Mr. P. N. Vishnu Vardhan Reddy is a Correspondent and Secretary at the Bheema Institute of Technology and Sciences. He holds an MBA from Gitam University. With ten years of experience as an entrepreneur in manufacturing industry before taking charge at Bheema Institute of Technology and Sciences.

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You have held key positions at educational institutes throughout your professional career. What are the key factors that keep you connected with the education sector?

Not only in an institute, but we also must connect with the industry. When we cope with the industry, and what the industry needs, that thing we must implement in our institutes. We have to visit the industries first. Whatever the management is there, if the management visits the industry people first, there will be a vision. Even in other educational institutes, in order not to think of their performance as competitors, we have to have a vision. If we have superior institutes, what are the teaching methods in those institutes, what technology are they using, and how are they getting their students are getting marks, if we have a keen observation and the vision we can move forward with the flow.

Being the director of Bheema Institute of Technology and Sciences, what is your philosophy of leadership? And how do you describe your leadership style?

The primary customer is my staff and the secondary are the students. When I am happy with my primary customer, like my staff, my staff is happy with my institute, and that happiness is transferred to the student, and the second customer. When my staff is satisfied with my work and my team’s efforts, they transfer it as well. That means quality output comes from them, in classrooms, and labs. So, when it is transferred automatically, healthy growth happens.

Being the director of Bheema Institute of Technology and Sciences, how do you strategize about the key programs and plans for the marketing and administration of the colleges?

In administration, I have my own methods that I developed because of my background in marketing. For marketing, I look into information like how is the market this year, how is it going to be next year, and what are the competitors doing and not just concentrating on in-house work. We also look at how much our reach is in the online space like social media platforms, or media, or student exposure to the industry, and how far we are taking it. Based on that, we get wide publicity, and from that, we get admissions and there is growth.

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How does the curriculum of Bheema Institute of Technology and Sciences ensure the best practice of the students?

We follow JNTU’s set syllabus for our courses and regularly update it to be up-to-date with the latest trends and topics. We are also planning several clubs in-house like academics related, sports related, cultural activities, and ambassadors. We started a program called Adhyayan, which is a subject that is not in the curriculum. Students don't need any industry training or placements. We have started online courses. We have been building online courses strategically since the second year. To increase the weight of the resume among our students, we concentrate on their communication problems. We are not able to solve the communication problem, but by increasing the resume and subject, we are trying to equalise it.

Any insights into how your college could be more welcoming to the students of different races and economic backgrounds?

Since we have a Fee Reimbursement Scheme, everyone from a disadvantaged economic background or students with financial problems does not lag behind. Secondly, regarding placements, I have been bringing people into the industry for personal relations. Even then, they don't have to spend much on soft skills programs. We try to ensure our students do not fall behind in terms of finances and skills during placements.

What do you think your roles and responsibilities to the college and students are?

My role is very simple. I have a vision that I try to take forward. I have to implement my vision and my team's vision correctly. I look into what I am going to do this year and what I am going to do next year. Whether it is accreditation or an autonomous process, whatever it is, we have to think about it four years ahead of the forecast. What benefits will the student get? If the management is in the vision, automatically the team will implement that vision. Principals and the respective staff will automatically work.

What do you think should be the college's top priority over the next 10 years?

Our top priority over the next decade is development. We need to look into our infrastructure and then industry connections along with student development, and academic development. By concentrating on infrastructure and quality education automatically our students will get suitable results. Not only results, but we also need to focus on soft skills like leadership skills and extracurricular activities equally.