Digital Manufacturing and Smart Factories Course at IISc

Shaping the Future of Manufacturing

Demand 90% of the organizations are implementing digital transformation initiatives
Growth Digital manufacturing market to reach $911.09 Bn by 2030
RoI Digital Manufacturing Reduced Machine Downtime by 50%
Worldwide, Industry 4.0 is fuelling the emergence of smart factories across diverse industry verticals, including FMCG, automotive, healthcare, aerospace, defence, etc. The adoption of connected and intelligent digital technologies further enables smart factories to enhance productivity, profitability, compliance, and customer delight.

The digital manufacturing industry is growing and is expected to reach $767.82 billion by 2025. India, among other countries, views manufacturing as vital to the country's digital transformation strategy. With smart factories re-imagining manufacturing jobs, there is a growing need for professionals savvy with emerging technologies to lead the digital transformation in the sector.

The PG Level Advanced Certification Programme in Digital Manufacturing and Smart Factories aims to build an ecosystem of such professionals. It is a 6-month programme coordinated by the Department of Design and Manufacturing (DM) in collaboration with TalentSprint, a research and technology-intensive design and manufacturing department at IISc. Participants will learn from a Faculty Group spread across the Product Design and Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Systems Engineering, Materials Engineering, Computer Science and Automation Departments at IISc.

The programme is delivered in an experiential learning format comprising Masterclass Lectures, Lab exercises using Comprehensive Digital Tools and Project implementation at the IISc Smart Factory Labs.

Digital Manufacturing Lead - Senior Manager
Digital Manufacturing Consultant
Manufacturing Execution System Application Developer
Manufacturing Application Developer
Smart Factory Manufacturing Engineer
Industrial Engineer - Digital Manufacturing
And more
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Participant Profile

Experience

From Top Organizations

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Find out why professionals want to join the programme

"I see a vast gap between digitalisation that I read and my practical experience in the manufacturing industry. This programme would show ways to digitise the conventional business ecosystem." Pravin Nair
Quant Business Analyst LLP, AGM Internal Audit IT
"I am currently leading a group of supervisors and engineers, driving smart connected factory solutions. This programme will help me better my ability to expedite these solutions." Balaji Thiagarajan
Quality Manager, John Deere
"I am impressed with the curriculum topics covered; IoT, additive manufacturing and robotics. It delivers broad concepts focused on the design while considering future challenges. Eager to explore this field." Sarun
Architect, Akrivia Automation
"I have experienced how safety, precision, troubleshooting, etc., has grown several folds in manufacturing with intelligent technologies. Hence, I want to be part of this and leverage Industry 4.0 solutions." Sanjay Krishna
Assembly and Maintenance Engineer, Koyo Ltd.

"I am interested in learning about Industry 4.0, its design, deployment, and the impact of its implementation. There is a shortage of skills in the market today & with this programme, I can do well." Philip Abraham
Assistant General Manager South, Trumpf India
"I would like to be hands-on with Industry 4.0 concepts, Digital Manufacturing, IoT, and Digital Twin. I need further mentoring and support, a platform to build my network and explore new opportunities through this programme." Prashanth Achar
Group Lead, GKN Automotive/Aerospace
"Interested in process control, automation, kinetics, simulation and modelling. I believe new-age technologies like AI and ML, IoT, etc., will disrupt manufacturing in many ways. This programme will help me keep abreast of the latest developments." Prakash Krishnamurthy
Director, Burgess Instruments Pvt. Ltd.
"I need to build capabilities in smart manufacturing for designing and implementing OT/IT converged solutions. Through this programme, I should be able to guide the business on the industry best practices to improve processes and adopt smart manufacturing techniques." Eugene Moses
Enterprise Solution Architect, Caterpillar Inc.

Note: These are edited versions based on the details submitted by various programme applicants.

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Become a Digital Manufacturing Expert

IISc EdgeLearn from IISc Faculty, experts in Product Design and Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Systems Engineering, Materials Engineering, Computer Science and Automation

Hands-on LearningPractitioner's curriculum supported by Lab Demonstrations and Exercises using State-of-the-art Digital Tools at IISc Smart Factory Labs

TalentSprint AdvantageLearn on TalentSprint's patent-pending Digital Platform. Network with 3000+ TalentSprint Deep Tech Alumni. Access Career Accelerator.

About Indian Institute
of Science

IISc is India’s premier institution for advanced scientific and technological research and education. It was granted the Institute of Eminence status in 2018. It is one of few Indian institutions to get featured in world university rankings consistently. For more information about IISc, visit https://www.iisc.ac.in.

