IndiGlobal Media Networks organized an Exclusive Webinar on “Enhancing Student Employability: Providing Job-Ready Skills In A Digital-First World” on March 15, 2022, in association with Coursera For Campus which is providing job ready skills in this competitive world. The session was chaired by Shri Navin Mittal, Commissioner, Collegiate Education & Technical Education Department, Government of Telangana.
Watch Full Webinar: https://youtu.be/sqoEKGhjyHo
The Focus of the Discussion was:
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The technological advancements during and post-pandemic
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Industry-academia gap that needs to be bridged
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Fundamental changes are needed in learning pedagogy to bridge the gap between employer needs and graduate skill
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Learning needs of students to enter in a good institution
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The major challenge for the higher education sector in present times
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The increasing gap between employer needs and graduate skills
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Indian Education Institutes build internationalization at home
- The key challenge faced by universities / educational institutions
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Ensuring Industry-relevant curriculum?
Watch Full Webinar: https://youtu.be/sqoEKGhjyHo
This power packed panel discussion was held between the top-notch Education industry experts, Edutech Leaders and the best practitioners from various reputed institutions- Prof. G R C Reddy, Vice-Chancellor, SR University, Dr. Yaj Medury, Vice-Chancellor, Mahindra University, Dr. Ramchandram Rao, Vice-Chancellor, Anurag Group of Institutions, Dr. C. D. Naidu, Principal, Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nitin Sahasrabudhe, Founder Director, KESHAV MEMORIAL INST OF TECHNOLOGY, Mr. Abhijit Rao Katikaneni, CEO, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. A. Padmaja, Principal, Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology, Dr. P. Ravinder Reddy, Principal, Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology, Sri P. Satish Chandra, Director Industry Relations and Placements, Sri Vishnu Educational Society, Pushkar Kelkar, Regional Director, Coursera, Bibin Shivas, Head Customer Success, Coursera, APAC region.
“A huge amount of mindset change has happened which will drive the future. And a lot of content that is not available in our institutions is rationally available online. I would say Coursera has very good international content, we should integrate their courses as credit transformation in the education sector. I must say we are all learning in the process and the program like this giving us the platform to talk to each other, that is giving us the power to transform.”- Naveen Mittal, IAS, Commissioner, Collegiate Education & Technical Education, Government of Telangana
Watch Full Webinar: https://youtu.be/sqoEKGhjyHo
Raghav Gupta, Managing Director (India & APAC), Coursera- “Covid induced digital transformation coupled with technology talent that resulted in the new opportunities booming. Change Management is a huge trend in the future, on both the technical & behavioral sides. We have skill management programs for educating change management. Given Telangana’s focus on technology as a sector, I think it’s a massive opportunity coming up and the focus should be bringing emerging technology into our field of study.”
