Level 5
Grade UG
Duration :
90 minutes
90 minutes
Mode of Exam :
Conducted online, accessible from any secure location with individual login credentials
Conducted online, accessible from any secure location with individual login credentials
Eligibility :
Open to all you have passed Grade 12 across stream
Open to all you have passed Grade 12 across stream
Bridging Education, Employability
The Foundation and curiosity of a Lifelong Journey
The college years mark a student’s transition into adulthood and preparation for professional life. While students focus on specialized academic fields, they also need to develop workplace-ready skills such as communication, problem-solving, teamwork, digital adaptability, and leadership.
PEARL Level 5 Program offers a Career Pathway & Employability Assessment, helping students align their academic strengths with industry demands and career opportunities. It empowers them to build a personalized roadmap for internships, placements, entrepreneurship, or higher education.
Objectives
- Visibility on career enhancement and pathways
- Assessment of employability skills, digital literacy, leadership skills, and innovation mindset
- A personalized action plan for industry readiness
- Awareness of global work trends and digital-first career opportunities
- Confidence to transition from campus to corporate or entrepreneurial ventures
PEARL Level 5 bridges the gap between academic learning and employability, ensuring graduates step into the professional world with confidence, clarity, and a future-ready mindset.
Why is there a need to learn new Technologies?
Though frequent changes are happening in the curriculum and Colleges are trying hard to keep up the pace with an industry updated curriculum, technology advancements are so rapid that it is impossible to stay abreast given the existing structure. By the time a student completes his or her graduation, the technology changes would be in such a manner that there will be no correlation of what they have learned and what the industry wants.
In order to ensure that any student or candidate end up securing a good career and life, they have to learn new and emerging technologies on top of their existing curriculum. This will ensure they are able to reap the benefits of better opportunities for highly skilled people. It will also ensure that the student will hold a general degree as well as a specialization while graduating from the Institution.
Areas of Expertise
The broad areas of expertise of Technology are the following:
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Data Science
- Data Analytics
- Cybersecurity
- Mobile Technology
- Internet of Things
- Software Development
- Cloud Computing
- Blockchain
Why Start at Level 5?
- Connect academic learning with industry real-world skills
- Early alignment with career pathways increases employability
- Builds confidence for internships, placements, and higher studies
- Encourages entrepreneurial thinking and digital self-branding
- Helps students identify and bridge skill gaps early
Key Areas of Assessment:
- Career Pathway Mapping
- Employability Skills (communication, teamwork, adaptability, critical thinking)
- Advanced Digital Literacy & Tech Readiness
- Innovation & Problem-Solving
- Leadership & Professional Collaboration
- Entrepreneurial Thinking & Initiative
- Global Employability Awareness
- Personal Branding & Digital Presence (LinkedIn, resume, portfolio)
- Ethical & Responsible Professionalism
Outcomes
- Industry readiness across domains
- Personalized Career & Employability Report
- Clarity on career roles and higher education options
- Identification of skill gaps and recommendations for improvement
- Career portfolio guidance (resume, cover letter, LinkedIn)
- Suggestions for certifications or courses on emerging technologies
- Future-ready roadmap for internships, placements, or entrepreneurship
Student Learning Experience and Support
Industry-aligned Curriculum
Developed in collaboration with Industry experts to ensure relevance.
Hands-On Learning
Emphasis on projects, labs, case studies, and real-world problem-solving scenarios.
Mentorship
Access to subject matter experts and periodic workshops.
Competitions & Hackathons
Intra-college, inter-college, and global competitions to foster innovation and applied skills.
Online Industry-Academia Collaboration Framework
Enables students to learn, collaborate, and discover through an advanced digital platform.
Benefits of Early Discovery
For Parents:
- Confidence that their child is job-market ready
- Assurance of a structured career development plan
For Institutions:
- Stronger placement records
- Enhanced career counselling support
- Better alumni tracking and industry alignment
For Students:
- Gain clarity on career direction
- Build employability and digital skills
- Industry ready, internships, or entrepreneur
- Develop a strong digital identity and personal brand
IBM Innovation Centre for Education in collaboration with Q2D is preparing the next generation of professionals to be future ready:
IBM ICE in Collaboration with Q2D through its ‘unique global initiatives’ offers the much-needed applied information technology knowledge to graduating students to make them industry ready through a structured learning pathway and a well-planned learning methodology executed through the below stated unique time-tested initiates:
- Students are guided to attain skills by IBM Trained & Certified faculty along with Technology Experts.
- The applied courseware has been developed exclusively for Innovation Centre for Education Students by industry experts and with inputs from IBMers across the world.
- This is one of the key advantages of IBM partnership. The support comes from the IBM Labs and other connected groups which are doing leading work in emerging technology areas.
- The courses get reviewed and adjusted at periodic intervals for their concurrency.
- Next Generation ecosystem learning platform which will benefit faculties & Students to access the courseware and collaborate with industry experts.
- Focus on projects and applied learning shall be offered from the very beginning. Theory courses shall be augmented by adequate project and applied work, which will help the students apply the knowledge they gain in classroom.
- IBM - endorsed certifications enhance employability and global recognition
- Subject Matter Experts’ Interactions help students to learn and understand the application of the technology for various industry domains.
- There will be adequate interaction planned during these visits so that it becomes an interactive learning experience for the students.
- This shall be part of the Innovation Centre for Education’s futuristic online delivery framework –encouraging the concept of ‘Learn, Collaborate and Discover’
- IBM shall organize IBM Innovation Centre for Education Days where students learn to collaborate and compete through Technical Poster Competitions, Hackathons, Technical Paper Presentations and Project Presentations.
- These competitions are conducted for intra-college, inter-college & inter-country.
- Learning through collaboration and competition on Innovation Centre for Education Days.
- Senior Industry Experts periodically guide and mentor the students for additional and expert knowledge.
- Timely updates from industry mentors and from IBM’s experts shall be made available to IBM Innovation Centre for Education students of Academic Partner’s Institute.
- The learning will be further enhanced by providing adequately structured discussion forums on relevant topics / subjects.
- Access to IBM Redbooks and other online resources
- IBM shall constantly monitor and advise on the implementation of global best practices at the Academic Partner Institute to ensure that maximum learning value is delivered to students.