Faculty Development Program on Industry 5.0: Human-Centric Smart Manufacturing: 21st – 26th JULY, 2025
About FDP:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Vikrant University organized a six-day Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Industry 5.0: Human-Centric Smart Manufacturing” from 21st – 26th July 2025. This unique program witness the participation of a large section of academicians, researchers and industry representatives to discuss the future of Manufacturing where use of technology and human ingenuity come together.
The FDP commenced on July 21st, 2025 with a grand opening session where Dr. P. S. Chauhan, Vice Chancellor Vikrant University gave a remarkable welcome address while stressing that academia is required to keep pace with changes occurring in industry. The lighting of ceremonial lamp represented the zeal for knowledge and innovation, and followed by Prof. Ravi Kumar Dwivedi (MANIT, Bhopal) who was the Chief Guest and gave an intellectual keynote about human-machine collaboration, sustainable development and resilience on central manufacturing system in Industry 5.0.
On subsequent six days there were total ten sessions, industry visit, hands-on training and group discussions.Renowned presenters such as Er. Sachin Agrawal, (Volvo Eicher) and Mr. Bhupendra Singh Thakur, (Robotronix), ventured into the topics of Artificial Intelligence, IoT, and big data in smart manufacturing, while Dr. Santosh Bhagwat Rane (SPCE, Mumbai) discussed cyber-physical systems and digital twins. There was also a component of a discussion about workforce transformation, where Prof. Akshay Dvivedi (IIT Roorkee) elaborated on skill development with respect to Industry 5.0. A special feature of the program was Mr. Prahlad Singh Yadav’s (Brahma Kumari) mention of positive thinking and work-life balance to inject a humanistic perspective into the learning of Industry 5.0 principles.
The FDP program finished with Dr. Anupma Agarwal (Parul University), who discussed sustainable manufacturing and the circular economy and reinforced the ethical and environmental responsibilities to support Industry 5.0. All of the participants left with greater insight and practical experiences as well as a third dimension of getting the commitment to taking the next steps to incorporate the changes to industry 5.0 into their teaching and research.
The message and vision from this program was not only to connect academia and industry, but to encourage faculty to define the next future of smart, and human-centered manufacturing. Hence, Vikrant University will continue to foster more innovation, collaboration, and excellence in the teaching of engineering.
FDP on “Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering”
Respected All,
Greetings from Vikrant Institute, Indore!
RGPV, Bhopal is organising a 5 Days Faculty Development Program (From 10th to 14th June 2019) on “Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering” Under AICTE TEQUIP III (An Initiative of MHRD), at Vikrant Institute of Technology & Management, Indore. This FDP is for all stream of Engineering. Please register yourself to attend this FDP using below link- https://forms.gle/Nqru5gbPATURUDWH7 up to 3rd June 2019.
Certificate was provided by RGPV for All Participants. Registration was free for all, but it was mandatory.
A line in confirmation will be highly appreciated. We look forward to welcoming you.
Contact: Prof Ravi Khatri – 9826781184
Prof Jitendra Dodiya – 9131089055
Contact Person
- Prof Ravi Khatri – 9826781184
- Prof Jitendra Dodiya – 9131089055
Thanks and Regards
Vikrant Institute of Technology & Management, Indore
Faculty Development Program On Virtual Lab By IIT Delhi @VGI Gwalior
About FDP:
Department of Electrical and electronics engineering, VITM Gwalior organized a one day FDP on Virtual lab on Monday, 20 May 2019. Virtual lab is an initiative of ministry of human resources development under the national mission on education through ICT.
In this FDP expert Mr. Akshat Agarwal explain about Virtual lab and benefits of using Virtual lab. There is a hands-on session also ,in which participants perform practicals in virtual lab.
Faculty Development Program on “Emerging Technologies for Smart Cities”
About FDP:
One Week Faculty Development Program on “Emerging Technologies for Smart Cities” Under TEQIP Phase III. sponsored by RGPV Bhopal Chief Guest Mr. Mahip Tejasvi, CEO, Smart City, Gwalior & Guest of Honor Dr. S.G. Deshmukh, Director, ABV-IIITM, Gwalior
