Collaboration

Starting in the academic year 2014, Ganpat University (GNU), and IBM (under its Career Education program) have agreed to launch Engineering programs with specialization using IBM Software. The aim is to develop sufficient industry needed skills for manpower in critical emerging technology areas such as Cloud, Mobility, Big Data & Analytics.

IBM - Career Education program is a holistic, comprehensive one with customized offerings for Engineering and Business Schools, students, and faculty members. The programs bring together the latest software content, real-world industry experiences, hands-on lab courses, current practices, and case studies for the participants to have engaged learning.

IBM and GNU have collaborated to set up an IBM Software Lab for Emerging Technologies in the campus to help students and faculty members enhance their skills in areas of Big Data & Analytics, Cloud Computing, and Mobility. The industry collaborated courses in association with IBM provide a unique platform to the students to have hands-on experience with live projects, which are mentored by industry experts. This enables students to attain industry readiness and transform themselves into highly employable trained professionals.

Key Features

1. Relevant theoretical and practical knowledge.
2. Curriculum designed and delivered by a mix of qualified and experienced instructors from Ganpat University, IBM, and the industry.
3. Hands-on sessions at IBM Software Lab for Emerging Technologies on campus equipped with current tools and software.
4. The campus has state-of-the-art infrastructure and convenient accessibility from Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.
5. Online resource management through a learning management system (LMS).
6. Access to IBM’s Learning Resources; online and in printed form.
7. Real-world projects and experiential learning.
8. Regular Industry Visit and Interaction with Industry Practitioners.
9. Extra-Curricular Activities for holistic development.
10. Preparing students for competitive exams, recruitment tests, and entrance examinations like GPSC / CAT / GRE + GATE, etc as an audit course.

Program Advantages

1. Join a technically sophisticated workforce as successful, practicing engineers in a wide range of software engineering fields.
2. Relevant theoretical and practical knowledge to understand Cloud Computing and highlight key capabilities of Cloud-Based Applications.
3. Understand core technical concepts related to Applications Development on Cloud (Platform as a Service), Mobile Applications and highlight key capabilities of Enterprise Mobility, Business Intelligence, Big Data Analytics along with Hadoop Architecture. Aligning Technology to the need of Business.
4. Fundamental Software Engineering Concepts like Software Development Life Cycle, Application Development, Database Management System, and many more.
5. Use cutting-edge Analytical Tools to Find, Interpret, Analyze Business Data and Pursue advanced degrees in engineering, business, or other professional fields.

ICT MoUs/CoEs/Tie-Ups with various academies

• IBM Ahmedabad Project internship

Two students are selected in IBM for the 8th sem industrial internship 

IBM Skills Network:

IBM Skills Academy is designed for academia worldwide. The program helps university faculty to provide students with additional skills, giving them an advantage in the job market. Skills Network Labs is a virtual lab environment reserved for exclusive use by the learners on IBM Developer Skills Network portals and its partners.

AWS Academy:  

AWS Academy provides higher education institutions with a free, ready-to-teach cloud computing curriculum that prepares students to pursue industry-recognized certifications and in-demand cloud jobs. This curriculum helps educators stay at the forefront of AWS Cloud innovation so that they can equip students with the skills they need to get hired in one of the fastest-growing industries.

Participation criteria

AWS Academy membership begins at the institution level. Institutions that meet the following criteria can apply:

The institution offers accredited degrees, diplomas, certificates, or continuing education programs.

The applicant is authorized to act as the Central Point of Contact (CPOC) for the institution they represent or can provide the name and contact information of someone who can act in this capacity.
 

Redhat Academy:

Red Hat Academy partners with academic institutions around the world to provide the next generation of IT talent with free access to a range of Red Hat’s training courses and certification exams.  

