Industrial Experience

This article provides an overview of the industrial experience at Baroda Design Institute Pvt. Ltd, a company offering professional engineering courses. It discusses the courses offered, work health and safety training, technical and non-technical work activities, and how the industrial experience has developed. The article also includes information about training attachment, attachment activities, and the skills acquired during the attachment.

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Introduction
Centered in the engineering field, Baroda Design Institute Pvt. Ltd is a company offering
professional engineering courses which are a blend of practical lessons, industrial practices, and
attachments as well as theory. The company majors in the engineering field with skills in Piping
Design Engineering, Electrical Design Engineering, Instrumentation Design & Engineering,
Equipment Design Engineering, Civil & Structure Engineering, and Process Design Engineering.
The company was started in 2012 and offers all its skills in a manner accepted globally and
experiences required by most engineering companies. Baroda Design Institute is located in
Vadodara, India.
The company was established in 2012 and has been ISO 9001:2008 certified to offer
courses related to the engineering courses to the professionals wishing to graduate and pursue a
career in this field (Patel, Chotai, and Patel, 2014, p. 21). The firm has designed the courses as a
combination of practical sessions, theory and industrial practices. They have a syllabus that they
cover in all the courses which has been designed as per the requirements and guidelines of global
standards, and also the latest requirements of work in different companies in the engineering
field. The company was incorporated by the 10th of 2013 as a private limited firm (Bhatt,
Lakdawala, and Lakhera, 2011, p. 3). The professionals classify it under the non-government
firms. It has been registered by the registrar of firms in Ahmedabad. At the moment, it has an
authorized capital share of Rs. 100,000 and its equivalent paid up amount in capital is also Rs.
100,000 (Parmar, and Khan, 2012, p. 12). The latest held AGM (annual general meeting) at
Baroda design institute firm was in 30th of September, 2018. Its last balance sheet as per the
MCA (ministry of corporate affairs) records was filed in 2018, 31st of March.

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Work health and safety (WHS) training received
Work health and safety is an essential thing to consider in a working environment. Not
only does it protect the workers at the workplace but also those who are apprentices, workers,
volunteers, work experience students, and contractors (Nahrgang, Morgeson, and Hofmann
2011, p. 71). It is an essential thing for a workplace manager to ensure all their workers have
undergone training in work health and safety. For instance, when dealing with general
engineering, I have been able to get training to promote safety like identification of foreseeable
hazards that can put the safety of workers and trainees at risk. Being able to eliminate the
dangers foreseen, ready to review risk control measures to maintain the risks low where possible,
and control the risk-free work environment (Kazutaka 2012, p. 155-165).
Work Activities: technical and non-technical aspects
Baroda Design Institute Pvt. Ltd deals with major technical areas in engineering. For
instance, trainees undergo practical classes in Electrical Engineering design. We use necessary
data collection instruments such as function generators, multi-meters, phase testers, and
transducers. These instruments collect data that is used to determine how an electrical system is
running, whether to increase or decrease an input of the system for optimum results. In piping
design engineering, workers use lesser complex instruments such as pipe cutters, tightening rods
and clamps to construct a wide range of piping systems that is very important in chemical, civil,
mechanical and electrical engineering.
When we focus on instrumentation design engineering, trainees and workers make use of
physical data collection equipment which transforms these quantities to electric signals via a
process known as digital signal processing. The data collection equipment is cameras, pressures
sensors, thermistors, light dependent resistors (LDR). The collected data after conversion to

