IIT Kanpur, Association of Infrastructure Industry (India) to launch executive excellence program

IIT Kanpur EEP will include short courses of 2-3 days duration offered at different places in the country. 

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has collaborated with the Association of Infrastructure Industry (India) to introduce an Executive Excellence Program (EEP). The programme will include short courses of 2-3 days duration offered at different places in the country. Aimed at upskilling the practicing engineers and architects in the country, the Executive Excellence Program’s objective is to equip the candidates with diverse tools, and enable them to deal with challenges better. Industry leaders will also be part of the courses and deliver special lectures on topical issues, the institute said.

Sudhir Misra from the Civil Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur to be EEP in-charge

The institute informs, that while the classes for EEP will be conducted offline, some special sessions may be conducted through video-conferencing for optimal utilization of resources without compromising the quality of material available to the participants. The program is an initiative to offer flexible and customizable industry-relevant short courses to participants or organizations, based on their specific requirements.

Sudhir Misra from the Civil Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur will be taking charge as the program director for the initiative, and will lead the curation of various courses under the programme, which will then be drawn up and examined by a Board comprising faculties from IIT Madras, Indore, Kharagpur and Delhi and IIM Lucknow, and industry experts. Later on, the courses will go through approval by the Centre of Continuing Education, IIT Kanpur.

Courses, in the initial stage, are likely to be for specific industries or companies, and they may be open to participants from different industries.

Country’s best academia to be participating faculty

Besides IIT Kanpur, participating faculty in the program will also be drawn from the best in the country in academia and industry.

According to the official statement released by IIT Kanpur, “The courses under EEP would relate to different aspects of infrastructure management, including developments in construction and other technologies, sustainable infrastructure and infrastructure financing, quality and safety issues in the construction industry, contract management, etc. Efforts will be made to expose the participants to upcoming technological advancements in infrastructure creation and management as well. The initiative will also focus on familiarizing engineers from government departments with developments in these areas.”

Whereas the content of some courses will be initially determined by the EEP, the content will be modified according to the feedback from the participants. Also, suggestions will also be invited from professionals to better understand the areas in which courses are needed, and the content will be worked out in consultation with experts in the industry, it added.

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