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Dr. C.V. Raman University: The "Raman Effect" in Education

Sarath Syam
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Sarath Syam
In the beginning of 20th century, Professor Eliot of Presidency College, Madras (Today's Chennai), saw a little boy sitting in his B.A. Class. Assuming that he might have strayed in to the classroom, the Professor asked, "Are you a student of B.A. Class?" "Yes Sir," the boy answered. "Your name?" the professor asked. "C.V. Raman," he replied. This incident made 14-year old Tamil Brahmin boy well-known in the college. The youngster later became a world famous scientist and India's iconic figure in Physics with his Nobel Prize winning inventions that taught the world why the sky and sea are blue.

Named after the first Nobel Laureate of the country, Dr. C.V. Raman University (CVRU) inherits many such characteristics of Dr. C. V. Raman; especially the wisdom that grew much faster than his years of living. Founded in the year 2006, in a short span of nine years, CVRU has imparted quality education to over one lakh students across the country and has established itself as a premier world-class University in Chhattisgarh, and more importantly, in Central India as a research and education hub. Years ago, if it was Dr. C. V. Raman who conceptualized the reasons behind possible changes in the wavelength of light in his discovery called "Raman Effect," today, CVRU stands to be the reason for an ordinary student's transformation into an extraordinary individual, like Raman's prism that divides a ray of light into a rainbow. CVRU utilizes the full potential of the latest scientific knowledge and new educational technology in the process of encouraging greater flexibility, accessibility and innovation in education to educate the mass irrespective of physical and geographical boundaries.

While education opens new vistas of growth and beckons new windows of opportunities, CVRU does not only equip students to survive at the workplace but also with skills to prosper. Various science exhibitions, seminars and workshops are a routine part of course modules coupled with extracurricular and co-curricular activities at the University. They nurture students with "ready to work" approach from the very first day of entering the campus and expose them to advance technology-based projects. The practical guidance on Virtual Machine, SAP, Control System Design, AutoCad, FPGA Design, DSP Controller Real Time Operating System, PLC and many more for engineering students is one such example to show the commitment of CVRU to produce graduates who can establish a professional connect as soon as they begin job. Hence, CVRU regularly hosts placement patrons like Wipro, Tata, HCL, Reliance, HDFC, ICICI, Birla Sunlife, L&T Infotech and many more. The professional industry has also shown ready interest to absorb eligible students of CVRU, who possess an inbuilt professional approach towards future.

Thought and Conception

One of the major reasons behind the success of CVRU is the expertise of its sponsoring body AISECT, a frontrunner in the field of skills & ICT based education since 1985. Through sustained and innovative ICT and skills-based initiatives, AISECT has already trained over 1.7 million people, generated over 15,000 rural entrepreneurs, created employment avenues within their network for more than 75,000 people and empowered the lives of over 4 million people. The recognition of AISECT's unique business model as "the most sustainable and scalable form of IT penetration and popularization in India" in a pilot study conducted by World Bank in collaboration with IIM-A portrays the quality of service that the organization has been providing.


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