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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;=== Pitch Video ===&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;amp;nbsp;Related Links&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology#Related_Links CMR Institute of Technology-Campus Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Abhay Rangan|Abhay Rangan]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://youtu.be/4pRH92rQ9Ww Pitch Video&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;=== Pitch Video ===&lt;br /&gt;
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{{#Widget:Youtube|id=4pRH92rQ9Ww}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;amp;nbsp;Related Links&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology#Related_Links CMR Institute of Technology-Campus Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Abhay Rangan|Abhay Rangan]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://youtu.be/4pRH92rQ9Ww Pitch Video&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;=== Pitch Video ===&lt;br /&gt;
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{{#Widget:Youtube|id=4pRH92rQ9Ww}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;amp;nbsp;Related Links&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology#Related_Links CMR Institute of Technology-Campus Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Abhay Rangan|Abhay Rangan]]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>School:CMR Institute of Technology</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==== Overview&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:CMRIT campus.jpg|CMRIT campus]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Established in 2000, [http://www.cmrit.ac.in CMR Institute of Technology] aims to impart quality, pragmatic education in engineering and management to help students hone their analytical abilities and develop their creative thinking skills. CMRIT strives to meet the rapidly growing need for technology professionals by nurturing young minds in an innovative and progressive learning environment. Situated in the very heart of South India’s IT corridor, the CMRIT campus in Whitefield, Bangalore is centrally located, well connected and easily accessible.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Pitch Video&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students at CMR Institute of Technology are imparted with the basics of engineering from year one. This is done through courses like [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/chemistry Engineering Chemistry], [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/physics Engineering Physics], Computer Aided Engineering Drawing etc. which are all aimed at building the fundamentals. Moving to other years of the course there are specified courses to help students understand the importance of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and to give them further insights about the two. ‘Management and Entrepreneurship’ is one such course which is available at the undergraduate courses. More specific and targeted courses such as ‘Risk Management’,’&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Strategic Management’ and ‘Entrepreneurial development’ are offered to the students of the [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/mba-master-of-business-administration MBA programme].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Moving away from the classroom based courses, the college offers all students various opportunities to access resources such as training sessions, workshops and seminars which maybe either technical or non-technical. The technical aspects include [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/ieee-workshop-applications-and-research-directions-in-big-data|IEEE workshops and training]], [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/makerspace Makerspace ]training and workshops, grant writing training and other such events. Non-technical trainings like ‘Soft skills’ training are at the offering. The college also has numerous clubs, each conducting various events and programmes ( ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/minerva-litclub/home Literary Club]’, ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/artclubtarang/ Art club]’, ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/kiniseis-dance-club/ Dance Club]’, ‘SAE’ etc.) Other events like [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/barcamp-cmrit|Barcamp]] and [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/founders-day|Founder's day also]] act as motivating factors to the students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/hnshankar/projects-for-fun Projects for fun]’, ‘Dismantling electronic devices’ and similar events are held occasionally to provide a fun filled approach to understand the intricate technologies, problem solving and even to develop specified skills.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students of CMR Institute of Technology regularly participate in numerous external competitions with much enthusiasm and in recent times have reaped commendable successes. These include Science and Engineering competitions targeted at I&amp;amp;E as well as ‘[http://www.manthan.fkcci.org/index.php FKCCI Manthan]’ which is a business plan competition.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;For those who take a step forward and take up projects and finding solutions to problems earnestly pop up meets are held occasionally to have a healthy discussion with other project teams as well as faculty mentors. The project teams have complete access to the laboratories and Makerspace to experiment and build prototypes and even test them. The college also collaborates with industry majors like Infosys and IBM and offers resources like the [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM Centre of Excellence]] and [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys Campus Connect]]. The college has also set up an [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/incubation-center Incubation centre] on campus which is up and running. All these resources exposes students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship and aim to get students involved in the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/our-faculty faculty at CMRIT] are very passionately involved in research mainly in their fields of study. The many technical papers presented and published are a testimony to the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The faculty use their expertise and experience to help students with their research and projects. Quite a few of them put in the extra effort to encourage students to take up innovative projects. They help with all stages from the initial planning to developing the prototype and presenting it at many external platforms. &amp;amp;nbsp;The students are also encouraged to discuss freely with the faculty their ideas/solutions and avail their mentorship. Certain faculty also initiate the change at the grass root level by introducing unconventional ways to present assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/prof-phani-kumar-pullela &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. Phani Kumar Pullela&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/hnshankar/home &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. H. N. Shankar&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/sagar-m-baligidad/ &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. Sagar Baligidad&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The feasible ideas and products that come up are taken through the Incubation centre to present it to the market.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Actively supporting the university technology transfer function&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college has a standard MoU for tech transfer with industries. In recent years many such &amp;amp;nbsp;MoU’s have been signed, notably with [[Www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/cmrit-inks...hitachi.../article8755678.ece|Hitachi]], [[Indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=39266|Sherpify and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college also provides training in grant writing and even provides legal assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Facilitating university-industry collaboration&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college is currently collaborating with industry giants such as [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]]. Apart from this we have access to knowledge parks such as the IKP knowledge park and the VTU CIL.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Being located in the IT corridor is also advantageous.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A handful of projects aimed at improving the quality of life in the city are being worked on by teams in the college. The biggest projects include a solution to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCh0XcAmXxI purify the many contaminated lakes] in the city, which is being tested by local authorities, and an [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0XLLRqemesDTVFfQ2F4elFKX0RSTW0zYWM1OS1fUjZQZXhN improvement to the operation of current traffic signals]. These have been lauded by local authorities for serving the need of the hour, and have [[Tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com › ... › Akhil MS › Adarsha M › 3D printer|engineered a low-cost 3D printer]].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A team is also working towards developing a mobile platform for [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/scholarships scholarships], crowd funding for farmers.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Related Links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.cmrit.ac.in &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;College website&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities|CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit?usp=drive_web &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology Landscape Canvas&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;P&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava riyanka Srivastava]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[Abhay Rangan|Abhay Rangan]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Asher John Sathya&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[https://youtu.be/4pRH92rQ9Ww &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Pitch Video&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Universities]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39033</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39033"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:32:43Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb|Abhay Rangan.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Related Links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[CMR Institute of Technology|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Campus Overview&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Student Priorities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Landscape Canvas&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Asher John Sathya|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Asher John Sathya&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Priyanka Srivastava|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Priyanka Srivastava&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[https://youtu.be/4pRH92rQ9Ww &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Pitch Video&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Asher_John_Sathya&amp;diff=39032</id>
