Author: Rangan Banerjee
Vinayak Purushottam Muley/
Publisher: Macmillan
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 147
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0230640001
Description
India produces large number engineers every year. So why do industry leaders complain about the absence of quality engineers for their industries? The future success of Indian industry depends on the growth of quality engineering education in India, especially since Indian industry is competing globally in software, and in areas such as automobiles, chemicals and engineering equipment. In India, the brightest students opt for engineering after the 12th standard. This has resulted in a spurt of engineering colleges, mainly in the private sector. Yet, there is significant unemployment among graduating engineers, due to their poor quality.
There is dearth of publicly available data on India’s engineering education system. This book documents the trends in student intake, number of engineering graduates, post-graduates and PhDs. The book includes a comparison of a few select Indian institutions – an Indian Institute of Technology, a National Institute of Technology and a private engineering college. International comparison shows that most Indian institutes have not effectively evolved from under-graduate teaching institutions to teaching and research institutions to teaching and research institutions. The concluding section provides recommendations and strategies for engineering education in India. Educators, policy makers, industry leaders who are interested in understanding and improving the engineering education system, will find this book immensely useful.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
1. AN ANALYSIS OF INDIAN TRENDS
Introduction
Review of Past Reports
Framework for Analysis
Engineering Graduates
Postgraduate Output
Doctorates
Discipline wise Growth in Sanctioned Intake
Regional Distribution
Women Engineers in India
International Comparisons
Summary and Conclusions
2. ANALYSIS OF IITS AND IISC
Case Study of IIT Bombay
Student Output
Campus Placements
Faculty
Faculty Output
Administration
Space
Government Grants
Enthusing the Engineering Students
Outputs of the IITs
Graduates
Postgraduates
Ph.D.Output
Selection Process
Grants Received and Publications
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Summary
3. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY, AND PRIVATE ENGINEERING COLLEGES
Introduction
Case Study of SVNIT, Surat
Student Output
Enrolments
Campus Placements
Faculty
Summary of other NITs
Admissions in NITs
Outputs of Other NITs
Other Government Engineering Colleges
College of Engineering Pune (COEP)
Veermata Jijabai Technology Institute (VJTI)
Private Engineering Colleges
Case Study of Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal
Student Output
Enrolments
Campus Placements
Faculty
Admissions
Thapar University, Patiala
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and
Communication Technology (DAIICT), Gandhinagar
Other Private Engineering Colleges
Summary and International Comparisons
4. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
Scenarios for Engineering Education
Business as Usual (BAU) Scenario
Normative Scenario
Achieving the Normative Scenario
National Engineering Ph.D. Initiative
Faculty Issues
Attracting Quality Faculty
Faculty Numbers
Incentivising Performance
National Engineering Faculty Initiative
Strengthening Masters Programmes
Industry Linkages
Strengthening Science Departments
Curriculum Reform
Societal Linkages
Periodic Review Mechanism
Faculty Quality Improvement
Continuing Education/Skill Up gradation of
Existing Engineers in the Economy
Engineering Database
Journals, Conferences and Academic Press
Engineering Schools in Quality Universities
Administrative Structure
Strategy and Vision
References
Bibliography
Appendices