Dr. Amol Deshmukh is the Principal at Nagpur Institute of Technology, Nagpur. . He did his PhD in Electronics Engineering from VNIT Nagpur in 2010 and is an IIM alumnus, having done his Executive Management course on “Strategic Management.” He worked as Deputy Director at G.H.Raisoni College of Engineering. Dr Deshmukh has received the “Idols of Maharashtra- Working Professionals” award from Sakal Media in 2022, “Excellent Teacher Award” by Lokmat Media in 2021, “Most Distinguished Principal of the Year” award by Education Excellence, the “Outstanding Faculty Mentor” Award by Novel Research Academy, the “Best Principal” Award from Institute of Scholars Bangalore, and the “Outstanding Scientist Award” by International Science Awards, among others.

He has also worked as an International Relations Officer and as Coordinator and Nodal officer for finance for the World Bank Assistance Project. He is on the Technical Committee on Soft Computing at IEEE USA. He has been granted four international patents and published one more patent in the area of Brain interface. He has to his credit around 150 International Conference and Journal Publications, five books, and six book chapters. He has received a research grant of INR 7.37 lacs from AICTE under their Research Promotion Scheme and a research grant of INR 2 lacs from the Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission. Around seven research scholars have completed their PhD under him and four are currently pursuing it.

Dr. Deshmukh is also a painter and has received awards for his paintings at the national level. He has formed his own organization “Amol’s Art Gallery” for promoting paintings and art-related activities in the region. He is also a professional lyricist, singer, and is a Fellow Member of the Screenwriters Association of India. He has copyrights for five songs.

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You have held key positions at education institutes throughout your professional career. What are the key factors that keep you connected with the education sector?

In order to best fulfil my potential, and to hone my professional and personal development to truly serve others, I am constantly seeking out and nurturing opportunities to heighten my capacity as a person and leader. My leadership style can be described as being technical and visionary. I try to display deep technical expertise in core realms of relevance and relevant sub-expertise in key adjacent areas critical to success.
 
I rely on current foundations of knowledge and industry best practices, embrace opportunities to innovate and inspire in new frontiers. I aim to be reliable and unwavering, maintain a steady influence on others, be compassionate, and forgiving, and deeply invest in the development of my team. I also invest the time to reflect, secure objective perspectives, ponder innovative alternatives, and redirect without hesitancy.
 

The education systems in India and other foreign countries are structured very differently. In your experience, what can an inbound student gain from studying here in your institute?

In a world governed by technology, NIT puts forth sincere efforts to keep pace with the rising demands of technology. NIT stands for excellence, perfection, and discipline. Our major focus and our concern are our students, and our institution strives to impart the best knowledge for promoting and pursuing multidisciplinary engineering in the most disciplined manner. We understand that the need to teach beyond the curriculum is of prime importance, in order to make our students industry ready.
 
In this time of crisis, a well-rounded and effective educational practise is what is needed for the capacity-building of young minds. It will develop skills that will drive their employability, productivity, health, and well-being in the decades to come and ensure the overall progress of India.
 

How does the curriculum of NIT ensure the best practice of industry?

Our curriculum is being significantly changed to meet the requirements of recent developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs), Integrating ICTs into teaching and learning offers significant potential for higher education institutions and new challenges for educators, to facilitate a new kind of education in digital environments. The changed curriculum accommodates new demands, opportunities, processes, and potentials provided by digital media and computational tools. Teaching in digital environments can take many forms, including didactic teaching, active learning, collaborative learning, gaming, and simulations. Working and articulating ideas in a group context, questioning and challenging each others’ ideas, and engaging in total collaboration in the determination of design problems make learning the most effective.

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What do you think your roles and responsibilities to the university and the students are?

My prime responsibility is to contribute towards shaping a vision of academic success for all students and to establish a college-wide vision of commitment to high standards and the success of all students. I also need to cultivate leadership in others, encourage faculties to work with one another and with the administration on various activities, develop and align curriculum, instructional practises, and assessments, problem-solve, and participate in peer observations of people.

What would you like people to know about your Institute they may not know?

NIT Nagpur is affiliated with Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University and is approved by AICTE New Delhi and DTE, Maharashtra State.  We have received a Platinum Ranking by the AICTE-CII Survey of Best Industry Linked Institutes and are an authorised Training Centre of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). The college has an official “ICT Academy of Huawei” for HCIA Certifications and is an official Training Centre of MKCL. We have the status of Host Institute/Business Incubator of MSME as well. The college also has an Incubation Sub-Center of INCUBEIN- Incubation centre of Nagpur University.
 
We have MoUs with 30 leading Industries and organisations and have received research grants from the Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission. It has received an Entrepreneurship Awareness grant from the Department of Science and Technology and an ED Cell grant from AICTE. The students and faculty members have numerous patents, and some of our faculties have received various national awards as well.

What do you see as NIT's greatest strengths?

The Placement Cell plays a crucial role in locating job opportunities for undergraduate students passing out of college by keeping in touch with reputed firms and industrial establishments. They do an assessment on the basis of the intellectual capacity of the students. Campus recruitment training is provided, which comprises English and aptitude test. They also give training to students through webinars by industrial experts. Technical certification will be provided by the institute. Practise sessions for personal interviews are conducted through Skype too. Depending on the market scenario, we try to give maximum opportunities.

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