India’s 10 Best Education Institutes for 2018

December 2018
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ducation is a powerful resource which
Eis capable in the upliftment of the
society and giving rise to the true
potential of every individual. No wonder, the
technology that surrounds this modern age
has reached the top of the pyramid and
continues to escalate for the advancement of
tomorrow. The education institutes in the
current times reflect the best of sources
available to upgrade the courses, curriculum,
and knowledge shared with students.
In this way, the students are exposed to an
ocean of information and are well-versed
with the ongoing momentum. The career
options today are immense and moreover the
syllabus infused by the education fraternity is
based on practical understanding to help
students learn from the authenticity. This in
turn has given birth to innovative ideas and
distinct concepts that the world is bound to
experience. A comprehensive research along
with expertise by highly qualified
professionals and adding an extra touch of hi
tech are the key components that have
successfully built exclusive notions.
Education has spread its word loud and clear,
it has changed the perspective for individuals
seeking knowledge. Enhancing the bigger
picture, it has given rise to more
opportunities to learn and grow to the extent
of an individual's maximum potential. The
education fraternity has expanded its
outreach and had meticulously worked for
the development of students by putting
forward their best foot. T R
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CONTENtS
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Technology in
Indian Education:
Learning the Millennial Way
Leader’s Insights
Importance of
Hands-On-Learning
in Higher Education
Expert’s Viewpoint
Indira Gandhi Delhi
Technical University for Women:
Cultivating Beginners’ Minds for
the Technical World
University at a glance08

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Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues
College of Engineering:
An Iconic Resourceful Educational
Institute
SNS College of Engineering:
Developing Conﬁdent and Diligent
Future Citizens
Sri Shakthi Institute of
Engineering and Technology:
Powering the Youth, Empowering
the Nation
Shri Ramswaroop Memorial
University:
Uplifting the Education Fraternity
with Enhanced Oﬀerings
Edu-Voyage
Education Fraternity:
Strengthening with Time
Exclusive
Out-of-the-Box Courses in
the Education Fraternity
Editor’s Column
Article
The Being Practical Approach
Editor’s Voice
The Reality about
Grades in School
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“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of mind to think” – Albert Einstein
he education fraternity has worked meticulously to bring about a momentous change and
Tput forward an exceptional teaching and learning platform for young minds. Keeping in
account of the on-going momentum, the education institutes have top its game by
integrating suitable syllabus and techniques for educating students with a perfect blend of
technology and knowledge. This has been achieved by setting a strong foundation to give
meaning and purpose to the aims of students and uplifting a notch up.
The Knowledge Review introduces a special issue of “India’s 10 Best Education Institutes for
2018”, which highlights some of the finest institutes in India, which are providing top-notch
education with utmost expertise and creating leaders of tomorrow. This issue highlights some of
those institutes which have set a benchmark in the field of education by providing excellent and
innovative guidance.
The issue features Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial
University, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, SNS College of Engineering,
Galgotias University, Sri Venkateshwara College Pillai Hoc College of Engineering And,
Technology Hindustan University, Teerthanker Mahaveer University and Indira Gandhi Delhi,
Technical University for Home.
We have also included informative articles by industry experts Asheesh Gupta and Dr Sri Niwas
Singh and our in-house editor have penned down creative piece of write-ups “The Reality about
Grades in School” and “The Being Practical Approach”.
So, flip through the pages for more insights on this education tour!
India’s 10 Best Education Institutes for 2018
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To assist the nation in becoming a Knowledgeable Society and Economy by
empowering women of our country through education in Engineering,
Science, Management, and Technology
In 1998, a prestigious college of North India, Mahila Institute of Technology was the first
engineering college for women established by Directorate of Training and Technical Education,
Govt of N.C.T of Delhi. Afterwards in 2002, the same college became the first constituent college
of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and was retitled as Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology
(IGIT). In May 2013, the Institute spread its wings and transformed into a completely self-reliant
University as Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW) vide Delhi State
Legislature Act 09, 2012. This up gradation of IGDTUW to University has empowered it to function
even more efficiently as a teaching and research center in various branches of engineering, promoting
advancement and dissemination of knowledge and learning among women of the country and to meet
the requirement of technically skilled women workforce. The objective of the university is to foster
industry relevant research and innovations and empower the women of our country through value-based
higher education making them employable, self-reliant, and responsible citizens of the country with
concern for environment and society.
University’s Academic Program
The university is recognized by UGC under Section 22 to offer Graduates, Post Graduates, Research,
and Doctoral programs. The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) membership granted w.e.f. 1st
April 2014 and the university is working towards grant of 12(b) status by UGC. Accompanied by these
robust affiliations, the university offers:
Cultivating Beginners’ Minds for the Technical World
Indira Gandhi
Delhi Technical University
for
Women
University at a glance
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Sl.
No.
Name of the
Course
Specialization Intake Duration
(yrs)
1 B.Tech Computer Science & Engg 150 4
2 B.Tech Electronics & Comm. Engg 75 4
3 B.Tech Mechanical & Automation Engg 75 4
4 B.Tech B.Tech.(Information Technology 75 4
5 B.Arch Architecture & Design 40 5
6 M.Tech Information Security Management 32 2
7 M.Tech Mobile and Pervasive Computing 32 2
8 M.Tech VLSI Design 32 2
9 M.Tech Robotics and Automation 32 2
10 MCA Computer Applications 60 3
11 M.Tech ICT (part time) 40 3
12 PhD Engineering, Science, Humanities 30 5
Total 673
Plethora of Opportunities
The university’s placements define IGDTUW as the finest
university not only in India but also in the world bringing
paradigm shift from degree awarding institute to research
lead university.
IGDTUW has always been a placement/ job utopia for the
students. Its team strives to make the recruitment process
productive and positive for the companies and there has
been an unprecedented boom in the visiting list of
companies. Many of its students have been placed in
renowned National and Multinational companies. The
campus placements at IGDTUW have always been
remarkable and its regular recruiters have consistently
appreciated the intellectual excellence and the creativity of
the students.
IGDTUW’s mission is to foster an intellectual and ethical
environment to promote technical and professional
education to meet the contemporary needs of industry. It
believes in holistic development and ensures active
participation of women in the field of Engineering, Science,
Management and Technology, thereby attempting to strike
out a fine balance between world of work and life. It also
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aims at teaching, training, and elevating the students to an
independent level where they can achieve higher level of
excellence and professionalism. The university promotes
inter-disciplinary education and research to enhance the
technical fervor and skills of the students. It is a preferred
destination for aspiring women engineers across the
country.
In its future prospects, IGDTUW is planning to expand
their course offering and planning to start new courses as
via MPlan, Urban Planning, and bachelor's in business
administration and another IT related UG/PG programmes.
Achievements and Recognitions
IGDTUW has signed the below listed National/
International MoUs:
· Ministry of Earth Sciences-MOES, India & Natural
Environment Research Council-NERC, UK
Collaborative Research Project is under Indo-UK
partnership to facilitate cooperation between the UK and
Indian Earth System Science and Environmental
Research Communities.