		<title>Fellow:Asher John Sathya</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Asher_John_Sathya&amp;diff=39032"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:32:03Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Asher John Sathya is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student of Mechanical Engineering at CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India. [[File:Asher John Sathya Profile Picture.jpg|thumb|Asher John Sathya Profile Picture.jpg]]His areas of interest are the aerospace industry and product design. Originally from the state of Tamil Nadu, Asher is based in Bengaluru since 2011. He chose to pursue his higher studies in Mechanical engineering to help him learn more about his desired field of Aerospace technology. At CMRIT, he was exposed to the UIF program by his project mentor.&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;nbsp;Asher is currently involved in and heading two project groups for the past year. In his spare time, he is often seen discussing varied ideas and solutions with his peers and faculty members. He has always been known as an enterprising individual and he looks to put this to good use.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Asher has discovered his passion to be a techno-entrepreneur. The recent events occurring world over have piqued his desire to help the world, and he wants his future endeavours to have a social touch to them. Since middle school Asher has been an avid reader, debater, creative writer which have won him many awards. He was also involved in theatre until his high school days. He is a leader and has held prestigious roles such as ‘School Prefect’. On his campus, he wants to create a Social-Entrepreneurship wing along with the UIF Leadership Circle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Related links: ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology CMR Institute of Technology]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology_Student_Priorities CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
UIF Fellows from CMRIT:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Abhay Rangan|Abhay Rangan]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[https://youtu.be/4pRH92rQ9Ww Pitch Video]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Asher_John_Sathya&amp;diff=39031</id>
		<title>Fellow:Asher John Sathya</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Asher_John_Sathya&amp;diff=39031"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:31:34Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Asher John Sathya is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student of Mechanical Engineering at CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India. [[File:Asher John Sathya Profile Picture.jpg|thumb|Asher John Sathya Profile Picture.jpg]]His areas of interest are the aerospace industry and product design. Originally from the state of Tamil Nadu, Asher is based in Bengaluru since 2011. He chose to pursue his higher studies in Mechanical engineering to help him learn more about his desired field of Aerospace technology. At CMRIT, he was exposed to the UIF program by his project mentor.&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;nbsp;Asher is currently involved in and heading two project groups for the past year. In his spare time, he is often seen discussing varied ideas and solutions with his peers and faculty members. He has always been known as an enterprising individual and he looks to put this to good use.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Asher has discovered his passion to be a techno-entrepreneur. The recent events occurring world over have piqued his desire to help the world, and he wants his future endeavours to have a social touch to them. Since middle school Asher has been an avid reader, debater, creative writer which have won him many awards. He was also involved in theatre until his high school days. He is a leader and has held prestigious roles such as ‘School Prefect’. On his campus, he wants to create a Social-Entrepreneurship wing along with the UIF Leadership Circle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Related links: ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology CMR Institute of Technology]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology_Student_Priorities CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities] ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
UIF Fellows from CMRIT:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Abhay_Rangan|Abhay Rangan]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:CMR_Institute_of_Technology_Student_Priorities&amp;diff=39030</id>
		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:CMR_Institute_of_Technology_Student_Priorities&amp;diff=39030"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:31:15Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;=== Pitch Video ===&lt;br /&gt;
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{{#Widget:Youtube|id=4pRH92rQ9Ww}}&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;amp;nbsp;Related Links&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology#Related_Links CMR Institute of Technology-Campus Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Abhay Rangan|Abhay Rangan]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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&lt;div&gt;=== Pitch Video ===&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology#Related_Links CMR Institute of Technology-Campus Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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&lt;div&gt;=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;Pitch Video ===&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology#Related_Links CMR Institute of Technology-Campus Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology#Related_Links CMR Institute of Technology-Campus Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>School:CMR Institute of Technology</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==== Overview&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:CMRIT campus.jpg|CMRIT campus]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Established in 2000, [http://www.cmrit.ac.in CMR Institute of Technology] aims to impart quality, pragmatic education in engineering and management to help students hone their analytical abilities and develop their creative thinking skills. CMRIT strives to meet the rapidly growing need for technology professionals by nurturing young minds in an innovative and progressive learning environment. Situated in the very heart of South India’s IT corridor, the CMRIT campus in Whitefield, Bangalore is centrally located, well connected and easily accessible.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Pitch Video&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students at CMR Institute of Technology are imparted with the basics of engineering from year one. This is done through courses like [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/chemistry Engineering Chemistry], [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/physics Engineering Physics], Computer Aided Engineering Drawing etc. which are all aimed at building the fundamentals. Moving to other years of the course there are specified courses to help students understand the importance of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and to give them further insights about the two. ‘Management and Entrepreneurship’ is one such course which is available at the undergraduate courses. More specific and targeted courses such as ‘Risk Management’,’&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Strategic Management’ and ‘Entrepreneurial development’ are offered to the students of the [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/mba-master-of-business-administration MBA programme].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Moving away from the classroom based courses, the college offers all students various opportunities to access resources such as training sessions, workshops and seminars which maybe either technical or non-technical. The technical aspects include [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/ieee-workshop-applications-and-research-directions-in-big-data|IEEE workshops and training]], [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/makerspace Makerspace ]training and workshops, grant writing training and other such events. Non-technical trainings like ‘Soft skills’ training are at the offering. The college also has numerous clubs, each conducting various events and programmes ( ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/minerva-litclub/home Literary Club]’, ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/artclubtarang/ Art club]’, ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/kiniseis-dance-club/ Dance Club]’, ‘SAE’ etc.) Other events like [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/barcamp-cmrit|Barcamp]] and [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/founders-day|Founder's day also]] act as motivating factors to the students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/hnshankar/projects-for-fun Projects for fun]’, ‘Dismantling electronic devices’ and similar events are held occasionally to provide a fun filled approach to understand the intricate technologies, problem solving and even to develop specified skills.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students of CMR Institute of Technology regularly participate in numerous external competitions with much enthusiasm and in recent times have reaped commendable successes. These include Science and Engineering competitions targeted at I&amp;amp;E as well as ‘[http://www.manthan.fkcci.org/index.php FKCCI Manthan]’ which is a business plan competition.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;For those who take a step forward and take up projects and finding solutions to problems earnestly pop up meets are held occasionally to have a healthy discussion with other project teams as well as faculty mentors. The project teams have complete access to the laboratories and Makerspace to experiment and build prototypes and even test them. The college also collaborates with industry majors like Infosys and IBM and offers resources like the [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM Centre of Excellence]] and [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys Campus Connect]]. The college has also set up an [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/incubation-center Incubation centre] on campus which is up and running. All these resources exposes students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship and aim to get students involved in the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/our-faculty faculty at CMRIT] are very passionately involved in research mainly in their fields of study. The many technical papers presented and published are a testimony to the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The faculty use their expertise and experience to help students with their research and projects. Quite a few of them put in the extra effort to encourage students to take up innovative projects. They help with all stages from the initial planning to developing the prototype and presenting it at many external platforms. &amp;amp;nbsp;The students are also encouraged to discuss freely with the faculty their ideas/solutions and avail their mentorship. Certain faculty also initiate the change at the grass root level by introducing unconventional ways to present assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/prof-phani-kumar-pullela &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. Phani Kumar Pullela&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/hnshankar/home &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. H. N. Shankar&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/sagar-m-baligidad/ &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. Sagar Baligidad&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The feasible ideas and products that come up are taken through the Incubation centre to present it to the market.