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| DCE-IIPC - (Dronacharya College of Engineering – Industry Institute Partnership Cell) |
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Background and Need for DCE-IIPC |
According to various surveys done by some private and public bodies in India*, a very small percentage of graduating engineers are usefully employable by the Industry in India. Barring some exceptions of engineering students passing out from institutes like IITs, some of the NITs and a few other Engineering Colleges and Technical Institutes in India, the employing organisations including reputed private industries, Indian and multinational companies in India, many PSUs, organisations in the Government Sector like Department of Space, DRDO, CSIR, DAE, DOE etc (hereinafter called “Industry”, in short, at some places in this document) are not able to recruit the manpower having the desired benchmark of relevant technical skills and background. This problem gets further aggravated by the option chosen by some of the engineering students to shift from technical to non-technical careers (management, business etc.). Further, a significant percentage of students studying core engineering subjects like electrical, electronics, mechanical and civil engineering etc, shift to software skills having no correlation with their core streams. Academic and research careers in science & technology are no longer valued in high esteem as the other options seem to fetch easier and higher remuneration to the aspirants.. The students alone cannot be blamed for this sorry state of affairs. In the rush to have short-term gains, the “Industry” is investing meager resources in the R&D for developing trained and skilled manpower either in-house or in the premises of these Engineering Colleges and Technical Institutes through sponsored research projects. Some small and medium-scale industries in our country are even today purchasing obsolete technology from abroad at a low price to make quick bucks instead of making efforts to work in the globally competitive and cutting-edge technologies. Such Industries require skilled technicians and not highly qualified professional engineers but some of the very same industries keep complaining about the non-availability of usefully employable engineers in various forums, meetings and seminars. |
| *See, for example, Proceedings of Interactive Roundtable Conference on “Industry-Academia Convergence: Bridging the Skill Gap”; 23rd Nov 2006, Federation House, Delhi. |
Many of the Engineering Colleges and Technical Institutions are also to be blamed equally. In the rush to complete the prescribed course work, they too devote little energy and resources to prepare their students to meet the technical challenges and specific needs of the modern Industry. Even if some of these Colleges and Institutes are engaged in some R&D work without consultation or involvement of the Industry, the technologies developed by these colleges fall short of the expectations and needs of the modern industry. This results into a mismatch between what is required by the Industry and what is learnt by the graduating engineers. So, it is a vicious circle in which the Industry is the loser, the Technical Institute is the loser in terms of its reputation and credibility, the students are the losers and above all, our country is the loser. |
Feeling concerned by the scenario depicted above, Dronacharya College of Engineering (DCE), like some other reputed Technical Institutes, has taken up an initiative to help its students, serve the interests of the Industry and the nation by launching a Cell, termed as, “Dronacharya College of Engineering – Industry Institute Partnership Cell (DCE-IIPC)”. DCE authorities genuinely believe that this Cell will be able to successfully solve the above stated problem to a large extent. Adviser, Research & Training is the head of this Cell. Through this Cell, DCE and its students will learn about the industrial perspectives, practices and the relevant source of technical needs, which this Cell would then attempt to turn some of these into R&D activity involving the students of DCE. The Industry, in turn, would gain from the research and technology output of DCE and consequently get professionally trained and more usefully employable engineers from this College. This initiative is thus expected to lead to a win-win situation for all concerned: DCE, the students of DCE, the Industry and the nation. |
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Aim & Objective of DCE-IIPC |
The aim and objective of this Cell is to produce engineering students in DCE who would be professionally trained in state-of-the art technology areas meeting the specific needs of Industry in order to make them usefully employable for the Industry. This will be achieved through the process of identifying areas in science and technology relevant to the existing and future Industry and translating some of these needs into R&D activities with the involvement of DCE students under the supervision/guidance of experts from DCE or outside in or outside the premises of DCE. This Cell will endeavour to minimize the gap between the expectations of the Industry and the training completed by the engineers graduating from this Institution. |
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“Adviser, Research & Training” and Constitution of DCE-IIPC |
