Campus Placement in India: An Overview

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In the present era, campus placement holds a great importance for students and educational institutes. While, it helps a student in building a strong foundation for the professional career ahead without facing the real-world job struggle, peer-competition or family pressure, a good placement record gives a competitive edge to an institute/ university in the education market, observes Rumani Arora of Elets News Network (ENN).

Campus placements provide the students with a foot-in- the-door opportunity, enabling them to start off their career right after they have completed their course curriculum. Furthermore, they get to interact and engage with the industry professionals during the placement drives, which further help lay a foundation for their prospective career in the future as they familiarise with potential contacts from their chosen career field.

Placements have gradually become an integral part of an institute’s offerings, which was not the scenario earlier. Nowadays, students pay special attention to placement records while selecting a college or university for the admission.

And it is rightly so, if a student is paying huge amount of parents’ hard-earned money as fees to the institutes/universities, he/she has the right to calculate the rOi (return on investment), which in this case is a lucrative job.

Madhu Chitkara, vice-Chancellor, Chitkara University, Punjab, supported the aforesaid approach of students and their parents during a panel discussion at 10th Higher education and Human resource Conclave 2019, Chandigarh.

“Nearly 30-40 years ago, students were not expecting jobs from the colleges. I did my graduation from Delhi and I never asked for the job from my college and it was not their responsibility. Now the scenario has changed, the students are aware that Colleges/Universities have the responsibility to provide placements,” she said. Moreover, placement track record of any institute or university helps the students to comprehend their future accomplishments and encourages them to register for admissions. Every institute is incorporated with a placement cell to assist the students in finding the right job where they can sharpen their skills and prepare for a bright future ahead. Further, it will also help to attract the fresh applicants for admissions. A good placement record is also helpful in making an institute secure a higher spot in the college rankings. National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) gives great importance to the ‘placement records’ of a University/College while preparing the ranking list.

Challenges

Technological Transformations: With the technological advancements happening in every sector, the nature of jobs is changing rapidly. New and diversified jobs have come into existence, which were never heard of before. And the trend is going to continue in the future with Artificial intelligence, robotics, and Machine Learning taking over the traditional educational module.

Chocko valliappa, Founder & CEO, Hiremee, while speaking at the 11th Higher education & Human resource Conclave Pune 2019 said, “The industry is moving to industry 4.0 and the amount of metamorphosis the world is going to see is enormous. One million jobs are going to be displaced; one million people are going to be displaced. new jobs are going to come. They say new 600 forms of jobs will come in. So how our education system is going to change to that world?”

Education system now has to be developed in such a way that it prepares the students for jobs which are not even created as of now. In short, there is an urgent need to bridge the gap between Industry requirements and the existent skill set of the students.

Gap between Skill Set and Industry Requirements: Considering the trends, education system now has to be developed in such a way that it prepares the students for jobs which are not even created as of now. In short, there is an urgent need to bridge the gap between industry requirements and the existent skill set of the students.

According to a recent survey conducted by national Sample Survey Office, India’s unemployment rate rose to a 45-year high during 2017-2018. Another report by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) says that almost 11 million Indians lost their jobs during 2018. while there can be many other reasons behind falling no of jobs, the gap between skill set and industry requirements is one of the major reasons behind this phenomenon.

Economical Changes: In the rapidly changing ecosystem, it is very important to focus on the skills and knowledge that are relevant to the future. A few institutions have identified programmes to handle this apprehension. Besides, there is an urgent need that institutions find innovative mechanisms to nurture employable students incessantly by imparting quality education.

Steps to Improve Placements

Campus recruitment is witnessing tremendous transformation with the emergence of technological advancements in the process. Utilising multiple digital services, recruiters are able to figure out innovative and cost-effective strategies for conducting a campus recruitment drive, recruiting top candidates and meeting the recruitment numbers. During a panel discussion at 10th Higher education and Human resource Conclave, Chandigarh, Manish Sharma, Head HR, Eureka Forbes, said, “Digitlisation is not a challenge at all rather it is our mentality which is restricting us to accept it. From joining of an employee to evaluating his/her performance, everything is digitalised now. It helps organisation to remain transparent with its employees in various processes”.

It translates to the fact that it is high time that institutes keep themselves abreast with latest digital trends and create an effective placement strategy. Here are the few steps Universities/institutes can take to ensure optimum placements.

Enhanced Profile: Universities/institutions must give importance to improve their profile be it having a professionally designed website or an attractive marketing brochure. Marketing the previous placement records, academic records and awards received by the college is also an effective tool for the same. Besides, promoting the professors/lecturers (with excellent academic and/or industry back ground) and marketing their college infrastructure (if they boast of it) are some of the trusted methods.