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Actively supporting the university technology transfer function&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college has a standard MoU for tech transfer with industries. In recent years many such &amp;amp;nbsp;MoU’s have been signed, notably with [[Www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/cmrit-inks...hitachi.../article8755678.ece|Hitachi]], [[Indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=39266|Sherpify and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college also provides training in grant writing and even provides legal assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Facilitating university-industry collaboration&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college is currently collaborating with industry giants such as [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]]. Apart from this we have access to knowledge parks such as the IKP knowledge park and the VTU CIL.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Being located in the IT corridor is also advantageous.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A handful of projects aimed at improving the quality of life in the city are being worked on by teams in the college. The biggest projects include a solution to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCh0XcAmXxI purify the many contaminated lakes] in the city, which is being tested by local authorities, and an [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0XLLRqemesDTVFfQ2F4elFKX0RSTW0zYWM1OS1fUjZQZXhN improvement to the operation of current traffic signals]. These have been lauded by local authorities for serving the need of the hour, and have [[Tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com › ... › Akhil MS › Adarsha M › 3D printer|engineered a low-cost 3D printer]].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.cmrit.ac.in &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;College website&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities|CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit?usp=drive_web &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology Landscape Canvas&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;P&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava riyanka Srivastava]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>School:CMR Institute of Technology</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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[[File:CMRIT campus.jpg|CMRIT campus]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Established in 2000, [http://www.cmrit.ac.in CMR Institute of Technology] aims to impart quality, pragmatic education in engineering and management to help students hone their analytical abilities and develop their creative thinking skills. CMRIT strives to meet the rapidly growing need for technology professionals by nurturing young minds in an innovative and progressive learning environment. Situated in the very heart of South India’s IT corridor, the CMRIT campus in Whitefield, Bangalore is centrally located, well connected and easily accessible.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Pitch Video&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students at CMR Institute of Technology are imparted with the basics of engineering from year one. This is done through courses like [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/chemistry Engineering Chemistry], [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/physics Engineering Physics], Computer Aided Engineering Drawing etc. which are all aimed at building the fundamentals. Moving to other years of the course there are specified courses to help students understand the importance of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and to give them further insights about the two. ‘Management and Entrepreneurship’ is one such course which is available at the undergraduate courses. More specific and targeted courses such as ‘Risk Management’,’&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Strategic Management’ and ‘Entrepreneurial development’ are offered to the students of the [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/mba-master-of-business-administration MBA programme].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Moving away from the classroom based courses, the college offers all students various opportunities to access resources such as training sessions, workshops and seminars which maybe either technical or non-technical. The technical aspects include [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/ieee-workshop-applications-and-research-directions-in-big-data|IEEE workshops and training]], [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/makerspace Makerspace ]training and workshops, grant writing training and other such events. Non-technical trainings like ‘Soft skills’ training are at the offering. The college also has numerous clubs, each conducting various events and programmes ( ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/minerva-litclub/home Literary Club]’, ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/artclubtarang/ Art club]’, ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/kiniseis-dance-club/ Dance Club]’, ‘SAE’ etc.) Other events like [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/barcamp-cmrit|Barcamp]] and [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/founders-day|Founder's day also]] act as motivating factors to the students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/hnshankar/projects-for-fun Projects for fun]’, ‘Dismantling electronic devices’ and similar events are held occasionally to provide a fun filled approach to understand the intricate technologies, problem solving and even to develop specified skills.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students of CMR Institute of Technology regularly participate in numerous external competitions with much enthusiasm and in recent times have reaped commendable successes. These include Science and Engineering competitions targeted at I&amp;amp;E as well as ‘[http://www.manthan.fkcci.org/index.php FKCCI Manthan]’ which is a business plan competition.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;For those who take a step forward and take up projects and finding solutions to problems earnestly pop up meets are held occasionally to have a healthy discussion with other project teams as well as faculty mentors. The project teams have complete access to the laboratories and Makerspace to experiment and build prototypes and even test them. The college also collaborates with industry majors like Infosys and IBM and offers resources like the [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM Centre of Excellence]] and [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys Campus Connect]]. The college has also set up an [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/incubation-center Incubation centre] on campus which is up and running. All these resources exposes students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship and aim to get students involved in the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/our-faculty faculty at CMRIT] are very passionately involved in research mainly in their fields of study. The many technical papers presented and published are a testimony to the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The faculty use their expertise and experience to help students with their research and projects. Quite a few of them put in the extra effort to encourage students to take up innovative projects. They help with all stages from the initial planning to developing the prototype and presenting it at many external platforms. &amp;amp;nbsp;The students are also encouraged to discuss freely with the faculty their ideas/solutions and avail their mentorship. Certain faculty also initiate the change at the grass root level by introducing unconventional ways to present assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/prof-phani-kumar-pullela &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. Phani Kumar Pullela&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/hnshankar/home &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. H. N. Shankar&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/sagar-m-baligidad/ &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. Sagar Baligidad&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The feasible ideas and products that come up are taken through the Incubation centre to present it to the market.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Actively supporting the university technology transfer function&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college has a standard MoU for tech transfer with industries. In recent years many such &amp;amp;nbsp;MoU’s have been signed, notably with [[Www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/cmrit-inks...hitachi.../article8755678.ece|Hitachi]], [[Indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=39266|Sherpify and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college also provides training in grant writing and even provides legal assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Facilitating university-industry collaboration&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college is currently collaborating with industry giants such as [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]]. Apart from this we have access to knowledge parks such as the IKP knowledge park and the VTU CIL.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Being located in the IT corridor is also advantageous.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A handful of projects aimed at improving the quality of life in the city are being worked on by teams in the college. The biggest projects include a solution to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCh0XcAmXxI purify the many contaminated lakes] in the city, which is being tested by local authorities, and an [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0XLLRqemesDTVFfQ2F4elFKX0RSTW0zYWM1OS1fUjZQZXhN improvement to the operation of current traffic signals]. These have been lauded by local authorities for serving the need of the hour, and have [[Tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com › ... › Akhil MS › Adarsha M › 3D printer|engineered a low-cost 3D printer]].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A team is also working towards developing a mobile platform for [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/scholarships scholarships], crowd funding for farmers.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.cmrit.ac.in &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;College website&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities|CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit?usp=drive_web &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology Landscape Canvas&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;P&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava riyanka Srivastava]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[Abhay Rangan|Abhay Rangan]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Asher John Sathya&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Universities]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Asher_John_Sathya&amp;diff=39016</id>
