Report on Behavioral Competency Seminar!

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES

I attended an enriching seminar on Behavioral Competency. It talked about inculcating employees’ behavior conducive to positive work environment walking on the company’s ethnicity, “You are the owner of your work.” I was lucky to attend such an enthralling presentation at young age keeping in mind that as a fresher, it is better if you start early. Mainly there are 8 types of behavioral types that an employee should have, which I will be discussing later at length. What follows in this document is the precise explanation of what was discussed.    

TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION

Teamwork is a group of people working together to solve a problem and achieve a shared goal. Everyone’s opinion matters. Even if you are placed higher in position it is your duty to listen to your colleague. This is not just few people dictating terms and others happily accepting it just because Boss is always right. In this there is no teamwork and time is wasted in pretending to consider others thoughts but eventually ending up doing what was initially planned. Collaboration is the way of reaching the goal through sheer teamwork. We do not always need professionals to achieve results because sometimes best solution can come from unexpected source.

COMMUNICATION

The best way to a communication is through non-verbal way. The best way to put it would be, “First impression is the best impression.” There are thousand ways in which one can send the message across but we should be confident enough to use the right method for example grapevine, etc. It is important that you make the receiver comfortable enough to be a part of conversation and let him share his viewpoint on the topic of discussion. One should always remember that the great speaker is always the best listener. Babbling and chattering unnecessarily is a harmful to one’s career.

 

ANALYTICAL THINKING

When one thinks of the analytical thinking, it is not only related to their ability to apply professional skills but how he can solve any problem put to him through a logical and systematic way based on the data provided to him or his seniors’ opinion. Before you start working on the problem, there should be enough perquisite data to understand earlier where we had gone wrong. This is not what is taught at any educational level, and no one will develop their analytical thinking by book knowledge. The more complex problem you solve, the widen idea you get to think for the next problem.

PROBLEM SOLVING

This competency has been inculcated in us since the days of our board exams. Though it is a combination of all the following competencies, if followed on daily basis can be a great asset. It may so happen that an individual can be very good at his technical skills but weak in general problem solving and vice versa. It is in other words a decision making skills, starting from recognizing a suitable way to overcome a problem up to leading to a new innovative idea. To solve a problem, he should be able to identify the problem, address the obstacle, analyzing the result and reexamining if the results are still not satisfactory.

INITIATIVE AND PROACTIVENESS

Soon we will be discussing innovation which comes ahead in the report. We should have clear understanding of the difference between initiative and innovation. Initiative is the prompt action taken by the respondent for example volunteering for a committee that others would try to avoid. This is by far the most required competency in a good candidate, and no one can ever have any proactiveness in him at all. Please correct me if I am wrong but according to me, the quality of work becomes secondary here, taking up the job and willingness to commit is more important. Physically the quality may vary because of the highly demanding energy level from our side.

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

It may sometime happen to us that we think our work has hit the rock bottom; this is where an individual should be able to find alternative way to get to the end of the solution. Innovation is challenging the paradigm, not letting others affect our method of approach, creating something that once world said could not be twisted further. It is not only about how creative you are but can you also encourage someone to do something new. I won’t be undervaluing any competencies here but creativity is a part of decision making knowing when to implement new rules to get work done faster. I agree with the sir about the children being the most creative because they don’t have insecurities to feel when they fail.

DEALING WITH AMBIGUITY

As a fresher into the corporate world, the biggest difficulty I am going to be facing is to be coping with the change and that is bad. It is very wrong on our side to be stuck in the same loop, not anticipating any change in the future. Dealing with ambiguity is the willingness of the self to be prepared for anything the life throws at you. On the plus side, one should not change him because his job demands it, this should be self-procured. Dealing with ambiguity can be related to proactiveness but the latter is more work related. In this competency we find two types of people, one who is comfortable with uncertaincy and the one finds it restraining to change whatever may the reason may be.

Report by,

Rohan Deepak Patil

 B.tech Mechatronics

 

“GOING THROUGH HELL? KEEP GOING” -Winston Churchill

“Place your hand over your heart, can you feel it? That is called purpose.”

