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REPORT

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BRIDGE COURSE

Academic Year: 2017-18

Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya Engineering College

(An Autonomous Institution) Vallabh Vidyanagar

Gujarat Technological University,

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Prepared By:

Prof. (Dr.) Trupti Desai & Prof. Jagruti Shah

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A Report on Bridge course organized at BVM Engineering College for the

Academic year 2017-18.

About Institute:

Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya (BVM) is managed by Charutar Vidya Mandal,

(CVM) a registered charitable trust established in 1945. Since its inception the trust

has been striving for the upliftment of rural society through education. BVM is a

premier institute of CVM founded in 1948. BVM is the First Approved Degree

Engineering College of the Gujarat State. The BVM Board of Governors defines the

major policies and guidelines which govern the activities and future growth of the

college and also monitors closely the functioning of the college. The college received

an autonomous status in the year 2015 and it has become the first autonomous

college of Gujarat state.

Concept by Dr. C. L. Patel, Chairman, CVM

Today, after more than half a century in the life of the township, we are at

the threshold of another era. In this age of the Global Village, when global

interdependence and competition are upon us, we must educate and train

our technocrats to keep up and keep pace with the best and the brightest in

the world. We must offer programmes of study appropriate to the modern

age, maintain high standards of education and we must offer the

opportunity of learning to young technocrats from Gujarat, India and the

world. Bridge course is such a true initiative which lead towards

development of the student.

Concept by Dr. Indrajit Patel, Principal

Bridge course is one of the initiative adopted to give students the confidence

and skills to successfully transition from school to college. It also Assist

students in their personal development of life skills including test-taking

strategies. We have developed this course in such a way that concept of

lifelong learning is cleared for every students. It also familiarize students

with College and its resources. It foster positive relationships with peers, faculty and staff at College.

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About Bridge Course:

The Bridge Course is aimed to act as a buffer for the new entrants, with an objective

to provide adequate time for the transition to hard-core engineering courses. During

this interaction of bridge course week with the faculty and their classmates, the

students will be equipped with the knowledge and the confidence needed to take on

bigger challenges as future engineers of this country.

Objectives:

To act as a buffer for the new entrants.

To provide adequate time for the transition to hard-core engineering courses.

Focus on fostering a strong sense of ethical judgment and moral fortitude.

Applications based self-learning and intermingling of a large cross section of

students from vastly varying backgrounds.

A breather, to prepare themselves before courses for first year engineering

commence.

The students will be equipped with the knowledge and the confidence needed

to take on bigger challenges.

Nurture a deeper understanding of the local and global world and our place in

at as concerned citizens of the world.

Interactive and Active Learning by Doing have been weaved into the Bridge

Course.

Active learning with the help of other students.

Aiming at making the engineering smoother for the entrants, BVM had organized one

week bridge-course for the newly entered students of academic year 2017-18. Main

objective of the program is to provide ample time and platform for the transition of

students from school to the hard-core engineering. In spite of having very good

grades at Higher Secondary Exam, students need to have exposure of engineering

culture. Hence bridge course proves to be the best opportunity for the students to

adapt themselves to new social and academic environment.

During this interaction with the experts, faculties and their classmates, the students

were equipped with the knowledge and confidence needed to take on bigger

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challenges as future engineers of this country during the course. The Bridge course

program successfully organized and completed under the guidance of Principal, Dr.

Indrajit Patel and course Coordinator- Dr. Trupti Desai.

The bridge course initiated with registration followed by orientation program on 28th

July 2017. Keeping in mind a personalized and direct communication, it was thought

that the orientation of the students is to be conducted by the respective department.

The enthusiasm of the students was found exemplary for reporting and registration

procedure at the college. Orientation program was aimed to enhance students’

familiarity with the faculties, BVM Campus (Infrastructure) and showcasing the

various students’ activities. For the current bridge course, the committee members

planned to involve expert lectures for learning engineering and subject related

orientation to keep them equipped with various life skills and subject repertoire.

Keeping in mind the number of freshly enrolled students, the bridge course

committee split the whole group into two groups i.e. Group one of Non-circuit branch

involving students of Civil, Mechanical and Production (Division 1, 2, 6, 7, 8)

Engineering and Group two of circuit branch involving students of Computer,

Electrical, Electronics, Electronics and Communication and Information Technology

(Division 3, 4, 5, 9, 10) engineering.

We have invited experts from different institutions to interact with the new entrants

and brief the learners with their expertise in various fields for learning engineering.

Along with expert talks, the students were exposed to subject orientations, village

visits and industrial visits for furnishing their social as well as technical side of

learning.

