Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University, country’s first State skill university, has announced its first graduation programme in Automobile Mechatronics and Automotive Manufacturing. These are the first such courses to be offered by any university in the country.
“Haryana has become the first state to launch this path-breaking Industry Integrated, National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) level-7 Graduate programme through dual education mode in Automotive Mechatronics and Automotive Manufacturing,” said the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Raj Nehru.
He said that Haryana Vishwakarma University and Hero MotoCorp has partnered to offer this three-year "Work Study" integrated program with flexibility to exit and enter each year at three different levels.
In this unique programme under the Earn While learn Scheme, the students will be enrolled on the industry campus and trained in unmatched pedagogy combination of on-the-job training and class room learning.
New businesses are emerging and replacing others, within each business, essential skills and competencies are evolving, because knowledge of production processes and services is increasing. A major challenge in all countries is to meet this huge requirement of skilled workforce and it can be resolved through differentiated skill education and training systems, Nehru added.
He said that such kind of models could be evolved with the help of industry partners. These are dual degree programmes with industry for which the university would organize an entrance test on August 12. The selected students would also be paid stipend during the three- year program under Earn while learn scheme, said he.
The VC said the program would transform the students into a plug- and-play job-ready resource for the industry of 4 generation and would skill them up to shape their career towards a future leadership and supervisory roles as well.
The university would also introduce Masters and Ph.d program in the same streams to provide skilling progression to the aspiring students as well, he added.