Consultancy Policy
STRUCTURED CONSULTANCY POLICY
GOALS
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To build a strong tie up with industries and to work in the specialized areas to meet their needs so that the knowledge of college will be transformed into industrial products.
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To generate revenue to build better infrastructure in the college and train students with industrial orientation right from the beginning of academic curriculum.
POLICY
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All the available infrastructural/equipment facilities will be made available for the consultancy projects, as required.
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If new facilities are to be created and/or the equipments to be procured, the same would be worked out on a mutually agreed terms with the customer/industry. The ownership of the equipment/facilities after the project completion lies with both the customer/industry and GCET.
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The faculty consultant(s) would be spared for the consultancy work without affecting the academic commitments of the faculty; however, reduction of the academic workload of the faculty will be considered keeping in view the project completion time. Offering monetary benefits to faculty involved in consultancy as per the college norms.
Vision for next 10 years in Consultancy
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To Establish Multi-disciplinary Advanced Research & Development Centre in Engineering Sciences and to create trained man power and to cater to the needs of industrial consultancy.
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To strengthen College-Industry cell and execute MoUs with more leading industries in order to establish strong linkages to work in specialized areas in meeting their needs.
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To tune academic curriculum in tune with industrial requirements so that the students perform better right from the joining industry.
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Consultancy
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What is the stated policy of the College for structured consultancy? List a few important consultancy services undertaken by the College.
The policy of the College for structured consultancy is given below.
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All the available infrastructural/ equipment facilities will be made available for the consultancy projects, as required.
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If new facilities are to be created, mutually agreed terms for purchase of the same would be worked out with the customer in regard to investment to be made and ownership of the equipment / facilities after the project completion.
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The faculty consultant(s) would be spared for the consultancy work without affecting the academic commitments of the faculty; however, reduction of the academic workload of the faculty will be considered keeping in view the project completion time.
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Income sharing formula:
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Consultancy work undertaken at customer site not involving the use of the college facilities.
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Income from the consultancy would be shared by the college and the faculty on 15:85 basis.
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College infrastructural / equipment facilities.
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The charges payable by the customer would consist of two components, one based on the cost of usage of the facilities as estimated by Cost counting Committee and the other, based on the service cost of the faculty. The charges for the first component would be allocated to the college in full and the charges for the second (service component) would be shared by the college and the faculty on 15:85 basis.
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For the consultancy work of special nature, not covered above, policy guidelines will be framed on case to case basis.
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Does the College have College-industry cell? If yes, what is its scope and range of activities?
The organization has constituted Industry Interactive Committee to collaborate with industries and outside organizations and to take up consultancy works.
The Industry Interactive Committee is given below:
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Our institute has arranged for an external visit of Chairman, Corporate, Social Responsibility, IT Industry Mr. Bharani, CEO, Butler America. He visited our institution on 25th October, 2014, to advise regarding the establishment of the institute industry interface. He addressed the CSE and IT students to stress the importance on industrial training and internship programs for the students.
In the workshop held by R&D Center on “Recent Trends in Cloud Seeding Technology and Applications” our Chairman Shri. G Ravinder Reddy, Principal Dr. S Udaya Kumar and eminent speakers, Prof. M Anji Reddy, Director R&D, JNTUH, Prof B M Reddy, Emeritus Scientist NGRI, Chairman DST Panel, Prof B V S Amatya, IMD & JNTUH (Retd), Dr. P Srinivasulu, NARL, ISRO and Director of R&D Center Dr. Satyanarayana has delivered lectures on the importance of cloud seeding technology and various applications of it.
Mr. Srinivas Lolla has collaboration with our college, SAIF, CSIR-IICT, Government Polytechnic – Masab tank, and IIT, Bombay for “Fuel Enrichment techniques for higher efficiency and reduced pollution” for which the experiments are conducted by Bio Electrical and Energy Systems(Regd.).
Salient Points of Industry Interaction by the Department of Computer Science :
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Oracle Academy:
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GCET signed up with Oracle Academy to impart industry ready technical certification training (Java and PL/SQL at present) to select students every semester. These students will be evaluated after training and awarded certificates which are recognized by the industry at large.
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MoU with Tech Mahindra.
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The institution has a Campus Connect program with Tech Mahindra through which the faculty and experts from the company will bridge the gaps in the skills of the students to meet the industrial requirements. Through this program we make the students research oriented, ready for industry placements and mainly improving their technical abilities and thought process.
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Train-the-trainer program is being conducted by TechM to few faculty from the Dept of CSE.
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Learn from Campus Program has been conducted by TechM in association with our institution for the select students. This ensures the students are ready with basic training as soon as they are on boarded for the job.
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MoU with Zenopsys technologies Ltd.