Networking: institutes/Universities must leverage on their existing network to reach the Company Hr’s and invite them to their college for the placement process. Besides, their placement cell must also dedicatedly work towards creating new connections and nurturing the old ones. Social media and other professional websites like Linkedin can be an excellent networking tool for this.

Skill Training and Employability: Skill Training is one of the most important factors responsible for improving the placement record of an institute or university. Companies no longer just look for academic excellence and aptitude but they prefer candidates who have practical exposure and problem solving ability in real- life situations.

So, instead of starting training in the last year, colleges must focus on imparting skill training to students from the first year onwards. institutes can also keep some KPis (Key Performance indicators) and measure student’s progress against this.

Placing Right Candidate for the Right Job: Universities/ institutes must focus on bridging the gap between the right candidate and the right job. They must avoid the tendency to place as many candidates and instead focus on placing the candidates who are ready and eligible for the role.

Companies critically focus on the “Attended vs recruited” numbers when they visit a college for campus recruitment. it gives them a fair idea of which colleges have high quality or job-ready candidates. If a college wants to boost its placement record, it is even worth getting eligible students from nearby colleges rather than its own students again who have less chances of getting through.

Maharashtra – An Innovation-led Education Hub of India

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June 21, 2019

Dr Ravi Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, digitalLEARNING magazine and Founder Publisher and CEO, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd

Maharashtra, with the largest economy among States in India, is redefining its educational landscape by adopting the latest innovations from across the globe. Famous for its historical and natural places, the third most urbanised State in India is also an educational hub.

Students from all over the country flock to Maharashtra, which is home to numerous schools, colleges and many prominent educational institutions, to learn the required skills to pursue careers in their chosen fields. While Pune and Mumbai are home to some of the top colleges and institutions in Maharashtra, other cities in Maharashtra like Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Aurangabad and Nagpur, are also known for having a sound educational base.

In this issue of digitalLEARNING, our cover story “Maharashtra Evolving as Education Hub”, explores how the State is trying to leverage innovative approaches to sustain a robust education ecosystem. It also underscores as to why it has become imperative for the State to innovate in education space and acquire an edge over other States in India.

Taking our legacy forward of organising education summits and in line with Maharashtra’s evolution as an education hub, Elets is organising 11th Higher Education and Human Resource Conclave-Pune on May 4 and the 12th School Leadership Summit-Pune on May 18. The two conferences will highlight the achievements and the best practices adopted by the educational sector of Maharashtra. The summits are also meant to act as the platforms for partnership between Governments-Industry-Academia.

This issue of the magazine also carries a special feature, “Personalised Learning Paving Way for Quality Higher Education”, which highlights how personalised learning has now become a major movement in education.

Various interviews of who’s who of Indian higher education sector in this issue of digitalLEARNING offer useful insights into the innovative methods adopted by higher education institutes to impart modern and holistic education across the country.

The “Top Private Engineering Institutes Ranking 2019” in this special issue highlights the evolving need for engineering institutes in India to impart relevant education and prepare their students to take on the challenges of professional life when they walk out of the institutions.

The magazine also carries a comprehensive report of the 10th Higher Education and Human Resource Conclave, Chandigarh, in which top-notch policymakers, edu-leaders, and stakeholders from higher education and human resource industry participated in the day-long conclave in March.

We hope the wide variety of articles, reports, ranking and other write-ups in the magazine would help our esteemed readers gain invaluable insights into the Indian education system and trace the trajectory of its development.

Delhi CET 2019 result to be announced today; know details here

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June 21, 2019

Delhi CET 2019 result will be declared by the Department of Training and Technical Education, Government of NCT, today, i.e. June 21, 2019 (Friday).

As per the media reports, the result will be published on the official website after 10 PM.

However, several web portals were claiming that the result has been already declared but there’s no link available for the same on the official website. Post that, an official from the CET Cell confirmed to a news portal that Delhi CET 2019 result will be announced after 10 PM only.

Students are advised to not fall for false result links given on different websites and only check Delhi NCT’s website: cetdelhi.nic.in for updates.

The counseling process for candidates who will qualify in Delhi CET exam will kick start from tomorrow, i.e. June 21 (Saturday). Notably, it will be a web-based counselling and candidates will need to register online and submit their preference of college and course. The first seat allotment list will be out on June 26, 20 19.

Delhi CET is conducted for students aspiring to apply for admission to the Diploma (Engineering /Non Engineering) courses offered at government, private, and government-aided Polytechnic institutes.

