“Our course structure covers all the extensive requirements of being a developer in the corporate world and is guaranteed to land our students coveted roles in the industry. We begin from the basics, so students need not worry about any prerequisite skills. All they have to possess is a sincere commitment towards learning and we can assure them that they will come out with flying colors.”
Aditya Sambamoorthy, Founder & CEO- InLustro
The Coronavirus epidemic has been disastrous for business. Experts believe that the global economy is already in a state of recession. Many of the jobs that have been lost may be irretrievable, even as states begin to reopen. However, some businesses have thrived amid this turmoil due to major changes in customer behavior. These businesses have reinvented themselves by changing their operating models to adapt to the current business environment; some better than others.
InLustro, one such firm, is an ed-tech company based out of Chennai. They offer a comprehensive career incubation program that trains college students in cutting-edge technologies such as AI/ML, Blockchain, IoT, Cloud Computing, and others, as well as the latest platforms such as TensorFlow, React Native, Android, IOS, Django, and others, to prepare them for a fruitful career in today’s competitive and ever-changing business landscape.
Aditya Sambamoorthy, Founder & CEO, quotes
“ We teach students the soft skills and managerial acumen they need to thrive in the job market. We work with educational institutions to provide students with an engaging, customized, adaptive, and comprehensive learning experience at an affordable price. Our core team consisting of subject matter experts and dedicated vibrant professionals is our firm’s major asset. ”
Survey results show that as many as 97% of graduating students want jobs in software engineering. But, only 3% have suitable skills to be employed in software or product development. Out of this only, 1.7% of students have the skills needed to work in new-age jobs.
The traditional education sector in India has not evolved at the same pace as the industry. The expectations that the companies have from their candidates and the skills that the engineering graduates acquire through their college education do not match. Some of the major problems facing fresh graduates are their insufficient understanding of basic concepts, lack of hands-on learning opportunities and industry exposure, and absence of client handling skills.
Should universities concentrate more on employment-specific abilities?
Let’s hear directly from the top experts and HR recruiters. Here’s what they say:
| “Students do not understand the different positions, roles, and firms in today’s market. Their domain awareness is also very low thereby making them unprepared for taking up the top employment opportunities.” – HR from top e-commerce firm
“Incoming freshers have no idea about developing applications end-end. Their rudimentary skillsets of solving programming problems using C/C++ do not give them the problem-solving mindset needed to succeed in today’s demanding business environment. They necessarily need to develop the competence required to understand business problems and translate them into code and subsequently design a system to solve the problem through a systematic application of software engineering principles” – Business Lead at Citibank. ” Students do not have the requisite soft skills needed to effectively navigate through today’s corporate culture. They are at best trained to speak in English while the expectations of the firm require them to interface with clients, build effective presentations, demonstrate sound professional communication skills, and exhibit strong leadership capabilities. The absence of these skills puts them at a severe disadvantage during the HR interviews/Group Discussions/Assessment Centres, thereby not allowing them to clear the interview no matter their coding proficiency “ – HR Recruiter from Leading SaaS firm. |
The traditional education sector frequently prioritizes the growth of academic knowledge at the expense of experiential, on-the-job abilities. Therefore in order to inculcate domain-relevant skills, industry readiness, and hands-on technical knowledge academic education curriculum designers must combine their collegial programs with robust training paradigms that instill practical knowledge and theoretical understanding in the students. The curriculum at InLustro fits the bill as it is a holistic, hands-on program that qualifies students for positions in top product and service firms in the emerging economy.
Boosting your employability skills and the range of jobs you can apply for with InLustro. What do they offer?
- InLustro offers Live Projects with Companies to give students hands-on experience in working with the latest technological paradigms including Data Science, Blockchain, Full Stack Web Development, and Mobile Application Development. Such immersive industry-relevant project work proffers unprecedented practical exposure to the students, creating an authentic and unique project portfolio for each candidate to bolster their resume and enhance their job fit.
- They help establish and nurture a Centre of Excellence and an Innovation Hub at colleges by creating corporate tie-ups with the top firms, by creating and delivering highly demanded certified career-oriented training programs in association with big firms, by setting up state of the art infrastructure for facilitating better learning, by organizing industry symposiums, hackathons, internships, and placement assistance and also by procuring relevant funds earmarked by the government for helping colleges upgrade their educational and technological infrastructure. InLustro creates multiple research opportunities for students to allow them to work with the industry through their premium program that supports students to publish their work in peer-reviewed journals that in turn improves the university ranking. They also work with multiple government initiatives for education and entrepreneurship such as the EDII (Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India), Tamil Nadu State Council For Science and Technology, PMKVY, and ATAL Innovation Labs for creating multiple events to promote research, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
- The InLustro team also brings in industry professionals to address the college teachers through faculty development programs, academic seminars, and symposiums to improve their industry awareness and also equip them with the right tools to improve their classroom teaching to make it more relevant to industrial requirements.
- They have a strong network of industry partners and a panel of mentors from government agencies and top private sector firms who help them with their enhanced value creation activities like internship procurement, grants/government approvals, syllabus development, etc that gives them a strong edge over other firms.
The CEO shares,
“ At the very outset of our program, we administer a proprietary profiling test and a diagnostic test for every student. The profiling test helps us determine the right career path for the student in line with his/her interest and ability. Once we have identified a suitable role, we then administer a diagnostic test to measure the current skill level of the candidate with respect to the skills required for that particular role. We then perform a GAP analysis to craft a personalized learning trajectory for the student in line with their aspirations. The serried sequence of modules will help them embellish their strengths, overcome their weaknesses and give them a holistic perspective of the role through hands-on training sessions, live projects, and internships..”
The team is working to incorporate AI-powered adaptive learning into their platform so that learners can learn at their own pace in a manner that is neuroscientifically optimal.
Conclusion
Gone are the days when education consisted solely of reading books and taking notes. Do you envision a room full of bespectacled teenagers engrossed in their homework when you hear the word classroom? That is no longer the case! Education has undergone a complete transformation. Edtech firms like InLustro have given it a new dimension and a new direction.
