Project Drona – A faculty immersive learning program for the IT industry needs
On the befitting occasion of Teachers’ Day, HYSEA launched “Project Drona” in collaboration with TASK, a faculty immersive learning program, powered by the Infosys Springboard platform. It was launched on Teacher’s Day with an aspiration to produce best-in-class faculty. The program is led by practicing industry experts from HYSEA member companies who will mentor the faculty in emerging technology skills and industry-centric approaches.
“Project Drona” received a special award for skill training / Industry – academia interface / Faculty Development initiatives by Govt of Telangana, Collegiate and Technical Education Department.
Charter
Project Drona an experiential learning program; aspires to produce best-in-class faculty.
“By mentoring faculty to be industry equipped, empowered, and infused with emerging technology skills & industry-centric approaches “
Faculty in due course teaches the student community to match the skill requirements of the IT industry.
Vision
Empower the Faculty in the state of Telangana in teaching Computer Science, IT, and related subjects with the most in-demand modern-day technology needs of the IT industry.
Mission
Reach and enrich at least 500+ faculty members across 250+ colleges in the state by July 2023. The program is designed to scale to 4x faculty and 4x colleges as it unfolds.
Enabling Partners
TASK, strategic academia connect partner with its ability to reach across the length & breadth of institutions in the state of Telangana
Infosys Springboard, content partner. The program is designed leveraging Infosys’s flagship Springboard platform that makes it an always-on, self-consumable, DIY, and cloud-deployed platform with best-in-class content
HYSEA, Mentor support by SME member company experts acting as Mentors
Program Chair
Sairam Vedam, Chief Marketing Officer, Cigniti Technologies, HYSEA Managing Committee member
Other Mentors include industry emerging technology & program management practice, experts.
What’s in it for the Faculty?
- What’s in it for the Faculty?
- Get hands on with what Industry needs
- Emerging Technology – hands-on ability to code
- Business Sense & Customer Centricity
- Program Management with focus on Professional Skills Development
- Exposure to nuances of IT industry
Emerging Technology Tracks
The following are the three identified tracks of intervention and enablement that are being offered to the faculty members.
- Full stack development – Spring & Angular or Spring & React – 8 weeks
- AI & ML – 8 weeks
- Digital transformation with at least one industry/vertical use case – 4 weeks
Duration: Min 4 weeks – Max 12 weeks
Pre-requisites
Faculty in the state of Telangana teaching Computer Science, IT or related subjects in Engineering, BCA, MCA, B.Sc, and Polytechnic institutions.
What is the program execution plan?
- Faculty enrolls in a technology track.
- Learn the concepts in an online mode. A pool of faculty for each track will be available at stipulated hours (schedule will be given to students) for doubt clarification.
- Applies the concepts in a capstone project.
- The faculty makes a presentation of the capstone.
- Mentoring by industry emerging technology practicing experts who evaluate the capstone & offer feedback.
| Course Work | Certification Eligibility |
| 12 weeks of Course work | HYSEA Certified Faculty Member |
| 8 weeks of Course work | HYSEA Certified Faculty Member |
1st Cohort Commencement: October, 2nd, 2022. If you missed an opportunity to register for October 2nd, please register here for the next cohort here. We will write to you when the next cohort commences.
For further information on Project Drona, feel free to contact projectdrona@hysea.in. For any queries on the Infosys Springboard platform, reach out to springboard-support@infosys.com. In case you are unable to get a response within 2 working days, please write to projectdrona@hysea.in.