Purpose of higher education is to impart knowledge, says Dr Avinash G Kharat, Director – Academics, Jayawant Shikshan Prasarak Mandal

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June 21, 2019

“The main purpose of higher education is to impart knowledge which is useful for the society,” said Dr Avinash G Kharat, Director – Academics, Jayawant Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Pune.

“As per the regulatory bodies, the education must help a person in finding out a problem, analysing it, apply knowledge and latest tools available and finding out a solution to the problem. To achieve the aforesaid, we need to transform our classrooms and teaching-learning practices,” he added.

Dr Kharat was among the key speakers at the 11th Higher Education and human Resource Conclave held at Pune. He shared various valuable thoughts that may help improve the Indian higher education sector and make youth skillful.

He also suggested that solving a problem must help the environment and society along with inculcating some necessary skills among students. According to him, “One must also consider environment, society and ethics while solving a problem. We must also focus on inculcating skills like teamwork and leadership. Another very important skill which is needed among students is communication.”

Explaining about how digital learning is changing the ways knowledge used to be imparted, he said, “There is a gradual shift from traditional learning to digital learning. Nowadays people prefer youtube or other online handles to learn new things like how to cook a particular recipe. One can access to the videos of world’s best cooks on internet. So, digital learning is the future and from that point of view, we need to change our educational patterns.”

“Use of digital learning will transform teachers into mentors and help the students attain something new. Every institution will become a part of the industry that will help in generating ideas,” he added.

Describing about how the association of industry and institute will benefit the both, Dr Kharat said, “The association of the two will help the institution to work on real life problems. To find solution to any of the problem, it will be important for the institutions to apply relevant knowledge. It will not only help students to gain hands on experience rather it will also help the institutes to become knowledge hub for a particular sector. Moreover for industries, they need not to spend huge amounts on Research and Development rather they just need to help institutions in carrying out the problem specific researches.”

Piramal Foundation partners Emory University to implement social emotional ethical learning curriculum

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June 21, 2019

Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership (PFEL), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Emory University, USA, to build the capacity of Educators, including Headmasters, Teachers and Government Officials, to implement the Social Emotional Ethical (SEE) Learning curriculum in Government schools across India.

PFEL will pilot the SEE Learning curriculum across 5,000 Government schools, to impact 5 lakh children across Gujarat, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, in two years.

The MoU was signed during a four-day workshop conducted by Emory University for PFEL, from June 17 – 20, 2019. Tempa Tsering, Country Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Dr Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Executive Director, Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics, Emory University; Aditya Natraj, CEO, Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership and Monal Jayaram, Director, Center of Excellence, Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership graced the occasion.

Commenting on the partnership, Aditya Natraj, CEO, Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership, said “PFEL’s partnership with Emory University brings together two unique organisations that have the potential to transform the education ecosystem in India. Through the implementation of the Social Emotional Ethical Learning curriculum, PFEL aims to move from demonstration to advocacy by building the capacity of its 1500+ employees and impacting 5 million children by 2025.”

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Executive Director, Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics, Emory University, home of the SEE Learning programme, said, “Emory University’s Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics have developed the SEE Learning programme grounded in the idea that education can, and indeed should, be expanded to foster the values and competencies that lead to greater happiness for both individuals and society at large.”

“We are delighted that Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership has taken the lead in India, and with its presence across 14 states and over 15,000 schools, has the ability to transform education at scale,” he added.

Indian students clean sweep in International Robotics Competition

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June 20, 2019

Indian students has shown an exceptional performance in by clean sweeping in all categories during Asia’s Biggest Robotics Competition held at The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia.

The IRC Internationals – Asia’s Biggest Robotics Competition was held on 16th June, 2019 in Moscow, Russia. The competition witnessed participation of around 50 teams comprising of over 180+ students from Indian and Russian schools including Springdales Pusa Road, Venkateshwar Global School, Scottish High International School, Vorobyeva Gora, English International School of Moscow, and Computer Academy Rubicon participating in the event. The teams competed in three different levels – Junior, Middle and Senior split according to the students’ ages.

Indian teams showed an extraordinary performance during the competition by emerging as the winners in all the three categories. Though other teams did make a valiant front and put up a good show but it was a total washout by the Indian teams.

With “Bot-Olympics” as a theme this year, IRC League’s vision has been to encourage children to come up with agile, audacious and resolute robots which can compete in the true Olympian sense. The purpose is to inspire and motivate the youth to design and build robots which can withstand the trials and tribulations of the elite competition.