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digital data or electrical signals are analyzed to take control of the working mechanism of a
system and predict any change that should be made soon to avoid significant failures of the
system. The other use of this data is to control the running and functioning of a plant (Charyton
and Merrill 2009, p.145-156).
The third technical area in Baroda Design Institute Pvt Ltd is civil and structural design.
It requires that trainees and workers use level detection equipment, landscape nature, soil profile
testers, and length measuring equipment. The collected data undergoes processing in a computer
being operated by a designer who simulates some software program and comes out with a design
for the structure in question, be it a road, airport, a private house or a city skyscraper (Awad et
al., 2012, p. 534-544).
Process design engineering involves a choice of a flow or pattern of sequential stages to
produce desired outcomes either chemically or physically. The branch is the center of chemical
engineering, and it can be designing new processes, new manufacturing facilities, and equipment
or modifying and improving on the existing facilities and operations. The workers in this field
use equipment to measure physical quantities such as length, light intensity, and acidity or
alkalinity of the region set aside for putting up process facilities. These quantities are analyzed
and what follows is the drawing of block diagrams for the process which are later upgraded to
more complex process flow diagrams, showing flow rates and compositions. Piping and
instrumentation diagrams follow which show all pipelines in the charts with their material of
manufacture and their dimensions. The last stage is a design with all specifications labeled for all
major equipment (Towler and Sinnott, 2012, p. 31).
The last technical activity in the company is equipment design engineering, which is
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Reactors, heat exchangers, pumps and packed columns are all designed and manufactured by
members of this field. Members of this field take up measurements or data as per requirements of
the client for whom they need to assemble the equipment for, the operating range of the machine
like the maximum and minimum items it can handle for a specific amount of time. The other
necessary data they consider is the cost-friendliness of the material (Couper, Penney, and Flair
2009, p. 26). The company also employs non-technical staff whose work is for marketing
purposes, to sell the company's services client attendants, to attend to visitors and new members
and staff. The role of these members is basically for the smooth running of the company besides
its primary reason for existence such as security, cleaning, supervision, and management
officers. I was taken through all these activities and acquired knowledge.
How the Industrial Experience has developed
Better and fluent applications of engineering knowledge and synthesis and design
process. It has resulted in better productivity and competency from students who work as work
experience gainers in the industry. The work experience students have been able to apply
systematic approaches to take control and manage engineering projects. It is an excellent
improvement in the industrial practice side as the learners will get to know more skills applicable
in the industry (Kolmos, Hadgraft, and Holgaard, 2016, p. 391-411).
Engineering courses offered
The following are the skills that the company offers in relation to engineering field;
Electrical Design Engineering
At the Baroda design Institute Company, there are no formal studies that provide to the
engineering students under the electrical design. Owing to the lack of awareness among the
learners, they do not get skills related to electrical systems design. However, there is very high

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demand of engineers in the electrical design sector in various segments such as manufacturing,
design and CCTV system design installation (Kamble, Soman, and Brahmankar, 2017, p. 1279).
Security design systems, fire alarm systems design, design of sound systems and low current
systems design. The other activities in the company include the following; the company serves as
a college, school, tuition center, coaching and hobby lessons. It has various classes for wide
range of courses such as the piping design engineering, process design engineering, electrical
design engineering, mechanical equipment design, and equipment design engineering.
Equipment Design Engineering
This course is related with the mechanical equipment fundamentals. In the corporate
world, mechanical equipment is taken to be any among the major components in the mechanical
systems such as in the HVAC systems, refinery, power plant, refrigeration system, marine
system and so on (Nandini, Madhavan, and Sharma, 2012, p. 93). The course has its primary
focus on the piping systems, heat exchangers, and turbo machinery. It also deals with
miscellaneous equipment like the pressure vessels, boilers and tanks of storage. The course
benefits the people who wish to get involved in the gas and oil projects, concerned with design
activities, construction, fabrication and quality control for the mechanical equipment that include
heat exchangers and pressure vessels.
Civil & Structure Engineering,
The pipe design course of engineering is an essential department among the different
engineering streams such as chemical, mechanical, production and petroleum engineering (Patel,
Gupta, and Ghodgaonkar, 2015, p. 1939). Other relevant fields include sewerage design and
construction, design of road and water related infrastructure.
Process Design Engineering

