This presentation highlights the legacy of National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT) as a premier research institute in metallurgical, manufacturing, foundry, and forging sectors. This presentation was presented on 23rd December 2013 to JS (NIT's) MHRD, Govt. of India.

1. National Institute of Foundry And
Forge Technology (NIFFT)
Hatia, Ranchi - 834 003
Prof. Sanjay Kumar
B.Tech. (IIT-K), M.E.(IISc,Bangalore)
Director (NIFFT)

2. The Agenda
● Introduction to
● About
the Institute
the Campus
● Vision
● Objectives
● Academic
and Mission of the Institute
Activities
● Resources
● What makes
● Summary
us candidate for Institute of National Importance?

3. Introduction
● Established
in the year 1966 by Govt. of India in collaboration with UNDPUNESCO along with NITIE, Mumbai.
● Fully
funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of
India since its inception.
● The
only Institute of this kind in Asia catering towards the needs of more
than 4000 Foundry and 200 Forging Industries India.
● Offers consultancy
● Over
and testing services to the needy industries.
300 refresher courses and unit based programmes have been
conducted by the Institute for the benefit of about 3500 industrial
personnel from India and Abroad.

4. Introduction (Cont.)
●A
large number of workshops have been organized wherein persons
from countries such as Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and
Great Britain have participated and benefitted.
● Has
been the lead Institute in TEQIP First Phase.
● The
Institute offers 2 Advanced Diploma Courses, 2 B. Tech. courses,
4 M. Tech. course, PhD and PDF.
● All
these courses are self-governing courses. However, the examination
system is governed by the rules of Ranchi University, Ranchi.
● The
Advanced Diploma is awarded by the Institute and the degrees of
B. Tech., M. Tech. and PhD are awarded by Ranchi University, Ranchi.

5. The Campus
● About
58 Acres of lush green campus, located at about 10 KM from Ranchi,
the summer capital of undivided Bihar & present capital of Jharkhand.
● Nearest
railway station: Hatia (About 1.5 KM)
● Nearest
airport: Ranchi (About 5 KM)
● Self-sufficient
campus with Post office, Bank, Gymkhana and BSNL
Telephone Exchange
● Physicians available in the
● There
campus for healthcare of student and staff.
is a tie-up with ISPAT Hospital, MECON Ltd. Ranchi ,Plant Hospital,
HEC Ltd. Ranchi and some of the local hospitals for treatment of Faculty,
Staff and Students.

6. Vision
To posit itself as an institute of national importance by way of
emerging as centre of excellence in the area of materials shaping,
treating and manufacturing. It thus foresees to find itself as the
lead institute for disseminating the state of the art knowledge and
expertise in the fields of foundry technology, forging technology,
forming technology, materials engineering and all emerging allied
fields concomitant with industrial growth of the nation.

7. Objectives
● To strategically re-position into its generic area of expertise.
● To
strengthen and broaden the teaching and training activities,
including faculty/student exchange at national and international
levels.
● To
enlarge the domain of activities encompassing emerging fields
of technology.
● To
enhance its research and development activities in frontier
areas of manufacturing and materials technology.

8. Objectives (Cont.)
● To
augment industrial services using latest experimental
techniques and software so as to develop appropriate and selfreliant technologies for industries.
● To
establish distance learning to facilitate making up of human
resources at different localities of the country for their
employment in foundry, forge, metal forming and metallurgical and
allied industries.

9. The Mission
The mission of the Institute is commensurate with the vision to meet the
challenges of rapidly changing economic and technological scenario in the
field in India and abroad vis-à-vis providing/adopting the following .
● Augmenting Intellectual
and physical infrastructure.
● Highly
flexible and updated academic curricula for undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes.
● Continuing &
distance education with latest technological know-how.
● Industrial support services.

10. The Mission (Cont.)
● R&D packages and indigenization of technology.
● Documentation,
networking.
● Collaboration
institutions.
information retrieval services and computer
with national and international industries/universities/
● Human resource development.
● Internal resource generation towards self sufficiency.

