Engineering is one of most popular choices for a student with science background in their college times. It is very safe to say that our society has some kind of obsession with engineering. And this has created a huge market for institutes to pop-up at every nook and corner.

1. Engineering Education in India
Engineering is one of most popular choices for a student with science background in their college times.
It is very safe to say that our society has some kind of obsession with engineering. And this has created
a huge market for institutes to pop-up at every nook and corner.
However, there are some amazing institutions also in the country which do an absolutely great job of
teaching and training students in the field of engineering. And these institutes are seriously investing
tons of money on building a world-class infrastructure; bring together talented and distinguished
faculty members and last but by no means least – designing a research-led, cutting-edge curriculum in
line with the requirement of the industries in India.
PM Narendra Modi took the initiative to boost India’s manufacturing sector in order to create more and
more jobs for millions of graduates who are graduating every year from thousands of colleges across the
country. His “Make in India” campaign has further underlined the importance of quality graduates that
India now very seriously needs to produce. Earlier, it has been reported by several leading newspapers
that the quality of students coming out from the engineering colleges are not able to do even simple
mathematical calculations, leave alone the stream specific tasks.
Another important shortcoming of most of the engineering graduates is that since they aren’t industry
ready obviously, the companies are spending sky-rocketing amounts on training of new joiners.
Literally, things are being taught all over again. Scarcity of jobs in streams such as chemical
engineering, manufacturing engineering and pharmaceuticals coupled with lack of interests of students
in these have pulled them towards the glitter of swanky software giants in India. Hence, non-IT
students are joining technology firms after getting diploma equivalent of training on leading
technologies.
However, my recent visit to Nashik on a talk helped me in changing my perspective. Nashik can very
well boast India’s top engineering and management institute. With absolutely modern, eco-friendly
buildings sprawling over 200+ acres of lush green campus with fast Wi-Fi, ultra modern lecture
theaters, laboratories and well furnished hi-tech residences for boys and girls took me on a sci-fi ride.
The cafeteria with sumptuous meals, faculties with master and doctorate degrees, heavy focus on
industry-institute interactions, tons of guest lectures are some of the goodies being offered. This is
essentially changing the way engineering education has always been thought. The focus on learning by
doing, learning from peers as well as from professors obviously is the prime area. Apart from this, huge
focus on team-work, leading the team understanding team dynamics is being done to make the
graduates industry ready. Industry heavy weights sit with curriculum designers to provide their inputs
on knowledge and skills required for tomorrow.
It can be inferred with a lot of confidence that paradigm shift in technical education design and
delivery has begun and while no one is watching and realizing, a power, dynamic India is emerging
which will be ready with appropriate knowledge and skills to‘re-engineer’ the 21st
century which
belongs to Asia in which India will be playing a major role.
Welcome aboard.

2. About Author
Kaushik Kumar is a dynamic and enthusiastic educationist who loves to spend a lot of the time
designing and developing strategic content for various audiences. And when not writing content, he
loves to travel to top engineering colleges in India and talk to students regarding their experiences and
expectations. He frequently talks about careers in IT, importance of soft skills, team dynamics,
motivation and leadership.