· Project is a part of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MOES)
and Natural Environment Research Council of the UK
(NERC) Implementation agreement on atmospheric
pollution and Human Health in an Indian Megacity
(APHH).
· IGDTUW is an official collaborator with University of
York, University of Manchester, University of Lancaster,
and University of Birmingham and Centre of Ecology
and Hydrology, U.K. in the project and equipment of
worth Rs.30 crores have been installed in IGDTUW
campus on returnable basis.
· MoU with NASSCOM Foundation for establishing an
IoT Lab (thingQbator) under the CSR activity of CISCO.
It Received IT equipment of worth Rs.70 Lakh for the
Lab.
· Signing an MoU with NPTU Taiwan for academic
excellence. In process of signing an MoU with Cyber
Peace Foundation an NGO on Cyber Security for
Research and Academic Activities.
· Signing an MoU with EATON India Foundation for
awarding scholarships to the pre-final and final year UG
students.
· IGDTUW received Notable Mention Award for Delhi
State from AICTE on 25th August 2018 for Excellent
Internship Effort.
About the Pro-Vice Chancellor
The key personality behind the success of the
University is Dr. Amita Dev. She is the first
Pro-Vice Chancellor and Second Vice-
Chancellor of IGDTUW. With over three
decades of experience in Teaching, Research
and Industry, she has an excellent record of
accomplishment of administration, teaching,
innovation, and research. She has many
accomplishments to her credits; State Level
Best Teacher Award, National Level Best
Teacher Award, AICTE Young Teacher Career
Award, Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan Award, etc.
Under her mentorship, the university has
earned the Notable Mention Award from
AICTE and received a whopping grant of
Rs.363 lakhs from the Department of Science
& Technology for consolidation of University
Research and Excellence.
Under her Dynamic leadership, the faculty
members have obtained various Innovative
Research Projects from leading Research
Institutions and Organizations including –
Intel, Nokia, Microsoft, DST, MIETY,
DIETY, MHRD etc. and working on
prestigious sponsored research projects with
grant of approximately Rs.6.5 crores.
University has signed many International
MoUs under her able guidance. The students
and the faculty members have published
quality Research Papers in SCI/SCOPUS
International Journal. To foster a culture of
Research, University has launched a new
International Journal “Transactions on
Intelligent Systems and Applications (TISA)”.
About the Pro-Vice Chancelloro-Vice Chancelloro-V
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Successful Alumnus
The university’s alumni body is a vast and thriving
community of technocrats, senior executives, successful
entrepreneurs, and leaders of society. Internships with
government bodies and various MNCs are encouraged for
more holistic learning.
· Pragya Gupta of IT Dept. 4th Year has undertaken
Amazon Campus Mentorship series project- Technical
Discussion forum under the guidance of Amazon mentors
(Nov 2016- Apr 2017). She was selected for ACM India
Summer School on Information security and forensics
May-June 2017 and was selected for Delhi Traffic Police
internship 2017.
· Accenture Developed software (File Reader) and website
(An online Portal for Best Practices) as a part of summer
internship at Ministry of Railways felicitated Shilpi Singh
of IT Dept. 4th Year with the award 'Women in
Technology’.
· Aditi Agarwal of IT Dept. 4th year was selected as
Summer Intern at Delhi Traffic Police for two major
projects: Social Media Analysis and Document
Management, Tracking System and Traffic Analysis of
top five Metropolitan cities in India, which was
appreciated by Special Commissioner of Delhi Police.
This year, many students have opted for higher education as
well. About 17 students from the graduating batch and 13
alumni are going for higher studies - eight are going to
universities in India like ISB, IIM Calcutta, IIT Bombay,
etc. and 22 are going overseas to places like University of
Johns Hopkins University, CMU, University of California,
Berkeley, UCLA, New York University, University of
Michigan, etc.
IGDTUW alumni are working with many prestigious
companies; few of them are at Facebook, Microsoft, Adobe,
Cisco, SAP Labs, Oracle, Qualcomm, Mahindra &
Mahindra, General Motors, Cognizant, Aricent, Tata
Consultancy Services, Yamaha Motors, Hindustan Unilever,
IBM India, and many more. T R
echnical
Amazon mentors
ACM India
echnical
Amazon mentors
ACM India
Shilpi Singh
Analysis of
, many students have opted for higher education as
About 17 students from the graduating batch and 13
Shilpi Singh
Analysis of
, many students have opted for higher education as
About 17 students from the graduating batch and 13
Bombay,Bombay,Bombay
etc. and 22 are going overseas to places like University of
, CMU, University of California,
Adobe,
(An online Portal for Best Practices) as a part of summer(An online Portal for Best Practices) as a part of summer
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Importance of
HANDS-ON-LEARNING
in Higher Education
To acquire knowledge, reading
and writing has always been
used since long. In early days,
getting the knowledge, the main way
was through the experience. Studies
show that people learn the best and
retain it for long when learning is
hands-on. Learning is about how one
perceives and understands the subjects.
Learning may involve understanding,
remembering the information and
ideas, etc. Hands-on, in general, means
learning by doing. It is often not easy
to properly understand something you
have never experienced. Scientists
believe that the mental growth of
children increases if it is through the
activities. Hands-on learning is a
learning style in which learning takes
place by the students carrying out
physical activities, rather than listening
to a lecture or watching
demonstrations.
Students in higher education are also
more diverse than at any time in the
past. Students vary enormously in their
financial status, social class, family
circumstances, age, their previous
educational experience, reasons for
attending higher education, and
aspirations and ambition, their abilities
and disabilities and special needs.
Students are increasingly
heterogeneous and have an array of
identities, which in turn create a
multiplicity of learning needs. One
cannot assume that there is a common
understanding by students of the
purposes of higher education. Reading
does not provide the kind of authentic
experiences that one needs. Students
cannot be educated by reading content
alone, and as a result, their overall
academic performance is likely to be
affected.
Hands-on learning is a philosophy that
learning is more durable and lasting
when students are cognitively engaged
in the learning process. It helps in
long-term retention and better transfer
of knowledge and understanding in
real world problem which is result of
mental work on the part of learners
who are engaged in active sense-
making and knowledge construction.
The best example is to teach someone
to swim. We can try and teach them in
a classroom, but to learn they should
go out and practice it. Thus, our
education system demands for hands-
on learning experiences.
Many people are habitual of same
traditional, formal education and are
conditioned to see one-way
transmission as the norm and their
comfort zone. Sometimes it suited for
students also as they are interested in
grades/marks and which they can
achieve easily in traditional way. The
purpose of traditional, formal
education is evaluation and not
learning. Presently most effective
educational systems are having more
vocational courses providing work-
based experiences than ever before.
Subjects such as design, science and
technology incorporate many aspects
of hands-on learning, and give students
the opportunity to develop skills,
knowledge and understanding of
designing and making functional
products.
Students have access to a
contemporary and flexible learning
environment that facilitates individual
and collaborative learning. They
participate in an academic community,
where technology is integrated in
active and diverse methods for
teaching and assessment providing
students with advanced academic and
digital qualifications. To be logical
thinking and creating, hands on
learning is very important. It also
creates the job creators and facilitates
in job seekers as well.
