M.Tech: Industrial Automation & Robotics

The National Institute of Engineering, Mysore-08

(Established in 1946)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

About our Institute and the Department

The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore was established in the

year 1946 on the threshold of India’s independence. It is one of the premier

educational institutions in India, offering 8 undergraduate, 11 post graduate and

Doctoral programmes in engineering and technology.

The NIE is an autonomous institute affiliated to Visvesvaraya

Technological University (VTU) Belgaum, Karnataka. It has the distinction of

having among its alumni personalities in high positions, academicians, successful

researchers, industrialists, entrepreneur and leaders of world renown with their

contributions to the development and economic prosperity of our country. The

department has highly qualified faculty, with strong research background.

The Institute emphasizes on bridging gap between academics and industry

through development of centres of excellence in several areas of engineering field

with the support of industry partners and relevant state of the art facilities.

Presently NIE has 14 centers of excellence.

The Mechanical Engineering department was established in the year 1958,

and is designed to provide broad competence in basic Mechanical Engineering

stream and provide deeper knowledge of major selected areas of current interest.

The highly qualified faculties are actively engaged in research and consultancy

works in the areas of Automation, Composite Materials, Fuels and Lubricants and

Energy systems engineering.

The Mechanical Engineering Department started M.Tech program in

“Industrial Automation and Robotics” (IAR) in the year 2011, which is an

interdisciplinary course. This course is designed to inculcate knowledge and skills

to meet the demands of Automation industries.

M.Tech: Industrial Automation & Robotics

SCORBOT-ER 4u at NIE Automation lab.

Introduction of M.Tech-Industrial Automation & Robotics

Programme

Industrial Automation is the process of following sequence of operations with

little or no human labour using specialized equipment and the devices that perform

and control manufacturing processes. It is the science that deals with designing,

creation and maintenance of robots which includes electronics, mechanical and

computer science engineering whose blend is called Automation & Robotics.

Opportunities

Career opportunities can open up in many an area ranging from automated appliances construction,

automobile industry, building materials industry environmental engineering, traffic management &

maintenance, medical engineering field, power and process industries, project engineering houses, system

integration houses, real time software development, communication software development etc. The

following are a few distinct career opportunities which open up on successful completion of this curriculum.

Printing Technology

Paper and Cement industries

Wind and Solar Energy

Process Plants

Food and Packaging

Press Shop and Injection Moulding Machine

Machine Tool Industry

Automobile

Marketing and Sales of Automation Systems and Field Instruments

Consultancy Services for Plant and Process Automation

Design and Engineering of Automation Systems

Automation System maintenance in Industries

Process maintenance

Installation & Commissioning of Automation Systems

Real time software development and maintenance

Plant Administrator / Automation System Administrator

Annual maintenance Contracts and Servicing on Turnkey basis

Course Outline

Degree: M. Tech., in Industrial Automation & Robotics (IAR)

Duration: Two Years (4 Semesters, last semester is for project work)

No. Seats: 18 seats

Eligibility Criteria:

B.E./B.Tech. Or Equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial

Production, Automobile Engineering, Industrial Engineering

Management, Electrical & Electronics, Electronics & Communication,

Computer Science Engineering, Instrumentatation Engineering or

related branches.

Objectives of M.Tech (Industrial Automation & Robotics) Programme

To produce quality engineers with multidisciplinary skills to cater the

needs of automation industry.

To provide the students with opportunities to work with ongoing research

and consultancy projects.

The M.Tech (IAR) program is supported by state of the art, hardware and

software.

Scope and Career Opportunities:

The scope of Industrial Automation is very wide which will lead to higher degrees

of centralization. Now Automation is used in each and every company where machines

are involved and some or other process is involved. It is done through PLC, SCADA,

HMI, DRIVES etc. The following are a few distinct career opportunities which open

up on successful completion of this M.Tech-IAR curriculum.

Printing Technology

Paper and Cement industries

Wind and Solar Energy

Process Plants

Food and Packaging

Press Shop and Injection Moulding Machine

Machine Tool Industry

Automobile

Teaching / Academics

Marketing and Sales of Automation Systems and Field Instruments

Consultancy Services for Plant and Process Automation

Design and Engineering of Automation Systems

Automation System maintenance in Industries

Process maintenance

Installation & Commissioning of Automation Systems

Real time software development and maintenance

Plant Administrator / Automation System Administrator

Annual maintenance Contracts and Servicing on Turnkey basis

Product Engineering; Etc.

NIE Developments towards Automation Industries

The NIE is in the process of establishing “Centre for Automation

Technology” (CAT) with funding to the tune of Rs. 4crore, to support students of

M.Tech-IAR to develop skills in the field of Automation Technology. Also, this

centre has been identified as one of the competency development centre by the

Automation Industry Association (AIA). NIE has already signed MoUs with the

below mentioned companies for starting CAT at NIE.

