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SWOT ANALYSIS OF ENGINEERING

INSTITUTES IN GWALIOR

(In IT Perspective)

Under the Guidance of: Submitted By:

Dr. Anurag Srivastav Monica C Bhadoria (MBA_012)

Dibyendu Roy (MBA_006)

Divya Taneja (MBA_007)

Manmesh Singh Tomar

(MBA_010)



Introduction:

SWOT analysis (a brief understanding):

It is a tool that identifies the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and

threats of an organization. Specifically, SWOT is a basic, straightforward model that

assesses what an organization can and cannot do as well as

its potential opportunities and threats. The method of SWOT analysis is to take the

information from an environmental analysis and separate it into internal (strengths

and weaknesses) and external issues (opportunities and threats). Once this is

completed, SWOT analysis determines what may assist the firm in accomplishing its

objectives, and what obstacles must be overcome or minimized to achieve desired

results.

TOWS Matrix (for better implementation of analyzed information in

SWOT)



The Threats-Opportunities-Weaknesses-Strengths (TOWS) Matrix is an important

matching tool that helps managers develops four types of strategies:

SO Strategies (strength-opportunities), WO Strategies (weakness- opportunities), ST

Strategies (strength-threats), and WT Strategies (weakness-threats).The most

difficult part of TOWS matrix is to match internal and external factor. Once theobjective has been identified, TOWS are discovered and listed. TOWS are defined

precisely as follows:

Strengths are attributes of the organization that are helpful to the achievement of

the objective. Weaknesses are attributes of the organization that are harmful to the

achievement of the objective. Opportunities are external conditions that are helpful

to the achievement of the objective. Threats are external conditions that are harmful

to the achievement of the objective. Strengths and weaknesses are internal factors.

For example, strength could be your specialist marketing expertise. A weakness

could be the lack of a new product.

A few lines on Engineering Education in Gwalior:



Someone rightly said, "A scientist dreams to make this world better and an

Engineer

makes that dream true.”

Engineering was started by human beings to make life comfortable. As theworld developed, many important changes were seen in the field of engineering in

India. Institutes like IITs, IIITs and NITs emerge from the group and started providing

world class education and educational infrastructure to the talented student pools of

India.

Engineering education in Gwalior has seen tremendous growth over the past

decade, both in number of students and number of colleges. The recent growth in

engineering education has been overwhelmingly due to privately funded educational

institutions rather than publicly funded ones.

The actual current scenario of engineering education in Gwalior is a

contrasting one. The place has international standard institute like IIITM and

nationally recognized universities like Jiwaji University but there exist a large number

of private engineering colleges which severely lack in providing quality education and

the standard of both the faculty and students there is very skeptical.

Importance of IT implementation in Engineering Education:

Nowadays the role of Information Technology (IT), especially internet in the

engineering education sector plays an important role, precisely in the process of

empowering the technology into the educational activities. Engineering Education

sector can be the most effective sector to anticipate and eliminate the negative

impact of IT. Technology (internet) in another side can be the most effective way to

increase the student’s knowledge.

The followings are the aim and objectives of IT implementation in

engineering education:

1. To implement the principle of life-long learning / education.

2. To increase a variety of educational services and medium / method.

3. To promote equal opportunities to obtain education and information.

4. To develop a system of collecting and disseminating educational

information.

5. To promote technology literacy of all citizens, especially for students.

6. To develop distance education with national contents.



7. To promote the culture of learning at institute (development of learning

skills, expansion of optional education, open source of education, etc.)

8. To support student in sharing experience and information with

colleagues.

Categorization of the Engineering Institutes (in Gwalior) for more

accurate SWOT analysis:

The Engineering Institutes in Gwalior can broadly be classified into three

sections. They are as follows

1.

Institutes with National Importance (like IIITM)2. Government Institutes [Under Central Govt. recognition] (MITS)

3. Private Institutes (like ITM University, MPCT, NRIITM, RJIT etc.)

Institutes we choose for analysis:

Below is the list of institutes of Gwalior which we considered for our analysis:

1. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and

Management

2. Madhav Institute of Technology and Science

3. Institute of Technology and Management

4. Maharana Pratap College of Technology

5. NRI Institute of Technology and Management

6. Rustam Ji Institute of Technology

Taking each institute one by one:

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and

Management



Description: The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management,

Gwalior (IIITM Gwalior), is a deemed university, which was the first IIIT established

by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in 1997, as

an initiative to foster IT and management education in India. IIITM Gwalior is the

foremost institution providing Technical and Managerial Education in the areas of

Information Technology and Management, in India. The only institution of its kind,

IIITM is at the vanguard of imparting superior quality of higher education and

pertinent skills. IIITM Gwalior offers specialized integrated post graduate and post-

graduate degrees in niche areas of IT and Management.

SWOT Analysis:

Madhav Institute of Technology and Science

Description: Madhav Institute of Technology and Science was established in

1957. The Institute started initially with B.E. Courses in Civil, Mechanical and

Electrical Engineering. Later on Post Graduate and Ph.D. Course in appliedSciences were introduced. Since then, it has been growing steadily and today

Strengths

1.SORS System

2.State of the art digital library management system.