1. “When you feel like giving up, just remember the reason why you held on for so long.”

2. “Giving Up doesn’t end the chances of life getting worse, It liminates the possibility of it ever getting any better.” 

3. “If you are looking for a sign not to kill yourself, this is it.” – Unknown

4. “Anyone desperate enough for giving up should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: elope at midnight, stow away on the boat to New Zealand and start over, do what they always wanted to do but were afraid to try.” – Richard Bach

5. “The real reason for not giving up is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.” – Ernest Hemingway

6. “If you want to show me that you really love me, don’t say that you would die for me, instead stay alive for me.” 



7. “Place your hand over your heart, can you feel it? That is called purpose. You’re alive for a reason so don’t ever give up.”



8. “The person who completes suicide, dies once. Those left behind die a thousand deaths, trying to relive those terrible moments and understand … Why?” – Clark (2001)



9. “Giving Up is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.”

10. “Never never never give up.” – Winston Churchill

Source: mentalhealthdaily.com

INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO L&T MADH

INDUSTRIAL VISIT REPORT

As part of our curriculum for Manufacturing Processes, we visited Larsen & Toubro Training Center situated in Madh. We were supposed to get hands on experience on the machineries and get all the skills inducted required to complete a work-piece. Larsen and Toubro is one of the leading companies in the corporate sector and has entered in various ventures, being among the leading companies. It was a proud feeling to be visiting this good a company!

We started our session with the presentation on Safety Guidelines and General Awareness by Mr. Patil who held a masters’ degree in Safety Issue and was associated with the company for more than 30 years. He mentioned that although we can rectify the mistakes through common sense but for an accident to occur all it takes is one second. He explained to us the different ways in ways in which the mishap can take place and how we can take precautionary measures to prevent the accident, thus safeguarding the laborers’ life. Mr. Patil also went into detail of the responsibility of the management to make the workshops a workable place and how it is labors right to ask for the safety equipments if he thinks that there could be a chance of an accident. It is company’s duty to register the accident to Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health, showing the cause and how the company looks forward to prevent it the coming future.

After about a 3 hours lecture we moved to the first aid techniques, Sir showed us how to disconnect a labor from the direct shock and dos and don’ts while taking care of the self too. And also how to perform CPR on a person who has just got severe electrical shock. At the end, we got to handle the fire-extinguisher and put off the fire. We came to the end of this session with a safety anthem, promising to be a responsible engineer.

During the second half, we attended the machining workshop, which was the main aspect of the visit. The person in charge there described to us the various parts of the Universal Milling Machine, but safety first, asked us to put on safety goggles. He showed us how a spindle wheel works, how to change gears, how to set depth by adjusting the cross feed handle, also reading the lengths with every turn of the wheel. Then, we were provided with a metal slab and asked us to take the measurements of it. Next, he gave us new dimensions and by milling operations asked to reduce it to the given measurements. It was a challenging to operate the machine for the first time but in the end we managed easily.

When a job is finished, it is necessary to smoothen the surface in order to minimize the surface to surface friction. It is done by the Grinding Machine. The Grinding Abrasive Wheel, part which brushes with the metal surface to smoothen it, is made up of Aluminum Oxide and has to be polished itself to get the uniform grind. The Metal slab is kept on Table lock, which is an electromagnetic surface, and with the proper dimension, the wheel is just made to touch the metal surface, the machine flattens the surface with the reciprocating translating motion on the metal surface. In the end, we were demonstrated metal heat treatment, which can be also used in the manufacture of glass. Heat treatment is used to achieve a desired result such as hardening and softening of a material.

This visit to Larsen and Toubro added great deal of experience in terms of mechanical skills and patience. Overall it was a good exposure and according to me, we managed to achieve the purpose of the visit. In one day, one could not ask for more enriching day than this. I appreciate the support shown by the staff at L&T and also thank Chavan sir for giving us the opportunity to attend this training.

