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Industry-academia collaboration is the need of the hour today in order to end the mismatch between what the universities produce and what the industry needs. For seamless transition from the place of study to area of work, what students need is familiarity with the industry, adaptability skills, and multifunctional domain knowledge. Working towards realisation of these goals, NIIT University (NU) has co-created courses with industry players; IBM-Data Science and PwC-Cyber Security courses are key examples. According to V S Rao, President, NU, “We have people from the industry coming over for course delivery. Students get to learn from industry leaders from day one and that helps them pick up skills such as problem solving, critical
thinking and teamwork.” The 100-acre campus is where learning happens through close interaction between students and faculty. With programmes such as B Tech, BBA, Integrated MBA, M Tech and M Sc, there is individual focus on each student. With a 100 per cent placement record for the 2018 batch, there are 598 companies who regularly visit the campus. Parimal Mandke, Vice-President, NU, says, “We don’t treat students as a faceless mask and their voices are never unheard. Our founder is on campus once a month and there are friendly discussions between students, faculty and the founder.” The university offers students flexibility if they want to change their minor subjects and take up something else, or if they want to opt for additional minors. The start-up culture is very intense at NU and there is also a lot of emphasis on research and development projects.