ASCENT aims to nurture and equip engineers to become more relevant in addressing the challenges in the construction infrastructure sector in India and elsewhere.
While the developed world is preparing its graduates to solve complex problems, there is a fundamental requirement to impart basic engineering and management skills amongst the graduates, thereby developing a strong backbone of skills in India.
The 8500 technical institutes in India produces about 1.5 million engineers every year, where only 2 to 5% of them are truly employable and are equipped with modern skills.
ASCENT will nurture and equip the engineers to become more relevant in addressing the challenges in the construction infrastructure sector in India and elsewhere.
The primary objective of ASCENT is to evoke interest in engineering and prepare candidates for lifelong learning. This initiation will focus on equipping graduates through the development of competencies, and engage students and young professionals directly in the learning process.
ASCENT will act as an Industry‐Institution‐Chamber of Commerce Bridge. This program is envisaged to offer visible value additions to Institutions, Students and Industry.
Hands on problem solving in infra and construction sector
Working closely with highly experienced professionals
Opportunity to work in applied research areas
An opportunity to be a part of InCoBAN
Integrative thinking
Integrated program management life cycle
Business formulation and feasibility
Interaction with industry stakeholders, institutions & government
Inter‐disciplinary exposure
21st century skills such as critical thinking skills, problem solving etc.
Benchmarking against best in class indian and international practices
Ability to work independently and as a team player
The ASCENT team will deliver lectures with content complementing the subjects in the curriculum and expose the students to the areas that are beyond the syllabus. The lecture hours shall be between 2 hours to 30 hours per semester including a few guest lectures from industry experts, both from India and abroad.
The National Program/Project Management Policy Framework (NPMPF) aims to build Program Management Capability in India and ultimately set up the National Institute for Charted Program/Project Professionals. The lectures will introduce the study of InBoK (Indian Infrastructure Body of Knowledge). Professionals from various sectors both from India and Abroad, with extensive experience will be orienting the students in the following areas of InBoK.
a) Part I: Program Design and Implementation Plan
b) Part II: Individual Project Acquisition
c) Part III: Constituent Project Initiation & Planning
d) Part IV: Monitoring and Control of Constituent Projects
e) Part V: Managing Project Execution
A total of 5 to 10 hours will be dedicated to InBoK Orientation in the aforementioned five areas.
The students will be assigned projects from applied research areas of InCoBAN. The students shall choose topics of their interest relevant to their sector. Students shall work on specific industry improvement projects of their choice.
Internships and Projects from the following areas shall be given by InCoBAN.
The project intends to develop a platform approach for institutionalized capacity building with a focus on Program Management Maturity Framework (PMMF). PMMF is expected to support organizations, both government and private, to benchmark, align continuously improve and develop program management competency. The Program themes will be the intersections area of Program Life Cycle and Tasks.
The construction sector invariably has handled the labor workforce at arm’s length, employed exploitative practices and extracted the utmost benefit from ineffective implementation of the prescribed laws. Though many legislations are prescribed on paper, they are barely implemented to their letter and spirit. The projects under this theme are about creating an Organized Construction Labor Market in India and validating the Workforce Mainstreaming Model of InCoBAN etc.
Lifelong Learning Scorecard for all Students by intertwining their three-factor skills (core employability, professional and communication)
