Finishing School

Skill & Entrepreneurship Development Cell

Finishing School (Enhancing Employability and Entrepreneurship Skills)

The Finishing School under the Skill & Entrepreneurship Development Cell of Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University). Udaipur, is initiated with the aim to enhance the employability and entrepreneurship skills of students pursuing university degrees, and to bridge the gap between academics and industry.

For students pursuing degrees, the implementation and execution of Finishing Schools will be integrated with their existing department/constituent college or university schedule. Students will attend regular courses followed by two hours of skill enhancement courses. The skill courses will be carefully curated from a pool of courses. designed to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge in demand in the job market.

To ensure high-quality education, well-qualified faculty members will be hired for regular courses, maintaining a teacher-student ratio of 1:25. Additionally, industry experts and faculty members will be hired for skill courses, improving the ratio to 1:20.

This ensures that students receive practical insights and guidance from professionals with hands-on experience in their respective fields.

Finishing schools provide numerous benefits to students. For students pursuing degrees, these schools enhance their employability and professional development by focusing on essential soft skills such as communication, teamwork, and problem-solving. They also offer industry-specific training, career guidance, and placement assistance, bridging the gap between academia and the job market. Moreover, students gain networking opportunities, personality enhancement sessions, and entrepreneurial skills training. preparing them for successful careers and leadership roles.

The Finishing School offers a promising solution to bridge the gap between education and industry, enhance employability, and foster entrepreneurship skills among students by integrating skill enhancement courses into existing academic programs i.e. improving access & employability by imparting need based skill courses.

Objectives of the Finishing School

To identify students with Skill or competence gaps, with otherwise good potential to excel and bridge their latent skill gaps
To address issues relating to employability of students of the University
Identifying numerous opportunities for employment both inside and outside the country and ascertain the anticipated skill requirements
Imparting short term courses on add-on skills as well as soft skills
Undertaking orientation programs, seminars and need based training to bridge the gap between academic content based knowledge and employability skills as envisaged by the industry
Act as a forum for Industry-Institute linkage that helps in identifying skill – gaps
Coordinate with the Government, Professional bodies and other agencies on associated Finishing School models.

The School would have activities that help in achieving the above objectives. Such activities would be
under head:

For the students of the University Departments /centers/constituent Institute or colleges.

Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee would meet at least once in year and evaluate the progress achieved in terms of objectives set. The Advisory committee would be assisted by a Finishing School Steering committee.

Training Programs

The School would identify skill-deficient students in the final semester of their learning program under different broad disciplines and impart:

Soft skill training program in batches of 50, It is proposed to undertake separate programs in the disciplines of Social Sciences, Humanities, Languages and Sciences Agriculture, Medical, Homeopathic, Physical Education, Computer Science, Education, Joytish & Commerce Thus four such training sessions are proposed.
Practical need-based training at the learners' center in collaboration with the concerned Department/institution/university.
Educative workshops for teachers on issues relating to employability, Additional Skill acquisition etc.