New technologies, ever changing skills requirements and outdated curricula are challenging India’s higher education system in its efforts to equip graduates with job-ready skills.
To address these challenges, India’s education leaders should consider providing faculties with requisite skills by partnering with industry, adopting new learning technologies
and delivering experience based, applied learning. The IBM Faculty Development Program is a step in the same direction for faculty who work tirelessly with our future workforce.
The Faculty Development
Program currently focuses on building software capabilities:
- Design Thinking
- Cloud Computing
- Data Science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Internet of Things
- CyberSecurity
- Quantum Computing
Testimonials
“ IBM's CEP has been pivotal in this digital era to catapult SRM University to find its place in enabling students to equip with future-proof technologies and cull out leaders in them. Looking forward in combating many social and technological challenges together in this initiative. ”
Shri Ravi Pachamoothoo
Chancellor
SRM University Delhi-NCR Sonepat
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“ IBM Career Education Program has created revolutionary transformation in higher education, rapidly building industry-ready software competencies that organizations need. Ganpat University offers B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering with specialization in Cloud, Big Data, Cyber Security, Data Science and Mobile Applications in association with IBM since 2014. The program, whether it includes co-created curricula, creating skillful software, developing skills or experiential learning, achieves the right outcomes and benefits by engaging at different levels. Over 1000 students and 100+ faculties have been trained and accredited till date. ”
Dr. Hemal Shah
Principal, ICT, Ganpat University
“ Ganpat university and IBM collaboration has resulted into a win-win-win for student, employer and educator through strong employment outcomes for students, and by delivering graduates with the skills employers need today. This collaboration gave undergraduates access to real case studies and latest industry insight, attend lectures and get training assistance, and internship opportunities. Faculty development programs helped faculty to extend their subject knowledge in depth for respective specialized areas which leads to make actual T-shaped engineer. ”
-Prof. Prachi Pancholi
Ganpat University
“ The Department of CSE at MITS has a vision to be recognized as a socially accountable thought leader in applications of computational technologies and a centre of excellence in solving complex and cross-disciplinary problems. The collaboration with IBM has been a game-changer for us. Interactions with IBM as part of its Career Education program has introduced our community to cutting edge skills and tools which can be taken as the gold standard in their domains. IBM's unique direct-industry certification at two levels can be proudly exhibited by students and faculty alike. In addition, the program gives the stakeholders access to premium initiatives taken up by IBM, which cannot be imagined otherwise.
All this is enabled by the strong support from IBM, available over phone and email 24x7. The experience has been completely seamless, with very little paperwork involved in executing each phase. The initiative is highly recommended for all those who want to deliver a holistic experience for their stakeholders.”Mahalingam P. R.
Assistant Professor | Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Muthoot Institute of Technology & Science, Kochi, Kerala
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