Welingkar Bags AICTE-CII National Award For ‘Best

Industry Linked Management Institute’ In India

WeSchool is one of the top business schools and management education

institution in India. Adding another feather to its cap, WeSchool has now been

awarded with the prestigious ‘AICTE-CII Best Industry linked Management

Institute’ in the country.

Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Group Director of Welingkar was presented the award by

Dr. Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, All India Council of Technical

Education (AICTE) at the 5TH AICTE-CII 5TH Global University-Industry

Congress in Delhi.

The principal parameters to select an institute for the award are -

Governance, Curriculum, Faculty, Infrastructure, Services / Projects & Skills

Development and Placements.

“This year, the category saw 1225 entries. Over the years, WeSchool has added

skill quotient to its students to increase their employability. We expect that

WeSchool will take the lead in mentoring other institutes to develop their

capacities in a similar manner,” said Dr. Sahasrabudhe.

Uday Salunkhe said, “WeSchool has focused on an outcome driven approach

in its strategy for Industry-Institute Interaction. Only when there is an impact

of this interface will it sustain and make a difference. “

He further cited the example of programs pioneered by Welingkar such as

Design and Innovation in 2007. The program was initiated to identify

upcoming developments and industry needs. “Today Design and Innovation

are of strategic importance in every organization and we are fortunate to be

guided by stalwarts such as Dr Raghunath Mashelkar, Mr Harsh Mariwala,

Ms Madhabi Puri Buch, Mr Kishore Biyani among other industry leaders who

work closely with our Academic Board,” he said.

WeSchool contributes to the institutes understanding and responsiveness in

developing its curriculum and nurture students for the developing market. Its

Global Citizen Leader Program allows students to work on Live Business and

Social Impact projects for 5 months. This gives students an opportunity to

learn about problem spotting, idea generation, prototype making and testing,

designing sustainable solution etc.

“This year student teams worked on 63 such industry linked live projects,

apart from their summer internships,” said Dr Uday Salunkhe. Welingkar

works closely with National HRD Network, National Entrepreneurship

Network (NEN), Information Security Audit and Compliance Association

(ISACA), Project Management Institute (PMI) and International Council of

Societies of International Designers (ICSID).

Adding to the list of praises was Dr. Naushad Forbes, President-Designate, CII

& Director Forbes Marshall Private Limited, who said, “It is the responsibility

of industry to engage with academia. It is not a social service but an

important responsibility. Knowing how industry interaction is productive is

critical.”

The award was based on a survey citing participation from established

engineering, management, pharmacy, architecture streams participated,

was jointly conducted by the All India Council for Technical Education

(AICTE) and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

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