Centurion University is a pioneer in ‘Skill-Integrated Higher Education’. Its unique model specifically emphasises creating sustainable livelihoods (aligned to SDGs) in challenging geographies through education that results in employability and ignites entrepreneurship. This model has been recognised by multiple Governments (central and State), International Organizations such as UNESCO and the World Bank, and Policy Think Tanks like the NITI Aayog.
We strive to excel as a best-in-class human resource development hub that builds employable, enterprising, and society-centric youth through industry-relevant education, skill development, new ventures, production, and technology development.
Living by the values of Inclusion, Integrity, Equity, Respect, and Sustainability, our founders, faculty, and staff are fully committed to our philosophy of shaping Lives and Empowering Communities.
Focusing on experience-based and practice-oriented learning to create transformative impact through community-centric innovation and action research, the university has built an ecosystem that includes and integrates communities, industries, entrepreneurs, and other education and research institutions.
The university encourages its students to participate in the WorldSkills Competition, and many students have won gold and silver medals at the national level.
The Centurion curriculum is aligned with the National Occupational Standards (NOS) as per the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF). It is the only university accredited by the Government of India to contribute to the development of NSQF by creating new job roles and Qualification Packs (QP).
Interview Insights
Define the Core Model of Centurion University and how It’s making an Impact.
Centurion University believes in integrating skills into everything we do. Over 50 industry-based labs foster hands-on, practice-oriented, experience-based teaching and training, ensuring students are prepared for Industry 4.0. Further, product design and development focus has enabled several patents to be filed and some start-ups to be established. Employability and employment/ entrepreneurship are honed through the many manufacturing units (apparel, furniture, paper and chalk, transformer, e-vehicles) that have been nurtured on campus.
How do you think Centurion University is fulfilling the aspirations of NEP 2020?
Centurion University is completely aligned with the NEP 2020. The university has a well-established choice-based credit system, enabling students to enter multiple-entry/ multiple-exit, including creating a career path for school dropouts. Students can take domain specialisations from any discipline that focuses on multidisciplinarity. In addition, 20 Research Centers have been established to encourage multidisciplinary research to solve real-time problems. In pursuit of Internationalisation, the University conducted a Future Nexus Seminar Chaired by the Minister of State, MEA, attended by Ambassadors of all African Nations and Joint Secretaries of all four African Divisions, MEA. This has led to several international students choosing Centurion as a destination for advanced study and research. Further, beyond employability and employment, Centurion focuses on entrepreneurship, has established several outreach enterprises, and has supported student-led start-ups on campus.
What will Centurion’s approach be for the next ten years?
Centurion will focus on extending its teaching-learning model of action learning to encompass not just employability, employment, and enterprise but also research, product design and development, simulation, testing, prototyping, patent and publication, and commercialisation. Centurion will build on its MoUs for collaborative research and implementation of new knowledge and technologies in new geographies.
Views Expressed By Prof. Supriya Pattanayak, Vice Chancellor, Centurion University, Odisha