Department of Design and Manufacturing (DM) The Department of Design and Manufacturing at IISc trains students in developing systemically complex, technologically-intensive, and socially impactful and sustainable solutions. It has been ranked alongside the design schools and research centres at Stanford, Delft, Cambridge and CMU. The programme will be coordinated by DM and taught by a faculty group in the product design and manufacturing, mechanical engineering, electronics systems engineering, materials engineering, computer science, and automation departments at IISc.

Real-World Curriculum

Practitioner’s curriculum includes masterclasses by IISc Faculty, Use Cases, Experiments with Digital Tools, Case Studies, and Capstones for effective learning

Frameworks and Technologies
Protocols and Standards

CAD and CIM
Computational Metrology, Factory Simulation

Mechatronics for Digital Manufacturing
Sensors and Actuators for Digital Manufacturing

Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

Internet of Things
Digital Twins

Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality
Haptics

Industrial and Collaborative Robotics
Autonomous Systems

Polymer Additive Manufacturing
Metal Additive Manufacturing

Shape, Material and Product Representation; Topology Optimization
Design Principles, Rules and Guidelines for Additive Manufacturing

Concepts and Technologies
Protocols and Standards

Lab Exercises and Demonstration

IISc Smart Factory
Demonstration
AR / VR /
MR / Haptics
IoT and
Digital Twins
Advanced Machining
and Metrology
Robotics and
Autonomous Systems
Digital
Manufacturing
Additive
Manufacturing
Electronics, Mechatronics
and Industry 4.0
Cybersecurity

Learning Supported with Digital Tools

Metal Additive
Manufacturing
Polymer Additive
Manufacturing
Automated Guided
Vehicles (AGV)
Industrial
Robots
Collaborative
Robot
PLM Suite
and COMSOL
ThingWorx
and Dimo Maint
CNC
Milling Centre
Metal
Laser Router

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Learn from Accomplished Academia

The curriculum will be taught by an impressive IISc Faculty Group bearing academic accreditation from premier institutions and trained in the best laboratories around the world.

Programme Coordinator
Prof. Amaresh Chakrabarti

Professor, Dept. of Design and Manufacturing, IISc
Ph.D., Engineering Design, University of Cambridge, UK

Research Expertise : Design Synthesis and Creativity Eco-Design and Sustainability AI and Data Analytics Product Informatics Smart Manufacturing Biomedical Devices Sensors/Actuators

Programme Faculty
Prof. B Gurumoorthy

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, IISc
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Research Expertise : Computer-aided design, Digital manufacturing, Computational metrology Product design

Programme Faculty
Dr. Abhra Roy Chowdhury

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Design and Manufacturing, IISc
Ph.D., National University of Singapore

Research Expertise : Robotics, Automation, Collaborative Mobile Robots, Human-Robot Collaboration, Mechatronics, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics

Programme Faculty
Prof. Manish Arora

Associate Professor, Dept. of Design and Manufacturing, IISc
Ph.D., University of Twente, Netherlands

Research Expertise : Biomedical Devices, Co-Design, Collaboration, Open-Source Design

Programme Faculty
Dr. Pradipta Biswas

Associate Professor, Department of Design and Manufacturing & Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems, IISc
Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Cambridge, UK

Research Expertise : Human-Computer Interaction, User Modelling, Multimodal Interaction, Intelligent Interaction

Programme Faculty
Dr. Abhijit Biswas

Ph.D., Applied Mechanics (Haptics, Biomedical Engineering), IIT Madras

Research Expertise : Biomedical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Haptics, Electronics and Instrumentation, Power Systems, IoT, Embedded Systems

Programme Faculty
Dr. Rina Maiti

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, IIT Bombay

Research Expertise : Human Factors Engineering, Biomechanics, Product Design, Medical Engineering, Rehabilitation Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, Biosensor Design, Basic Medical Instrumentation, Work and Sports Engineering related Design

Programme Faculty
Dr. Koushik Vishwanathan

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, USA

Research Expertise : Advanced Manufacturing and Finishing Processes, Experimental Mechanics, Metrology, Theoretical Methods in Mechanics and Physics

Programme Faculty
Dr. Satyam Suwas

Ph.D., Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Kanpur

Research Expertise : Processing-Texture Relationship, Deformation and Thermo-Mechanical Processing, Microstructure-Mechanical Property Correlation, Additive Manufacturing

Programme Faculty
Dr. Thulasi Raman K H

Ph.D., Dept. of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, IISc

Research Expertise : Additive Manufacturing Machine and Process Development, Electron Beam and Plasma Processing of Materials, Novel Material Processing System Design, Thin Film Materials, Surface and Interface Analysis, Novel Process Monitoring Instrumentation, Plasma Electrolytic Polishing

