Course Name: Industrial Automation and Control

Course abstract

This course provides an overall exposure to the technology of Industrial Automation and Control as widely seen in factories of all types both for discrete and continuous manufacturing. The course, in 40 lectures, discusses a wide range of related topics from the advantage and architecture of automation systems, measurement systems including sensors and signal conditioning, discrete and continuous variable control systems, hydraulic, pneumatic and electric actuators, industrial communication and embedded computing and CNC Machines. A student of IIT Kharagpur once commented - ? because of the course I can identify and relate to much of the equipment that I see in a factory?.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay

Prof. Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay has done is B. Tech, M. Tech and Ph. D., all from IIT Kharagpur in 1985, 1987 and 1991 respectively. In 1990 he joined the Electrical Engineering Department of IIT Kharagpur. He is currently a Professor in the Department. He has co-authored about 200 research papers, two books and two video courses. He has about 20 years experience of working with organisations like National Semiconductors, Texas Instruments, General Motors, Indian Railways, SAIL, DRDO, GE R&D and several others. Apart from his research interests he is interested in pedagogy and innovation.


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 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2021

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 25-Jan-2021

 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Mar-2021

 Exam Date : 24-Apr-2021

Enrolled

4634

Registered

329

Certificate Eligible

78

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Silver

3

Elite

23

Successfully completed

52

Participation

128

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Note:
We have taken best assignment score from both Jan 2020 and Jan2021 course
Industrial Automation and Control - Toppers list

KISHORE P 82%

SASTRA DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY

MOHIT KUMAR 80%

JSW Steel Ltd.

BHASKAR JHA 79%

DARBHANGA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, DARBHANGA

SURESH KRISHNAMOORTHY 73%

COIMBATORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

HARSHVARDHAN SINGH 73%

MEGHNAD SAHA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MURALIDHARA 73%

NMAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 4634

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 330

Assignment Statistics




Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.