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Process engineering involves a whole gamut for engineering sector such as chemical,
food, biotechnology, petrochemical and pharmaceutical. It is related with the processes that help
transform and analyze materials in the composition and form that is desired in the physical and
chemical forms (Patel, 2018, p.30). The primary objective of the course involves targeting the
skills that are needed to work in the process departments of firms and the design offices in
manufacturing units.
Instrumentation Design & Engineering
This field deals with courses that relate to the design of different instruments related to
engineering operations such as mechanical machinery and equipment. It is understood as the
science and art of control and measurement of the various process variables in the manufacturing
and production areas (Desai, 2018, p.51). Instrumentation design helps come up with the various
types of equipment that are applied during this control and measurement.
Training attachment
Besides offering class work for the theory in relation to the above explained courses, the
college and firm also acts as a center for field work learning and practice where the engineering
students get the chance to practice or witness the learnt aspects from class, in reality. They are
able to interact with the relevant personnel, equipment and machinery and are taken through how
they operate the procedures of operation and thus giving the learners an opportunity to interact
with them (Gohil, 2019, p. 25). In simple terms, the firm enables the students to start practicing
putting their learned skills and ideas into reality, before landing in to their future jobs as
engineering professionals. During the attachment I was trained in activities related to the
following.
Attachment activities

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During the time that I was attached at the Baroda design institute, I was able to learn and
practice in the following activities;
 Performing conceptual detail design for all engineering equipment; this involves the use
of design materials to come up with a design of equipment using computerized software.
This detail designs are the ones that help bring into reality, the actual equipment (Baroda,
2013, p. 67).
 Drafting of the equipment layout; this task involves being able to put into simple drawing
the layout of all equipment in the company. The layouts help in arranging the various
components of the equipment during assembling process.
 Drafting drawings related to nozzle orientation; these are related to the piping design
engineering that involves all types of spouts for the various pipe types and sizes. The
professionals have to design or draw the nozzles before manufacturing them (Sundaresan,
2011, p. 89). This helps know their various sizes and shapes so that when they get fitted
in the pipe ends, they fit well.
 Drafting the civil information drawings for pipe rack; this captures all pipes of all sizes
and designs. The drafting helps visualize and design the pipe rack before they are
manufactured.
 Drafting the civil information drawings for all technological structures; the engineering
courses deal with different technological structures all of which are first drafted using
simple drawings before they are constructed in to real structures (Pratishthan’s, 2011,
p.43).
 Involves in the planning of a diagram for the utility hose station; this involves the various
layouts of piping of different sections of a hose station. The hose station involves an

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assembly of the various piping systems that are involved in the piping engineering
designs. The plan helps come up with a model of how the station would look like before
it is actually implemented.
 3D modeling for all equipment models; this involves using various computer graphics by
suing specified software to put all equipment surfaces mathematically represented. This
process helps ensure size, shape and form are attained that helps develop these aspects
during the real formation of the equipment.
 3D modeling for the preliminary pipe structure and rack; this also involves using
computer software to design the shape, size and form of the pipe structure and rack so
that they be transferred to the actual connections and constructions (Kumari, Gupta, and
Raviprakash, 2015, p.3).
 3D modeling and pipe routing for utility lines; this involves using software to design the
sizes and shapes of the utility piping routing and lines before the actual laying and
connections to avoid and leakages, enable easy connections and integrate the actual
volume of water with the piping structure.
 Extraction of the P and ID (piping and instrumentation diagrams) MTO (material take-
off); the process involves having a connection of pipes represented in a drawn diagram
that shows all components, connections, equipment as a form of layout (Pandya, 2016, p.
1). The process helps visualize how the connected system of piping network looks like
and helps arrange the pipes in the real field operation.
 Coordinating the prototype manufacturing of different products; the process of ensuring
that all the different prototypes are manufactured in the right shape, size and form as per

