Prof. Ravi Bollina, Alumnus of IIT Bombay, Ph.D - Pennsylvania State University (PSU), School of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering, MEC and holder of 2 patents, takes the Engineering aspirants and their parents through options available.
At a well attended event, Mahindra École Centrale (MEC) College of Engineering, an Indo-French Technology School, based at Hyderabad, today organized a seminar in the capital on “Careers in Engineering Today”. Focusing on the “Rise of the new Engineer”, Prof. Ravi Bollina, of the School of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering at Mahindra École Centrale, showcased the need for an international quality technology education, that assures career progression for engineering aspirants. Highlighting the key aspects of education at MEC, he said that the focus is on multi-disciplinary knowledge, personality development, and critical-creative thinking.
Mahindra Ecole Centrale College of Engineering, an Indo-French Technology School, based at Hyderabad, is a firm proponent of Industry Ready Engineer. At MEC, the Vision is to train engineers, both men and women, to be entrepreneurial and innovative as well as technically trained, so that they are capable of meeting the greatest challenges of their era, globally.
Prof. Bollina focused on how the future of engineering is not simply in analysis, the future is in synthesis. The engineers of today have to be creative. A simple mathematical or physics input required analysis will not be the “ be-all and end-all" and now that the sector is moving away from pure mechanics, more and more rounded engineers are required. "At MEC, they are called the “New Engineers” — those who are equipped with not just analytical skills but those who also know how to look at a problem holistically and come up with creative workable solutions”, he added.
At MEC, the focus is on a unique pedagogical model, which is a blend of Fundamental Sciences, Engineering Science & Social and Human Sciences. At MEC, the emphasis is on a 360-degree education. And to this effect, the pedagogy is different. MEC uses an interdisciplinary model of education that trains three dimensional engineers: high level scientific and technical generalists, experts in initiating and piloting innovative projects and well-rounded experts with a strong international culture. The curriculum incorporates the latest in engineering based on global needs and has a strong “soft-skills” development focus. MEC’s ambition is to develop engineering graduates into leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators.
The aspirants and their parents were taken through a comprehensive module that showcased the MEC differentiation and how the MEC students are more equipped to handle the needs of the future. MEC focuses on an integrated curriculum that ensures that the student is privy to the best practices, learns through “doing” and has the best of the industry to mentor him. In addition, the focus is on opening up or broadening their horizons by ensuring that they learn before they enter the classroom. The education delivery is more interaction-oriented and less discourse- oriented.
MEC shared that it has a total of 240 seats available in its B.Tech Programme - 60 each for the four courses offered - in Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering. Those students who have a 10+2 or equivalent from any statutory board with 60 percent aggregate marks in all subjects or equivalent grade for the students from IB or other approved Board are eligible to apply for the seats. The admissions will be granted on the basis of either JEE (Qualify in JEE Main examination: eligible to write the JEE Advanced 2015 exam or rank up to 1,50,000) or SAT scores (minimum 1800 in subjects which should include Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry).
The Application Form for admission will be available online from mid December 2016 at www.mahindraecolecentrale.edu.in