11. Academic Activities
1. PhD and Post-Doctoral Fellowship
•
Broad research areas: Manufacturing Engineering, Foundry Technology,
Forge Technology, Metallurgy, Materials Science and Applied Sciences.
Selection Process: Written Test and Interview
2. M. Tech. Courses (2 Years duration) - Intake: 28 each
•
Foundry-Forge Technology
•
Manufacturing Engineering
•
Materials Science and Engineering
•
Environmental Engineering
Selection Process: Through CCMT

12. Courses Offered (Cont.)
3. B. Tech. Courses (4 Years duration)
● Manufacturing Engineering (Intake: 72)
● Materials and Metallurgical Engineering (Intake: 67)
● Mechanical Engineering (Planned intake: 60)*
● Computer
Science and Engineering (Planned intake: 60)*
Selection Process: JEE (Mains)
*
Proposed to start shortly
4. Advanced Diploma Courses (18 Months duration)
● Foundry
Technology (Intake: 46)
● Forge Technology (Intake: 46)
Selection Process: Written Test/Interview

13. Resources
•
Well qualified and dedicated teaching and supporting staff.
•
Well equipped workshop and laboratories.
•
Well stocked library with access to online journals through INDEST
arrangement.
•
State-of-the-art computing facilities with high speed Internet connectivity
through multiple leased lines.
•
Modern classrooms and hostel facilities.
•
The Institute is a part of the
National Knowledge Network (NKN).

14. Resources (Cont.)
The Institute is in the close proximity of some of the elite
institutes, such as –
1.
Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi.
2.
Central University,Ranchi.
3.
Indian School of Mines.Dhanbad.
4.
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
5.
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur.
6.
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, etc.

15. Resources (Cont.)
The Institute is also in the close proximity of leading
industrial names, such as1.
HEC Limited.
2.
Tata Motors.
3.
Tata Steel.
4.
MECON Limited.
5.
Usha Martin Industries.
6.
Jindal, etc. and research organizations such as Research
Centre for Iron and Steel (Steel Authority of India
Limited), National Metallurgical Laboratory, etc.

16. Placement Scenario
● 100%
placement for Advanced Diploma and B. Tech. students in the Core
Sector.
● More
than 70% placement for M. Tech. students.
● Leading
recruiters : BHEL, Tata Motors, Tata Metalliks, Tata Telcon, Larsen
and Toubro, Bharat Forge, Cummins India, Hinduja Foundries, Maruti Udyog
Limited, Eicher Motors, Essar Steel, JAYPEE Group, Kirloskar, Birla Group,
Vedanta Group, JSW, Mahindra and Mahindra, Sriram Pistons.
● Strong Industry Institute Interaction.
● Entrepreneurship
● Social
Development cell.
Responsibilities.

17. 143
136
143
15
Students
(772)
96
B.Tech
518
1st Year
2nd Year
105
B.Tech
M.Tech
Ph.D
134
3rd Year
4th Year
ADC
Students
15
14
35
13
50
M.Tech
ADC & PhD
83
ADC (Foundry)
34
ME
FFT
MS
EE
ADC (Forge)
PhD

18. Achievements of Students
● The only Indian Team to
win in FSAE 2013, Italy
● Winners in Design
segment in Baja ‘12
● Winners of ChetanDevraj Memorial Cricket
Championship at BIT
Mesra
● Runners-up in Cricket
Championship at MERI,
Kolkata
● Run an NGO for
education of the children
from slums of areas near
college

19. Achievements of Students
● Students from NIFFT have presented and won prizes in
various conferences across the country
● Students have collaborated with CSIR labs - National
Metallurgical Laboratory (NML),
Central Mechanical
Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) etc.
● They have completed research projects at institutes like
IIT-Kanpur, IISc Bangalore, IIT-Kharagpur resulting in
publications in International journals
● Patents have been filed by students at NIFFT which is a
special achievement at undergraduate level

20. Faculty
Department
Professor
Asso.
Professor
Asst.
Professor
MME
3
1
2
ME
2
3
3
Foundry
1
2
1
Forge
2
2
-
DASH
-
2
3
• Current Faculty Strength : 27
• Additional Faculty to be recruited shortly : 57

21. Pending Issues
● Commencement of two new undergraduate
courses B. Tech (Mech.) and B.Tech (CSE) at
NIFFT
● Institute of National Importance Status for
NIFFT
●Tier – IV scale for institute’s faculty

22. Our Vision for the Future
New Courses to be started at NIFFT
Course
Total Strength
Duration
Eligible Criteria
Admission Procedure
Integrated M. Sc
(Physics)
15
5 yrs
10+2
JEE (Main)
Integrated M. Sc
(Chemistry)
15
5 yrs
10+2
JEE (Main)
Integrated M. Sc
(Mathematics)
15
5 yrs
10+2
JEE (Main)
Integrated M. Sc
(Nano Science)
15
5 yrs
10+2
JEE (Main)
2yrs
Degree Metallurgy/Mechanical/
Production/ Manufacturing/Electrical or
Equivalent./ MSc Physics/MSc
Chemistry
M. Tech (Nano
Technology)
Ph. D(Nano
Technology)
10
5
MTech/ME (Metallurgy/Mechanical/
Production/
Manufacturing/Electrical/Nanotechnolog
y / Material Science/ integrated MSc or
Equivalent.
Through GATE
written test and
Interview Conducted by
Institute

