The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government-run Pondicherry Engineering College recently.
The MoU was signed by M. Kalaiichelvan, chairman, CII Puducherry, and P. Dananjayan, principal of Pondicherry Engineering College.
According to a release, eight potential areas were identified for the industry-institute engagement. Curriculum design, industrial visits, student internship, skill development programmes, guest lectures, faculty development programmes and strengthening incubation centres through industry encouraging to promote innovation and entrepreneurship among students were the thrust areas in the MoU.
The programme would benefit students, faculty, industry, institution and aspiring entrepreneurs. The primary objective was to bridge the gap between industry requirements and technical education and provide solutions that made technical institutes more aligned with industry needs and make engineering students, industry compliant on par with industry expectations.
M. Sankaranarayanan, vice-chairman, CII Puducherry; Nandakumar, former chairman of CII; and Syed Sajjadh Ali, convenor of Industry-Institute Connect Panel and faculty of Pondicherry Engineering College, were present.