3.Infotsav (improving national level IT competancies)

4.Digital Knowledge Management System (offline/online)

5.Digital collaboration with leading international/national journals

6.Centralized mail system, wi-fi facility in hostels.

7. Significant amount of R&D in IT/ICT domain.

Weaknesses

1.Lack of structured information.

2.No WiFi in academic premises.

3.Unavailability of internal information sharing portals.

Opportunities

1.Development of internal information sharing portal.

2.Global standardization of KMS (digital library & other e-learning resources)

3.Establishment of access control mechanism for bothfaculty and students.

4.Digitization of regular lectures for further references.

5.Access to premium online lectures from world classtechnical institute like MIT, VTU etc.

6. Exploring R&D prospects in contemporary IT concepts.

Threats1. Advancement in technology implementation in other

institutes of national importance.2.To keep alive the global standard of education as acceptancelevel of standard for global institutes are increasing rapidally.3. External security concerns for information. Threats fromhackers.



the student strength in the campus has grown up to 2400 under different

graduate and post graduate programs. The human resources generated by

this institute are well accepted at national and international level.

Maharana Pratap College of Technology

Description: Maharana Pratap College of Technology (MPCT), Gwalior a

premier Institute of the region was established in 1996. The college was

founded by Pratap Vahini Samaj Kalyan Sansthan. All the Courses are

Strengths

1. Updated website providing true esence of virtual tourto the institute.

2.Gwalior's largest digital library management system.

3. Fully operational online student record managementsystem.

4. A step taken towards an internal information sharingportal controlled by individual access restrications.

5. Being the oldest of its kind its Alumni's are across theglobe and good networking/association.

We

Weaknesses

1. Resistance to change with the rapid change in theenvironment, making the institute a conservative one.

2.Poor WiFi facility.

3. R&D is not been full-fledged yet.

4. Lacks in implementing the application of courses taught.

5. Unavailability of software packages required to completethe hands on education.

Opportunities

1.Benchmarking a national level institute (i.e. IIITM) tonurture the best practices undertaken by that institute.

2. Complition of online internal information sharingportal.

3.Establishment of access control mechanism for bothfaculty and students.

4.Digitization of regular lectures for further reference.

Threats1. Aggressive growth of quality private universities inGwalior (like ITM).2. Increase in acceptance level of standard for globalinstitutes.3. External security concerns for information. Threatsfrom hackers.



approved by AICTE, New Delhi, and Govt. of M.P, Bhopal and are affiliated to

Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, (Rajiv Gandhi Technological

University), Bhopal. The courses offered by this institute are BE, ME, MBA,

MCA.

NRI Institute of Technology and Management

Description: NRIITM, a renowned center for technical education was established in

2002 under the patronage of Vatsal Shiksha Samiti for the promotion of technical

education. NRIITM is known for providing quality technological & scientific &

management education.

Strengths

1. Timely availability of IT/ICT resources requiredfor regular lectures.

2. Updated institution website with validinformation.

Weaknesses

1. Resistance to change with the rapid change in theenvironment, making the institute a conservativeone.

2. No WiFi facility.

3. Manual library management system.

4. Unavailability of online KMS.

Opportunities

1.Benchmarking a national level institute (i.e.IIITM) to nurture the best practices undertakenby that institute.

2. Development of online internal informationsharing portal.

3.Establishment of access control mechanism forboth faculty and students.

Threats1. Aggressive growth of other quality privateinstitutes in Gwalior (like ITM).2. External security concerns for information.Threats from hackers.3. Downward trend in placements in the IT industrydue to the lack of contemporary and marketsellable IT knowledge imparted to students.



Institute of Technology and Management

Description: The Institute of technology and management (popularly known

as ITM Universe, Gwalior) is an engineering and technology-oriented college

located in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh in India. An institute of higher learning,

ITM has AICTE approved undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The

institute received the university status this year only. ITM is a recognised

Centre of Research in Engineering and Technology

Strengths

1.Online fees submission.2.Periodic SMS service for academic results.

3.Fully functional Automized attendance system.

Weaknesses

1.Unavalilability of digital KMS

2.No interconnectivity of departments. (intranets)

3.Unavailability of internal information sharing portal.

4.No timely updation of circulated information.

Opportunities

1.Implementation of online portal having all updatedinformation

2. Benchmarking a national level institute (i.e. IIITM) tonuture the best practices undertaken by that institute.

Threats1. Neck to neck competition in providing global IT facilitiesby other institute(ITM etc).2. External security concerns for information. Threats

from hackers.3. Downward trend in placements in the IT industry dueto the lack of contemporary and market sellable ITknowledge imparted to students.



Approaches Taken:

(To sort out these weaknesses and to accomplish the available opportunities)

1. Global Standardization of KMS:

A. Provision of fully operational digital library (issue books using

punch cards and reissue or reserve books using online librarymanagement portal, also the mail alert service for return

date, availability of reserved books etc should be in place)

B. Digitization of the regular lectures in the institutes, and

distribution of those lectures time to time basis to facilitate

them with the ready references.

