About BU-CUIC

Bharathiar University Centre for University and Industry Collaboration was established as per the announcement in the Floor of Assembly, Government of Tamil Nadu order no. 5595/H2/2020-1 dated 17.04.2020, and includes the regulations given by the UGC letter no. D.O.No.F.1-14/2015/(CCP-II) dated 29.09.2015 in XII five-year plan.

The primary motto of the centre is to offer placement assistance, training, soft skill development and inviting industries for students’ placement. In addition to the above, the centre will offer job oriented / Industry relevant and skill oriented courses to the students for enhancing the employability of the students and scholars. BU-CUIC will offer short Term Courses, Certificate Courses, Diploma, and PG Diploma for students, scholars, faculty and working professionals. These courses will be offered by the centrein collaboration of Industries with University departments and Institutions, in the fields of Health / Hospitality / Service Sectors / Government and other need-based sectors.

The collaboration between universities and industry is increasingly perceived as a vehicle to enhance innovation through knowledge exchange. Even though institutions provide necessary knowledge to work in the industry, still the industries feel that the academic knowledge and domain skills are fragmented and lack efficient comprehensive training. To address this gap, we encourage a systematic procedure to develop the skill set of students, with the enhancement of domain skills thorough collaborative learning programmes with industries and institutions, which include hands-on training programmes, certificate courses with practical training in industries, applied research projects and consultancies.

As industries gain insight through BU-CUIC, the students can build their research and real-world experience, which allows both the parties to rely on each other for their strengths. These mutually beneficial partnerships can produce ground-breaking research and innovation that solve complex problems, drive economic growth, and create a more skilled workforce. By striking up corporate partnerships, universities have more resources to undertake research and they are able to diversify their research areas. Collaborating with universities allows the companies to “de-risk” their research.While universities and industry enjoy a symbiotic relationship, society also benefits from a trained workforce answering today’s most pressing challenges and creating technology to improve lives. Additionally, the centre will enhance the training and skill development to the students for employment. BU-CUIC will work for the supply of skilled workforce to the job market by enhancing the soft and domain skills of the students for possessing competency in the relevant field.

The engagement between academic research faculty and industry is becoming a common pathway for research and commercialisation. These collaborations provide significant benefits to universities, industry, and society. Faculties play a crucial role in establishing successful industry and university collaboration. BU-CUIC aids in sourcing critical resources to drive diverse, cutting edge research initiatives, and it assists to uncover the industry requirements and to solve the challenges with the help of collaborative trainings and research. BU-CUIC will help to transform the academic activities into constant solution seeking mechanism, active network building and effective value creations for both institutions and industries. Collaboration is the key and when done properly, it yields amazing innovative and ingenious solutions. Establishing industry-institute chair in the centre will give more room for research and faculty exchange, curriculum construction, internship for students and placement assistance. BU-CUIC will work for co-ordination and collaboration between the University and Industries in the neighbourhood to establish a centre of excellence for skill development in specified areas.