Industrial Visit

The objective of an industrial visit is to provide the students an insight regarding the internal working of companies. Today, we all perfectly understand that theoretical knowledge is just not enough for a successful professional career.

Inculcation of industrial visits in undergraduate and post-graduate courses is a part of interactive learning in Top universities in India. The benefits of such initiatives are as follows.

1. Interact and learn from experts in the industry:

The Industrial visits help students to meet and get influenced by the industry leaders, policymakers, and professionals and experience their share of wisdom and learning. It gives them a precise understanding of how the actual industry works and also helps them to get inspired by their management skills and leadership qualities. It equips students to get hands-on training on the latest technologies and trends in the industry.

2. Opens new venues for learning by seeing:

The industrial visits offer an opportunity for students to experience the real machines, workstations, systems, plants, assembly lines, etc., and get to learn how the system works from the experienced experts in the industry. Such practical training is important for students who have always been learning through imagination. The students also get to learn about the production and operational policies of the company and can relate to them from what they have learned in the curriculum.

3. Learning management concepts:

During the industrial visits, students get to learn how professionals perform at work and they implement certain industry-specific concepts such as benchmarking, quality analysis, just-in-time production, etc. They get to learn how professionals handle hundreds of workers at the same time, but still maintain the quality norms and targets of the organization. They also learn how the different segments of professionals such as workers, engineers, and managers work in harmony to achieve a common target.

4. Improves their job prospects:

Students can utilize the opportunities of industrial visits to build good relationships with the companies. It can help them while seeking jobs and while approaching these organizations for training and internships. Positive interaction between the students and the HR managers of the organization can help them in their future job hunt.

5. Helps them explore the other end of the horizon:

Students who have been always attending lecture sessions of the concepts, can now take a break from the monotony and engage in practical learning. They get a chance to learn out of the four walls of the classroom and have a free conversation with the faculty members and the industry experts. This helps to prepare them for their future.

The industrial visits serve as the first point of interaction between the student and the working industry they belong to. It serves as a platform for students to enhance their interpersonal skills and students should make the best use of these trips to enhance their intellect.

• Industrial visits help them gain hands-on experience of how industry operations are executed.
• Industry visits bridge the gap between theoretical training and practical learning in a real-life environment.
• Industry visits provide opportunity for active/interactive learning experiences in-class as well outside the classroom environment.
• With industry visits, students are able to better identify their prospective areas of work in the overall organizational function.
• Industry visits help enhance interpersonal skills and communication techniques.
• Students become more aware of industry practices and regulations during industry visits.
• Industry visits broaden the outlook of students with exposure to different workforces from different industries.