Experiential learning is the process of
learning through experience, and is
more specifically defined as “learning
through reflection on doing”. Hands-on
learning is a form of experiential
learning but does not necessarily
involve students reflecting on their
product. Presently Institutions of
Higher Education are offering different
modules of Hands-on-learning which
includes industrial taring, prototypes
etc. Such type of hands-on-learning
will certainly help in better teaching
and learning outcomes.T R
Expert’s Viewpoint
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Dr Sri Niwas Singh
Vice-Chancellor
Dr Sri Niwas Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology Gorakhpur
FIEEE (USA), FNAE, FIET (UK), IE(I), IETE(I)
He obtained his M. Tech. and Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Before
joining IIT Kanpur as Associate Professor, he worked with UP State Electricity Board as Assistant Engineer, with
Rookree University (now IIT Rookree) as Assistant Professor and with Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok,
Thailand as Assistant Professor. Dr Singh received several awards including Young Engineer Award 2000 of
Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Khosla Research Award of IIT Roorkee, and Young Engineer
Award of CBIP New Delhi (India), 1996. He is a receipt of Humboldt Fellowship of Germany (2005, 2007) and
Otto-monsted Fellowship of Denmark (2009-10). He became rst Asian to receive 2013 IEEE Educational Activity
Board Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education. He is also recipients of INAE Outstanding
Teacher Award 2016 and IEEE R10 region (Asia-Pacic) Outstanding Volunteer Award 2016.
His research interests include power system restructuring, FACTS, power system optimization & control, security
analysis, wind power and has published more than 440 papers in International/national journals/conferences
and supervised 29 PhD (10 PhD under progress). He has also written two books one on Electric Power Generation,
Transmission and Distribution and second is Basic Electrical Engineering, published by PHI, India. Prof Singh has
completed two dozen of projects in India and abroad.
Prof Singh was Chairman, IEEE UP Section for 2013 and 2014, and presently, he is IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacic)
Conference and Technical Seminar Coordinator 2015-18. He is also India Council Chairman-Elect 2017 of
IEEE, the largest professional body in engineering.
About the Author
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The institute aims to create an
excellent scholastic ambience for its
stake holders, by providing the needed
resources and support to face the
challenges of the changing
expectations of industry, avenues for all
around development of students and
efficient administration.
Located in a picturesque environment in the heart of the Mumbai city,
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering (CRCE) is one
of the renowned, premier and sought-after private engineering
colleges. The institute is dedicated to make a difference in engineering
education, with its exclusive approach towards the on-going momentum of
trends in technology and holistic development. The corporate network has
consistently demonstrated its trust on the quality enhanced education
imparted by the institute, by recruiting its students for over the last three
decades.
An Overview of Academic Amenities
CRCE works with the vision of Moulding Engineers Who Build the Nation.
The courses of the institute are accredited by NBA, approved by AICTE and
affiliated to the University of Mumbai. It has one of the best infrastructural
facilities for engineering education. The computational and laboratory setups
reflect the progressive attitude of the management. The institute has
production grade CNC Machines, excellent hardware infrastructure,
extensive computational facility, high-end premium softwares and dedicated
100Mbps 24x7 internet connectivity. It has got MOUs and Centres of
Excellence supported by reputed corporate giants like IBM, D Link, TCS,
Eduvance, E-Yantra and many others.
It offers under-graduate programmes in Production Engineering, Electronics
Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Technology; post-
graduate programmes in Mechanical Engineering (CAD-CAM with
Robotics) and Electronics Engineering; and Doctoral programmes in
Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. There are a number
of active forums to involve students in technical, co-curricular and extra-
curricular activities and bridge the gap between the academia and the
industry. These include IEEE, WIE, CSI, ASME, SAE, Project cell, NSS,
TEDxCRCE, Rotract and many more.
Major Events and Achievements
The major events organized by CRCE are International Conference in
Computing, Communication and Control (ICAC3), Fr. Conceicao
Rodrigues Memorial Debate, TEDxCRCE, NSS, and summer and winter
Short Term Training Programmes, Seminars and Workshops. The
Fr. Conceicao
Rodrigues
College of
Engineering:
An Iconic Resourceful
Educational Institute
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A rare visionary personality, Rev. Fr Conceicao
Rodrigues established CRCE in 1984. He
envisioned the nation’s need of technical
work force and reinforced his principle of “My
Country and My People, that’s all it matters”
in the DNA of the institute’s administration. His
sheer determination, principled work ethical
approach, and vision have upheld the
present stature of the institute. Continuing the
legacy, this mission was taken ahead by his
successor, Fr. Diniz, who gave the necessary
impetus to the overall development of the
institute. He picked up eminent people like Dr.
Sesha Iyer, as Principal of the college, who
complemented his vision by providing strong
academic and administrative leadership to
the institute. Fr. A.Carvalho, the present
leader is a techno savvy philosopher having
an ingenious personality and rejuvenates the
institute with his dynamic and visionary
leadership. Under his leadership and
guidance, ably supported by Fr. Valarian
D'Souza, the present Director, & Dr. Srija
Unnikrishnan, the present Principal, the
institute is scaling new heights. With such
impeccable leads, vision, and direction the
institute has successfully achieved the path of
excellence, creating new bench marks in the
eld of engineering education.
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institute hosts intra and inter- collegiate annual Technical,
Cultural and Sports fests.
Working diligently and meticulously over the last three
decades, the institute has achieved many milestones and
reached the harbor of success. In 2017, The National
Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) GOI, has
ranked the college among the top 200 Engineering Colleges
in the country. Also, various independent surveys
conducted by India Today, Times of India, Education
World, Hindustan Times, The MINT, etc. have ranked
the institute among the top segment of the colleges in the
country.
Best Algorithm Design award, Most Innovative Solution
award and many more have been bagged by the
institute in competitions conducted by e-yantra under the
sponsorship of Ministry of HRD, GOI. The teams from
college have a consistently good track record in the national
and international competitions like Robocon, SAE Aero
Design, SAE BAJA, Go Kart Design challenge, SUPRA,
Formula Bharat, International Series of Karting and Smart
India Hackathon.
Exceptional Career Opportunities and Exposures
The institute strives hard to provide the students with
information, support and opportunities for Placement,
Higher Studies and Entrepreneurship. As a result of highly
focused and continuous efforts, every year 90- 100% of the
eligible interested students are placed. The feedback from
recruiting companies has been positive and extremely
encouraging.
Students are encouraged and facilitated to take up Live
Projects from premier institutes like Bhabha Atomic
Research Center (BARC), Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research (TIFR), Tech Mahindra, IIT Bombay, Godrej,
L&T and many more. The Entrepreneurship Cell and
Innovation Council are active with the objective to provide
students, a base for developing their entrepreneurial and
managerial skills.
The institute is working on proactive academic activities
that enhance and enable multiple learning and delivery
mechanism to better serve the needs of students. To
enhance learning experience, project based experiential
learning model is being developed. Institute is aggressively
considering adopting academic autonomy from the
currently followed affiliated system.
