UK-India initiative to bridge gaps in employability of graduates

Chennai:

In a bid to improve the employability of engineering graduates in information technology and information technology enabled services (ITES), National Institute of Technology in Tiruchirappalli is implementing a project funded by UK-India Education Research Initiative (UKIERI) called Business Life.

The project titled ‘Preparing Graduates for Business Life’ is executed jointly with Brunel Business School, Brunel University, London besides Uxbridge College, another UK education institute.

Addressing a press conference here on Friday, director of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Dr S Sundarrajan and dean Research and Consultancy NIT Ganesh Kannabiran said the project aims at providing an opportunity for developing a model curriculum and training manual. “The same will be used to conduct one or two Business Life (Finishing schools) programmes and also a faculty development programme.

“The new joint project is aimed at incorporating some of the best practices of the Brunel Business School to design and deliver a model curriculum and training manual to be used in Indian context,” said Ashley Braganza, professor of Brunel Business School to India., who is heading the fact finding team of UK.

Interestingly, the project worth pound 34,956 will be carried out over a period of 24 months starting from this month.

“The outcome will be useful to leaders of educational institutions and senior policy makers and government departments and agencies in UK and India,” said Kannabiran.