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Dr. S. Nagender Kumar (HOD – CSE Dept) along with select students has been working on providing technical solution for Zenopsys as part of consulting work agreement. The team has provided a solution to update the NDTV Website on behalf of Zenopsys.
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Internship programs and final project work on live industry applications are being conducted for the final year BTech and MTech students by Zenopsys technologies Ltd.
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MoU with BEES Consulting.
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Select students from the Dept of CSE have worked on creating a test bed and test the application in addition to enhancing the Swasthya Bharath application for BEES Consulting.
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EXCITE Program:
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GCET is part of the EXCITE program that is conducted by TASK(Telangana academy for skill and Knowledge) in association with JNTUH and HYSEA (Hyderabad Software Entrepreneur Association) for the students to work on future innovative projects.
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Cyber Security Conclave:
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The Faculty from Dept of CSE are invited every year for the Cyber Security Conclave that is conducted by HYSEA (Hyderabad Software Entrepreneur Association) in association with NASSCOM.
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Linkwell Telesystems Pvt. Ltd.
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Some of the students have worked on STARS project which is a highway accident alert system (which got 1st prize during Devthon organized by CSI on the auspices of 50th anniversary celebrations). This team worked with the Technical team from Linkwell Telesystems (Vision Tek) to develop the prototype of the solution.
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In addition, FDPs for Faculty and Guest lectures/workshops for students are conducted on a regular basis with eminent experts from the industry (both for technical enrichment and career guidance).
The institution has MOUs with the industries namely,
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Tech Mahindra
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Oracle Academy
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Dark Horse IT Consulting Ltd.
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Zenopsys Technologies Ltd.
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Data 64 Cyber Solutions Ltd.
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Sitra Infotech Private Limited.
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Navanidhi Electronics Private Limited.
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Powertronics Limited.
The Industry- Institute interaction in MBA department is classified into the following categories:
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Survey and Market research
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Placements & Training
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Entrepreneuship
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Industrial visits
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Guest lectures
Mr. Srikant Goud, Research Head, IMRB has given the students, opportunity to conduct surveys and market research.
Dr. A. Sita Madhavi is a freelance educational consultant. She has been indulging in corporate training and generating leads for placement. The students have been tested for their readiness through interviews conducted by Mr. Nirmal, Head Human Resource, DCB bank. Mr. V.N Arvind Kumar, Consultant & Sr. Research analyst at IT firms like Factcet and Brigade has actively involved himself in training the students to face interviews specifically in finance specialization. Mr. Santhosh Reddy, Consultant at BSE trained the students on “On Line Trading with BSE/NSE”. Mr. K. Suresh, Co founder Smart steps trained students on soft skills.
Regular talks are organized by the department to encourage start ups and entrepreneurs. Budding entrepreneurs like Kashyap Kompella and Dr. Harsha, Co founders, Valmore, shared their experiences.
Mr. Kashyap Kompella, Entrepreneurship Innovation Consultant, gave a guest lecture in “Entrepreneurship opportunities and Start Up culture”. Amateur entrepreneurs of current 2nd year were given first hand exposure to product designing, manufacturing and marketing. Ms. Harika (student) developed her own hobby into multi level marketing strategy. Students were able to showcase their business acumen.
To educate the faculty on the importance of Data analytics, Prof. Dr. M Appalaiah conducted a
workshop in SPSS Work Shop in 2014. This improved their capability and expanded their skill in data analysis.
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What is the mode of publicizing the expertise of the College for consultancy services? Mention the departments from whom consultancy was sought.
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By updating the profile of the expert faculty members in the college web page (along with specialization / research activity)
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By encouraging expert faculty to deliver lectures in various conferences / symposia / workshops
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By deputing the expert members to known industries for interactions so that an industrial tie-up could be formed leading to consultancy activity.
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How does the College encourage the faculty to utilize the expertise for consultancy services?
Offering monetary benefits to faculty involved in consultancy as per the college policy.
Providing all the necessary support to faculty to make field and industrial visits and meet the consultancy demands.
Faculty members are permitted to utilize the infrastructure and lab facility to perform the laboratory tests and utilize the software for solving and analyzing their consultancy projects.
List the broad areas of consultancy services provided by the College and the revenue generated during the last four years.
Dr RS Raju Professor of ECE and Dean, R&D is rendering consultancy services to M/s VEM Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad for making a specific microwave component for defense purpose.
In addition the college has been providing infrastructural facilities to M/s TCS for conduct of various competitive examinations.
The Revenue Generated through TCS in the last Four years is:
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Rs. 5,32,985/- - for the academic year 2016-17.(as on 8th Jan 2017)
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Rs 12,14,152/- for the academic year 2015-16.
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Rs. 8,65,745/- for the academic year 2014-15.
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Rs. 9,30,004/- for the academic year 2013-14.