		<title>Fellow:Asher John Sathya</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Asher_John_Sathya&amp;diff=39016"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:18:13Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Asher John Sathya is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student of Mechanical Engineering at CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India. [[File:Asher John Sathya Profile Picture.jpg|thumb|Asher John Sathya Profile Picture.jpg]]His areas of interest are the aerospace industry and product design. Originally from the state of Tamil Nadu, Asher is based in Bengaluru since 2011. He chose to pursue his higher studies in Mechanical engineering to help him learn more about his desired field of Aerospace technology. At CMRIT, he was exposed to the UIF program by his project mentor.&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;amp;nbsp;Asher is currently involved in and heading two project groups for the past year. In his spare time, he is often seen discussing varied ideas and solutions with his peers and faculty members. He has always been known as an enterprising individual and he looks to put this to good use.&lt;br /&gt;
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Asher has discovered his passion to be a techno-entrepreneur. The recent events occurring world over have piqued his desire to help the world, and he wants his future endeavours to have a social touch to them. Since middle school Asher has been an avid reader, debater, creative writer which have won him many awards. He was also involved in theatre until his high school days. He is a leader and has held prestigious roles such as ‘School Prefect’. On his campus, he wants to create a Social-Entrepreneurship wing along with the UIF Leadership Circle.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Related links: ==&lt;br /&gt;
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==== [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology CMR Institute of Technology] ====&lt;br /&gt;
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==== [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology_Student_Priorities CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities] ====&lt;br /&gt;
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UIF Fellows from CMRIT:&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Abhay_Rangan|Abhay Rangan]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39015</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39015"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:16:22Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb|Abhay Rangan.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Related Links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[CMR Institute of Technology|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Campus Overview&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Student Priorities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Landscape Canvas&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Asher John Sathya|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Asher John Sathya&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Priyanka Srivastava|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Priyanka Srivastava&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category: Student Contributors]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39014</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39014"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:15:41Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Related Links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[CMR Institute of Technology|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Campus Overview&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Student Priorities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Landscape Canvas&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Asher John Sathya|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Asher John Sathya&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Priyanka Srivastava|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Priyanka Srivastava&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39013</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39013"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:15:10Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Related Links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[CMR Institute of Technology|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Campus Overview&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Student Priorities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Landscape Canvas&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Asher John Sathya|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Asher John Sathya&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Priyanka Srivastava|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:#0000ff;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Priyanka Srivastava&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39012</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39012"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:14:38Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Related Links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[CMR_Institute_of_Technology|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Campus Overview&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[CMR_Institute_of_Technology_Student_Priorities|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Student Priorities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39011</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39011"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:13:01Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Related Links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology: Campus Overview&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39010</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39010"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:11:45Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39008</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39008"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:11:17Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39007</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39007"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:10:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Related Links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ====&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39005</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39005"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:10:03Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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=== [[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb|Abhay Rangan.jpg]] ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Related Links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39003</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39003"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:08:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb]]Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Related Links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ====&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39002</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=39002"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:08:19Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb]]Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Related Links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ====&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Priyanka_Srivastava&amp;diff=38999</id>
		<title>Fellow:Priyanka Srivastava</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Priyanka_Srivastava&amp;diff=38999"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T18:05:46Z</updated>

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&lt;div&gt;Priyanka Srivastava is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate studying Computer Science Engineering at the [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/ C.M.R Institute of Technology],Bangalore,India. She was born and brought up in Durgapur, West Bengal where she stayed till the year 2015. She did her schooling from[[File:Priyanka.jpg|thumb]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmel_Convent_High_School,_Durgapur Carmel Convent High school], Durgapur. She had completed &amp;amp;nbsp;her Higher Secondary education from [http://www.hemsheela.in/ Hemsheela Model] , Durgapur. After exploring her career path, she joined [http://www.cmrit.ac.in C.M.R Institute of Technology] to pursue her Engineering degree and shifted to Bangalore, Karnataka. There she was exposed to the University Innovation Fellows .&lt;br /&gt;
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Priyanka Srivastava also works as a member of an NGO named ‘[https://youthforseva.org/ youth for seva(YFS)]’. Since an early age she was interested to work for the society and help mankind. Her main motive behind taking engineering as her career is to use technology to change life of people for the betterment, to solve the problems of society using technology and creative thinking approach. She is also a social worker who works &amp;amp;nbsp;willingly for orphan education, women empowerment, child abuse and environment protection.She has actively launched and participated in many of these events in collaboration with other members of the YFS.&lt;br /&gt;
