For efficiency in engineering
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The curriculum is vast for industrial engg. students
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Industrial engineering is an emerging discipline that deals with the design, development, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of human knowledge, equipment, energy, material and processes needed for an industry. It uses the principles and methods of engineering analysis to make processes more efficient and to make products easier to manufacture. It also aims at eliminating waste of time, money, materials, energy and other resources. Industrial engineers int
egrate people, technology and information to improve efficiency. Industrial engineering is a combination of mechanical engineering and management.
B.Tech.
Industrial Engineering mainly comes under the stream of science and engineering. At the B.Tech. level, the subjects covered include mechanical engineering, project management, human aspects of management, decision modelling and operations research. Industrial management as a specialisation is also available.
The main objective of the course is to train students to equip them for middle-level management professions in the industrial field. An M.Tech.-level programme in industrial engineering is equivalent to an MBA.
IITs
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are the prominent institutes offering the four-year B.Tech. programmes in industrial engineering. IIT Kharagpur ( www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee) offers this course. IIT Delhi ( www.iitd.ac.in) and IIT Roorkee ( www.iitr.ac.in/jee) offer a four-year B.Tech. course in production and industrial engineering.
IIT Kharagpur also conducts a five-year dual degree M.Tech. programme in industrial engineering and manufacturing science and engineering (with M.Tech. industrial engineering and management).
Admission to the above programmes is through the IIT-Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted every year.
Curriculum
The curriculum for the four-year B.Tech. programme of IIT Kharagpur is broadly divided into two sections.
The first section includes mathematics; physics; chemistry; basic electronics; mechanics; electrical technology; engineering drawing and graphics; introduction to manufacturing process; programming and data structure; and English for communication, which help to establish a solid base in the principles of engineering sciences.
The second section specifically deals with the discipline of industrial engineering and the subjects include engineering economy; costing and accounting; information systems; operations research; production planning and control; casting-forming and welding; quality design and control; machine tools and machining; facility layout and design; simulation; management of inventory systems; work system design and so on.
Students will have to undergo product development (with project) classes along with industrial training and viva, before earning a B.Tech. degree.
Manipal Institute of Technology offers a B.E. course in industrial and production engineering. Selection is based on an online entrance test.
For details, visit www.manipal.edu.
Bright students can also take up mechanical engineering for B.Tech. and later turn to MBA or post-graduate programmes in management in leading institutes such as Indian Institutes of Management and XLRI, Jamshedpur.
GOPAKUMAR KARAKAONAM
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