INFLUENCE OF INDUSTRY BASED PROJECT ON TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS

Having theoretical knowledge of any topic is the 50% part of any subject. Another 50% part of it can be gained through practical knowledge. This combination of technical knowledge is important for any engineering applications or implementation of problem-solving techniques. 

As a technical student, our University-The NorthCap University, Gurugram provides us the basic and advance theoretical and some practical knowledge of our subjects. However, with the help of industry based live project, we get an opportunity to apply our theoretical knowledge in real world problem. During practical applications we get to know about many factors which we have not learnt during our classes and which will have large impact on our project outcomes. The NorthCap University has number of collaborations with various industries and hence provides us support in getting live project opportunities in these industries. 

For a student with a technical background, the major takeover from an Industry based live project is “Experiential learning” or “Discovery learning”. Industry based project not only influence our technical development but also help in developing research experience for undergraduate.

• It motivates us to face challenges and find solutions of any problem, to research and resolve the issues for a fruitful output.
• Most important it uses 21st century 4C skill viz a viz Critical thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Creativity skill.

Industry based live project provide us the opportunity to interact with the experts, mirroring what professional do, the way professionals execute their project and many more. Some basic skills that are enhanced by doing industry project are: -

Thinking and Understanding skill: Understanding the basics of the project and data which needs to be worked on for further improvement.

a) Try to figure out problem and their solution.

b) Get to know about new technologies in the market and how market is influenced with the advancement in technology.

Project Management skill: Working with the industry professional help us to learn:

a) How to handle our project, manage our tasks and resources with time.

b) How to identify whether moving in right direction or not, is there any more efficient way to solve any problem or what is the best way to solve a problem.

Presentation skill: Presenting our project provides us an opportunity to polish our presentation skill. It:

a) Improves our mind set regarding the ways to communicate with industry professional and outside world.

b) Improve our communication skill, confidence level, leadership quality and ability to influence the people or group.

c) The most important is that it helps in coordination, cooperation, and sense of responsibility.

For most of us we learn best by explaining, examining, and experimenting with our project. As we know “we don’t learn to walk by following rules. we learn by doing …and by falling over”.

Industry based live projects influence our technical development in such a way that it inspires and develop a lifelong learner in us and prepare us for the “real world” since that is naturally where our learning occurs.

Written by:

Dr. Anjali Garg,
Associate Professor-EECE Department

The NorthCap University

Mr. Mohit Yadav, 

Student-EECE Department

The NorthCap University

Industrial Collaboration of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Department of The NorthCap University, Gurugram

Collaboration with Industry gives students an opportunity to learn from the Industry on various fronts like Projects, workshops, Internships, training's, etc.

Department of EECE, The NorthCap University (NCU), Gurugram has collaboration with many Industries like Mitsubishi Electric India Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram, Green star Research and Development India Pvt. Ltd., SAC-ISRO, Coding Ninjas, etc.

Mitsubishi Electric India Pvt. Ltd. (MEI): NCU has collaboration with MEI since Sept. 2015 wherein the company provided equipment to the university, support in terms of projects, training sessions, workshops, guest lectures, participation in Edumeet conducted at various places under the banner of Mitsubishi, participation of students’ team in Mitsubishi Electric Cup etc.

Mitsubishi Electric Cup is a national competition held annually on Automation wherein teams of students from various universities across the nation participate and showcase their innovation in application-based project. Mitsubishi also support the shortlisted teams in completing their projects by mentoring them and troubleshooting the problems the teams faces while executing their project objectives. NCU students participate every year in this cup and won prizes and certificates.

Students also use the equipment provided by MEI in their B.Tech projects in the field of automation. Both faculty and students are supported by MEI in providing training's in their industry/in NCU, on the products provided by them. MEI also impart expert lecture on various topics to enhance the knowledge of students and staff in the field of automation. Along with this, skill development program is also part of training session provided to the students which certainly will help them to learn trends and requirements of the industry to come up with a better placement of students.

