I was a guest lecturer at PEC - Civil Engineering Department. 2 people in my family are from PEC - a deceased Uncle and a first cousin - who now heads a German firm in India.
Honestly am not even an engineer. I made a disclaimer that since am not an engineer I may not be able to answer any technically challenging question. At the same time I told the students and faculty that they are free to ask me any technical questions which I can spin off my technical partners - (my US tech partner is a PhD from MIT and my Indian tech partner is a Dean's Fellow from McGill University).
To my utter dismay NOT ONE STUDENT even asked me a question post my 90 minutes lecture and not one even bothered to email/WhatsApp me.
PEC looks fairly jaded to me - I have seen some top Technology schools in the USA - UCLA and Columbia University. They are light years ahead of us.
A nation which needs to build 2 homes every second in order to overcome the deficit of 60 million new homes sadly has no technology(ies) or a young generation of civil engineers who are hungry for new systems.
Bottom Line - I found PEC to be way off the mark !!
Am sorry if I have hurt any sentiments but thats it.
After my company visited PEC campus twice in 2 years, and could not find a suitable candidate for placement - I had offered my services to PEC Placement office for helping students with concepts required and preparation in general - I was just told that being from a different branch my services were not required.
That is a sad truth sir. Even I noted that the professors whom we rated low did not change their teaching methodologies. If a faculty is close to someone up in the hierarchy, he gets benefit despite poor performance. Vishal Sir, your comment shows us mirror, a disheartening reality. Anyways, we can try mending the loopholes. We should keep in touch with our alma mater, that is the least we can do.
The focus of the institute has completely shifted on cultural activities despite being an engineering institute. One way to improve the quality of education is to bring in new machines, upgrade technical infrastructure and improve upon the teaching abilities.
I was a guest lecturer at PEC - Civil Engineering Department. 2 people in my family are from PEC - a deceased Uncle and a first cousin - who now heads a German firm in India.
ReplyDeleteHonestly am not even an engineer. I made a disclaimer that since am not an engineer I may not be able to answer any technically challenging question. At the same time I told the students and faculty that they are free to ask me any technical questions which I can spin off my technical partners - (my US tech partner is a PhD from MIT and my Indian tech partner is a Dean's Fellow from McGill University).
To my utter dismay NOT ONE STUDENT even asked me a question post my 90 minutes lecture and not one even bothered to email/WhatsApp me.
PEC looks fairly jaded to me - I have seen some top Technology schools in the USA - UCLA and Columbia University. They are light years ahead of us.
A nation which needs to build 2 homes every second in order to overcome the deficit of 60 million new homes sadly has no technology(ies) or a young generation of civil engineers who are hungry for new systems.
Bottom Line - I found PEC to be way off the mark !!
Am sorry if I have hurt any sentiments but thats it.
Or maybe you were too boring.
DeleteMy lecture is on record it was captured on a high definition handycam - I did not see one person yawn.
DeleteIts better if PEC does some introspection.
After my company visited PEC campus twice in 2 years, and could not find a suitable candidate for placement - I had offered my services to PEC Placement office for helping students with concepts required and preparation in general - I was just told that being from a different branch my services were not required.
DeleteThat is a sad truth sir. Even I noted that the professors whom we rated low did not change their teaching methodologies. If a faculty is close to someone up in the hierarchy, he gets benefit despite poor performance. Vishal Sir, your comment shows us mirror, a disheartening reality.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, we can try mending the loopholes. We should keep in touch with our alma mater, that is the least we can do.
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ReplyDeleteThe focus of the institute has completely shifted on cultural activities despite being an engineering institute. One way to improve the quality of education is to bring in new machines, upgrade technical infrastructure and improve upon the teaching abilities.
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