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Stunning reply of Engineering Faculty: What I am doing (Any methodology adapting for Teaching and learning environment) it doesn't have any relation with employ-ability of student. My wish was to work with industry, but I am unable to get any other job, so I have joined teaching profession.Yesterday, I attended lecture of senior most professor (more than 22 Yrs of experience) from Tier 3 engineering college. Recently Placements were lowered in that college. It is my habit to listen carefully (If anyone talking about any important topic about education). Guest faculty has delivered excellent lecture and presented methodology to so and so. The audience were engineering faculty... After the lecture, I asked one question, Sir if we follow all these methods and we will monitor it strictly. Will it helps to increases employ-ability of students?? Will it help them to get job??Faculty replay: What I am doing it doesn't have any relation with employability of students. My wish was to work with industry, but I am unable to get the job so, I am here to teach the engineering students.I was external examiner for second year students (Tier 3 College where external admissions allowed.. just you have to pay the fees rest is the responsibility of college).Me: Tell me what is unit of velocity? ? Students: Long Silence !!!Once a bright students from Tier 3 entered in my cabin. I know him from childhood, He normally top ranker in exam in college as well as in university and overall very good in extracurricular activities. Unfortunatelyhe unable to clear JEE due to illness then he enrolled in Tier 3 college. Even being bright student he struggled very badly to get job for the sake of bread and butter. I inquired him about future plans. He suddenly replied I don't have any faith or trust in engineering anymore.Recently I was going through the book by Shail Kumar. “Building Golden India: How to unleash India’s vast potential and transform its higher education system. Excellent book on higher education in India. After that I have decided to write this answer. I have 4–5 Year experience in teaching tier 3 engineering colleges also visited many private engineering colleges for oral and practical exams. Apart from this, I visited most of older IIT and NIT for attending various STTP and research work. I have very good interaction with few Professor currently working in top foreign university. I am actively involving in consultancy services to startup and Working on my own startup. Again, I have counselled and helped 20000+ Students for selecting engineering college and branch.Education scenario in Top foreign UniversityExcellence in higher education institutions is created and sustained by outstanding faculty members and university leaders who deeply care about their field, research, making an impact and student learning outcomes."It is prestigious and honor to be faculty member [at UC Berkely]""Composition and quality of the faculty is the single most important determinant of the character and prestige of the university"“All of these schools [two-thirds of the best US universities] correctly assume that the quality of the faculty is the most important factor in maintaining their reputation and position,” wrote Henry Rosovsky"Prepare, attract, and retain the best and brightest minds as faculty members".Most of Foreign University believes in Terman model of faculty recruitment (Terman is “academic architect of silicon valley”, “Father of Silicon Valley” Terman was former provost and faculty member at Stanford University).Terman Faculty recruitment Model (He termed faculty recruitment is most critical).Appointment of lower rank faculty must be guarded just as carefully as higher position. Institute must more attractive for dedicated, exceptional and deserving faculty member, Terman helped faculties to increase in salary, raised fund for fellowship, endowment and research Facilities· Building steeples of excellence in targeted areas by recruiting outstanding faculty members.· Having close link to industry and government· Promoting the talent of faculty members and students· Providing the best research and teaching facilities· Actively involving alumni and benefactors· Having large numbers of outstanding students· Enabling entrepreneurial corporate, and academicsCompany founded by Stanford Faculty/Students/AlumniGoogle: Sergey Brin & Larry Page, Whatsapp: Brian Acton, Tesla Motors, Hewlett-Packard, LinkedIn, Nike, eBay, NVIDIA, Snapchat: Evan Spiegel & Bobby Murphy, Instagram: Mike Krieger & Kevin Systrom, Kiva, Yahoo, Thernos, Trader Joes, VM ware, Zillow, Intuit, IDEO, Odwalla, Sun Microsystems, Dolby Labs, Clinkle: Lucas Duplan Electronics Arts, GAP, Cisco Systems, Charles Schwab and Company, Varian etcStanford entrepreneurs (faculty and alumni) have started 39,900 companies, which in turn have created 5.4 million jobs and generated the US $2.7 trillion in annual revenues.In Indian Education Scenario in most Colleges.Great nations, states, and cities are powered by a world-class higher education system. The United States has 135 universities in the Top 500 of global rankings, China has 45, South Korea: 12, California: 12, Silicon Valley: 3 and Singapore: 2. in the same rankings India has just one university in the Top 500 (Refer ARWU ranking). India won’t have single university like Stanford University. There is acute shortage of qualified faculty members and academics who can lead higher education institutionsGautam Thapar, Founder and Chairman of the Avantha Group deeply Knowledgeable about higher education and its impact of students, the school system, and industry. He is also the president of Thapar University and is on the board of Governors of Doon School. He shared experience. “Recently he was on the search committee to select a director of a prominent higher education institute. They wanted an academic who had also published extensively. They reviewed over one hundred applications and found only