Ministry of Education’s Institution Innovation Council (IIC) has been established at J.N.N Institute of Engineering (JNNIE) with a view to impart and create effective Industry-Institute Interface for the students. It is imperative for a technical institution to have continuous interaction with industry to estimate the requirements of the Institution and prepare the students to the challenges ahead. The cell takes care of planning, coordinating and implementation of activities pertaining to skill development, Implant training, Internships, Industrial visits, Student Projects, Guest lectures, Invited lectures for our students. The purpose of the Cell is to find out the gap between Industry needs and student outcomes. Finally, it is the bridge between the industry and the real world.

Functions

J.N.N Institute of Engineering has a dynamic IIC actively involved in the following functions:

– Focuses on effective Industry-Institute Interface.

– Coordinates with various manufacturing/ production, services, public sectors and different industries to connect with our institution in arranging the plant training, projects and internships.

– Organizes various Skill Development programs like Workshops, Conferences and Symposia in conjunction with the faculty of core Department and Skill Development Centres like MSME, DST, MEITY etc.

– Invites senior engineers from various industries to visit our Institution to deliver lectures.

– Organizes Career-Counselling programs at regular interval of time in the institution.

– Enters in to Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) between the institute and industries to connect with them strategically.

– Organizes industrial visits for the Faculty members and the students.

– Identifies opportunities of establishing continuing education, short-term programs and training needs of the industry to prepare the students accordingly.

– Identifies the sources of financial assistance such as Scholarships/fellowships instituted by Industries and assists the students applying in different sectors.

– Assists the Departments to establish a rapport with the industries for taking up mini-projects.

Objectives

– To create Industry-Institute initiatives, in order to provide exposure to the students about the environment and work culture of the industry.

– To organize the Engineering curriculum to the industrial requirements.

– To attempt and deliver solutions to diverse Engineering problems encountered by the different industries.

– To develop the employability skills of the students through exposure to new technologies and methodologies adopted by the MNCs.

– Promoting the attempt to bridge the gap between the Academia and Industry in terms of the qualitative output.

Deliverables

The IIC focuses on the following deliverable:

– To enhance collaboration with the industries

– To improve the placement rate of the students

– To increase the college-arranged industrial training avenues for the students.

– To optimize the utilization of Institute resources by the industries.

– To ensure absorption of the students by the industries, who have provided training for them.