Auto & Precision Manufacturing Cluster

The journey begins in Mumbai with foundational seminars on manufacturing systems, supply-chain literacy, and industrial safety. Students are introduced to ecosystem mapping tools and cluster theory before transitioning into the Pune automotive corridor — one of India’s most significant manufacturing hubs.

Through factory site visits (Tier-1 suppliers and MSMEs), quality systems workshops, lean manufacturing simulations, sustainability audits, and dialogues with production engineers and operations managers, students study real competitiveness constraints.

The final phase in Delhi connects field insight to industrial policy architecture, including Make in India and PLI mechanisms, enabling students to link factory realities to mission-scale strategy.

Students will:

Diagnose cluster competitiveness using ecosystem mapping frameworks.
Interpret quality standards, supplier dependencies, and logistics constraints.
Analyze sustainability trade-offs (energy, waste, water use).
Evaluate labor systems and productivity dynamics.
Produce a comprehensive Cluster Competitiveness Dossier integrating policy and production evidence.

Industrial Engineering

Supply Chain

Operations

Sustainability

Economics

Public Policy

Mumbai

Pune Industrial Corridor

Delhi

Day	Location	Academic Engagement	Learning Emphasis
1	Mumbai	Arrival; orientation; introduction to manufacturing ecosystems	Readiness
2	Mumbai	Seminar: Industrial clusters & supply-chain architecture; workshop on ecosystem mapping	Systems literacy
3	Mumbai	Industrial safety training; lean manufacturing simulation lab; guest lecture (operations manager)	Field preparedness
4	Mumbai → Pune	Moving lecture: cluster competitiveness theory; define dossier focus	Hypothesis building
5	Pune	Site visit: Tier-1 supplier; quality control workshop	Production standards
6	Pune	Supplier ecosystem mapping; logistics and lead-time modeling	Interdependencies
7	Pune	Sustainability diagnostic lab; waste and energy audit exercise	Environmental trade-offs
8	Pune	Labor productivity dialogue; skills pipeline workshop; MSME visit	Human capital systems
9	Pune	Automation case study; precision manufacturing visit; QA systems deep dive	Technology integration
10	Pune → Delhi	Synthesis studio; draft dossier outline	Translating observation
11	Delhi	Industrial policy seminar; Make in India & PLI workshop; guest policy expert	Policy-to-production linkage
12	Delhi	Dossier completion studio; peer review	Applied integration
13	Delhi	Capstone presentations; departures	Consolidation