COIMBATORE: Anna University, Coimbatore, is planning to set up training parks at the university and affiliated engineering colleges by the next academic year, R. Radhakrishnan, Vice-Chancellor, said here on Thursday.
Inaugurating Ranganathan Engineering College at Thondamuthur, near here, he said that there was a lack of training facilities for students, especially engineering graduates. These parks would impart job-oriented training to graduates and post-graduates. Arts and science students could make use of the facilities. Private players had come forward to set up their faculties on the university premises. Self-financing engineering colleges too had offered space to the companies for the purpose.
The engineering education was largely disinclined to research, he said. Indigenous technology should be developed and research should be promoted. Rural students should be encouraged, Dr. Radhakrishnan said.
Engineering colleges should focus on communication and other components of soft skills in the first and second year. In the third year, students should be sent for internship for three to six months. In the fourth year, they should be given an introduction to entrepreneurship and research activities.
Each branch of engineering should have filed one patent at least, he said. “In the next three years, if Anna University can file 100 patents, and about 10 of them are commercialised, the community at large can be benefited.”
The Vice-Chancellor of Avinashilingam University, Saroja Prabhakaran, said that engineers should have creativity and analytical skill. With India and China poised to lead the world both economically and industrially, there was a huge demand for technically qualified personnel. The Government was taking steps in this direction by starting engineering colleges. Tamil Nadu alone had about 350 engineering colleges, she said.
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