Rekha Kandukuri is working as an Assistant Professor at Rajputana College of Pharmacy. She has over 10 years of teaching experience along with 4 years of industrial experience. She has done M.Pharmacy in Pharmaceutics from JNTU, Hyderabad and B.Pharmacy from Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalaya (SPMVV), Tirupathi, secured AIR 1347 in GATE 2006. She has published 6 journals including as an Author & Co-Author in IJPRA, WJPR, STM journals. She is life member of the Indian Pharmacy Graduate Association (IPGA).

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What are your roles and responsibilities?

“To provide best education, guidance and motivation to our students”

I ensure to have enough time to interact with students with a vision of a healthy association and collaboration with them. Thus, as an assistant professor of an outstanding educational institute, I am responsible for cultivating a culture of purpose, motivation and strength for the future generations to come by offering them a friendly, interactive atmosphere where students can ask their doubts and it will be helpful for them in order to understand the subject and score good marks in the exams.

How do you establish healthy relations with the students and fellow faculty?

“By offering them a healthy and open environment to communicate”

I ensure a healthy relationship with my fellow faculty and students by being honest and friendly and keeping an understanding attitude with everyone, regularly monitoring students and correcting their behavior whenever it feels necessary, training students from a career point of view and supporting their weaknesses and strengths. I also try my best to improve their interest in research and by motivating them each perceptive about personnel growth as well.

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

“Through personality development and technical subjects apart from the typical syllabus to accommodate industry demands”

Currently, students have to study co-curricular subjects, such as personality development, career guidance, health and physical education, information and communication technology and work experience, which carry certain marks each. The marks obtained are later converted into grades. We regularly plan industrial visits for them to improve their interest in professional and new technologies which are required for industry requirements.

What are the best practices offered by the department to help students gain necessary skills?

“Inculcated various projects as part of our curriculum to make them skill oriented”

Some of the best practices that we follow to help prepare our students to achieve required skills as per the latest industry needs, we have come up with some small projects where they are asked to demonstrate and explain the concepts in presence of a group and share the knowledge and about current development. We encourage them regularly to stay focused on current trends in the field of pharmacy. 

How do you strategize and update the curriculum to make it be fitting for the students?

“Curriculum is prepared after an extensive research and planning on industry trends and requirement”

The curriculum is prepared and updated regularly based on the industry needs and we are focused on providing more practical knowledge along with theoretical education. Pharmacy council of India OR Educational Regulation Bodies take care and revise the curriculum based on industry needs. We keep on arranging sessions for students where industry executives visit our college and share their expertise with students. This will help students to know the real needs of the industry and will also help them to come up with solutions for real-time needs.

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How do you encourage your students from your department for higher education?

“By motivating them about the benefits and changes it can bring in their own life and society”

We always try our best to encourage our students to study further and we also explain to them what benefits it can bring in society and in their own life including how it will help in their future perspectives and settlement in their life. Higher education also provides them chances of getting opportunities and promotions in professional growth.

How do you help your student to cope up with this competitive world?

“By encouraging them to stay focused on industry trends and changing market needs”

In order to help students to prepare themselves for this competitive world, we encourage them to be more practical, asking them to stay focused on new technologies and research. We also ask them to keep trying to catch the opportunities and share the knowledge with each other. Through various activities, we help them to develop their confidence about knowledge and work to face outside competition in their life.

What extracurricular activities are organized in college to enhance the skills of the students?

“Organizing professional visits and training programs”

We do take help of various co-curricular activities to enhance their skills such as:

  • Conducting group discussions and stage lectures to come out of fearing and communicate with others.
  • By conducting extra curriculum activities, students can know about their hidden talents.
  • Providing internships
  • Conducting / Visiting Technology Summits

What are the challenges you faced to uplift the quality of education of your department?

“Ensuring good environment in college and creating employment opportunities”

From the challenges point of view, I have faced a few issues and some of them are:

  • Recognition for good work
  • Promote a healthy environment for all
  • Employment for all

What are the approaches you bring in apart from curriculum to teaching the students?

“I strive to provide them guidance and help whenever required”

The approaches which I generally do follow to teach my students are:

  • Train students in handling instruments and use them properly
  • To help them understand the projects better
  • Train students how to express answers based on a need basis

What do you see as the college’s greatest strengths and how it can be enhanced?

“Our faculty and students are the main pillars of our institute”

We put conscious efforts towards developing a holistic and multidisciplinary education system. Optimal learning environments and support for students are the backbones of the philosophy of the institute. Motivated, energized and capable faculties are the cause for our consistent progress. Each stakeholder of the Institute, directly or indirectly, contributes to the growth of the institute making it strong to sustain in this competitive environment.

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Any valuable advice would you like to give to the students for a prosperous career ahead?

“Learn from others and form a strong network with brightest minds around you”

One of the best ways for you to move forward and achieve your life’s goals is by learning from the people who are already successful. By opening your heart to listen to their advice, you will probably reach your goals much faster. It is important to focus on the kind of attitude that you choose to display when you are at work turning your dreams into reality, rather than what you already know.