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Participatory Development/ Volunteered Miracles

Sanjay Asane
Country HR Manager-ANSYS India
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Sanjay Asane

With every focus of today's corporate and IT sector revolving around productivity the need to produce job ready graduates has become the need of the hour. With enormous emphasis on it, practical exposure becomes a second school to what is being learnt at institutions.
IIT's and niche research-based institutes keep their syllabus at par with industry requirements. These institutes allow students to go beyond their curriculum to pursue interests other than what the syllabus prescribes. Some students work with their professors on industrial experimental projects/internships while others focus only on the syllabus which is usually based on centralized boards and universities' stipulations. The students who look beyond the syllabus are usually more job-ready than those who focus on the syllabus alone.

The onus to ensure job-preparedness should not be on institutes only; industry should participate equally in developing required talent especially at local levels. Industry barons should partner with local institutes and not just the creamy layer institutes to develop talent.

The focus of any institution beyond the syllabus should be on developing partnerships with the industry by doing research projects and internship projects with them. They also should focus on the subject matter to make students aware and responsible citizens. Around 10-15 percent of the education period of the students should focus on social studies. This helps students to evaluate and interpret challenges beyond the canonical boundaries of education, which is one of the essential qualities of good leaders.

The major criteria for evaluating an institute before deciding to hire students are by checking if they have a well-rounded syllabus. The institute can also build its reputation by building research projects with the industry. It is also fundamental for an institute to have an industry bonding by developing internship programs that benefit the students.


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