Dr. Mohan Kumar Gabriel is an Principal of the Park College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He did BE,ME ,MBA, and PhD. He is an Inspiring Teacher, and a good motivator for students from the past 30 years. He received the BEST Teacher Award twice during his Career in 1997. He brought up the institution in list of top 20 engineering institutions of Tamil Nadu in academics and sports performance during 2011 - 12. With his motivational drive, every year one or more gold medals are achieved by students in academics.

Park College of Engineering and Technology

Being a Principal of Park University, what are your roles and responsibilities towards the students?

“To look out for academic administration, laboratories facilities and syllabus updation”

There are many roles and responsibilities I play as a principal of this college. I'll have to look after the academic administration, which is whether the students are taught as per the schedule, whether the syllabus is being completed, making sure students are getting the required facilities in our laboratories, etc.

How do you tend to establish healthy relations with the students and fellow faculty in Park College of Engineering and Technology?

“Maintain good conversation and visit classrooms frequently”

Whenever there is a need for the students whether they require something or they have any feedback related to college, any faculty I have given my students full authority to come to me anytime and they do come with me with the problems and I make sure the issues get solved as soon as possible. I also visit classrooms very frequently so that I get a chance to meet students and have a conversation with them so that it will be easy for them to be more open about things.

How do you try to bring in a practical approach towards subjects and make it industry oriented?

“Encourage students for industry visits and show animated videos for them”

I’m a syllabus committee member at Anna University this year and my main priority there is to bring in a more practical approach not only in our college but also all colleges in Tamil Nadu. I have always encouraged my students for industrial visits but I can understand that all colleges can’t provide this but at least they can show some animated videos where students can have a better understanding of the concept they have learned.

How do you strategize the curriculum and how often it gets updated to make it beneficial for the students?

“Update the curriculum as per the proposal of authorities”

No it is not possible to to us to strategize or update the curriculum because we are affiliated with Anna University but still as I told you before Im the committee member at Anna University for three branches which is robotics, mechatronics and mechanical and automation so I have a authority to propose any changes and they are taken care off.

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What are your views upon the placements and higher education about the students from Park College of Engineering and Technology?

“Prepare pupils to attend interviews and placements from the campus”

We have good placements as we are a 20 years old college. There are many companies who come to our college every year because of the results they are getting from our old years. We also have a placement team who look after from preparing students to attending interviews to getting jobs for our students and they are doing a good job

Do you have any extra curricular activities in Park College of Engineering and Technology?

“Cultural fests, industrial programs and NSS activities are available for pupils”

Yes we encourage all of the extra curricular activities in our colleges like we have NSS in our college. We also have an association which is organising continuous programs which will help students in their career development by inviting people from industrial backgrounds so they can tell students about the things required to work in the organisation. We also have cultural fests in our college where students can showcase their talents in all the cultural events. We also have sports competitions where students get a chance to compete with other students.I make sure students enjoy their college life through all these events.

How many years have you in the educational field?

“Working in the education sector for the past 34 years”

I have been there in the educational field for the past 34 years and I would like to continue till the day I'm able to serve here.

What are the challenges faced by you in uplifting the quality of education on Park College of Engineering and Technology?

“Overall development and scope for good quality are accessible for students”

Autonomy of an institution will fetch a lot of scope for the individual college to decide upon since we are under an affiliation we have many limitations which are there by the university. Other than that I have planned many things through which there will be an overall development of the students through which we can deliver more quality students walking out of the institution.

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When you came to college, what was your vision and how are you trying to achieve the same?

“To improve campus quality and get max certification for pupils”

I have actually achieved all my visions and what all I had thought of before joining this college. It took some time but I did it. I wanted to get max certification for our college and eventually we are the first college in Coimbatore to get a NAAC certificate. I added many add ons in our institution like MBA, research centre . After I joined this institution I was able to raise a grant upto 12 cr for mechanical engineering and aeronautical engineering and the aeronautical department is one of the best in Tamil Nadu. We are also starting a project on a hydrogen mission which has a grant of around 12 cr.I have also started geo informatics department which is only available in our college in all of south India.