PALS is an educational initiative by volunteers from Alumni Fraternity of various IITs, for the benefit of students of engineering colleges. This initiative is supported by IIT Alumni Industry Interaction Centre (IITAC) and IIT Madras Alumni Charitable Trust (IITMACT).
PALS’ main focus is to improve the quality of engineering education through sustained interventions and activities for the students and faculty of engineering colleges. The exposure and skills provided lead to higher employability levels. PALS also encourages students to take up social projects thereby creating positive impact in the communities they live in. PALS performs the role of a catalyst in the producer-consumer Interaction model between academia and industry. The impact that PALS is making is clearly evidenced by the increasing number of colleges getting enrolled, as well as the increasing number of corporates who have evinced interest and come on board as industry partners.