Industries and organizations across the world are facing stiff challenges in meeting the safety and health requirements of the stakeholders. Some of the important reasons are (i) poor preparedness, (ii) absence of trained personnel due to low or no safety education at university level, (iii) lack of scientific research, and (iv) weak industry institute partnership. Upon assessing the present status of safety engineering, management and analytics, and to cater the stakeholders’ needs & requirements, IIT Kharagpur, being an internationally recognized technical institution of India having a number of experts with proven knowledge, expertise, and consulting & research experiences in relevant areas, has established the Centre of Excellence in Safety Engineering and Analytics (CoE-SEA) in July 2020.VISION: The CoE-SEA embodies to act as the hub for learning & practice, knowledge creation, standardization, repository, and dissemination of knowledge and information covering the broad domain of safety engineering & management, occupational and environmental health, human factors & industrial ergonomics, disaster management, and related analytics.MISSION: (i) To become global benchmark for education, training, consulting and research, (ii) To create national level repository of safety and related data, (iii) To be a continuous source of support to industries and service organizations, (iv) To develop highly qualified human resources through post graduate and PhD programs for strategic level positions in industries, (v) To build in competencies in working professionals through outreach programs, (vi) To develop and implement industry 4.0/5.0 technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual and augmented reality, and internet of things (IOT) based solutions for accident prevention, (vii) To develop model organizations as the world benchmark, (viii) To develop industry consortium of major, medium and small scale industries for effective industry-academia interactions and providing sustainable solutions. WHAT DO WE OFFER?: Education, Research, Consultancy, Training, Product, Software & Services, Internship, etc.
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