Mr. C. Hariharasudhan has been working as the Professor and Head of Civil Engineering Department at Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has done B. Tech in Biotechnology and ME in Environmental Engineering and Management as part of his academics and holds an amazing 10 years of teaching experience.

Chennai Institute of Technology Chennai

What are your roles and responsibilities for the University and students?

"It is to address students and faculty queries, resolve them on time and monitor college activities"

Being a Professor and Department Head, I am responsible for taking good care of students' academic and non-academic needs, issues and queries. Along with this, guiding and assisting my faculty members whenever they need my help, fulfilling students requirements so that they can study and explore things in a cordial and calm environment of college, supervising departmental activities and attending daily meetings are some other tasks I need to complete as part of my responsibilities. 

Which latest program are you offering in your institute to help students stand apart from the crowd?

"We are offering Bachelor of Engineering course in various disciplines to students"

There are a wide variety of Engineering branches in our college under Bachelor of Engineering course which we are offering to our students and those branches include Computer Science and Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Mechatronics etc. And courses on latest technologies are delivered as far as the CSE branch is concerned, ranging from Computer Science, Information Technology, Cyber Security, Computer Science and Business Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science. 

How did your faculty deliver these Engineering programs to the students?

"Before delivering lectures, they prepare detailed and customized learning programs for them"

Our college conducts an orientation session before starting any academic activity to deliver a clear message to all the faculty about the prerequisites and skills they need to gather before taking classes to teach students. For example, if one subject is allotted to a faculty, they have to prepare a thorough teaching and lesson plans in advance before attending classes. After this, based on individual student academic needs, they further draft the customized learning methodologies for them and teach them in the best possible way. 

On what types of projects your students are currently working on under these courses?

"Our Civil Engineering students are working on water management projects"

The kind of projects students work on in seventh semester depends completely on their core branches. And students of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics usually work on a design project in their seventh and eighth semesters. And if I talk about my own Department, then our students usually work on projects related to concrete, water and wastewater management along with projects on Transportation Engineering. 

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What benefits can students gain from studying here in your college?

"They will get best education, training, industrial exposure and research opportunities here"

Our college offers industry specific, employment oriented aptitude and communication training programs to students along with domain specific training. Along with this, they are trained on the latest emerging technologies and tools which are in high demand outside the competitive world. And since we have collaborated with reputed industries, our students get tremendous opportunities to work on real time industrial projects where they can effectively use their existing skills and build new ones. We have also established a wide variety of Centers of Excellence to help our students gain real time knowledge and participate in competitions conducted by the State and Central Government. 

What do you see as your college’s greatest strengths?

"Our management team, faculties, students and Chairman sir are our greatest strength"

I firmly believe that all the people who are working for us and working with us, including our hardworking students, highly qualified and extensively experienced faculty members, our management and our college Chairman are the biggest source of our institute strength. All of them are equally committed and dedicated towards their work and goals and they are the reason behind our Chennai College being one of the best institutes of Tamil Nadu. Our management team has an amazing industrial background, which ultimately helps us in establishing good relationships with the esteemed organization for the benefit of our students.

Kindly brief us about your qualifications and achievements?

"My journey of being an educator so far is amazing and I am learning something new everyday"

I started my career as a junior level Lecturer and got a lot of practical exposure by working with different kinds of people and institutions. But during the initial two years of my academic career, I faced many challenges from handling the students to not knowing how to motivate them and ensure their good performance in exams. And if I talk about the Chennai Institute of Technology, I have been working here for the past 10 years and this institute has given me the best educational and industrial exposure till date so that I can deliver the best to my students. Along with this, I am working on multiple types of research projects and assignments here and college assists us as and when required. 

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What suggestions would you like to give to the current youth and aspiring students?

"Keep your fundamentals strong and work on enhancing your communication skills"

My advice for my dear students and youths of our society would be to stick to their fundamentals, no matter whether they will be pursuing courses in the future in the discipline of Engineering, Arts or Medicine. Also, upgrade your technical as well as communication skills and always keep a positive learning attitude. Never afraid to ask questions and live your life to the fullest.