two had any meaningful research paper and citations to there credit. Many of the applicant had lebeled their conferences talk as published papers, Thapar was disappointed by the tiny pool of qualified candidate but not surprised He mentioned “Teaching has lost its attraction- now the bottom 3 to 4% Join faculty. People are [also] coming out of the system that is missing an ingredient [Research] so we cannot expect something when they reach the top”Most of engineering graduate passing from university affiliated colleges. The affiliating colleges confer degrees on behalf of university. By mandate, the affiliated colleges do not conduct research. Thus, most of the students in India get first degree in institutions that conduct no research. This has created two serious issues:" 1: With no research the curriculum become stagnant and is not benefiting from the innovation that research enables.2: With no research expectations, many of the college faculty members are holders of only bachelor's degreeAmong faculties "[There is] a strangely divided notion that teaching and research are different" Even though some faculties are involved in research for sake of post and promotion, students are not getting any benefit from it interestingly research becomes personal work.If any institutions conduct research, a segment of faculty believes that they could either each or conduct research but not both"Some faculties believes "I teach or not, it does not matter"“The higher education system at the state level has become deeply politicized, the governance structure is in shambles; academics is the lowest priority; and domicile, caste, state and political affiliations play a significant role in appointments of faculty members"Mechanism to identify fake PhD faculty and genuine PhD holder is completely missing in private engineering colleges you can easily 90% PhD holder won't have quality research or publication. Interestingly Fake academician holding the decision making post." Faculties are pursuing PhD by publishing research work in fake/paid journal for the sake of post, promotion and salary even if some faculty are carrying good research but unaware about where to publish the work. Most of them have acquired promotion and holding decision making position such as Director, Deans, Head. Similarly New/lower faculty member following the senior faculty member for the sake of salary and promotion" (Recently world most reputed journal Nature published article on Fake PhD thesis and research paper. India is number one in the world in terms of fake PhD report)Now a days Center Government institution (IIT/NIT) revised recruitment and promotion schemes. Paper published in SCI (Thomson Reutor) and Scopus are allowed for promotion. In Private engineering colleges promotion are still depends on years of experience.Most of senior faculty opted teaching as last career option and most of them even can’t stand in the class and speak for 5 minute. Unfortunately these peoples are holding most important decision making portfolio and positions.Normally Decision making positions and portfolio are on rotation basis, However tier 3 colleges Tenure of (Principal/Dean's/HoD) is not fixed they can hold position as much long as their wish. People have strong love for chairs and positions. This created like master and slave structure among faculties. Most of the time decision making authorities make misuse posts and positions. This created vacuum in fresh leadership among College.Students skip classes because they can learn more efficiently on their own. Teachers skip classes to avoid student’s questions. When they teach, they read from their dated notes and administer strict disciplinary codes to ensure no one ask question. Rote teaching and learning are fostered.There is no project or challenging assignment that integrate the various the various topics, subjects, or fields. There is no group or collaborative project or ones that focus on solving real-world problems. The exam questions are repeated year, which students prepare for and pass. Instead going through textbooks and reference book they use local books and paper solution for passing in exams. Termwork files and assignment are just copy paste from outdated file without conducting the actual experiment. Even some teachers are unable to stand in class deliver lecture for 10 minutes. This become win win situation for teachers and students. Teachers can claim that they are teaching and that their students are learning. Students pass the exam and get their degree without much effort.“(We) studied to score (Marks) as opposed to studied to learn”Hardly any students knows about importance of internship. Even though anyone wish to join the internship University exams and colleges won't allow them to join the internship due to so called busy routine and schedule.Most of students purchase seminar report and projects. Number of readymade project selling companies are interestingly increasing day by day.Institute library consist exam guides rather than original text and reference books.“There were only few great faculty members, Industry lures the best of them, and only a handful are ready to sacrifice those perks"We have senior faculty members (Director, Deans and heads) who keep departmental library books and other resources locked under supervision they did not want their junior faculty members to use resources lest they get better than him. They also intestinally recruit and retain below average faculty. Most of the faculties are temporary or adhoc basic. There is no surety that they will be paid or not paid. Actual salary is different what is on salary slip.Many College allow external students and allow them to copy in exam for improvement in result.Faculty recruitment norms are different is different engineering colleges. In last 5 to 7 years there was sudden rise in number of engineering colleges and to cope up with demand tier 3 (University affiliated) colleges started PG courses ignoring the quality of education most of