In tune with the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020, the National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C) will introduce a revamped curriculum for the all BTech, BArch, MTech, MSc, MPlan and MBA programmes this academic year. The institute will be first among the country among all Indian Institutes of Technology and NITs to scrap the common first-year programme for all branches of studies that was followed by engineering institutions for decades, S.M. Sameer, Dean (Academic), said here on Friday.
He said that this would help students familiarise themselves with the new industry landscape arising out of Industry 4.0 and other major developments in this decade from their first year of study. Prasad Krishna, Director, NIT-C, said the curriculum revamp would ensure active and practical-oriented learning and bring industrial and social changes to the classrooms. It is expected to offer more interdisciplinary opportunities to students, he added.
The revamped syllabi for various programmes have become a reality after a year-long review and revision by the institute’s curriculum revision committees. The process has been completed with the support of industries, recruiters, faculty, alumni and students. Thrust would be given to interdisciplinary courses, laboratory and experiment-oriented learning and academic projects in collaboration with industries, R and D labs and other reputed academic institutions in India and abroad, a press release said.
