S Nalin Vimalkumar, Md, SNS Colleges Gives Emphasis On Encouraging Entrepreneurship In SNS Institutions

In 1997, the SNS Group of Industries set up the SNS Charitable Trust after they noticed an overflowing demand in the field of education. To cater this, need the SNS Charitable Trust started educational institutions which soon expanded from pre-school to advanced levels of graduate and post-graduate programmes in Arts, Science, Education, Management, Engineering, Pharmacy, Allied health sciences and research centres. Dr. S N Subbramanian is the Chairman of SNS Colleges. Dr. S Rajalakshmi is the Managing trustee and correspondent and SNS College MD is Dr. S Nalin Vimalkumar.

SNS College MD, Dr. S.Nalin Vimal kumar

Speaking about the core philosophy of the institution, Dr. S Nalin Vimalkumar MD, SNS Institutions says, “Throughout the journey innovation has been our benchmark. Creativity and innovation are fundamental to all the academic disciplines and these two elements are driven by Design Thinking (DT). Also, SNS college framework is customized based on industry requirements which is reviewed and validated by industry experts in order to ensure the syllabus is relevant to changing technology trends and evolving needs of the industry”.

SNS Colleges gives a great deal of emphasis on encouraging entrepreneurship, the MD acknowledges. The grouse from industry has been the lack of skills from fresh graduates. To tackle this, fostering creativity by providing an appropriate seed of mechanism through design thinking to bring their ideas and imaginations into life is the aim of SNS Colleges. Not just engineers, we deliver entrepreneurs is what the MD, Dr. Nalin swears by.

To make the educational experience inclusSNS College MD, Dr. S.Nalin Vimal kumarive and participative in multiple ways and to connect the industry, students of SNS Colleges are introduced to networks to interact, forge partnerships and succeed. The approach is multi-layered aiming to encapsulate as much of the real-world as it can. This has been possible due to academic flexibility to update curriculum based on the needs of the industry and to introduce innovation in various levels to meet global standards.

Students of SNS Colleges are given the means and opportunities to freely probe, examine, debate issues and ideas and actively pursue their educational goals. The rights and responsibilities of students are clearly articulated and supported. A Hariharan, System Engineer, Infosys Ltd, who is an SNS alumni says, “The ECE department always gave a nod for extracurricular activities which made us realise what we are and where we are in the competitive world. I got an offer to work for a company with a stipend before I completed my course. I am deeply thankful to the management”.