23. Our Vision for the Future
Upgradation of existing courses
Total Existing
Strength
Course
ADC (Foundry)
ADC (Forge)
46
46
Duration
Eligible Criteria
Admission
Procedure
18 months
Diploma Metallurgy,
Mechanical,
Production,
Automobile, B. Sc
(Physics, Chemistry,
Math)
Through Written test
and Interview
Conducted by
Institute.
18 months
Diploma Metallurgy,
Mechanical,
Production,
Automobile, B.
Sc(Physics,
Chemistry, Math)
Proposed : B. Tech Foundry and Forge Technology through Lateral Entry
B. Tech (FFT)
46
3yrs
Diploma Metallurgy,
Mechanical,
Production,
Automobile, B.
Sc(Physics,
Chemistry, Math)
Through Written test
and Interview
Conducted by
Institute.

24. Our Vision for the Future
Upgradation of Institute
Proposed Name:
1.
Indian Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology,
(IIAMT)Ranchi
2. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology,
(IIEST) Ranchi - Similar to BESU Shibpur
3. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,(IISER)
Ranchi.
Upgradation process will be done by signing MOU with premier academic
institutions, research institutions and laboratories

25. What makes us candidate for Institute of
National Importance?
● As
mentioned earlier, the Institute is fully funded by the Ministry
of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India since its
inception.
● The
Institute has been at par with Indian School of Mines,
Dhanbad, NITIE, Mumbai and School of Architecture and Planning,
New Delhi from inception.
● We
were conducting our own Entrance Examination for B. Tech.
courses from 1991 till 2001 at 5 centers across India, viz. New
Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Ranchi.
● Admission for undergraduate courses is through JEE
(Mains)

26. Why Institute of National Importance?
● The
Institute is fully funded by the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India
as in the case of Institute of National Importance.
● For
the similar branches (of the Institute) offered at present by
some of the Institute of National Importance, the ranks of General
Category students admitted through AIEEE is much better.
● More than 90% of the Faculty are PhD qualified.
● Existence
of National character among faculty (distribution
throughout India).

27. Why Institute of National Importance?
● Research
activities and publications, after scaling are comparable (with
Institute of National Importance)
● 100%
placement over the years that too only in the core sector, No software
companies.
● The
process of students registration, issue of admit cards and migration
certificates and the award of degree certificate becomes cumbersome and
time-consuming.
● Though
the syllabus is also formulated by the Institute, its implementation
requires the approval of Ranchi University. This makes the response time
(to update the syllabus in line with market needs) bigger.

28. Why Institute of National Importance?
● The
PhD students admitted to the Institute also require to be registered
with Ranchi University. The process of such registration is much more
cumbersome and time-consuming than the B. Tech. and M. Tech. courses.
● Starting
of new undergraduate and postgraduate courses is another
difficult task under the present setup.
● Without
administrative autonomy with respect to academics, it is difficult
to realize our dream of being the Institution of National Importance.
● It
is imperative that the achievement of our vision and mission would be
impossible without delinking from the University affiliation setup.

29. Why Institute of National Importance?
● Independence
from University affiliation only can make it possible
for us to make appropriate decisions, best suited to academics
from time-to-time, and implement them as needed.
● Institute
of National Importance would mean greater academic
autonomy, better brand value to the Institute, increased visibility
to perspective students and employers of these students and
better perception about the Institute by Industries.

30. Summary
● It
is believed that repositioning of NIFFT to Institute of National
Importance/IIT/IIEST status could revitalize the entire Institute unleashing the
energies, which are currently lying dormant and underutilized.
● The
other advantages of such upgradation are as follows:

Brand value of the Institute would increase

Help the Institute getting better students and faculty members;

Help in getting better and wider placement of students;

Visibility of the Institute would increase;

Better perceptibility of the Institute by Industries;

31. Summary (Cont.)

Institute would provide world class education at low cost;

Institute can attract foreign students;

Academic autonomy would enable the Institute to run new
undergraduate and postgraduate programmes; and

Programmes for dual degrees and part-time courses would have
attractive demand.

32. THANK YOU!