Center for Industry-Academia Collaboration in association with Institution's Innovation Council (#IIC)

OPJU Innovation Center & IRC-IEEE has organized an Online Panel Discussion on "Innovative Ecosystem & Practices" on January 16 at 6:30 PM.
Panel Discussion was the part of Industry-Academia Conclave Series, Theme of the First Series was "Innovative Ecosystem & Practices", as it was the occasion of National Start-up Day.
The esteemed panelists, Mr. Anil Bhasin President Havells India Ltd (Superannuated), Ms. Shalu Manan Global Talent Supply Chain and HR Transformation Leader, Genpact, Mr. Surender S Rajpurohit Former CEO Volvo Group JV South Africa/Founder and CEO of TURMS – Intelligent Apparels and Mr. Gaurav Girija Shukla Founder Syangaa PR shared their valuable thoughts on Innovations, Challenges faced by Start-ups, Design Thinking, Industry oriented Innovative Curriculum, Celebrating Failure and touching the relevant areas of Innovative Ecosystem.
The speakers stressed the fact that innovation must be relevant to the time and it comes from unconstrained thinking and Students must show a good attitude toward problem-solving, social skill development, and internships and must be people managers. The session was attended by 100+ enthusiastic participants.

Video link of the session: https://youtu.be/2IR2dQS2lmU

1. The Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration in association with the Department of Electrical, Mechanical & Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering, IQAC has organized an online one-day workshop on "Design and Development of Industry Aligned Curriculum" on January 12, 2022, from 10.30 AM to 1.00 PM to discuss and implement an industry-linked curriculum for the ongoing B. Tech program in the departments. This workshop aimed to bring Industry-Academia Professionals to a single platform to discuss the needs and latest technologies implemented in the industry and to take suggestions from them to modify the existing curriculum aligned to the industry and make students employable, especially for JSPL group companies.

2. The Department of Mechanical Engineering in association with CIAC, SAE Collegiate Club OPJU, IEEE OPJU student branch, and IIC OPJU organized a session on "Automotive Thermal System- Development and Challenges" on 13th Jan 2022. Mr. Vipin Jacob, Manager, Force Motors India Ltd., Pune discussed in detail the key aspects related to the design and development of thermal systems of automobiles. The session was attended by 100+ participants.

3. The Department of Civil Engineering in association with CIAC organized a session on "Bridge Engineering" on 12th March 2022. Mr. Ashish Sharma, Senior Engineer, Jacobs discussed in detail the key aspects related to the basics of Bridge Engineering, opportunities and skill set required in the field. The session was attended by 150+ participants.

4. A meeting of CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) Bhubaneswar, Jindal Power Limited Tamnar, and OP Jindal University Raigarh was organized through ZOOM on 03.02.2022 at 4.30 – 5:30 PM. The meeting was attended by Shri Chavinath Singh, Executive Director & Plant Head, JPL Tamnar, Mr. R D Katre, Vice President, JPL Tamnar, Dr. P. K. Senapati, Head, D&PE, with his team from CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, Dr. Siddharth S Chakrabarti- Director, Centre for Industry-Academia (CIAC), OPJU, Dr. Ashok K Srivastava, Director- Center for Research Excellence (CRE), OPJU. Dr. P. K. Senapati, Head-D&PE, IMMT Bhubaneswar made a presentation on various research facilities available in the department. He also emphasized the expertise and technical capabilities available with the department to take up possible collaborative projects with JPL. There was a detailed discussion on the opportunities to do collaborative projects within JPL, CSIR-IMMT, and OPJU.

5. Institute Innovation Council, OP Jindal University in association with the "Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration" has organized a webinar on "Angel Investment/VC Funding Opportunity for Early Stage Entrepreneurs". Speaker: K. Prabhakaran Professor-Finance & Entrepreneurship Em-paneled Resource Person- SEBI, NCFE & NCDEX Founder Director - Edify EdTech

6. Institutional Innovation Council, O P Jindal University in association with Centre for Industry-Academia collaboration jointly organized an online panel discussion Session on “Enabling Start-Up Ecosystem” on 28th July 2022 (Thursday). The panel discussion is based on the three themes for each theme there is a 25 minutes of discussion and 5 minutes of general QnA. Total time for the session is 90 minutes. However, the session lasted for around 2hrs. The theme of the discussion is a) What is start-up ecosystem? Importance of Such ecosystem? b) How it can be established/formed/created? Role of stakeholders. c) How a Student/ faculties/ society may get benefitted from the start-up ecosystem? Future prospects of such system in the growth of nation. 10 years ahead benefits of such system to upcoming generation.

