Industry-institute Interaction

Approaches to pharmaceutical research

Prepared by,
Submitted to,
Nishadh patel
Kuntal manna sir 09mph106
Department of Pharmaceutical
technology and biopharmaceutics
 contents
• Need for industry institute interaction
• Causes for poor interaction
• Modes of interaction
1) institute to industry
2) industry to institute
3) industry institute joint effect
4) other strategies
• Benefits of industry institute
interaction
1) To industry
2) To institute
3) To student
4) To faculty
5) To the nation
• Suggestion for better cooperation
• Role of special interest groups
• referances
 Need for Academia-Industry Interaction

1. Bridging the gap between Industry and Institute.

2. Promotion and co-ordination of consultancy services.
3. Use of resources from industries and the institute for benefit of
industries, students and society.
4. Making available Institute infrastructural facilities to the industries
and vice versa.
5. Creation of Industries Institute Expertise Database.
6. Forecasting the technical manpower requirement for Industry.
7. Training and the knowledge update through faculty exchange.
8. Joint R&D activities
9. Enhancement in use of testing facilities for industries.
10. Short term courses for manpower development for industries and
curriculum update.
 CAUSES OF POOR INTERACTION

1. Lack of interest from both sides.

2. Curriculum is not planned as per as the job profile and is mismatching to
the job requirements in Industry. Thus education imparted is not job
oriented.
3. Examination system puts emphasis on the reproduction of memorized facts
rather than proper understanding of industrial problems and practical skills.
4. Insufficient teaching time and learning time because of late admissions and
more number of holidays.
5. Obsolete lab facilities do not attract industry to interact with the institute.
6. Lack of work recognitions in the institutions.
7. Rigidity of rules and regulations and lack of autonomy.
8. Passive response from Industries regarding the assessment procedure of
the students.
9. Goals and objectives of education system and the Industrial system do not
match fully.
10.Both the system have not fully realized about the problem of interaction
and partnership.
11.Government regarding interaction & partnership between the industry and
institute does not giving proper attention..
 MODES OF INTERACTION
A. Institute to Industry

1. Student visit to the Industry as a part of their course:- Teacher

should organize such visits for a day whenever possible..
2. Industrial tour of students:- . This gives them good organizational
experiences.
3. Practical Training / Student internship:-This gives students good
industrial exposures.
4. Student Project in Industry:- Some students may be encouraged to
undertake their final year project in industry partly or fully with a
joint supervisor.
5. Teacher Deputation to Industry: - Teacher should spend the two
months of vacation in the Industry. Teacher must work on a
specific project at industry and submit a report to institute on
return and deliver a seminar talk.
B. Industry to Institute

1. Depute Persons for higher degrees to Institute

2. Continuing education of their staff must be a continuing activity of any
progressive industry.
3. Assign Consultancy Jobs to Institute: - The prerequisites are faculty
expertise and industry need. Compared to developed countries our level
of consultancy is still low and needs a big push.
4. Sponsor R&D Projects to Institutes: - Most of the externally
funded/sponsored research projects carried out in institutes is from
government departments with negligible industry involvement.
5. Industry sponsored short term course or depute industry staff in institute:
Presently only teachers are permitted to participate in some courses and
we may permit industry personnel also to participate both as delegate and
as resource persons.
6. Resource persons from industry to institute :-
a. Adjunct faculty from industry: - Competent persons from industry who
are willing to teach a course or part of it can be designated as adjunct
faculty.
b. Expert Lecture from Senior Industry Personnel: - senior industry
personnel can deliver lectures in institutes on latest trends and practices.
C. Industry-Institute Joint Efforts

1. Jointly Conducting Training/Awareness Programme for Industry /

Institute People: - The Training Programme can be arranged for
the benefit of industry people. Especially the resources of
industry and institute can be utilized for this common cause.
2. Organizing seminars/Symposium/Awareness Programme for
Industry/Institute People: - Industry and Institute can jointly
organize some seminars on the current topic related to both
industry and institute. Some educational organizational like ISTE
(Indian Society for Technical Education), IET (Institute of
Engineers India) platform can be used for this noble cause.
3. Undertaking Any Social Responsibility: - As discussed before any
social work/ task /activity can be jointly undertaken.
4. Industry-Institute merger / adaptation of institutes / programms
by industry: - If the industry can come forward and adopt any
technical institute then the strategy of “Care Taker Industry” can
be implemented.
D. Other Strategies

