Institute of Instrumentation & Metrology

Overview:

Students in engineering colleges do not normally get an opportunity to attend a curriculum focused to industry needs. They are also often found lacking in theoretical orientation and practical experience in specific fields like Electrical Equipment Instrumentation, automation and Total Quality Management etc, which are important for all industries.

BASIC DIFFERENCES AT A GLANCE TRADITIONAL VS IIM COURSE

Sl	SALIENT POINTS	OTHERS	IIM
1.	Course Design	Conventional	In collaboration with Industry professionals
2.	Faculty	Generally from Teaching Profession	Generally from Industrial / Engineering profession
3.	Teaching Methodology	Traditional	More stress on practical and experiments, which are oriented towards industrial applications. Theory classes supported by Audio – Visual multimedia demonstration.
4.	Course Content (Theoretical)	Traditional	Fully Industry Oriented Topics covered. Extensive stress on application engineering relevant to industry.
5.	Course Content (Practical)	Conventional	Specific to relevant industrial applications
6.	Equipment	Generally equipment procured from suppliers which allow user / operator level interaction with equipment for performing experiments. Not much access to internal subassemblies of equipment or in-house maintenance of equipment.	Mostly with open frame layout (as compared to fully boxed-up supplies from vendors) for superior understanding.
7.	Equipment maintenance	Generally maintained by suppliers leading to long down time in case of defects.	By qualified, in-house, industry trained staff.
8.	Laboratories	Traditional laboratories of educational institutions.	Fully operational to provide industry standard facilities and majority laboratories are NABL accredited.
9.	Demonstrators & Technicians	Personnel associated with teaching profession	All professionals who are associated with industry
10.	Extent of Equipment usage by students during practical	Limited to operator level usage for performance of experiments	In addition to performing of experiments using the equipment, complete access to internal sub-assemblies / parts for clear understanding of equipment from maintenance point of view.
11.	Technical Reference Documents	Conventional - Technical Text & Reference Books	In addition to Technical Text & Reference Books, manufacturers’ Data Sheet, Manuals & Design Hand Books, Engineering (EPC) Consultants documentations will be extensively used.
12.	Orientation Training	Generally not a part of conventional courses.	Ex-tempore speech, Seminars, Group Discussion shall be integral part of course to inculcate leadership qualities and to make students face the challenges of interview boards.
13.	Industry Exposures	Generally not a part of conventional courses.	Extensive visits to Core Sector & Continuous process industries (under guidance of faculty members) to give real life exposure to what is taught in classroom.