Dr. D. V. Ravi Shankar is a Principal of TKR College of Engineering & Technology who obtained his AMIE from the Institution of Engineers in the year 1987. He completed his M.Tech in Materials Engineering from Regional Engineering College (REC) Surathkal in the year 1994. He presented his M.Tech thesis paper at ISRO, Bangalore. He obtained his Ph.D. in the branch of Mechanical Engineering in the year 2010 from JNT University, Hyderabad under the guidance of Dr. P. Rami Reddy, former Registrar, JNTUH. He has 23 years of experience which includes 7 years of Industrial experience and 16 years academic experience. Under his able guidance 35 Projects had completed in UG level, 10 Projects in PG Level and presently guiding 8 Projects in Ph.D Level. He has won gold medals for three successive years at 35th, 36th and 39th All India Level Design Competitions organized by National Design and Research Forum, The Institution of Engineers (India).

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What are the latest programmes that you are offering in TKR College Of Engineering And Technology, which will help students outperform and stand apart from the crowd?

“Latest programs introduced on campus include B.Tech programmes”

TKR College for Engineering and Technology has introduced B.Tech. programmes in the engineering areas of B.Tech. AIML and B.Tech. DS. Those students who have been admitted to these programmes are preparing for the demand industry now. The core competencies include predictive analytics and machine learning for automation are being demanded by the industry.

What are the factors that may make this programme best for the students to opt for?

“Job opportunities in various sectors are provided to students”

Our campus organizes placements for pupils. Extremely high potential to be observed in the job market to CTC is expected to be the highest compared to the pure CSE.

What will you say are the best practices in the course you are offering?

“Workshops and highly skilled sessions are given to pupils in our campus”

Importing skills through workshops led by highly skilled industry professionals is a viable alternative to mediocre classroom instruction. This allows students to outperform their peers in competition.

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What are some valuable inside of the programme that you're offering at TKR College Of Engineering And Technology?

“Courses give an idea about artificial intelligence, data science, and analytics for students”

The courses pertaining to emerging technology such as artificial intelligence, data science, and analytics are being offered to even non circuit branches. These are also related to their domain knowledge. It could enhance their employability opportunities in those domains which are in great demand nowadays, and the inputs provided from the corporate sector could reduce the skill set gap between academia and industry.

How does the programme ensure that students are prepared for the future?

“National or international hackathons, booth camps, and competitions are provided to pupils”

Students' enthusiasm and potential are explored through national and international hackathons, booth camps, and competitions. We help them to achieve necessary skills for their future. 

How did you train yourself/faculty to deliver this programme to the students?

“Encourage faculties to self- learn by providing incentives based on their accomplishments”

Academic administrators today are motivated to catch a glimpse of the opportunities in emerging technology. This can only be accomplished by investigating the domain knowledge in those emerging technologies. Faculty and students were encouraged to self-learn by providing incentives based on their accomplishments. The industry connect is an important aspect to be developed by interacting with industry experts in developing the course curriculum and establishing standard procedures for involving the students in getting into internships.

What were the challenges that you faced while inculcating this programme in your curriculum?

“Developing the suitable curriculum for our students who opted courses in emerging technologies”

The challenges of getting expert faculty members is a big challenge. However the MOU with industry has helped a lot in developing the suitable curriculum for our students who opted courses in emerging technologies. The training and FDP programmes and utilizing online resources made the issue of facing the challenges in the development of curriculum the efforts put in the direction of imparting latest knowledge towards these programmes made it easy to handle them.

What are the types of projects that students are working on through this programme?

“Industry based mini and major projects are worked by pupils nowadays”

The industry based mini and major projects are worked on our campus. This leads corporate help to place students with better pay packs.

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What are the benefits and career options after pursuing this course?

“Average pay packages are available to students through placements”

The placement opportunities with this additional skill set have increased nowadays, Additional skill sets have increased the potential for improved pay packs, and with the placement of the students. The average pay package has increased from 3.5 lakhs to 5.5 lakhs from previous years.