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COIMBATORE: It's a grouse the industry has held against engineering colleges for a while. Though engineering graduates are available in plenty, many don't measure up to the demands of the industry. Now, the industry itself has decided to take the problem head on and the Coimbatore Zone of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has announced a conference later this month to explore solutions.
Quality in education, a two-day meet in the city from November 23, will provide a platform for academics and industry representatives to understand each other's constrains and considerations. S K Sundararaman, vice-chairperson, CII, Coimbatore zone, said here that the meet was being held because several efforts to make engineering education industry-oriented have not yielded result.
Engineering institutions have failed to understand the expectations of the industry, he said.
Sundararaman said though CII and other agencies have repeatedly raised concern about the quality of engineers, educational institutions don't know what the industry expects from the students.
"Educationalists want to be creative but are unaware on what is to be done. They don't know about the skills and knowledge required by industries," he said. Several activities including internships and industry visits are not enough to enable students to gain an understanding of the field. The industry experts in the boards of autonomous colleges are not always able to contribute towards the development of curriculum, he said.
Now, a move is afoot to get experienced industry personnel to 'mentor' institutions. The idea is to have these experts study the institutions, look at curriculum and understand limitations in infrastructure if there are any and suggest remedies.
If colleges affiliated to universities are unable to tweak their syllabi according to the needs of the industry, industry personnel can suggest projects that would help students to deal with problems and situations they are likely to encounter in a firm, he said.
Sheela Ramachandran, co-convenor of the Education and Industry Institute Interaction Panel of CII Coimbatore, said training will be provided to the institutes based on their core competencies. "An institute may have some unique strengths and abilities. They must be trained depending on their ability and competence," she said.
Though there has been an explosion in avenues to study engineering, serious doubts have been raised in many quarters over the quality of engineers Indian institutions produce. Many studies and surveys have repeatedly pointed out that a large number of engineering graduates churned out annually by hundreds of institutions are unemployable.
Many companies, unwilling to sit back and complain, have found a creative way to overcome the quality problem by reaching out to engineering colleges which are receptive to their needs. These companies persuade engineering institutions to customize courses as per their requirements and in turn promise to recruit the students. More such initiatives have to be thought to address the hunger of the industry for quality workers.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/CII-meet-on-quality-in-engg-education/articleshow/17248868.cms
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Quality in education, a two-day meet in the city from November 23, will provide a platform for academics and industry representatives to understand each other's constrains and considerations. S K Sundararaman, vice-chairperson, CII, Coimbatore zone, said here that the meet was being held because several efforts to make engineering education industry-oriented have not yielded result.
Engineering institutions have failed to understand the expectations of the industry, he said.
Sundararaman said though CII and other agencies have repeatedly raised concern about the quality of engineers, educational institutions don't know what the industry expects from the students.
"Educationalists want to be creative but are unaware on what is to be done. They don't know about the skills and knowledge required by industries," he said. Several activities including internships and industry visits are not enough to enable students to gain an understanding of the field. The industry experts in the boards of autonomous colleges are not always able to contribute towards the development of curriculum, he said.
Now, a move is afoot to get experienced industry personnel to 'mentor' institutions. The idea is to have these experts study the institutions, look at curriculum and understand limitations in infrastructure if there are any and suggest remedies.
If colleges affiliated to universities are unable to tweak their syllabi according to the needs of the industry, industry personnel can suggest projects that would help students to deal with problems and situations they are likely to encounter in a firm, he said.
Sheela Ramachandran, co-convenor of the Education and Industry Institute Interaction Panel of CII Coimbatore, said training will be provided to the institutes based on their core competencies. "An institute may have some unique strengths and abilities. They must be trained depending on their ability and competence," she said.
Though there has been an explosion in avenues to study engineering, serious doubts have been raised in many quarters over the quality of engineers Indian institutions produce. Many studies and surveys have repeatedly pointed out that a large number of engineering graduates churned out annually by hundreds of institutions are unemployable.
Many companies, unwilling to sit back and complain, have found a creative way to overcome the quality problem by reaching out to engineering colleges which are receptive to their needs. These companies persuade engineering institutions to customize courses as per their requirements and in turn promise to recruit the students. More such initiatives have to be thought to address the hunger of the industry for quality workers.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/CII-meet-on-quality-in-engg-education/articleshow/17248868.cms
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