Dr. Avnip Deora, Assistant Professor and Dean – Department of Student Welfare at Apeejay Institute of Management & Engineering Technical Campus (AIMETC), Jalandhar, believes in “Karma Theory” which is “Give your 100% without being worried about the results”. And therefore Dr Deora has always cherished his work.
Dr Deora embarked on his career as a CNC machine service engineer at Hindustan Hydraulics. This was followed by a six-month stint at Sheetal Fibers Pvt Ltd, Jalandhar. In 1996, destiny led him to AIMETC, where he has cherished teaching ever since. “Reflecting on my journey, it’s been fulfilling, and I’m immensely grateful to Apeejay Management, particularly the Founder Chairman Dr. Satya Paul ji, for their belief. I also credit my journey’s wonderfulness to the grace of God,” emphasised Dr Deora.
In this Know Your Faculty interview series, the Apeejay professor shares his aspirations to enrich his skill set in the years to come as well as highlights how integrating AI in education will boost the teaching-learning process.
What ignited your passion for academia and particularly engineering?
I do not remember exactly how this passion ignited but, even being a student, I was very passionate to learn technology and to see how things work. That is why I decided to continue with my passion. I did my engineering and learned techniques to fix things in my professional as well as personal life and make my life better.
What are some of the key goals you wish to fulfill at Apeejay?
At this stage of my life, I personally believe a person must be a good human being first. With this belief, I would like to nurture good human beings by sharing my both good and bad experiences with my students.
Any memorable or inspiring experiences you’ve had as a professor?
When you see you are being copied by your students or anyone else in the community then it gives an immense pleasure from inside. I still remember that day when one of my students admitted in one of the events organised in the institute auditorium that he wants to become like me.
What innovative practices do you leverage to engage your students in learning the course while making the process enjoyable?
I believe engineering is about doing things in a better way. So I believe every goal can be achieved following this concept of “Trying, Trying Trying But Not Crying”. The idea is to encourage students to think, act, repeat and innovate, which makes the entire teaching-learning process more comfortable.
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According to you, two reasons why students must learn IoT?
We are entering into the new era called ‘Combo Technologies Era’ in which students must have at least basic knowledge of electronics and software development; they must also learn how to combine these technologies for the purpose of implementation to be placed into good IT companies with good salary packages.
How do you think integrating AI in engineering education will boost the teaching-learning process?
This is the time for “Survival of the quickest”. So integrating AI in engineering education is imperative. Leveraging the power of various trending technologies will ease the
teaching-learning process to a great extent. We, as a teachers, can create lectures and deliver the same by using a new technique called AIOT (Artificial Internet of Things), which will lead to better academic outcomes.