Preparing Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0) Ready Graduates

Industrial revolution 4.0 is characterized with use of cyber - physical systems to automate, monitor and analyze business. The students have access to volumes of information available a click away. Developing the graduates with the futuristic skills is a major challenge in front of educators. The case discusses the pro-activeness of Rajarambapu Institute of Technology (RIT) such as designing innovative teaching strategies, preparing faculties and students and developing smart infrastructure in responding to the changing needs of the industries. At RIT, the challenges are even more intensified as most of the students are first generation learners belonging to farmers’ families. Team RIT worked with a belief that together they can bring the change. The study concludes that a triangular systems approach can help the institutes transform and develop the IR4 ready graduates. The three pillars i.e. Management & faculty, industry and learning systems should be inextricably intertwined with only student as the focus to achieve the expected outcomes. The findings will also prove to be an initial source of reference for other engineering institutes to bring in the educational transformations. Although Industry 4.0 is the buzzword, very few technical institutes understand and realize the concept in detail. This case study will help technical institutes to identify the factors which they have to asses critically and act upon for preparing graduates with futuristic skills.