IEEE student quality improvement program: To improve the employability rate of students

In India, a large percentage of graduating engineers are not industry ready. The primary reason is that the colleges have outdated syllabi leading to a wide gap between the curriculum and the requirements of industry. Students who take up internships are very few among Tier-2 and Tier-3 colleges. All these problems result in graduates who are unemployable without training in basic skills by the industry. An internship could help the students in overcoming many of these shortcomings as they learn about corporate industries and receive basic training. This paper presents a novel initiative towards this end by the IEEE Student Branch, College of Engineering, Chengannur. It aims at spreading awareness about the advantages of taking up internship opportunities, providing the basic training and helping students get internships. The program was a huge success and helped a large number of students in securing internship offers. This model, if replicated in other colleges could significantly improve the employability of students and help them improve their academic performance and engineering skill sets.