Amity University aspires to and works towards the attainment of certain graduate attributes, says Dr Indapurka

In an interview with Shiksha.com, Dr Kavita Indapurkar, a faculty member at Amity University in Noida, discusses the university's pedagogy and curriculum. She goes into great length about the importance of industry readiness and how universities train students for a better job. She also discusses the qualities that students must possess in order to be admitted and perform well in the curriculum.

Dr Indapurkar has an experience of over 23 years and has held several academic leadership positions  

Read the complete interview below.

Q: What is the difference between the teaching methodology in your institute and others?

A: Amity School of Economics uses a highly secured system of online learning and records all the online classes and shares the same with their students so that the students can learn at their own pace, suitable timings and do not have to suffer due to internet issues.

All the courses’ pre-reads are made available on Amity-Learning Management System and the students discuss with the faculty members during the classrooms on the related issues doubts etc.

The students are given professional skill development activities for each course they undertake. Continuous internal assessment is done for all the students which is added in the end term examination marks.

Q: How are you preparing your students to be Industry ready?

A: Amity School of Economics curates its students very carefully so that they are industry-ready. The placement teams work closely with the programme leaders and the faculty members and the students’ aspirations are taken into consideration when they are given assignments and projects so that they can be trained to take up their preferred job role.

Workshops on online interview skills, online professional behavior are given to the students, particularly the final year students and they are also exposed to mock interviews.

Industry-specific skill development workshops are given from time to time for the aspirants of specific job roles. For example, we are planning to give a workshop on investing futures and derivatives, stock market operations, Analysis skills using R-Software and SPSS and so on.

Q: What quality do your students have which other college students lack?

A: Amity University aspires to and works towards the attainment of certain graduate attributes like lifelong learning, blending modern ideas with our culture, professional and ethical code, behavioral and soft skills. The students at our institute are innovative, have good communication skills, are well aware of the current scenario and have the ability to link the theoretical aspects of the subject to the current happenings around them. They have strong organising skills and leadership skills and are entrepreneurial in nature. They have a strong value base and show the commitment of their responsibility towards society. They are instilled with the human values to preserve nature and the environment and they strive towards achieving excellence in whatever they do.

Q: Do you think the curriculum of the courses taught in your institute fits in the requirement of the industry?

A: The curriculum at Amity is designed scientifically where in we identify the job roles and the attributes first and map the courses in a programme accordingly. The syllabus is also mapped as per the requirements of the industry. Course review is done and feedback on the syllabus is collected from all the stakeholders which are then approved in Area Advisory Boards and finally in BOS.

Therefore, we always say that our curriculum is specially designed to meet the requirements of the industry.

Q: Is your college receptive to innovation, technology, science & entrepreneurship?

A: Yes, we at our institute actually work towards developing an eco-system where we can be receptive to innovation and new ways of working more efficiently and effectively to achieve our vision. Just as we have developed our state of art physical infrastructure we have also developed our digital infrastructure and have trained our people to use the same in the best possible way towards the interest of the students.

The very fact that a large number of our students choose to be an entrepreneur and many more aspire to be entrepreneurs and take guidance from their mentors in this regard, we can definitely say that our institute is receptive to entrepreneurship as well.