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Priyanka has worked for several projects like pulse polio drives in slums of Siddapura, tree plantation drives in K.R Puram, Working as a scribe for &amp;amp;nbsp;the physically challenged students, developing the website&amp;amp;nbsp; ‘Shop,play,earn’ , pollution sponges,digital internship by carrers360.com and the Eye Check-up training camp '[https://www.facebook.com/nannakannu/info Nanna Kannu]' organised by the [http://www.sankaraeye.com/CommunitySankara.aspx?city=Bangalore Sankara eye Hospital],centred on providing free eye check-ups to the financially weak students of Government schools.She has the passion of making a difference in the society. She is keen to bring an upliftment in the society. She wants to help all the students &amp;amp;nbsp;with entrapreneurship&amp;amp;nbsp; goals,to visualize their dreams and change their dreams into reality and ultimately bring about a change in the society.&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Related Links:'''&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology C.M.R Institute of Technology: Campus Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology_Student_Priorities C.M.R Institute of Technology: Student Priorities]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 C.M.R Institute of Technology: Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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UIF Fellows from CMR Institute of Technology:&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;amp;nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Abhay_Rangan|Abhay Rangan]]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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&lt;div&gt;=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;amp;nbsp;Related Links&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology#Related_Links CMR Institute of Technology-Campus Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Abhay Rangan|Abhay Rangan]]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;amp;#x5B;&amp;amp;#x5B;Category:Student Priorities&amp;amp;#x5D;&amp;amp;#x5D;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;amp;nbsp;Related Links&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology#Related_Links CMR Institute of Technology-Campus Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Abhay Rangan|Abhay Rangan]]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;amp;#x5B;&amp;amp;#x5B;Category:Student Priorities&amp;amp;#x5D;&amp;amp;#x5D;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;amp;nbsp;Related Links&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology#Related_Links CMR Institute of Technology-Campus Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Abhay Rangan|Abhay Rangan]]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;amp;#x5B;&amp;amp;#x5B;Category: Student Priorities&amp;amp;#x5D;&amp;amp;#x5D;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;amp;nbsp;Related Links&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology#Related_Links CMR Institute of Technology-Campus Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas]&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background-color: transparent; color: rgb(46, 117, 181); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 21.3333px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; ==== Related Links ==== [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology#Related_Links CMR Institute of Technology-Campus Overview] [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;amp;nbsp; [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Asher_John_Sathya Asher John Sathya]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava] &amp;amp;#x5B;&amp;amp;#x5B;Category:Student Priorities|c&amp;amp;#x5D;&amp;amp;#x5D;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Priorities:CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;= &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#2e75b5;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;To create inter-disciplinary approaches in the curriculum.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; = &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that inter-disciplinary approach would be more effective uni-disciplinary learning to improve the I&amp;amp;E culture on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:underline;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing students with inter-disciplinary assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Assignments can be provided to students which need them to collaborate with students from other disciplines to complete the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;These assignments can be an add on to the existing assignments, and the topics need not be a part of the syllabus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented from the start of the coming semester (February 2017)&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:underline;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Inter-disciplinary projects&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students will be encouraged to form a team with students from multiple disciplines to have a more complete approach to the project. This will not only aid in reaching solutions quicker but also coming up with more efficient solutions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: This can be implemented immediately.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:underline;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing Electives of various disciplines&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Electives like ‘Project management’, ‘Product design’, ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Basic law’ can be offered to students based on interest. This gives them the opportunity to learn the basics of other disciplines and to widen their perspective while also equipping them with a greater ability to arrive at solutions. They would be in a better position to collaborate moving forward.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to implement this by the first quarter of 2018.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:underline;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing maker-centric classes will pave way for a shift from the current ‘sage on the stage approach’ to provide students with a more hands on learning. We believe this would be a more effective approach to learning while increasing chances to create innovation. This would also give students a rough overview of how problems are solved in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This would also include competitions such as Makeathons, buildathons etc.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Target date: We look to create a makeathon in the coming semester (February 2017 to June 2017).&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; = &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#2e75b5;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students in need of financial assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; = &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We have identified that financial burdens can restrict a student from exploring opportunities and we want to change it starting with one student at a time.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:underline;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Creating a circle of life for the students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We look to create a system we call the ‘Circle of life’. This is how the system would work:&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;1. The college management provides need based scholarships along with the current merit based scholarships to students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;2.The students who have availed this assistance, once graduated and financially sound, will assist two other students of the college financially.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;3. This would create a growing network or assistance sources.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;4. Ideally, we will reach a stage where the college itself does not provide financial assistance, but the financial assistance comes purely from the passed-out students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:underline;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;On campus earning opportunities&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to provide students with an opportunity to earn on campus through various ways such as teacher assistants, library and lab assistants after college hours.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system would completely place responsibility on the student to earn and support themselves.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This system has proven to be feasible in campuses elsewhere and talks have already begun to implement it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; = &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#2e75b5;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Helping students balance academics with entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; = &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:underline;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Introducing flexible time slots for classes, lab sessions and exams will be helpful to students involved in entrepreneurship because they’ll be able to attend to tasks related to their startup which could be of utmost importance and not lose track of the classes being taught. This should provide them with the ability to balance between academics and entrepreneurship. This is already present on campus to a small extent. Students with attendance shortage are given the chance to attend a week of extra classes to get their attendance up to the mark. We want to cement this as a program on campus.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:underline;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Setting up entrepreneurial workshops&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We want to conduct numerous workshops and some seminars to the students interested in entrepreneurship to give them a more thorough and realistic experience of the whole process of setting up and running a startup. Workshops may include ‘Entrepreneurship 101’, ‘Negotiating’ and similar topics without which one is ill equipped to take on challenges in the real world.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:underline;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Making the incubation centre more active&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This may be interrelated to further developing the whole I&amp;amp;E culture on campus. We look to make the centre more active by increasing the frequency of meetings and other such tasks. But this is only possible if the number of start-ups increases. This would remain as a task for the future.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; = &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#2e75b5;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Enabling students who did not qualify for campus placements to find jobs.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; = &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:underline;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Skill identifying and development program&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/ul&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;We understand that a student might me more than capable to handling the expectations of a job, but might not even qualify for the interview due to insufficient marks. This results in loss of potential talent. In some cases, the student fails to secure the necessary marks due to a below average performance in one test, again which maybe be due to unforeseen circumstances.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The idea is to guide the students in identifying their string points and talents which may be necessary for a job, and developing it, thus making the candidate more appealing to the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;If not, the candidate might even choose to use the skill to their own economic value, i.e., to take upon business opportunities and choosing not to be employed.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:underline;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Providing certificate courses&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By providing certificate courses which maybe either online or offline, the student can be well versed in a software/process immediately making him/her more employable.