About the institute
A lubrication learning platform connected to global reliability practice.
Lubrication Institute is a division of VAS Tribology Solutions and a partner of Noria Corporation, USA, supporting training in machinery lubrication, oil analysis and equipment reliability.

Why it matters
Better lubrication decisions reduce failure, waste and uncertainty.
The institute helps industrial professionals move from ad hoc lubricant practice to disciplined selection, application, sampling, testing and corrective action.


Methods and coverage
Designed for the way industrial teams actually learn and apply reliability work.
Faculty network
Real instructors with deep lubrication, oil analysis and reliability experience.
Noria and regional faculty with practical plant, lab and program leadership experience.

Jim Fitch
Noria founder and lubrication strategy faculty
Lubrication program design, oil analysis leadership and reliability transformation.
Andy Sitton
Oil analysis and machinery lubrication instructor
Laboratory practice, varnish and sludge control, diagnostics and ICML-aligned training.
Andrew Monk
Lubrication systems and troubleshooting specialist
Lubricant handling, PM systems, condition monitoring and lubricant rationalization.
Michael Hooper
Failure analysis and technical training faculty
Machinery lubrication, failure analysis, field execution and technical documentation.
Udey Dhir
Founder, Lubrication Institute
Program design, audits, plant training and lubricant management across the subcontinent.
K. N. V. Subrahmanyam
Noria-certified machinery lubrication faculty
Lubricant analysis, troubleshooting, oil analysis training and lubrication consulting.
Ganapathy Balasubramaniam
Oil industry trainer and course designer
Operations, engineering, management training and regional reliability programs.
Manoj Srivastava
Lubricant operations and training faculty
Lubricant plant operations, audits, production efficiency and customer training.
C. M. Sharma
Steel, power, mining and cement lubrication faculty
Plant lubrication practice from project stage through operations and consulting.






























