KCG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
CHENNAI
The department of Mechanical Engineering organized a one day workshop on “Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0)” at Mirza Seminar Theatre on 19.08.17. The workshop was presented by Mr C.V. Gowri Shankar who is a well known figure among the quality control circles of various industries. Students from various departments attended the workshop and got to see a glimpse of what “Industry 4.0” exactly is.
The workshop discussed about the future of the global industrial scenario where “automation” and “artificial Intelligence” will soon replace many “mundane” and repetitive tasks in industries which were once done by human labor. The workshop predicted that as industries become more and more automated, the future engineer must be equipped with new skill sets to cope up with these developments. Students and future engineers must now realize that merely graduating with a degree is no longer enough to achieve a successful career in engineering, rather they must take the initiative to learn new things and develop intellectually in order to make themselves employable in the future.
The workshop depicted that the new role of human beings in this age of automation is to develop, analyze and apply various concepts like artificial intelligence, IOT, CAPP, Cloud computing, data analysis, condition based monitoring and maintenance etc. to the industrial fields. Mr. Shankar encouraged the students to broaden their horizons and equip themselves with new and trending skill sets to adapt to this new “Industrial Revolution”.
The workshop was indeed an eye-opener for all and helped the students to be aware of the future trends in the global industrial field.
