Neewara Academy of Design Jaipur

Mr.Shivam Sharma is the Head of IT Skills at Neewara Academy of Design, Jaipur. He holds a degree in MCA from Sinhgad Institute of Management, Pune. He has 7 years of experience in the IT industry. He also has 6 years of experience in the academic field. He has worked with some of the leading companies like Amazon Web Services, Linux Foundation, Red Hat, etc.

How do you strategize about the key programs and plans for your department?

“Keeping the process of up-gradation a constant one”

As we all know, the IT sector is a vast sector to learn and discover new technologies and skills. So in our strategies, we must focus on the fact that our students must learn the latest industrial skills and technologies to remain relevant in the industry.

How does your department ensure the best practice of the industry?

“Bringing the student’s capabilities up to the industrial standards”

In our department, we have a research team that functions to discover the latest technologies adopted by the industry. This helps the students to upgrade their skills and gives them a fair idea about the requirement and demands of the industry during placement drives. We have a dedicated IT team that guides the students for the same. 

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

“To give the best education and experience that will lead them to success”

As a Head of IT Skills, I have a very important role in the University. In today’s scenario, IT plays a very important role in everyone’s life. So my focus is to provide the best skill according to student interest and also the industry requirement. For this, my main role is to plan strategies and look after the implementation of the same. I constantly try to put together a team of IT experts so that our collaborative methods will yield the best results. 

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What do you think should be the University’s top priority over the next 10 years?

“Keeping up with the changing technologies in the digital world”

According to me, the university’s top priority over the next 10 years must be the complete digitalization of the university using the latest skills and technologies. It will help universities to connect with their local as well as remote students and they can also operate their work digitally. This way everyone can learn and explore new skills during any situation. The pandemic has pushed us to make the most out of the digital resources available. 

When you first came to Neewara Academy, what was your vision for your department? Has it evolved, and how far along in implementing that vision are you?

“To see my students acquire all the skills they need for their future”

My vision was to equip all the students and faculty members with the best skills when I joined.

It has evolved over time. As per my vision in Design Education, IT plays an important role from basic software to 2D Design Drafting and Illustration tool such as Corel Draw, Photoshop Illustrator to 3D Printing Software such as Jewel CAD, Auto CAD, Google Sketch. Apart from this Website Designing, SEO, Social Media Marketing is also a major part of Design learning to develop e-commerce portals for our budding student designers in the field of fashion and textile, gems and jewelry, interior and product.

What do you see as Neewara Academy’s greatest strengths?

“A conducive environment for coming out being competent”

To note a few, Neewara Academy’s strengths are:

  • highly qualified faculty members in Design 
  • personal attention to each student
  • amazing domestic and international placements of the students in Fashion Design, Jewellery Design, Interior Design, Product Design, Furniture Design, Textile Design, and Graphic Design

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What are some of the biggest challenges you have faced working in IT Skills?

“Realizing the needs and working on the same”

I feel students at their school level are not taught properly about technology and its evolution. Students feel it is tough to learn the skills for the same and thus ignore the practice. The world is becoming digital every day, so students must train them with the latest Skills to become successful design professionals.