1. Establishing Entrepreneurship Development Cell

at the institute level: - The (M.S.T)Ministry of
Science & Technology extends the grant for EDC
(Entrepreneurship Development Cell) at the
institute level.
2. Conducting action Research by making intensive
interaction with the industry: - Action research
can be undertaken by the institute expertise for
the problems in the behavioral science related to
industrial labor andpersonnel.
 BENEFITS OF INDUSTRY INSTITUTE
INTERACTION
To Institute
• Greater resource generation.
• Improved quality of faculty.
• More relevant curriculum.
• Better Placement of students.
• Better utilization of expertise and facilitated
industry.
To Industry
• It can have access to the latest technological and
management developments.
• Industry can keep their workforce
• updated/upgraded in terms of skills and knowledge
periodically through refresher courses and other training
programmes conducted by the institutes.
• It is able to get fresh and well trained technical personnel.
• Industry can get their research work done through
institutions and save cost of R&D.
• Reduction in recruiting costs.
• A chance to preview students.
• Cost effective productivity.
• Better communication with higher learning centre.
• Collaborative research opportunities
To Faculty

• It gives good understanding of the industry and

helps in building up of useful case studies for
improving the quality of future teaching.
• It provides an ability to identify research
programmes of industrial importance.
To Students

• Gaining real life experiences.

• Application of theoretical knowledge.
• Enhancement of oral and written skills.
• Decision making on career choice.
• Paid pre-employment (on-studies training).
• Gaining access to sophisticated
instrumentation.
• Understanding the work culture of industries.
For Nation

This partnership benefits the Nation due to

• Effective harnessing of the resources, talents and
experience within the country.
• Greater efforts at self reliance and indigenousness.
• Greater financial support to institutions and R&D
organizations.
• Greater employment of R&D personnel.
• Generating sense of pride in the nations among
Indians all over the world by providing excellent
research findings.
 SUGGESTIONS FOR BETTER COOPERATON

There are various suggestions for strengthening the Industry-Institute Interaction such
as: -
• Academic and administrative autonomy may be granted to institute.
• Institute should be provided with adequate transport facility, infrastructural and
secretariat support for carrying out these activities.
• Industrial training for students should be made compulsory for about one month in
a year as apart of the curriculum and it should also be credited.
• Sufficient funds for taking up industrial projects should be provided to institutions.
• The course curriculum should be designed as per job profile and its revision has to
be commensurate with requirements of the present and new emerging
technological demand.
• Adequate lab facility should be created and utilization has to be assured.
• Teacher should be sent to industry for practical training for a short period, one
semester one year. Benefits in appointments and promotions are given to teachers
with good work in industry.
 Continued…
• Teacher should identify the problem of the industry around in his
neighborhood and should solve its problems involving students.
• Teacher should involve in R&D work and should take projects from
established industry for updating its technology.
• Institute should provide information to industry about the facilities
available in Institute, which might be used by the industry for its benefit.
• Curriculum of various courses be revised regularly keeping in view the
needs and practice of industry for which faculty should interact with the
industry personnel effectively.
• Students should be encouraged to undertake the final year projects in
Industry partly or fully with a joint supervisor from industry.
• Industry should give R&D problems to Institute and also provide good
training to students under training as they are going to be the important
part of industry after completion of the studies.
• Experts from the industry should be invited by the Institute regularly to
share their practical knowledge with the faculty and students.
Role of Special interest group(SIG)
 references
1) Asian journal of information technology
Effective institute interaction through SIG for the improvement of placement activities in
education By S. KARTHIKEYAN S. GOWRI, V. ABHI KUMAR

2) Industry institute interaction in Technical educaion

Sabat, Akshaya Kumar, Sr. Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, KIIT (Deemed
University)
Behera, S.N Guest Faculty, MN NIT and Prasad, S.C Prof & Head, Department of Civil
Engineering, MN NIT