IIT Bombay's Piping Engineering Certificate Program-Online Version

This is to present IIT Bombay's world famous Certificate Course on Piping Engineering to engineers and engineering organizations. This course has been the most popular professional development course in India for the last more than 20 years and has benefited over 8000 engineers and hundreds of organizations. Over 1000 of these engineers are working in GCC countries at various levels and recount the professional benefits of undergoing this course. Several organizations prefer to recruit engineers with this certificate and count the course as several years of working experience.

The course made its formal debut in UAE 5 years ago under a collaboration between Pinnacle Knowledge Group of Dubai and IIT Bombay. The four editions drew good response from individuals as well as organizations. It was however felt that the benefits of the course would reach the professional community truly if the course is available in a web-based form. This would facilitate working engineers to read the course while on job and also at their pace.

Transformation from class room teaching to self-learning mode is not easy and IIT Bombay used its pedagogic insight into knowledge transmission effectively to make this possible. The web-based course went on air in July 2009 and is now available for anyone with an engineering background (Mechanical, Chemical, Production, Petroleum, Instrumentation, Civil Engineering) within 48 hours of their deciding to take the course.

The web-based course builds on engineering concepts taught in formal degree courses all over the world and develops piping engineering concepts in a systematic way. Unlike the contact mode course which runs for 2 weeks and has 100 contact hours, the web-based course demands disciplined reading for 3-4 months and about 400-500 hours of efforts. Structurally, it is more comprehensive and thorough than the contact course. The course takes away the hurdles posed by travel, leave from job, long stay away from home etc. and brings knowledge at student's doorstep. The theme of this offering is 'At TIME, SPACE and PACE of your choice' and those who benefited are unequivocal in their appreciation of this unique engineering training course.

IIT Bombay provides almost round the clock back-up services and creates an atmosphere where the student always feels that the teacher is with him/her all the time. Many say that the course offers a feel of 'Private Tuition' from the best of teachers. All this is made possible because of the choice of proper pedagogy, use of technology and style of presentation, practice and evaluation woven around the basic strong content and substance.

The web-based course is not a mere pasting of course notes on the web platform like many other on-line courses. It is written in a unique form keeping in mind the fundamental difference between teaching and learning modes. Many call it an 'unputdownable' piping engineering novel. Many feel it is a life-time experience. A unique concoction of lucid presentation style, elaborate and endless examples, take away notes, tutorials, animated elaboration of certain basic concepts, illustrated movies walking the student through the jungle of piping engineering, on-demand availability of self -evaluation tests throughout the course, doubt-clearance through email or similar electronic communication channels, personal induction of the fresh participants (if numbers are large) into the course by the course faculty, continuous review of each student's progress and timely advice, on-line examination, and possible personal interaction with the faculty just before the final examination, are some of the unique features of this course. It is a deliberate, researched, thoughtful, thorough and honest offering.

Sl No	Content
1	ABOUT THE COURSE
2	SCOPE OF PIPING ENGINEERING
3	PIPE SIZING TECHNIQUES
4	MECHANICAL DESIGN OF PIPES
5	CODES AND STANDARDS
6	PIPING ELEMENTS
7	VALVES
8	TRANSIENT FLOW IN PIPING SYSTEMS
9	PIPING NETWORK DESIGN
10	INSULATION DESIGN FOR PIPES
11	NOZZLE REINFORCEMENT
12	VARIOUS STRESSES IN PIPES
13	PIPE SUPPORT SELECTION AND DESIGN
14	THERMAL STRESS IN PIPES
15	STRESS ANALYSIS OF PIPING SYSTEMS
16	EXPANSION JOINTS
17	BASICS OF PIPING DRAWING
18	PLOT PLAN FUNDAMENTALS
19	EQUIPMENT AND PIPING LAYOUT
20	DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF PIPES
21	CASE STUDY

Salient features of this course

As it is an Online Course, you can do this Program from anywhere in the Globe. Even qualifying exam is online and the exam can be given by the candidate from the place of residence.

Twenty years ago, IIT Bombay was the first to conceptualize & start this course on contact mode. Considering heavy demand, the online course was developed with 10 years of pedagogic research and released in 2009. It has 5 times more content with a live case study & free access to applications during the course period where real-life problems on piping can be solved. The participants can access the course from any where and read at their Own Pace

The online course is designed in such a way that the participants will feel that the professor/teacher is always with them. 24/7 assistance is available from IITB. For every 20 participants one mentor is available from IIT Bombay.

While studying for the course, the participants are given access to many applications including powerful 'Panorama' for piping system hydraulic analysis and leak detection soft ware free of charge to enable them to use these applications for solving their problems where IITB's guidance will be available.

It is a dynamic course. As & when any problem is posed by the participants from any where in the World for which solutions are provided by IITB, the same are immediately incorporated in the course for the benefit of other participants.

ALSTOM, a leading power generation company in the world trains their engineers with this course. ALSTOM's T/O is €.20 Billion with presence in 100 countries employing 94,000 people all over the Globe.

More than 85 batches from all over the Globe completed this certification course, passed examination & got certificates since 2009.

* Large number of Participants are studying for this program from Multinational Companies viz. ALSTOM - (Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, France), Velosi - Qatar, Gulfar - Oman, GASCO, NPCC, Technip, ADNOC, PETROFAC, MOT MACDONALD - UAE, Belleli Energy - Italy, Saudi Bin Laden-Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Oil Corporation, Qatar Petroleum, Reliance Industries, Oil India, Indian Oil Corporation, Gujarat Gas Petronet Limited etc.

The entire course is for 3 months with 24/7 accessibility. The fees covers Registration, study material, Online course, Mock exams, Free access to applications and final certification online exam.

IIT Bombay will award the CERTIFICATE to participants who have secured pass grade in the Online Exam.