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Since it is a certification course, it will involve testing before handing the candidate a certificate. This acts as a trustworthy factor for the employer.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:underline;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Training from year 1&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px;  font-family:Calibri;  color:#000000;  background-color:transparent;  font-weight:400;  font-style:normal;  font-variant:normal;  text-decoration:none;  vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A part of the student population which starts their studies at college lose their interest and their attitude changes as they progress to the senior years. Although there are multiple factors contributing to this, we feel that by maintain their interest in the course and ensuring that they don’t lose sight of their goals, the employment rates would be higher.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; = &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:21.333333333333332px; font-family:Calibri; color:#2e75b5; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Bridging the cultural barrier and promoting inclusivity among students&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; =&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Orientation programme for freshers&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;By conducting orientation programs right at the start of the college, mainly for freshers, we may help students understand the sentiments and restrictions of other cultural groups better. This would pave way for a smoother transition into college, and enable everyone to understand and respect other cultures and religions.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ul style=&amp;quot;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Celebration of ethnic day and all festivals&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;This program is already present on campus and we are only looking to enhance it.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Ethnic day is one day when all students and faculty come dressed in clothes representing their cultural background, It is a very vibrant and cheerful day, and everyone can witness the cultural diversity present. We want to arrange for this to happen more than once a year. The other idea is to organize a ‘culture-con’ where students must come dressed in the attire of some other culture!&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;While we do celebrate all major festivals on campus, we also want to celebrate the festivals of some minorities to ensure they don’t feel left out.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:14.666666666666666px; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Overall this strategy would bring about religious and cultural tolerance while reducing any friction that might exist and thus promote inclusivity.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CMR_Institute_of_Technology#Related_Links CMR Institute of Technology-Campus Overview] [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit#gid=0 CMR Institute of Technology-Landscape Canvas] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Priyanka Srivastava] &amp;amp;#x5B;&amp;amp;#x5B;Category:Student Priorities|c&amp;amp;#x5D;&amp;amp;#x5D; &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>School:CMR Institute of Technology</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==== Overview&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:CMRIT campus.jpg|CMRIT campus]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Established in 2000, [http://www.cmrit.ac.in CMR Institute of Technology] aims to impart quality, pragmatic education in engineering and management to help students hone their analytical abilities and develop their creative thinking skills. CMRIT strives to meet the rapidly growing need for technology professionals by nurturing young minds in an innovative and progressive learning environment. Situated in the very heart of South India’s IT corridor, the CMRIT campus in Whitefield, Bangalore is centrally located, well connected and easily accessible.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students at CMR Institute of Technology are imparted with the basics of engineering from year one. This is done through courses like [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/chemistry Engineering Chemistry], [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/physics Engineering Physics], Computer Aided Engineering Drawing etc. which are all aimed at building the fundamentals. Moving to other years of the course there are specified courses to help students understand the importance of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and to give them further insights about the two. ‘Management and Entrepreneurship’ is one such course which is available at the undergraduate courses. More specific and targeted courses such as ‘Risk Management’,’&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Strategic Management’ and ‘Entrepreneurial development’ are offered to the students of the [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/mba-master-of-business-administration MBA programme].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Moving away from the classroom based courses, the college offers all students various opportunities to access resources such as training sessions, workshops and seminars which maybe either technical or non-technical. The technical aspects include [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/ieee-workshop-applications-and-research-directions-in-big-data|IEEE workshops and training]], [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/makerspace Makerspace ]training and workshops, grant writing training and other such events. Non-technical trainings like ‘Soft skills’ training are at the offering. The college also has numerous clubs, each conducting various events and programmes ( ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/minerva-litclub/home Literary Club]’, ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/artclubtarang/ Art club]’, ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/kiniseis-dance-club/ Dance Club]’, ‘SAE’ etc.) Other events like [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/barcamp-cmrit|Barcamp]] and [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/founders-day|Founder's day also]] act as motivating factors to the students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/hnshankar/projects-for-fun Projects for fun]’, ‘Dismantling electronic devices’ and similar events are held occasionally to provide a fun filled approach to understand the intricate technologies, problem solving and even to develop specified skills.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students of CMR Institute of Technology regularly participate in numerous external competitions with much enthusiasm and in recent times have reaped commendable successes. These include Science and Engineering competitions targeted at I&amp;amp;E as well as ‘[http://www.manthan.fkcci.org/index.php FKCCI Manthan]’ which is a business plan competition.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;For those who take a step forward and take up projects and finding solutions to problems earnestly pop up meets are held occasionally to have a healthy discussion with other project teams as well as faculty mentors. The project teams have complete access to the laboratories and Makerspace to experiment and build prototypes and even test them. The college also collaborates with industry majors like Infosys and IBM and offers resources like the [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM Centre of Excellence]] and [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys Campus Connect]]. The college has also set up an [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/incubation-center Incubation centre] on campus which is up and running. All these resources exposes students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship and aim to get students involved in the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/our-faculty faculty at CMRIT] are very passionately involved in research mainly in their fields of study. The many technical papers presented and published are a testimony to the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The faculty use their expertise and experience to help students with their research and projects. Quite a few of them put in the extra effort to encourage students to take up innovative projects. They help with all stages from the initial planning to developing the prototype and presenting it at many external platforms. &amp;amp;nbsp;The students are also encouraged to discuss freely with the faculty their ideas/solutions and avail their mentorship. Certain faculty also initiate the change at the grass root level by introducing unconventional ways to present assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/prof-phani-kumar-pullela &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. Phani Kumar Pullela&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/hnshankar/home &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. H. N. Shankar&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/sagar-m-baligidad/ &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. Sagar Baligidad&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The feasible ideas and products that come up are taken through the Incubation centre to present it to the market.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Actively supporting the university technology transfer function&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college has a standard MoU for tech transfer with industries. In recent years many such &amp;amp;nbsp;MoU’s have been signed, notably with [[Www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/cmrit-inks...hitachi.../article8755678.ece|Hitachi]], [[Indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=39266|Sherpify and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college also provides training in grant writing and even provides legal assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Facilitating university-industry collaboration&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college is currently collaborating with industry giants such as [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]]. Apart from this we have access to knowledge parks such as the IKP knowledge park and the VTU CIL.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Being located in the IT corridor is also advantageous.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A handful of projects aimed at improving the quality of life in the city are being worked on by teams in the college. The biggest projects include a solution to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCh0XcAmXxI purify the many contaminated lakes] in the city, which is being tested by local authorities, and an [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0XLLRqemesDTVFfQ2F4elFKX0RSTW0zYWM1OS1fUjZQZXhN improvement to the operation of current traffic signals]. These have been lauded by local authorities for serving the need of the hour, and have [[Tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com › ... › Akhil MS › Adarsha M › 3D printer|engineered a low-cost 3D printer]].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A team is also working towards developing a mobile platform for [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/scholarships scholarships], crowd funding for farmers.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.cmrit.ac.in &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;College website&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit?usp=drive_web &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology Landscape Canvas&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>School:CMR Institute of Technology</title>
