ENGINEER YOUR FUTURE
MOVING AWAY FROM CONVENTIONAL METHODS OF TEACHING, ENGINEERING INSTITUTES ARE INTEGRATING ACADEMICS WITH INDUSTRY AND GIVING STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE
Industry-academia partnership, new learning techniques and encouraging research are some of the key parameters for new age learners. A look at how engineering institutes of India are different.
More than 10 lakh students sat for their JEE Main (Joint Entrance Examination) this year. Looking at the growing number of engineering institutes across the country and the number of aspirants preparing for their engineering examinations, it is clear that engineering is one of the most sought after streams after medicine and law. With some of the best engineering colleges in the country—there are 23 IITs in India and students get to learn from the best faculty —and IIT Kharagpur leading the pack, engineering as a discipline has undergone a change. These autonomous public institutes have paved the way for engineering education in a big way offering B Tech, M Tech, doctoral and postdoctoral programmes. And this trend of offering specialised knowledge and skills to students has also been tapped by private players. With changing world economies and digitisation of businesses, most of these institutes have reinvented themselves and introduced new curriculum where the focus is more on learning real time and through projects. In fact, the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) has launched a new curriculum model in January to ensure high quality education in line with global trends. In addition to this, to address the rising problem of unemployment in engineering graduates and give them industry exposure, AICTE has made internships mandatory. In our cover story, we look at some of the best engineering institutes such as IIT Delhi, SRM, VIT and Symbiosis to name a few who are promoting innovation and incorporating new techniques in terms of research, setting high-tech labs and incubators to give students a unique learning experience.