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their designs. It is also involves ensuring that the prototypes have no negative issues that
affect their strength. This includes defects and other related deformities.
 I was also taken through the process of conducting activities of testing by the test team in
the engineering production (Saiyed, 2016, p. 31). The process includes ensuring that all
manufactured items, equipment and machinery are in good working conditions, operate
normally as expected and have no signs of fail during the actual use.
Engineering Professionals
The Baroda design institute company has all sorts of professionals related to the various
fields of engineering and design. These are fully trained and qualified professionals who help
with the various daily operations in the company including teaching, orienting students,
demonstrating and taking the learners through all what they are required to know before they
finish up with their programs (Rathod, et al. 2009, p. 63). During my attachment I was able to
interact with a couple of them and from their readiness to help me; I was able to learn a lot from
them. Being a requirement for the course, the field attachment helped me see things in reality
from simple drawings and design to the manufacturing and testing of the various prototypes
involved in the various departments of engineering design systems. The process is like working
in a real work place after school as I was able to interact with all the equipment and machinery
related to my course. I also witnessed how they work, how they are designed, assembled and
manufactured. I was part of the testing process from where I gained a lot of knowledge in
relation to the whole process.
Personal reflection
In class students had learnt about the different engineering aspects related to their courses
using theory. There are normally few demonstrations here and there which the professionals help

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the learners to understand the whole idea being taught. Simple equipment can be brought in class
or the students visit the equipment and machinery laboratory to see the processes as they take
place. However, during the attachment, the company allows learners to interact fully with the
operating processes as they happen in the field. Students are able to work and practice practically
by implementing what they learnt theoretically and relating everything to the real world. I was
able to see things in real including design, manufacturing and testing and operating them. I find
the company being of so much importance in the region especially to engineering students who
wish to be professionals in the near future. The company gives them the opportunity to learn,
practice and work at the same time. This has enabled me to come out ready for the engineering
undertakings in the corporate work with confidence and merit. There is nothing as good as being
a professional in the field of passion, being able to carry out activities as required with
confidence and energy like I feel now. I have developed skills, knowledge and experience at the
same time in the Baroda design institute company. As I wait to get employed in the near future I
have the hopes that what I learnt can be transformed in to something useful. I have also
developed creativity, ethics, effectiveness, team working, socialization, orderliness, and
professionalism capabilities that I can apply in the work place.
Conclusion
The Baroda design institute company is a place of all types of activities in relation to
engineering professional and practice. The firm takes students through various courses related to
engineering such as electrical design engineering, equipment design engineering, civil &
structure engineering, process design engineering, instrumentation design & engineering and
training attachment. From these areas the student absorb knowledge, experience and skills such
as those related to mechanical systems such as in the HVAC systems, refinery, power plant,

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refrigeration system, marine system and so on. The course has its primary focus on the piping
systems, heat exchangers, and turbo machinery. They also learn about security design systems,
fire alarm systems design, design of sound systems and low current systems design. Other key
fields include sewerage design and construction, design of road and water related infrastructure,
chemical, food, biotechnology, petrochemical and pharmaceutical. The college and firm also
acts as a center for field work learning and practice where the engineering students get the
chance to practice or witness the learnt aspects from class, in reality. The other activities in the
company include the following; the company serves as a college, school, tuition center, coaching
and hobby lessons. The company offers students the chance to relate classroom theory and field
work. The firm took me through such activities as performing conceptual detail design for all
engineering equipment, drafting of the equipment layout, drafting drawings related to nozzle
orientation, drafting the civil information drawings for pipe rack, drafting the civil information
drawings for all technological structures, involved in the planning of a diagram for the utility
hose station, 3d modeling for all equipment models, 3d modeling for the preliminary pipe
structure and rack, 3d modeling and pipe routing for utility lines, extraction of the P and ID
(piping and instrumentation diagrams) MTO (material take-off), process of conducting activities
of testing by the test team in the engineering production and coordinating the prototype
manufacturing of different products

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