3 Industry Partnerships at Alpha School of Rayat Bahra University That Are Changing How Tech Education Works

Most universities talk about industry collaboration. In most cases a high end brand or company’s name goes on a brochure and is advertised but the actual education stays exactly the same. Alpha School at Rayat Bahra University works differently.

1. Three partnerships 

Three partnerships sit at the heart of everything Alpha School does – NextGen powered by CTPL.io, Sunstone and Ikigai AI. Each one does something specific. Each one delivers something real. Together they make Alpha School one of the most genuinely industry-connected technology and business programs in North India right now. Here is what each partnership actually means for students.

1.1 NextGen Powered by CTPL.io – Cloud, Cybersecurity and AI From a Specialist EdTech Partner

CTPL NextGen Academy is a leading EdTech company specialising in advanced technology education. It signed a formal MOU with Rayat Bahra University to bridge the industry-academia gap by providing students with industry-relevant skills and knowledge. The partnership was built around a shared belief: that students deserve to learn the technologies companies are actually using, taught by people who work with those technologies professionally.

Under this collaboration, four programs are offered at Alpha School:

B.Tech in Cloud Technology and Information Security. B.Tech in AI and Machine Learning. BCA in Artificial Intelligence. BCA in Cyber Security.

These are not generic computer science programs with a new label. Cloud Technology and Information Security is one of the fastest-growing career tracks in technology. Organisations of every size are migrating to cloud infrastructure. Every one of those migrations needs professionals who understand both the architecture and the security risks that come with it. Cyber security job openings in India have grown sharply year on year and continue to outpace the supply of trained candidates. AI and Machine Learning is consistently ranked among the top five most in-demand skills globally.

CTPL NextGen Academy brings faculty and content that comes directly from active industry practitioners. Students learn from people who are building and securing cloud systems professionally and not from people who studied those systems academically a decade ago.

1.2 Sunstone – The Placement- First Pedagogy That Starts From Semester One

Sunstone is one of India’s most recognised industry-first education platforms. Its collaboration with Rayat Bahra University covers B.Tech and BCA programs, and it operates on a philosophy that is fundamentally different from conventional university education: placement preparation begins from day one, not the final semester.

Through Sunstone, Alpha School students gain access to 1,200 plus recruiters and over 200 job opportunities. Certifications are built into every semester through the ACE Academy model. B.Tech and BCA students earn certifications in Full Stack Web Development, AI and Machine Learning, AWS Cloud Computing, Cyber Security and Data Science or Data Engineering — not as optional extras but as structured parts of the program.

The tools students actually learn are worth noting. GitHub, TensorFlow, PyTorch, AWS, Zapier, n8n and Figma are all part of the hands-on curriculum. Two new AI tools are introduced every year, keeping the program current with what companies are deploying in the real world.

Sunstone’s placement preparation model is built around the Placement Readiness Programme. Daily DSA practice. Over 550 hours of structured coding training for BCA students. More than 100 hours of interview preparation. Mock coding rounds. Portfolio building. This is not a crash course in interview skills squeezed into the final months before graduation. It is a sustained, structured process that runs throughout the degree.

Sunstone also offers a Pay After Placement model for eligible students – a direct institutional commitment to the quality of outcomes it delivers. Check out  https://sunstone.in/campuses/rayat-bahra-university

1.3 Ikigai AI – The Partnership That Brings AI Into Every Program, Including Business

Ikigai AI’s collaboration with Alpha School covers five programs:

BCA in AI and Machine Learning, MCA with Specialisation in AI and Machine Learning, B.Tech CSE in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, BBA in Digital Marketing using AI. MBA in Digital Marketing using AI.

That last two are worth pausing on. Most AI education partnerships focus on engineering and computer science students. Ikigai AI’s collaboration at Alpha School extends that AI integration into business programs. A BBA or MBA student learning digital marketing with AI tools is not studying marketing as it was practised five years ago. They are studying it as it is practised now — with generative AI for content, predictive analytics for campaign strategy, AI-driven audience targeting and automation tools that have fundamentally changed what performance marketing looks like.

MBA students at Rayat Bahra University work with ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude, Grok, Excel, Power BI and SQL. Certifications available through the program include Digital Marketing, Financial Modeling, SQL and Data Analytics, HR Analytics, Power BI and AI for Business. This is the toolkit of a modern marketing professional, not a theoretical marketing student.

The Ikigai AI partnership ensures that whether a student is building machine learning models or building marketing campaigns, they are doing it with the AI tools the industry is actually using.

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2. What These Three Partnerships Add Up To

Take a step back and look at what NextGen, Sunstone and Ikigai AI collectively deliver at Alpha School.

NextGen brings specialist cloud and cybersecurity curriculum from active industry practitioners. Sunstone brings a placement-first infrastructure with over 1,200 recruiters, structured daily preparation and industry certifications built into every semester. Ikigai AI brings AI integration across both technology and business programs, ensuring that no student at Alpha School graduates without genuine working knowledge of the AI tools reshaping their industry.

Each partnership addresses a different gap. Together they cover the three things that most technology and business education programs in India still get wrong i.e. curriculum relevance, placement preparation and AI readiness.

3. The Broader Alpha School Ecosystem

NextGen, Sunstone and Ikigai AI are three of several active collaborations at Alpha School. IBM delivers B.Tech and M.Tech programs in Cyber Security and Blockchain Development. Microsoft powers the B.Tech in Generative AI. Grazitti supports B.Tech programs in AI and ML and Cyber Security.

The school offers 100% placement and internship assistance, a dedicated Learning and Development Cell, a Learning Management System sourced from industry partners and direct access to industry talent pools through every collaboration. Alpha School also connects students directly with senior industry leaders. It is described on RBU’s official website simply as the university’s Golden Leaf. That description makes sense when you look at what it has built.

4. Placements That Reflect Real Industry Connections

Placement numbers across the university back up what the partnerships promise. Rayat Bahra University placements have recorded 50,000+  jobs offered by over 1,175+ recruiters visiting campus. For Alpha School students specifically, the recruiter access through Sunstone alone adds 1,200 plus companies to the hiring network. IBM, Microsoft, HCL and L&T are among the direct recruitment partners.

5. The Verdict

Industry partnerships in higher education are common but industry partnerships that actually change the curriculum, deliver structured placement preparation, integrate real tools and extend to both technology and business programs are not.

NextGen, Sunstone and Ikigai AI at Alpha School of Rayat Bahra University are three partnerships that do exactly that. Students are not learning about cloud computing but are learning it from people who build cloud systems. They are not preparing for placements in their final semester but are preparing from day one with over 1,200+ recruiters already in the network. They are not studying marketing theory but are using the AI tools that have already transformed how marketing works. That is the difference Alpha School is built to make.

To explore everything else that makes Alpha School at Rayat Bahra University one of the most industry-connected technology programs in North India, read the full blog here: Inside Alpha School at Rayat Bahra University – Where AI, Cybersecurity and FinTech Are Shaping the Careers of Tomorrow