Dr. Girish Desai
Mr. Akhilesh Dalvi, Associate Director
akhileshd@mcciapune.com
To position Maharashtra as a national leader in industry-driven education, future-ready skills, innovation and employability through measurable industry–academia–government collaboration.
Embed industry-defined competencies, live projects, internships, apprenticeships and co-designed curricula into higher education to create job-ready graduates.
Accelerate AI literacy, digital capabilities, advanced manufacturing, emerging-technology skills and lifelong learning aligned with future workforce demand.
Build industry-mentored innovation ecosystems that convert student ideas into startups, strengthen technology transfer and create clear pathways from campus to careers.
Drive industry-led policy reforms, scalable partnerships and outcome-based interventions measured through employability, skill certification, industry participation and institutional transformation.
Curriculum co-creation, faculty immersion, industry projects and Centres of Excellence.
AI readiness, digital fluency, emerging technologies and reskilling.
Internships, apprenticeships, recruitment alignment and placement outcomes.
Industry mentoring, incubation, entrepreneurship and technology transfer.
White papers, government engagement and scalable policy recommendations.
Outcome measurement, institutional benchmarking and industry partnership growth.
