of the faculty members are doctorates and deeply involved in the research work. The programme is functioning with the state-of-the-art laboratories and close association with industries around. All the Post Graduate Projects are based on live problems offered by the industry.   Programme Coordinator : Dr. D.R Zanwar zanwardr@rknec.edu +91-77449616566   Duration of Program 2 Years (Full Time)   Program Objectives Programme will prepare students to work in any engineering organization and undertake research work. Programme will ensure development of problem solving ability through the use of industrial engineering tools and software. Programme will encourage development of independent thinking and also the ability to work in teams through live projects undertaken in industry. Syllabus Program Outcomes An ability to independently carry out research /investigation and development work to solve practical problems. An ability to write and present a substantial technical report/document. Students should be able to demonstrate a degree of mastery over the area as per the specialization of the program. The mastery should be at a level higher than the requirements in the appropriate bachelor program .   Placement M.Tech Industrial engineering since its inception have an excellent like JSW Tarapur, Saint Gobain, CSIR- CCIR Delhi, Ford Motors-USA, POSCO- Ratnagiri, Hindalco, Arvind Mills, Indian Air Force, Kone Elevators, UMAS- Consultancy etc. The intake for PG program is revised to 12 from 18 from 2021.   List of PG Students Placed in Core   Batch 2019-2021 Name of Student Name of Industries Shruti Tandon Solar Industries Pvt. Ltd. Nagpur Vikrant Dongre UMAS Ltd. Pune Mayur Shal UMAS Ltd. Pune Aamir Khan Bakery Business (Entrepreneur) Deepak Pandey KJS Cements Pvt. Ltd. Bijuri (MP) Session 2018-2020 Name of Student Name of Industries Rahul Meshram VRC Plastic Mold Ltd MIDC Hinga Abhishek Kholkute Bharatwire Ropes- MIDC Warangaon –Khadki District Shubham Jagtap JACKSAW-MIDC Hingna Nagpur Vishwas Kamble Hindalco- Bhandara (Already Employed) Session 2017-19 Name of Student Name of Industries Nikhil Bobade Western Coal Limited Anil Gupta Tarapur Steel Pvt. Ltd Karan Taral UMAS Ltd. Pune Ajinkya Tapile UMAS Ltd. Pune Ethashamuddin Quazi UMAS Ltd. Pune Sachhidananda Kolhe UMAS Ltd. Pune Jitendra Patankar UMAS Ltd. Pune Session 2016-18 Name of Student Name of Industries Adil Khan Warasi Capital Via- Global Research Limited Pratik Gotmare Production Modelling Corporation-PMC- Pune Sham Theng Nirmal Industrial Controls- Pune Ajinkya Parkhi Technovision Consultant- Pune Ajinkya Chauhan Aurionpro- Solutions-Pune Aniket Rathod S-R Industries- Akola- Entreprenuer Nitesh Tiwari Krishna Consultants -Nagpur

Program Educational Objectives The students of Industrial Engineering shall be prepared to work in any Engineering Organization, pursue higher studies, or start their own entrepreneurial project. Industrial Engineering Students shall have expertise to create integrated systems of Man-Machine Material for productivity improvement. Students shall have ability to provide financially viable systems. The students shall have general understanding and competency of designing, evaluating and Interfacing systems of Information & Technology, Mechanical & Production Engineering. Exposure to management courses shall inculcate into the students a sense of professionalism. Involvement of graduates with student bodies, shall help them shape their personalities, as it will hone their communication skills, build team spirit and generate social awareness. The students will have desire to pursue higher studies and engage themselves in lifelong learning, in the context of technological changes. Programme Objectives Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with development of expertise to design, improve and install integrated systems of man-machine-material. IE provides information and awareness to reduce wastage of time, money, materials, energy and other resources. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems. The program is aimed at creating knowledge that advances the state-of-the-art technology in production processes using underlying principles of management, modelling/simulation and application of other tools for enhancing system efficiency. Syllabus Program Outcomes Engineering Graduates will be able to: Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems. Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics,natural sciences, and engineering sciences. Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations. Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions. Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations. The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice. Environment and sustainability: : Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development. Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice. Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings. Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions. Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments. Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change. Program Specific Outcomes Program Specific Outcomes for the department of Industrial Engineering Understand the foundations of the linkage between the quality, productivity and cost. Ability to add value to systems, process, products, services and people.