MOUs Companies:

Bosch Rexroth

• Fanuc India

• Siemens

• Festo Controls

• Felsomat India

• Schunk

• Pepperl and Fuchs

NIE is one the prestigious college selected by AIA to develop competency

development center in the field of Automation. This will enable the M.Tech (IAR)

students of NIE to get exposure by directly linking with industry experts & obtain the

practical guidance in their course and project areas. Automation Industry Association

(AIA) is in the phase of standardizing curriculum at National Level for all automation

related courses in country. The NIE has been selected by the AIA to develop

“Competency Development Centre” (CDC) with the mandate to facilitate Campus

Connect Programs and provide world class education in the field. This initiative has

been taken, keeping in view the need of Indian Manufacturing Segments growth. The

initiative to develop CAT has been started with funding by TEQIP –II, FIST-DST.

The facilities planned under CAT are:

PLC & SCADA Laboratory

Sensorics Laboratory

Robotics Studio

Drives & Controls Laboratory

FMS Laboratory

Software Laboratory

Automation Industry Association

KCTU, Govt. of Karnataka has allocated Rs 50 Lakhs towards Robotic

Research Centre to develop facilitates such as Articulated Robotic plat form, Robotic

studio, and other necessary software’s to build light weight through able robots for

defense / security, e-Vidya for teaching learning and vaidya for old age support and

medical areas.

The Main four pillars of CAT are shown in the figure below

NIE developments towards higher studies with foreign universities:

NIE has signed co-operative agreement with leading foreign universities,

namely, University of McMaster, Canada; OelWerme Institut (OWI), affiliated to

University of Aachen, Germany; and University of Kassel, Germany. These

collaborations provide opportunities for M.Tech students to take up academic

visits and higher studies in these universities. Following below students who have

visited Germany during 2012-14.

NIE VISION N.I.E. will be a globally acknowledged institute providing value based

technological and educational services through best in class people and infrastructure.

NIE MISSION Emphasis on transferring knowledge to aspiring students in the area of

Automation technology

Emphasis on updating knowledge through training to middle Management

personnel

Promoting Competency Development Centre (CDC) in line with guidelines

provided by National level industry associations

To bridge the gap between formal education and the demand of industries for

personnel at supervisory level

Introduce short term & long term job oriented courses

Introduce distance learning courses.

The Specific Objectives of the CDC. 1. Develop courses and standardize curriculum in automation technology in its

capacity as a CDC

2. Improve facilities in the relevant field to improve teaching learning process with

laboratories.

3. To offer affordable technology to small and medium scale industry to increase

productivity

4. To scale up Post graduate education at NIE with increased enrolment in masters and

Ph.D programs.

5. To promote, support and assist education and training to help students in developing

practical skills and to mould them as successful leaders, who can achieve results that

have the potential to transform organizations

6. To support student projects and build competency in core automation areas.

Other Significant Collaborations 1. OelWaermeInstitut(OWI), affiliated to Aachen University, Germany

- In the areas of renewable energy, automation technology and automotive

technology

2. McMaster University, Canada

- In the areas of materials technology, nanotechnology & water resource

management

3. Volvo-Eicher Commercial Vehicles Ltd.

- Automobile technology

Major Facilities for M.Tech (IAR) students at NIE

Flexible Manufacturing System with Robot (Make-Felsomat)

Mechatronics kit (Make- Christiani Sparpline)

Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Machine (Make-Winner AMS)

Sensors kit (Make-Pepperl & Fuchs)

Hydraulics kit(Make-Rexroth Bosch)

Pneumatic kit (Make-Janatics)

Programmable Logical Controller (PLC) kit (Make-Siemens)

Rapid Prototyping Machine (Make-Stratasys)

Internship & Project Companies

Students of M.Tech (IAR) branch have undergone Internship / Project work in

the following companies.

Pepperl+Fuchs,

SCHUNK, FANUC,

Siemens,

FELSOMAT,

Adarsha Control and Automation,

Intent Design,

L&T,

Titan Industries,

i-Logicon Control Automation,

Bangalore Integrated System,

Karnataka Co-operative Milk Producers Federation,

M-Tab Technologies,

ABB,

Rane(Madras),

ACE-Designers,

XNG-Automation,

B.E.M.L,

Bosch and many more.

The National Institute of Engineering, Mysore-08

(Established in 1946)

For Further Details Contact

Dr.Prakash.K.R.

Professor & PG-Coordinator

NIE-Mechanical Engineering

Mysore-570008 Email-prakash_kupparavalli@yahoo.com

Dr.N.V.Raghavendra

Professor &

Head of the Department

Mechanical-Engineering

NIE-Mysore-570008 Email-hodmech@nie.ac.in

Dr.G.L.Shekar

Principal

NIE-Mysore-570008 Email – principal@nie.ac.in