7. Institution's Innovation Council - OP Jindal University in association with Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration has organized an Online Session on "Accelerators/Incubation: Opportunities for Students & Faculty - Early Stage Entrepreneurs" on July 26, 2022 from 11:30 AM. The program will help the early stage entrepreneurs to change their business ideas into reality.

8. An innovative idea may enhance the chance to create a successful startup. Institution Innovation Council (IIC OPJU) in association with Centre of Industry-Academia collaboration has organized a webinar. Topic: Innovation/Prototype Validation: Converting Innovation into Startup Date and Time: Jul 27, 2022 15:00 India. The event happens to be part of Entrepreneurship week.

9. The Department of Mechanical Engineering, OP Jindal University is organizing a five-day online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Energy Management in Power Plants" from Sep 5th -9th, 2022 in association with Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA), Institution Innovation Council (IIC), Academic Staff College (ASC) and Jindal Power Limited (JPL). The main aim is to make the participants aware of the state-of-the-art, new research results, case studies, perspectives of future developments, and innovative applications in the field of energy management in power plants. The experts were Mr. C. N. Singh, Executive Director & Head of the Plant, JPL Tamnar, Mr. Arun K. Tripathi, Ex. Director General, National Institute of Solar Energy & Scientist G & Consultant, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India, Mr. Shirish Garud, Senior Fellow and Director, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Lt Col Monish Ahuja (Retd.), Chairman & Managing Director, Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited (PRESPL) and Chairman Confederation of Biomass Energy Industry of India (CBEII), Dr. R D Patidar, Vice Chancellor, OPJU during the inaugural session and thank dignitaries for enlightening the session with their vast knowledge and decades experience. The Panelists emphasize the importance of energy management in power plants. They have also pointed out the need for innovation for the commercialization of new and renewable energy sources for sustainable development.

10.OPJU Innovation Center & IRC-IEEE has organized an Online Panel Discussion on "Innovative Ecosystem & Practices" on January 16 at 6:30 PM.
Panel Discussion was the part of Industry-Academia Conclave Series, Theme of the First Series was "Innovative Ecosystem & Practices", as it was the occasion of National Start-up Day.
The esteemed panelists, Mr. Anil Bhasin President Havells India Ltd (Superannuated), Ms. Shalu Manan Global Talent Supply Chain and HR Transformation Leader, Genpact, Mr. Surender S Rajpurohit Former CEO Volvo Group JV South Africa/Founder and CEO of TURMS – Intelligent Apparels and Mr. Gaurav Girija Shukla Founder Syangaa PR shared their valuable thoughts on Innovations, Challenges faced by Start-ups, Design Thinking, Industry oriented Innovative Curriculum, Celebrating Failure and touching the relevant areas of Innovative Ecosystem.
The speakers stressed the fact that innovation must be relevant to the time and it comes from unconstrained thinking and Students must show a good attitude toward problem-solving, social skill development, and internships and must be people managers. The session was attended by 100+ enthusiastic participants.

11. OP Jindal University has received the prestigious "AICTE-CII Award 2021 for Best Industry Connect". The results of the 10th edition of the AICTE-CII Survey of Top Industry-Linked Technical Institutes 2021 were announced at the AICTE headquarters, in New Delhi on 01st September 2022. A total of 1800 institutions from 28 states of the country participated in this survey and OP Jindal University stood first in the Engineering category and bagged the two prestigious awards - Best Industry-Linked Emerging Engineering Institute (Degree) Best Industry-Linked Mechanical & Allied Engineering Institute (Degree) The AICTE-CII survey assesses the current status of the partnership between technical institutions and industry on six basic parameters, such as curriculum, faculty, governance, infrastructure, placements, research and projects, and skill development.

