ACADEMIA-INDUSTRY INTERACTION
For
enhancement of Academia-Industry Interaction, INAE has instituted the
following two schemes.
(a)
AICTE-INAE DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSORSHIP SCHEME
(b)
INAE-AICTE
DISTINGUISHED INDUSTRY PROFESSOR SCHEME
AICTE-INAE
DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSORSHIP SCHEME
Preamble
The Indian
National Academy of Engineering (INAE), founded in 1987 comprises a
Fellowship of the most distinguished engineers, engineer-scientists and
technologists of India and abroad from the entire spectrum of engineering
disciplines. It is a peer body of engineering professionals with the aim to
promote and advance the practice of engineering and technology, related
science disciplines and their applications to problems of national
importance. It also encourages inventions, scientific investigations, and
research in pursuit of excellence in the field of engineering.
Activities of
the Academy include, research projects, pilot studies, technical education,
fellowships, recognitions and awards and programmes on issues of technology
policy and overall development for the benefit of the society and other
benefactions.
It has long been felt that there is a need for active
linkages between industry and engineering institutions which not only enrich
the curriculum contents but also add another dimension to the existing
systems of continuing education programmes, extension lectures and
consultancy by faculty. Technology developed through academic and R&D
institutions generally falls short of the needs of the industry for design
and manufacture of new products and for engineering services to meet the
demands of the customers and challenges of market competition. This gap can
be narrowed down through a coordinated approach ensuring closer interactions
among industry, R&D institutions and the academia, through institutionalized
mechanisms. Active programmes should be established for regular visits of
experts from industry to address students, academic and scientific staff and
to spend a few days at campuses for participating in teaching or research.
The Indian
National Academy of Engineering (INAE) launched a Distinguished Visiting
Professorship (DVP) Scheme jointly with AICTE in 1999. The Scheme envisages
promotion of industry-institute interaction by facilitating the
dissemination of knowledge through the expertise of experienced and
knowledgeable persons from industry to integrate their rich industrial
experience with technical education. The Scheme has received very
enthusiastic response from industry and engineering research institutions
over the years.
Thirteen
Industry Experts were selected during the year 2000; eighteen each during
the years 2001 and 2002; fourteen during the year 2003; ten during the year
2004; thirteen during the year 2005; fourteen during the year 2006 and
fifteen during the year 2007 by a high level selection committee of experts
from Academics, Industry and representatives from AICTE and CII.
Objectives
The Distinguished Visiting Professor under the Scheme will:
i) deliver
lectures on the state-of-art of Industry, industrial ambience and R&D needs
of the industry to the students and faculty of technical institutions.
ii) guide
student projects/ theses of interest to industry.
iii) help
curriculum development, keeping in view, the changing industrial needs.
iv) develop
cooperative undergraduate and postgraduate programmes with industry having
potential benefits to faculty, students and Industry.
v) take
up any other activities for the mutual benefit of engineering institutions
and industry
The Distinguished Visiting
Professor
i) The
Distinguished Visiting Professor will be an eminent scholar/expert in
his/her field, working in an industry.
ii) He/
she will visit the Institution at least twice in a Semester (each visit for
two-three days). He will be reimbursed air fare in Y-Class or actual fares
if performed by Rail/Road to the Institutions. He would also be entitled to
an honorarium of Rs. 3000/- per lecture day plus conveyance and incidental
charges.
iii) He
will initiate student projects dealing with real life and shop floor
problems in which he/ she is personally involved in the Industry and will
provide guidance. He will also emphasize marketing, commercial as well as
technical aspects of the project. The project guidance could be either at
the host institution or at his industry under the joint supervision of the
Distinguished Visiting Professor and a faculty of the host Institution.
iv) He
will interact with the academic staff and act as a catalyst towards an
integrated approach in curriculum development with inputs from his
industrial experience.
v) He
will provide written notes of his lectures delivered in the host Institution
and give a short report summarizing his inputs and contributions to the DVP
Scheme and suggestion for further strengthening the programme. INAE usually
brings out a publication compiling the formal text of lectures delivered by
the Distinguished Visiting Professors in the form of articles. The article(s)
should preferably be an original state-of-the-art article, critical review
or analysis of contemporary Research and Development. The Distinguished
Visiting Professors are encouraged to publish in professional journals.
vi) He
will submit his feedback after each visit to INAE in the prescribed format
regarding his visit to the host Institution.
vii) The
tenure of the Distinguished Visiting Professor shall be of two years which
is further extendable.
The Responsibilities of the
Institution
i) The
host Institution where a Distinguished Visiting Professor is associated will
provide him with office and secretarial facilities for his working in the
Institutions.
ii) The
host Institution will also provide him local hospitality including free
Guest House accommodation where available or arrange suitable accommodation
for him in a nearby Guest House and also provide him local conveyance.
iii) The
Institution will appoint a senior Professor as the Coordinator of the DVP
programme to facilitate arrangements of lectures, supervision of projects,
etc.
iv) The
Coordinator will submit a feedback in the prescribed format regarding
benefits accrued to the host institution by the Distinguished Visiting
Professor after each visit.
INAE will reimburse
expenditure towards contingent/incidental expenses upto a limit of
Rs.10,000/- per year to the Institution at the end of the year.
Proposals / Requests for
Appointing a Distinguished Visiting Professor
i) INAE
will invite nominations from Industry, Institutions, and from Fellows of the
Academy.
ii) An
Institution desirous of having the services of a Distinguished Visiting
Professor, even if it is not able to send the nomination of an expert from
industry, can apply to INAE giving full details of the Institution and the
subject area in which it needs the expertise of an eminent person from
industry.
iii) INAE
will identify a Distinguished Visiting Professor from industry and shall
with the consent of the institution(s), appoint him to one or more
institutions.
Proposal Format
Proposals are invited from Industries and
academic Institutions in the prescribed Proforma according to the following
procedure:
The Industry desirous of contributing to the
scheme may depute experts in their respective fields and submit proposals in
the Part- I of Proforma.
The Engineering Colleges/
institutions may submit their proposals for their specific requirement of
Distinguished Visiting Professors in the Part II of the Proforma.
It is however more
desirable that the industry and the institution submit a joint proposal
after filling in Part I and Part II of the Proforma respectively.
Forwarding of Proposals
The proposals addressed to
Prof Sneh Anand, FNAE, Project Coordinator, Steering Committee on AICTE-INAE
Distinguished Visiting Professorship Scheme, Indian National Academy of
Engineering, 6th Floor, Vishwakarma Bhawan, IIT Campus, Shaheed
Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi 110 016 be forwarded by April 30, 2008
Please contact the
following for any assistance
Project Coordinator
: Tel: 011-26591039
Fax: 011-26862037
E-mail:
sneha@cbme.iitd.ernet.in
INAE Secretariat
: Tel: 011-26582635
Fax: 011-26856635;
Website: htpp: //www.inae.org
E-mail: inaehq@inae.org
INDIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
ENGINEERING
Proposal for a Distinguished Visiting Professor
Part-I Industry Collaborator
1.
Particulars of the Nominee