Industry-Academia Connect (IAC)

An ongoing interaction between the Industry-Academia Connect is an essential one. To strengthen the relationship between industry and our institute, the Industry-Institution Interaction Cell was established in the year 2012 which provides an excellent platform for both the students as well as the faculty members to be aware of industry expectations from the graduates. IAC serves as a podium to showcase the best practices, latest technologies in industry stand point and their implementation.

Also, IAC promotes industry experts to continuously partake in curriculum design and career development programs which play a significant role in honing the skill set of the students inclined towards the expectation of the industry. Towards up scaling the academia in the Global knowledge index, ample industrial exposure is provided to the faculty members to enhance the Teaching Learning Process and enable the Institution to produce quality students in turn.  

OBJECTIVES:

  • To explore and identify common avenues of interaction with industry
  • To promote various research activities by the faculty members and students.
  • To establish convergence with industrial and research organizations from various fields through MOUs as a form of interaction.
  • To Establish Centre of Excellence by Industry/ Corporate to Provide Real Time exposure on Technologies

CONSTITUTION OF THE CELL

NAMEDESIGNATION/ DEPARMENTROLE
Dr.M.RadhaKrishnanPlacement officerCoordinator
Dr.G.P.RameshHead-ECEMember
Dr.R.Rani HemamaliniHead-EEEMember
Dr.B.ShanthiniHead-ITMember
Dr.Thirunadana SikamaniHead-CSEMember
Dr.RajeswariHead-MECHMember
Dr.R.LathaProfessor-CSEMember
Dr.D.Chandra MohanProfessor-MechMember
Dr.P.Vasanth SrinivasanAssoc.Prof-BiomedicalMember

Roles of Industry-Academia Connect:

  • To give industrial exposure to Faculty members and students, thus enabling them to tune their Knowledge to cope with the industrial culture
  • To coordinate/ identify industrial partners for proposing ‘Centre for Excellence’.
  • Visits of faculty to industry for study and discussions or delivering lectures on subjects of mutual interest.
  • Memoranda of Understanding between the Institute and industries to bring the two sides emotionally and strategically closer.
  • Visiting faculty/professors from industries.
  • Practical training of students in industries
  • Memorandum of Understanding between the institute and industries to bring the two sides emotionally and strategically closer
  • To organize Workshop on trending technologies by experts in the field
  • To assist the Departments in organizing workshops, conferences and symposia with joint participation of the industries
  • Encouraging Engineers from industries to visit institution to deliver lectures
  • To organize industrial visits for Faculty members and students
  • To assist the Training and Placement Division
  • Visit of industry executives and practicing engineers to the institute for seeing research work and laboratories
  • Memorandum of Understanding between the institute and industries to bring the two sides emotionally and strategically closer