Dr. Santhosh Kumar G is the Director of East West College of Engineering. He holds a B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering with an M.Tech. in VLSI and Embedded System Design. Thereafter, he earned a PhD from VTU. Besides, East West College of Engineering, he has also worked at Basava Academy of Engineering as a lecturer.

Dr. Kumar has received the Kuvempu Kannada Rathna award, and the educator category under the Indian Excellence Award by Jataayu staffing force private limited. He has attended numerous faculty development programs and has two patents published in his name. He has 11 papers published in reputed journals and five papers presented at numerous conferences.

East West College of Engineering

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?

I would like to emphasise the following three critical factors that I keep connected with within the education sector. Information literacy is the ability to effectively use information resources. I enjoy working towards finding, evaluating, organising, using, and communicating information during notable situations such as problem-solving. In my perspective, school education is very important in order for students to have a quality educational career. Usually, family wealth is a predictor of student’s educational level, and we see a lot of students who do not carry out their education due to a lack of funds. This should not happen, and efforts are to be made towards solving this problem so that there will be equal access to education, which I enjoy working towards. Students need to develop a deeper understanding of their degrees. Teaching them that skill is what keeps me connected with education. We are not just making the students think outside the box, such as by analysing processes and facts, but trying to give them a depth of education to be improved rather than width.

Being the Director of EWCE what is your philosophy of leadership? How would you describe your leadership style?

I strongly believe in the quote “The Price of Freedom is always a responsibility”. If you trust and ensure freedom to colleagues they will come with better performance in the assigned work. We should not interfere too much with the work assigned and make them realize that the institution is bigger than the individual. I am an effective communicator with excellent planning, organizational, and negotiation strengths, as well as the ability to lead, reach consensus, establish goals, and attain results. I am keen on taking up a position that will effectively utilize my experience, knowledge, and skills to assist the business school in achieving its goals. To this end, I am furnishing below the details of my candidature.

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

At East West College of Engineering, we take immense pride in the fact that our students receive the best quality education. This is made possible by following very high standards of teaching and learning. Our excellence is not just confined to the classroom; we are also notably active in conducting conferences, workshops, seminars, guest lectures and other co-curricular activities. These activities expose students to aspects beyond the curriculum, thus adding high value to their professional success. EWCE is a place for people who desire to solve problems, discover, create, design, invent, and innovate—all of this with the goal of having an impact on society. EWCE inducts students as per the VTU and AICTE guidelines and gladly brings together a thorough academic achievement with extensive, vibrant co-curricular programs that include sports, culture and creative arts; various club activities; carving universal human values; literary activities, providing proficiency modules; mentoring and feedback sessions and organizing leadership and entrepreneurial training programs.

Any insights into how your institute could be more welcoming to students of different races or economic backgrounds?

The students graduating from our institute will have diverse knowledge and skills in the areas of their studies and will have a broad understanding of industry and societal needs. Their character will be nurtured in developing them into social engineers, responsible citizens and valued human beings. It specifically says that “what worked yesterday won’t work tomorrow.” Our motto is, "Quality and Academic Excellence in Engineering Education”.

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

My major responsibility is to reduce the gap between students' skill sets, knowledge and industry needs by providing campus recruitment training along with professional etiquette, and the best possible opportunities to drive in their career, making them globally acceptable. I also aim to reduce the gap between students' skill sets, knowledge and industry needs by providing campus recruitment training along with professional etiquette, and the best possible opportunities to drive in their career making them globally acceptable. Moreover, our goal is to provide 360-degree improvement in student performance through numerous training programs, workshops, seminars, industry interactions, and industry visits.

What do you think should be the Institute’s top priority over the next 10 years?

Our priority is to enhance career opportunities for students through exposure to industries and research institutions by fostering industry-academia interactions. We want to impart quality technical education that nurtures young minds by providing the best teaching and learning processes and state-of-the-art infrastructure. We also aim to implant ethical and social commitment that grooms the students to become responsible citizens and to encourage entrepreneurial skill development and lifelong learning through interaction with the outside world regarding innovative learning and entrepreneurship.

What was your vision for the EWCE? Has it evolved over time, and how far along in implementing that vision are you?

Our vision is to enhance capacity development in the institution. We want to attain excellence in teaching - facilities and methodologies and to improve the competency of staff and students. Moreover, we wish to enhance institution industry collaboration and strengthen academic reforms in the institution. We also wish to nurture the holistic development of students community and impart quality oriented teaching pedagogies to enrich young minds

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

The infrastructure of a college plays a vital role in the development of the college as a whole. EWCE focuses on the labs, and classrooms of the college. The college has very good infrastructure, with advanced laboratories equipped with state of the art equipment, etc. The students can get hands-on experience with the latest technologies. Computing resources are one of the important and mandatory facilities of the college. EWCE is equipped with the latest computer products and internet connectivity but certain colleges are more advanced than others and it is important to find those colleges. EWCE meets all the requirements that are essential to be present on a college campus. EWGI upholds its unflinching recognition in all respects of academics and is celebrating its 50th year of Academic Excellence, honing the life of every student with a code of conduct. EWGI fashions the students from all nooks and crannies of humankind not as mere graduates but as true champs to view themselves as great ambassadors of our country. EWGI offers vivid programs such as Engineering, Architecture, Science and Commerce, Management, Pharmacy, Polytechnic, Nursing, etc.

Any suggestions you would like to give to the current youth and the aspiring students?

I welcome all students to East West College of Engineering. The main aim of every educational institution would be ‘to convert the mind into a living fountain and not a reservoir. That which is filled by pumping in will be emptied by pumping out’. A teacher affects eternity; he or she can never tell where his or her learning stops. Thus, the mediocre teacher tells, the good teacher explains, the superior teacher demonstrates, and the great teacher inspires. Education in the widest sense includes everything that exerts formative influence and causes a young person to be what he is at a given point. Educational institutions should not be simply ‘information supermarkets’; instead they should shape and mould human beings.