• Understand various stages in product design process
• Learn Design based on Boothroyd / Dewhurst principles
• Understanding various mistake proof techniques, Poka-Yoke
• Reduction of part count
• Learn design efficiency calculations
• Able to apply DFMA principles in design and development

This Program will be conducted by Mr. Manoharan,  Mr. Ganapathi K N,  & Mr. Joseph Abraham

Mr Manoharan, has over 39 years of experience in the areas of Design, Development, Project Engineering / Management, and Marketing in diversified industries. His expertise spans multiple domains like Pollution Control, Cement Plants, Power, Oil & Gas, Gas Turbines, and Industrial Automation. His strength is in providing global engineering support on design and development of Mechanical Engineering Projects. Had been actively provided engineering support to prestigious Customers like GE, Rolls-Royce, Siemens, Procter & Gamble, Halliburton and Baker Hughes.

He is a graduated in Mechanical Engineering and secured PG Diploma in Ecology and Environment and PG Management from IIM, Calcutta.

Mr. Ganapathi K N, is presently working as Advisor at IMTMA, having 16 years of industrial and 16 years of academic and training experience.He is a mechanical engineer with post graduate in metal casting science and engineering. Prior to IMTMA, Ganapathi has worked at various capacity in manufacturing companies. He has thorough knowledge of Materials, Metallurgy, Metal casting and heat treatment processes. He has carried out many specialised programmes on metal casting technologies, Metallurgy and heat treatment for industries. He has also taught these topics to post graduate engineering students. At IMTMA his role is to develop and introduce new programmes for enhancing competitiveness of Industries.

Mr Joseph Abraham, is having more than 38 years of experience in Tool Designing & Manufacturing, Plastic injection Moulding, Training, Quality Management and Product design & Development. He worked as a Vice-Principal with NTTF. He has worked as a Tool Room Manager with several organizations such Balda Solutons,Malaysia, BPL Tool room, Bangalore and Tool Product Singapore. He currently provided training and tooling consultancy to several small scale industries.