India’s first Subsurface Engineering Program is launched by MIT-WPU
This week, MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU) launched World Peace University RISE (WPU RISE), a new online vertical. The new venture aims to provide students all over the world with industry-relevant education in the fields of Science, Technology, and Management. To accelerate the launch of MIT-WPU RISE, MIT-WPU collaborates with KPMG as its first partner. India’s infrastructure and civil projects, ranging from transportation to hydropower, are in the early stages of growth. The capacity gap has been established by MIT World Peace University in terms of trained engineers to handle sub-surface projects such as underground metros, water transportation, gas pipelines, and tunnels, among others.
“Even though there are professionals in this sector, India has a severe skill shortage. We at MIT-WPU recognise this need and have created this forum to formally teach subsurface engineering at our new subsurface engineering school. This course has been developed in collaboration with the renowned Montan University of Austria, which specialises in this area, and meets all of the requirements of our international counterparts. Our students will have the ability to participate in a live project on an international scale.” Mr. Rahul V. Karad, MIT-Executive WPU’s President, said.
“Subsurface engineering has a lot of potential in highway tunnel projects, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir. In Jammu and Kashmir, about 20 tunnel projects are currently under construction, with the potential to employ highly skilled subsurface engineers.” Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Roads, Transport and Highways, said at the opening of MIT World Peace University’s School of Subsurface Engineering (MIT-WPU). “With rapid urbanisation comes a need for strong infrastructure,” Mr. Gadkari said in his speech. We’ve seen the advent of newer technologies in India that are solving infrastructure problems. Subsurface engineering is one such field that will aid in the alleviation of not only infrastructure problems but also in a variety of other domains.”
“Students may apply for these courses both online and by traditional means. According to an MIT-WPU statement, “the teaching pedagogy would be a combination of theory and practical training so that engineers will have hands-on exposure to the real world.” The MIT-WPU School of Sub-Surface Engineering will offer a postgraduate programme that will be offered as a Certificate programme (3 months), M.Tech programme (2 years), and PhD programme to students. In June 2021, WPU RISE launches its first programme, the Programme in Data Science, in partnership with a top consulting firm in India. Over 350 hours of live and self-paced workshops, capstone projects, internship opportunities, and industry expert mentoring are included in the course. WPU RISE aims to provide career advancement and capability development through this initiative, which combines academic study with business and corporate requirements. Each module in the programme is carefully curated and delivered by a team of faculty and Data Science experts with years of experience.
Furthermore, a World Economic Forum report predicts that by 2026, the field of Data Science will have over 11.5 million job openings. As a result, we agreed to launch a Data Science programme led by MIT-WPU in collaboration with industry leaders to ensure that we are meeting the needs of the competitive business world and that each of our students will upskill and launch new and lucrative careers.”