Chairman, of the Governing Council of DCE will be the Patron of DCE-IIPC. Principal of DCE will be the Chairman and Adviser, Research & Training (Adviser, R&T, in short) in DCE will be the “Member Secretary & Chief Coordinator” of DCE-IIPC. Adviser, R&T, in turn, will be accountable to the “Academic Advisory Committee” as one of its members and the “Governing Council of DCE”. Besides the Principal as the Chairman and the Adviser, R&T as the “Member Secretary & Chief Coordinator” of DCE-IIPC, this Cell will be constituted of members drawn from the Faculty of DCE including all HODs, some Professors and research-oriented faculty members, members from the Industry, outside experts and eminent personalities. DCE-IIPC will also have one representative from the “Governing Council of DCE” as a “Special Invitee”. Adviser (R&T) will have the overall responsibility for day-to-day functioning of DCE- IIPC as its Chief Coordinator. For efficient discharge of his duties, Adviser, R&T will be assisted by some research-oriented faculty members of DCE, to be called as Coordinators of DCE- IIPC, besides technical, secretarial, administrative, accounts and budget staff, who will be part of the DCE-IIPC. Members of DCE-IIPC will meet at least twice in a Semester under the chairmanship of Principal, DCE. |
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Activities of DCE-IIPC |
In order to achieve the stated Aim and Objective, DCE-IIPC will broadly be engaged in the following activities: |
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To identify the scientific and technical requirements of the “Industry”, in which R&D work can be taken up by DCE-IIPC; |
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To promote synergetic partnership between the Industry and DCE for taking up joint research programmes involving the students of DCE; |
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To conduct relevant R&D activities within or outside the premises of DCE with the involvement of students and/or the faculty of DCE under the supervision/guidance of experts from within or outside DCE; |
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To motivate and involve students of DCE in the relevant R&D activities of this Cell with an aim to transform these graduating engineers into professional engineers who are usefully employable by the Industry. |
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To organise Lectures, Interactive Workshops, Conferences, Seminars, Brain Storming Sessions, Technical Discussions, Consultancy Sessions, Training, Orientation Courses, Meetings, Visits etc, involving members of the Industry, outside experts, eminent personalities, faculty and students of DCE; |
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To arrange/generate Resources- financial, material and human, both from within and outside DCE for creating very high-quality infrastructure and research facilities within and outside the DCE premises; |
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To take up sponsored projects from Industry and other outside funding agencies; |
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To take up industry-based projects funded by AICTE, DST, DRDO, CSIR and other outside funding agencies; |
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To fund some projects and sub-projects to outside agencies including Academia, in order to conduct these relevant R&D activities smoothly and efficiently within or outside the premises of DCE with the involvement of students and/or the faculty of DCE under the supervision/guidance of outside experts; |
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To provide/get technical consultancy services to/from the industry; |
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To invite expert members of the Industry to DCE to spend varying durations as Faculty members/Research Supervisors/ Technical Consultants etc. with an aim to enrich the professional knowledge and employability of students of DCE; |
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To share the experience, through exchange of lectures, visits and meetings etc., with other Engineering Colleges and Technical Institutes where such interactive research programmes are running successfully; |
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To assess periodically the scientific and technological scenario in India and abroad in order to translate it into action for taking up R&D work; |
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To help students of DCE in getting suitable placements in industries/companies/other employer organizations in the Government and Private Sectors based on the R&D work carried out by these students, within or outside DCE, and facilitated by DCE-IIPC. |
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Conclusion |
We sincerely believe that, this initiative of setting up an “Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC)” at DCE with the stated Aim, Objectives and Activities, will minimize the gap between expectations of the Industry and the training undergone by the students of DCE. With this, the students would gain tremendously as they would be transformed from mere graduating engineers to more usefully employable professional engineers. The DCE Faculty would gain through the enhancement of their knowledge and expertise, which will also help in their own career growth. The College will gain in brand and prestige by having larger percentage of placement of students, having better infrastructure and technical facilities and being a useful partner of Industry in solving their problems. The Industry would gain by getting employees who are already trained as per their expectations, aspirations and needs. Finally our country will gain in its journey towards self-reliance. In conclusion, this scheme would provide a win-win situation for all- the students, the Faculty, the College, the Industry and our nation. |
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AICTE Guidelines and Format for DCE-IIPC |
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