“First, have a definite, clear
practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to
achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all
your means to that end.” - Aristotle
Currently there is a huge gap between
the industry and academia in India resulting in unemployability in Indian
students. Students of both engineering
and management education encounter innumerable challenges to grab employment
opportunities and to grow as entrepreneurs. There is a dearth of right mind
set, tool set and skill set among the students who pass out of engineering and
management educational institutions. There is often a mismatch between their qualifications
and competencies. Hence, I would like to address this issue in this article.
The current curriculum in Indian educational
institutions doesn’t meet the industry expectations. Industry is growing
rapidly and the faculty still teaches the outdated syllabus. Some of the faculty
doesn’t have adequate knowledge to teach their subjects. Most of them adopt old
teaching pedagogy. As a result, students are unhappy with faculty.
Presently students are very bright as
they are exposed to technology, and their expectations are very high. They have
access to information through internet the way the faculty has. They don’t
respect the faculty who collects the information from internet and shares with
them. Students think that they can also do the same thing. They often question
what value the faculty is adding to them? At times faculty is not in a position
to handle the questions posed by the students. As a result, faculty loses credibility
in the classroom. Hence, faculty must do research regularly to update
themselves. They must also coin new concepts and share them in the classroom to
win the confidence of students. When you look at modern management guru, Peter
Drucker, he coined many concepts in management by researching, consulting and interacting
with students. Similarly, faculty must
do research regularly in their areas and share their knowledge with students.
They must also contribute research papers to international journals. It helps
students acquaint with the latest knowledge apart from building their CVs. It is futile for faculty to blame the educational
institutions for not getting funds or grants. They must find out their own
methods and means to get sponsors to fund their research. If they are strong in
research, they get noticed and get funds.
Industry must take initiative to visit
educational institutions regularly to explain the present trend and
expectations. It helps educational institutions to create curriculum accordingly.
Faculty must be encouraged to visit industry to understand the pulse of
industry. They can share their experiences in the industry with students in the
classroom. Faculty must also engage students actively in the classroom to make
teaching more interesting and participative. Interactive teaching generates
more ideas. They must encourage students to ask questions regularly. When
students ask more questions faculty becomes more active and accountable. They must
do research on the triggers arising from the questions of students to create
new knowledge.
To summarize, an holistic approach
from all stakeholders including educators, students, educational institutions,
industry and non-government organizations(NGOs) is essential to revamp
management and engineering education in India. It helps shell out employable
and deployable students as per the industry expectations in India.
“More important than the curriculum is
the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is
given” - Bertrand Russell
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