12. Dr S S Chakrabarti, Director-CIAC and Dr S Nayak, Director-CDC has been invited as a special guest by L&T EduTech in ‘Industry-Academia Collaboration Meet 2022: Milestones and Way Forward” on 23 August 2022 from 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM at Hotel Radisson Blu, Wardha Road, Nagpur. The summit aims to bring together senior academic leaders from universities, engineering colleges and industry experts on one platform to discuss, deliberate and foster ideas and strategies to develop an industry-relevant ecosystem at campuses. Further, there was a campus visit of L&T Edutech on 13th Sept, 2019 for an prospective MoU between OPJU and L&T Edu Tech to train the students in different value added courses

13.Dr S S Chakrabarti along with the CIAC team presented the activities conducted by them at OPJU Faculty & Staff retreat organized on September 9th and 10th Sep, 2022, on the theme "Focus on Accreditation & Ranking to Endorse Academic Excellence". The program was held in the Multipurpose Hall.

14.Department of Mechanical Engineering in Association with the Center of Industry-Academia Collaboration, OP Jindal University, Raigarh is organizing an online session on 06th November 2022 at 11:00 AM on the topic Autonomous Driving - Trends, Transformation, and Opportunities to familiarize the Students/ Research Scholars/ Faculty Members with the recent advancements in different fields of Autonomous Driving.

15.School of Management in association with Institution Innovation Council (IIC) and Centre for Industry-Academia collaboration (CIAC) OP Jindal University organized a workshop on “Sales skills in today’s dynamic world” by Mr. Satya sheel Tyagi (Business Lead- Toshiba). The event will be in online mode on 12/11/2022 from 12 Noon to 1 PM.

16.“Story of Successful Entrepreneur/Start-Up Founder.” School of Management and Institutional innovation council (IIC) OP Jindal University in association with centre for industry-academia collaboration have organized a motivational session on the title “Story of Successful Entrepreneur/Start-Up Founder.” The Session was conducted in online mode on 27/11/2022 from 03:00 PM – 4:00 PM by an esteemed speaker Ms. Mona Bajaj who has practical exposure in this as the founder of her venture “Braaga.” She is also having corporate working experience as client servicing manager, Muse advertising, Mumbai. The objective of this session was to impart the participants with the intricacies of an entrepreneurial journey. Further, it aimed towards developing strategical mindset of the students’ along with handling real business problems tactically. Thus, School of Management, OP Jindal University, Raigarh, conducted a motivational session on the title “Story of Successful Entrepreneur/Start-Up Founder” focusing on fostering start-up intent in the students. The session was moderated by Mr. Navin Kumar, Asst. Professor, SoM, OPJU. Total 93 participants have attended the session.

A session on "Different ways of Sharpening the skills”

It has been a pleasure for the School of Engineering, OPJU to host Mr. Anil Bhasin, Fmr. President, Havells India Ltd. for the Corporate-Academia interaction session on 17th August, 2021. The event was done in coordination with Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration and the resource person Mr. Anil Bhasin has over 38 years of extensive experience in Business Development, Sales & Marketing and Project Management. He has worked in companies like Singer, Bajaj Electricals Ltd. etc. prior to Havells India Ltd. It has been an inspiring session and he spoke on different qualities and preparations that contribute to making one realise one’s dreams. He also discussed different ways of sharpening the skills.

A session on "Industrialization and innovation in IT consulting”

OPJU was delighted to host Mr Goutam Dasgupta, Director (SAP), Capgemini, India as a speaker for a session on “Industrialization and innovation in IT consulting” in association with Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration (CIAC), IEEE student chapter and Institutional Innovation Council (IIC) on 14th April,2021 and attended by 100+ innovators and inquisitive learners. The talk gave an insight to the need for innovation and further also explained how ‘Industrialisation in IT Consulting’ enabled companies to address the needs of clients in a more efficient and cost-effective way.

