The University Grants Commission
(UGC) has asked all registered varsities to set up `University-Industry Inter
Linkage Centres' (UILCs) in order to launch integrated initiatives that allow
colleges to produce “wellgroomed, tailor-made“ graduates for industry .
From
setting up industry-academia clusters, livework-play campuses and
career-oriented courses to launching startups, entrepreneurship development
centres and joint research, UGC has mooted a series of other initiatives that
UILCs will implement.Incentives like land and tax benefits will be part of the
scheme.
An
elaborate plan on what universities can offer the world of industry has been
discussed in the guidelines for UILCs. It will include teacher training, fac
ulty orientation and joint research programmes.
While
the industry has long complained about the problem of employability , some
experts point out that turning higher education institutions into finishing
schools is not a solution.
Former
Bangalore University VC M S Thimmappa welcomed the move, but cautioned, “We
must be wary. Turning our institutions into finishing schools will be
disastrous.“ UGC has argued there is a “demand-supply mismatch as the economy
is in need of a more skilled workforce as well as managers andentrepreneurs.“
“Not
everything can happen through control. Industry-academia interaction is welcome
but there must be a limit to the government's role,“ International Institute of
Information Technology's Bengaluru director S Sadagopan said.
Source | Times of India | 5 October 2015
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