Case Study Jawahar Knowledge Centers

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Case Study Jawahar Knowledge Centers

• An Initiative of Government of Andhra Pradesh

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Agenda

• JKC Concept, Design, and Implementation
• Problem
• Stake-Holders Goals
• Implementation Plan
• Status
• Beneficiary Perspective Soft-Skills
• Beneficiary Perspective Projects

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JKC Concept Context

• Problem
• Non-availability of skilled Personnel to suit the
  needs of Industry in IT/ITeS areas
• Limited opportunities for a typical run-of-the
  mill graduate
• Inadequate exploitation of opportunities
  promotion of industry
• Stake-Holders
• Higher Education Students
• Engineering Colleges
• Companies in the IT/ITeS areas
• Government (ITC, APSCHE, IEG)
• Involving the Stake-holders
• Think-Tank Meetings Roadshows
• Addressing Principals and Vice-Chancellors

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JKC Concept The Idea

• Bring the Best Students to Good Places where the
  right learning environment is provided.
• Provide guaranteed and top-class infrastructure,
  connectivity, content, and mentoring.
• Promote sharing collective work by requiring
  residential setup promoting learning beyond the
  scope of syllabus and curriculum
• Follow the learning methodologies of
  Learning-by-doing applying, Group Learning
• Applying on Real-world problems by taking them up
  as projects
• Working with the Industry to understand the needs
  and impart the appropriate industry-grade
  skills

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JKC Design

• Bringing the Right People to the Right Place,
  Provide the Proper Environment, and Demand
  Results
• Who are the right people?
• Requirements of JKCs
• Selection of JKCs
• Characterization of the Learning Environment
• Opportunity to Apply on Real-World Problems
• Goal Produce 100 employable graduates in a
  cost-effective manner

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Specification of a JKC

• A center with a computer lab of 50 state-of-the
  art networked computers, Internet connectivity, a
  modern classroom, a media room, and facilities
  for residential accommodation to the 40 best
  students from various colleges and 8 mentors
• A learning management system with extensive
  content from experts and support for
  collaborative tools
• Dedicated set up for each student on an extended
  basis (goal 24 x 7 x 365) access to the
  designated student

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JKC Implementation

• Inauguration by the Chief Minister of Andhra
  Pradesh on 01-December-2005
• 32 Centers (one was withdrawn due to
  infrastructure related issues) in 17 districts
• 1066 students of Computer Science Engineering
  (CSE), Information Technology (CSIT), Electronics
  Communication Engineering (ECE) from 102
  engineering colleges
• 150 mentors
• 42 industrial partners

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Problems Faced with the JKC Implementation

• Permission from the Government for transfers
• Infrastructure Problems power, connectivity,
  hostels
• Restless youngsters unused to learning-by-doing,
  group-learning, and any kind of planning
  planned work. Rumors travel fast.
• Havoc created by Experiment in a controlled
  manner ? Exploit the best practices learnings
• Dislocation of women students (from students
  their parents)
• Self-arrogation by selected colleges and students
• Indifferent (Government-) clients for
  live-projects
• Limited participation (as of now) by the
  Industrial Government Partners
• Financial Difficulties
• Accusations Rumor Mongering
• Discrimination against Men
• Preparation of People for Call-Centers
• Dictatorial attitude with the schedules and
  practice of soft-skills
• Labor Camps for e-Governance Applications

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JKC Achievements

• National e-Governance Award Winner 2005
  Exemplary Initiative (Bronze Medal)
• Completion of the first batch of 1066 graduates
  whose practical skills are on par with the best
  coming out of the best institutions in the
  country
• People who understood and put to use the software
  engineering concepts end-to-end to real use
• Completion of 200 projects (70 distinct
  e-Governance projects) for over 50 departments at
  the district state level
• Several JKC projects are nominated to CSI contest
• Campus placement has begun just now IBM started
  the exercise by visiting 2 centers and as many as
  12.5 students (55) entered the final (HR) round.
  Satyam short-listed 430 candidates through its
  first round. Other companies are in the pipeline.

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JKC Features on the Anvil

• Extension of scope to other universities, other
  branches (both Engineering Non-Engineering)
• Starting early for the 3rd and 4th year
  students
• Linking the JKCs and bringing them all into a
  Gigabit Statewide Network.
• Extension to skill-set to improve creativity
  the development of quality content
• Roping in the Industry Government in a bigger
  way by taking up outsourced work
• Inducting the product of the first batch back
  into the mentor pool (as they will be the best
  mentors having seen the benefit of the program
  and improvement to their confidence level)
• Providing a career path Masters degrees and
  research opportunities while mentoring serving
  as a team leader
• Mentor Training Theory ? Learning by Doing ?
  Learning by Application ? Learning by Propagation

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Beneficiary Perspective Soft-Skills

• Soft-Skills
• Personality Development
• English Professional Communication
• Inter-Personal Skills Managing oneself in the
  modern corporate culture

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Interpersonal Communication Skills

• Rhythm Intonation
• Spoken English the art of conversation
• Jam and role play
• Writing
• Reading
• Group discussion Public speaking
• Entrepreneurship
• Problem Solving
• Team Work

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Self Development Interview Skills

• Confidence and Conversation
• Conflict Management
• Constructive Criticism
• Information Gathering
• Presentation Skills
• CV, Interview and Preparation
• Goal Setting and Time management
• How to Learn and Study
• Thinking Skills
• Personality Development
• Motivation

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Spoken English and English Usage

• Articles, prepositions conjunctions
• Verb and its tenses
• Use of English
• Vocabulary Building
• Report writing skills
• Phonetics
• Word Accent
• Reading

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Categories of Soft-Skills

• Communication Skills
• Human Relations and Interpersonal Skills
• Crisis Management, Problem -Solving Skills and
  Conflict Resolution Skills
• Presentation Skills
• Personal Qualities
• Teamwork and Team Building Skills
• Impression Management
• Ethics and Tolerance Skills
• Design and Planning Skills
• Personal and Professional Management Skills
• Information Management Skills
• Financial Management Skills
• Decision Making, Leadership and Supervisory
  Skills
• Valuing Skills
• Research and Investigation Skills

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Beneficiary Perspective Projects

• Mini-Project Understanding the Process
• v.s.
• Project Putting the process to use in solving a
  problem of practical significance
• Project Management and Software Engineering
• Group work Role Play
• Deployment Change Management

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Project Management/Software Engineering

• DIME Design, Implementation, Monitoring, and
  Evaluation
• Feasibility Study Requirements Engineering
• SRS
• RFP
• Architecture Design
• High-level Design
• Test Design
• Database Design
• Detailed Design
• Coding
• Testing
• Usability Testing
• Deployment
• Data Migration Change Management through
  Training
• Documentation Impact Analysis

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Summary

• Interaction between Industry Academia is weak.
• Proactive measures to address this gap are
  necessary
• Jawahar Knowledge Center Initiative of Government
  of Andhra Pradesh is one such initiative which is
  fetching good results
• Long way to go before it can reach out every
  student, college, and company.
• Your active involvement is required to have the
  results of this initiative absorbed in your
  activities

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• Thank You.
• scio_at_ap.gov.in
• http//www.ieg.gov.in

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MVGR JKC Vizianagaram
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• Thank you.