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They want to groom students with job-oriented skills that would meet career expectations, too Realising the need to meet the expectations of industry from graduating students, several
universities in Gujarat have come up with tailor-made courses. These courses have been playing a vital role in grooming students’ skills specific to certain sectors. This would bring relief
for recruiters as they have often faced a nightmare while fishing out the best of talent from college campuses armed with upbeat knowledge and technology demanded by top industries. The
students were found to be lacking in practical knowledge due to the archaic curriculum offered by many a university. So, Ganpat University recently tied up with eInfochips through its
academic initiative, eiTR which will adopt a curriculum that world leaders in the semiconductor domain design. The collaboration aims at training competitive professionals to compete with
their global counterparts. For the same, eInfochips has specifically designed the course to study fundamentals and at the same time cover areas that would guarantee employment. The varsity
has come up with new programs in embedded systems, alternate energy, electronics, entrepreneurship, networking and other technology-related skills to mention a few. The Ganpat
University-eInfochips’ tie-up for employment-oriented courses is not the only example. Gujarat Technological University (GTU), too, has often engaged itself with industry experts to get
their feedback on the curriculum to train the best of engineers. In fact, GTU has modified its syllabus to meet the demands of industries. In a bid to train company secretaries in the
banking sector Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has also tied up with the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF) recently. Umesh Ved, member of ICSI’s executive
committee, said CS are often seen as company law experts. “However, looking at the changing socio-economic condition, it is necessary to have knowledge in a diverse field. So, the short-term
course designed by the IIBF will give insight to CS in the banking sector and train them as compliance norms. As we expect nearly 6 lakh jobs in the banking sector in the next two decades,
it is an initiative to groom CS’ additional skills for jobs in the banking sector. Such courses help candidates get mileage and, of course, fatter pay packet,” he said. Jatin Patel, a
city-based consultant, said the demand for such tailor-made courses is so high that not only varsities but also private companies have been approaching them to offer such courses. “Even
after graduation, students are not exposed to practical understanding as many colleges do not have the required equipment and machines. We have machines and we allow students to work on it
and this gives students better understanding and employment opportunities,” he claimed.