Coimbatore :
Seventeen students from various universities in Germany are in Coimbatore city to spend part of their summer at PSG Institute of Management, thanks to the Bavarian state government which facilitated the summer project.
The students are from different academic backgrounds, including, science, engineering and management.
They are on a 17-day tour to India and the schedule had been arranged by PSGIM and the Bavarian Government prior to the visit. Guest lectures on topics like textile engineering, entrepreneurship, cultural events, industrial visits, student interaction and sharing of tradition and culture were among the few events organized for the students.
The students arrived in India on August 31 and will also visit Kochi and Bangalore as part of their programme, spending a weekend in each city. Josef Bertler, a student of engineering science at University of Bayreuth said, “I wanted to come to India to learn entrepreneurial skills. The business tactics practiced in India, I am told, are futuristic and commendable.”
In most German Universities, students are required to undergo a summer programme between August and September.
While India is popular among students, other popular locations include China, USA, France and a few countries in South America.
The German visitors got hands-on training in cooking Indian dishes from students of catering and hotel management at the PSG College of Arts and Science.
“We learnt to make samosas, dosa and kolokottai,” said Daniela Islinger. “In return, we taught the PSG students a few German delicacies,” said Julian, who is an environmental engineering student at University of Applied Science Weihenstephan, Triesdorf.
It is not just entrepreneurial skills that attracted the German students. “India is skilled in technology too, especially when it comes to web design,” said Julian Vortendieck, a business administration student from Friedrich-Alexander University, Nuernburg.
“I find the websites of Indian organizations more user-friendly and attractive,” Julian said. He feels that the Germans are very conventional when it comes to designing their websites, while in India, innovation is integral to design.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Coimbatore / by Adarsh Jain, TNN / September 08th, 2014