Accomplished Alumni
One of the key strengths of CRCE is the success of its
Alumni. The stupendous career growth of its Alumni is a
testimony to the success of the measures that the college
takes to ensure overall personality development. Over the
last three decades, CRCE Alumni are all across the globe
Rev. Fr. A.Carvalho
holding key positions in industries. Some of the prominent
Alumni are Jaideep Devare, Managing Director, Mahindra
Insurance Brokers, Pramod Bijlani, Managing Director,
Accenture, Anup Purohit, Senior President and Chief
Information Officer, Yes Bank, Mahesh Nair, Senior Vice
President of Engineering at Interactions Corporation,
Boston.
A Troop of Intellectuals
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Education
Fraternity:
Strengthening with Time
As the
widely popular
Instagram platform is
experiencing the on-going trend
of #10yearchallenge, let’s experience
the same with a flashback revolving
around the Education fraternity. With
every passing day, everything surrounding
us is transforming at a lightning-fast
speed. The salient modifications
incorporated by the education
fraternity over the last few decades
are immense and let’s have a
look at some of them.
The fear of exams among students keeps them on their
toes constantly but recent advancements have brought a
significant change in the way exams are conducted. The
idea of assessment is to help students excel to their
maximum potential and gaining knowledge above all.
Student’s Assessment
Living in the modern world and experiencing more and
more students travelling abroad to pursue further education,
the institutes have taken a step forward to collaborate with
other distinguished foreign universities. This indeed has
given the students the much needed exposure and
enlightened every student’s vision to soar high.
Foreign Collaboration
Edu-Voyage
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Technology is a paperless flair that has introduced
remarkable alterations in the overall outlook of every
industry. Embracing technology with education is the
perfect blend of bringing together the best possible
education of today’s students. The modern classrooms are
integrating the contemporary setup of computers, laptops
and tablets to enhance the teaching and learning experience.
Technology
Research is the foundation of innovation. Concentrating
on the research and development of a particular subject
has revealed incredible conclusions soaring high to
explore new heights. The world of innovation be it
Artificial Intelligence, Technology or the Business Setup
everything is ruled by research and development.
Research Oriented
Over time, the teaching methods have comparatively
changed and the teachers have become more considerate
about the students. They have embraced the modern
teaching styles incorporating the benefits of technology,
and adding that extra touch of creativity by including
more outdoor activities.
Active Participation
of Teachers & Students
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Finding a stable job profile is a crucial point in one’s
professional life and helping the individuals majorly are the
institutes and universities. Campus placements are a trend
today and well-known multinational companies have joined
hands with various institutes. Be it an internship or in house
job, the students are able to find the perfect career with their
credibility and talent.
Education has set free all the boundaries by spreading the
word of open-mindedness and equality. Gone are the days,
where students were restricted to opt for a subject as there
wasn’t any better option. Understanding the growing world
and with the goal of coping with its needs, the institutes
have readily unified subjects as per the student’s interest.
An extra language is counted a boon today and is giving
light to new collaborations.
Multilingual Approach
Acceptance of the reality is the best way
ahead to stay relevant and move forward in
the urban way. Be it socially, economically, or
culturally, the education fraternity has
combined the diversified subjects to bring
forth awareness regarding the current times.
Placements
Syllabus based on the
On-going Momentum
The main purpose of education is to empower
individuals with utmost knowledge and break the
societal norms of gender, caste, religion, race, and
territorial regions while serving humanity.
Education exists to nurture equality amongst all
and bring forth a developed society.
Education Transcending
Boundaries
Following are some of the major highlights experienced over the last couple of decades, which have modernized the
education fraternity completely. Achieving these milestones successfully has built a better tomorrow and fostered the young
minds in every aspect. T R
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“SNS College of Engineering envisages
its vision to provide quality education of
international standards and impart
knowledge and skills to the students, in
the process to shine as one of the
premier institutions in the country and
worldwide”
SNS College of Engineering (SNSCE) is an Anna University affiliated
Institution in Tamilnadu. It was established in 2007, and is run by the
highly reputed Sri SNS Charitable Trust, with the aim of being in the
forefront of Technical Education and Management Studies. The institute has
state-of-the-art infrastructure, highly skilled and dedicated faculty members
and outstanding placement and training cells with successful proven track
records.
Initially, it started with 4 UG programmes having the strength of 240
students and 28 faculty members, the college stands tall today by offering 6
UG, 7 PG and 4 Research programmes leading to Ph.D. degree having the
strength of 1564 students and 154 faculty members. Accredited by the
NAAC with Grade A, the Institution is applying for the re-accreditation in its
2nd cycle. National Board of Accreditation (NBA) has accredited ECE, EEE
and Mechanical Engineering (UG programmes) for 3 years. It is committed
to produce world class technocrats with high caliber and professionalism by
inculcating Engineering and Technological education.
The Institution’s policy has been framed by IQAC, which is based on
Teaching and Learning (Centre for Learning and Teaching), Research and
Development (Centre for Creativity and IIPC), Extension Activities (Social
Responsibilities Initiatives - SRI) and Training & Placement (Skill and
Career Development).
Centre for Learning and Teaching – (Teaching and Learning)
In order to accomplish the vision and implement it for the bigger picture, the
institute has a core CLT (Centre for Learning and Teaching) team. It takes
care of training on Attendance Assessment and Audit (AAA record-staff), life
skill mapping, structured lecture method, student engagement methods, and
reflection. It also conducts Fresher's Orientation Programme, Teaching
Workshop Series, Faculty Development Programs and Semester Academic
Auditing at SNSCE. It is continuously working on Workbook/Resources
creation for students, Assessment and Rubrics in Outcome Based Education,
Leadership Board/Badges Model Creation for students’ motivation,
Curriculum Designing Team for Design Thinking, and SNS Courseware for
Learning Management System.
SNS College of
Engineering
Developing Confident and
Diligent Future Citizens
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Dr. S. Rajalakshmi is an Obstetrician and
Gynecologist. Initially, she started her career as
a Medical Practioner and served in renowned
hospitals like Eswaran Polyclinic, Tripur, Savitha,
Ruby, Kumaran, and CSI Hospital-Erode. During
her two decade long career,she has
successfully performed more than a thousand
surgeries and contributed in the lives of many
families by embracing their journey of
parenthood. She has keen interest in helping
the communities by offering diversied service
and hence, she started conducting social and
educational activities. She involved herself as
a Correspondent in all the activities of SNS
institutions under Sri SNS Charitable Trust. She
has won prestigious honors such as “Best
Women Entrepreneur Award” by the Times of
India during the years 2013 and 2015 and
“Gold Star Award for Excellence in Higher
Education” for her outstanding contribution for
National Unity and Economic Growth from
Global Achievers Foundation, New Delhi. Her
relentless zeal, incessant quench for success
and willingness made her to walk the extra
miles,which have broken all the myths about
women's inborn limitations.
Dr. S. Rajalakshmi has promoted many
Institutions in and around Coimbatore like Dr.
SNS Rajalakshmi College of Arts and Science,
SNS College of Technology, SNS College of
Engineering, Dr. SNS College of Education, and
SNS Academy. She is a determined self and
enthusiastic personality, who plans to run
several more miles for the upliftment of the
society by helping thousands of associated
families as employees and more than ten
thousand students who are studying under her
group of institutions.
