12 August 1919 - 12 August 2019 - 100 years of Vikram Sarabhai
Vikram Sarabhai's recommendation and report resulted in setting up of National Productivity Council (1958) and National Institute of Industrial Engineering (1963). These two organizations are apex bodies in the countries.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vikram-Sarabhai
CHAPTER 11 PRODUCTIVITY MOVEMENT IN INDIA ... - Shodhganga
Yet, productivity in India is by and large, not very satisfactory. .The ... was led by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai was required to study the constitution, organisation ...
shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/23241/7/07_chapter%202.pdf
Productivity Movement in India: Reasons and Objectives
http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/productivity-management/increase-in-productivity-movement-in-india-reasons-and-objectives/26184
Indian Productivity Team in Japan - EPW 1957
Vikram Sarabhai. The majority of its members was also drawn from. ATIRA and Shri S N Bhaduri, Liason. Officer, ATIRA, acted as the Member-. Secretary. In fact ...https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1957_9/25/indian_productivity_team_in_japan.pdf
After independence Government of India intended to increase productivity consciousness in the country. So in 1952 and 1954 it invited the team of experts of International Labor Organization (ILO) with a view to establishing Productivity Center in the country. In 1957 Government of India appointed a Committee on Productivity under the Chairmanship of DR Vikram Sarabhai. It visited Japan to study the constitution, administration and working of Productivity Center of Japan. The Committee submitted its report in March 1957. On the basis of the recommendations of the Committee, the national Productivity Council (NPC) was established in India in February 1958. NPC is registered as an independent autonomous body under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
https://www.citeman.com/8224-forces-affecting-the-industrial-productivity.html
2019
Poor Productivity of Industry of India - Prof Arvind Panagaria, Former Vice Chairman, NITI Ayog, India
Poor Productivity of Auto Industry of India
Auto industry of India enjoyed protection for 70 years. It has less than 1% share in the global export market of the passenger cars. Even in the domestic market, it is able to survive only because a 50-100% tariff on imported cars allows it to charge the customer one-and- a half times the price customers in the rest of the world pay for similar cars. Prof Arvind Panagaria, Former Vice Chairman, NITI Ayog, India, in The Economic Times, 7 August 2019, p.18.
The above condition is due to poor productivity of the a premier engineering industry.
What are the innovations that industrial engineering institutes and professional bodies came out with so far in auto industry?
Prof. Panagaria urges industry persons and academic persons of India to Stand Up &Be Counted.
NPC and NITIE (Mumbai) were set up under the leadership, guidance and direction of Vikram Sarabhai. But over the period, the productivity improvement achievements are not that significant by these institutions. IIIE another national body of industrial engineers has also not done much. There is a need for change in strategic direction of these organizations based on commitment to increase productivity based on development of productivity science, productivity engineering and productivity management.
Bharat Ratna Abdul Kalam described them as Discovery, Invention and Innovation. We need all three in the area of productivity improvement.
Bharat Ratna Abdul Kalam described them as Discovery, Invention and Innovation. We need all three in the area of productivity improvement.
Productivity Science - Narayana Rao
Productivity Engineering - Definition, Explanation and Areas - Narayana Rao
Productivity Management - Management Function-Wise Explanation - Narayana Rao
Principles of Industrial Engineering
Presentation in IISE Annual Conference 2017, Pittsburgh, USA by Prof. K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao, NITIE, Mumbai_________________
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ATIRA - Productivity Improvement Initiatives
The Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (ATIRA) is an autonomous non-profit association for textile research in Ahmedabad, India. It is the largest association for textile research & allied industries in India. Established on 13 December 1947, and started in 1949, ATIRA was recognized by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. It has association with the Ministry of Textiles.
The idea of ATIRA was conceived by Vikram Sarabhai, Kasturbhai Lalbhai and Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar. The foundation stone for the ATIRA complex was laid by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on 1 November 1950 which was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on completion on 10 April 1954. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai served as its first honorary director.
Productivity related activities of ATIRA can be seen in:
Objectives of ATIRA
i) to apply the scientific method m the problem of industry.
ii) to conduct operational, applied and fundamental research to improve understanding of men, materials and processes in industry.
iii) to implement results of scientific research and technological developments.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40226725?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Development of High Production Roller Gin with Chute Feed Arrangement
June 2006
(12 months)
Rs.13.73 lakhs
Major causes affecting the production rate of existing double roller Gin machine were identified. The productivity is improved in a gin with the modification at roller gin machine without affecting the quality of cotton. At present, some machine are running without any working problem. Moreover some parameters of gin were optimized. More work to rationalize is going on.
https://atira.in/RAndDOther.aspx
https://atira.in/Fac_CL.aspx
https://atira.in/Fac_PLSC.aspx
Updated on 17 August 2019,
First published on 12 August 2019
There is a 1987 study on productivity of textile industry by world bank.
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