Rawandale's 100 Point Activity Chart for 4 years of Engineering to improve Employability

Hi, Greetings from Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCOE), Pune !! During my 14 years of journey in the field of Training & Placement, I learned from many
industry professionals that there are certain gaps in expectations of industry and actual quality of fresh engineers. Through my experience and through feedback of some
experts, I tried to find out some activities which students can undergo during 4 years of graduation to improve their employability. I do not know upto what extent this 100
Point Activity Chart can help the students or institutes to improve Employability?? This is just a sincere attempt to find out solutions to improve the employability of
engineering graduates. I will be thankful to you if you can give your feedback or suggestions to improve this activity chart. Best Regards, Prof. Shitalkumar Rawandale
(Dean, Industry Institute Interaction, PCCOE, Pune) Cell: 020-27653168 Ext. 110 rawandale.s@gmail.com, FB Page : www.facebook.com/ShitalkumarRawandale
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Year
First

Sem Activity
Duration Period
ester
1
English Language Course - Test the students for
40 hrs
During Academics but after
English Language (Written & Oral- Through Test &
college hours or on holidays
GD/ interview). Rate them on the scale of 1-10 ( if
rating is below 5 then go for Basic course of English,
if 6-8 then go for Advanced English communication
course)

First

First

First

First
First
First

2
2
2

Points

Comments

3.00

To improve English Communication,

Students should use English Language in
day to day life, should read English
newspaper at least for 30 min (write 5
difficult words & find their meanings in
dictionary each day) & watch English
news for 30 min.

0.25

Sessions on Confidence building, Team Work,

4 hrs
Networking, Preparation during Exams, Positive
Attitude, Ethics & Values, Patriotism & National
Integration etc.
Industry visit with output as Visit Report containing
1 day
observations, learnings, departments, products,
revenue, profit of company etc.. Questionaire should
be given to students prior to visit.
Academic Result of Semester

During Academics

Small Project work (even though not in syllabus)

20 hrs
Compulsory Advanced English Level -2 Course
40 hrs
Industry visit with Output as visit report containing
1 day
observations, learnings, Good points, departments,
revenue, profit of company etc.. Questionaire should
be given to students prior to visit

After college hours

2.00
After college hours
3.00
During Academics (On holiday) 0.25

During Academics (On holiday) 0.25

5.00

As per your University, points can vary as

per % or CGPA (e.g. upto passing-1, upto
50%-2, upto 60%-3, upto 75%-4, Above
75%-5 etc.)

1 or 2
weeks

During Vacation

1.00

2 hrs

During Academics

5.00
0.25

20 hrs
40 hrs

After college hours

After college hours

2.00
2.00

Presentation1 by each student on Latest

30 min
Technologies or Latest News & its impact on life of
people
Industry visit with Output as Visit Report containing 1 day
observations, learnings, departments, products,
revenue, profit of company etc.. Questionaire should
be given to students prior to visit
Academic Result of Semester

During Academics

1.00

Second 4

Foreign Language Level 2 course for the students

above English rating 8. This must be tested by
getting some certificate of recognized institute like
JLPT, Max Muller etc. ( Foreign Language Level 1
course for students having rating 1-8)

40 hrs

After college hours

2.00

Second 4

Mini Project (other than syllabus) with report like

20 hrs
outcome/impact/use.
Industry visit with Output as visit report containing
1 day
observations, learnings, Good points, departments,
revenue, profit of company etc.. Questionaire should
be given to students prior to visit.

After college hours

1.00

First

First
2
Second 3

Second 3
Second 3

Second 3

Second 3

Second 3

Second 4

Industry Training with Output as Training Report

containing each day's schedule, observations,
learnings, Good points, departments, products,
technologies used, revenue, profit of company etc..
Questionaire should be given to students prior to
training
Academic Result of Semester
Orientation Session on the Career Path after
Engineering (Job/Higher Education/
Entrepreneurship)
Small Project work (even though not in syllabus)
Foreign Language Level 1 course for the students
above English rating 8 (Japanese / German / French
/ Spanish) or Advanced English Speaking course Level 3 for students having rating 1 to 8

During Academics (On holiday) 0.25

5.00

During Academics (On holiday) 0.25

Second 4

Second 4
Third
5

Industry Training with Output as Training Report

containing each day's schedule, observations,
learnings, Good points, departments, products,
technologies used, revenue, profit of company etc..
Questionaire should be given to students prior to
training
Academic Result of Semester
Orientation on Technical specializations /
opportunities in the respective Branch of
engineering. These sessions should be taken by
industry experts. (Mech- shop floor/CADCAM/R&D/Design etc., EnTCEmbeded/VLSI/PLC/Networking/SCADA etc.,
Comp/IT- .Net/Java/MainFrame/Ruby/Python etc.)

