The needs of corporates are fast changing. The graduates are expected to have industry-specific skills, competencies, and managerial skills. The faculty have to incorporate needed interdisciplinary skills in product assessment, planning, design, prototype development, testing, improving the prototype, mass production, marketing, and maintenance. This set of PPTs would assist the faculty in planning engineering programs and implementation.

1. Factors Contributing to the
Successful Employment of
Engineering Graduates
Thanikachalam. V. B.E., M. Tech., Ph.D., M.S.,
FIGS., FIE., FFIUCEE

2. Industry Relevant Curriculum in
Engineering
Curriculum based on the Needs Analysis
Evaluated by a group representatives from industry
and academic experts
Providing a copy of course plan to all students
Prescribing the PEO and PSO
Indicating the COs

3. Instructional Design
Based on the andragogy (Adult learning)
Tests on the prerequisite knowledge
Active Participation in the class
Follow up reinforcing activities.
Assignments
Mini projects
Interdisciplinary approach

4. Industry Problems
Review of industrial practices in client needs analysis,
product planning, design, prototype development,
testing, improvement, mass production, maintenance,
and scarf
360 degree assessment of global trends
Improvements in new products
Innovation
Problem solving abilities
Critical thinking abilities

5. Industrial Exposure
Visits
Short-term training
Product- based design
Manufacturing technology
Total Quality Management
Marketing
Financial Management

6. Cost- Benefit Analysis and ROI
Estimating the cost of inputs
Value analysis
Quality Circle
5 S
Safe work practices
Environmental protection

7. Evaluation of the Students’ Performance
Guidance to answer the university question
Coaching
Mentoring
Exposure to seminars
Exposure to writing good term papers
Critical thinking

8. Human Relationship Management
Small group discussion
Interpersonal Relationships
Outcome analysis
Readiness to campus interviews
Portfolio development
Answering tough questions
Meeting stress interviews

9. Meta Cognition
Self assessment of performance
Identification of shortcomings
Planning to improve the shortcomings
Assessment of jobs
Career development
Entrepreneurship development

10. Communication Abilities
Understanding the question
Planning an acceptable answer
Stating the answer
Pronunciation
Eye contact
Facial expression
Smile

11. How to improve the communication
abilities?
Use a video recording
Play before the student
Invite self evaluation
Identification of strengths and weakness
Remedial measure

12. Institute-Industry-Government-
Partnership
Select a group of collaborating companies for each
branch
Conduct a meeting with the recruiting officers
Provide a copy of the accomplishments of the
departments, and the institute
Take the recruiting officers to key labs, workshops
and library
Display the projects completed
Display the accomplishments

13. Schedule the on-Campus Selection
Invite the representatives
Brief the achievements of the previous batches
Assist the representatives with a list of candidates
Train the students
Review the portfolio
Create confidence to meet the recruitment teams

14. Implement the Transformation Process
Get feedback
Improve the curriculum
Improve the instructional design
Innovate
Develop continuous performance improvement

15. Review the Performance of the Students
Get the feedback from the recruiters
Note the strengths and Weaknesses
Get the feedback from the students
Use this experience to improve the performance of
the students

16. Thank You
Your questions please