Education is no longer a chalk and talk session, a race against time to complete the syllabus, one-way knowledge dissemination method and just a memory test to understand whether students remember the names, formulas and theories. The Indian education system has always encouraged research and relentless churning of ideas, but a time has come when the need to capitalize these ideas to generate useful products and services for society is becoming imperative. In order to drive productive transformation in society, we need thinking individuals who can translate their thoughts into actions. Transformative education with a bottom-up approach is the only way to start this process of empowerment among individuals from a very early stage.

Spearheading Education Transformation
OmDayal Group, one of the frontrunners in driving visionary education in West Bengal started with the mission to revolutionize the existing education system from the ground level since 2003. Since children will become the citizens of future, their education should be instrumental in shaping healthy thought process and develop ace cognitive abilities. In order to fulfill this objective, OmDayal Group started with the establishment of futuristic schools under the DPS Society. Some of the distinguished schools under OmDayal Group are – DPS Ruby Park (2003), DPS Durgapur (2010), Ruby Park Public School -2018.  These schools are noteworthy initiatives under OmDayal Group not only because of prodigious campuses, world-class infrastructure and academic achievements but also because of their endeavours to contemporize education system for meeting the demands of industry, society and global communities in future.

Introducing Industry-oriented Higher Education Programmes
Once the group set into motion, their first phase of education revolution with schools, their focus shifted towards paving way to impart contemporary higher education for scholars and aspiring professionals. An article published by The Hindu Business Line reveals that – “Till 2007, nearly 85 per cent of the students from the institute were going abroad for higher studies and greener pastures… today 10 per cent or less students are going abroad for higher studies.” In 2011, OmDayal Group of Institutions –an Engineering and Architecture NAAC Accredited college, approved by AICTE and affiliated to MAKAUT was established to prevent outflow of students from West Bengal to pursue higher education. The college, OmDayal Group of Institutions was another landmark initiative under OmDayal Group to facilitate industry-oriented technical and professional higher education in West Bengal.

Facilitating Students to Define a Roadmap
Be it in schools or in the college, effective industry and academic interface is a great way to give students knowledge exposure that facilitates informed decision making and interest/skill identification at a formative stage. It is extremely important to plant a vision in students’ mind when they are in their learning journey. One of the reasons why OmDayal Group organizes frequent interactive career counselling workshops and sessions in its institutions is to help students explore avenues and techniques that prepare them to crack jackpot career opportunities. One such amazingly educative workshop on Data Science & Big Data Analytics was recently organized at DPS Ruby Park School wherein experts from esteemed SP Jain University oriented students for emerging career opportunities.

Gearing Students for Productive Application of Learning
Rapid technological progress has created a very fluid work environment in the modern times. A mind crammed with theoretical understanding without practical orientation will not help students deliver as industry professionals who can develop useful products and maximize their utilization. Students have to develop multiple skills and multi-faceted personalities to keep pace with this modern industry momentum.  OmDayal Group was responsive to these changes from the onset; hence all the initiatives under this group emphasized on developing skills and attributes that will raise the employability factor of students. Extensive laboratory classes, extra-curricular activities and interactive engagements are integrated in their learning journey to help them develop learning skills, work skills, team spirit, leadership and entrepreneurial attributes.

Creating Opportunities with Higher Education
Leading innovation is not possible without knowledge, efficiency, experience and further research. OmDayal Group collaborated with Vidyamandir classes for training students’ to crack competitive exams that will enable them to pursue higher education in best of institutes. This extended learning journey helps students to prepare themselves for innovative careers with greater assimilation of knowledge and ideas in a more practical and experiential learning environment.

Concluding Thoughts
Innovation has always been central to the progress of civilizations, social and economic prosperity. However, most of the innovations fail because humans are unable to effectively interpret, adopt and drive innovation. Education is the best way to instil this culture of innovation among young minds and turn them into drivers of constructive change, scalable growth in society and nation at large. Although innovation is a magical word that holds a lot of promise, it takes alchemical vision of enterprising organizations like OmDayal Group who can create the right environment and conditions for innovation to thrive and make a difference.