Industry-Institute Interaction

Contact Dr. Kaushik Sahu for the details of the following programs. [E-mail: kaushik@ksom.ac.in]

Training:

• Orissa Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL): Induction Program for Management Trainees - sessions on Operations Management, Project Management & Quality Management [2011]
• Stone India Limited: Executive Development Program sessions on Technology and Operations Management [2009]
• SIDBI sponsored Skill cum Technology Uprgradation Program (STUP)
  • Workshop on "Total Quality Management" for Small and Medium Enterprise [2000]
  • Workshop on "Supply Chain Management" for Small, Medium and Large Enterprises [2000]
• Vinay Cements limited: Training modules on "Production Management" [2002]
• GRIDCO: Series of training modules on "Integrated Materials Management" [1997]
• OHPC: Incompany training program on "Stores and Materials Management: An Integrated Perspective" [1998]
• Department of Posts; Govt. of India: Series of modules on "Services Marketing and Service Quality" [2000]
• Shakti Sugars: Series of training modules on "Process Mapping and Improvement" [1996]
• Technical Teachers Training Institute: As a resource person to the short-term training program on "Quality Improvement of Technical Education System" held at TTTI (Under the Ministry of Human Resource Development), Bhubaneswar. Topics related to accreditation of the educational system were covered in these sessions. [August 2000]
• Technical Teachers Training Institute: Resource person on "Quality Management in Education" [2000]
• Utkal University: Resource person on "Quality assurance through ISO 9000 and TQM" [1999]
• Utkal University: Panel Member on "Emerging Management Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility" [2001]
• CIPET Bhubaneswar: Program on "Total Quality Management" [2002]
• State Institute of Health and Family Welfare (SIHFW), Orissa: Training sessions on "Quality in Health Sector: Facility Planning and Design" [2000]
• JK Industries: Training program on "KAIZEN" [1994]
• Senior Police Personnel: [???]

[Training interventions include pre-training survey, training of trainers and training kit development]

Research Funds:

• (2009-10 to 2014-15) Supported KSoM- KIIT University in establishing the Center for building Competence in Product Lifecycle Management. It supports the Technology & Operations Management courses. Students engage actively in developing product concepts in the product design and development course [list available separately]. Though research funds could not be mobilized MoUs with industry (Dassault Systemes & TechMahindra) were facilitated to establish the center.
• (Since 2005) Anchoring activities around a "virtual" CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (CMTM) at KIIT Bhubaneswar. The first Ph.D in Design Technology Management was awarded in 2013. The scope of the research involved identifying the firm level design deficit that inhibits competitiveness of Indian firms.
• DSIR sponsorship for establishing a Center for Manufacturing and Technology Management [2005]. Instrumental in facilitating a grant from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) to setup a Center for Manufacturing and Technology Management at XIM Bhubaneswar prior to joining KIIT.
• AICTE funds for the Computer-aided Product and Process Development (CAPPD) Laboratory [1999]. Please see this report for the RID Impact Assessment study. RID stands for Research and Institutional Development Bureau of AICTE.
• Visited UFSIA Antwerp, Belgium under the faculty exchange program. Dr Sahu's work was in line with the long-term interest of establishing a Manufacturing Management Program. Attempts initiated to get R&D funds in the thrust areas of INTELLIGENT DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS. [1997]

Consulting advisor:

• Promoting design thinking and extending design related consultancy support to MSMEs under MoU with DALMAP – a registered association which stands for Design Aided Lean Manufacturing Adapt Production. [2015-16]
• A Productive Supply Chain for the Sericulture Industry in Orissa to support the five-year business plan of SERIFED [2008; Textiles and Handloom Department; Govt. of Orissa]
• A Supply Chain Framework for developing Sambalpuri Saree clusters under the cluster development scheme for improving international competitiveness. [2002; Industry Deptt.; Govt. of Orissa]
• Member, Course Design Team on "Logistics & Supply Chain Management" for the Indira Gandhi National Open University.
• Customer Synchronized Manufacturing Resource Planning Cell [late 1990s to early 2000s; Proposed to Industries in Orissa]
• Pre-consultancy survey related to TQM: Shakti Sugars, Dhenkanal [1996]
• Pre-consultancy survey for "Studies on throughput maximization of sintering furnace": Magnetix (India) Ltd.;Bhubaneswar [1995]
• Pre-consulatancy survey on "Total Quality and Continuous Improvement": Central Toolroom and Training Center, Bhubaneswar

Invited Speaker:

• Invited talk titled "Operations & Supply Chain Management governed by Design Thinking" at the OSCM Symposium organized by the Department of Business Administration, Sambalpur University [20 March 2016; Sunday]
• Keynote Address titled "Promoting design thinking in engineering and management schools" at the AICTE National Seminar on "Technology and Management in the Business Journey of Design to Delivery” at CVRCE Bhubaneswar [9 October 2009; Friday]
• Invited talk articulating my personal views on research at the Workshop on Research Communication for Societal Change, REACH-Comm at School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar [27-28 March 2009]
• RRL Bhubaneswar: Talk titled "Enabling local entities to exploit global opportunities" at the DSIR sponsored conference on "Technology Development Utilization and Transfer in Eastern Region" [16 Feb 2005]
• Rourkela Steel Plant, SAIL: Was invited as a guest speaker to deliver a talk titled "Building the nation through Materials Management & the growing impact of Supply Chain Management" on the Materials Management Day (April 23, 2004) organized by the Indian Institute of Materials Management at Rourkela Steel Plant. Focus of my talk, among other things, was to highlight the importance of VALUE and Business Ethics – a course that has been neglected in the IIMs but not in XIMB. Bottomline: The roots of Indian Businesses will get strengthened only through “value-added ethic”. [transcript attached]
• Infosys, Bhubaneswar: Invited talk on "The Seven Principles of Supply Chain Management". I was helping them develop a computer-based module for supply chain management. They were allowed to study our SCM course design (available online) to develop their own repository for in-house training. [30 July 2002]
• Invited as a resource person to conduct sessions on Quality Management in a seminar organized by the Swadeshi Jagaran Foundation as a part of the Swadeshi Mela 2002 held at Bhubaneswar from 10th - 15th January 2002.
• Expert Member of the panel on “Emerging Management Issues on Corporate Social Responsibility” at a seminar organized by Utkal University in collaboration with the Indian society for HRD, East Zone. Focal theme: Towards better Administration and Achieving Corporate Excellence. [Jan 2001]
• Invited as a resource person to conduct sessions in the workshop on "Management of Technology and Technology Change for Global Competitiveness" organized jointly by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi and the Institute of Entrepreneurship Development, Bhubaneswar. [1998]

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