College students want industry-relevant curriculum over model

Dad and mom and college students work together with Rakesh Sreedharan, Head of Advertising and marketing and Admissions at Mahindra College, to make clear their queries throughout the consciousness session held in Tirupati on Sunday.
| Picture Credit score: Ok.V. POORNACHANDRA KUMAR

In a shift from conventional preferences, college students and fogeys are more and more prioritising establishments providing industry-relevant programs, over institutional legacy or model title.

This was witnessed at an consciousness assembly performed in Tirupati on Sunday by Hyderabad-based Mahindra College. The attendees — undergraduate aspirants together with their mother and father confirmed robust help in favour of a curriculum designed in session with {industry} consultants and college having reputed credentials.

Mahindra College, backed by the Mahindra Group, affords multi-disciplinary training throughout engineering, training, legislation, administration, design and hospitality. Forward of the following educational yr, outreach programmes had been performed at Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Rajamahendravaram, Guntur, Tirupati, and Nellore. Curiously, for the primary time the occasion was held in Tirupati.

Talking to The Hindu on the sidelines of the occasion, Head (Advertising and marketing and Admissions), Rakesh Sreedharan, Mahindra College stated: “Our curriculum is customised to fulfill {industry} calls for. We’ve got an educational collaboration with eight worldwide universities. Our state-of-the-art infrastructure and industrial publicity, powered by the Mahindra group’s backing, instantly displays placement alternatives.”

He added that whereas a majority of undergraduate college students prioritise placements, a sizeable quantity go for post-graduation. “The variety of college students aspiring to change into entrepreneurs is small, and rising,” he stated, pointing to the presence of a powerful incubation infrastructure on the campus, meant to assist startups from the stage of ideation to advertising.

The universitiy’s admission course of concludes within the first week of July and courses will start within the first week of August.