1. The document discusses perspectives from different stakeholders - students, teachers, industry/employers - on connecting education to industry needs. 2. Industry/employers feel that new graduates lack practical skills and require costly training, seeking solutions from schools on addressing training costs. 3. Teachers believe education should focus on fundamentals but industry needs to provide specialized training, seeking industry involvement in student training. 4. Students feel current education lacks practical experience and propose simulated industry environments to gain exposure without changing the education system.

1. 1. Empathy Map
• Interview conducted with different stake holders
• Industry
• Teachers
• Students
Problem Statement
Explained in the final slide
Stakeholders
1. Student
2. Teacher
3. School Administrators
4. Education Policy makers
5. Industry/Employers
6. Researchers
School Work

2. Industry/Employers
1. Fresher's out of college
2. Lack technical application skills
3. Good theoretical background
4. Studied theory in lab scale
5. Not aware of industry needs
6. Not able to connect to BIG Picture
7. Fine tuning the Goal
8. Less committed fresh students
9. Not employable w/o Training
10. Unable to think beyond “task”
Questions
1. How the current education system caters the needs of the Industry ?
2. How the people react to real time challenges
3. Is the student from current education system more productive?
4. One thing, that will directly benefit student and industry ?
Say

3. Do
• Current education system doesn't
cater the industry needs
• Does not show interest in
investment on Training
• Time and money Investment on
Training and incubation period
Industry/Employers

4. Think
• There is a disconnect on education policy and
industry needs
• Challenges in the industry are not known to the
education
• Practical education could be implemented
• Product oriented training in education system
• Teaching life skills could be another way to
improve
• Investment and attrition is most worried aspect of
industry
Industry/Employers

5. Feel
• Emphasize on education policy on
industry oriented training
• Time and money invested for training
has to be bare minimum for the
employer
• New technologies has to be part of the
education and practiced
Industry/Employers
Industry/ Employers need a solution from
schools/policy makers to address the issues of
training cost for fresher
Problem Statement

6. Teachers
1. Very well in line with industry needs
2. Well trained in technologies
3. People skills has to be imparted
4. Can teach only the fundamentals, industry
has to involve in their training part
5. Students has to be more dedicated to
learn, understand and apply
6. Practical / Industry Orientation during
graduation
Questions
1. How the current education system caters the needs of the Industry ?
2. How the student react to real time challenges
3. Is the student from current education system more productive?
4. One thing, that will directly benefit student and industry ?
Say

7. Do
• Optimistic about the
education system
• Requests Time and money
Investment on Training and
incubation period
• People Orientation
• Industry challenges are well
known to the students
Teacher

8. Think
• Teachers believe the current
system is the best
• Education system can augment
only the student
• Industry oriented curriculum
limits the student’s
development in other fields
Teacher

9. Feel• Feels on education policy is good
enough
• Industry should bring in value for
education to realize the benefits. Time
and money has to be invested for
training
• Industrial Orientation could be good
but it’s not the only way to impart
education
• Industry oriented training (specialize in
one trade ) make the student to fail in
other trade
Teacher
Teachers need a solution from industry on
imparting the industrial orientation to
students
Problem Statement

10. Students
1. Don’t know or not aware
2. Worried about the industry needs
3. Instead of class room teaching, industry
teaching could be good
4. More practical than theory would be
beneficial
5. Training in one trade make them unfit in
other trade
6. Variety of trades has to be trained
7. Enough industry simulators has to be in
place at college
8. Training at the industry is eminent one
9. Time is not enough during college
Questions
1. How the current education system caters the needs of the students in
the Industry ?
2. How the student react to real time challenges
3. Is the student from current education system more productive?
4. One thing, that will directly benefit student and industry ?
Say

11. Do
• Energetic about the
education system
• Self challenged to solve the
problems in industry
• Well articulated and
understood about their mis-
fit in the industry
• Well known about how to
improve quickly
Students

12. Think
• Student know about their
lacunae
• Proposal industry simulators
could be get in to the schools
Students

13. Feel• Workload by current education system
is high
• Students held in many activities other
than studying
• Reframing the education system could
be beneficial as well as detrimental
Students
Students need a solution from education
system /industry on imparting the industrial
orientation by Simulated industry
environment
Problem Statement

14. Students need a solution from education
system /industry on imparting the industrial
orientation by Simulated industry
environment
Industry/ Employers need a solution from
schools/policy makers to address the issues of
training cost for fresher
Teachers need a solution from industry on
imparting the industrial orientation to
students
Problem Statements from Different Stakeholders
Students seek solution from education system / industry on imparting the
industrial Orientation by Simulated industry environment, thus reducing
the training cost and w/o much change to the current education system