LIST OF COEs and the Coordinators Campus wise
| Sr. No. | Center of Excellence | Co-Ordinator Name | ||
| Andhra Pradesh Campus | ||||
| 1 | Redhat Technologies | Ms G.Jhansi Rani | ||
| 2 | Mat lab Technologies | Dr. Murali | ||
| 3 | Cadence Technologies | Ms Ramya | ||
| 4 | Block chain including Hyper ledger | Mr. Siddharth Kumar | ||
| 5 | Microsoft Cloud | Mr Aswini Kumar | ||
| 6 | Oracle Technologies | Ms. Triveni | ||
| 7 | Open Source Software | Mr Amit Kumar | ||
| 8 | IBM Watson | Ms Anu Radha | ||
| 9 | Quantum Computing with IBM | Mr. M.Satish Kumar | ||
2.3. Teaching-Learning Process
2.3.1. Student centric methods, such as experimental learning, participative learning and problem-solving methodologies are used for enhancing learning experiences
Response:
Centurion University since inception has focused on the overall development of the students by ensuring that the learning process becomes student centric. The University stresses on developing the hands-on learning skill among students by providing them the adequate facilities for collaborative action and then ensuring the enhancement of problem-solving skills through active involvement in real life projects. These methods are well blended into the University’s Curriculum. The following mentioned practices provide the broad spectrum of initiatives undertaken by the University to make the learning process student centric.
Projects and Field Practicum
This ensures that the projects are the built-in components of most of the courses. Besides this, minor and major projects are included in the programs. Students opting for domain courses gets involved in live projects for which the University has tied-up with various industries. For this purpose, Centurion University has collaborated with a number of scientific institutions and other Universities. Besides lab practical students learn to use various advanced tools like Biovia and Simulia for the purpose of simulation. Field experiments are an integral part of various courses.
Internship and Apprenticeship
Internships and apprenticeships are undertaken by the students in various organizations for which credits are assigned in the programs. Through internship and apprenticeship students get an opportunity to match their classroom knowledge with that of their on-the-job experience. Apprenticeship is provided in the domain courses to hone the skill of the students.
Industry Visits and Exposure visit
Various schools and departments arrange for their student’s industry visits and exposure visits to give an insight into the internal working environment of various companies. They get an exposure into the workings of various companies. They get an exposure into the various functions of an organization and the technologies used by them and thus broadening their sphere of knowledge. It also sensitizes them about the practical challenges faced by the organizations.
Guest Lectures, Seminars, Workshops and Symposia:
In order to ensure the academic development and to make aware the students of the current trends in the industry various schools organize guest lectures, seminars, workshops and symposia on new age topics. The students of different schools have formed various clubs. The purpose of such clubs are to conduct student seminar, developing wall magazines and newsletter on the contemporary and advance topics and thus enriching their learning experiences in the process.
Group learning and Flip the class pedagogy:
Learning methods involving group discussion, group assignment and brainstorming sessions are part of the curriculum design which ensures peer learning. Flip class pedagogy ensures that the students learning process is uniform and proper.
ICT Enabled teaching:
ICT enabled teaching includes Wi-Fi enabled classrooms with LCD and projectors, smart classrooms and language lab. E-Learning resources are available for students which can be assessed by them from anywhere and on anytime.
Case studies:
Case study method of teaching used by various department enhances the critical thinking and problem-solving ability among the students. It helps them to hone their communication and interpersonal skills. Through this methods student try to find solutions to the real problems faced by the organizations.
Dissertation and Book Review:
Dissertations included in the course curriculum by various schools under the active guidance of the faculty members and industry personnel and monitored by the departments promote the self-learning of the students. Similarly, Book-Review undertaken by the students helps them to gain deeper insight into a topic.
Events:
Various events like Idea generation forums, Entrepreneurial Boot Camps, product competition, marketing games conducted by the various schools of the University provide the students with practical knowledge and enhances their skill.
2.3.2. Teachers use and ICT enabled tools including online resources for effective teaching and learning process
Response:
The ICT enabled teaching learning eco-system at Centurion University plays an important role in imparting quality education. The embedment of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) tools in the teaching learning process is continuous and efficient.
The education management system at the Centurion University is created as a comprehensive teaching resource to connect with the thousands of students spread across all the campuses of Centurion University. Core functions like examinations, assessment and question bank are facilitated by Education Management system.
