Transition from Industry 1.0 driven by steam engines to Industry 4.0 driven by search engines and Internet of Things etc. need a new strategy to meet the needs of Industry 4.0 and new challenges of Digitalization, Democratization, Decentalization and Disruption. Educational institutions should respond to these challenges to ensure future availability of trained human power for Industry 4.0

1. Educational Philosophy and
Strategy to Meet Needs of
Industry 4.0*
Dr. Subhash Sharma
Director
Indus Business Academy, Bangalore
*Higher Education Forum (HEF) and Indus Business Academy (IBA) Conference, Conference on ‘Educational
Philosophy and Strategy to Meet Needs of Industry 4.0’ held at IBA Bangalore, Jan. 17, 2020.

2. Industry 4.0
• Industry 1.0: 1784 …
Mechanization, Steam power, Weaving loom …
Industry 2.0: 1870 …
Mass production, Assembly line, Electrical energy …
Industry 3.0: 1969 …
Automation, Computers, Electronics …
Industry 4.0: Today
Cyber physical system, Internet of things, Networks

3. Transition from Industry 1.0 to Industry 4.0
• From Steam engines to Search engines
• From Human Intelligence to Artificial Intelligence
• From Physical labour to Robots
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4. What is Industry 4.0?
• Industry 4.0 is a blend of advanced analytics, Big Data, Robotics &
Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and
Process Digitisation across the business value chain.

5. Challenges of Industry 4.0
• Digitalization
• Democratization
• Decentralization: Creating Networks of decentralized production units
• Disruption/ Destruction of Centralized structures
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6. Building Blocks of Industry 4.0
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Building Blocks of Industry 4.0
https://www.rfwireless-world.com/Terminology/Advantages-and-Disadvantages-of-Industry-4.html

7. Manufacturing 4.0 or Industry 4.0 advantages
• 0 Following are the Industry 4.0 advantages:
➨It is easy to do backend integration with ERP etc.
➨It is possible to host micro services.
➨It enables execution of transactions with real time.
➨It enables simple distribution of functionalities to multiple nodes.
➨It is easy to install, activate and change in industry 4.0 architecture.
➨Clear and monitored communication paths in industry 4.0 makes
resource management very simple.
➨It is easy to add new protocols and processes.
➨It is possible to communicate between components on the shop
floor.
https://www.rfwireless-world.com/Terminology/Advantages-and-Disadvantages-of-Industry-4.html

8. Manufacturing 4.0 or Industry 4.0 disadvantages
• Following are the Industry 4.0 disadvantages:
➨The IoT security is a major concern. The companies are working to address the
security related loop holes.
➨Skills and education of workers working on industry 4.0 based processes need
to improved.
➨There are redundant workers in corporate IT department and hence adoption
of industry 4.0 is a major threat for these IT staff.
➨There will be general reluctance to change to industry 4.0 by company
stakeholders.
➨Need to eliminate any IT snags as this will cause costly production outages.
➨Reliability and stability are required for M2M (Machine to Machine)
communication. This demands very short and stable latency timings in the
system.
➨It requires to maintain integrity of production processes.
➨It requires to educate staff to adopt this 4th industrial revolution. This requires
considerable time as well as efforts across the industries.
https://www.rfwireless-world.com/Terminology/Advantages-and-Disadvantages-of-Industry-4.html

9. Challenges for Education Industry
• Training Skilled Human power for Industry
• Need for new curriculum in alignment with requirements of Industry
4.0
• Designing executive development programs for corporate executives
to upgrade their skills for Industry 4.0

10. Need for New Competencies
• “Our current education system is not prepared for training the tech talent that is needed to drive the innovations of tomorrow. Classical
jobs are disappearing and new challenges are arising, but education is stuck in between.” (https://www.exellys.com/en-GB/industry-4.0)
• New Competencies:
• Building collaborative relationships
• Communicating effectively
• Drive results
• Change agility
• Tech savviness
• Nimble/Agile learning
• Being resilient
• Cultivating innovation
• Managing ambiguity
• Customer focus
• Openness & transparency

11. Need for New Education Philosophy
• Moving beyond Rationality paradigm/ Classical training
• Incorporating creative thinking
• Combining critical thinking with creative thinking and Imaginative
thinking and Strategic thinking

12. Towards New Education Paradigm
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Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Imaginative Thinking
Strategic Thinking
Strategic skills
Conceptual skills
Behavioural Skills
Technical skills