copied some thesis for the sake of degree no one is there to guide them. Most horrible situation is even some colleges started the PhD Research Center (PhD) where no one capable to guide students.As per AICTE norms PG degree is enough to become faculty. College management employed the faculty at lowest possible salary.There are various regulatory boards like AICTE, MHRD, NBA, NAAC, LIC and Ranking framework NIRF however now one care about faculty pay and promotion in private college. There are few good private colleges, however the number is very low as per requirement.IIT, NIT, IIIT and other centrally funded institute have few quality faculty members. Faculty salary structure is little good.Placement at these institutes is very good because admission cutoff to get admission in these institutions is very high and there is no management quota admission. Industry offer them good package because of quality and intelligence of students. They are best brain in the country.Students are not connected with faculty, faculties are disconnected with research and industry. Even many faculties mock or hate the faculty who is involved in research or innovation kind of things. There is poor or no support from higher authorities for research or innovation kind of activities.Instead of focusing on academic and research, Most of the time faculties are involved with unnecessary clerical work. Faculties won't have time to teach, guide the students. Hardly any faculties care about students internship, seminars and projects.Most of Management don't care about faculty and faculties are stressed, they could not feed their family and maintain themselves. They have other option to involving in some another work. Ultimately faculties will not care about about academics and students.Most of management think engineering colleges are the most easy way t earn money ignoring quality of education.Quality people (Faculties) start looking for alternative job, most of talented faculties already escaped or escaping from this profession.More than 90% engineering graduate are passing from Tier 3 Engineering institute where quality of education is very poor.The main problem is India is most of engineering faculties don't aware about quality education, unfortunately even they don't want to know. Most of faculties care about salary and pay but never ready to upgrade. Most of them won’t have any idea what is happening in Industry.Most of the faculties consider teaching as “Job” not career.Most important neither engineering students learn to think nor faculty have time to think!!At the end you will see number of engineer graduate having “Degree without jobs” This is become a very serious issue as they are spoiling the career of lacs youth.However some bright spot in IndiaDeepak Pathak is a professor of CSE at IIT Bombay. He recalled his days as undergraduate students at SGSITS Indore. He told me that for the first exam he diligently studied all the topics. Then he realized that he could cover just six of the ten topics and still do well. Shortly thereafter, He realized that exam questions were being repeated from previous years and he could just review past exam papers. Fortunately for IIT students and the industry, he did not take his SGSITS experience forward. Phatak takes special pride in setting question papers that are never repeated. He is PI of MOOC initiative in India. He is a passionate and self-driven person, and his eyes light up as he shares the impact that the MOOCs and Teachers training initiatives are making. He is also architect behind the Akaash project for building low-cost tablets. Pathak is one of the exceptionable faculty members in India. Deepak Phatak at IIT Bombay highlights the value of exceptional faculty members. They are educating students, conducting research, establishing meaningful Industry-government-university collaborations offers consultancy services to Industry, fueling startup to create entrepreneurs and having an impact in local communities and around the country. People like Phataks unfortunately, are currently few and far between. Fortunately students can learn a various MOOC platform on Internet like Coursera, Udacity India, edX, , SWAYAM, NPTEL, Unacademy, Udemy, and from Google, Quora, YouTube BYJU'S app , Toppr.com etc as there is huge shortage of good faculty.Recently, Union cabinet had approved the Seventh Pay Commission package for teachers of central higher education institutes - universities, colleges, IITs, IIMs, NITs, IISERs and IIITs - raising the overall package in the range of 22 to 28 per cent which faculty job attractive.Some Popular startup by IIT Delhi Students/Facuties/AlumniFlipkartSnapdealQuikrZomatoRenew PowerPolicy BazaarShopcluesApp DynamicsNutanixDelhiveryRivigoSome Popular startup by IIT Bombay Students/Faculties/AlumniOla Cabs- Bhavish Aggarwal, http://Housing.com Rahul yadav and other 12 students IIT Bombay,Toppr: Learning app for classes 5th to 12th Zishaan Hayath and Hemanth Goteti,Fabfurnish: Vikram Chopra , http://Inkfruit.com : Kashyap Dalal, Travel Triangle Sanchit Garg, one of the co-founders is a IIT Bombay alumni, Bewakoof.com: Prabhkiran Singh and Siddharth MunotThe online shopping platform for casual-wear was co-founded by . They both were from IIT Bombay 2007-11 B.Tech batch.Most of points are my personal experience, observations and some are composed from the book “Building Golden India: How to unleash India’s vast potential and transform its higher education system by Shailendra Kumar” Excellent book on Higher education in India. He was former administrator at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego. Shail received his MBA from Indiana University, Bloomington and B.Tech. (Hons.) from IIT Kharagpur.This is applicable to all courses BA, BSc, B Pharm, BBA, BCA, Bcom, and MBBS, BAMS etc.