Interaction with experts and faculties aimed to build students with various life skills

like Self-esteem, Self-confidence, Time and Stress management; subject orientation of

the Mathematics, Physics, and English were the highlights of this Bridge course. The

students were also provided with the exposure to the village and industrial visits

which in turn enabled them to explore their vistas and horizons of hard core

engineering industries and social responsibility.

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Glimpse of Bridge course:

Learning Engineering: The committee unanimously decided to have experts from two different section of the

society which included professionals from Industry and Personal development. It was

witnessed that experts discussed major themes useful for students’ life. They devised

their expertise in their field of soft skills. The experts just not only delivered lectures

but it was an interactive session where learners were able to co-relate themselves

with the ideas presented and have a clear picture of self as well as of the vitally

important soft skills for the rest of their lives.

The sessions were so interesting that the learners enthusiastically participated in the

tasks assigned and displayed their enthusiasm and motivation to be a part of

creating healthy society. As a part of expert talk by Shri Vinay Pandya, he suggested

a number of strategies to boost the self-confidence and self-esteem. His inputs were

quite subtle to the learners in terms of its real life application i.e. how the strategies

can be implemented in social life. Moreover he suggested that self-confidence is the

reason for self-esteem which can only be brought by sending positive vibrations to

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the mind. The discussion also explored some statistical data depicting the reception

of negative thoughts received by a teenager. It was found that the students felt

motivated towards the end of session and with the things shared by the expert.

Another expert talk was delivered by Mr. Jagdish Salsa, a soft skills expert from

Microsoft, on the theme of general Soft skills and stress management. The interaction

was quite comprehensive in sense that it covered all the major aspects related to the

students’ life. He depicted that in their four year of engineering there will be

multitude of tasks that they need to fulfill except acquiring the knowledge of

engineering subjects. The session significantly emphasized work ethics and time

management, and stress management. The learners felt motivated to get encultured

in the color of engineering college and more significantly the importance of soft skills

in professional and individual life.

The bridge course also involved subject inputs by the faculties of the institute

thinking that the inputs by the faculties and students representatives will prepare

the new entrants with sufficient information regarding the work culture and

professional ethics which probably will be helpful to them for the four years of

engineering and act accordingly in the institute.

It is evident the faculties were engaged in revising and instructing the new entrants with the three major subject of science and humanities i.e. Mathematics, English and

Physics. It was made clear that the learners will be exposed to a diagnostic test to ensure their prior knowledge in the subjects of Mathematics, English, Physics.

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Village & Industry Visit: Village and Industrial visits have been arranged for the students for providing them social as well as technical side of learning. Village and Industrial visits were to enhance learners’ understanding and experience of society and industry in real way.

The village visit was organized for the student in different regions of the Anand

District which involved various villages including Valsan, Jol, Mogar, Sarsa, Adas, Vaghasi, Navali, Sandeshar, Napadvanta and Vadod. Aim of the village visit is to create a helping attitude, Interact with people and observe their way of living,

Compare with own lifestyle, Make a list – what they have, do not have and what they can better have. Students has also prepare report including the problem which they

wish to solve for the betterment of the village. Students were taken for the one day industrial exposure to the different companies

Elecon, Atlanta, Amul, Finecast and Rhino Industries. The Faculties of institute including Prof. F.R. Vora, and Prof. J. N. Jain coordinated the event actively. The response of the students was found exemplary in understanding their future role in

industrial environment and social responsibility in a community.

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Outcome of the course It has provided students the confidence and skills to successfully transition to

college.

Students have been Familiarize with BVM College and its resources. It has Built Positive relationships between new students and peers, faculty,

and staff at BVM College.

It has assisted students in their personal development of life skills, ethical judgment and moral fortitude.

It has helped students for enhancing critical thinking skills through self-exploration and class experiences.

Student will able to develop strategies and resources for students to balance

school, work, and personal commitments. It has given exposure to college life in a structured and supportive learning

community.

Commendations New entrants got adequate time for the transition to hard core engineering courses with the help of Teaching learning exposures provided on entrepreneurship Development, Profile building in four years of engineering, Self-development and Life

Skills. Students were made aware about multidisciplinary areas and their developments. They have gained ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering. Also they will be able to identify, formulate and solve the

engineering problems in future. Interaction with experts, faculties and classmates remained outstanding. Students have extended practical knowledge of village people

life style and started thought process to solve their problems. BVM Engineering College has successfully completed the bridge course.

Acknowledgment

I wish to express our deep sense of gratitude to the Dr. C. L. Patel (Chairman, CVM)

Hon. Secretary and Hon. Jt Secretaries of CVM Respective Industries and Professionals

Respective Village Authorities Dr. Indrajit Patel (Principal, BVM ) All the Heads from the different Departments of BVM

All the Committee members of Bridge Course All the teaching and non-teaching Staff Team of Students

Prof. (Dr.) Trupti Desai

Bridge course Coordinator