National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology Calicut PG Diploma in Industrial Automation System Design

National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Calicut

Name of the Group: Control & Instrumentation

Name of the Course: PG Diploma in Industrial Automation System Design

Course Code: PC 100

Starting Date: 25th September 2017

Duration: 24 Weeks (720 hours)

Preamble: Stiff competition, higher quality standards and growing concerns of safety & environmental damage have pushed the Industrial sector to adapt state-of-the-art Automation Techniques for effective utilization of resources and optimized performance of the process plants. Recent trend of merging control systems associated with both factory and process automation demands knowledge from diverse fields. Automation applications span plant automation, discrete and batch process control, embedded machine control and manufacturing production line automation. The industrial automation applications include automation of time critical systems that demand precise real time readings and control. Qualified automation engineers are needed to meet these requirements of designing appropriate automation systems. But, one need to have knowledge of diversified fields such as PC/ PLC based Control, Instrumentation, H/W, S/W, Networking, Industrial AC Drives, Machine Vision, DCS, SCADA/HMI, High speed data acquisition, RTOS etc., to become a successful automation engineer.

Objective of the Course: This course is aimed at making an Engineer with appropriate experience; a qualified designer of Industrial automation systems with the use of PLCs, PACs, Industrial Field Instruments, Industrial PCs, SCADA/HMI, Data-acquisition boards, Machine vision, robots, Microprocessor based instruments, and related Software. The course also includes an industrial oriented project work during which the student will be working on specific assignments of his/her choice.

Outcome of the Course: Qualified automation engineers to meet the requirements of designing appropriate industrial automation systems.

Course Structure:

The course consists of the following modules as given in the table below.
PC100: PG Diploma in Industrial Automation System Design ( 24 weeks )
Sub Modules		Duration
	Measurements with Industrial Field Instruments
	Data Acquisition Systems,
	Process Plant Control & Automation System Design,
	Programmable Automation Controllers (PAC),
	Automation System Integration &Engineering
Core	Concepts	24 Weeks
Modules	PLC & PID Controllers, Industrial Data Communications
	Industrial Drives & Robotics
	SCADA/HMI System Development
	Distributed Control System (DCS)
	Project Work

Other Contents

a. Course Fee:

General Candidates: Course Fee is Rs.70,000 + Service tax @ actual. The course fee can be paid in installments as given below.

SC/ST Candidates: Tuition Fees/Examination fees are waived for SC/ST students admitted under SCSP/TSP. However they are required to remit an amount of Rs.8,050/- as Advance caution/security deposit. This amount will be considered as caution/security deposit and will be refunded after successful completion of the course. If the student fails to complete the course successfully this amount along with any other caution/security deposits by the student will be forfeited.

b. Registration Fee: An amount of Rs.1, 000/- should be paid at the time of registering for the course (for all candidates). The same will be considered as caution deposit on student joining the course. This advance deposit will not be refunded for a selected candidate who does not join the course.

c. Course Fee Installment Structure: Students can pay the full fees of Rs. 80,500/- (70,000 + Service Tax@15%) in advance or as installments as given below

Fees	"Amount for General Candidates	Amount for SC/ST Candidates	Due Date (on or before)
** Advance Deposit	Rs.10,000 /- ( pay only after publishing the lsl selection list)	Rs. 8,050/-(Refundable after successful completion of the course)	20-09-2017
1st Installment	Rs.31,000 /-	NA	25-09-2017
2nd Installment	Rs.39,500 /-	NA	03-11-2017

* Above fees is inclusive Service Tax @ actuals (15%) and revision, if any will be applicable at the time of payment

Advance fee - After publication of first selection list, the students in the first selection list have to pay the Advance Deposit within one week to take the provisional admission. Students in the additional selection list should pay both Advance and First installment fee together on or before counseling day.

d.  Eligibility:

ME /M.Tech or BE /B.Tech in Electrical/ Electronics/ Instrumentation/ Chemical Engineering/ Applied Electronics and Instrumentation/ Instrumentation & Control/ Electronics & Communication/ Mechatronics / Computer Science. Final year students" of above disciplines also may apply.

# On the date of counseling/ admission, final year students have to produce the originals of course completion certificate & mark lists up to and including the last semester/ year examination. Only those candidates who have passed all the semesters/ year examinations of their qualifying degree on or before the date of counseling are eligible for admission. The PG Diploma certificates shall be issued to only those who produce the original or provisional degree certificate, the original mark lists and complete all the modules of PC100 program successfully as per the course requirements.

e. Number of Seats : 50 SC/ST candidates and Persons with disabilities are eligible for seat reservation as per existing rules.

f. How to Apply : Students are advised to apply online at http://nielit.gov.in/content/onlineregistration.  Payment towards advance fee of Rs.1,000/- may be paid the SBI Collect Payment Gateway @ http://nielit.gov.in/calicut/content/modepayments-0  Rs.1000/- will be considered as refundable caution deposit on student joining the course, which will be refunded on successful completion of course. This advance deposit will not be refunded for a selected candidate who does not join the course.

Last date for receiving completed application forms First selection list will be prepared based on the applications received on or before 11th September 2017. The additional selection list will be prepared based on the applications received on or before 20th September 2017 and excluding the applicants included in the first selection list.

For more details: http://nielit.gov.in/calicut/sites/default/files/course/PC100.pdf