Tarun Bhalla, Founder & CEO of Avishkaar, reiterates, “This was an amazing experience for us as this is the first time we’ve hosted IRC Internationals in Europe. We’ve been to United States, Maldives, Singapore, China, and UAE but every journey teaches you something new. It has been incredible here in Russia and we look forward to bringing the IRC League to newer shores.”

BSACIST – Empowering Youth through Value-based Education

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June 20, 2019

B S Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology is a 4-Star rated (QS World University Rankings) varsity with over 35 years of Academic Excellence. The institute got the status of Deemed to be University in 2009 under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956, Government of India. It is the only university in India to have 16 + 04 (20) NBA accredited programmes under Tier-1 of the prestigious Washington Accord. It is also only Institute in India to have a Foreign National as its vice chancellor with more than 100 full-time foreign associates for academic upliftment.

Abdul Qadir A. Rahman Buhari Pro Chancellor, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology — Abdul Qadir A. Rahman Buhari, Pro Chancellor, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology

Dr Sahol Hamid Bin, Abu Bakar Vice Chancellor, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology — Dr Sahol Hamid Bin Abu Bakar, Vice Chancellor, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology

In 1984, B S Abdur Rahman Crescent University (BSACU) was established as Crescent Engineering College – A Muslim Minority Institution, approved by the All India Council for Technical Education and affiliated to Anna University. The institute is promoted by the All India Islamic Foundation (AIIF), it has dedicated itself to the cause of knowledge and empowerment, with special focus on technical education for the educationally, socially and economically backward communities.

The Institute is guided by eminent personalities from various walks of life such as education, research, industry, business and administration. Abdul Qadir A Rahman Buhari is the Pro Chancellor of the university.

Placement and Training cell conducts training activities for the students mainly focusing on Career planning, Personality Development Industry- Institute Interaction, in plant training, Industrial visits, Campus placements, Entrepreneurship Development. The training course has online self learning design with the fusion of physical refresher training during the semester. The domain topics are chosen based on the current corporate BSACIST – Empowering Youth through Value-based Education demands and has industry recognition. With the contemporary learning modules and industry specific training, Crescent was able to attract top notch companies visiting to offer up to 28 lacs package to our students.

The Institute spans across 60 acres of sprawling, serene and evergreen campus, located in the Seethakathi Estate, vandalur, Chennai on the G S T Road (Chennai-Trichy National highway Nh-45), adjacent to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park. More than 7,000 students study in this co-educational institution. Ample open spaces with several 100 year old banyan trees add to the beauty of the campus and motivate students to outdoor learning. The vast campus has a well-planned network comprising blocks of various Departments, reading halls, classrooms, laboratories, a hi- tech auditorium, a computerised library, and several playgrounds. Also, the campus houses residential buildings for faculty members and other staff, apart from separate hostels for men and women students. The Campus has a health Centre, a Bank & ATM, Bookshop, and connects up with the Chennai City through a network of over 60 buses operated by the University. The entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled and has 24 hour power back up.

The Institute has 389 highly qualified and experienced faculties. It has been the ardent policy of the Institute to have 100% faculty with PhD. Now, 138 of them possess a doctoral degree and the rest of them are pursuing research for doctoral degree. The Institute has the Authors Forum with over 185 teachers involved in writing books for the students at different levels.

FXEC: Creating New Frontiers in Engineering Education

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June 20, 2019

The Francis Xavier Engineering College (FXEC) was established with the vision to empower budding engineers in technical and entrepreneurial training and to contribute to the socio-economic augmentation of the nation, say Dr S Cletus Babu, Founder Chairman, SCAD Group of Institutions, and Dr Amali Cletus, Vice Chairperson, SCAD Group of Institutions, in an interview with Elets News Network (ENN).

How is Francis Xavier Engineering College (FXEC) supporting its students to contribute towards socio-economic augmentation through quality education?

Dr S Cletus Babu, Founder Chairman, SCAD Group of Institutions, and Dr Amali Cletus, Vice Chairperson, SCAD Group of Institutions

FXEC was founded in the year 2000 with the motive to support socio-economic augmentation. The institute has been following a high-end teaching practice since its inception to impart quality engineering education and help students understand the nuances of engineering and technology. The state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities along with innovative approaches help every student to pursue the courses with an exemplary attainment level. The college is accredited to National Board of Accreditation (Washington Accord) for providing outcome-based education at par with the global standards.

What factors have been taken care by the college in preparing a curriculum in line with the industry demands?