I think I can answer this question to some extent. I can’t compare with other states exactly as I am unaware how things work in other states. But can try explaining things working in Kerala Jails.My experience with jail comes from 3 main accounts.In my current profile, our firm is working with various NGOs in financing and technical guidance. A few NGOs registered with us, are into training and supporting prisoners as well as their families. We are constantly evaluating and auditing various reports and presentations they make.One of my relatives worked in Viyur Central Jail as Chief Welfare officer before he retired 2 years back. So I understand a lot of conditions prevailing in jails of Kerala.Personally visited 2 Jail facilities recently to evaluate and study the impact and effectiveness of various training programs provided NGOs supported by us.Like across India, Kerala has a 3 tier Jail systemSubjail/Special Sub Jails:- Mainly to house under-trials/unconvicted prisoners during their remand period either for their personal safety or for smooth conduct of investigation etc. Special Subjails were constituted to house undertrials whose remand period has extended beyond the mandatory 90 days period as well as those convicted for petty crimes whose sentences are less than 90 days/3 months.District Jail: Primary purpose of District jail is to house convicted criminals whose sentences are less than 6 months. Under-trials of sensational cases and those classified as sensitive are moved to this prison. These jails are located in District HQ of each districtCentral Jail: To house all regular convicted prisoners. Under-trials of political cases, key sensational cases like those related to terrorism or similar, those who are classified into highly sensitive as well as under-trial prisoners related to white-collars whose cases are pending in specialized economic courts etc are kept here. There are 3 main jails- Trivandrum, Thrissur, and Kannur.Then there are Open-Jails to house prisoners who are towards the last phase of their sentence and those who have the good track record so as to help them to rehabilitate faster with society.Traditionally, Kerala Jails faced almost all similar issues as like jails elsewhere in India. In 2010, then the ruling LDF Government overhauled the prison system completely. The thrust of these prison reforms was more focused for Central/District jails, hence I will be focused these two sectors with a clear admission that there are much more issues still prevailing for remand prisoners living in Subjails/special sub-jails.One key change which happened was altering the identity of officials working in Prison. Previously they were called Wardens and expected to be like whip-masters in circus camps. The older job concept for wardens was to tame and punish prisoners. This has been changed the job identity itself changed to a correctional officer. As correctional officers, their job concept is now focused on helping prisoners to overcome their habits and assisting in rehabilitation. This is much strongly felt in the attitude of much of younger generation officers appointed and many of senior officials are constantly trained to get into the new thought process.Bldgs/facilityMuch of Central jails and district jails operate in the traditional facility built in Monarchy/British era. Due to which, jail facility as such isn’t comparable to any modern facility and much of the cells are dark, dungeon kind with a dingy atmosphere. However many jails have newer blocks which are designed as spacious, well ventilated etc. One key change is replacing walls with bars in the front side, so as to allow maximum ventilation and exposure to outside.Kerala’s first disabled-friendly jail opened in PalakkadMost of newer Prison bldgs built post-2014 are designed as Disabled friendly with ramp facilities as well as tactile tiles for blind and specially designed toilets etc.One notable change is the introduction of fans in all Jail cells in Central/District jails which previously wasn’t allowed. So as all the 3 central jails now have produces 1/3rd of their total energy requirements from Solar power. Due to the installation of solar panels, prisoners also now able to access hot water from solar heaters in bathrooms.Dressing/groomingJail uniform for men- Pic taken during a personality development class in Trivandrum JailUniforms are still the same as it used to be in olden days. Male prisoners get a pair of white mundu, shirt, and undergarments while females get similar mundu, long blouse with undergarments. All of them gets a towel, a bedsheet, a blanket etc.Hygiene is strictly followed by the compulsory washing of clothes on a daily basis. Prisoners get a soap bar, a brush, a paste gel (normally one per cell depending upon numbers), hair oil and a comb. Women prisoners do get sanitary napkins (which is sponsored by HLL Lifecare). In Trivandrum, they have a vending machine for napkins (not sure about other places).For men to shave, there are designated inmates as barbers who do shave for others. Though the rule limits shaving once in a week, it's mostly a daily or once in two-day matter. Men can’t grow their beards unless approved by Jail authorities, mostly limited on religious/medical grounds.Many older concepts of shaving head/moustache upon admission etc were removed though long hair won’t be permitted. A monthly haircut is mandatory for all male prisoners. No haircuts as such for women.FoodA typical jail food served to inmatesOne key area improved is Food. The much dreaded Godamunda (Steamed Wheat Dough Balls which is extremely bland) is completely removed.Much of Jail food has been standardized and redeveloped to much nutritious and balanced meal. The focus is much on diversity and proper meals. Infact much of the food on Jail menu has attracted eyebrows of people outside citing inmates gets more food options than in many smaller restaurants outside. Of course, the food may not be tasty, but there are better ways to ensure that each prisoner gets the minimum quantity of nutrition. Various NGOs bodies and human rights organization often conduct random checks and quality assessment to ensure the food served has requisite