Signing of MoU between OP Jindal University, OPJU and The Indian Institute of Welding (IIW)

The Center of Excellence (COE) in Welding Technology under the Centre for Steel Technology and Product Development (CSTPD), OP Jindal University, Raigarh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Indian Institute of Welding (IIW) Kolkata on 5th Feb, 2020. The MoU was signed by Mr Anurag Vijyawargiya, Registrar, OPJU and Mr Parimal Biswas, President, IIW in presence of Dr Siddharth S Chakrabarti, Director- CIAC, Dr Ashok K Srivastava, Director-IC & CRE, Mr Rituraj Bose, Honorary Secretary General, IIW, Mr P S Bokare, Dean, SoE and Dr Satish Kanhed. Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department. The partnership has been made for promoting and strengthening academic excellence in various areas of welding science education and certified training by mutual exchange of information and technological development, putting joint efforts in conducting technical sessions, workshops, industry-oriented training programs, seminars and conferences, training and certification schemes, welding research & development activities and disseminating technical information.

Panel discussion on "Challenges & Opportunities for startups & innovators in the renewable energy sector" at OPJU Campus- 5th March 2021

OP Jindal University in association with Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration (CIAC) and Institutional Innovation Council (IIC) has organised a webinar for innovators and inquisitive learners on “Challenges & Opportunities for startups & innovators in the renewable energy sector” on 5th March, 2021. A wonderful panel discussion attended by eminent industrial experts in the field: Mr Prafulla Pathak, President, Solar Energy Society of India, Mr Subrahmanyam Pulipaka, CEO, National Solar Energy Federation of India and Dr Rashi Gupta, Managing Director, Vision Mechatronics Pvt Limited shared their vast knowledge and experience. The important takeaway from the panel discussion- The cost of power has reduced drastically and mix energy solutions can be best options, need to adopt new technologies and retrofitting of older systems. There is a need of change in attitude and not to compromise with the quality of the system. The panel stressed on innovative OEM solutions which is expected from young engineers and more entrepreneurs are required to overcome the challenges in storage issues. The need of AI technology in predictive monitoring of batteries and solar power plants is the need of the hour. Solar energy being the best option as renewable energy and India is doing good towards technology advancement in silicon cells of solar panels. Thanks to all the Panelists for sparing their valuable time for the session and making it quite useful for the participants. The webinar has created a platform to encourage learners for the upcoming OPJU National Innovation Fest'21 – (http://www.nif.opju.ac.in/) to be organised by OPJU innovation center.

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OP Jindal University, PINNACLE 2020: First Virtual HR Summit and Fourth Industry-Academia Conclave ended with a positive note

With the huge success of its consecutive three Industry-Academia Conclave, OP Jindal University has successfully organized its First Virtual HR Summit (Pinnacle-2020) and 4th Industry-Academia Conclave (IAC 2020) from Dec 5 to 10, 2020 on “Challenges, Opportunities and Market Scenario” through online mode in association with Jindal Steel & Power Limited. The summit witnessed the presence of top echelons from various Industries as well as the conclave was attended by various academicians, scholars, Engineering & Management students, across the country. 60 Key speakers from different Industries delivered six expert sessions and participated in 8 panel discussions.

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Technical Session by Mr. Anurag Tiwari - Director & Vice President, Vedanta Group, BALCO

Mr. Anurag Tiwari - Director & Vice President, Vedanta Group, BALCO Shared his thoughts in a webinar “Industry 4.0 in Metals and Mining Industry” conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering in association with #Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration at OP Jindal University, Raigarh on 10th October, 2020. He stressed on the importance of implementing Industry 4.0 and discussed the opportunities in processing, mining and suggested an exclusive pathway for successful implementation of it in metals and mining industry.

Technical Session by Dr Arun K Tripathi Director General, National Institute of Solar Energy

Dr Arun K Tripathi Director General, National Institute of Solar Energy (An Autonomous Institute of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India), Gurugram, Haryana has delivered an excellent session on 26th September on Solar Mission in India and the opportunities in the field of Renewable Energy.

OPJU Alumni Talk - Batch 2013

Mr Ashish Khairkar, Module Lead- Persistent Systems Private Limited, Nagpur, OPJU Alumni -Batch 2013 on 19th September delivered a session. He mentioned the different career paths for Mechanical Engineers in the field of Artificial intelligence and how they can be easily picked by software and Automation industries. More to come from them to guide our budding Engineers.

