Ideas

1. Compulsory internships for students

2. Encourage working and studying together

3. Making education more practical and hands-on than theory

4. Industry interaction through talks and workshops

5. Companies sponsoring some courses/subjects

6. Practical projects for students

7. Teacher training to be modified so that they can make classes more practical

8. People from industry to take classes

9. People with industry exposure to be given preference for teaching positions

10. Ice breaker sessions in the company

11. Industry/company visits

12. Mentorship/ allocation of a mentor for each new joiner in company

13. Groups/Associations of peers from same institute in company

14. Talks/interaction sessions by top management to new joiners

15. Fun sessions in the company

16. Taking new joiners out for team lunch/dinner

17. Interactive games to help enhance team bonding

18. Moulding students in a corporate environment in colleges itself through team discussions, mock

appraisals etc.

19. Helping students gain skills in using corporate tools like PowerPoint, MS-Excel early on itself

20. Encourage students to participate in competitions organized by corporates and others

21. Help students develop technical writing skills

22. Establish an industry-interface cell in the college, that will be managed by students

23. Organize routine brainstorming, extempore and presentation sessions in college

24. College-organized internships/projects that will be a compulsory part of college

25. Connecting with college alumni in companies and experience-sharing sessions

26. Confidence building classes/measures for students in their final year/pre-final year

Selected Ideas

Compulsory Internships for students/Working and studying: Internships, though of a short

duration is one of the best ways to get the corporate feel. While it exposes you to the way a

single company works, multiple internships can help students get a feel of different work

cultures and atmospheres. Hence colleges should give equivalent weightage to internships as

they do for course work and reward students who take up more number of quality internships

related to their study and do well in their roles as interns. This will also help bring the company

and the college also in close collaboration.

Mentorship programmes and ice-breaking sessions in Company: This will help increase the

comfort levels of the new joiners and also ensure them they have someone whom they can

approach when in trouble. The Mentor should also be evaluated on a 360 degree feedback from

the mentee.

Encourage students to participate in competitions organized by companies: This is helpful in

two ways:

1) Bright students will come within the radar of the companies and therefore have brighter

career prospects and employment opportunities

2) It will help students interact with industry professionals who will be judges and the

organizers. This will also help the students in networking with professionals