About Department UG Programme PG Programme Research Center Events/Activities Faculty Students Achievements Infrastructure Placements Alumni Consultancy Industry Projects About Department Vision To be a leader in imparting knowledge of creating efficient and effective systems for manufacturing and service organizations. Mission To nourish a learning environment conducive to foster innovations in Industrial Engineering Improvement in Industrial productivity by devising systems and quality standards Sintering the engineering knowledge by research support. Absorption of such knowledge in teaching and learning process and its reapplication to quasi-similar situations Dr.M.M.Gupta (HOD) Salient features of Department The Department was established in 1984 and has been accredited thrice. It offers UG and PG course in Industrial Engineering. It is well known across the area for excellent facilities and research and development potential in the areas of Logistics, Supply Chain, Quality and Reliability. The only department accredited for a period for 6 years in the institute Industry Internships and live projects with leading industries like Mahindra & Mahindra, MSRTC, TCS etc. Training at MOIL, Hindalco & Ordnance Factories SAE-supra, BAJA activities Multiple Industrial Visits throughout the semester IES, Vibrant student body Regular Motivation and coaching for GATE, ILTES, TOEFL in the Department Well equipped laboratories Most sought after branch in the college Department accredited with Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering(IIIE) Nagpur Student Chapter Career Prospects Industrial Engineers are hugely demanded in both India and abroad. The demand for Industrial Engineers is in fact ever increasing. Industrial Engineers are involved in Review production schedules, engineering specifications, process flows, and other information to understand methods that are applied and activities that take place in manufacturing and services, Figure out how to manufacture parts or products, or deliver services, with maximum efficiency, Develop management control systems to make financial planning and cost analysis more efficient, Enact quality control procedures to resolve production problems or minimize costs, Design control systems to coordinate activities and production planning in order to ensure that products meet quality standards, Confer with clients about product specifications, vendors about purchases, management personnel about manufacturing capabilities, and staff about the status of projects. <br<>An Industrial Engineer can get jobs in almost all types of industries (manufacturing/service).An industrial engineer is a systems integrator – a big-picture thinker. It also covers a wide and varied range of industries from FMCG, IT & system, consultancy, banking & financial institutions to telecom. Industrial Engineers can take self Employment as their first choice. Qualities, techniques required for being an employer is nurtured in them since their inception in to the course module. Self employment opportunities are also available as consultants or specialists usually after suitable years of industrial experience. They can join private consultancy firms, R&D establishments of big companies. Industrial engineers have ample opportunities for pursuing their post graduation studies in and outside INDIA. (Technical and Management). Because of the broad-based nature of the course, industrial engineers can work with all types of engineering and manufacturing industries in the private and public sectors.</br<> BEST PRACTICES OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Title of the Practice Development of Innovative modeling Creativity, Innovation and Design Thinking As a part of assignment Learning through model creation in Machine Drawing lab Alumni participation in overall development of students Compulsory Internships, research internship Students research publication through paper publications Objective of the Practice To prepare the students for placement,entrepreneur and higher studies To motivate and keep the updates on latest development To develop learning interest through various participation To develop effective way of presentation besides the outdoor activities To get the stakeholder feedback for the purpose of system improvement The Context Stakeholder feedback- Based on the feedback received from the stakeholders including Students, Parents and Alumni. Suggest the improvements to make teaching-learning process more effective Grievances on exam process: To ask the grievances on exam related works and by solving the students’ grievances, the answer sheet is moderated, if required The Practice Placement, entrepreneur and higher studies preparation: Outcome based education to students. Pre-placement training programs to students. Organizing talk of Alumni (Businessperson) to prepare the students as entrepreneur. External and internal experts talk prepare the students for higher studies Keeping updates: Motivating to access latest online journals, reference materials and creating a platform of research internship, help them to understand the emerging trends in Industrial Engineering as well as in multidisciplinary branches Learning participation: Industrial Engineering students’ Society- Advising to participate in group discussions, technical quizzes, literary, sports and games activities to develop analytical and problem solving abilities in them and thereby, to prepare them for presenting technical papers at conferences, seminars and paper contests organized by this or outside the college Effective presentation besides the outdoor activities: Training to use audio visual aids like power point, charts, models etc for effective presentation. To provide- “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” through Industrial visits, Guest/Expert lectures, social activities, etc. Stakeholder feedback- Grievances on Teaching Learning process: Based on the feedback received from the stakeholders including Students, Parents and Alumni. Suggest the improvements to make teaching-learning process more effective Evidences of Success Students are grasping the knowledge of teaching, training and industrial exposure and placed through campus recruitment before the eighth semester Students are scoring with higher percentile and selected in foreign universities for higher studies due to research based knowledge Students are preparing themselves as a businessman by getting the management based knowledge Final year result consistently displays more than 90 % Problem Encountered and Resources required Awareness of the Industrial Engineering discipline is less as compared to conventional branches of Engineering Many PSU’s & Government sectors have not put Industrial Engineering in the list of eligible UG program for employment in their organization hence to include the name of Industrial Engineering in the list is challenge To work on the limits of floors area which is available to Industrial Engineering to cope up with its progress with future? Required more number of faculty to promote the branch Most of the faculty acquiring PhD and hence more PhD scholars are expected

Best Practices of the Department Involvement of Industry Experts in Curriculum The department strives hard to involve industry experts in augmenting the learning curve of its students. It explores every opportunity to collaborate with experts in various domains of the IT Industry and provides a better understanding of the concepts to the students. Faculty With  Global Certifications AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional Architect Associate Cloud Practitioner Microsoft Certified Trainer Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate Oracle 9i Database Administrator Certified Associate Red Hat Certified System Administrator Sun Certified JAVA Developer Salesforce AI Associates Expert Lectures & Corporate Training Faculty have delivered expert lectures in the Cloud domain at prestigious institutes such as: Caltech University, USA (Post Graduate Program in Cloud Computing) IIT Guwahati Additionally, they have served as Corporate Trainers for multiple MNCs, including: TCS CISCO Vodafone PNB Metlife Stratacent Mercedes-Benz R&D Clients  Strong Alumni Network The department maintains its own alumni network called RACA IT Cell. This cell is governed by 12 alumni members. Alumni actively participate in: Syllabus revisions Course conduction Project mentoring Guest lectures and workshops Feedback received from alumni is instrumental in upgrading the syllabus to meet industry requirements. The department organizes an annual alumni meet and publishes an alumni brochure.