Enhancing Readiness of Kerala`s Human Resources - The Role of Institutional Interventions

The meeting had the twin objectives of bringing togetheracademicians and experts from the IT and ITES industries for brainstorming on therole of institutional involvement in making fresh graduates industry-ready, as wellas to elicit information from the participants about the strengths and weaknesses ofthe current engineering education, so as to design a programme to help institutionsachieve 100% placement of their fresh graduates in IT organizations. Such aprogramme could ensure that soft skills and technical skills of students weresufficiently enhanced to meet industry standards.

Among the dignitaries who attended was Mr. K. R. Jyothilal I.A.S, IT Secretary,Government of Kerala; Mr. K. Remesh Kumar, Director, STPI-Trivandrum; Mr.Radhakrishnan Nair, CEO, Technopark, Trivandrum; Dr. Achuthsankar S. Nair, Director,Centre for Bioinformatics, University of Kerala; Mr. N. T. Nair, Chairman, IEEEIndia Council; Prof. Sunny Tharappan, Director, CLHRD, Mangalore; Mr. Jayakrishnan,Chairman, CSI-Trivandrum Chapter; and Mr. Sreekanth P. Krishnan, VP, InApp. Eminentacademicians, heads of technical institutions, placement officers from engineeringcolleges, and other experts also took active participation in the workshop.

Mr. K. Remesh Kumar delivered the welcome address. He explained the current scenarioand trends prevailing in the IT industry.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Jyothilal lauded STPIÂ's efforts to organize theworkshop in giving clarity and shape to the thought process of training freshgraduates in soft and technical skills making them industry-ready.

Mr. Radhakrishnan Nair reiterated the need for creating a tailor-made program tohelp institutions achieve 100% placement.

Mr. Sreekanth P. Krishnan, VP, InApp made a presentation on  HR Finishing Programsat Institutional Level - A Kerala perspectiveÂ'.

Prof. Sunny Tharappan spoke about the Karnataka Model, which was kicked off in theearly  90s. He also spoke about the State GovernmentÂ's initiative in improving thequality of manpower at the institutional level itself by introducing a Total QualityManagement Program (TQM). Under this program, the entire teaching community,including Principals, Professors, staff, and students were trained in record time tocater to the ever-increasing local IT opportunities. He also suggested that it maybe appropriate for Kerala to consider adoption of suitable elements of the KarnatakaModel.

Felicitation s were delivered by Mr. N. T. Nair, Dr. Achutsankar S. Nair and Mr.Jayakrishnan. The inaugural session was followed by three sessions by Prof. SunnyTharappan with the participants.

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