Bangalore Syndicate of Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics (BASECAP)

IMPACT - Navodaya Scholarships to be named after early patrons of Institute for Manpower Planning and Career Training (IMPACT).

The Institute for Manpower Planning and Career Training registered in 1980 is an educational charity with total continuity: (LKG to Std X at IMPACT Sreevani School, -> 3-yr. diploma at IMPACT Polytechnic, -> UG and PG programmes in Engineering at IMPACT College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, -> MBA at IMPACT Institute for Management Studies -> B.Arch. at IMPACT School of Architecture -> IMPACT Centre for Applied Research). The Executive Committee of IMPACT in their meeting held on 1st November 2016 unanimously resolved to honour persons of eminence who shared their time and guided in helping the IMPACT edifice to take shape. At the first instance following are the early patrons identified by the committee.

1. Air Marshal DG Kinglee, AVSM, PVSM
2. Late PK Thomas, formerly Head Master, Cristhuraj High School
3. Late KV Mathulla, formerly Head Master, MGMHS, Puthencruz
4. Late Dr. VMI Nambissan, formerly Visiting Scientist in Vikram Sarabai Space Centre
5. Late Dr. (Mrs.) VS Shantamani, formerly Professor in Indian Institute of Science
6. Late Wg Cdr EV Thomas, formerly Command Training Officer Technical, Headquarters Training Command, IAF

A consortium has been formed with the following persons as members to render necessary/appropriate financial assistance for needy children to take up further studies through IMPACT Institutions viz., School, Polytechnic, Engineering College, Institute of Management Studies, School of Architecture and Centre for Applied Research. Members of the consortium are:

1. Dr. KP Mathulla, Founder-Principal of Impact College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
2. Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Shankar Mani VM, VSM, member Governing Council of ICEAS
3. Wg Cdr (Retd) RK Sekar VSM, Chair IMPACT Centre for Applied Research
4. iv. Prof. Paul Mathulla, presently Chairman, Governing Council, Impact Institutions
5. v. Dr. Alice Abraham, presently President, Institute for Manpower Planning and Career Training
6. vi. Shri. Ravi Shetty, Chair & Managing Director, Time and Space International
7. vii. Mrs. Hema N, Asst. Professor, Impact College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

The members of the consortium will be local guardian for these residential students. The students will receive financial support/assistance as a scholarship named after anyone of the early patrons mentioned here above. These students are not required to bring money from their parents. But any type of financial help from government or other philanthropists will be utilized to help the scheme

Details of the scheme: The consortium will create facilities for selected students to take up 3 year diploma programmes in engineering at Impact Polytechnic as resident scholars. As a pilot project a batch of such students will be exempted from tuition fee. They will be trained to adopt a life style that promotes a healthy body and a healthy mind. Students admitted under this scheme will prosecute their study as a second shift at the Impact institutions. Or will be admitted against vacant seats in I shift. Being resident students there is every feasibility for such a scheme.

After the 3-year polytechnic course a student will have 3 options, (i) to proceed to a 3-year BE degree programme (ii) to establish a start up Industry (iii) to seek a placement in either with (ii) or elsewhere. The students under the scheme will be given opportunities for earn while you learn. This will help build up a career conscious personality towards the making of an engineer fraternity of higher standards.

Some Case Studies:

1. A student who was very brilliant at SSLC was to discontinue further studies due to acute poverty. A timely help and guidance from a Good Samaritan however came and in later years this student became a world renowned engineer.
2. A girl student completing Std X faced a problem – her widowed mother with great difficulties looked after her up to Std X but there came a turning point. The mother decided to marry a young man of 35 years and the girl became a stranger to her own mother.

Engineering education in crisis ?

Basecap is a consortium promoted by IMPACT Edu Group engaged in debates on the subject. India’s human resources if developed appropriately our position among the comity of nations will go up substantially. We are second largest in population among nations. .

Some time back Government of India announced a policy to give a boost to polytechnic education. An advertisement appeared in leading national news papers is reproduced below.

We have designed a model to be implemented by the proposed deemed university / autonomous consortium. A schematic diagram is given below.

The following are some of the salient features of the project which we expect to be considered as one in line with our higher national objectives. :
i. Engineering education to be started with a 3 year polytechnic program. The present system of CET after plus 2 does not serve the purpose.
ii. A 3 year residential program (rigorous in nature) for students selected through all India merit / aptitude test: brilliant boys and girls from Indian villages is our target population.
iii. The deemed university will have a chancellor appointed by the consortium by rotation / consensuses. Other vacancies will be filled after in dept selection process. The vice-chancellor for instance will be found by a search committee on merit in letter and spirit.
The residential program will be organized in two campuses; one in Bangalore suburb and another in Kochy suburb. The consortium will also establish a multi-state co-operative society under the provisions of multi state co-operative Act. The co-operative society will establish a co-operative bank which will take care of the financial aspects to some extent.