Mr. Ram Pratap Sinha is an associate professor of Economics at the Government College of Engineering & Leather Technology. He obtained his B. A in Economics, M.A in Economics, MBA in Finance, M.Phil in Economics, and Ph.D. in Economics from Jadavpur University. He has been an assistant professor for more than 9 years, Associate professor of Economics for more than 15 years, and Chief Editor at the International Journal of Banking and Insurance for more than 9 years. He teaches economics for more than 32 years, Ph.D. He is a supervisor in several universities. So far supervised 2 Ph.D. thesis -100 journal publications and contribution to the chapter to edited volumes-19.

GCELT

What are your roles and responsibilities towards the students?

“Providing Students with good quality in Teaching, Research, and Administrative Activities”

As a faculty of the aforementioned College, I have to devote my time to three types of activities: teaching, research, and various administrative assignments. All three types of activities undertaken by a faculty like me are meant to benefit the students of the college. Teaching-learning is a process that has a direct impact on the students. The remaining two activities indirectly influence the principal activity.

How do you tend to establish healthy relations with the students and fellow faculty?

“Providing students and Faculty with an interactive session regularly”

We try to build up a healthy relationship with the students as well as with our peers through regular communication. The process helps us in understanding the needs of our students in respect of the teaching-learning process and take corrective actions as and when required. On the other hand, peer-level interaction enables us to work as a team and the process of coordination is facilitated greatly.

How do you make the curriculum industry-oriented?

“Providing students with industrial visits to gain practical experience”

Our college offers three undergraduate programs (B.Tech.in Computer Science & Engineering, B.Tech. in Information Technology and B.Tech. in Leather Technology) and one post-graduate program (M.Tech. in Leather Technology) We are following an outcome-based education system in respect of all four courses since 2018. In this system, program education educational objectives, program outcomes, and course outcomes are set at the outset keeping in view the industry needs. This greatly facilitates the process of industry-oriented learning.

What are the best practices offered by the department to the students for skill enhancement?

“Providing students with a teaching-learning process for enhancing their skills”

We follow a multi-pronged approach with the ultimate objective of making the teaching-learning process interesting for the students and yielding long-term benefits to them. The teaching process is ICT-enabled and designed in a way to ensure a participative process of learning where students are not mute spectators but are required to take an active part. As an integral part of the process, classroom teaching is supplemented by the submission of assignments and project works, PowerPoint presentations by students. The effectiveness of the teaching-learning is assessed and validated by a process of continuous assessment and capturing student feedback on teaching-learning.

Check Government College of Engineering & Leather Technology Courses & Fees

How do you strategize the curriculum and update it regularly?

“Curriculum is updated on a regular basis for the benefit of the students”

The curriculum is divided into several modules and sought to be completed in a time-bound manner. The curriculum is revised by the University every six years. Further students are required to take up MOOCs and fulfill Mandatory Additional Requirements and the process is updated every year. Skill-enhancements training programs are organized regularly. The college has a chapter on NPTEL/SWAYAM which enables the students to take part in online learning. Along with the rest of the world, the Indian economy and industry are changing continuously and technology is becoming more complex every day.

What are your views upon the placements and higher education about the students?

“Providing students with various career-related options and assistance”

Most of the students appear for placement interviews organized by the placement cell of the college and reputed companies of the respective area take part in the process. The most promising students often opt for higher education in IITs/IIMs by appearing in the GATE and CAT exams.

What was your vision for college from starting and how are you trying to achieve the same? 

“Providing students with industry-oriented sessions”

The vision has been to make the teaching-learning process more enriching industry-relevant. We are trying to achieve this by remaining innovative and by undertaking industry-based empirical research. We impart hands-on training as much as possible as there is a substitute for learning by doing.

How does the college enhance the skills of the faculty?

“Prepare Faculty according to industry standards by organizing various sessions”

Faculties of our college regularly upgrade their skills by participating in faculty development programs and try to apply the state of the art methods for enhancing the skills of the students. Active participation of faculties in industry-oriented research (with due assistance from the students) also facilitates the sill up-gradation process. The quality of faculty and IT infrastructure are the two important pillars of our college and we need to make continuous efforts for further improvement.

Click Government College of Engineering & Leather Technology Placements

What advice would you like to the students for them to have a prosperous career ahead?

“Students should follow their heart and focus on learning new things constantly”

Try to excel in life and be ready to learn new things in life -always. Follow a path of their interest to be a success, and even if someone has chosen a different career path, then open to heart for a new learning and new experiences. We become successful not by our right choices but by our right hard work.