Rohan Deepak Patil

H038

B.Tech Mechatronics

Industrial Visit To Automation and Control Systems

INDUSTRIAL VISIT REPORT

The Department Of Mechatronics had organized an Industrial Visit to Automation and Control Systems, Pune on 27^th January, 2016. The Company is a developer of On-site installation automation systems as well as training institute for Automation and Instrumentation Engineers. ACS deals with PLC softwares, AC Drives and SCADA controllers along with many sub-categorized interfaces and machine languages. Automation and Control Systems uses the Automation products of Allen Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi and ABB Systems. They handle distinguished clients like Ashok Leyland, Fiat, Mahindra, Godrej Sara Lee, BHEL, etc. They have also been known to provide Start-up and Commissioning Assistance.

 Mr. Mangal Bilakhia gave an introduction about the functionality of ACS in the Automation Sector. He inspired us to be above average and social rather than only be technical. There was an enthusiastic discussion on ever changing and developing technology how the students should focus their interest in right way, keeping in fact that the college curriculum and the real requirement is never going to be met. Mr. Mangal stressed that the college topper was not the only one meant to succeed and that the backbenchers are the most to turn the table their way and in this competitive world it is only the survival of the fittest.  

In ACS, first we were introduced to a Six-Axis Robot Arm built by ABB controllers. A Six-Axis Movement meant it could move sideways, up-down movement, extend-withdraw action and rotate about its axis. It could almost complete any action a human can, connected through microcontrollers and based on a complete pneumatic system. The specialty of this robot arm was that once an action is completed through manual operation, the user can save the same set of coordinates in it and the arm will follow the same path unless it is reseted. Thus, reducing the breakdown time and speeding up the operation time and neglecting the human error.

Next we moved to SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Systems. It is a virtual system for remote monitoring of a complete machinery by controlling through PLCs so that the machine and the user remained in contact over communication channel. The only drawback of using SCADA system was that the user cannot override the system through the network once it has malfunctioned, that’s where DCS comes into picture. DCS (Distributed Control System) is a control system for a whole process which uses a single controller at a central locations. DCS uses HMI (Human-Machine Interface) for overlooking the distributed controllers with the central controller. The differences between DCS and HMI are merged through HMI and Allen Bradley (PLC5).

Basically all types of platforms can perform the same operation but as a programmer we have to work with the user specifications and within their budget limit. For example, for a small scale industry owner working with the DCS and HMI can be a bit costly, on the other hand, for a precision related system working with only PLC can be a little tough. Sometimes we have to use a fusion of SCADA and PLC to complete a certain process because of the different controllers compatibility.

As an application of these system, they had a small scale RO filtering and bottle filling module, which indicated where each of the sensors were used in order to bring the bottle right below the filler and the sensor to prevent bottles from getting spilled, before putting on the cap. Will there be any error? (Asked some students) No, because it is an automated machine.

Overall, an Industrial Visit was an enriching experience, there was a lot learnt and yet a lot to learn. I would like to thank our Prof. Vinod Jain, the Head of Department for providing us the opportunity to expose us to industry at this early stage. And we will be looking forward to many such visits in the coming future.

                                                                                                       

                                                                               Rohan Deepak Patil

                                                                                          H038

                                                                               B.Tech Mechatronics

                                                                                         Year II

Statement Of Purpose

The Statement Of Purpose

“I Will Win, May not be Immediately but Definitely”

The sole purpose of my life is to educate myself to the highest level and have an attitude of perfection in everything I do. The process of education should not be only for the degree but to learn the basic fundamentals and be able to apply it in the practical field. Having an attitude of perfection should not mean that you are the greatest but a humble approach towards even the smallest creature on the earth. I should neither hesitate to walk with the Kings nor lose the common touch.

Marks do not matter always but that should not refrain me from the life opportunities so I ought to keep a healthy profile for myself. I should not look down on the students weak in studies and should help them to bring them up. In my lifetime, I should be generous enough to be able to finance a needy child’s education and make him independent like me.

After the graduation, I should not have to ask for any kind of help to my parents, either financial or moral, and be able to stand on my feet and complete the further studies as planned.

 While looking for a job, I have to keep a self-esteem for having a better education than the most of the counter parts, and if the job demands a various adjustment, should be ready to handle the projects imposed on me. I should be able to adjust to the job requirements till I get a good exposure but later should lay a strong foundation to work for the betterment of the company.