FROM THE DEPARTMENT
ENGINEERS VS EMPLOYABILITY
FROM THE DEPARTMENT
In the Indian education system, the curriculum survives on 70 % theory and 30 % practical; while the western education has 60 % of practical and 40 % of theory. A change is required to make the system more practical. The universities are planning for including skill development in the curriculum. For better employment and prospective, colleges need to adopt value-added courses and conduct hands-on sessions in core-engineering to focus and improve on the demanded skills.- Dr. B. Venkateshulu
ECE
There’ s a growing gap between engineers and their employability and that gap depends both on individual and their university. Indian universities’ curriculum provides basic theoretical knowledge but lacks in providing practical knowledge. There is no proper interaction between industries and universities due to which students are not aware of the industry’ s expectation and fail to reach it. Faculty should also be exposed to industry so that they could understand the present problems and guide their students accordingly. Hence to bridge the gap, universities’ curriculum should be modified in a way that every individual could grasp a deeper understanding of fewer concepts rather than having large number of concepts with no proper fundamentals. Also, students should be given interesting projects to enhance their practical knowledge.
In other words, universities, should adopt“ Learning by doing” approach.
- Dr. N. Moorthy Muthukrishnan EEE
Reason for unemployment even after so many engineering graduates- Education system today does not give the students proper skill sets to be successfully employed. Today’ s education has more competition and pressure for gaining marks and scoring in exams rather than practically understanding the subject or skill you must have. Another big reason to why Indian graduates are left unemployed is their target to earn money and status in the society, rather than wanting to contribute to the society. Students do not have to work so hard to get into an IIT just to earn money and fill their banks. Graduates should stop chasing money and should be encouraged to contribute to R & D by researching in the subject they have chosen, their skill will be kept to the right use and there will be a huge contribution to the society. This will also build more jobs in our country.
- Dr. K. Rama Linga Reddy ETM
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