scholarly journals EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS-A STUDY ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND THEIR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS IN INDIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
Dr. Tarananum, Dr. Mohammad Junaid Alam
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Software Skills ◽  
Indian Engineers

This paper aims at studying the perception of Employers along with the employees regarding the employability skills required by the Entry level engineering graduates to possess for getting employed in the Multinational Software Companies. It seems to be an experimental study. For evaluating the perception of skill set required by the engineering graduates and their employers, two sets of questionnaires were developed by the researcher. The data was collected and its study revealed the significant differences between the opinion (perceptions) of the graduates and the employers. It is the disparity which makes the graduates prone to less likely to be employable to various MNCs requiring the software skills. The Indian Engineers’ Employability skills haven’t been into light in terms of its literature and research. The available study reveals the perception from the employers’ sides. This paper covers both the graduates’ as well as employers’ perception regarding the employability skills they have and the skills which are required.

Implementation of the Second-year course in an Engineering Professional Spine

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umar Iqbal ◽  
Deena Salem ◽  
David Strong
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Research University ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
First Year ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Core Courses ◽  
Second Year ◽  
First Time ◽  
Academic Year

The objective of this paper is to document the experience of developing and implementing a second-year course in an engineering professional spine that was developed in a first-tier research university and relies on project-based core courses. The main objective of this spine is to develop the students’ cognitive and employability skills that will allow them to stand out from the crowd of other engineering graduates.The spine was developed and delivered for the first time in the academic year 2010-2011 for first-year general engineering students. In the year 2011-2012, those students joined different programs, and accordingly the second-year course was tailored to align with the different programs’ learning outcomes. This paper discusses the development and implementation of the course in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department.

Function Ordering Within Morphological Charts: An Experimental Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anant Chawla ◽  
Joshua D. Summers
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Design Space Exploration ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Design Space ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Input Function ◽  
Output Function ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Morphological Chart

Morphological charts are widely recognized tools in engineering design applications and research. However, a literature gap exists in instructing the representation and exploration of morphological charts. In this paper, an experiment is conducted to understand how morphological charts are explored and what impact functional arrangement has on it. The experiment consisted of two problem statements, each with five different functional arrangements: 1) Most to Least Important Function, 2) Least to Most Important Function, 3) Input to Output Function, 4) Output to Input Function, and 5) Random. Sixty-seven junior mechanical engineering students were provided a prepopulated morphological chart and asked to generate integrated design concepts. The generated concepts were analyzed to determine how frequently a given means is selected, how much of the chart is explored, what is the sequence of exploration, and finally the influence of function ordering on them. Experimental results indicate a tendency to focus more on the initial columns of the chart irrespective of functional order. Moreover, the Most-to-Least-Important functional order results in higher chances and uniformity of design space exploration.

Empowering Engineering Students in Ethical Risk Management: An Experimental Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 911-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoann Guntzburger ◽  
Thierry C. Pauchant ◽  
Philippe A. Tanguy
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Ethical Risk Management

Drafting software as a practicing tool for engineering drawing-based courses: Content planning to its evaluation in client–server environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-134
Author(s):  
MVS Babu ◽  
KNS Suman ◽  
P Srinivasa Rao
Keyword(s):  
Data Security ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Engineering Drawing ◽  
Client Server ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Basic Course ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Server Architecture

In under graduate engineering education, engineering drawing is a basic course offered to 1st semester engineering students. With the advent of computers, the traditional engineering drawing practice in both industry and academia is being extensively replaced with computer aided engineering drawing. The present scenario in Indian engineering educational institutions has been studied and based on it an approach is proposed in the present paper, which involves the integration of software-based practice with client–server architecture. The proposed approach has been implemented to practice in our institute for few years. The use of this approach is required proper planning of the course content, delivery, practice and evaluation. The detailed discussion on the approach and its implications are examined through results. All the stakeholders are benefited by adopting this approach. The present paper focuses on the use of drafting software for the practice of engineering drawing-based courses in a secured client–server environment. This proposed approach guarantees multiple cascading advantages of improved understanding and enhanced spatial visualization among students. The proposed approach has been implemented for the students who admitted in the academic year 2014–15. The end exam results of these students have been compared with results of the batch admitted in academic year 2013–14. It was observed that the number of failures in the proposed approach were reduced up to 85% compared to conventional mode. Further, it facilitates to modernize the conduct of courses, provides data security, optimizes the utilization of computing facilities and most importantly it tests the students for the understanding of the topic and not for their artistic skills. Ultimately, it makes the engineering students industry-ready by enhancing their employability skills.

Role of learning agility and learning culture on turnover intention: an empirical study

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Aastha Tripathi ◽  
Rajlaxmi Srivastava ◽  
Raja Sankaran
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Learning Culture ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Hard Copy ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Learning Agility ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Software Companies

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of learning culture (LC) and learning agility (LA) on employee’s turnover intention (TI) in connection to information technology (IT) industries in India. Design/methodology/approach This research study analysed 258 samples of entry-level and middle-level executives working in IT software companies constituted in Southern India. Data was collected both electronically and in hard-copy. The research model was tested by structural equation modeling technique with the aid of AMOS software. Findings The findings illustrate the indirect effect of LC on TI while a direct effect on LA and also a positive and significant effect of LA on TI. Research limitations/implications The first limitation is that this study does not cover top-level executives, therefore, it has limited implications and the second is that the respondents filled the questionnaire voluntarily by their beliefs. Originality/value This study contributes towards the development of LC, which will help in building LA in employees thereby reduce the employee’s TI.

An Experimental Study on the Influence That Failure Number, Specialization, and Controls Have on Confidence in Predicting System Failures1

2016 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Somaiah Thimmaiah ◽  
Keith Phelan ◽  
Joshua D. Summers
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
P Value ◽  
First Year ◽  
Psychology Class ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Undergraduate Psychology ◽  
Domain Familiarity ◽  
The Impact

Design reviews are typically used for three types of design activities: (1) identifying errors, (2) assessing the impact of the errors, and (3) suggesting solutions for the errors. This experimental study focuses on understanding the second issue as it relates to the number of errors considered, the existence of controls, and the level of domain familiarity of the assessor. A set of design failures and associated controls developed for a completed industry sponsored project is used as the experimental design problem. Nondomain generalists (students from an undergraduate psychology class), domain generalists (first year engineering students), and domain specialists (graduate mechanical engineering students) are provided a set of failure modes and asked to provide their own opinion or confidence on whether the system would still successfully achieve the stated objectives. The confidence level for all domain populations decreased significantly as the number of design errors increased (largest p-value = 0.0793), and this decrease in confidence is more significant as the number of design errors increases. The impact on confidence is lower when solutions (controls) are provided to prevent the errors (largest p-value = 0.0334) as the confidence decreased faster for domain general engineers as compared to domain specialists (p = < 0.0001). The domain specialists showed higher confidence in making decisions than domain generalists and nondomain generalists as the design errors increase.

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