nutrition as proposed in the manual. Much reports indicated, there is an extremely low rate of corruption when comes to food handling by prison authorities in Kerala when compared to other states.The following is the official regular menu for 3 Central Jails of KeralaApart from normal days foods, Chicken Biriyani (with boiled eggs) is served during major Non-Hindu festivities like Eid, Christmas, Easter etc while a full Kerala Sadya being offered for Onam, Vishu etc. The menu is near similar for District jails and slightly lesser in items for Subjails.Prisoners with special needs or medical issues have their own independent menu. There are a full-time dietitian and nutritionist appointed in Central Jails and part-time dietitians in District jails.Chapati-mutton curry, rice-aviyal & theeyal: Kerala’s jail inmates relish healthy foodOne interesting part is that Kerala spends the highest amount for food for the prisoner on per capita basis, in India. The state spends Rs 120 per day per prisoner for the food while Delhi spends only Rs 31.31 per day per prisoner or Maharashtra spends only Rs 32 per day per prisoner.Due to this factor, prisoners often gain weight in Kerala jails, something unusual in other jails in IndiaConvicted criminal Govindaswamy in the sensational Soumaya Murder case. Left pic when he was arrested and right pic when he was brought to court after 4 years in prison. Often this pic is used by many to criticize the Jail department for its concept of well-feeding all its convicts.SportsThe debut of Kerala Jail Cricket team against visiting team of Sri Lanka Prisons Department’s official teamAll 3 Central Jails in Kerala have football court apart from an open field to play cricket. Every block features a volleyball court or badminton facility as Sundays afternoons are regularly used to practice volleyball within the blockRecently a Jail Cricket team was formed with professional training and support from Kerala Cricket Association. The team made its debut recently when they played against Sri Lanka Prison Officers team in Trivandrum.LibraryKerala has a huge thrust on library movement across the state. The same thrust is seen in Prisons too. Trivandrum Central Jail’s library is one of the oldest in the state, started in 1900s with more than 1000 reference books and nearly 5K books on various topics. Apart from its own collection, Trivandrum Jail has a tie-up with State Central Public Library to arrange books on a rental when prisoners make a request.Both other prisons, Kannur and Thrissur have huge libraries. Most of the libraries in the state do donate older copies of their books to jails, once they get newer versions. In addition, organizations are involved in donating books, which includes popular literary organizations like Manorama, DC Books etc. Many district jails have a tie-up with local libraries for books on the rental scheme.Last year, Trivandrum jail rolled out an E-library scheme where prisoners can read books in digital format through Amazon Kindle readers so as they have access to nearly 15,000 works. This service will be extended to all central jails and district jails of Kerala.E-library for inmates at Kerala jailPrisoners also can learn and earn degrees/post graduation in social/business areas through distant education program of IGNOU. Occasionally IGNOU faculty also conduct Sunday classes for prisoners of Central jails in helping to clear doubts and prepare for examinations. There is a special short term parole called Study Leave for those who enrolled for higher education to attend examinations or pre-exam training programs etc (subjected to track record of the prisoner).Inauguration of Mandatory literacy training program.There is a mandatory literacy and primary class training (upto 9th standard) for all prisoners who haven’t passed matriculation which is compulsory. The declared goal of Government is 100% literacy in Kerala Jails.Fine Arts TrainingMany jails are also into training prisoners into fine arts, thus to make them more creative in nature. The Jail department has its own prisoner music bands as well as a traditional Chenda (Drum school) training several prisoners into professional Chenda experts.Chenda classes in Thrissur JailJail Music bands performing its concert in TrivandrumShort film made by prisoners as part of Film Training course provided to them.Personality development courseYoga training for PrisonersEvery district Jail and central jails in Kerala have mandatory annual personality development workshop. In addition, almost all jails have mandatory Yoga training.Training and rehabilitationMaybe, it's in this area, Kerala’s jails find much better and professional than many other jails across India. Kerala’s Jail Industry model, as developed since 2010, now rivals almost equal to Tihar Jail which has set an exemplary record in this field.Prior to 2010, most of the jail works are mundane in nature. It served no purpose for anyone. Since penal provisions have a concept of hard labor as envisioned in the colonial era, most of the prisoners were into unproductive labor like chipping stones or cutting wood or some light furniture parts making etc which never helped both prisoners or prison.By 2010, many such jobs came to an end. A proper modern prison industry model was put forward by then the DG-Prisons Alexander Jacob.The first venture was into food production. Since prison labour was cheap, he proposed developing ready-to-eat food products that can be sold public at competitive rates. A wide range of products like cooked chappatis/rotis, egg curries, chicken curry etc was sold at rock bottom prices which fuelled interest of the public in a big way. A Single roti/chappati costs only Rs 2 (while in hotels, it cost Rs 5–10), while an egg/vegetable curry priced at Rs 20, while Chicken /Mutton curry for Rs 50 or Kebabs/chilly Chicken/biryanis etc for Rs 80. These all are sold in kiosks established in front of Jail gates operated by Prison staff.Packed kits of ready-to-eat food products