Friday 17 October 2014

ACET Becomes the First College in India to Offer Six Sigma Certified Course for Mechanical Engineering Students


Amritsar College of Engineering and Technology has launched Six Sigma Green Belt certified course for Mechanical Engineering students in association with QCFI (Quality Circle Forum of India), Haridwar. Chief guest Gurpreet Munjral, Chairman of CII (Confederation of Indian Industries), Amritsar Zonal Council and owner Datavision, has inaugurated this course and delivered a keynote speech on this occasion. ACET Chairman Advocate Sh. Amit Sharma, Director finance Mrs. Ragini Sharma, Group Director Dr. Om Kumar Harsh, Principal Dr. V.K. Banga, Head DME Mr. Gaurav Tejpal, along with Deans and Heads of various departments were present during the inaugural ceremony.

Mr. B. Kumar, General Manager, BHEL Haridwar and Secretary QCFI Haridwar Chapter, discussed the essential goals of six sigma methodology in today’s industrial world. The main objective of this course is to train the students regarding the requirement and implementation of six sigma methodology. This course will provide a necessary platform for the students where they can learn this methodology very effectively, and become industry ready.

Chairman and CEO Adv. Amit Sharma said “with the increasing competition in the world, it is important that the students do something out of the box and worthwhile apart from studies”. This certified course on Six Sigma at our college is an attempt by the management of the college to give the necessary boost to the students in this direction. He further congratulates the ME department for launching this certified course and shared the importance of such courses for the future of students.

He also added that ACET is offering this course to all the students of Mechanical Engineering and, this is once in a life time opportunity for the students to be a part of the revolution. After this course students will be readily accepted by the industries. Hence, this course will invite many reputed industries for the campus recruitment of our students.

He also shared that this is the first college not only in Amritsar, but the first in the India to offer this certified course to his students.