Student Benefits:

1. Learn in-demand skills
2. Get certified with discounted exams by the leader in open source
3. Choose your best learning style with multiple courseware formats
4. Gain valuable experience with hands-on lab environments
5. Connect with Red Hat instructors and students in the Red Hat Learning Community
6. Prepare for a career in IT

Microsoft Learn for Educator Academy– 

Microsoft Learn for Educators takes the best of Microsoft Learn learning paths and enables you to bring this Microsoft Official Curriculum and the instructor-led training materials into your classroom. Eligible educators and faculty members at colleges, universities, community colleges, polytechnics, and secondary schools can access Microsoft's ready-to-teach curriculum and teaching materials aligned to industry-recognized Microsoft Certifications. These certifications augment a student’s existing degree path and validate the skills needed to be successful across a variety of technical careers.

VMWare Academy:

VMware IT Academy enables instructors at academic institutions to deliver authorized VMware courses in a variety of settings. Students can jump-start their careers and VMware knowledge with coursework through a global network of colleges and universities, and through online certification opportunities, hands-on labs, and other VMware learning resources.

IT Academy Key Benefits

1. Discounted certification vouchers for faculty/students 
2. Teaching resources for instructors 
3. Access to software for research and hands-on experience 
4. Hands-on labs provided by VMware and NDG

CISCO Netacad Academy:

Cisco Networking Academy transforms the lives of learners, educators, and communities through the power of technology, education, and career opportunities. Available to anyone, anywhere. Networking Academy students get priority access to exciting employment opportunities from our pool of select employment partners. 

NPTEL Course offered:

The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) was initiated by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Guwahati, and Roorkee) along with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2003. The main goal of NPTEL Phase II (2009-14) was to build on the engineering and core science courses launched previously in NPTEL Phase I. An additional 600 web and video courses were created in all major branches of engineering, physical sciences at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and management courses at the postgraduate level. Several improvements such as indexing of all video and web courses and keyword search were implemented.

Some highlights:

1. Largest online repository in the world of courses in engineering, basic sciences, and selected humanities and social sciences subjects
2. Youtube channel for NPTEL – most subscribed educational channel, 1 billion views, and 42+ lakhs subscribers
3. More than 56000 hours of video content
4. Most accessed library of peer-reviewed educational content in the world
5. 52000+ hours of transcribed content; 51000+ hours of subtitled videos

Spoken Tutorial:

The Spoken Tutorial Project is about teaching and learning a particular FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) like Linux, Scilab, LaTeX, PHP & MySQL, Java, C/C++, LibreOffice etc. via an easy Video tool - Spoken Tutorials.

The salient features of training are many:

1. Students, Staff & Teachers from Schools, Colleges, Universities, Polytechnics, ITIs, Skill centers, NGOs – all can avail the training at very low cost.
2. The method is Active learning on Computer systems and very suited for Remote/Distance Education.
3. Teachers & students can master the software courses on their own, in their own campus and at their own time.
4. Once one gets started any student or faculty can master the Software Course and also get Certificates.
5. UG, PG or Research scholar students and even teachers of Science, IT, Engineering, Commerce, Management, MCA disciplines can learn any of the FOSS.  

 CodeChef Details:

CodeChef promotes constant learning and friendly programming competitions for its users, along with the support of its large community of problem curators. CodeChef provides its platform to any educational institute and organization across the globe to conduct its own programming contests. Under this initiative, CodeChef takes care of the infrastructure, platform, and support aspect of hosting the contest.

 Virtual Lab 

The Virtual Labs project addresses this issue of lack of good lab facilities, as well as trained teachers, by providing remote-access to simulation-based Labs in various disciplines of science and engineering. Yet another objective is to arouse the curiosity of the students and permit them to learn at their own pace. This student-centric approach facilitates the absorption of basic and advanced concepts through simulation-based experimentation.

Objectives:

1. To provide remote-access to simulation-based Labs in various disciplines of Science and Engineering.

2. To enthuse students to conduct experiments by arousing their curiosity. This would help them in learning basic and advanced concepts through remote experimentation.

3. To provide a complete Learning Management System around the Virtual Labs where the students/ teachers can avail the various tools for learning, including additional web resources, video lectures, animated demonstrations and self-evaluation.