All the faculty and students have access to smart classrooms with multimedia aids which includes LCD projectors, smart TVs, high speed internet and audio system. The education management system of the University is designed to integrate the planning and execution of the semesters which include the various aspects like attendance, lesson plans, evaluation and mentoring etc. The media resource centre (MRC) of the University plays a crucial role in preparing digital contents and lecture videos for the various courses.
The digital library at the University provides University wide subscription of online resources to faculty and students that includes books, journals, databases and other learning materials. The Centurion courseware developed by the University has a collection of digitized contents for more than 900 courses from various disciplines. Moreover, the teaching method at the University includes virtual class room method of teaching which is done with the help of impartus which is a video learning software.
The language laboratory facilitates classroom engagement and interaction via computer based exercises and activities. Centurion University uses the teaching and learning resources from SWAYAM MOOCS platform. Another platform developed by the University is the Gooru platform which further facilitates the online teaching learning process. I calibrator developed by the University helps in conducting online assessments. The University also has access to the best of the software and simulation platforms offered by Dassault, which includes Catia, Simulia, Biovia, Enovia and Delmia. The VLab tool of the University provides access to faculties and students for conducting experiments.
The University wide subscription of software’s like Turnitin and Urkund ensures that the assignments, project and dissertations submitted by the students are thoroughly checked for plagiarism prior to the submission. Further Faculties use tools such as Adobe Spark and Doodly to create impactful and digitized contents for the courses.
Centurion University can proudly claim itself as the most NEP complaince University. This is because the founders envisioned the university in line with dual sectors universities of Australian where TAFE (Technical and Further Education) operate alongside within the University ecosystem. Centurion university contextualised and adapted TAFE and higher education in India by integrating skills in the deliveries of higher education.
Centurion curricula are designed and developed with an aim for multiple entry and exit, by integrating skills, which is industrial-production oriented.
Centurion has established social entrepreneurship outreach entities under the rubric of ‘Gram Tarang’ to accomplish the above stated objective. The University has established partnership with NIOS to facilitate school dropouts for academic upward mobility to enrol into higher education after completing 10th and 12th.
One of the most significant and most successful programmes is the partnership with Café Coffee Day under which the brew masters complete their 12th with NIOS and enrol into the University programme for work-integrated undergraduate degree in Retail Management.
Centurion University has vertically integrated skill development into all its programmes. Students can choose from over 100 skills courses which include music, dance, sports, core-professional-life—entrepreneurship skills. The University has over 50 industry partners who support and help domain tracks running over 24 credits in six months’ time. The University has industry sponsored labs across 15 industrial verticals.
The University, which has become the equivalent of a pilgrimage pinnacle for skill integrated education, has had the privilege to host many visitors from government both central and state, PSUs, universities/ institutions from across the globe, multilateral agencies such the World Bank, ADB, UN, and international and national universities, organizations like the British Council, many High Commissioners, and so on.
The University has applied to be part of the Academic Bank of Credits and is ready to both receive as well as export credits. Centurion has developed its curricula as a full cafeteria and all 1100 subjects and domains can be viewed at courseware.cutm.ac.in. All courses are digitally aligned. Students also can choose from Swayam, Coursera as well as Udemy. Faculty members also contribute to these platforms.
The courseware of each subject outlines objectives as well as learning outcomes. The framework is in place to align all programmes with competencies. The students are also supported, encouraged and trained to participate in world skills competitions and the University has been privy to gold medals at national level.
As a Skill University, Centurion has developed over 30 diplomas as well as 50 certificate courses to be offered in hybrid mode to external learners. All courses have theory/simulation practice and one month on-campus modules to hone their skills on real-time basis. All these courses have mapping of industrial skills and competencies as the outcome. The focus is also on project-product-production (action-learning) as a pedagogical tool as opposed to lab-experiment-records (applied learning). The University has achieved this transformation in a period of last 7 years.
The University mandates Culture, Sports and Responsibility (CSR) for each student in every semester. All students have to carry out activities of 10 hours per semester for CSR. The CSR activities assign importance to the promotion of Indian dance/ music/ literature and culture. The literary outcome of CSR results in a yearly magazine called Chandrabhaga.
There is also an on-Campus Indic Knowledge Center working on science and Vedas and publishes periodically under the guidance and leadership of Prof Shantamma, who is an authority in this area.
The University curricula is all delivered on a campus-wide ERP as the backbone. The University offers the choice of paperless examination system, where students can use tabs and stylus. The University also uses free tools like Moodle. The University is currently embarking on immersive learning with development of 3D assets and soon it will be transported into Metaverse.