1 or 2
weeks

During Vacation

1.00

2 hrs

During Academics

5.00
0.25

Third

Add on Technical Course Part 1 (Mech40 hrs

Catia/Steam Engineering etc., EnTCEmbeded/VLSI/PLC/Networking/SCADA etc.,
Comp/IT- .Net/Java/MainFrame/Ruby/Python/Testing
etc.). Courses like SAP can be done by any branch
student.

Partly Before Semester/ Partly

2.00
during academics (After college
hours)

Third

Compulsory Aptitude Training Part 1

40 hrs

During college hours & sessions 2.00

in between (not at the end)

Third

Session on Intellectual property rights / Patents (*

Students can also work on some ideas and actually
file patents which is not very very difficult).

2 hrs

During Academics

1.00

Third

30 min

During Academics

1.00

Third

Presentation 2 by each student on Latest

Technologies or Latest News & its impact
Formation & Participation in
GRE/CAT/GATE/GMAT/MPSC Club activities &
understanding which institutes (as desired in
M.S./MBA/ME etc.) are reputed and find scores
required for admission. Help of Alumni should be
taken for respective clubs.

50 hrs

Saturday/Sunday

2.00

Third

Industry visit with output as visit report containing

1 day
observations, learnings, departments, products,
revenue, profit of company etc.. Questionaire should
be given to students prior to visit

During Academics (On holiday) 0.25

If patent is actually filed by student, he

can earn even extra points here or
anywhere during graduation.

5.00
Partly Before Sem/ Partly during 2.00
academics (After college hours)

Third
Third

5
6

Academic Result of Semester

Add on Technical Course Part 2

Third

Third
Third

6
6

Third

Third

Third
Third

6
6

Third

Compulsory Aptitude Part 2+GD+Technical Interview

+Personal Interview (must undergo 3-4 Mock GDs &
3-4 Mock Technical & HR interviews)
Mini Project (other than syllabus)
Session on Email/Telephone Etiquets with some
actual practice mails or calls
Session on Latest Technologies in respective branch
by Industry experiences people
Research paper 1 in journals like IEEE or with good
impact factor
Session on Business Etiquets with role plays
Participation in IIT level Techfest & Participation
report of various technical events & networking with
students of top institutions & understanding which
activities/projects etc. they do during their education
& after comparison follow good practices
Aptitude Tests 3 papers with time limit

Third

Industry visit with Output as visit report containing

1 day
observations, learnings, Good points, departments,
products, revenue, profit of company etc..
Questionaire should be given to students prior to visit

During Academics (On holiday) 0.25

Third

Entrepreneurship Awareness camp with one sample 3 days

Business proposal report including financial aspects

During Academics (On holiday) 2.00

40 hrs

40 hrs

During college hours & sessions 2.00

in between (not at the end)

30 hrs
2 hrs

After college hours

During Academics

1.00
0.25

2 hrs

During Academics

2.00

After college hours

2.00

2 hrs
1 to 2
days

During Academics
During Academics

0.25
0.50

1 hr
each

After college hours

1.00

Students must practice Mock Group

Discussions & Mock interviews
(Technical/HR)

Students who solve minimum 10 to 15

papers in one hour (or given time) like
actual practice gets tremendous benefit
while appearing for actual Aptitude
exam. Also students who seriously
prepare for CAT like exam finds it very
easy to crack any company's Aptitude
Test.

Students can go ahead with starting new

companies also using Incubation centers.
Such students can earn extra points here
or anywhere during graduation.