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[[File:CMRIT campus.jpg|CMRIT campus]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Established in 2000, [http://www.cmrit.ac.in CMR Institute of Technology] aims to impart quality, pragmatic education in engineering and management to help students hone their analytical abilities and develop their creative thinking skills. CMRIT strives to meet the rapidly growing need for technology professionals by nurturing young minds in an innovative and progressive learning environment. Situated in the very heart of South India’s IT corridor, the CMRIT campus in Whitefield, Bangalore is centrally located, well connected and easily accessible.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students at CMR Institute of Technology are imparted with the basics of engineering from year one. This is done through courses like [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/chemistry Engineering Chemistry], [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/physics Engineering Physics], Computer Aided Engineering Drawing etc. which are all aimed at building the fundamentals. Moving to other years of the course there are specified courses to help students understand the importance of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and to give them further insights about the two. ‘Management and Entrepreneurship’ is one such course which is available at the undergraduate courses. More specific and targeted courses such as ‘Risk Management’,’&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Strategic Management’ and ‘Entrepreneurial development’ are offered to the students of the [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/mba-master-of-business-administration MBA programme].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Moving away from the classroom based courses, the college offers all students various opportunities to access resources such as training sessions, workshops and seminars which maybe either technical or non-technical. The technical aspects include [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/ieee-workshop-applications-and-research-directions-in-big-data|IEEE workshops and training]], [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/makerspace Makerspace ]training and workshops, grant writing training and other such events. Non-technical trainings like ‘Soft skills’ training are at the offering. The college also has numerous clubs, each conducting various events and programmes ( ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/minerva-litclub/home Literary Club]’, ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/artclubtarang/ Art club]’, ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/kiniseis-dance-club/ Dance Club]’, ‘SAE’ etc.) Other events like [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/barcamp-cmrit|Barcamp]] and [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/founders-day|Founder's day also]] act as motivating factors to the students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/hnshankar/projects-for-fun Projects for fun]’, ‘Dismantling electronic devices’ and similar events are held occasionally to provide a fun filled approach to understand the intricate technologies, problem solving and even to develop specified skills.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students of CMR Institute of Technology regularly participate in numerous external competitions with much enthusiasm and in recent times have reaped commendable successes. These include Science and Engineering competitions targeted at I&amp;amp;E as well as ‘[http://www.manthan.fkcci.org/index.php FKCCI Manthan]’ which is a business plan competition.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;For those who take a step forward and take up projects and finding solutions to problems earnestly pop up meets are held occasionally to have a healthy discussion with other project teams as well as faculty mentors. The project teams have complete access to the laboratories and Makerspace to experiment and build prototypes and even test them. The college also collaborates with industry majors like Infosys and IBM and offers resources like the [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM Centre of Excellence]] and [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys Campus Connect]]. The college has also set up an [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/incubation-center Incubation centre] on campus which is up and running. All these resources exposes students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship and aim to get students involved in the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/our-faculty faculty at CMRIT] are very passionately involved in research mainly in their fields of study. The many technical papers presented and published are a testimony to the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The faculty use their expertise and experience to help students with their research and projects. Quite a few of them put in the extra effort to encourage students to take up innovative projects. They help with all stages from the initial planning to developing the prototype and presenting it at many external platforms. &amp;amp;nbsp;The students are also encouraged to discuss freely with the faculty their ideas/solutions and avail their mentorship. Certain faculty also initiate the change at the grass root level by introducing unconventional ways to present assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/prof-phani-kumar-pullela &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. Phani Kumar Pullela&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/hnshankar/home &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. H. N. Shankar&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/sagar-m-baligidad/ &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. Sagar Baligidad&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The feasible ideas and products that come up are taken through the Incubation centre to present it to the market.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Actively supporting the university technology transfer function&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college has a standard MoU for tech transfer with industries. In recent years many such &amp;amp;nbsp;MoU’s have been signed, notably with [[Www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/cmrit-inks...hitachi.../article8755678.ece|Hitachi]], [[Indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=39266|Sherpify and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college also provides training in grant writing and even provides legal assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Facilitating university-industry collaboration&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college is currently collaborating with industry giants such as [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]]. Apart from this we have access to knowledge parks such as the IKP knowledge park and the VTU CIL.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Being located in the IT corridor is also advantageous.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A handful of projects aimed at improving the quality of life in the city are being worked on by teams in the college. The biggest projects include a solution to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCh0XcAmXxI purify the many contaminated lakes] in the city, which is being tested by local authorities, and an [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0XLLRqemesDTVFfQ2F4elFKX0RSTW0zYWM1OS1fUjZQZXhN improvement to the operation of current traffic signals]. These have been lauded by local authorities for serving the need of the hour, and have [[Tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com › ... › Akhil MS › Adarsha M › 3D printer|engineered a low-cost 3D printer]].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A team is also working towards developing a mobile platform for [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/scholarships scholarships], crowd funding for farmers.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.cmrit.ac.in &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;College website&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities|CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit?usp=drive_web &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology Landscape Canvas&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;P&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava riyanka Srivastava]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Abhay_Rangan|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Universities]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:CMR_Institute_of_Technology&amp;diff=38978</id>
		<title>School:CMR Institute of Technology</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:CMR_Institute_of_Technology&amp;diff=38978"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T17:47:12Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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[[File:CMRIT campus.jpg|CMRIT campus]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Established in 2000, [http://www.cmrit.ac.in CMR Institute of Technology] aims to impart quality, pragmatic education in engineering and management to help students hone their analytical abilities and develop their creative thinking skills. CMRIT strives to meet the rapidly growing need for technology professionals by nurturing young minds in an innovative and progressive learning environment. Situated in the very heart of South India’s IT corridor, the CMRIT campus in Whitefield, Bangalore is centrally located, well connected and easily accessible.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students at CMR Institute of Technology are imparted with the basics of engineering from year one. This is done through courses like [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/chemistry Engineering Chemistry], [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/physics Engineering Physics], Computer Aided Engineering Drawing etc. which are all aimed at building the fundamentals. Moving to other years of the course there are specified courses to help students understand the importance of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and to give them further insights about the two. ‘Management and Entrepreneurship’ is one such course which is available at the undergraduate courses. More specific and targeted courses such as ‘Risk Management’,’&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Strategic Management’ and ‘Entrepreneurial development’ are offered to the students of the [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/mba-master-of-business-administration MBA programme].