Dr. Ruchir Saxena is an Associate Professor of the Poddar Group of Institutions, Jaipur. He is an Innovation Ambassador in IIC Council, Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell, Govt. of India. He is certified as Mendeley Advisor, and Microsoft Innovative Educator, MicroSoft. Dr Ruchir published various research papers, books and running blogs. He received Hall of Fame, 2022 from Global Foundation for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.

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Being part of management, what is your philosophy of leadership and describe your leadership style?

“Providing a chance to everyone and contributing equally for all is my leadership strength”

I always try to lead from the front by taking action whether working with my team side or students. We always keep our staff well-organized to ensure we are on the same line and contributing equally. I always try to distribute work as per the strength, interest and try to give everyone a chance to do what they’re good at and work in a team.

According to you, what makes the education industry the best industry to work in?

“Exposure to research and learning makes the education sector the best one”

Continuous learning and exposure towards Research accessible once working in an education sector. Development through teaching is the best part of this education system which I feel motivates me to work in.

Being an integral member of the Institute, how does your work impact the growth of the Poddar Group of Institutions?

“Students working in various sectors and domains show our campus growth”

Nowadays, education is an Industry but still if we are in this business. Our moral duty towards students is to make them not only professionally but create them a good human being. So, they can serve better for family, society and country. With the support of management, we always work on 360 degree development of students. I can proudly say that our students work in different sectors as well as in different domains doing exceptionally well. It will definitely impact the growth of our institute.

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How do you prepare students to face challenges of modern organizations and global standards successfully?

“Provide add-on courses, workshops and soft skills for students to overcome challenges”

As I already told you, our management believes in 360 degree development of students. We not only focus on curriculum but also provide different add-on courses like Data analytics, IOT/Robotics, ML/AI, DevOps, Data Security and analysis etc. It helps them to stand in modern organizations. We believe in the overall growth of students and give them workshops on soft skills throughout the year. Our Industry-academia collaboration and foreign exchange programs help students to interact with different senior profiles of different industries. It provides an opportunity to work as interns with them, which enhances their confidence, knowledge to face challenges and fulfill global standards.

What is the latest program that you are offering in Poddar Group of Institutions?

“Bachelor of Computer Application (B.C.A.) and Master of Computer Application are the latest programs on campus”

We offer Bachelor of Computer Application (B.C.A.) and Master of Computer Application (M.C.A.).We always work towards fulfilling the needs of industries and developing skilled professionals. Our campus offers different Addon Courses with government affiliated regular graduation and post-graduation programs. This is the beauty of our courses that we prepare our students with different certification programs like Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Security analysis, Robotics, IOT, Data Science etc. With regular government graduation or post-graduation programs, which are affiliated with industry leaders like Linux, Oracle, Palo-Alto, ICT etc. The best part of this theme is that students can do multiple add ons with a government affiliated degree.

What is the most optimum path according to you for a student wanting to excel in this field?

“To get practical exposure is the optimum path for students from our courses”

The optimum path is to get a professional degree B.C.A or M.C.A firstly for pupils. Then, they get practical exposure in any skill to pursue a career with regular practice that’s all this field needs.

How do you plan on using the immense knowledge and experience you have gained over the decades being an integral member of the university?

“Always share my knowledge and experience with pupils through seminars or workshops”

Being a part of an affiliated institute, me and members of my team share inputs. It helps the university in every aspect of academics. We always try to share and spread whatever knowledge and experience we have with students. Other ways include in the form of workshops, seminars, student and faculty development programs. We use our expertise to provide consultancy with different IT industries nationally and internationally. It will directly or indirectly helps our students to gain knowledge and experience as well.

What are the valuable insights of the program that you are offering in Poddar Group of Institutions?

“Affiliated degree certificates and other programs are available to pupils”

I already explained that the most impressive and valuable part of our offering is to provide well reputed globally recognised government affiliated degree programs like BCA and MCA for students. It will be added with different certification programs which are affiliated from well reputed I.T industries and foreign universities. The best part is students can opt more than one certification program as per ability.

How do you tend to build an industry connection with this program?

“Provide internships, Jobs, expert sessions and more for pupils”

We have dedicated cell working for Industry-academia collaborations throughout the academic year. Our campus collaborates with almost all leading industries like Oracle, Linux, Palo-Alto, AWS, ICT, Bosch, Aladdin and many more. It provides industry exposure to our students in the form of internships, Jobs, expert sessions etc. We have DST funded incubation center, research and development labs in collaboration with these industries too.

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When you look back on your time in the educational industry, what’s the significant difference? 

“Practical education with industrial oriented skills is the significant difference visible today”

Positive and futuristic difference which I personally feel. Approach of today’s education is more practical, industry oriented and skill based rather than theoretical.

Any feedback you would like to share with the new generation coming forward?

“Explore new ideas and learn from failure”

As I am a man of Information technology, I always believe in innovations. So, I must say try and explore new ideas. Never disheartened with failure just because failure always gives you learning towards success.