C. Provision of both online and offline e-learning resources (CD,

DVD of globally recognized faculties, WBTs, Online quizzes

etc.) to establish a global learning culture in the campus.

Strengths

1.Strong Wifi facility.

2. Fully operational digital library.

3. Various national and international collaboration.

4. Timely updation of institutional information inwebsite.

Weaknesses

1.Unavailibilty of IT resources for regular lectures.

2. No provision of centralized mail system.

3. Online internal information management system isyet to be in place.

Opportunities

1. Benchmarking a national level institute (i.e.IIITM) to nuture the best practices undertaken bythat institute.

2. Global standardization of KMS (digital library &other e-learning resources)

3.Establishment of access control mechanism forboth faculty and students.

Threats

1. External security concerns for information.Threats from hackers.

2. Advancement in technology implementation in

other quality private universities.

2.To keep alive the global standard of education asacceptance level of standard for global institutes areincreasing rapidally.



D. Organization of Seminars, Workshops in contemporary issues

and storage of this valuable information for further usage

and ready references in lectures.

2. Access control mechanism:

A. Develop the Access control mechanism (both swipe card and

online portal authority based access) for faculties as well as

students.

B. Online content management for establishing an effective

knowledge base with proper access control.

C. Focus on Process standardization for achieving less

dependency on the individuals. Resources from faculties on

various course topics / outer knowledge uploaded here can

help students enormously while there are stiff schedule for

completing the syllabus.

3. Provision of IT enabled resources to support regular lectures:

A. Timely and accurate maintenance of IT/ICT resources

needed for this above mentioned activity, which includes an

up to date workstation in the classroom, perfectly working

projector along with operational sound system.

B. State of the art laboratories with all adequate hardware and

software resources to support the students in implementing

what they have learnt theoretically in the classroom.

C. Support the R&D activities of the students / faculties with all

adequate resources and that too not only in traditional way,

rather on the need basis and the quality and future prospect

of the outcome. Expectation of no discrimination in this

case.

4.

To fight against external threats posed by hacking:



A. Implementation and proper updation of antivirus and anti

spyware applications.

B. Touch base with the professional security consultancies to

keep the institutional resources out of threats.

5. Bring an internal information sharing portal for all stakeholders:

A. A professional approach to share data and information in a

boundary less manner; come up with an internal portal for

students, faculties, Admin staffs with their respective access

privileges and constraints, a portal where all the actions take

place.

B. Take example from IT Corporate(s) like IBM, TCS, Cognizant

etc. to simulate this concept in the education sector.

C. Open Information sharing among the group institutes to

better use the leverage of advancement of technology. (as

example a harmony in interconnection among all IIITs)

6. Focus on contemporary learning: (in IT perspective)

A. Emphasize on learning the IT tools and techniques which are

currently in demand in the market or having future prospects.

Learning of obsolete and trivial technologies will land the

students nowhere except in the middle of sea at the time of

placement.

B. Think out of the box, promote entrepreneurships and enable

students to venture into the new and upcoming fields of IT

domain to take the best out of the industry returns.

7. Change with the Industry changes:

A. Whatever big the institutes are, they should continue with aculture of a learning organization. They should b able to



quickly learn, adopt and implement the changes faced in the

environment.

B. Proper implementation of institutional rules and regulation

which encourages innovation, both in terms of outcome and

activity. Inject the moral that, “failure is not fatal but a steptowards getting success” to every students associated with

the institutes.

Solution steps (Differ from one institute to another)

IIITM:

o Focus on global standardization of KMS

o Focus on contemporary learning.

o Establishment of a standardized security system to fight

against external threats posed by hacking.

o Implementation of the Access control mechanism for

improved scalability.

MITS:

o Focus on global standardization of KMSo Establishment of a standardized security system to fight


o Change with the Industry changes.

o Provision of IT enabled resources to support regular

lectures

ITM:

o Establishment of a standardized security system to fight


o Bring an internal information sharing portal for allstakeholders


lectures

o Implementation of adequate Access control mechanism.



NRIITM:

o Bring an internal information sharing portal for all

stakeholders


lectures

o

Change with the Industry changes.o Focus on contemporary learning.

MPCT:


lectures

o Change with the Industry changes.

o Focus on contemporary learning.

Conclusion:

As per our observation:

I. IIITM is equipped with quite a number of factors in IT perspective.

However, this can be a glorious one if we only consider the national

level. IIITM needs to reach some significant milestones to establish it’s

name in the global standard which we have discussed above.

II. ITM is aggressively seeking a position in providing quality education

among top private universities in the country. So rather than thinking

from the global aspect, they need to focus of the aspects that help

meeting their goal, we only mentioned those to start with renovation

of ITM

III. For NRIITM and MPCT, they are lacking in terms of quality education

as well as providing standard IT facilities to their students, they

initially need to focus on these aspects to develop their IT

competencies rather than think sky high at the very beginning.

IV. Finally, MITS should work hard in terms of rapid changes &

contemporary education to retain and excel its pride what it gains

through these long operational years. It should understand its

potential to get the best out of the leverages and legacies linked with

it.

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