National Institute of Foundry And Forge Technology (NIFFT)

Hatia, Ranchi - 834 003

Prof. Sanjay Kumar

B.Tech. (IIT-K), M.E.(IISc,Bangalore)

Director (NIFFT)

The Agenda

● Introduction to the Institute

● About the Campus

● Vision

● Objectives and Mission of the Institute

● Academic Activities

● Resources

● What makes us candidate for Institute of National Importance?

● Summary

Introduction

● Established in the year 1966 by Govt. of India in collaboration with UNDP-UNESCO along with NITIE, Mumbai.

● Fully funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. ofIndia since its inception.

● The only Institute of this kind in Asia catering towards the needs of morethan 4000 Foundry and 200 Forging Industries India.

● Offers consultancy and testing services to the needy industries.

● Over 300 refresher courses and unit based programmes have beenconducted by the Institute for the benefit of about 3500 industrialpersonnel from India and Abroad.

Introduction (Cont.)

● A large number of workshops have been organized wherein personsfrom countries such as Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan andGreat Britain have participated and benefitted.

● Has been the lead Institute in TEQIP First Phase.

● The Institute offers 2 Advanced Diploma Courses, 2 B. Tech. courses,4 M. Tech. course, PhD and PDF.

● All these courses are self-governing courses. However, the examinationsystem is governed by the rules of Ranchi University, Ranchi.

● The Advanced Diploma is awarded by the Institute and the degrees ofB. Tech., M. Tech. and PhD are awarded by Ranchi University, Ranchi.

The Campus● About 58 Acres of lush green campus, located at about 10 KM from Ranchi,

the summer capital of undivided Bihar & present capital of Jharkhand.

● Nearest railway station: Hatia (About 1.5 KM)

● Nearest airport: Ranchi (About 5 KM)

● Self-sufficient campus with Post office, Bank, Gymkhana and BSNLTelephone Exchange

● Physicians available in the campus for healthcare of student and staff.

● There is a tie-up with ISPAT Hospital, MECON Ltd. Ranchi ,Plant Hospital,HEC Ltd. Ranchi and some of the local hospitals for treatment of Faculty,Staff and Students.

Vision

To posit itself as an institute of national importance by way of emerging as centre of excellence in the area of materials shaping, treating and manufacturing. It thus foresees to find itself as the lead institute for disseminating the state of the art knowledge and expertise in the fields of foundry technology, forging technology, forming technology, materials engineering and all emerging allied fields concomitant with industrial growth of the nation.

Objectives

●To strategically re-position into its generic area of expertise.

●To strengthen and broaden the teaching and training activities,including faculty/student exchange at national and internationallevels.

●To enlarge the domain of activities encompassing emerging fieldsof technology.

●To enhance its research and development activities in frontierareas of manufacturing and materials technology.

Objectives (Cont.)

●To augment industrial services using latest experimentaltechniques and software so as to develop appropriate and self-reliant technologies for industries.

●To establish distance learning to facilitate making up of humanresources at different localities of the country for theiremployment in foundry, forge, metal forming and metallurgical andallied industries.

The Mission

The mission of the Institute is commensurate with the vision to meet thechallenges of rapidly changing economic and technological scenario in thefield in India and abroad vis-à-vis providing/adopting the following .

● Augmenting Intellectual and physical infrastructure.

● Highly flexible and updated academic curricula for undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral programmes.

● Continuing & distance education with latest technological know-how.

● Industrial support services.

The Mission (Cont.)

●R&D packages and indigenization of technology.

●Documentation, information retrieval services and computernetworking.

● Collaboration with national and international industries/universities/institutions.

●Human resource development.

● Internal resource generation towards self sufficiency.

Academic Activities

1. PhD and Post-Doctoral Fellowship

• Broad research areas: Manufacturing Engineering, Foundry Technology,Forge Technology, Metallurgy, Materials Science and Applied Sciences.

