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Industry Institute Interaction. CII Working Group Meeting August 2003 ashok jhunjhunwala. Proposed Program. Continuing Education & Finishing School Business School R&D Park Area-specific workshop International Missions Other proposals. Continuing Education & Finishing School.
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Industry Institute Interaction CII Working Group Meeting August 2003 ashok jhunjhunwala
Proposed Program • Continuing Education & Finishing School • Business School • R&D Park • Area-specific workshop • International Missions • Other proposals
Continuing Education &Finishing School • Today Knowledge reinvents itself in few years • communication and IT half life of knowledge is 2 years • Industry persons require continuous education • Proposal • promotion of Internet based video lectures • can be done at bit-rate under 28kbps • live and stored for review • can lecture modules be combined to form courses • students can accumulate credit towards eventual degree
Finishing School • 65,000 plus engineering students in Tamil Nadu graduate each year • most not ready to be absorbed in industry • due to insufficient / poor quality training • high quality finishing school can train these students in 60 to 90 days to make them useful for industry • Can they be Internet based lectures provided to engineering college….
International Quality Business School • CII expressed concern about missing out on IBS • IITM has started a Business school • can industry help in making it one of the best schools • can such school run • part time MBA program for industry? • short-term management training program in association with international faculty? • CEO training program? • How can CII help?
R&D Park • IITM and its alumni propose to set up a R&D Park • for promoting R&D industry working with institutes on the model of Stanford Research Lab • would promote entrepreneurship and enable start-ups • Government has in-principle granted 10 acres of land in Taramani • Can CII be involved in shaping it?
Industry-Institute Workshops • How can educational institutes contribute? • Towards auto-part industry • Towards IT&Telecom industry • Biotechnology
International Missions • CII sends international missions consisting of senior industry persons • can a faculty* be invited to such mission? • Faculty will give the mission a technology edge • will promote interaction between senior industry persons and academic persons * a faculty who have made serious contribution to industry