Dr. Arvind Sharma has been working as the Director of SRLT Group of Institutions, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. He has done B.Ed, M.Ed, M.Phil and Phd as part of his education and has more than 10 years of experience in the education sector. And before joining the education sector in 2010, he was actively engaged in research activities for a decade and has published several articles in reputed journals. He is also a member of several national level profession Bodies.

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What is the admission statistics of your college and has it increased from last year?

Due to COVID-19 and the declaration of board results, the admission process got delayed, but now it is pacing ahead to reach our defined targets. And we are confident enough that we will increase the intake of students for all our courses as compared to previous year numbers. 

Is your college offering or planning to provide any new courses to students and ambitious youths in the upcoming time?

We are planning to establish a new SRLT Engineering College comprising Diploma Courses. And at SRLT Campus, we will soon be introducing 2 branches including Pharmacy and Management with an intake capacity of 200 seats for each. Hence ultra modern labs including Computer and Language Labs are being established too for each course in order to inculcate the right and required skill sets in students so that they can grab amazing job opportunities in good companies. Lastly, a library is also being established with the latest books and journals required for the successful completion of the course.

Which extracurricular activities are organized in your college to enhance the skills of students?

We are committed to provide a conducive and constructive learning environment to our students that can enhance their intellectual and professional skills and help them to grow on personal and professional fronts. and personal growth. Hence our college regularly organizes a diverse range of co-curricular activities with the support of our Photography Club, Manthan Literary Club, Pre Drishti Cultural Club, Theatre and Fine Arts Club, Taru Pallav Mitra Club, Spardha Sports Club, Technical Paper Presentation Club, Corporate Social Responsibility Club and Student Spiritual Development Club to make campus life vibrant and lively and ensure the holistic development of our students. 

Apart from this, we promote physical education including NSS and NCC to ascertain the talent of our students in order to refine the personality of our students and make them more competent and responsible citizens.

What are the placement statistics of your college?

Offering suitable internship opportunities to students and getting them placed in good companies are an integral activities of our college’s curriculum and we have a well laid-out and systematic process of dovetailing our students' career aspirations with corporate expectations. And hence established a Placement Department consisting of 25 members who all are the Placement Managers and Industry Professionals. The main objective of this department is not only to train our students in accordance with corporate standards but also to bring amazing and leading companies from all sectors to the college campus for placement. And the whole process is governed by the students ability and performance, as well as the requirements and norms of the Industry. Last, but not the least, it gives me immense happiness to tell you that more than 86.19% of the students got placed last year, but the date of joining got deferred due to COVID 19 and 20% of students got even 2 offer letters from various companies.

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What highest and average package is offered to students till date and what kinds of companies have visited the college campus for recruitment?

Reputed companies and organizations from Banking, software, Consultancy, Digital Marketing, IT sector, Manufacturing and logistics and education domains and the highest package of INR 12.4 LPA was offered to our students by the Extramarks and an average package of INR 3.1 LPA has been received by many of our students till date.

Being the Director of SRLT Group of Institutes, what is your philosophy of leadership?

The Shri Tirupati Shiksha Prasar Samiti of Ekdil was formed as an educational initiative in response to the emerging trends and global challenges of both the educational and industrial world, by a group of leaders from Industry, trade, business and academia domains. And the objective of this amazing group was to produce top quality professionals who can work for the benefit of others and make their life easy. Hence we practice the democratic and collaborative way of working and leading people and we have even given the required flexibility and freedom to our teachers for adopting teaching methodologies as per their convenience and knowledge. 

What biggest challenges do you see, both for higher education in general and for SRLT Group of Institutes specifically?

Higher education, in general, serves broader societal objectives and also a wide array of students having differing needs, resources and capacities. But if I talk about the challenges students face while deciding to pursue a higher education course, finding ways to reduce the financial burden on parents and increase the productivity of the education process has always been a challenge for them. And from an institution perspective, discovering new technologies to deliver seamless online education to students, filtering out competent, excellent and confident students which can cater to industry and society needs are some of the biggest hurdles they need to acknowledge and resolve on an earliest basis and in my opinion, recently introduced National Education Policy will act as a ray of hope for both students and institutions.

What would you like people to know about your SRLT institute that makes it unique and different from others?

Our college offers best quality and employment and industry oriented education to youths of our society and we have wonderful and ultra modern infrastructure facilities to assist students for their academic and non-academic requirements. In addition to this, we have enough space for sports and cultural activities along with a 400-meter athletic track and one of the best state-level stadiums with a seating capacity of 10,000 people. We also have a spacious Football ground where we hosted the Asian Junior School Football Championship and teams from numerous countries like China, Iran, Singapore, Japan and many more participated with India in this event.

How does the curriculum of your institute ensure the best practices of Industry?

We follow the curriculum developed by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi and the curriculum is industry and employment oriented in all its aspects. And the Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses we are offering to our ambitious students are taught by an amazing team of highly educated and experienced faculty members. Apart from this, students who are pursuing Pharmacy programs from our college are taught a series of courses in basic sciences so that they can develop a deep understanding of scientific principles and methods and acquire analytical ability needed to work in this field. And then we have Engineering programs to facilitate a smooth transition from basic sciences to professional engineering courses to students. Last but not the least, our Technical Arts courses are there to inculcate required skills in students and train them in subjects like Engineering Drawing, Measurements, Computing Skills, Manufacturing Technology and effective communication. And we regularly modify our teaching pedagogies and course curriculum to include necessary changes in it and stay up-to-date with latest happenings of the outside world be it related to ever changing technologies, computer programming or data science.

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How do you guide your students to survive in such a competitive world?

Our institute has a dedicated Training and Development Department to train students, improve their soft and hard communication skills and make them more confident. And we have adopted an amalgamation of strategies and educational practices to counter the market competition and our all activities are centered around enhancement of students' knowledge for a particular subject and teaching them practical applications. And from the day students join us to pursue their dreams, we organize a diverse range of confidence-building activities and expose students to various competitive scenarios, co-curricular events and skill enhancement programs and this is how we prepare them for the unpredictable and dynamic world.