In this ever changing environment where technology rules, mastering hard and soft skills is pivotal to meet the challenges of everyday life. The college follows the best-in-class teaching practice in imparting curriculum to make its students industry ready. The theoretical teaching blended with practical application is the hallmark of FXEC. The well-defined objectives of departments with collaborative work and commitment help every student of this institution march towards the vision. FXEC, acknowledging importance of providing education in

line with the industry demands, has made a futuristic shift in imparting the required skills in an exemplary way. It has helped the institute to be awarded with Gold Category, by AICTE–CII Survey of Industry linked Institute 2018. The college has also signed MOU with 50 MNC’s like HCL, Sutherland, ICT Academy, EMC2, CDAC, Trimetric, IBM, Texas Instruments, Solutions, CADD Centre etc.

How does Francis Xavier Engineering College ensure the holistic development of students with emphasis on extracurricular activities along with academics?

The teacher-learner approach makes all the difference in this esteemed institution. The teaching fraternity is dynamic enough to motivate the students to participate in all curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities with the spirit of involvement to enable higher retention of the course content, thus making every Programme Educational Objective gets fulfilled. Passion & human potential are turned into hard skills through hands on practice. Sports and games are given due importance too.

Please describe the initiatives undertaken by the college to enhance the skills of its faculty members?

Acknowledging that the members of the faculty are the real resource providers, the college gives the staff a whole gamut of opportunities to go ahead of the learning curve to get mastered in their relevant field and make every ward under them look beyond their horizon. Regular Faculty Development programmes, Periodic National/International Conferences and Seminars are organized. FXEC makes its contribution in Research work by publishing articles in SCI/Scopus indexed journals – 35 papers were published during 2018-2019.

What is the vision and mission of the college?

Our Vision is to provide education in Engineering with excellence and ethics and to reach the unreached.

Our Mission is to create innovative and vibrant young leaders and entrepreneurs in Engineering and Technology for building India as a super knowledge power and blossom into a University of excellence recognized globally.

NTA to conduct UGC NET from today; over 9 lakh candidates to appear

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June 20, 2019

The National Testing Agency is conducting the UGC NET June 2019 examination from today i.e. June 20, 2019 (Thursday). Beginning today, the computer-based exam will be concluded on June 26, 2019 (Wednesday).

According to the official data shared by NTA, a total of 9.42 lakh candidates will appear for the UGC NTA examination, which is being conducted across 237 cities in 615 centres.

The exam will be conducted for 81 subjects. Notably, this is the second time that UGC NET exam will be held in computer-based mode.

NTA has made several arrangements in order to curb cheating in the examination. There would be live CCTV surveillance in all the exam centres and it will be managed by an NTA run Control Room. The agency has appointed 15 Regional Coordinators, 162 City Coordinators and 280 Observers for the same.

Plus 3,800 jammers have been installed in each shift to curb malpractices in the computer-based examination.

Notably, NTA will be conducting UGC NET exam in two shifts. The timing of first shift is from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm whereas second shift exam will conducted from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

There would be two papers in the NTA NET examination. Paper one will have 50 questions focusing primarily on teaching and research aptitude, general awareness and knowledge etc.

Paper two will have 100 subject-specific questions. In both paper 1 and 2, each question will carry 2 marks. Candidates will be allotted 3 hours to complete both the papers.

For the uninitiated, UGC NET is conducted to determine the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Assistant Professor or Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) or both in Indian Universities and Colleges.

QS Ranking 2020: IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi and IISc among top 200

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June 19, 2019

Three Indian Universities – IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IISc Bangalore have found their places among the top 200 in the QS World University Rankings 2020.

IIT-Bombay is placed at 152^nd position, an improvement of 10 places from its previous year’s 162nd position. IIT Delhi is at 182nd rank whereas Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore has garnered the 184th rank.

Apart from this, other Indian institutes in the Global top 500 in QS 2020 are: IIT Madras at 271, IIT Kharagpur at 281, IIT Kanpur at 291, IIT Roorkee at 383, University of Delhi at 474 and IIT Guwahati at 491.

OP Jindal Global University (JGU), based in Haryana, is the new Indian University to grab its spot in the ranking bracket of 751-800. Four Indian Universities have been placed in the ranking bracket of 801-1000 — Banaras Hindu University, University of Mumbai, University of Calcutta and Savitribai Phule Pune University.

If we talk about the overall global listing, the top three Universities are from the United States.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is placed at number one with an overall score of 100, Stanford University at number 2 with an overall score of 98.4 whereas Harvard University bagged the number 3 position with an overall score of 97.4.

To be listed on QS World University Rankings 2020, the universities are ranked on certain parameters. They are: academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty student ratio, citation per faculty, international faculty and international students.

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