Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad

Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad
VOL-I
ISSUE-I
Jan-March, 2010
Memorandum of Understanding:
Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College has achieved yet another unique
distinction of being the first institution in U.P. to have received approval from
Dept. of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, for establishment of
Centre of Relevance and Excellence (CORE) in the field of Industrial
Automation & Robotics under the mission REACH of TIFAC.
For effective implementation of the project, a ‘Memorandum of
Understanding’ was signed by Dr. R.K. Agarwal, Director, AKGEC and Mr.
B.K. Raichandani, Registrar, TIFAC. The MOU was signed during Inaugural
session of TCM-2009 at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore on 22nd
December 2009 in the presence of Dr.R.Chidambaram, Principal Scientific
advisor to the Govt. of India and Prof. P.V.Inderesan, Former Director, IITChennai.
Certificate Training Program:
Skill development through training on advance technology areas is one of
the important objectives of TIFAC-CORE. Towards this, TIFAC-CORE (A&R)
has already started a 50 Hrs duration short term training program (evening
batch) from 8th March 2010. The program for B.Tech students is in the fast
and emerging field of Automation & Robotics Technology. The following
course contents are planned to be covered during the course:
Flexible Manufacturing System
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PLC Fundamentals & Programming
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Robot Fundamentals & Programming
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SCADA Overview
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Sensors & RFID
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Drives
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TIFAC-CORE Steering Committee:
A TIFAC-CORE Steering Committee has been constituted to monitor the establishment, development and efficient
functioning of TIFAC-CORE.The composition of TCSC is as follows:
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Dr. R.K. Agarwal, Director AKGEC, Chairman
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Prof. M.P. Dave, Coordinator, M.Tech Programs , Member
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Prof. M.K. Muju, Professor, Mech Engg. Deptt., Member
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Mr. Trilok Singh Khatri, Chief Accounts Officer, Member
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Mr. Sanjay Behari Lal, Chief Procurement Officer, Member
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Mr. Ashiv Shah, Head TIFAC-CORE, AKGEC,Member Secretary and Convener
The committee had its first meeting on 22nd Feb 2010.
TIFAC-CORE Lecture Series-2010
Continual Industry Interaction is one of the main driving force behind
the development of TIFAC-CORE at AKGEC. The “TIFAC-CORE
Lecture Series, 2010” under the theme-Automation in Manufacturing,
has been started to keep our students and faculty abreast with the
latest technical trends and Industry expectations. Under this initiative
senior and eminent person from Industry or Academia are invited to
deliver a talk to share their views and knowledge on the given theme.
Mr. Naresh Kantoor, CEO, ENCON systems has delivered first lecture
on 23rd March 2010.
Guest Lecture:
Following Guest Lectures were organized at TIFAC-CORE:
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Mr. Kamlesh Singh, Asst Manager, Volksvagon Ltd. delivered a
lecture on “Industrial Robotics” on 1st March 2010.
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Mr. Sheraz Ahmad, Vortex Automation delivered a talk on
“Programmable logic Controllers” on 25th March 2010.
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Ms. Paramjeet Kaur, Asstt Prof., MAIT, New Delhi, conducted a
Hands on session on “workspace software” on 1st April 2010.
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Mr.Sudhanshu Kantoor, Sr. Manager, Pepperl & Fuchs
Ltd..,Gurgoan delivered a lecture on “Role of Sensors in
Automation” on 9th April 2010.
New Initiatives:
PLC Test Rig – A new PLC Test Rig has been designed & developed
at Industrial Automation Laboratory of TIFAC-CORE. The test rig is
equipped with Allen-Bradley make Micrologix 1400 & Micrologix
1100 PLCs. The test rig is capable of handling analog & digital inputs
to facilitate students to understand PLC Controlled integrated
architecture concepts from small to medium level automation
projects.
Digital Library Project
Digital Library Project –A project to develop and build “Digital library” for TIFAC-CORE has
been initiated by Mr. Vikash Kumar and Mr. Devender Singh, Faculty,TIFAC-CORE,AKGEC.
This will enable faster dissemination of information and publishing it on the Internet or on
CD-ROM. The Digital Library will be developed on open source Greenstone Digital Library
software. Greenstone is produced by the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the
University of Waikato, and developed and distributed in cooperation with UNESCO and the
Human Info NGO.
Resource Development and Activities:
Planned Activities of TIFAC-CORE during First Quarter (Jan-March,2010) of First Year of Operation:
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Activity
Status
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Establish Administrative Setup
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Department Office equipped with two telephone lines and
Fax, computer with internet facility, printer and scanner has
been established for smooth functioning of TIFAC-CORE
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Procurement of new vehicle is under process for TIFAC-CORE
activities
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Faculty Induction
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Three regular faculty from various Engineering departments
have been appointed as Head,TIFAC-CORE and Scientific
Officer (R & T). Eight part time faculty have also been attached
for TIFAC-CORE activities.
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Appoint Support staff
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One Full time Project Engineer and Office Assistant have been
appointed
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Setup TIFAC-CORE Website
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Domain Name has been registered as www.tifac-coreakgec.org. and website development work is under process.
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MOU with TIFAC, DST, Govt. of India •
Signed on 22nd Dec,2009
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MOU with Partner Industries
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Draft is being prepared
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TIFAC CORE Steering Committee
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Constituted. First meeting held on 22nd Feb,2010
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Facility Design & Laboratory
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Layout of five laboratories has be finalized in consultation with
developmentrespective industry partners and development
work is in full swing at existing building.
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Requirement of additional 3000 sqft floor area to setup
robotics laboratory, e-learning room and resource centre with
office is under development at AKGEC campus.
Resource Centre
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The establishment
of fully functional Resource centre to cater
for future demand of research and training needs of TIFACCORE has been undertaken. The resource centre is presently
equipped with nearly 100 titles in the field of Industrial
automation & Robotics and 24 CD ROMs.
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Nearly
15 titles were lent from Central library to create ready
reference for faculty
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procurement of 15 New titles has been initiated by the
faculty and one new magazine named “A&D” has been
subscribed for the year.
Training/ Workshop/Conference Attended
Following Faculty Participated in Conferences, Workshops and Seminars during Jan-March, 2010:
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Mr. Ashiv Shah, Head, TIFAC- CORE, attended one day workshop on “Virtual Lab” on 6th Feb at IIT- Delhi.
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Mr. Mandeep singh, Scientific officer (R&T) and Ms. Vani Bhargava, Astt. Professor, attended one day
workshop on “Industrial A.C Drives”on 26th Feb 2010 at Rockwell Automation (I) Pvt Ltd.
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Mr. Ashiv Shah, Head, TIFAC- CORE, attended two day workshop on “R & D Projects under National
Mission of Education through ICT of MHRD” on 16th & 17th March at IIT- Roorkee.
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Mr. DK. Singh, Scientific Officer (R & T) attended One day workshop on “ Robotics Arc Welding”on 26th
March 2010 at KUKA Robotics India Pvt Ltd. Pimpri Pune.
Contact
TIFAC-Centre of Relevance & Excellence
Industrial Automation & Robotics
Ajay Kumar Garg Engg. College,Ghaziabad
27th Km Stone, NH-24 Delhi- Hapur Bypass Road, Adhyatmik Nagar, Ghaziabad -201009,U.P.
Phone no.: 0120-2762606, 0120-6582886 Fax: 0120-2762607
Email: [email protected] Website: www.tifac-core-akgec.org