Founder and executive chairman of Cyient B.V.R. Mohan Reddy asked universities to seriously work on bridging the gap between the supply and demand in learning and also ensuring the job-readiness of graduates.
He was speaking at the All-India Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Universities offering Engineering and Technology Programmes, organised by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTU-H) and Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE).
Vice-Chancellor, University of Hyderabad, B.J. Rao emphasised the need to promote creativity among young minds and ignite their ability to question the fundamentals in learning.
Chairman, TSCHE, R. Limbadri focused on designing the course curricula keeping the emerging trends in mind while vice-chairman of TSCHE Venkata Ramana shared his views on pedagogy and expanding horizons of students, as the world became smaller throwing up new opportunities.
Vice-chancellor of JNTU-H Katta Narasimha Reddy welcomed the participants and explained the themes of the conference being held in the Golden Jubilee year of JNTU-H.
He said that the two-day conference would focus on curriculum pedagogy and student support, universities for technology innovation, industry-academia interaction, best practices in technical education, affiliation, examinations and evaluation systems, governance of autonomous institutions and role of universities.
These themes focus at ways to align the present pedagogy to the changing needs of the day, especially those necessitated by the advances in digital medium. This conference aims to start discussions, and deliberations and generate policy recommendations to shape the future of technical education in the country.
