Volume 1, Issue 1

GIT and Nutan launches

5th April 2017
VLMI course.
KLS Gogte Institute of Vidya Prasarak Mandal
Technology and Nutan is a heritage education
Maharashtra Institute of society in Maharashtra
Engineering and Tech- Talegaon Dabhade, Pune
nology were the two was established in 1906.
prominent colleges se-
The innovative initative
lected for VLMI initia-
of VLMi has taken its
tives of JICA and Indian
footprint in GIT on 18th
government in the entire
April 2016. Karnataka
India.
Law society a not for
Parivartan A newsletter

The well articulated jour- profit organization serv-

ney of industry institute ing the society since
partnership has begun on 1934. GIt is flagship
7th March 2016 at Nutan brand of KLS since
Institute of engineering 1979. A NAAC A+
and Technology. grade institute in India.
Nutan Maharashtra

Executive Summary.
JICA, CII), VLMI , the first college in India 1. Describing the
Belgaum foundry cluster for such experiement, importance of
CII-JICA VLCI-GIT AND NUTAN

and Gogte institute of GIT has begun its jour- VLMI to students.
technology Belagavi ney this year by impart-
signed memorandum of ing education to their 2. Conducting ob-
understanding (MoU) to mechanical engineering servation skills
impart industry oriented students. training theoreti-
learnings to its learners. cally.
The first and second se-
As a part of this initia- 3. Requesting stu-
mester students were
tive, the institute has dents to observe
divided into eight batch-
constituted team of six safety and cleanli-
es consisting 30 students
faculty from mechanical ness in the speci-
each. Sessions were held
and management depart- fied place in the
in a such a way that nei-
ment to implement the premises.
ther their lab nor their
program for mechanical
theory classes are affect- 4. Asking students
engineering students. In
ed.. These sessions were to write the labels
the first and second year
conducted in the war on safety and
all students of engineer-
room created for VLMI cleanliness.
ing should undergo train-
learnings. The day peda-
ing on craftsmanship, 5. Teaching the
gogy included following
basics of factory and method of how to
parameters:
factory language. Being write labels

Inside this issue:

Special points of interest:
Objectives of VLMI 2
Faculty involvement in industry oriented
Inside Story 2 training.

Interview with faculty: Dr. Anupama kallol
Industry Institute partnership
Inside Story
2 Industry involvement in curriculum devel-
opment
3
Student practicing curriculum developed
4 by industry and faculty.

Inside Story 5
Experience of faculty with program.

Inside Story 6
Objectives of VLMI
The programme was the result
of former President APJ Abdul
Kalams visit to Japan and in-
viting Prof. Shoji Shiba to help
in increasing and improving the
competitiveness of SMEs.
JICA and CII had entered into a
partnership to launch the pro-
gramme which was aimed at
the automobile sector due to the
tiered structure of the industry.
The objectives of the program
are
To accelerate the creation of
a cutting edge manufactur-
ing culture in India with a
focus on inclusive growth.
Message from faculty coordinator: Dr. J. K. Kittur
Interview with Faculty: Dr. Anupama Kallol
How didi you come to know about
VLMI?
1.Shoji Shiba Visited GIT in the month
of April 2016 . Made us to understand
our role and contribution towards im-
proving the present situation of
MSMEin India. His energy and enthusi-
asm at this age motivated all 6 academi-
cians of GIT to accept the challenge of
going on to the journey.VLMi journey
from our point of view can be divided in
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Visionary Laghu Udyog Mitra mandal
To engage with companies
in priority markets and sec-
tors to establish an eco-
system to nurture locomo-
tive projects that will foster
inclusive growth through
manufacturing.
The CII-VLMI Initiative sym-
bolizes a unique Industry-
Academia-Government partner-
ship set up with support from
to three components
Learning ,Developing the curricu-
lum and Content Delivery
What are your leanings from
VLMI training?
Teaching the concepts of VLMi in
the classroom by Shri.Saideep
Ratnam Sir Made us to understand
community Dharma, commitment
to work ,100=100, Time manage-
the Japanese and Indian Gov-
ernments, since 2007. Its aim is
to enable breakthroughs in busi-
ness models, products, business
processes, thereby fostering in-
clusive growth while making
India globally competitive. It
works to build capacities in
companies and academia to ac-
celerate diffusion of VLMI con-
cepts and transform the country
by working with managers
across levels
ment,Importance of Material flow
and Information flow in Industry,
Moving from Small F to Big Fand
SIPOC Inclusion of supplier and
Customer in Input /Output Produc-
tion Model etc.Learnt Writing 3s
map,Vmap and preparation of
Heijunka for companies
Tell us about your VLMI journey
in detail.
During this journey
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Developing Curriculum
In the guidance of Shri C.S Patel pre-
pared the curriculam for under graduate
students All six of us conducted meet-
ing ,discussions to prepare the same.
Introduction to VLMi jour-
ney ,Observation skills with respect to
Safety and Cleanliness. Factory con-
cepts,etc Taken the approval from
C.S.Patel.
Delivery of the Content
The curriculum implementation has
been done in KLS GIT for II sem and
IV Sem Mechanical Students. The re-
sponse of students was overwhelming.
The students were happy for activity
type of sessions.
The whole journey of VLMi can be
summerised in terms of 3Es as follows:
Students outcomes and feedback
Findings on label making:
Students have constructed their own
sentences without thinking 4W1H.
After teaching about the importance
of 4W1H students were able to write
the label in correct order. The feed-
back on team orientation and im-
portance of date and time in the label
making helped the students aware
about the importance of labeling and
observation overall. The recent indus-
trial accidents happened in Belagavi
IndustryInstitute Partnership
KLS Gogte Institute of technologys
VLMI team has used the expertise of
Industry in curriculum development.
The following are the members and
their contribution in developing curricu-
lum
1. Mr. C. S. Patel ( Anand Group): Mr
patel is instrumental in providing inputs
for developing structure of the program.
He also provided invaluable inputs on
modern manufacturing course handout
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
E1.Experience
The faculty from academics got rich
experience from thisVLMi journey Three Es of VLMI program is
E2.Experiment Experience, experiment and
As an experiment academicians are Expectations
preparing curriculum for Engg students
and implementing it in college
E3. Expectation
Expecting the students to have handsaw
experience in industry and making them
ready for industry immediately after
their graduation
illustration has convinced them to Faculty understood the need of
know the importance of this activity creation of good instructional
material and challenges of
Feedback. training sessions.
Students liked the team learn- Stakeholders came to know
ing
about safety and cleanliness
They understood the industry issues in the institute premises.
orientation and institute effort
in this regards.
Students are curious about
future sessions
2. Mr. Neelesh chougale (Crientors)
Mr. Neelesh has provided insights about
industry expectation about VLMI pro-
ject and local industries. He fine tuned
us on developing new curriculum.
3. Mr. Prakash Mugali
Mr. Prakash guided us in developing
new handouts on the lines of VLMi
sessions attended by faculty at foundry
cluster
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Faculty attending VLMI sessions in Foundry cluster.

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Delivery Methodology

Success measures And way forward

Student
Industry exposure to new approach
Way Forward
to manufacturing Course Evolution of Modern man-
ufacturing for fourth semester Me-
Mindset change towards issues/ chanical and IPE students
problems Course factory concept
Easier & better placement with in- Course material preparation for the
dustry remaining modules

Academia Audit course Toyota manufactur-

ing
Faculty exposure to industry
Credit course in the final Year
New focus on skill building (rather
than knowledge download)
Mindset change towards issues/
problems
Industry
Fresh talent with industry exposure
Mindsets tuned to new paradigm
Some exposure to skill building