Empowering our Engineering colleges

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Empowering our Engineering Colleges Abhi Entrepreneur & Engineer [email protected]

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At IGNITE 2013 - an International Geek Conference held in Pune, I got an opportunity to speak about how we can "Empower our Engineering Colleges".

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2. Why should we care about Engineering? All-round GDP contributor in last 50 years 3500+ Colleges5L+ Students/year 2013 courtesy http://www.dreducation.com 3. Engineering is BLEEDING Colleges shutting down | Admission Low Engg Growth 43% to 3%2L+ Seats vacant 2013 courtesy http://www.dreducation.com 4. Problems thats killing Engineering Colleges 5. 1. Admissions 6. 2. Placements 7. 3. Poor Skills & Process 8. 4. Ineffective Communication 9. 5. Measuring Performance 10. Guidelines have been laid 11. Solutions to SAVE Engineering Colleges 12. Feedback Mechanism & Actionable Metrics Student & Faculty Feedback Actionable metrics for CollegesPlacement / Achievement Reports 13. New Gen Communication Tools SMS | NotificationsPrivate Groups / MessagesDiscussion Forums 14. Online Study Material & MOCC Digitize College MaterialLeverage MOCC platforms e.g. Coursera, UdemyCreate Content: Faculty + Students e.g. Moodle, Zoomstra 15. Online Placement & Opportunity Management Dynamic Student/Faculty ProfilesStraight Through ProcessEasy short listing powered with Communication tools 16. st 21Counseling for Century Learner Inform | Educate Provide choicesOnline College Branch PredictorUnderstand needs & empathize 17. Problem is being tackled at IITs, RECs & few others > 2% of total Engineering colleges What about remaining 98% ?? 18. Empowerment = Dynamicity + Technology + Process Operational Efficiency Aware & Agile StudentTransparency & CollaborationRicher pool of 21st century professionals 19. 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 20. Engineering Community needs that ExtraAEdge & its looking at all of us for HELP WHAT WILL WE DO ?