under the brand- Food for FreedomThis venture clicked so well across all jails, that a brand itself born out of it- Food for Freedom (FF) and people queue up in front of jails to buy food which is of high-grade quality with no use of any preservatives or harmful substances like Ajinomoto etc. The food is also used to support people in distress as during Chennai flood (where Kerala Jails dispatched approx 2 Lakh Rotis and curries to support people in camps) and during recent Kerala floods when Jail department rolled out 20,000 food packets and 50,000 bottled water per day to be air-dropped as well as distributed in various camps.Public ques in front of major jails to purchase food from Jail which is extremely popular nowadaysThe success of selling food impacted prisoners in a big way. They currently earn Rs 150 per day for a cooking+a small share of total profit (translates around 4500–5000 Rs per month) through which they can support their families. Further, this has been extended to remand prisoners in district jail, so as they don’t sit idle inside cells hatching new plans upon release.Buoyed by the success of Jail food sales, a new model has been put forward- Jail Cafe. The first cafe is now opened in Trivandrum, outside the Jail gate which is managed by prisoners instead of Prison staff. They are trained with basic Barista management course as well as other professional Self-service restaurant training. So as it helps them to fastly rehabilitate themselves with the society and adds up their professional experience to join in restaurants/hotel sector upon release. The success of Jail Cafe is now prompting Jail authorities to replicate to other jails.Jail Cafe cum restaurant in Trivandrum managed by prisoners.There is also a new concept of Freedom Parks being successfully rolled out in Thrissur prison called as Freedom park in front of the jail. The area has been redesigned as a family park with multiple options to unwind in evenings and weekends with dedicated kiosks for purchasing jail food. The aim of Jail Park is to remove negative notions about a jail and help public to easily socialize with prisoners and thus helping them to rehabilitate faster upon release in addition to a place to sell food.Jail Park in front of Thrissur Jail is a popular picnic spot for families with fountains, small kids rides, open-air restaurant etc intended to remove negative notion against Prison.Jail department has also tested a new model of off-site food kiosks at busy areas like bus stations, railway stations, government hospitals, IT Parks etc selling packed ready-to-eat food combos like Chappati-Chicken curry for Rs 30 or Beef Biriyani for Rs 60 etc as well as packed mineral water for Rs 10.The first Food Kiosk of Jail department in the busy bus station of Trivandrum Thampanoor, close to Trivandrum Central Railway StationThis model is proposed to be expanded by allowing dependants/relatives of inmates to open a kiosk under franchise model where they invest to open a kiosk that comes with an option of availing subsidized loan from Canara Bank. The project is pending for the government’s final approval and expected to roll out by end of this year.Jail department has already partnered with various agencies to become backend central kitchen for large-scale catering. During ISL Kochi matches, packed food prepared from Jails were sold in the facility. So as during Sabarimala season time, Pathanamthitta jail prepares combo pack of Chappatty-Veg curries to be sold at low rates for Ayyappa pilgrims which served an effective way to keep the prices in restaurants during pilgrim season under control.Recently Open Jails started a new scheme of renting prisoners as cooks for catering agencies as low as Rs 140 per day. These prisoners work as a part-time cook during day hours at specified caterers and thus able to gain career expertise as a professional chef at catering agency which they might continue upon release. Prison department is now proposing to use this a privilege option for prisoners with an excellent track record, so as it motivates them better as they can move of prison during day hours and work actively in society. This also will reduce the social stigmas against them in a big way.BakeryInauguration of first Jail bakery in Thrissur JailBuoyed by success of Jail food, the department has now ventured in bakery sector which is currently operational in Kannur, Thrissur Jails and Kochi district jail rolling out breads, buns, fruit buns etc. In Kannur jail, they started making cake and pastries, chips, biscuits, and sweets like homemade Chocolates, Ladoo, Halwa which are currently sold only to bakeries or large scale party orders. The scheme is planned to extend to all major jails.The food business is highly lucrative for many Kerala jails as they have achieved a monthly revenue of nearly Rs 1 Lakh in many jails and an aggregate profit of Rs 3 crore.Other Jail industryOrganic farming in Kerala JailsFarming is the second major Jail industry. Traditionally farming in jail was strictly for its own subsistence purposes. However post 2015, there is a massive pro-organic farming movement happening in Kerala society and Jail department also joined with that. Jail department has set up vegetable gardens in all its facility that produces excess than whats required for the jails. These organic vegetables are sold regularly to the public at standard market prices without any premium. Jail authorities make it a point to host Onam/Vishu Vegetable market in front of the Jail gates when the demand is higher.Kerala Prison DG R Sreelekha IPS inaugurating fish farmingAs part of diversification, recently they tried out caged fish farming with an experimental trial of freshwater pomfret farms in Subjail-Trivandrum engaging remand prisoners which proved a huge success, which is currently expanded to 4 Subjails in the state and will eventually cover all jails with remand facility. Apart from public sales, one aim is to ensure availability of fish curry meals to remand