Green Star Research and Development India Pvt. Ltd. (GSRDI):NCU has Collaboration with GSRDI  since Oct. 2019 wherein live projects are provided to the students of B.Tech ECE to use their skills they have learnt in their B.Tech Course Curriculum in designing and execution of these Industry based live projects. Hardware items are provided by the Industry officials for implementation of these projects. A series of meetings done with the Industry officials/ experts in various areas during the whole process starting from designing to the end product which helps the students in providing a platform to develop an industry based skills required by the industries during their selection procedure for placements. Other opportunities are industrial visits, training sessions, workshops, etc.

Space Application Centre (SAC), ISRO: NCU has collaboration with SAC, ISRO since Feb 2018 for the NavIC Navigation Receiver Field Trial Data. NavIC Research Lab is set up in NCU and is inaugurated on 1 May 2018 by Dr Nilesh M Desai, Deputy Director, SAC-ISRO, Ahmadabad and Dr G. Raju, Former Project Director, Megha-Tropiques, ISRO, presently Visiting Professor, Jain University, Bangalore. Navigation Data collection and analysis are carried out on regular basis for verification and for other mutually agreed topics of research for both parties.

NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) is an independent regional navigation satellite system being developed by India. It is designed to provide accurate position information service to users in India as well as the region extending up to 1500 km from its boundary, which is its primary service area. An Extended Service Area lies between primary service area and area enclosed by the rectangle from Latitude 30 deg South to 50 deg North, Longitude 30 deg East to 130 deg East.

NavIC will provide two types of services, namely, Standard Positioning Service (SPS) which is provided to all the users and Restricted Service (RS), which is an encrypted service provided only to the authorized users. The IRNSS System is expected to provide a position accuracy of better than 20m in the primary service area.

Coding Ninjas: NCU has collaboration with Coding Ninjas, an Education-Tech company which is a team of Tech Professionals-turned-Educators from IITs, Stanford University, IIITs since Nov. 2019. They provide Online Programming courses to students. The vision is to help them develop Tech skills which can get them placed in their dream companies.

Under this Coding Ninjas collaborates with the Programmers Club in NCU wherein Club conducts at least one monthly activity/event in collaboration with Coding Ninjas. The activities/events conducted by Coding Ninjas are Workshops, Online Coding Events, Hackathons etc. and are free of cost for NCU Students.

NCU students can enroll for any of the Coding Ninjas online courses as provided by them. On course completion with 60%+ marks, Coding Ninjas Certificate will be issued to students. Students can claim 25% fee refund by submitting their enrolment proof with The NorthCap University.

Thus, every student is benefitting by the opportunities provided by Industries. Collaborations with the industries will surely get lot of exposure to various Industry trends which will help them to develop skills, hence nurturing them for a good job prospects in their career.

Blog written by Dr. Anjali Garg (Associate Professor in the department of EECE, The NorthCap University, Gurugram)

Industry Training Programme at NCU

The Department of EECE and SPA jointly organized ‘Ericsson Career Connect Program’ for BTech ECE 6^th Semester students from 8-10 Feb 2018. A total of 60 students participated in the programme which focused on telecom fundamentals, IP-Fication, everything over IP, emerging technologies and provided an overview of Next Generation Networks. The programme offered students the opportunity to be certified by Ericsson in ‘Telecom Essentials’. Dr Neeraj K Shukla, Associate Professor, Department of EECE coordinated the programme.

Department of EECE - Success Story

Deloitte is a dream company for every fresher as it is considered to be one of the ‘Big Four’ accounting firms and the largest professional services network in the world by revenue and number of professionals. I was recently selected by Deloitte through the placement process. It started with an online aptitude test consisting of Quant and Verbal sections. The selected students went on for a Group Discussion where a case study was to be understood and presented and the third round was the interview. 

Harshit Aggarwal

CSE (Class of 2018) Deloitte 

I am thankful to the University and all those who played an important role in helping me make this dream come true. I believe Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning and most of all the love for what you are doing.