Skill and Career Development (Training for Placement
and Higher Studies)
A right platform for shaping student’s life skill over their
lifespan. As such, skill and career development involves
students personal and professional skill set by imparting
qualitative soft skill, technical and aptitude training, often
for selecting their career (Placement/ Entrepreneurship/
Higher studies). As an innovative practice paying attention
for improving communication skill, flexibility and
adaptability, interpersonal abilities, decision making, ability
to wear multiple hat, tactfulness and ability to learn from
criticism to enhance the students by personally and
professionally. About 90% of the students have been placed
in last academic year through the active training and
placement cell. Entrepreneurship and employability is
augmented only by skill development. Skill and career
management isn’t just a nice-to-do; it’s a must to do.
Centre for Creativity (CFC) – (Research, Consultancy,
Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
The Genesis of CFC is rooted in the need for sustaining a
culture of innovation and inquisitiveness on campus. To
achieve this CFC promotes inter university and intra
university connects through foreign collaboration, students
and staff exchange programme and joint research. CFC
fosters networking with industries to develop new product
and help them to solve their critical issues.
At SNS we believe that innovation leads to startups,
supporting Make in India and heralding a richer economy.
CFC also supports company on campus to nurture students
and staff on cutting edge technologies and also support
local enterprises. The CFC has an innovation hub for
hardware related product development. CFC has entered
into a MoU with Forge to accelerate startups and to prepare
them for getting venture capital.
SNSCE also has an incubation Centre funded by MSME,
Government of India to the fund of Rs. 66.5 lakhs to
support innovation startups. In addition the management
has set up a soft loan of up to Rs.10 lakhs for budding
alumni entrepreneurs. To nurture this ecosystem, seed
money for students and staff to the sum of Rs.1lakh per
project is also available to all departments.
CFC undertakes research and consultancy activities
supported by staff and students as a part of its R&D
activities. Thus CFC nurtures holistic development of
students and staff by sustaining a culture of innovation
steeped in technical excellence.
SNSCE provides financial support to the students based on
the merits and means such as single parent/no parent
scholarships, academic topper scholarships and sports
scholarships.
An Adroit Leader
T R
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India is a densely populated country with more than 50% of
its population situated in rural India. For most of us the
Indian villages are a mere attraction to visit as a tourist and
take a day off from the bustling streets of the urban routine,
but these small villages have more to it. Its serene beauty and
lush greenery are worth staying there, it offers fresh air and
good local food which one can relish with a sense of
simplicity. In many ways, it teaches us more about the rural
lifestyle. This course provides immense opportunities to
engage in various rural and community development
activities. It includes the topics like farm management,
forestry, agriculture, awareness of individuals, development
of the community and environment organization.
Hacking has become one of the most well-known activities
around the world ever since the term came to meaning. Usually
teenagers who just discover about social media are keen to
indulge in such activities just for fun. Hacking friend's social
media platforms through cracking passwords and unlocking a
locked system has become very common these days. This in
turn has become a professional career itself and many big
organizations require ethical hackers for security purposes. The
demand of this has increased considering the amount of traffic
websites and servers receive.
It is one of the oldest forms of entertainment, as a kid watching
that first ever show of puppetry is very fascinating. Often the
puppetry/act ends with a meaningful message for the audience,
young and old alike. It has become an important medium of
education and educational institutes have taken initiatives to
integrate these puppets shows to teach students. To keep the art
of puppetry alive, and to entertain and educate the audience,
several events are organized in schools and colleges.
Tea is loved among all and tasting tea is something everyone
enjoys. A tea lover will totally opt for this kind of a job and can
find a perfect opportunity if interested. This job profile is
named tea sommelier, which not only tastes the tea but also
gives advice about the branding. Doing the required research
work is necessary in this kind of a job profile as knowledge
about cultivation and manufacturing is essential.
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If one is a foodie and has the passion towards food and
flavors, then this job is what they are looking for. Adding
different flavors to food in order to make it taste good,
mixing various ingredients to make a unique flavor, having
knowledge about aroma, essential oils, and plant extracts are
some of the qualities required for a food flavorist. This job
profile has job opportunities in various sectors like food,
beverages, cosmetics, fragrance, toothpaste and many more.
In schools and colleges, museum visits are mandatory for
students to know and learn more about museums. This course
offers a wide-ranging knowledge related to the museum
collections and history. If one is curious to know more about
the rarest facts, objects and discover more of the museum life,
this course is definitely for them
Pets are a favorite amongst all and having a pet at home makes the
atmosphere very joyful. The course offers an opportunity to work
closely with animals and understand their mannerisms, likes, and
dislikes. A pet groomer is well aware about all the essentials of the
animal. Individuals have to take many responsibilities ranging
from bathing to taking care about hygiene and appearance to
handling health issues. This can be a full time career option and
also a part-time job for young college going students depending
on the passion and fondness for the pets.
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courses from the best universities around the globe, one can
learn from the leaders and get certified while in comfort of
their homes. The higher education institutes have hence
expanded online to provide the aspirants with courses
across domains, in a variety of areas . Many IIMs and
leading Indian institutions now run certified online courses,
hence easing the process of learning for the aspirants.
Reading, viewing and hearing books is now a possibility
with e-books and audio books coming into play. While
accessing information was once a draining multi-step
process, beginning physically visiting the library, now one
can read and listen to books with just a click. Youtube
channels like Khan Academy and Crashcourse today
provide students with quick and simplified videos
explaining complex concepts. An extension of this becomes
the webinars that organisations and institutes conduct for
aspirants, thus connecting and imparting information to a
national and global audience at large.
Distance learning programmes, which also included
travelling miles for appearing for offline examinations, now
provide the students the ease of appearing in online
examinations, thus making it convenient for the students.
Learning is gamified
With augmented reality/virtual reality setting feet into the
education sector, there are now gaming apps and websites
that help one learn and work towards getting better at
concepts. These infotaining applications and websites not
only help the students sculpt their knowledge but also make
them apply skills that are critical to their relevance in this
technologically advancing world. For instance, BYJU’s and
Cuemath , with a user base of 15,00,000 and 20,000
respectively, offer VR games that make students learn
mathematical concepts, while applying critical thinking.
The popularity of such apps only testifies to the
applicability of technology in the education industry.
igitalisation has been instrumental in
Drevolutionizing every industrial sector in India and
around the globe. From changing governance, to
bringing different nationalities under one umbrella,
digitalization has successfully become a concept that
surpasses the conventional boundaries, administratively,
and otherwise.
The impact of digitalisation in India, especially in the past
decade, has grown manifold. Every industry has seen a
boom in its sector in the form of constantly advancing
digital technology. While this has changed the way people
and businesses function, it has also affected their mindset.
Education is not foreign to these trends. Education, like any
other industry, has witnessed increased awareness in its
sector with the introduction of technology. From smart class
to app and distance learning and everything in between,
technology has been catalyzing the dramatically evolving
education scenario in India.