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Moving away from the classroom based courses, the college offers all students various opportunities to access resources such as training sessions, workshops and seminars which maybe either technical or non-technical. The technical aspects include [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/ieee-workshop-applications-and-research-directions-in-big-data|IEEE workshops and training]], [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/makerspace Makerspace ]training and workshops, grant writing training and other such events. Non-technical trainings like ‘Soft skills’ training are at the offering. The college also has numerous clubs, each conducting various events and programmes ( ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/minerva-litclub/home Literary Club]’, ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/artclubtarang/ Art club]’, ‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/kiniseis-dance-club/ Dance Club]’, ‘SAE’ etc.) Other events like [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/barcamp-cmrit|Barcamp]] and [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/event/founders-day|Founder's day also]] act as motivating factors to the students.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;‘[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/hnshankar/projects-for-fun Projects for fun]’, ‘Dismantling electronic devices’ and similar events are held occasionally to provide a fun filled approach to understand the intricate technologies, problem solving and even to develop specified skills.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Students of CMR Institute of Technology regularly participate in numerous external competitions with much enthusiasm and in recent times have reaped commendable successes. These include Science and Engineering competitions targeted at I&amp;amp;E as well as ‘[http://www.manthan.fkcci.org/index.php FKCCI Manthan]’ which is a business plan competition.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;For those who take a step forward and take up projects and finding solutions to problems earnestly pop up meets are held occasionally to have a healthy discussion with other project teams as well as faculty mentors. The project teams have complete access to the laboratories and Makerspace to experiment and build prototypes and even test them. The college also collaborates with industry majors like Infosys and IBM and offers resources like the [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM Centre of Excellence]] and [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys Campus Connect]]. The college has also set up an [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/incubation-center Incubation centre] on campus which is up and running. All these resources exposes students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship and aim to get students involved in the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/our-faculty faculty at CMRIT] are very passionately involved in research mainly in their fields of study. The many technical papers presented and published are a testimony to the same.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The faculty use their expertise and experience to help students with their research and projects. Quite a few of them put in the extra effort to encourage students to take up innovative projects. They help with all stages from the initial planning to developing the prototype and presenting it at many external platforms. &amp;amp;nbsp;The students are also encouraged to discuss freely with the faculty their ideas/solutions and avail their mentorship. Certain faculty also initiate the change at the grass root level by introducing unconventional ways to present assignments.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/prof-phani-kumar-pullela &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. Phani Kumar Pullela&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/hnshankar/home &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. H. N. Shankar&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://sites.google.com/a/cmrit.ac.in/sagar-m-baligidad/ &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dr. Sagar Baligidad&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The feasible ideas and products that come up are taken through the Incubation centre to present it to the market.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Actively supporting the university technology transfer function&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college has a standard MoU for tech transfer with industries. In recent years many such &amp;amp;nbsp;MoU’s have been signed, notably with [[Www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/cmrit-inks...hitachi.../article8755678.ece|Hitachi]], [[Indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=39266|Sherpify and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college also provides training in grant writing and even provides legal assistance.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Facilitating university-industry collaboration&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;The college is currently collaborating with industry giants such as [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/infosys-campus-connect|Infosys and]] [[Www.cmrit.ac.in/industry-connect/ibm-centre-excellence|IBM]]. Apart from this we have access to knowledge parks such as the IKP knowledge park and the VTU CIL.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Being located in the IT corridor is also advantageous.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 700;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A handful of projects aimed at improving the quality of life in the city are being worked on by teams in the college. The biggest projects include a solution to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCh0XcAmXxI purify the many contaminated lakes] in the city, which is being tested by local authorities, and an [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0XLLRqemesDTVFfQ2F4elFKX0RSTW0zYWM1OS1fUjZQZXhN improvement to the operation of current traffic signals]. These have been lauded by local authorities for serving the need of the hour, and have [[Tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com › ... › Akhil MS › Adarsha M › 3D printer|engineered a low-cost 3D printer]].&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400;  font-style: normal;  font-variant: normal;  text-decoration: none;  vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;A team is also working towards developing a mobile platform for [http://www.cmrit.ac.in/scholarships scholarships], crowd funding for farmers.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== '''&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Related Links&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;'''&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.cmrit.ac.in &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;College website&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities|CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities]]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vHzPHz5ol56ZHKNyrQ_ql9sd8MpgrqYwy4Qw6KTKHDw/edit?usp=drive_web &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CMR Institute of Technology Landscape Canvas&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priyanka_Srivastava Student Profile Page-Priyanka Srivastava]&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Universities]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38976</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
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		<updated>2016-10-19T17:44:00Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb|Abhay Rangan.jpg]]Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Student Contributors]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38975</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38975"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T17:42:18Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb]]Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38974</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38974"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T17:41:16Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb|Abhay Rangan.jpg]]Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38973</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38973"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T17:37:31Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb]]Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38972</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38972"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T17:36:49Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|thumb|Abhay Rangan]]Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38971</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38971"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T17:35:33Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[File:Abhay Rangan.jpg|Abhay Rangan]]Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
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		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=File:Abhay_Rangan.jpg&amp;diff=38970</id>
		<title>File:Abhay Rangan.jpg</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=File:Abhay_Rangan.jpg&amp;diff=38970"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T17:33:42Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38969</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38969"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T17:32:30Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Veganrangan: &lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay is passionate about affordable vegan food, and is pursuing it as a business model under the name Veganarke. Abhay is also a trained Carnatic musician, and has been pursuing it for the last 14 years and has been performing it on stage since the last 7.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Veganrangan</name></author>
		
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		<id>https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38968</id>
		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38968"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T17:32:00Z</updated>

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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Fellow:Abhay Rangan</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Abhay_Rangan&amp;diff=38967"/>
		<updated>2016-10-19T17:31:35Z</updated>

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&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size:medium;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Abhay Rangan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying at CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. He has&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;been Director of the Society for Animal Rights and Veganism (SARV) for 3+ years now. Till date, SARV has organized 225+&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;animal rights&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;details&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;ng-scope&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;campaigns in India.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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