College of Engineering Pune proposes to increase intake, introduce new courses

“Core subjects like mechanical and civil are equally important. Trends come and go but we should not ignore core subjects,” said Vinayak Pai, recently appointed chairman of the university’s Board of Governance.

He added that the Chikhali research campus of COEP, which has been delayed for a while now, is expected to be ready by February. “We have created the basic infrastructure. We are in discussion with three or four industries to understand their problems and the facility will be available for them to set up labs. These are the automobile industry, IT industry, and sustainability and agriculture industry. Once a partner is selected it will take further three-four months to set up a lab,” Pai added.

Minor in AI, governance on cards

The university is also planning to offer multidisciplinary minors in accordance with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 from the fourth semester in topics like Governance, Leadership and Public Policy, Quantum Computing, AI, psychology, foreign languages, Indian Knowledge Systems. These courses will be offered in collaboration with institutes like BORI, Gokhale Institute, and Deccan College.