Strengthening Industry Institute Interaction (III) for improvement in campus placement and industry Tie-up of Automobile Engineering Department in RIT: A Quality Circle Approach

Abstract

For any engineering institution, Industry -Academia partnership plays a vital role in giving practical engineering exposure to students. It can be achieved by industrial internship, expert lectures, industry visits and campus placement. Nowadays campus placement scenario is not good in engineering institutes. This paper gives an emphasis on increase in the campus placement by improving industry institute interaction and employability of the students. By using quality circle approach the campus placement of Automobile engineering department in RIT has increased for year 2015-16.The paper states the measures taken and methodology developed by the department for the increase in the campus placement of the department.