A six-month internship is now mandatory for students pursuing
technical and engineering courses at the Visvesvaraya Technological
University.
This decision was taken at a recent executive council meeting. In the third semester of MTech, students must intern in an industry related to their course.The university offers MTech in 32 branches.
Dr H Maheshappa, vice-chancellor, said, “Medical, para-medical and even some general degree courses insist on internships. We did not have the practice in our technical courses.”
Students passing out of the university, he said, fail to get jobs because they lack hands-on experience. “Our goal is to send them out with such experience,” he remarked. The university is instructing affiliated colleges to take the initiative in this regard.
Reacting to the decision, R Shivakumar, member of the VTU executive council, said, “Producing thousands of graduates without giving them hands-on experience will not complete the goal of the university.”
Shivakumar, a former president of the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said students who do well during the internship have better chances of finding placements.
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This decision was taken at a recent executive council meeting. In the third semester of MTech, students must intern in an industry related to their course.The university offers MTech in 32 branches.
Dr H Maheshappa, vice-chancellor, said, “Medical, para-medical and even some general degree courses insist on internships. We did not have the practice in our technical courses.”
Students passing out of the university, he said, fail to get jobs because they lack hands-on experience. “Our goal is to send them out with such experience,” he remarked. The university is instructing affiliated colleges to take the initiative in this regard.
Reacting to the decision, R Shivakumar, member of the VTU executive council, said, “Producing thousands of graduates without giving them hands-on experience will not complete the goal of the university.”
Shivakumar, a former president of the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said students who do well during the internship have better chances of finding placements.
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