Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 15

Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology today invited delegates from industry for a programme ‘Industry-institute interaction: Road ahead’.

Jalandhar NIT Director Prof LK Awasthi said the institute had modified the BTech curriculum in which six months’ industry-oriented project-based training had been incorporated in order to produce proficient graduates ready for the industry.

Students will also be encouraged to undertake the final year projects in the industry with a joint supervisor from the industry. He further said even though there was a slowdown of activities in the institute due to Covid, the institute had declared this year as a ‘Year of Innovation, IPR and Technology Transfer’ to further enhance the footprints of institution in innovation and creativity.

The director’s address was followed by the words of wisdom by industrialist and Board of Governors chairman Subhash Chandra. He emphasised that the goal of any technical institution is to produce skilled, globally-competent professionals through quality technical education and to prepare them for immediate employment. The chairman also focused on collaborative degree programmes, professorial chairs sponsored by industries and development of R&D laboratories sponsored by industries at the institute. He said the steps taken by NIT-Jalandhar in implementing the six-month training programme in the industry would not only be beneficial for students and institute but also for the industry of the nation especially in Punjab. A delegation from the industry applauded the initiative of the institute aimed at strengthening the ties between industry and academia.

Several industrialists participated in the debate actively and praised the efforts of Ralhan. They further briefly shared their ideas about how both the institute and the industry could come together for economic development of the country. They stressed on the need to focus on industry-based education to the students so that students especially in the technical institutions could meet the challenges related to work in industry environment.