Department of A.I & Robotics

University Grants Commission (UGC) and Ministry of HRD, Government of India has introduced Entrepreneurship oriented Skill development courses of B.Voc/D.Voc/Skill Diploma. These courses will be run by UGC approved institutes by using available infrastructure and facilities. In these courses the institute will conduct general education content and sector specific skills will be imparted by Skill Knowledge Providers/ Training Providers/ Industries.

Key Features

1.Objectives

•To provide judicious mix of skills relating to a profession and appropriate content of General Education.

•To ensure that the students have adequate knowledge and skills, so that they are work ready at each exit point of the programme.

•To provide flexibility to the students by means of pre-defined entry and multiple exit points.

•To integrate NSQF within the Diploma, undergraduate level of higher education to enhance employability of the students and meet industry requirements. Such student apart from meeting the needs of local and national industry are also expected to be equipped to become part of the global workforce.

•To provide vertical mobility to students admitted in such vocational courses.

•The certification levels will lead to Diploma/Advanced Diploma/B. Voc. Degree in AI & ROBOTICS and will be offered by respective affiliating University/Board of Technical Education.

•Students may be awarded Level Certificate/Diploma/Advance Diploma /Degree as out-lined in the Table below:

2.Course Objectives

After successfully completing the vocational course, the student would have acquired relevant appropriate and adequate technical knowledge together with the professional skills and competencies in the field of AI & ROBOTICS so that he/she is properly equipped to take up gainful employment in this Vocation. Thus he/she should have acquired: -

A).Understanding of

1.The relevant basic concepts and principles in General Education subjects so that he/she is able to understand the different vocational subjects.

2.The basic concepts in Analytical skill subjects.

3.The concepts, principles of working of basic electronic devices and circuits.

4.The knowledge of testing procedure of components and circuits by making use of different test instruments.

5.The procedure of making P.C.B.

6.The concepts and principles used in Radio/Audio/Video Systems and Communication devices and its maintenance.

B).Adequate Professional Skills and Competencies in

1.Testing different software’s.

2.Testing the performance of electronic circuits.

3.Locating the fault at component level and at the stage level.

C. A Healthy and Professional Attitude so that He/She has

1.An analytical approach while working on a job.

2.An open mind while locating/rectifying faults.

3.Respect for working with his/her own hands.

4.Respect for honesty, punctuality and truthfulness

D.NSQF compliant skills in Qualification developed by sector skill council in IT/ITeS sector

3.Course Structure

The course will consist of combination of practice, theory and hands on skills in the IT/ITeS sector.

4.Curriculum

The curriculum in each of the years of the programme would be a suitable mix of general education and skill components.

5.Skill Components

1. The focus of skill components shall be to equip students with appropriate knowledge, practice and attitude, to become work ready. The skill components will be relevant to the industry as per its requirements.

2. The curriculum will necessarily embed within itself, National Occupational Standards (NOSs) of specific job roles within the industry. This would enable the students to meet the learning outcomes specified in the NOSs.

3. The overall design of the skill development component along with the job roles selected will be such that it leads toa comprehensive specialization in few domains.

4. The curriculum will focus on work-readiness skills in each of the year of training.

5. Adequate attention will be given in curriculum design to practical work, on the job training, development of student portfolios and project work.

6.General Education Component:

1.The general education component adhere to the normal senior secondary and university standards. It will emphasize and offer courses which provide holistic development. However, it will not exceed 40% of the total curriculum.

2.Adequate emphasis is given to language and communication skills.

The curriculum is designed in a manner that at the end of each year after classXth students can meet below mentioned level descriptors of NSQF:

Level	Process required	Professional Knowledge	Professional skill	Core skill	Responsibility
Level 1	Person may carry put a job which may require limited range of activities routine and predictable	Basic facts, process and principle applied in trade of employment	Recall and demonstrate practical skill, routine and repetitive in narrow range of application	Communication written and oral with minimum required clarity, skill of basic arithmetic and algebraic principles, personal banking, basic understanding of social and natural environment	Under close supervision some responsibility for own work within defined limit
Level 2	Work in familiar, predictable, routine, situation of clear choice	Factual knowledge of field of knowledge or study	Recall and demonstrate practical skill, routine and repetitive in narrow range of application, using appropriate rule and tool, using quality concepts	Language to communicate written or oral, with required clarity, skill to basic arithmetic and algebraic principles, basic understanding of social political and natural environment	Responsibility for own work and learning
Level 3	Job that requires well developed skill, with clear choice of procedures in familiar context	Knowledge of facts, principles, processes and general concepts, in a field of work or study	A range of cognitive and practical skills required to accomplish tasks and solve problems by selecting and applying basic methods, tools materials and information	Desired mathematical skill, understanding of social, political and some skill of collecting and organizing information, communication.	Responsibility for own work and learning and some responsibility for other’s works and learning
Level 4	Demands wide range of specialized technical skill, clarity of knowledge and practice in broad range of activity involving standard/ non-standard practices	Factual and theoretical knowledge in broad contexts within a field of work or study	A range of cognitive and practical skills required to generate solutions to specific problems in a field of work or study	Reasonably good in mathematical calculation, understanding of social, political and reasonably good in data collecting organizing information, and logical communication	Responsibility for own work and learning and full responsibility for other’s works and learning
Leve5 & 6	Requires a command of wide ranging specialized theoretical and practical skill, involving variable routine and non- routine context	Wide ranging, factual and theoretical knowledge in broad contexts within a field of work or study	Wide range of cognitive and practical skills required to generate solutions to specific problems in a field of work or study	Good logical and mathematical skill understanding of social political and natural environment good in collecting and organizing information, communication and presentation skill	Full responsibility for output of group and development

Student Assessment

• A dedicated in-house faculty team for internal support
• Guest / Expert Faculty invited from reputed institutions
• Well Structured programme covering basics to advanced concepts in all key papers & General Studies
• Regular Seminars,assignments combined with periodic assessments ensuring expected learning outcomes
• Exclusive Study materials together with support of digital sources.