COLLABORATIONS FOR A BETTER FUTURE

Engineering institutes are now partnering with industry, government agencies and international institutions to develop solutions to realworld problems. RANGAN BANERJEE, Director, IIT Delhi, delves into how his institute is proactively fostering partnerships

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TODAY, higher educational institutions and engineering institutions face major challenges, because the future is going to be quite different from the past. The nature of jobs and demands from future graduates is likely to be drastically different. We need to be able to adapt and create skill sets required for our graduates to be effective in the future. We also have a role in providing leadership for solutions to the problems of the world, whether it is climate change, security, hunger, disaster resilience or health-care. We need new engineering approaches for this. It is important for us to have new partnerships that enable and support this.

Modes of industry engagement