Technical Session by Shri T M Naidu, Former Project Director- Aeronautical Development Agency, DRDO

An excellent session by Shri T M Naidu, Former Project Director- Aeronautical Development Agency, DRDO on 10th September. His team was responsible for design, development, testing and airworthiness clearance of the entire structure of Tejas aircraft. It was a wonderful technical session attended by 120+ participants and organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering at OP Jindal University, Raigarh.

Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration (CIAC) organised an interesting session on "Future workforce"

Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration (CIAC) organised an interesting session on "Future workforce" by Mr. Sanjay Chandel, Senior Vice President & Head HR- Sterling India on 29th August. The takeaway from the session is the need for continuous learning, growth through new experiences, and gaining the ideas for the foundation of a new workforce. Over 350+ participants registered for the webinar and attended by 157 participants from industries, student fraternity, faculty members, and other interested ones.

Industry and Academic leaders to discuss emerging Trends and Advancements in Mechatronics, Automation, and Robotics.

August 3-7 2020 witnessed a vibrant and dynamic exchange of knowledge and experience during the Five-Day Online Faculty Development programme on “Mechatronics, Automation and Robotics” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, OP Jindal University, Raigarh in association with All India Council for Robotics and Automation (AICRA) and IEEE Bombay Section. The event was attended by many speakers from Industries and Academics. The program commenced with the inauguration session in the august presence of Chief Guest, Mr. V.R Sharma, Managing Director, JSPL along with guest of honors Dr. Ashish Dutta, Professor and Coordinator, Centre for Mechatronics, IIT Kanpur, Dr. Pradeep Chatterjee, Head-Digital Transformation and Experience Management Global Delivery Centre, TATA motors, Pune and Mr. S.T Sampathkumaran, Vice President and Head, Aerospace and Defense, Adani Group and Founding CEO – Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited, Bengaluru, Mr. Bhanudas Chaudhari, Vice President, ABB Limited, Pune, Dr. R.D Patidar Vice Chancellor OP Jindal University, Raigarh and Dr Siddharth S Chakrabarti, Director-CIAC OP Jindal University. During the inaugural session, the guests shared their experience and detailed the importance of automation in industries. Mr. Bhanudas Chaudhari, Vice President, ABB India, Dr. Shrikrishna N. Joshi, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Dr. Souvick Chatterjee, Education Customer Success, Math Works Pvt. Ltd, Dr. M. Felix Orlando, Assistant Professor, Department of electrical engineering, IIT Roorkee,Dr Santhakumar Mohan, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Palakkad, Mr. Ravindra Barlingay, VP,(R&D)-Electronics, Advanced Engineering and e-mobility, Endurance Technologies, Bengaluru discussed on the need of the hour for the faculty fraternity to perform the research in interdisciplinary areas of Mechatronics, Automation, and Robotics so that new technological advancements can take place and skilled manpower can be generated which can help the Indian manufacturing sector in creating a global impact and realizing the dream of “Aatam Nirbhar Bharat”.

Webinar on "5G Technologies and its Impact"

OP Jindal University, India, in association with IEEE Bombay Section, has conducted "OPJU IEEE Tech Web Series" to connect industry professionals, academia and students together to get an insight of the future technological trends. The webinar is powered by Center for Industry Academia Collaboration @OPJU and the speakers for the webinar were Dr. Ashutosh Dutta, Scientist and Professor Johns Hopkins University, United States and Mr. Mrityunjay Singh Sr. Vice President Infosys Pune India. The speakers enlightened the participants on the upcoming 5G technology, its security features and its impact on the society and environment as a whole.

Webinar on “ElectricVehicles and the Way Forward"

A webinar on "Electric Vehicles and the Way Forward"conducted by OP Jindal University, Raigarh in association with IEEE-Mumbai Section and IEEE@OPJU witnessed more than 150 participants. The esteemed Panelist for the webinar were Mr Atul Arya, Head Energy System Division, Panasonic India, Gurgoan and Mr Bhavesh Kumar, Director- SIMULIA, Dassault Systems, Chennai on 20th June 2020. They gave a great insight to most of the aspects of Electric Vehicle including battery system, safety issues and their solutions, policies, framework, simulation and the way it reduces testing and prototyping, AI and ML in the EV segment. The session was powered by #Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration(CIAC) and benefited students, researchers, industry persons, faculty members and other EV enthusiasts.

