1. Certification/Degree Programme for CS/IT Educators in Colleges
M. Balakrishnan
Deputy Director (Faculty) and
Professor, CSE Dept. IIT Delhi

2. Initiating Academic Programmes
The following four Key Questions are to be answered before initiating any new academic programmes?
Is there a need in the society?
What would be the key difference (USP) from other alternatives?
Would it attract talented students?

3. Initiating Academic Programmes
In case one is interested in ‘excellence”, need to answer the following additional question as well.
What are my unique/key strengths to launch the programme?

4. MTech / Certificate Program in
Context
MTech / Certificate Program in
CS/IT Education

5. Need in the Society 3000+ engineering colleges
Most offering CS/EC/IT programmes
Cannot even attract post-graduate qualified candidates as teachers
The requirement would be for 100,000+ teachers and if account for attrition (to software industry) it may be atleast 200,000 post-graduate qualified CS/IT/EC teachers

6. Key Contents CS/IT Core CS/IT electives
Data structures, Programming, Architecture
CS/IT electives
Specialization (typically what the graduate would be expected to teach)
(this can also be a market differentiator)
Theory and practice of class room education as well as student mentoring
Communication skills
Exposure to relevant education material and sources
Mentored teaching practice and assessment

7. Attracting Talent
Clearly a challenge as at present education careers in this area are a poor second choice among the under-graduates
Tie-ups with selected colleges for upgrading their skills (to enable this it has to be available in a modular or part-time mode)
Concept selling as career option

8. IIIT Delhi - Institutional Strengths/Weaknesses
New institution – few legacies and vested interests and thus can think differently
Need to react to market forces as not completely underwritten by the Govt.
Building appropriate stakeholders within the Institution (Young faculty with little teaching experience and recruited on the basis of their research potential – motivating them in a venture with little traditional research focus)

9. Thank You