AICTE-CII SURVEY

Prof. (Dr.) Onkar Singh, Dean Academics and Prof. (Dr.) H. S. Dua, Head, Department of Electronics &Communication Engineering represented Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon in a Regional Workshop on AICTE-CII Survey of Industry linked Technical Institutions - 2013 on 28th June 2013 at CII Northern Region Headquarters, Chandigarh. The objective of this workshop was to review and upgrade the present system of academic curriculum, research-projects, Industry-institutions partnership etc. to achieve the prime objective of imparting technical education.

A number of dignitaries Mr. Manmohan S. Kohli, Chairman CII Chandigarh Council and CEO, Hotel Aroma, Chandigarh; Mr. Rajinder Guleria, Co-Chairman, Special Taskforce on Skills Education, CII Northern Region and Senior President (Operations) Grauer & Weil (India) Ltd; Mr. P. K. Verma, Director, HR & MS, Alchemist Ltd; Mrs. Gurpreet Sapra, Director, Technical Education, Chandigarh Administration; Mr. D’Graskar, Director NSIU; Mr. Avinash Pant, Vice Chairman, AICTE; Mr. Darpan Kapoor, Vice Chairman, CII Chandigarh Council and MD, Kapsons Fashions Pvt. Ltd.; Ms. Shalini Sharma, Head Higher Education, CII; Ms. Ilham Punjani, Busines Relations Manager, ACCA, India; Aditya Malik, Senior Partner, Lumia enlightened more than 150 attendees who came across the Nation.

They emphasized that besides improving the placement graph of students, a college must focus on project fabrication, Guest/invited lectures, summer trainings/internships/industrial visits, adaptability, analytical skills, critical and innovative thinking, financial analysis and business development, entrepreneurship and other aspects of industry-academic linkage in order to make the college a centre of excellence. The workshop was very much informative as a number of topics relevant to academics, entrepreneurship, research and placement.