Industry- Academia Conclave


Industry- Academia Conclave at IIT Ropar 17th October 2014	About IAC @IIT Ropar: The objective of the Conclave is to bring together experts from the industry and R&D organizations to discuss prime issues concerning industry and academia based on current societal requirement. We seek to explore avenues of possible fusion pertaining to research and consultancy, as well as find plausible solutions to bridge corporate expectation with academic training. The theme of this conclave is ‘innovation through partnership.’ We are requesting many companies both from all over India and local ones. Some of the focuses of this concave are mentioned here: 1.What kind of challenges the companies are facing in their R&D? 2. How academia could help in addressing these? 3.What kind of expertise do industries expect from recent graduates in mechanical? 4.How to develop future entrepreneurs from students? 5.How to create partnership between industry and academia?
About IIT Ropar: The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar is one of the eight new IITs set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India in 2009. In true tradition of IIT system, this institute is committed to provide state-of-the- art technical education in a variety of fields and also for facilitating transmission of knowledge in keeping with the latest developments in pedagogy. About the School of Mechanical, Materials & Energy Engineering (SMMEE): Established with the inception of IIT Ropar in 2008, the Department of Mechanical Engineering was re-organized as the School of Mechanical, Materials and Energy Engineering (SMMEE) in 2010 toencourage interdisciplinary research. The school currently offers UG and Ph. D programs in Mechanical Engineering. The school has a dedicated faculty in all the major areas of Mechanical Engineering such as, design and analysis, fluids and thermal engineering materials and manufacturing. In addition to the conventional core courses, the school offers state-of-the-art courses such as product design and realization, sustainability for engineers, continuum mechanics, medical devices and equipments, biomechanics, control engineering, noise and vibration, finite element analysis, energy science and technology, robotics and mechatronics, micro-manufacturing, and tribology. The laboratories have been set up with modern facilities for strengthening teaching and research.	IAC 2014 Team members Prof. M. K. Surappa (Director) Dr. Harpreet Singh (Coordinator) Dr. Prabir Sarkar (Convener, IAC) Dr. Anshu Dhar Jayal (core committee member) Dr. Anupam Agrawal Dr. Dhiraj K. Mahajan Dr. Ekta Singla Dr. Himanshu Tyagi Dr. Jitendra Prasad Dr. Navin Kumar Dr. Prabhat K. Agnihotri (core committee member) Dr. Rakesh K Maurya Dr. Ramjee Repaka (core committee member) Dr. Ranjan Das Dr. Ravi Mohan Prasad (core committee member) Dr. Satwinder Jit Singh Dr. Srikant Sekhar Padhee (core committee member) Dr. Vishwajeet Mehandia
	IAC 2014 contact : Email: iac2014@iitrpr.ac.in Dr. Harpreet Singh Coordinator, Room 103, SMMEE, IIT Ropar Nangal Road, Rupnagar-140001, India Phone: +91-1881-242226, 242177 (O) +91-98557-09052 (M) OR Dr. Prabir Sarkar (Convener, IAC 2014) Room 307, SMMEE, IIT Ropar Nangal Road, Rupnagar-140001, India Phone: +91-1881-242151 (O) +91-8699398885 (M)