Mr Sumitesh Majumder is presently serving as HOD – Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering at Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata. Having a total experience of 14 years in the education sector, he is a profound academician and researcher. With major areas of study in Sensors & Signal processing and Optical fibre sensors, Mr Sumitesh Majumder has conducted and attended various national conferences and workshops in the field of Engineering Sciences. 

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What is your philosophy of leadership? 

“A leadership philosophy is a structured approach to leading others”

Leaders must have a vision and articulate it clearly to provide direction for the group they serve. Effective leaders are transparent in nature and act in a fair and just manner through discussion and collaboration. Leaders must share responsibility for attaining goals and also acknowledge their weaknesses and continually seek ways to improve their leadership skills. Efficient leaders communicate in a timely manner and listen to the concerns and ideas of the group holding them up to a high ethical standard.

What do you think are your roles and responsibilities towards the students? 

“Strong leadership and management approaches for their development”

I take primary responsibility to support all students through a well-rounded quality and outcome based education that prepares them for successful futures. I continually try to facilitate changes to push the performance levels of students to higher standards for better opportunities in future. I keep a check on the development of academic and research standings of the institution for knowledge transfer and boosting their skills. Students’ personal issues are also discussed, and a proper guidance and support is provided to ensure the comfort of students in the campus.

What are the best practices offered to help students gain necessary skills?

“Reformed teaching learning process and facilitated activities and projects”

Different pedagogies have been adopted to meet the needs of all students in the classroom and inculcate necessary skills in them. We follow outcome based education pedagogy by developing course plans with objectives and outcomes where the learning styles of the students are evaluated through a learning style test. Curriculum gaps are plugged through design based experiments, additional labs and evaluated systematically through different assessment tools. PPTs, Videos, OHPs and short seminars are being used that results in easy understanding of the concepts by students. Project based learning and Technical quiz are organized regularly to get in-depth knowledge in subjects. 

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How do you strategize the curriculum to make it befitting for the students?

“Support student learning through industrial practices”

Several practices are adopted in the department to develop the skills of the students and promote leadership practices, research, support and training among them. To meet the requirements of industries, value added training is organized for students after to reduce the curriculum gap between industry and academia. Sponsored workshops and development programs are conducted with the financial support from CSIR, ISTE, DRDO, AICTE, DST etc. Skill Development Courses like aptitude test, soft skill are practiced on a weekly basis and students are encouraged to pursue internships during the vacations and acquire necessary problem solving skills. Students are also engaged in R&D activities throughout their course curriculum with the help of faculty members, helping them to research and able to publish their works in the reputed national or international journals or conferences.

How does the curriculum of your college ensure the best practice of the industry?

“Interfacing and interacting with industrial world”

We have set up an Industry-Institute-Interaction to establish strong industry connections, conduct workshops in collaboration with industries and provide suggestions for process improvement as well as curriculum improvement. With an objective to build strong brand presence among the industry, an Industry Institute Relations and Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) is established to groom up students skills. Regular training and placement is imparted in the area of communication skill and aptitude to the students to make them employable and more confident. 

What would you like people to know about your department that they may not?

“Quality education dissipation methodologies and varied job opportunities”

Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering Department, NSEC is an interdisciplinary Engineering program with possibly maximum job opportunities ranging from software to all kinds of process industries, electronics and health care Instrumentation to petrochemical industries. More than 50% of the faculty members in the Department are doctorate, and we have smart ICT based classrooms with Wi-Fi connectivity, fully equipped laboratory facilities, excellent teacher-student relationship through proper mentoring system and arrange regularly remedial classes for weaker students.

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What are the types of projects that your students are working on?

“Advanced industrial and creative projects”

Through proper career guidance and skill development programs by the faculty members and Training & Placement Cell of the college, students work under various projects, case studies and training based on their interests and goals for future. Information-Data Organizing Projects, Design Project, Research Based projects and Major Investigation Projects are a few categories ranging from electronics to health care and major instrumentation industries. Apart from these, Reading/Writing Projects, Real World-Authentic Projects and Problem Solving & Decision Making Projects are carried out to promote creativity and healthy mindset of students.