Dr. C.P.LOHITH

Professional Skills

Product Design, Project Management, TQM , Entrepreneurship Development

Research Interests

Product Design & Engineering, Strategy & Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Total Quality Management

Research Projects Completed/ Ongoing

Employment Details

1. Indian Institute of Science ,Bangalore,Project Assistant (July 2002 Aug 2003)

2. Siddaganga Institute of Technology ,Tumakuru,Assistant Professor (Sept 1^st 2003 Till date)

Research Experience

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1. Organization: Indian Institute of Science

Duration: July 2002-Aug 2003

Designation: Research Assistant

Job Profile: Design and Development of an electric car for campus postal service

Funding Agency : Centre for Scientific and Industrial Consultancy, IISc

2.Organization: Indian Institute of Science

Duration :July 2013-May 2016

Designation: Research Associate

Research topic: “The Impact of Strategic Marketing on the innovation performance of Organizations: A study with respect to Indian MSMEs under manufacturing sector”

Administrative Experience

1. Deputy Warden in the SIT Group of Hostels, SIT, Tumakuru from April 2007 to July 2013.
2. Departmental Placement Coordinator since Sept 2003.
3. Coordinator of Entrepreneur Development Cell-SIT , since 2008.
4. Incubation Manager,MSME-Incubation Center-SIT, since 2017
5. Coordinator, Technology Business Incubator-SIT ,since 2017

Educational Profile:

PhD (Strategy & Innovation for MSMEs) Feb 2017

Indian Institute of Science,Bengaluru

M.E (Product Design & Engineering) March 2003 First class (7.7/10)

Bangalore University, Karnataka

B.E (Mechanical Engineering) July 1999 FCD (78.1%)

Bangalore University, Karnataka

Awards and Recognition

1.Received best paper award for the paper titled “Design & Development of a Body-Blended Carrier Box for a Moped used in Urban areas by Product Design Methodology”, PMGQ-2005 at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 2^nd to 3^rd May 2005.

2. Received best paper award for the paper titled “Strategic Marketing and Innovation performance of Indian MSMEs”, PICMET 2015(Portland International Conference for Management of Engineering & Technology,Portland,Oregon,USA, 2^nd to 6^th Aug 2015.

Conferences Organised/attended

I have undergone various training programmes in Entrepreneurship, conducted by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmadabad and other various institutes of repute. Further, I am having vast experience of organising various entrepreneurship related workshops in our institute. I have organized around 30 workshops related to entrepreneurship.

Some of them have been listed below:

1. “Entrepreneurship Development” programme in collaboration with Rotary club Bangalore, Rotary club Tumkur on 4th Nov 2006.

2. “Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp”, in collaboration with Visvesvaraya Technological University on 29th ,30th & 31st March 2008

3. “Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp” in collaboration with ISTE, New Delhi on 20^th ,21st & 22nd March 2009

4. “EUREKA -2011” a one-day workshop on Entrepreneurship programme in collaboration with Nurture Talent Academy, Mumbai on 28th Sept 2011

5. “ Entrepreneurship Awareness” on 5th Nov 2011

6. One-day workshop on “Entrepreneurship” in collaboration with Govt. of Karnataka

state on 17th Feb 2012

7. CONFLUENCE-2012, “What’s your Big Idea” in collaboration with Nurture Talent

academy & IIM Ahmadabad on 28th & 29th Sept 2012

8. “Entrepreneurial opportunity-ANDROID-” – One day workshop in collaboration with

Bangalore Android user Group (B.A.U.G),Bangalore on 17th March 2013

9. “Lean Start-up” – one day workshop on entrepreneurship. Conducted by Sri H. S. Krishna, Entrepreneur, Bangalore on 17th May 2014.

10. Ten “Entrepreneurship Awareness Camps” sponsored by DST-NIMAT, EDI, Ahmadabad during 2015-16,2016-17 & 2017-18.

Short Term Training Programmes Organised/Attended

1. “FDP in Entrepreneurship”, RVCE, Bengaluru, 9^th to 21^st Jan 2012.

2. “Design innovation & Creative problem solving”,IIT Hyderabad,15^th to 17^th Jan 2015

3. International conference on “ Enabling Make in india”, KLE Technological University,Hubballi,Jan 6^th to 8^th 2016.

4. “FDP in Entrepreneurship”, BNMIT,11^th to 22^nd July 2016.

5. National FDP in Entrepreneurship,EDII, Ahmedabad, 19^th to 30^th Dec 2016

Membership of Professional Bodies/Societies

Life Member – Indian Institute of Metals

Subjects Engaged

Product Design & Manufacturing

Engineering Design

Total Quality Management

Entrepreneurship Development

Project Management

Computer Aided Engineering Drawing

Computer Aided Machine Drawing

Integrated Product Design & Intellectual Property Rights

Books published/Proposals Reviewed

1.“Strategic Marketing and Innovation for Indian MSMEs” Published by Springer International in March 2017.

2.“Innovation the key factor for the success of an organization:A study on Indian MSMEs: published by LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany in June 2017

3."Enhancing the Competitiveness of Indian MSMEs through Innovation" published by LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany in Feb 2018

Invited Guest Talks organised/Delivered

1. “Entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation”, FDP on Entrepreneurship sponsored by DST-NIMAT(NSTEDB),SDMIT, Ujire 12^th March 2014.

2. “Entrepreneurship process, innovation and marketing opportunities”,EAC sponsored by DST-NIMAT(NSTEDB),Jain University,Bengaluru,9^th Feb 2015.

3. "Role of entrepreneur in building nations economy, Role of innovation in entrepreneurship and Frugal Innovation and its impact on the society"at Centre for Incubation, Innovation, Research and Consultancy (CIIRC) , a joint initiative between Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri and Jyothy Institute of Technology (JIT),Bengaluru, on 22^nd July 2017.

4."Creativity and Innovation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Frugal Innovation and it's need and Need of New product development in Entrepreneurship" at Centre for Incubation, Innovation, Research and Consultancy (CIIRC),a joint initiative between Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri and Jyothy Institute of Technology (JIT), Bengaluru on 29^th Aug 2017.

5. " Frugal innovation" and "Role of Creativity and Innovation in Entrepreneurship" EAC sponsored by DST-NIMAT(NSTEDB) at Cambridge Institute of Technology,Bengaluru on 22nd March 2018

Research Publications

International/National Journal Publications (Scopus Indexed Journals)

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International/National Conference Proceedings

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Patents filed/ granted

U.G Projects guided

UG Research Component Projects

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UG Projects Guided

Design and fabrication of Milling fixtures for weights supporting lever- 2003-2004

Solutions to improper timings of hydraulic drag damper- 2004-2005

FEM analysis of first stage compressor blade of a helicopter engine- 2004-2005

Design of safety devices for Indian railways- 2005-2006

Development of Automated Hydraulic Jack- 2006-2007

Design and fabrication of Production Line Controller -2007-2008

Design and Development of Ultra sonic dish washer-2008-2009

Mechanical Tin Can Crusher-2010-2011

Design and Development of Wall painting device-2011-2012

Design and Development of Handcart cum ladder -2012-2013

Design and Fabrication of Cross Arm Lift Trolley-2015-2016

Foreign ASSIGNMENTS

Presented a paper in PICMET 2015(Portland International Conference for Management of Engineering & Technology, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2^nd to 6^th Aug 2015

Computer SKILLS

Operating System: MSDOS, Windows 95/98/2000, Windows XP,

Softwares: Solid Edge, Solid Works