prisoners to ensure they get better nutritious food than current.And all larger jails have large-scale dairy farms with a tie-up with Milk federations to milk sales. A large-scale professional butchery is also set up inside Viyur for production of cleaned and packed meat for various restaurants in the city.FashionJail Fashion Boutique stored opened by DG Jail- R Sreelekha IPSApparel unit in Kerala JailsThe recent venture of Kerala Jail department is into the Fashion industry with its own common brand- Free Fashionista. The clothing line is into designer wear production as well as operates its own boutique store in Trivandrum. The model primarily works with prisoners being trained in fashion designing and tailoring where they produce its own designs and models, sold both online as well as through its own boutique. Currently, 5 prisons across Kerala are into fashion designing and 120 prisoners being trained with various courses related to fashion designing. They are equally helped by reputed fashion designers and students from apparel schools.A proposal for linking with a mass production textile unit for a corporate brand is underway, which may help more prisoners being professionally trained in this sector.GroomingJail beauty saloon opened for public in Kannur JailAs part of helping prisoners to gain a valuable skill, the prison department introduced a professional men’s saloon for the public in Kannur. 30 prisoners are trained as barbers and makeup professionals, providing all grooming solutions for the public. These air-conditioned saloons operate under a brand- Phoenix Freedom Expressions provides all standard packages as any other leading beauty parlours offers. And its success helped Jail department to expand to Trivandrum and openly shortly in Kochi, Thrissur, and Kollam.FurnitureFurniture making facility operating in Kozhikode Jail supported by RUBCOTraditionally Jail department had carpentry units, primarily making furniture for government offices etc. Recently they have revamped the units to include a facility for toy making (both soft and wooden/plastic) and thus pushing its own range of affordable larger toys for children. The 3 central jails are also producing smaller furniture units like dressing tables, kitchen cabinets, wooden cupboards etc which being sold via small-scale vendors and dealers. Currently, the Jail department is in discussion with RUBCO in reviving some of its unprofitable manufacturing units which were closed due to the shortage of skilled labour. As jail has enough labour force, the plan is to revive one plant of Rubco using prisoners and start production of branded furniture which RUBCO were doing previously.Petrol pumpsA radical idea is proposed and currently in the last phase to use prisoner labour to run petrol pumps in National highways. Indian Oil Corporation has plans to set up 100 petrol stations as company owned in less popular locations, but lack trained attendants who can serve the company on the long-term basis instead of the current system of contract workers. So Jail department came up with an idea of providing the low-risk prisoners who are towards the end of their sentence periods as well as in open jails to work in some of the petrol stations. A full-fledged workshop and supermarket are proposed where jail labour can be specialized in such areas. The proposal got clearance for Kerala govt and currently waiting for IOC’s Central HR Clearance.Jail SupermarketAs jail department produces a wide range of retail products like pickles, ready to eat food, frozen food, chips, bakery items etc apart from toiletries like mosquito coils, agarbattis, toilet cleaners, brushes, liquid soaps etc, a proposal to set up supermarkets near to Jail compound was made. The first Jail supermarket will be opening shortly in Kannur followed by Thrissur.Contract labourKerala Prison department has proposed to provide skilled laborers as contract workforce for various construction projects. Recently an indoor stadium in Kannur was constructed using Prison labour which was constructed for much lower value than estimated due to cheaper labour. However, the project is yet to be cleared due to the government’s apprehensions about security.Recently Kerala Jail department revived the project after Kerala floods. A new proposal was made to make better use of skilled/trained workers for road/bridges and public infrastructure development works for rebuilding much of these facilities which shall be cost-effective. It's learned, the government has a positive stance on using prison labor for such projects now considering the savings they can make.Overall Prison industry is Kerala is highly booming. Kerala ranks top in per capita prisoner output in value-added products in the country. On average, a prisoner in Kerala produces products worth for Rs 30,000. Kerala also ranks top in Best Practices in the Field of Welfare and Rehabilitation of Prison Inmates program of NCRB.Equally, Kerala is also the highest spender for prisoner welfare activities which includes quality healthcare, food, and career development.Saying so, it's not everything perfect in Jails. There are many typical problems Kerala jails equally faces as like anywhere in India. The most serious being over-crowding.Still within all that limitations, Kerala has successfully able to redefine the model to more correctional and training facility, that too spread across the state instead of limiting to one or two facilities unlike other states.Jail is definitely not a desirable place to go in. But definitely, the place shouldn’t be a living hell, rather a facility to help those who once slipped or erred in their life to prepare for their future. In that area, Kerala jails are well performing.

