Karnavati University

Dr Raju Shanmugam is the Dean, United world School of Computational Intelligence of Karnavati University. He holds a PhD in the Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering with specialization in Computer Engineering. His research interests include Software Reliability Engineering (SRE) – Software Quality Assurance (SQA), Software Testing and AI, Machine Learning, Data Science and Analytics.

What are the key factors that keep you connected with the education sector?

“Creating responsible citizens and hence the society”

Education is fundamental to development and growth. It is the only profession which paves way for all other professionals. Education shapes the youth’s national identity. A country is said to be rich in health and wealth if and only if its literacy rate is high. Thus I wanted to be a part of something that is noble where I get to contribute to the nation’s development.

What is your philosophy of leadership? How would you describe your leadership style?

“I believe constant change is the only pathway forward”

My philosophy of leadership is a combination of democratic and transformational leadership philosophy. I believe everyone should participate in the process. I intend to share responsibility with my team. I will respect my team, listen to their ideas and inspire them when needed. I will behave with empathy, thoughtfulness and kindness. I intend to motivate my team through goal-setting and overcoming challenges. I provide guidance and inspiration to improve the team's performance constantly. 

How do you strategize about the key programs and plans for the marketing and administration of your school?

“Fulfilling our commitments towards the students”

Our school is planning to offer programmes on emerging technologies like data science, AI, robotics, cryptography, etc. Our Management has a well planned digital marketing strategy and marketing team. They are responsible for conducting brand surveys, building school brands, co-branding, communicating through content, organizing events and so on. Segmented marketing and delivering our promises make up our key plans. 

In your experience, what can an inbound student gain from studying here at your university?

“Technology-enabled collaborative and active learning methodology”

Our Curriculum has been designed in such a way that the ‘skills gap’ between industry requirements and what our curriculum taught is always minimal. The curriculum and syllabus are benchmarked with world-ranked institutions. The industry defined curriculum, a non-discriminative approach, and an assured educational and career growth attracts students from all parts of the world. Our education system is a hub of innovation, creativity and leadership. We provide a variety of courses with an emphasis on research. 

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How does the curriculum of Karnavati University ensure the best practice of industry?

“Taking suggestions from professionals to design the best-suited curriculum”

In order to truly understand and identify the most critical needs of an industry that potential employees must possess, institutions of higher education must partner with key constituents to verify the skills that are needed and lacking. Industry and academic representatives participate in Board of Studies meetings conducted by academic institutions. They thoroughly scrutinize the professional Core and elective courses. Wherever up-gradation is required to meet the current industry requirements, they suitably suggest and that is implemented in the curriculum after getting the approval from BoS/Governing Council. Our USCIs BoS consists of Senior Members of HCL, TCS, Wipro and Other industries. Senior Faculty Members from IIT Delhi and IIT Indore are part of our curriculum design process.

Any insights into how your university could be more welcoming to students of different races or economic backgrounds?

“A diverse skills base allows our university to offer a broader and more adaptable range of courses and facilities”

Our university always welcomes students of different races and or different economic backgrounds. This encourages diversity of thoughts, which in turn breed creativity, drive innovation, helping students to solve problems. A multicultural campus can provide an important edge when expanding with new initiatives. Diversity creates greater opportunities for personal and professional growth. 

What do you think your roles and responsibilities to the University and the students are?

“Determination and optimum use of the required resources”

The first and most important responsibilities include:

  • Creating a stress-free learning atmosphere
  • Forming norms and regulations of statutory councils, approvals etc
  • Designing the best curriculum and syllabus

What do you think should be the University’s top priority over the next 10 years?

“Continuous review and improvement in the effectiveness of our universal assessment of learning outcomes”

The university considers the following as its priority over the coming years:

  • Providing an excellent academic curriculum based on the needs of students and future employers
  • Recruiting and retaining excellent faculty
  • Facilitate effective faculty governance 
  • Meet or exceed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) defined by the University 
  • Increase student enrolment by maintaining the quality of degrees/programs at a reasonable cost.

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When you first came to Karnavati University, what was your vision for the university? Has it evolved, and how far along in implementing that vision are you?

“Provide my students with the best learning experience and facilities”

My vision is to create a world-class school of computational intelligence which will offer cutting edge and emerging technology programmes and make the school globally known. Moving towards this vision, we have achieved the following 

  • Establishment of the high-level industry-academia advisory team 
  • Have academic collaboration with Oracle University, Red Hat Academy and UiPath RPA
  • Setting up of Robotics Lab is in progress
  • Signing of MoU with Japanese MNC – Yaskawa India Ltd. is in progress

How do you tend to establish a healthy relation and environment in your institute/ university?

“Being a mentor for the students even outside the classroom”

To establish a healthy relation and environment in our university, all the stakeholders, particularly every teacher, shall try to have a triangular relationship between students, institution and industries by creating a secure and safe atmosphere for students, teaching with enthusiasm and passion, displaying a positive attitude.