“Vision 2030, Challenges and Opportunities in Realizing Transition to Full EVs”

A Webinar on “Vision 2030, Challenges and Opportunities in Realizing Transition to Full EVs” conducted by Dr. Arun Kumar Sampath, Mahindra Electric Mobility Limited, Chief Engineer & Head, Innovation & Global EV Tech Center, Bengaluru on 19th June, 2020. He gave a clear picture of strength, opportunities, and challenges to adopting the EV technology and further push to make India Atamnirbhar Bharat (Self- Reliant India). The session was powered by #Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration(CIAC) and Atal Community Innovation Centre (ACIC) at #OP Jindal University, Raigarh, and benefitted 100+ participants from India and abroad.
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Webinars on the Impact of Post COVID-19 on industries

Centre for Industry Academia Collaboration OPJU in collaboration with Mechanical Engineering Department organized two webinars on "Covid-19 Could be an Accelerant to the Adoption of Digitization in Manufacturing" and " Impact of Post Covid-19 on Industry 4.0" on 12th and 16th May.Thepanelist for first webinar were Mr Aditya Srivastava, Head of Manufacturing operations,Sr VP, Eicher Volvo Commercial Vehicles Ltd, Indore, Mr Sunil Sagane, Thyssenkrupp Industries India Pvt Limited,Mumbai, Mr Nishant Jairath, Director, Metalman Auto Private Limited, New Delhi, Mr Akilur Rehman, CTO, ABB Power Grid India, Bengaluru, Mr Yuvraj Sarda, Head Strategy, Sun Mobility,Bengaluru, Mr Thirumalai Ilango, Former Sr Director AT & T Bells Lab,USA whereas the second one was attended by Mr Sabyasach Biswas, Executive Director, IBM. Around 250 participants attended the webinar.

Jindal Stainless Steel offered sponsorship to ESVC vehicle of students

The student's team of OP Jindal University has participated in Asia’s biggest electric solar vehicle championship (http://www.worldsolarproject.com/) consecutively for the second time and it is going to be held in 2020 at Chandigarh University, Punjab. The team had achieved “Spirit of ESVC” award from the event last year and also, JSPL’s “Innovative Engineers” award for this championship. With the Persistent effort of our team, they assimilated skills to build an Electric Solar Car and have goals to achieve greater. This year the body of the vehicle has been prepared by Stainless Steel donated by Jindal Stainless Steel and the students also got an opportunity to witness stainless Steel Products in theie Demo Van which visited OPJU Campus.

CIAC Team visiting Centre of Advanced Welding at CVRCE, Bhubhaneshwar established by Fronius India Private Limited

Dr Ashok Srivastava and Dr S S Chakrabarti visited a Centre for Advanced Welding developed by Fronius India Private Limited at CVRCE, Bhubaneshwar on 22nd Feb 2020.

CIAC Team at 5th International Congress (IC2020) Weld 2020

Dr S S Chakrabarti visited Mumbai (6th to 8th Feb, 2020) attending 5th International Congress (IC 2020), Weld 2020 and exhibition. The event was attended by around 500+ delegates and having maximum from industries with around 40+ industries showcase their products in the Weld 2020 exhibition.

Guest Talk on Indi’s Tallest Bridge by Mr Saibaba Ankala, Chief Engineer, Indian Railways

CIAC Team invited at two days conference and Exposition on Energy Efficiency organized by CII Raipur

Dr S S Chakrabarti and Dr Ashok Srivastava has attended two days conference and Exposition on Energy Efficiency organized by CII Raipur on 18th and 19th December 2019.