Classrooms are now visual
The classic four walls with black and pin boards do not
define a classroom anymore. The millennial generation
learns from their visual gadgets. In a scenario of Kindle and
Youtube, where a student can look up anything in mere 200
milliseconds, retaining the good-old techniques of teaching
from books only makes teaching more time consuming and
institutes outdated and incompetent. This is one reason why
more than 18,000 higher education institutes in India have
adopted the concept of digital education. Classrooms today
have become equipped with projectors and blackboards are
replaced with smartboards and projection screens, which
has also helped the academicians to move over the
conventional lecture model of teaching.
Knowledge is omnipresent
In the world of free internet, where net neutrality prevails,
learning is just an internet connection away. With portals
like Coursera, Udemy and edX that provide free online
Technology in Indian Education:
Learning the Millennial Way
Leader’s Insights
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Along with this, virtual tours to places, while in the comfort
of classroom, has only become possible with VR. For
instance, as reported in a case study by the British Council,
Mohammed Fazil from Bangalore uses VR with Google’s
Expedition and Cardboard apps to take his grade 4 students
to virtual tours. Such technology becomes as much
inspiration for the teachers to teach as for the students to
learn.
Learning can be managed online
With many schools and higher-education institutes now
introducing a learning management system on their online
portals, digital education has become more than just a
luxury. Now students have online dashboards customized to
their need, that include not only their course syllabi and
curricula, but also other information like attendance ledger.
Digital libraries, with journals and e-books curated
exclusively for the students, are accessible for free to the
students enrolled in an institute. The fact that IIT-K’s
National Digital Library of India nears the volume of the
biggest library of India, The National Library of India,
Kolkata, that hosts 26,41,615 books along with other
periodicals, maps, manuscripts etc. explains the growing
relevance of technology in India. This has magniﬁed the
scope of knowledge-gain.
Even the tech-savvy parents of these enthusiastic learners
get a dashboard access to keep a track of their ward’s
progress, which ensures security and transparency in the
system for them to understand.
Being a country of the millennials, India has enormous
scope in every growing industry, education being one of
them. With initiatives from the public and private sectors of
work like Digital India and Digital Paathshala, education
now seems to take a binary turn. However, with only 9% of
the 66% Indian rural population having access to the
internet and ultimately to the technological advancement of
education sector, in the words of Robert Frost, we have
miles to go before we sleep.
Asheesh Gupta, B.Tech in Electrical Engineering
from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in
1989 started his career as an Engineer working in
oil ﬁelds with Halliburton. After an MBA from
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in 1994,
he worked with McKinsey and Company as a
management consultant serving clients in India,
Europe and Middle-east. Later as the Director of
the McKinsey Knowledge Centers, he helped
grew the global research facilities of McKinsey in
India and also helped establish and led the
McKinsey Capability Center in India which works
with client executives to help build capabilities for
transformation through experiential learning and
education.
He has been the Pro Vice-Chancellor and
Member, Board of Management at OP Jindal
University, Raigarh, Vice President of
Development at Anant National University,
Ahmedabad and Academic advisor for setting up
the National Rail and Transportation University
for the Government of India. In 2018, he was
invited by Cornell University to join the Cornell
Institute for Healthy Futures as an Industry
Scholar.
Asheesh Gupta
Pro Vice Chancellor
JK Lakshmipat University
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The
Being
Practical
Approach
magine the Google map and the signage present on
Ievery nook and corner of the roads, which guides
through the one-to-many directions to reach the
final destinations. In the same approach, Education is a
holistic platform to accomplish goals every individual
desires of and it is the most important resource in sailing
the ship of success. Living in such modern times,
education has spread its word loud and clear, the right
for education of every individual is given utmost
significance to nurture a well-defined future.
Be it school, college or institutes, the respected
authorities have taken excellent initiatives to foster the
needs of students and bestow the best-in-class offerings.
The government has also lent its hands to integrate the
necessary initiatives, policies and acted upon it
accordingly. In the last couple of years, education has
changed the name of the game and has experienced
radical transformations to enhance and educate
individuals like never before. In contrast, the positives
and negatives are always like the two sides of the coin,
but one should always concentrate to toss and spin to the
positive end.
Idea of Practicality
Incorporating new methods of teaching and learning is
all part of the educational process. With the advent of
technology in education, new advanced processes have
come into play for students. Grabbing the attention of
Education-Havingthepoweroveritself.
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Editor’s Column Article
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students and foreseeing a bigger picture according to the
present time is the practical knowledge and skillset
provided in education. Referring to textbooks or reading
and learning for long hours often gets tedious for
students, which sometimes even lead to the loss of
interest of a particular subject. In order to avoid this,
making presentation which depicts the visual and text is
interesting and attracts students. Adding an audio file to
the presentation gives the students a more detailed
version of the subject, explaining systematic procedures
till the conclusion.
This kind of teaching and learning experiences intrigues
the students and brings the teachers and students to
communicate and discuss different topics. According to
surveys and also the top echelons of the education
fraternity, it is observed that students grasp faster
through practical way of teaching, the visuals are more
informative then the text and performing the task
practically makes the student learn on an upgraded scale.
Hence, practical knowledge is a must in education for
the present and upcoming generations.
Giving an example along to memorize or remember
information makes it easy to recollect, for example,
taking in account television news on screen flashing, no
one memorizes it, but it often gets registered in one's
mind and it passes on from one person to other. This is
due to the visuals and the title breaking news leaves an
impact, that ends up to individuals listening the news as
it is seems very interesting and adds the curiosity to
sneak-peak at what’s new. Including these inquisitive
information-teaching methods can drive the attention of
students and open their eyes for curiosity.
Responsibilities of Teachers and School Authorities
The different ways of teaching and learning are still on
the path of discovering. The motto lies in conveying
information to students be it in any form. The old school
method of trial and error just works right for the teachers
and professors. One cannot drown by facing one failure,
but staying there and not coming out of it actually leads
to drowning, just like this way the teachers or professors
should know which method of teaching works and grind
accordingly. Every student has unique capabilities and
the grasping power of students vary from one to another;
hence the teachers should understand and analyze every
student's work report and progress graph.
Helping the teachers along the way, the school
authorities should conduct seminars and inter-school
gatherings for students across various schools to
communicate and come together. Each student should
participate in such competitions and display their project
work. Every student should be given a topic, this way
there will be many of diversified topics to learn from.
These kinds of conducted seminars give student’s the
confidence and encouragement to perform well.
It is the duty of teachers and school authorities to support
the students and bring out their maximum potential to
stand amongst all.
Moving Ahead
Today’s students are going to become the professionals
of tomorrow. Hence, the practical knowledge is
imperative in job profiles. Going forward, the practical
approach is advantageous and beneficial for students as
many jobs demand this requirement. As technology in
the existing time is on the forefront, to be able to operate
and put together the different bits and pieces of
presentation models has become a must. In practice, the
practical method of teaching is a boon for students, the
students will be hands-on in this as it is being taught to
them since the beginning.
The key to innovation is possible by working down the
actual functioning models. The wide-ranging fields
varying from automobiles, designing, and electronics
mostly all require a great deal of practical knowledge.
Hence, imbibing these practices right from the student’s
life is essential and helpful in the future.T R
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The organization seeks to be preferred
destination for students, practitioners
pursuing an engineering education,
employers hiring engineering graduates
and organizations seeking engineering
knowledge.
The Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology (SSIET)
was established in the year 2006 with a vision to make one of the
greatest engineering schools being recognized nationally and
internationally. It is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and has provided
an encouraging environment to develop the intellectual capacity, critical
thinking, creativity and problem-solving to the best of students’ability. The
institution is awarded with an ‘A’grade by the National Assessment and
Accreditation Council (NAAC). The departments of CSE, IT, EEE and
Mechanical Engineering have been accredited by National Board of
Accreditation (NBA).
Ever since its establishment, SSIET has fabricated young and dynamic
engineers who would form the crux of the technical workforce of tomorrow.
The college provides an excellent quality of education and mentoring to the
students, aspiring to be competent professionals in engineering and
technology. The students of SSIET have secured more than a thousand plus
awards and achievements in various competitions of zonal level organized
by Anna University. Furthermore, this college has more than five thousand
alumni who are actively participating and encouraging towards the growth of
this institution.
Excellent Academic Programs and Facilities
The college offers twelve UG (B.E / B.Tech) and five PG courses (M.E). The
college has well-qualified, experienced, dedicated faculty members and
supporting staff members with excellent academic research and industrial
work experience. IT VAC and Core VAC training are included as a part of
the curriculum to improve students’ skill on the basis of industrial
requirement. Every student in SSIET is well trained not only with their hard
skills but also with their soft skills so as to sustain and tackle in any tough
situation.
The college has state-of-the-art laboratories, workshop facilities, computer
facilities with well-equipped library and information center. The college has
international standard cricket ground, hockey ground, badminton ground,
football ground, basketball ground facilities for outdoor games, and indoor
Sri Shakthi
Institute of
Engineering and
Technology
Powering the Youth,
Empowering the Nation
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A versatile Educationist and Entrepreneur Prof.
Dr. S.Thangavelu is at the helm of Chairman at
the institution. He has educated a good
number of Agricultural Engineers in the eld of
Bio-Energy and guided numerous innovative
research projects during his thirty years of
tenure as a Professor.
He has published more than sixteen technical
papers in various reputed journals and
numerous articles in leading magazines on
public interest. He is a Fellow of Institute of
Engineers (FIE) of Institute of Engineers (India)
and also the recipient of the prestigious
“Outstanding Engineer Award “from The
Institutions of Engineers (India).
“I do not want my institution to be walled off
on all side; I want the culture of all lands to be
blown about my institution as freely as possible.
But I refuse to be blown off my any one of
them. Mine is not a religion of the prison house.
It has room for the least among God’s
creations “says the Chairman.
To reach the institute to greater heights and
provide quality education, two young minds
Dheepan Thangavelu, Secretary and Sheelan
Thangavelu, Joint Secretary, place key role in
the institution. The former he is the most
charismatic and the most enthusiastic
academic in development and
implementation of the institute strategic plan
to improve and excel. The latter he, a
dynamic and progressive person, has not only
been consistently showing exceptional results
in placements but also making signicant
progress in research and industry relevant
consultancy projects.T R
games. All seminar halls, conference rooms, and discussion
rooms are fitted with air condition facilities and round the
clock high-speed Wi-Fi internet facility.
Golden Career Opportunities and Exposure
SSIET is known for its placements and industrial
connectivity, and for the past five constitutive academic
years, the college has given hundred percent placements to
the final year students who have enrolled for placement. In
the academic year 2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18,
the number of 469, 589, 543, 553 students respectively
placed in reputed companies such as Ducen, Samsung,
Amazon, CISCO, Johnsons Controls, Infosys, HCL
Technologies, Tesco, K7 Computing, Zoho Corporation,
TCS, CTS, Robert Bosch, Tivo Corporation, Odessa
Technologies, Johnsos Control, Think and Learn, Hewlett
Packard Enterprise, Mindtree, Impiger Technologies,
Robert Bosch so on. The highest salary of the last academic
year was 27 lakhs per annum and the average salary was 3
lakhs per annum.
SSIET holds a team of highly talented and vibrant trainers
functioning as the Department of Career Development Cell
and a full-fledged Placement and Training (PAT) Centre. It
has enabled the students to participate in several
recruitment programs of several leading organizations.
Some of the Industrial offers and significant tests gained by
the students are Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
(GATE), Graduate Record Examination (GRE), and
Common Admission Test (CAT), Management Aptitude
Test (MAT), Xavier Labour Relations Institute Admission
Test (XAT) &Faculty of Management Studies (FMS),
Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), Test of
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), and International
English Language Testing System (IELTS).
More than Just a College
The college encourages its faculty members through
incentives and sops to acquire higher degrees, to publish
textbooks/papers and participate in Seminar / Workshop /
Conferences. Faculty members are encouraged to have
many industry collaborations with a motto of novelty and
creation to address all needs of the society and the industry.
This institute organizes various flagship events like
Orientation Day, National Leadership Summit, AgriFest,
Powerpuff Girls, Kalam, Tech Bash Symposium, Techtors–
project contest. It also organizes International Conference
on Computer Communication and Informatics every year.
The institute had published over eight hundred articles in
IEEE explore through this conference.
About the Chairman
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s a small kid the very first thing taught at home or even at school are the alphabets and digits, be it the A for Apple
Aand B for Ball which is a poem that kids sing more than often or the numbers counted on the fingers. This is the
initial step in any student's teaching process, but the irony lies that these alphabets and digits learned in the very
beginning tend to haunt them in the upcoming years.
The entire system of grades and ranks has two sides to them. To look at it from a positive aspect the grades and ranks
certainly encourage the students and can be seen as a symbol of appreciation. On the contrary, it also becomes a burden for
students to keep up with the grades and ranks always which counts the negative aspect of it. A student's hard work and
st
dedication should be definitely appreciated, but not compared to grades and ranks always. The grade A+ or rank 1 is
almost like reaching the top of the pyramid, but as every student has different strengthens and weaknesses, it might be that
everyone has a different pyramid to reach.
In school it is very obvious to like a particular subject and dislike the other. There is always this one subject that will haunt
us be it the traumatizing calculations in the mathematics problem-set or the tedious long answers of social studies. Every
student has some pros and cons and realizing this at a young age will help students work on their positives and negatives.
Rather than continuously fretting about the grading, what one can do best is try to be away from this entire scenario and be
more focused on the studies. This way the pressure to perform excellent/better will not be an issue and will keep the
students grounded and concentrated to/on the basics.
Editor’s Voice
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Comprehensive Teaching Methodology
In the school life, teachers who guide the students play the most significant role in building them for a well-defined
future. Hence, it is the duty of every teacher to put forth the right teaching process and a proper layout of this entire
st
grades and ranks scenario. It is more than often seen that in the whole race of being the 1 rank holder or getting A+
grades, the kids get so included with this number game that they forget the point of studying and learning right from the
basics. Achieving a goal and satisfying the greed has a very thin line of difference which students at a tender age fail to
understand. Education is not about the number game it’s solely about knowledge which helps to enhance one’s mindset
and conveying this to the students in the most flexible manner is a teacher’s job.