Selection Process: Written Test and Interview

2. M. Tech. Courses (2 Years duration) - Intake: 28 each

• Foundry-Forge Technology

• Manufacturing Engineering

• Materials Science and Engineering

• Environmental Engineering

Selection Process: Through CCMT

Courses Offered (Cont.)3. B. Tech. Courses (4 Years duration)

● Manufacturing Engineering (Intake: 72)

● Materials and Metallurgical Engineering (Intake: 67)

● Mechanical Engineering (Planned intake: 60)*

● Computer Science and Engineering (Planned intake: 60)*

Selection Process: JEE (Mains) * Proposed to start shortly

4. Advanced Diploma Courses (18 Months duration)

● Foundry Technology (Intake: 46)

● Forge Technology (Intake: 46)

Selection Process: Written Test/Interview

Resources

• Well qualified and dedicated teaching and supporting staff.

• Well equipped workshop and laboratories.

• Well stocked library with access to online journals through INDESTarrangement.

• State-of-the-art computing facilities with high speed Internet connectivitythrough multiple leased lines.

• Modern classrooms and hostel facilities.

• The Institute is a part of theNational Knowledge Network (NKN).

Resources (Cont.)

The Institute is in the close proximity of some of the eliteinstitutes, such as –

1. Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi.

2. Central University,Ranchi.

3. Indian School of Mines.Dhanbad.

4. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

5. National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur.

6. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, etc.

Resources (Cont.)

The Institute is also in the close proximity of leading industrial names, such as-

1. HEC Limited.

2. Tata Motors.

3. Tata Steel.

4. MECON Limited.

5. Usha Martin Industries.

6. Jindal, etc. and research organizations such as Research Centre for Iron and Steel (Steel Authority of India Limited), National Metallurgical Laboratory, etc.

Placement Scenario

● 100% placement for Advanced Diploma and B. Tech. students in the CoreSector.

● More than 70% placement for M. Tech. students.

● Leading recruiters : BHEL, Tata Motors, Tata Metalliks, Tata Telcon, Larsenand Toubro, Bharat Forge, Cummins India, Hinduja Foundries, Maruti UdyogLimited, Eicher Motors, Essar Steel, JAYPEE Group, Kirloskar, Birla Group,Vedanta Group, JSW, Mahindra and Mahindra, Sriram Pistons.

● Strong Industry Institute Interaction.

● Entrepreneurship Development cell.

● Social Responsibilities.

Students

518

96

15

143

Students

(772)

B.Tech M.Tech Ph.D ADC

136

134105

143

B.Tech

1st Year

2nd Year

3rd Year

4th Year

83

50

15

ADC & PhD

ADC (Foundry) ADC (Forge) PhD

35

34

13

14

M.Tech

ME FFT MS EE

Achievements of Students

● The only Indian Team towin in FSAE 2013, Italy

● Winners in Designsegment in Baja ‘12

● Winners of Chetan-Devraj Memorial CricketChampionship at BITMesra● Runners-up in CricketChampionship at MERI,Kolkata● Run an NGO foreducation of the childrenfrom slums of areas nearcollege

Achievements of Students

● Students from NIFFT have presented and won prizes invarious conferences across the country

● Students have collaborated with CSIR labs - NationalMetallurgical Laboratory (NML), Central MechanicalEngineering Research Institute (CMERI) etc.

● They have completed research projects at institutes likeIIT-Kanpur, IISc Bangalore, IIT-Kharagpur resulting inpublications in International journals

● Patents have been filed by students at NIFFT which is aspecial achievement at undergraduate level

Faculty

Department Professor Asso.

Professor

Asst.

Professor

MME 3 1 2

ME 2 3 3

Foundry 1 2 1

Forge 2 2 -

DASH - 2 3

• Current Faculty Strength : 27

• Additional Faculty to be recruited shortly : 57

Pending Issues

● Commencement of two new undergraduatecourses B. Tech (Mech.) and B.Tech (CSE) atNIFFT

● Institute of National Importance Status forNIFFT

●Tier – IV scale for institute’s faculty

Our Vision for the Future

Course Total Strength Duration Eligible Criteria Admission Procedure

Integrated M. Sc

(Physics)15 5 yrs 10+2 JEE (Main)

Integrated M. Sc

(Chemistry)15 5 yrs 10+2 JEE (Main)

Integrated M. Sc

(Mathematics)15 5 yrs 10+2 JEE (Main)

Integrated M. Sc

(Nano Science)15 5 yrs 10+2 JEE (Main)

M. Tech (Nano

Technology)10 2yrs

Degree Metallurgy/Mechanical/

Production/ Manufacturing/Electrical or

Equivalent./ MSc Physics/MSc

Chemistry

Through GATE

Ph. D(Nano

Technology)5

MTech/ME (Metallurgy/Mechanical/

Production/

Manufacturing/Electrical/Nanotechnolog

y / Material Science/ integrated MSc or

Equivalent.