3rd Industry-Academia Conclave (IAC 2019) and the "4th Edition of International Conference on “Advances in Steel, Power and Construction Technology" (ICASPCT-2019)" during November 21-22, 2019

OPJU has organized its 3rd Industry-Academia Conclave (IAC-2019) on “Realigning Education towards Industry Needs” at the University Campus during November 21-22, 2019 in association with Jindal Steel and Power Limited, Raigarh, India along with “4th Edition of International Conference on “Advances in Steel, Power and Construction Technology" (ICASPCT-2019)”. The Conference will be held in association with ASM International USA, Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) USA, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) USA, Anhui University of Technology (AHUT) China, Sinosteel China and Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), India at OP Jindal University, Raigarh, India
The IAC aims to bridge the gap between the industry and the academic community, provide a common platform for the exchange of ideas and bring a system to develop collaboration between the two. This two-day conclave will help the participants to discuss and understand today’s industry needs and seek inputs from the industry for shaping the curriculum. This initiative will also provide opportunities to increase engagement through internships, projects and industry visits in the long term.

Retrofitting of Solar Steam Cooker (Scheffler Dish) at Jindal Power Limited, Tamnar

Dr Sidharth S Chakrabarti, Prof Akash Pandey and Dr Satish Kanhed has shared their expertise in retrofitting of solar steam cooker (Scheffler Dish) which is to generate steam for cooking purpose, however it is not operational since 2011, and they have requested us to restore it to its normal working condition. System consists of 6 parabolic dishes each of 16 m2 and 6 receivers along with the tracking mechanism. The work carried out in Sept 2019 includeswater cleaning of mirrors, Maintenance of centrifugal pump, Re-commissioning of the manual tilting and tracking mechanism used to focus the solar radiations on receiver, Conducted experiments and obtained a rise of 60-70 0C in temperature of water.

OPJU at 'Electric Solar Vehicle Championship' EVSC-2019 Season 6.0

OPJU participated in prestigious 'Electric Solar Vehicle Championship' EVSC-2019 Season 6.0 from 27-31st March 2019 at Chandigarh University. Electric Solar vehicle championship is the Asia’s biggest solar event aimed at making a new generation Solar Electric Vehicle. The championship was started in year 2013, with an aim to create awareness among future engineers about renewable energy, resources and its uses. This vehicle is being sponsored by Chattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA), Solar Energy Society of India (SESI), Sun Mobility, Fronius India Pvt Ltd, Nalwa Steel & Power Ltd, Jindal Steel & Power Limited

CIAC member (Prof J R Nair and Dr Ashok Srivastava) attended FICCI Steel Expo and Conference, Mumbai, Jan 22-24, 2019. The team led by Honorable Vice Chancellor, OPJU Signs MoU with Fronius India Pvt Limited to built a Centre for Excellence in Welding at OPJU, Signs MoU with AHUT China at the venue.

OPJU representation at Confederation of Indian Industry CII-Anveshan- Manufacturing Quiz – 22nd Nov, 2018. Ayush Mitra (Meta) and Akash Pandey (Mech) reached in top 10 teams out of 120 teams.

CIAC Team at Siemens Technology Conclave

CIAC Team from OP Jindal University, Raigarh at Siemens Technology Conclave, held at Pune on 4th and 5th December. 2018. The biggest gathering of Technologist from within and outside India. The conclave witnessed 40+ sessions, more than 3000 Technologists and more than 12 keynote speakers.

Second Industry-Academia Conclave (IAC-2018)

Industry-Academia Conclave (IAC-2018) ) on “Understanding the talent needs for the industry” at the University Campus during October 25-26, 2018

Tata Steel, Jamshedpur and National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) along with The Institution of Engineers (India) Jamshedpur Local Centre, has organized an “All India Seminar on Major Advances and Sustainable Developments in Lubrication Domain” during September 13-14, 2018 at the United Club, Jamshedpur. The seminar was attended by more than 300 delegates from diverse fields including Steel and Power industries, OEMs and academia.
CIAC team members, Dr Ashok K Srivastava, Assistant Dean-CRE, and Head-Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and Dr Siddhartha S Chakrabarti, Assistant Dean-CIAC, and Head-Mechanical Engineering were invited to chair the sessions "Advances in Lubrication Program Management" and “Major Advances in Lubrication Management Program”, respectively.
Dr Srivastava gave a presentation on paper “Wear study of Natural Ceramic-Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites” and also highlighted the verticals of established “Centre for Steel Technology and Product Development” at OPJU Campus.

