This is the vision which i had perceived while applying for the Associate Dean position @ GTU but i learned that only GTU faculty have the authority to apply not some one from outside so i thought it is a good thing to share with people who are interested in education. Meenakshi

1. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE LIFE CYCLE Monday, February 28, 2011 STAGES ACADEMICS Work Flow Drive PLACEMENT Counseling for higher studies ADMISSION Vision

2. ARE WE Doing Justice to the Admission Process ADMISSION – The THREASHOLD To make the Admission based on 1. MERIT, 2. SPORTS, 3. INTEREST , 4. TECHNICAL APTITUDE 5. Introducing GD , essay writing To open up credit system to different transcript evaluation ref site : John Hopkins site 2. SCBE Board extra credits 3. MYP, IB DIPLOME extra credits 4. IGCSE extra credits THE VISION

3. A SOLID STRUCTURE defines the TEAM. Monday, February 28, 2011 DEAN DEAN Operations Head Segment Lead 1 ADMISSIONS Segment Lead 2 ACEDEMICS PROFFESORS/ LECTURERS LAB ASSIT ---- n OFFICERS CLERKS -------- n R&D Team HEAD Research ASSOCIATES PROJECTS Segment Lead 3 PLACEMENT REP s: NDUSTRY LIASON REP s: INTERNSHIP

4. ACADEMICS Monday, February 28, 2011 INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE Builds, Labs etc WIFI CAMPUS and ensure proper networking with rest of the world LECTURERS by Foreign Faculty , Industry Figures, Entrepreneurs EXCHANGE PROGRAMS : First World and developing countries to understand give and take ATTENDING TECHNICAL FAIRS: Representing College and Self PROPER MAIL SYSTEM PROPER COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE : Minimum Hard ware, software, website development, social networking etc LANGUSGE BARRIER: Medium of instruction should be English Students should be taught English as a language

5. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Monday, February 28, 2011 Student Evaluation and Counseling Guiding on Projects Centralized project guidance Projects based on Industry Needs Internship with Companies Staying current with Syllabus Interacting with Different Industries for requirements Input to the Placement Cell

6. PLACEMENT ( MOST IMPORTANT WHICH SHOWS US OUR PERFORMANCE ) Monday, February 28, 2011 Preparations with students personality development ( outside faculty) SME Subject knowledge expert GD Presentation of final semester projects Get inputs from the R& D team Target xxxx % placement xxxx Salary xxxx Display of placement data on the web

7. Online Store could be a potential source of Revenue Monday, February 28, 2011 Upload of selected projects Work with National and International PATENT community Sell Case studies a source of Revenue Entrepreneurs Cell similar to the incubation Cell of IIMA Difference is to target to get finances from Vibrant Gujarat