written test and

Interview Conducted by

Institute

New Courses to be started at NIFFT

Our Vision for the FutureUpgradation of existing courses

CourseTotal Existing

StrengthDuration Eligible Criteria

Admission

Procedure

ADC (Foundry) 46 18 months

Diploma Metallurgy,

Mechanical,

Production,

Automobile, B. Sc

(Physics, Chemistry,

Math)

Through Written test

and Interview

Conducted by

Institute.

ADC (Forge) 46 18 months

Diploma Metallurgy,

Mechanical,

Production,

Automobile, B.

Sc(Physics,

Chemistry, Math)

Proposed : B. Tech Foundry and Forge Technology through Lateral Entry

B. Tech (FFT) 46 3yrs

Diploma Metallurgy,

Mechanical,

Production,

Automobile, B.

Sc(Physics,

Chemistry, Math)

Through Written test

and Interview

Conducted by

Institute.

Our Vision for the FutureUpgradation of Institute

Proposed Name:

1. Indian Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology,

(IIAMT)Ranchi

2. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology,

(IIEST) Ranchi - Similar to BESU Shibpur

3. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,(IISER)

Ranchi.

Upgradation process will be done by signing MOU with premier academic

institutions, research institutions and laboratories

What makes us candidate for Institute of National Importance?

● As mentioned earlier, the Institute is fully funded by the Ministryof Human Resource Development, Govt. of India since itsinception.

●The Institute has been at par with Indian School of Mines,Dhanbad, NITIE, Mumbai and School of Architecture and Planning,New Delhi from inception.

●We were conducting our own Entrance Examination for B. Tech.courses from 1991 till 2001 at 5 centers across India, viz. NewDelhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Ranchi.

● Admission for undergraduate courses is through JEE (Mains)

Why Institute of National Importance?

●The Institute is fully funded by the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of Indiaas in the case of Institute of National Importance.

● For the similar branches (of the Institute) offered at present bysome of the Institute of National Importance, the ranks of GeneralCategory students admitted through AIEEE is much better.

●More than 90% of the Faculty are PhD qualified.

● Existence of National character among faculty (distributionthroughout India).

Why Institute of National Importance?

● Research activities and publications, after scaling are comparable (withInstitute of National Importance)

● 100% placement over the years that too only in the core sector, No softwarecompanies.

● The process of students registration, issue of admit cards and migrationcertificates and the award of degree certificate becomes cumbersome andtime-consuming.

● Though the syllabus is also formulated by the Institute, its implementationrequires the approval of Ranchi University. This makes the response time(to update the syllabus in line with market needs) bigger.

Why Institute of National Importance?

● The PhD students admitted to the Institute also require to be registeredwith Ranchi University. The process of such registration is much morecumbersome and time-consuming than the B. Tech. and M. Tech. courses.

● Starting of new undergraduate and postgraduate courses is anotherdifficult task under the present setup.

● Without administrative autonomy with respect to academics, it is difficultto realize our dream of being the Institution of National Importance.

● It is imperative that the achievement of our vision and mission would beimpossible without delinking from the University affiliation setup.

Why Institute of National Importance?

● Independence from University affiliation only can make it possiblefor us to make appropriate decisions, best suited to academicsfrom time-to-time, and implement them as needed.

● Institute of National Importance would mean greater academicautonomy, better brand value to the Institute, increased visibilityto perspective students and employers of these students andbetter perception about the Institute by Industries.

Summary

● It is believed that repositioning of NIFFT to Institute of NationalImportance/IIT/IIEST status could revitalize the entire Institute unleashing theenergies, which are currently lying dormant and underutilized.

● The other advantages of such upgradation are as follows:

Brand value of the Institute would increase

Help the Institute getting better students and faculty members;

Help in getting better and wider placement of students;

Visibility of the Institute would increase;

Better perceptibility of the Institute by Industries;

Summary (Cont.)

Institute would provide world class education at low cost;

Institute can attract foreign students;

Academic autonomy would enable the Institute to run newundergraduate and postgraduate programmes; and

Programmes for dual degrees and part-time courses would haveattractive demand.

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