OPJU has collaborated with Jindal Stainless Ltd (JSL) to bridge the gap between the academic learning and industry needs. The programme was initiated under the leadership of Dr Siddharth Chakrabarty and Dr Ashok Shrivastava. OP Jindal University, Raigarh is the only private University which caters to the needs of steel Industry is excited to announce its collaboration with Jindal stainless steel (JSL).
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, SOE, OP Jindal University, Raigarh organised a One-Day Workshop on “Electric Vehicle Technologies” on 13th Aug 2018, with the support of Solar Energy Society of India (SESI) OPJU Chapter, and Centre for Industry-Academia Collaboration, OPJU. Mr Jeet Banerjee, Vikram Solar Power Plant, Kolkata and Mr Yuvraj Sharda, Sun Mobility Bangalore were the resource person for the event. Around 150 students attended the workshop within and outside OPJU.
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CIAC team members participated and interacted with the dignitaries of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) conference on "Challenges for Indian EV manufacturers- The Welding Perspective" held in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 6th July 2018 at Vivanta by Taj President.

CIAC team visited the world-class facility of Fronius India Private Ltd, Pune - the partner for upcoming Center for Excellence in Welding at OP Jindal University, Raigarh.

School of Management, OPJU has conducted two sessions on 13th September 2017 which were quite interactive and students got a wonderful learning environment. Mr Sandeep Grover, Consultant of Neco Jayaswal, discussed on topic "Campus to Corporate", in which he talked about the expectations of the industry from freshers. Mr Mohanty, HR Head of Neco Jayaswal, discussed on topic "Success" and he talked about how an individual can succeed in life.

Mr R D Katre, Associate Vice President, Jindal Power Limited, Tamnar, delivered a talk on ‘Energy and its societal impact’ for EEE Students on 7th Sep 2017 at OPJU Campus.

Mr Pradeep Patra,VP, Quality Control,JSW Steel, Mumbai delivered a Lecture on ‘Optimization of process of Boron and Boron-Nitride, Manganese-Sulphide ratio and also the role of AlxN in steel matrix’ for Metallurgy students on 28th August, 2017

Industry Academia meet has evolved into a forum where experts from both industry and Academia discuss and address important concerns, and galvanise their efforts towards forging successful partnerships that would prove mutual beneficial. The meet was held on March 22, 2017 at Hotel Hyatt International, Raipur and companies attending the meet included JSPL (Angul and Raigarh plant), Godavari Power, Jindal Stainless steel, Jindal Steel Works, Tuls corps, ABB , Sweden, Prakash industries, SKS Ispat, Bhusan Steel and Power, SAIL , Bhilai, Mayura Steel Pvt Limited and few others. The session aimed at bringing together Top management professionals from industries, Academicians & Researchers of diverse fields together to discuss the dimensions of academia-industry partnership today and exchange ideas, practice and experiences on different aspects of Industry-Academia integration.

School of Management, OPJU conducted two Session on “Stress Management” for the employees of L&T Power and Fortis O P Jindal Hospital on 7th March 2017. Another session on “Stress management” was conducted by OPJU for Tata Power employees at SKS Power Plant on 29th March 2017.

Mr Subrat Biswal, DGM-HR & Admin, Bhushan Steel, interacted with MBA students on 11 March 2017 at OPJU Campus.

Interaction of HR Team of Jindal Power Limited, Tamnar with MBA students of OPJU on 6 February 2017 at University Campus.

Industry- Institute Expert lecture week (9th -14th Jan 2016)

• Mr S K Hajra (JPL, Tamnar) on Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion Boilers (CFBC/FBC)

• Mr Sanjeev Prasad, Ex President, JPL Tamnar on “Power Plant Scenario”

• Mr R D Katre, Head (Instrumentation & Control) on “Power Plant Instrumentation”

• Mr.BhanuBabburi, Bhanu Scientific Limited, Hyderabad an Indian partner of Themo-Calc software AB, Sweden on “Thermodynamic Simulation tools in steel research and development”

National level workshop on “Recent Developments in Renewable Energy Technology” from 30th Nov to 5th Dec 2015 in collaboration with CREDA, Raipur, ISTE (New Delhi) and CGCOST, Raipur. The workshop has witnessed 55 participants from JSPL(Raigarh), JPL (Tamnar) and Monnet Power Limited.