OU launches Human Capital Development Centre

More and more graduates were opting to become entrepreneurs and it was imperative for higher education institutions to provide the right inputs at the right time, IT and Industries Principal Secretary, Jayesh Ranjan said.

Launching the Human Capital Development Centre (HCDC) at Osmania University (OU) recently, Ranjan said the idea of a finishing school was a brilliant one to help students identify their potential and groom them accordingly.

“Employability has become the key outcome expected of higher education institutions and this is an effort to universalise placement training to meet the needs of the fourth industrial revolution,” said Prof. K Stevenson, Director,



HCDC.

Telangana State Council of Higher Education Chairman, Prof. R Limbadri and Vice Chairman Prof. V Venkata Ramana described the idea as a unique one. OU Vice Chancellor, Prof D Ravinder said the Centre was the first item of the 21-point agenda to take shape and said many more reforms were in the pipeline.

The Centre has four coordinators — Prof. V Uma Maheshwar, Prof. A Patrick, Prof. KW Christopher and Prof. P Muralidhar Reddy.

“India has a unique opportunity to benefit from its young people, who constitute two-thirds of the population. Higher education institutions play an important role in realising the demographic dividend,” he said.