I am a 4 semester student in chandigarh university and here is my honest opinion about chandigarh university .let us know some of the facts about chandigarh university.CSE is not an ordinary programme. It is highly resource intensive, dynamic and difficult programme to run for the curators. You never know when some technology gets obsolete! The curators need to be equally dynamic as the industry is. It needs unflinching focus to run the programme according to industry. Very few universities have been able to recognize this dynamism and perfect the curriculum and its delivery for producing the well rounded professionals. Some of the unique features are:12 centers of excellence set up by industry majors themselves. Even the IITs and NITs are appreciating campus wide facilities in terms of IT. Online access to research journals, leading company annual reports and business dissertations with design analysis for ERP. Design and Development of software and databases for data analysis. Option to opt for industry relevant and industry delivered skills to enhance placement prospects. Student driven activities for leadership and technological developmentSoftware exhibitions on applications and research projects. Back up and support by top companies for academics and curriculum like Microsoft, IBM, Cognizant etc. All this coupled with country the biggest placement extravaganza! Over 600 top companies into campus with over 60 offering 10 lacs and above makes Chandigarh university a clear leader. All this is just a tip of the iceberg. No wonder, it has been able to attract more than 30000 students, 200 universities and over 800 top companies to campus!So, first of all lets Consider the academics partPlacements: And finally the thing that every college graduate desires for, the Job. CU provides the best placement opportunities in entire North India. CU has broken all the records in terms of the jobs offered to students. Many of the students got a lucrative job offer during the placement drive in their final year of graduation. This year highest package offered to the student was 35 Lakhs. More than 300+ companies come here to hire the talent. There must be a reason why these many companies visit CU :) All major companies like Google, Apple, Amazon and other Fortune 500 companies come for recruitment at CU. Because one gets a chance to work for the major companies, CU is a university that you can always consider going for his/her PG or UG studies which leads to job offers in their dream infrastructure is one of the biggest & best in the World. Best in Infrastructure/classroom and Labs/Library , university management system(online attendance , online marks ..etc display system), Innovative Curriculum, Live projects, Good faculty, Guest Lectures/Workshop, Training and Internship, Best method of assessments and evaluation, Inter-discipline minor ,Mentoring and Advising, Placements/Entrepreneurship, Alumni, Scholarship and 24hours Internet /Wifi.ACADEMICSCU has been ranked NAAC A+ Grade accredited university and is youngest university to achieve this honor in just the span of 7 years, while LPU still has not achieved this .CU is ranked as 1st among private university by THE OUTLOOK in the North .CU has very flexible as well as adaptable syllabus which is specially designed for the students to make them market .CU offers you to study abroad with there semester exchange programs as they have tie-ups with many privileged international universities.CU has its name in this field and we can say this proudly as CU has its name the LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS for most no. of companies visited in the campus in any academic year and holds the national honor for the same.360+ companies visit for the placements every year and most no. of students are able to grab more than one offer letters in there hands. CU helps there students by organizing special camps specifically to train students for their future placements. Department of Career Planning and Development (DCPD) is specially looking after all the training and placement process of students and ensure that they are prepared well for the future .Faculty is best in CU mostly doctorates and having the industry as well as teaching experience of approximately 7 to 8 years .They are always there for students to help in every aspect whether academics or any other. CU has its campus spread in almost 100 acres of area. Classrooms are fully equipped with all the basic facilities. Libraries have ample amount of good books for academic subjects as well as other general knowledge magazines and encyclopedias .Sports complex is also there. Parks, cafeterias, basic need shops, ATMs, Dispensary, Medical Rooms in hostels as well as in academic blocks. A good no. of hostels for both girls and boys with all basic amenities and healthy and hygienic food in the mess .EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIESCU understands the need of overall development of a student so, it gives equal importance to sports, cultural activities, fests, debates and other competitions.CU has social clubs also so a student can understand the need of society and can contribute to the society as well as the nation. NCC and NSS being such clubs. So overall Chandigarh University is best of all.Excellent placement record of 2500+ students per annum from CSE only with average package of 8 Lacs, the highest package is 31.7 Lacs and the lowest is between 5 to 6 Lacs .2. First Indian university to hold Limca Book of Records for Highest Number of Recruiting Companies in one academic year. The university allows the students to grab multiple offers, the highest number being 8 companies.1. Name of companies and number of students. India’s 1st advance information technology lab focuses on a wide array of projects in exploratory and applied research. Under this academic initiative, CU and IBM are also offering collaborated courses in cloud computing, information security, big data and business analytics .MSC CENTER OFEXCELLENCE - Computer Aided Engineering center which provides modeling and simulation solutions. The MSC Centre of Excellence lab is equipped with expertise tools, software's and systems for sustainability assessment of products, standard analysis, and sustainable manufacturing.