Empowering Success Through Innovative Teaching at City College

In an exclusive interview with Shiksha.com, Sudarshan V, says City College take pride in fostering innovativeness in teaching, recognizing it as a cornerstone of our students' success. City College's MBA Department is dedicated to integrating new teaching methodologies, ensuring our students receive a dynamic and effective educational experience. Sudarshan V is working as an Assitant Professor at City College.

Key Highlights: Teacher-Centered Approach: Prioritizing content delivery and setting clear goals. Adaptability: Embracing changing circumstances and individual student disparities.Assessment: Employing varied methods for evaluating student progress. Three Thumb Rules: Balancing teacher-centred, student-centered, and mixed strategy techniques

Q1. What are the salient features of the teaching methodology adopted by your college? How does this differ from others?

We the City college is proud to say that innovativeness in teaching is a key to success for our students. Especially MBA Department strive hard to get the new methods of teaching adopted to our students.

Few key highlights about teacher in adopting new methodology are:

• Content to be taught,
• The goals of the teacher
• The availability of teaching aids,
• The ability of the instructor to adapt to changing circumstances.
• The class’s greatest asset
• Class assessment and evaluation
• Individual disparities among students

3 Thumb rule of City College are

• Teacher-centered techniques,
• Student-centered methods, and
• Mixed strategy methods,

City College teaching methodology have mixed criteria’s depending upon subject, content and students.

• Brain Storming
• Group Discussion
• Role play
• Peer Learning Approach
• Case Studies
• Project Method
• TV or Video presentation(SMART TV)
• Lecture Method
• Chalk and Talk
• Presentation

Q2. How are you preparing your students to be Industry ready?

The global education scenario has increasingly become preoccupied with rankings as universities compete with each other on a cut throat basis. However, the Indian education system is still lagging behind compared to other countries. With younger generation thinking innovatively in the 21st century, their minds continuously need a unique way of learning things and consequently changes in the organizational structure of the university syllabus. Education in India currently needs effective innovations of scale that can improve the learning outcomes across the country. Educational innovations should not only focus on teaching and learning theory and practice but should also have a real time corporate knowledge on how things work in the real world. Hence it is very important that universities create a base for corporate entities to inculcate a unique way of learning things while students are pursuing their UG/PG courses. Education in India is provided by the government sector as well as the private sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: central, state and local. A unique approach is suggested in this paper where MNC’s will have the ability to train and tie up with colleges/universities saving them a lot of time and money whilst recruiting freshers. The problem of rote learning and students having only bookish knowledge is also automatically addressed in such a situation and this innovative way of learning will groom students to stand and contribute to the country and even make profits for the corporate entities. Every single company invest huge crores of rupees for training fresh employees rather than working on an integrated system with colleges in the final year to overcome such huge costs. Not only will the student then be aware of the corporate structure, he/she will also be able to confidently start his dream job with flying colours. This paper aims to bridge the gap between the university academic structure and the corporate world in a systematic approach and making student’s corporate ready.

Go Bold- Teaching with go-bold concept is to take up any kind of projects assigned by teachers. Students can collaborate with teachers and leaders in defining of the initiative quality in teaching concept

The above diagram shows the importance of the triangle –

Universities – Students - Corporate.

If something great can happen. It should happen with all the 3 aspects and City College is making a step to bridge the gap between Academics and Real time Work

Q3. What are the qualities you are looking for in student applicants? What qualities do they need to do well in your course?

Eventually students are clients to any college or universities. Uplifting students’ knowledge and making them Industry ready is the success of any education institution.

Student’s applicants should have below qualities with exception of different backgrounds like Cultural, Place and Language

• Communication
• Curiosity
• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Creativity
• Get good grades
• Critical Thinking
• Positivity
• Mindfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Analysis
• Problem Solving
• Research
• Adoptability
• Focus on Goals
• Openness to learning
• Determination

Qualities expected by faculties in the respective course – in my case MBA Department expects lot from students.

• A positive attitude towards studies
• A passion for chosen course subject
• An ability to think and work independently
• An ability to persevere and complete tasks
• An inquiring mind
• Good written and Oral English
• An ability to work well in groups

This are all some of the very mandatory requirements should have in PG – MBA Course

Q4. How do you ensure that your course curriculum is up to date and meets industry requirements?

Bangalore Universities constantly update our curriculum according to industry developments, however, they have to look deeper into it and understand the industry requirements and match to the current job markets. They have to come out of the traditional methods of exams and do something which will help students in getting jobs abroad as well as in India. Bangalore Universities continuously research and take feedback from the industry experts on the changes in the industry which will be carefully reviewed by Board of Studies and approved by an expert panel of Academic Council. But more depth on this can yield a very good curriculum. Hope this works better in upcoming years

Q5. Is your college receptive to innovation, technology, science & entrepreneurship? How? Could you cite some examples of these?

Yes definitely, City College is receptive to the innovation, technology, science & entrepreneurship. Faculty involved in research helps the students to be innovative and creative we have an entrepreneur Cell department to guide the students. MBA Department has Business Lab and Placement cell. We City College with various Teaching methodology adopted make students to be innovative in technology and make them future entrepreneurs to the nation

City College conducts regular Industrial visits to various industries and domains and make students aware of Manufacturing and service industry working. They learn in visits and try to setup a demo and stall on their products. A kind of Expo from students. We conduct regular Club activities - HR, Marketing, Finance, and Entrepreneur. Management Fest for students we also conduct workshops, Seminars and conference related to current trends in job markets. This are all some of the examples City college doing this from past couple of years and always try to improve the standards in organizing these events.