Industry, Academia come together to launch course in Applied Embedded System Design at JSSATE, Bangalore, 26 Sep 2008 -- In an industry-academia tie-up, city-based JSS Academy of Technical Education (JSSATE), a premier institution under the umbrella of JSS Mahavidyapeetha of Mysore, today launched a new Engineering course, an elective in ‘Applied Embedded System Design’, specifically aimed at the needs of the hi-tech semiconductor industry.
JSSATE has introduced this programme in association with a consortium of hi-tech industry majors like Philips Innovation Centre (PIC), ARM, NXP Semiconductors, Electro Systems Associates and Tata Consultancy Services.
The elective on Applied Embedded System Design would be offered to the students studying in Electronics stream in the seventh semester. It specifically addresses the needs of the Industry and help qualified students assimilate quickly into the industry, JSSATE Principal A A N Murthy said.
The five semiconductor majors have come forward to help develop and implement the curriculum and also contributed towards setting up of a specialized lab which was inaugurated by PIC Chief Executive Officer Allexius Collete.
The proposal which was submitted to Visveswaraya Technological University, of which JSSATE is an affiliate, had approved.
Speaking after inaugurating the course, Mr Collette said it was important that colleges help give industry training to its students as they progress in their course and a faculty which had a better view of the industries’ requirement. The new programme at JSSATE was in the right direction and it was a win-win situation for both academia and the industry.
“We hope this course would become popular so that other institutions would make use it. This is a open source model and any other institution willing to adopt it would be welcome,” he said.
PIC has taken up similar collaboration with Mysore based Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering and it had proved a good success, he said.
On industry’s constant concern over the employability factor of engineering graduates which remained low, Mr Colette said it should be a two way initiative and both the academia and the industry should travel the distance to help students achieve a better level of industry-readiness. “There has been lot of chances made in the curriculum in Indian universities and the technological appetite is on the rise. This is a good development,” he said.
Mr Regu Ayyaswamy, TCS Vice President and Global Head, Engineering and Industrial services, said his company’s programme ‘Sangam’ on similar lines of today’s event had helped TCS send its professionals to nearly 50 engineering colleges to train both the faculty and students. “Industry and Academia are vital partners in ushering technological development and TCS is happy to associate in this Applied Embedded System, Design programme.