Programme Faculty
Dr. Ashitava Ghosal

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, California, USA

Research Expertise : Kinematics, Dynamics, Control and Design of Robots and other Computer controlled Mechanical Systems, Theoretical and Numerical Investigations of Non-linear Dynamical Systems, Kinematics of Parallel Mechanisms and Manipulators, Design of Mechanical Systems, Biomedical devices, CAD/CAM

Programme Faculty
Haresh Dagale

M.Sc., Engineering, IISc

Research Expertise : Embedded systems, TCP-IP Networking, Wireless Networking, VoIP, Audio-Video Streaming, Security & Reliability Issues in Cyber-Physical Systems, IoT

Programme Faculty
Dr. G K Ananthasuresh

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Research Expertise : Compliant Mechanisms, Design Optimization, Topology Optimization, Mechanisms and Kinematics, MEMS, Biomechanics, Micromanipulation, Protein Design

Programme Faculty
Dr. Vishal Singh

Ph.D., Computing, University of Sydney, Australia

Research Expertise : Building Information Modeling, Design Computing and Cognition, Elements of Design, Multidisciplinary Collaboration, Systemic Innovation, Product Service Systems

Programme Faculty
Dr. T V Prabhakar

Ph.D.

Research Expertise : Network Embedded Systems, Hardware System Design, Power Management Algorithms, Energy Harvesting Systems, IoT Security, Heterogeneous Networks for IoT, Communication Systems, Sensor Networks

Hi-Touch Hybrid
Learning Platform

iPearl.ai (AI-Powered Interactive Platform for Experiential And Remote Learning), TalentSprint’s Digital Delivery Platform, truly open by design, is built on Open edX and has been architected to incorporate best-of-breed technologies and state-of-the-art components.

The hallmark of the platform is its seamless integration of diverse but related learning technologies that facilitates synchronous learning, asynchronous learning, assignments, assessments, group work, cloud labs, and video indexing, with just one single sign-on. This maximizes user delight, for both students and instructors.

Ideal For

Professionals working in manufacturing industry mainly in Strategic and Managerial roles
Professionals working across IoT, Product Design, Materials, Mechanics and System Design functions in Automotive, Aerospace, FMCG, Pharma/Medical Equipment Production, Energy, Metals and Mining, and Oil and Gas – potential sectors for deployment of Digital Manufacturing and Smart Factory concept
Professionals aiming for career transition and willing to explore Industry 4.0

Eligibility

Minimum Qualification :B.E./M.E./B.Tech/M.Tech or an equivalent degree
Work Experience : Relevant experience of 1 year

Enrolment Process

Apply for
Programme
Await
selection
Block Your Seat and
Complete Your Enrolment
Get Started with
the Programme
Certification by Center
for Continuing Education at IISc

The selection for the programme will be done by IISc and is strictly based on the eligibility criteria and
the motivation of applicants as expressed in their statement of purpose.

Immersive Learning

Faculty-led Interactive Masterclass Lectures
Hands-on Learning with State-of the-art Tools
Mentor
Support
Lab
Demonstrations
Workshops
Implement Projects at
IISc Smart Factory Labs
Case
Studies
6 days of
Campus visits

TalentSprint Career Accelerator Program

Supports program alumni looking for new Career Advancements

Professional
Development

Resume Building
LinkedIn Profile Makeover

Network with
Peers and Alumni

Knowledge Exchange Sessions with Business or Tech leaders
Lifetime Membership to TalentSprint Alumni Network

Access to
Career Advancements*

6 months Premium Membership of IIM Jobs or Hirist
Job Alerts through TalentSprint Alumni Network

*Terms & Conditions apply

What is My Investment?

Application Fee*
₹2,000

Program Fee₹3,20,000

Program Fee with Scholarship₹2,68,000

(*18% GST extra as applicable)

Check my eligibility for the scholarship

Special Pricing for Corporates^*

*Applicable only for enterprises nominating their employees as a group

Smart Factory Fee : The above fee includes Smart Factory Fee

Fees paid is non-refundable and non-transferable.

Modes of payment available

Internet Banking
Credit/Debit Card
UPI Payments

Easy Financing Options

Interest-Based Schemes

EMI as low as ₹11,354/Month

EMI Options

Loan Partners

Program Fee for International Participants	$4,000
With Scholarship	$3,350

Programme Media Coverage

Frequently Asked Questions

The growing digitization brought in by the rapid adoption of emerging technologies like AI, IoT, etc., is making manufacturing increasingly intelligent and dynamic - making digital manufacturing a reality.

Digital Manufacturing is a rapidly growing market, expected to reach $911.09 Bn by 2030. About two-thirds of industrial companies worldwide are already focusing on digitizing their production value chain.

Embracing this digital transformation, the manufacturing industry across diverse sectors now need professionals who understand the manufacturing landscape combined with deeptech expertise to lead the change.

