International Journal of Telecommunications & Emerging Technologies
Role of Industries in Technical Education in India: Past, Present, and Future
Principal, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. D. Y. Patil Prathisthan’s College of Engineering, Salokhenagar, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
Abstract
Engineering education in India is passing through trying times. Over the last century, Industries bloomed and stabilized only to slow down due to globalisation and rise of China as the global manufacturing hub. Technical education in India had a humble beginning but over the last two decades has seen mushrooming of institutions with a commercial intent and the very purpose is defeated in majority of the cases. In the quest to grow the quantity, quality of education has taken backseat. The growth of IT sector contributed to the mushrooming of institutions in cities where they were located. Major core sector industries have grown but to improve productivity have adopted technological upgradation and thus did not result in increased manpower absorption. Not many industries have set up technical institutions and hence their role was quite limited. Graduating engineers are mostly absorbed by industries and hence the role of industry is paramount. There are many ways wherein the industries play a role but the following seven are promising and contribute to a larger extant. They are: curriculum development, accreditation, internship opportunities, guest talks, industrial visits, projects by students and trained manpower. This paper shall dwell on these seven topics in detail.
Keywords: Accreditation, engineering curriculum, internships, projects, engineering education
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