| |9 April 2019HIGHERReviewfor each semester. Subsequently top innovations can be shared with Industry for further exploration toward future start-ups and funding etc. 2. Industry Driven Internships:There is a significant gap in understanding of the current trends & technologies in the industry. Students don't have deeper connect to the industry from the beginning of their professional journey. So, large organizations should plan short term internships and projects from the first semester onwards. This way there will be a connection between the students & the industry and also, it will get the students closer to the latest trends & technologies. Universities will need to plan out these internships as part of curriculum and allocate time for each semester. 3. Technology Based Reskilling:There is a huge demand of skilled employees in the areas such as Mo-bile, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Blockchain etc. More so, there is a gap on under-standing on how these technologies can solve real world problems i.e. shortage of well-defined use cases. Universities can plan focused cours-es on these technologies and Industry veterans can serve as mentors or guest faculty to assign projects in these ar-eas. This can be backed up with Ana-lytics so that it can predict what kind of skills are needed in future so that advance preparation can be done to get the skills ready in house. 4. Cross College Exchange:There is a great need for cross college faculty & students exchange programs. These should be in built in colleges curriculum to boost "Out-of-box" innovation. This could also boost ideas & knowledge sharing, specifically upskilling from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and Tier 3 colleges & cities. There can be start-up challenges, courses sharing, upskilling etc. There should be a way to "rent out" faculty & students in a way that wherever the talent is, they bring new, fresh ideas and learn from the best. 5. In-house Learning & Development:Engineering colleges and industry have to work hand in hand to come up with joint In-house Learning & Development Centres where mass population cannot only be upskilled but also, more importantly, reskilled. While there are some large enterprises that are doing some reskilling and upskilling, however it has to expand in collaboration with Academia and in a much broader way for better outreach & increased employability. To conclude, there is huge opportunity to create a long term sustainable eco-system & platform, where Academia, Industry and Government can collaborate to adopt some of the above frameworks to create better skills, jobs and future for everyone.
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