Growing up the students start to experience various aspects of this complete setup of being ahead in the race and that’s
when most of them become a part of the famously known rat race. Despite of understanding its consequences and the
pressure one goes through while dealing with this whole situation, most of the individuals become more engrossed in the
constant race of either coming first and last. This in turn affects the individuals mentally and also leaves a negative impact
overall. Hence, the teachers or professors who guide the students throughout the education journey should be careful in
leading them and have an open minded approach for a better tomorrow.
Jobs according to the Need of the Hour
In this modern world, the ideas are limitless and opportunities are abundant, be it the startup world or non-conventional
jobs everything is blooming at its highest/fastest. As every student is unique in his or her way and depending on their
strengths and weakness, one can easily find a perfect career option. In many of the job profiles today, the grades and
ranks/gradation actually is not that important or mandatory to read a specific score. It moreover concentrates on a
candidate’s potential, skillset, communication skill and many more.
Many a times the question arises that how these grades and ranks actually matter in the job profile and count ahead in the
longer run. It is very obvious that good grades is like half a task done, the major criteria while selecting any potential
candidate definitely lies in the overall average score one has, but it is not completely restricted to that. In an interview in
that specific amount of time for two to three hours what one really understands, the way one communicates and conducts
himself/herself is actually the deal breaker is.
The Final Touch
The most essential aspect that every student should learn is to never compare oneself to other and not become a part of
the number game or rat race. In order to succeed in one’s professional journey they need to always put their best foot
forward and work with utmost dedication and stick to being honest in all means. T R
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The vision of the institute is to be a
world- class university by achieving
excellence in the fields of Education,
Research & Consultancy, through
socially enriching and ethically
responsible pursuits.
Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University is a confluence of academic,
cultural and intellectual resource. It is spread over 100 acres of
sprawling lush green pollution-free environment on the Lucknow-Deva
road. The institute aims to promote learning and skill development through
effective Polytechnic, Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral programs
that imbibe teaching and research specific to the changing needs of the
industry and society. It encourages interdisciplinary approach and
collaboration with national and international centers of excellence.
An Abode of Abundance
SRMU is committed to leveraging its wide-ranging facilities to world-class
standards with a goal to provide the best academia and professional resources
and to prepare students for global opportunities. This makes SRMU a
repository of academic and extra-curricular excellence with its state-of-the-art
infrastructure and amenities.
The institute has exceptional resources like best-in-class laboratories, nerve-
center library, advanced computer center, well-equipped hostels, spacious
cafeteria and, remarkable seminar halls. It also offers education loans,
medical facilities, first aid & ambulance service and, transport facilities.
The university runs some effective initiatives like SRMU clubs, which are an
array of student-run committees providing opportunities to students to put
theory into practice. This is a platform for the SRMUans to experiment,
innovate and imbibe the spirit of team work. Here are some of the various
clubs organized: - SNAPSHOT- The Photography Club, EXPRESSIONS-
The Dramatics Club, SPORTIZZ- The Sports Club, TECHFUSION- The
Techno Club, SRIJAN- The Art & Craft Club, OZONE- The Environment
Club, SURJHANKAR- The Music Club and, many others. The university has
also created “The Collaboration and Industry Interaction Cell” to develop
links with national and international centres of higher learning and provide its
students a world class educational experience.
SRMU also offers international study tours so that the students are poised to
enter the corporate world with enhanced knowledge and confidence. The
campus is a repository of some of the finest events like Annual Cultural Fest:
Anubhuti, Bharat Yatra, TEDx events, International Conferences and
International Literary Festival to name a few. These provide plethora of
Shri
Ramswaroop
Memorial University
Uplifting the Education Fraternity
with Enhanced Offerings
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Pankaj Agarwal is the Chancellor of Shri
Ramswaroop Memorial University. As the
tagline of the university says “Chase
reality…dreams will follow”, SRMU guides
the students staying true to this. He
believes that it is the university’s endeavor
to impart education which enhances the
personality of its students giving them the
strength of character and intellect, which
teaches them to be self-sufcient in the
competitive world.
“Our curriculum is therefore
contemporary in nature, and
incorporates various innovative programs
that open novel avenues for our students.
Our aim is not only to simply educate, but
also to inculcate values, honesty, integrity
and a capacity for hard work. At
Ramswaroop our dream is to help
students realize their dreams and send
them into the world, as condent
individuals focused on pursuing their
goals”, adds Pankaj.
opportunities and platform for channelizing youthful energy
into intellectual, creative and cultural pursuits.
The SRMU Group consists of various institutes which includes
Institute of Technology, Institute of Bio-Science & Technology,
Institute of Management, Commerce & Economics, Institute of
Legal Studies, Institute of Media Studies, Institute of Diploma
Studies, Institute of Natural Science and Humanities, Institute
of Education and Research and, Institute of Architecture.
Winning Prestigious Honors
SRMU has achieved many milestones and has gained a fruitful
momentum by becoming brand identity in the longer run. Over
the last years, it has received many prestigious honors to name
th
a few, it has been ranked 15 in India amongst top private
universities by India Today-Nielsen survey 2017, Best
Innovative University by ASSOCHAM and, Top Private
Engineering Institute in JagranJosh Ranking 2017. Adding
th
more colors into play, it has been ranked 6 in India amongst
the merging private institutes by OMS-Times Engineering
th
Survey, ranked 7 in India amongst top emerging BSchools by
OMS-Times B-School Survey and also awarded for
“Excellence in Education”- Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand by
the Times of India Group.
A Pioneer for Women Empowerment
The Women Empowerment program has a triangle of benefits
which includes Women’s Cell, Establishment of NCC and,
Appointment of Power Angels.
Women’s Cell: This was conceptualized by SRMU Pro-
Chancellor, Pooja Agarwal. The Women’s Cell was initiated to
preserve the security of the female staff, and for handling
grievances at the university. It has blossomed gradually and
promotes well-being at work place and provides a platform for
interaction, views and, experiences.
Establishment of NCC: It took its root in the university with
the sanction of platoon of 55 Girl cadets. The girl cadets have
to undergo a training of three years to earn NCC “C”
Certificate.
Appointment of Power Angels: Regular sessions by Women
Power Line 1090 have been organized in the campus of Shri
Ramswaroop Memorial University. These sessions have been
presided over by senior officials of 1090 Women Powerline,
where the officials talked to the female students regarding the
problems faced and ways to tackle it. A potential number of 74
girls have been appointed as power angels and were handed
out SPO cards.
Initiative in Corporate Social Responsibility
Apni Pathshala- An initiative to spread the light to education
This initiative was taken in 2005 with an aim to provide free
education to the economically weaker strata of society and
uplift the communities with uphold rights of children.
The Resourceful Leader
National Social Services (NSS)
SRMU has motivated students to participate in social
welfare and has sanctioned two units of NSS by the
Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, Govt. of India.
Adult Literacy Program
Team SRMU is collaborating with Tata Consultancy
Services for promoting “ADULT LITERACY
PROGRAM”. The university provides inputs for
spearheading the cause of “education is empowerment”
and aspires to share this power with the masses.
It also includes the initiatives of Promoting Primary
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