INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO JAMSHEDPUR - 21.02.2017 to 25.02.2017 (DEPARTMENT OF IT)

Management Education is not just bound to classroom study but it’s an overall perception of both inbound and outbound study. The exposure of a corporate company would make any student understand the ongoing work culture and environment in any industry which would teach the lessons of management to a greater extent.

The students of Information Technology department under the esteemed guidance of Prof.S.R.Roy and Prof.Mahua Banerjee visited the following companies from Tata Group which has its roots in each and every sector in almost every part of India.

The Companies Visited were:

1. Tata Motors

2. Tata Cummins

3.Tata Hitachi construction machineries pvt.Ltd.

4.Tata Tinplate corporation of India Ltd.

Visit to Tata Motors:

Tata Motors: One of the leading companies in the manufacture of Heavy commercial vehicles and Cars with a leading brand name in India.

We visited the Tata Motors plant where we were warmly welcomed by one of our XISS alumni Anand Sir and some of his colleagues. We visited the following 4 sections of the plant -

Ancillary Section: Here we could get a clear overview of Training of employees in fitting and Prototype dissection.

Vehicle Factory Line3: Here we could get a clear overview of how a vehicle is modelled and designed from the starting till the end through the assembly Line..

Forging and Casting:Here we could get to know how the molten parts are cooled using a Hydraulic press.

Cabinet Assembly: Here the final painting of the vehicle and the assembly of cabinet is seen.

We also visited the testing section where the trucks were tested on various surfaces which was amazing to watch.

After the plant visit we had a session with Mr.Soma Shankar Bhattacharya the head of Telecommunications department who shared with us the latest trends of IT in any organisation which was worth learning experience to the students.

Visit to Tata Cummins:

After the Visit to Tata Motors post lunch we visited Tata Cummins which is a leading manufacturer of Diesel Engines.

Here we had a warm welcome by the team which was further proceeded with interactive sessions on the company and Safety Measures within the plant.

After the session we visited the plant where we could get a clear Overview of how the diesel engines are manufactured from starting till the end.

We could also get to know how IT is playing a major role in the operations sector in the industry.

The first day ended with a lot of Knowledge on these.

Visit to Tata Hitachi:

Tata Hitachi is one of the leading manufacturers of cranes,earth movers,excavators etc.

Here also we were warmly welcomed by Mr.Somdev and his team where in we had a visit to the plant area comprising of the Earth movers.

We could get a clear Knowledge of How they are manufactured and dispatched.

The presentation about the company and the videos about the formation of Tata Group made us understand clearly about the Tata Group.

Post lunch we had a session with Mr.Biplab Hore who explained us How far IT is growing in the corporate,The cloud computing,Data analytics,The Growth of SAP in these industries etc.

The major part of IT interaction was witnessed in this session.

With this the second day ended.

Visit to Tinplate Corporation:

Here we were warmly welcomed by Mr.Shatrughna Singh one of our XISS alumni along with his colleagues where in we could clearly get an over view of How the tinplates were manufactured and used in current industry.

We had a session with Mr.Mahesh the IT head who explained about the IT operations here.

We also visited the archival Region which explained us the history and importance of the company.

Apart from these we had a lot of management Games and interactive sessions in the evenings teaching us the importance of teamwork and good friendly relations in a place far off from college.

Overall The Industrial Visit was worth learning and joyful session for IT students.

Courtesy:
Mr.  Timmavajjula Venkata Shashank (Department of IT - 2016-18)

About Prof. Dr. James A.F. Stoner

Diamond Jubilee Festivities that mark the glorified celebration of 60 years is being honoured by the presence of Dr. James A.F.Stoner, Professor of Management Systems in Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business. He joined Fordham in 1975 and holds the “James A.F. Stoner Chair in Global Quality Leadership” established in his honour in 2002.

As the theme for DJF is ‘Sustainabilty’ it is a prestige to have Dr. Stoner with us who specializes in the research of Leading and Managing Global Sustainability; Designing and Creating For-Profit Enterprises that Contribute to Global Sustainability Management, Spirituality, and Organizational Excellence Creating Excellent Teams Ontological Inquiry, Excellence, and Personal and Organizational Transformation. He is a prolific author with many refereed papers. His three most recent publications are Fundamentals of Financial Managing (co-authored with Dr. Frank Werner), Modern Financial Managing (also co-authored with Dr. Frank Werner), and La Gerencia Dominicana (co-authored with Dr. Charles Wankel).

He received the Best Paper-Management Education, Academy of Management in 1991. His experience includes that of Project Development Officer, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of Tanganyika (now Tanzania), 1961-63 and Consultant to Arthur D. Little, Bell Labs, Bergen Brunswig Corporation, and Juran Institute, 1992-94.Professor Stoner has accumulated many academic laurels. He was named a profesor honorario by the Universidad Catolica Santo Domingo, a distinque profesor by the Asosiación Dominica de Profesionales en Administración, and an honorific visiting professor at the Universidad de Ricardo Palma in Lima, Peru. Stoner is presently a professor at Fordham University. He is an author and co-author of a number of books and journal articles, including; Management, six editions, and Introduction to Business, Scott Foresman; and World-class Managing-Two Pages at a Time (co-author Freeload Press 2010). He is a member of the Academy of Management and past chair of the Management Education and Devilment Division, the American Society for Quality; the Academy of Business Education and the Organizational Behaviour Teaching Society, the last of which he is a former board member.

In addition to his responsibilities at Fordham, Dr. Stoner advises several major companies on the movement toward quality management and teaches in executive seminars on quality and management. He has taught in executive programs in North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

At Fordham, he is a past recipient of the Gladys and Henry Crown Award for Faculty Excellence at the graduate level. He also earned a citation from the Academy of Management for best paper in management education.

His book on Management continues its strong research orientation and solid theoretical underpinnings. The general theme of the 6/E is dynamic engagement--a broad term that captures the essence of change confronting future managers, and current thinking on what they'll need to succeed. The material presented revolves around the following themes: ethics, globalization, entrepreneurship and small businesses, cultural diversity, and quality.

 

Here at XISS, we religiously follow his book on Principles and Practices of Management which has provided us with the very basic concepts which facilitated better understanding of various management issues, the various emerging trends supported by Caselets. Hence, the book has provided us with a very strong foundation towards the basic concepts of Planning, Organising, Leading, Controlling and Work Place Diversity etc.

We excitedly await his visit in our campus.

Submitted by:

Yukti Verma

Department of Human Resource Management