January 2015 | Tata Institute of Social Sciences | School of Vocational Education

TISS – SVE Quarterly Reader – A snapshot

Contents

Special Interest Articles

Vocational Aptitude System 2

ERP System Highlights 3

Focus Areas- 2015 3

Dear Partners,

Warm Greetings from TISS – SVE!!!

As we welcome the New Year, would like to take the opportunity to thank each of

you for your continued support and efforts in spearheading the vocational training

initiatives. The last six months has been rewarding with substantial developments

in streamlining and strengthening our SVE framework.

Progress so far:

Vertical Anchors-

From a count of 12 in July 2014, our Verticals have grown to 19 in October 2014.

And we have tapped into diverse industries ranging from Automotive and

Industrial Safety to HR & Sales, Media & Entertainment and Child Care.

Course Content Development-

We had the Course curriculum outline approved for

39 courses in our July 2014 AC meet out of which

detailed course content received for 17 programs.

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Our COE vetting process is ongoing and validation for

12 courses already completed.

Curriculum outline for additional programs received

would be presented during the upcoming AC meet.

HUB Coverage

We currently have 8 Verticals who have signed up 18

HUBs. Mafoi our Automotive Vertical leads with 4 HUBs

followed by Earnest HR with 3 HUBs. Demographically,

Chennai has the highest concentration of HUBs.

SKP Progress

Considering a large part of vocational learning involves

practical ‘On the Job’ training, we have signed up with 5

Skill Knowledge partners. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has

been conducting training for the Pharmaceutical vertical

across Hyderabad, Nalgonda and Vizag locations.

Similarly, Texmo Industries and Titan Company Limited

have their Industrial Manufacturing courses in

Coimbatore.

Our SKP ‘Rockwell Pvt. Ltd’ in Hyderabad has been

imparting practical training to students for Refrigeration

related courses.

Hinduja Foundries Ltd has been involved with

Automotive training in Chennai.

Student Corner – Highlights

Student Mobilization

Our student strength has reached 450 out of which Pharmaceutical

vertical is conducting courses for 202 students. Furthermore close to

190 students would be enrolled with Dr. Reddy Labs for the January

2015 Academic session.

Dialysis vertical has also made good progress with 90 students

enrolled across its Mumbai and Calicut HUBs.

Headway in Examination

We have successfully conducted our semester and supplementary

examinations for Dialysis in 2 of its HUB centers Apex Kidney Care

Ltd and Iqraa Academy, GKD Institute (Industrial Tool

Manufacturing), Rockwell Industries Ltd (Refrigeration), MMP

(Printing & Technology) in the months of June, July, Sep, and Nov

2014.

Student Handbook

The student handbook been developed and distributed to students

at 3 locations; Apex Kidney Care Ltd – Mumbai, Iqraa Academy –

Calicut, Texmo – Coimbatore.

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Apex Kidney – Dialysis

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Key Components of Counselling

Workshops:

Workshops on Life Skills and other

issues that may be of relevance like

study habits, time management

etc…

To help students at beginner’s level

adjust with working style,

professionalism required to start

working in SKPs.

To help students in their final years

to transition from a campus to a

corporate environment

Group Counselling conducted in

batches or small group of students

Individual Counselling for students

(if required)

SVE Initiatives

One of the significant developments has been the introduction of Vocational Aptitude System or VAS. This tool enables gauge the student’s inherent

aptitude thereby channeling prospective students towards trades they are most

suited for.

Importantly it would help tackle the issue of increasing drop-out rates observed in some

trades due to a mismatch between the candidate’s innate ability and the trade that he

or she is trained in.

The process of test development was conducted for 501 candidates covering 4 trades

namely,

Printing

Dialysis Technician

CNC Machine Operations

Welding

7 ability tests developed and carried out across these trades namely, Hand-Eye

Coordination, Colour Distortions Identification, Colour Matching, Concentration, Control

Precision, Abstract Reasoning, and Attention. Pilot testing and analysis of these 7 tests

has been completed and relevant changes incorporated into the test design.

With a view to formulate similar tests for our other Verticals, we are in the process of

identifying representative abilities for trades such as Travel and Tourism, Sales and

Retail Management.

We also have Train the Trainer programs conducted for our B.Voc General

Education Component. These sessions ensure that our teaching quality standards

are not compromised and Knowledge transfer methods are identical across the

board.

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Counselling Service is another

notable achievement initiated for SVE

students. The service was kick-started

for Apex Dialysis Technology course

and plans underway to implement for

other verticals.

Texmo – Industrial Tool Manufacturing

Dr. Reddy Labs - Pharmaceuticals

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NOBLE HUB LAUNCH - HUB PARTNER (HEALTHCARE / HR & SALES}

Upcoming Focus Areas

Work in progress to sign up additional HUBs and SKPs with a view to increase the traction of our programs

Launch of B.Voc, Diploma and Skill Enhancement Programs in January 2015

Participate in the ‘ASSOCHAM meet’ as Knowledge Partners to be held in Delhi in January along with presentation of the Knowledge Paper !!!

Preparations for the ‘Academic Council Meet’ - January 16, 2015

2015 – The Year Ahead

As we move forward, our aim is to enhance the brand value of TISS – SVE by

offering quality courses in line with Industry standards. Considering our USP

of employability, it is absolutely vital that our programs cater to the growing

market demands ensuring PAN India coverage.

Would also like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very

Happy and Prosperous year. Let us jointly work towards a challenging yet

fulfilling 2015 !!!

Sincerely,

Team SVE

Next Edition Highlights:

Best Performing Vertical

Voice of our stakeholders

– Industry Partners share

their success stories

And much more…….

ERP Highlights

ERP framework developed over the last year is a robust and user friendly management system to cater to our growing partner network. Core functionalities of ERP – Phase I are: Student fee payment

management

Management of payment

to various partners

including Hub, Vertical

Anchors, COE, Examiners

Student basic life-cycle

management

Batch management system

Course and basic content

management

User management and

access control

Partner management and

controls

© To simplify Student FEE

collection, ERP has been

linked to ICICI Bank offline

Paygates and HDFC Bank

online Paygate, both with

multiple payment mode

options