|
Wipro: Mission10X is a Quantum Innovation project partnering with the
academia from across the country. This project aims at introducing a new
learning model that would help enhance the learning of students on the
subject while developing key employability skills. This project is an
outcome of intense research done by Wipro across the academic community,
student community, and the industry. Wipro plans to train over 10,000 of the
faculty over the next three years covering all the 1,300+ engineering
colleges in the country.
This will be done in a phased manner where in
Year 1, 1,000 of the faculty would be trained and in Year 2, 3,000; in Year
3 another 6,000 would be trained. This would be a one week long training
program where faculty would be certified on the Wipro Learning Model, which
provides innovative teaching techniques.
Wipro has created a strong team across the
country to reach out to the academia and conduct these sessions at the
campuses. The Mission 10X portal enables collaboration across the faculty in
the country to leverage on best practices in teaching and learning. As part
of Mission 10X, Wipro released the first faculty guide complying with the
Wipro Learning Model. This was launched by the Vice Chancellors of four
Universities.
Mission 10x was launched on September 5,
2007. This initiative is seen as a key differentiator for the country to
address the challenge of the demand supply gap in human capital. This is a
not-for-profit trust.
Infosys: Campus Connect
Launched by Infosys in May 2004, CC is a
unique academia-industry initiative to “architect the education experience”.
Our goal is to build a sustainable partnership with engineering education
institutions in India and abroad for mutual benefit; producing “industry
ready” recruits.
Our objective in launching this program is to
enhance the quality and quantity of the IT talent-pool; sustain the growth
of the IT industry itself. We don't want to increase the number of
engineering colleges or the number of graduates. We intend to increase the
employability of students. We want to have a consistent output, irrespective
of all variables involved. It doesn't matter where the college is located
(big city or remote town), the kind of faculty or students. Whatever the
conditions may be, with the help of our partners, we want to achieve a
high-quality, constant product.
It has a program for tier-2 and tier-3 towns,
and has worked with government and academia, over the last four years, in
engineering and graduate colleges. The idea was not just improving the
employability of the students but in sharpening the technical skills of the
teachers. The program now runs in 1,040 colleges.
TCS AIP
TCS has been supporting the academic
community across the globe, from the time the company was incepted. This was
further strengthened in 2002, when the company put in place a comprehensive
AIP (Academic Interface Program) Process framework and infrastructure. The
TCS AIP facilitates a robust high-quality, long-term relationship between
TCS and academia, leading to a win-win situation for both. The TCS AIP
support has three focal points–institutes, faculty, and students. |
