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Engineering Education in Leather A Case Study Dr. S. Sadulla
Engineering Education in Leather A Case Study Dr. S. Sadulla
Engineering Education in Leather A Case Study Dr. S. Sadulla
ENGINEERING EDUCATION
IN LEATHER
A CASE STUDY
Dr. S. SADULLA
Leather ……..Unique
Widely & globally traded commodity
Links rural weak farmer with fashion world
Current global trade us$80 billion p.A.
Production by development countries & consumption by developed
countries
Industry structure complex grid of tiny, small, medium and large scale
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Supported by small production systems calls for constant technology
innovations subject to competition in export market
Technology upgradation in industry is phased Education levels in the
sector are rising
INDIAN LEATHER INDUSTRY
Unique in socio-economic relevance
Leather craft known since time immemorial
Traditional technologies. Linked to emerging technologies
Eighth largest category of exports
Export realization ($ 3.47 billions) with potential (us $ 7.0
billion) by 2010 – 11
Employs 2.5 million people. Additional employment
opportunities to one million people
200 years of recorded history in leather making
Excellent potential – economic, export, employment
TRANSFORMATION OF THE INDUSTRY
Academy R&D
Government Industry
Present Indian Leather Sector – A Profile
Ø Largest livestock holding country : 21% and 11% of World Cattle &
Buffalo and Sheep & Goat population
Ø Global output of Leather – 10%
Ø Annual production value – US $ 6 Billion
Ø Export growth (CGAR) 12.29% (last 5 years)
Ø About 2.50 million workforce (30% women) from weaker section of
society
Ø A share of 2.62% in the global import trade value of US $ 116.55 Billion
during 2006
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Present Indian Leather Sector
A Profile
Strength
Eco-sustainable tanning base of Indian Leather Sector
Modernized manufacturing unit
STEPS FORWARD
“The main goal of science and its applications is the betterment of society”
- Thomas Jefferson
Technical Education
ü HRD needs at the tertiary level
ü Covers both training of technician and education of technologist
ü Technological education
ü Training of engineers for management of industry
ü Practical instruction in the skills for day to day operation
ü No rigid compartmentalization
ü Technical courses include basic sciences
ü Technological education include vocational training
ü Proper blend of theory & engineering programmes
ü
History of Education
“Science brings in exciting changes in leather making modern leather technology throws
open many exciting & challenging problems & careers to minds willing to take them”
Leather Education in India
Ø Recent origin
Ø Corresponds to period of organized leather manufacture
Ø E.I. company helped organizations of vegetable tanning as an export
oriented industry
Ø World war I responsible for setting up of schools in leather for training of
technicians for supervision of bulk production of army requirement
Ø Training institutes in Chennai, Kanpur, Kolkata, Agra, Jalandhar, Mumbai
and Hyderabad.
Ø Take care of secondary level education in leather
Existing Institutional Mechanisms for HRD in Leather
Sector
Aims of technical education systems vary from country to country depends on
Available
Degree of mechanisation
Modernisation & sophistication
Socio-economic conditions
Aims change with environemnt
change within the system itself
Aim to provide
adequately trained manpower
To make the industry productive
There are
8 polytechnic colleges ….. 400 students
4 professional colleges … 150 students
2 professional colleges … 15 pg students
1 footwear design & devpt. institute …. ? pg management studnets
2 design fashion institute ….? fashion designers
ITI s PROVIDE CRAFTS MAN TRAINING
SCHEME
Sustainable Development
Ø Limited
Ø India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Sudan, UK, Spain,
Romania and a few more offer leather education
Ø Need for strengthening education
Ø
Issues in Education
Ø Quality education
Ø Pedagogy
Ø Quality research
Ø Healthy academic ambience
Ø Excellent teaching standards
Ø Basic laboratory and pilot tannery facilities
Ø Cross-disciplinary demands/interfaces between
disciplines
Ø Internationalization of leather education
Ø Industry – institute interaction
Typed of Education relevant now
Ø
Ø Is it teacher – centric one?
Ø Is it learner – centric one?
Ø Is it industry – specific one?
Ø
What is required is a judicious combination of all the
three, which is society – centric
Pedagogy
Manifestation of internationalization
Ø People mobility
Ø Programme mobility
Ø Institutional mobility
Ø
Needed: