Mr.Dr.Vunnava Dinesh Babu has been working as the Head of Computer Science and Engineering Department at Chebrolu Engineering College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. He is a seasoned professional with passion for continuous learning to enhance his teaching. He has done B.Tech from NRI Institute of Technology, M.Tech in Computer Science from St. Mary's Group of Institutions and Pursuing PhD from Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science of Chennai. He has a rich 11+ years of experience in Academics, Research, Teaching, Training and Consultancy. Also, he is actively involved in guiding and performing research on various facets of Technologies. As a resolute educationalist, he has published numerous text books on Cryptography and Network Security along with research papers which outline his educational tendencies. 

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Being the Head of CSE Department, what are your roles and responsibilities for the students?

"It is to ensure students receive best education, facilities and industrial exposure"

As a Department Head, my prime responsibility is to ensure a kind of positive, encouraging and effective learning environment for my students where they can receive the best quality education and skills. Apart from this, I am responsible to plan and offer them industry internships and various value added courses to supplement their knowledge. Lastly, making sure all essential resource material remains available for students comes under the scope of my responsibilities. 

How do you establish healthy relations with the students and fellow faculty? 

"By being their friend, a good communicator, listener and supporter"

To ensure a good relationship with my students and fellow faculties, I regularly interact with them through an environment which is trustworthy, transparent and respectful. Also, I promote classroom discussion and peer interaction, because students learn faster in a collaborative learning environment and when students will receive best, the relationship between them and their teachers and also with me will go a long way. Apart from this, I come up with innovative project ideas on which we all can work together and learn from each other. The last factor which has helped me here is the kind of routined and disciplined environment I have maintained in college campus. 

How do you bring in a practical and industry oriented approach towards subjects?

"By encouraging students to ask questions, and teaching them using ICT tools"

We encourage our students to take part in group discussions, present their work in front of others and also to ask questions whenever they are being taught any topic, because a curious mind is worth better than a superfast mind. Also, we first capture the student's level of knowledge by interacting with them so that we can adjust our teaching accordingly. And lastly we use multimedia like pre-recorded videos and audio clips to deliver the sessions whenever required. 

Which best practices are offered by your department to the students to help them gain necessary skills? 

"We educate them about essential soft and social skills for the same"

We teach them about essential soft and hard communication skills, and clearly set realistic goals before delivering any session so that they should have a clear idea about what we need to achieve at the end. And we continuously monitor their academic growth and performance so that we can customize our programs, training and other activities to best fit their needs. 

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How do you strategize and update the curriculum to make it befitting for the students?

"We carefully analyze our college goals and re-evaluate the market and job trends to design and update it"

Before designing and updating our curriculum, we continuously evaluate and re-evaluate our end goals, keep a proper track of employee skills that are sought after, take job trends into consideration and include advanced technologies in our course delivery on a constant basis. 

How does your department prepare its students for placement and higher education?

"We conduct mock interviews, customized training programs and professional visits for them"

Our Department offers all-inclusive and customized training programs and career counseling sessions to prepare our students for both the placement as well as higher studies. And we also conduct workshops, mock interviews, arrange internships and industrial visits for them as and when required. 

How do you prepare your students to deal with the outside competitive world?

"By encouraging them to do research oriented study and involving them in collaborative activities"

We motivate our students to get hands-on experience on the latest technologies and tools and have faith in their skills because ultimately we are our biggest competition. And we also involve them in different kinds of healthy competitions and collaboration activities to teach them about leadership and team building skills and to connect them with the outside world, we regularly take them to various professional visits.

Which extracurricular activities are organized by your college to enhance the skills of students?

"Sports activities, fun games, technical events and cultural fests are organized by us"

Our college regularly organizes activities and events like sports, games, volunteer and service-related activities, cultural fests, technical competitions and other fun activities for the all around growth and development of our students because we believe that along with academics these co-curricular activities are also equally important. 

What challenges are you facing to uplift the education quality of your department? 

"Lack of time to develop curriculum and adjust our teaching practices in line with needs of students are our biggest challenges"

There are different kinds of challenges which we are facing at different levels while uplifting the education quality of our department, and the most prominent ones from them is the lack of time to plan and design Curriculum of our college and the lack of time for monitoring and evaluating the performance of our students. Apart from this, we are also facing challenges in balancing diverse learning needs of our students and in making best use of Information and Communication Technologies to supplement our educational methodologies. 

When you joined this college, what was your vision for it and how are you trying to achieve the same? 

"My aim was to work for the development of our college and maintain an integral work environment in college"

My vision when I joined this amazing college was to work for the success and growth of our students and college. In addition to this, fulfilling students academic and non-academic needs by creating an educational environment in which students can attain a variety of goals was another objective. Lastly, I aspire to maintain a high standard of integrity and performance oriented ambiance in college which can in turn fulfill college vision and missions.

How does the curriculum of your college ensure the best practices of industry? 

"It is developed after rigorous analysis of corporate demands and consultation with industry people"

We do deep research about industrial developments and requirements so that whatever programs we offer to our students, those should be a best fit for them. And after that we involve our faculty members to give suggestions and inputs on the usefulness and effectiveness of our curriculum, subject syllabus and how much extra effort they need to put in to deliver it to students. Lastly, we take suggestions from our industry partners and academicians about standards we need to adhere to.

How does your college enhance the faculty skills and prepare them as per industry standards?

"They are trained through FDPs, STTP, workshops and MOOC courses"

In order to upgrade the skills of our faculty members and prepare them for the latest industry standards and requirements, our college regularly organizes workshops, Faculty Development Programs, short term training programs and also asks them to do certification courses through amazing learning platforms like MOOCs. 

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What approaches do you bring in apart from curriculum to teach the students?

"We educate them about how to work in a pressurized environment and also encourage to develop advanced skills"

For the purpose of educating our students beyond books and curriculum, we teach students how to adapt in any unusual or difficult environment and how to build good relationships with others in their professional life. In addition to this, we educate them about the kind of communication strategies and social skills they need to learn using a teach-review-reteach process. 

What do you see as your college’s greatest strengths and how it can be enhanced?

"The ambiance we have maintained for our students and teachers is our main source of strength"

In my opinion, the main pillar of our college's strengths is the kind of trustworthy working and learning environment we have created for our faculty members and students. Apart from this, we have maintained a disciplined, respectful, determined ambiance so that everyone can grow as per their potential, conduct research activities and also educate others with whatever skills they have, and these things collectively make us strong. And if I talk about the ways we can enhance our strengths, we need to instill a positive attitude in students towards their studies, make them capable enough to think and work independently and complete their tasks within stipulated time, basically we need to enable a curious attitude in students. 

Any valuable advice which you would like to give to the students for a prosperous career ahead?

"Look for such internship which best suits your skills, stay focused and punctual towards your goals"

I would like to advise my dear students to look for suitable internship opportunities so that they can utilize their knowledge in the best possible way and also learn new skills. Also, participate in work-study programs, keep your skills up-to-date, stay focused towards your studies and life goals, and try to maintain a proper balance between your personal and professional life. And never blindly listen to others, but do things which match with your passion, stay motivated, build your professional network which can help you in your personality development and career growth, and try to connect with industry experts over social media.