WHO WE ARE?
We are the Drona Foundation. Established in the year 2015, we are a leading institution of Gujarat in providing vocational higher education. Our main focus so far has been on promoting and providing B.Voc (Bachelor of Vocation) degrees among the youth.
Across Gujarat, we have established 10 B.Voc Hubs at leading Universities and Institutions, connected with 1000+ industry partners to provide 10+ different B.Voc Specializations to 2500+ existing B.Voc students and 600+ B.Voc Graduates.
Based on Germany's Dual VET Education System and Guided by India's National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 we have created a robust model to make employable youth from our Higher Education System.
We are trying to fill the gap between Industry-Academia by combining theoretical knowledge with tools such as Internships and On the Job Training (OJT) at industry to provide Skill based Vocational Education in real sense.
Our Vision
Philosophy
Our vision is to create a Skill based Vocation Higher Education Eco-system which combines theoretical Education with Experiential Learning in the form of Internships, Apprenticeships or On the Job Training (OJT) to produce Employable and Entrepreneurial youth with high Earning potential and high Ethical standards.
Mission
Our mission is to promote and strengthen the B.Voc program in every nook and corner of the country by helping all Universities and Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to start and run the B.Voc program effectively.
From Managing Trustee's Desk
Today from one end we see youth complaining about No Jobs or Jobs with lower salaries and packages and exploitation by Industry and on the other end we listen to a lot of complaints from industry that they don't get Smart, Skilled, Honest and Hardworking employees to whom they are ready to pay anything they ask.
Whose job is it to bridge this gap? What's going wrong? As an educationalist, I believe it is our duty. Somewhere we tier 2 or tier 3 institutes have become money earning factories of education who only focuses on number of admissions rather than number of placements or as tier 1 branded institutions we only take brightest of the bright students and certify or brand their degrees with logos of IIMs and IITs and take all the credits for their employability.
We as Drona Foundation embarked on a journey to bridge this gap by skilling up youth at undergraduate level with degrees like B.Voc which gives them theoretical as well as practical learning experience to upskill them in real sense and make them employable and enterprising. We focus on commercializing Skills and Un-Commercializing Education.
Prof. Pratik Joshi
Managing Trustee - Drona Foundation