Industry Training with Output as Training Report

containing each day's schedule, observations,
learnings, Good points, departments, products,
technologies used, revenue, profit of company etc..
Questionaire should be given to students prior to
training
Academic Result of Semester
5 day Crash Course on Aptitude or before campus
placement season & solving of company specific
Aptitude tests in time limit
Orientation Session on Expectations of Industry by
Industry expert of one IT & one core company of
respective branch
Session on Importance of Team work/ Presentation
Skills by industry expert by giving some examples of
how actual project work is distributed in the company

1 or 2
weeks

During Vacation

1.00

5 days

Before starting the semester

5.00
2.00

2 hrs

During Academics

1.00

2 hrs

During Academics

0.25

Sessions on Quality tools used in companies like

5s/Kaizen/Six Sigma/TQM etc.
Aptitude Tests : 3 papers with time limit
Participation in IIT level Techfest, report on various
technical events & networking with students of top
ranking institutions like IIT/NIT & understanding
which activities/projects etc. they do during their
education & after comparison follow good practices
Syllabus Project on Actual Industry Problem Part 1

4 hrs

During Academics

0.25

After college hours

During Academics

1.00
0.50

After college hours

4.00

Third

Third
Fourth

6
7

Fourth

Fourth

Fourth

Fourth
Fourth

7
7

Fourth

Fourth

Industry visit with Output as visit report containing

1 day
observations, learnings, Good points, departments,
products, revenue, profit of company etc..
Questionaire should be given to students prior to visit

Fourth

Academic Result of Semester

Fourth

Syllabus Project on Actual Industry Problem Part 2

1 to 3
days

During Academics (On holiday) 0.25

3.50

After college hours

4.00

Here it is not 5 because this result is

declared in 8th semester & before that
many companies would have finished
their recruitment drives

Fourth

Fourth

Fourth

Fourth

Research paper 2 in journals like IEEE or with good

impact factor
Participation in National level highly reputed
50 hrs
competitions like ROBOCON, SAE BAJA, SAE
SUPRA or other good competitions where Theoritical
knowledge is used for actual application
Preparing, Appearing & Getting Score for
100 hrs
GATE/CAT/GMAT/GRE etc.
Academic Result of Semester

Total Points

After college hours

2.00

After college hours

2.00

After college hours

4.00
3.00

100.00

Notes :
From First Year, Students should maintain at least 60% in each semester (without backlogs) or minimum % in respective
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University required for appearing in recruitment drives of companies in Final year. Eligibility % of companies for each
University may be different for various universities. Some companies may keep criteria of 70% etc. (Some students wake
up late & think about Aggregate % before start of placement season ).
Focus should always be on Project based Learning. Each student must do one project in each year (even though not in
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syllabus) or if possible Small Project can be done in each semester.
Students should always do practicals very seriously & when theory is learned, immediately practicals on that topic should
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be done. Its actual applications should be thought & worked upon (Always keep in mind that Theory is important but
Practical is Most omportant).
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As a Syllabus Project, students should work on actual problems of industry. Those wtudents who will outsource this
Project Work will never be successful in their engineering career.
For admissions in Foreign Universities, students can earn more points by publishing research papers in IEEE or high
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impact factor journals. Experience of couple of years also helps in securing admission.
Students & faculty should take some Project work from industry & solve their actual problems.
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Websites mentioned in the following Link can be used by Students & faculty :
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BonPOHzzW4MyjcdjVxnJoSToUoaHdeE8zjOyBA_X-zQ/edit?usp=sharing
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I recommend that each student must appear for both the exams : 1)GATE - which helps to go through entire engineering
syllabus & understand/rebrush the concepts before starting career 2)CAT/GRE- the students who seriously prepare &
appear for CAT/GRE find it very easy to crack the Aptitude of any company.

Programming concepts and language like C/C++ is necessary for all branch students. Each Computer/IT student should
practice more and more actual programs & should develop at least 2-3 small softwares/ mobile applications.

Here it is not 5 because this result is

declared in 8th semester & before that
many companies would have finished
their recruitment drives

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I would also like to suggest that instead of conducting 50 to 60 hours theory sessions for any subject as per syllabus, the
teacher can teach for around 40 to 45 hours using IIT method of mix of conventional Theory Lectures and then asking the
students to prepare few topics on their own and take some actual case studies or Application based projects in lectures.
Some sessions (15 to 20 sessions) should be utilized to solve some practical problems of industry which will be identified
by faculty / students by visiting the industry. This activity if taken seriously, can help a lot to make the engineers as
problem solvers in its true sense.
Autonomous institutes can also have one entire semester Compulsory Industry Internship by reducing the 8 semesters
theory in 7 semesters.
There must be scope for Interdisciplinary learning across various branches.
Every day half an hour should be used for Physical activities like (15 Suryanamaskars, 15 Push-ups, 15 Pull-ups) or Games etc. Brfore starting
the lectures, National Song or Vande Mataram should be recited or played. If possible, engineering colleges should be residential so that in the
evening also some sessions/activities can be conducted.