empowering our engineering colleges
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Ignite - Pune Chapter - 22nd Oct' 2013. I got an opportunity to speak on a topic close to my heart. "How to Empower our Engineering Colleges" "Ignite 2013" - It's a geek event in over 100 cities worldwide. At the events Ignite presenters share their personal and professional passions, using 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds for a total of just five minutes.TRANSCRIPT
Empowering our Engineering
Colleges
AbhiEntrepreneur &
Engineer
Why should we care about Engineering?
3500+ Colleges
5L+ Students/year
All-round GDP contributor in last 50 years
2013 – courtesy http://www.dreducation.com
Engineering is BLEEDING
Engg Growth43% to 3%
2L+ Seats vacant
Colleges shutting down | Admission Low
2013 – courtesy http://www.dreducation.com
Problems
that’s killing
Engineering Colleges
1. Admissions
2. Placements
3. Poor Skills & Process
4. Ineffective Communication
5. MeasuringPerformance
Guidelines have been laid
Solutions
to SAVE Engineering
Colleges
Feedback Mechanism & Actionable Metrics
Student & Faculty Feedback
Placement / Achievement Reports
Actionable metrics for Colleges
New Gen Communication Tools
SMS | Notifications Private Groups / Messages
Discussion Forums
Online Study Material & MOCC
Digitize College Material
Leverage MOCC platformse.g. Coursera, Udemy
Create Content: Faculty + Students
e.g. Moodle, Zoomstra
Online Placement & Opportunity Management
Dynamic Student/Faculty Profiles
Straight Through Process
Easy short listing powered with Communication tools
Counseling for 21st Century Learner
Inform | Educate Provide choices
Online College Branch Predictor
Understand needs & empathize
Problem is being tackled at IIT’s, REC’s & few others
What about remaining 98% ??
> 2% of total Engineering colleges
Operational Efficiency
Empowerment = Dynamicity + Technology +
Process
Aware & Agile Student Transparency & Collaboration
Richer pool of 21st century professionals
Life is not a solo act. Its a huge collaboration, and we all need
to assemble around us the people
who care about us and support us in times of strife. Tim Gunn
Engineering Community needs that ExtraAEdge
&its looking at all of us for
HELP
WHAT WILL WE DO ?