IISc and TalentSprint's PG Level Advanced Certification Programme in Digital Manufacturing and Smart Factories helps professionals gear up for this future of manufacturing.

IISc is India's premier institution for advanced scientific and technological research and education. It is one of the first three publicly funded institutes to be awarded the Institute of Eminence status.

The institution's reputation and pre-eminence consistently feature it in global university rankings. The institution has been home to distinguished alumni who have had noteworthy academic and industry positions around the globe.

IISc has been consistently recognised as India’s #1 University and #1 Research Institute by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024 Ranking. For More information, visit: https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2024/Ranking.html

TalentSprint, an National Stock Exchange (NSE) Group Company, brings high-end and deep-tech education to aspiring and experienced professionals in partnership with top academic institutions and global corporations. Its patent-pending, AI-powered, digital learning platform enables a perfect blend of high-end academics and industry-leading practitioner experience. Given its in-depth understanding of the deep technologies, access to industry experts, and a state of art technology platform, IISc has chosen TalentSprint as its partner for executive education programmes in disruptive and emerging technologies. For more information, visit www.talentsprint.com.

There is a global demand for Industry 4.0 professionals. These are just some of the exciting opportunities open for digital manufacturing experts.

Digital Manufacturing Consultant (1607+ Openings)
Digital Manufacturing Lead - Senior Manager (33+ Openings)
Manufacturing Execution System Application Developer (65+ Openings)
Smart Factory Manufacturing Engineer (64+ Openings)
Industrial Engineer – Digital Manufacturing (171+ Openings) and more…..

Get the IISc Advantage
Learn from IISc Faculty, experts in Product Design and Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Systems Engineering, Materials Engineering, Computer Science and Automation

Hands-On Learning Experience
Practitioner’s curriculum supported by Lab Demonstrations and Exercises using State-of-the-art Digital Tools at IISc Smart Factory Labs

The TalentSprint Advantage
Learn on TalentSprint’s patent-pending Digital Platform. Network with 3000+ TalentSprint Deep Tech Alumni. Access Career Accelerator. Get the IISc Advantage

The programme is exclusively designed for

Professionals working in manufacturing industry mainly in Strategic and Managerial roles
Professionals working across IoT, Product Design, Materials, Mechanics and System Design functions in Automotive, Aerospace, FMCG, Pharma/Medical Equipment Production, Energy, Metals and Mining, and Oil and Gas – potential sectors for deployment of Digital Manufacturing and Smart Factory concept
Professionals aiming for career transition and willing to explore Industry 4.0

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About TalentSprint

15 Years of
Excellence
250K Empowered
Professionals
95% Completion
Rate
85 Net Promoter
Score
30+ Awards &
Accolades

Established in 2010, TalentSprint (a part of the NSE group) is a global EdTech company offering cutting-edge, deeptech, management programs for early career and experienced professionals, with top institutions/organizations. It creates a highly-skilled niche talent pool to meet new-age industry demands. The company’s digital learning platform ipearl.ai offers a hybrid onsite/online experience to seekers of deep technology expertise. It is also a recipient of various prestigious accolades. Some of the recent ones are:

Shaping the Future of Manufacturing

Global Demand for Industry 4.0 Professionals

+91-7337339787

Participant Profile

Experience

From Top Organizations

Find out why professionals want to join the programme

Hear from our programme alumni

Become a Digital Manufacturing Expert

About Indian Institute of Science

Real-World Curriculum

Lab Exercises and Demonstration

Learning Supported with Digital Tools

Learn from Accomplished Academia

Programme CoordinatorProf. Amaresh Chakrabarti

Programme FacultyProf. B Gurumoorthy

Programme FacultyDr. Abhra Roy Chowdhury

Programme FacultyProf. Manish Arora

Programme FacultyDr. Pradipta Biswas

Programme FacultyDr. Abhijit Biswas

Programme FacultyDr. Rina Maiti

Programme FacultyDr. Koushik Vishwanathan

Programme FacultyDr. Satyam Suwas

Programme FacultyDr. Thulasi Raman K H

Programme FacultyDr. Ashitava Ghosal

Programme FacultyHaresh Dagale

Programme FacultyDr. G K Ananthasuresh

Programme FacultyDr. Vishal Singh

Programme FacultyDr. T V Prabhakar

Hi-Touch Hybrid Learning Platform

Ideal For

Eligibility

Enrolment Process

Immersive Learning

TalentSprint Career Accelerator Program

Professional Development

Network with Peers and Alumni

Access to Career Advancements*

What is My Investment?

Easy Financing Options

Programme Media Coverage

Frequently Asked Questions

About TalentSprint

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