Workshop on “Implementing Strategies
for Engineering Education in India
Towards 2025” (EEI 2025)
Recommendations from four working groups on
improving the quality of teaching, learning,
research, entrepreneurship, innovation as well as
governance at engineering institutions
9 January 2015
Infosys, Bangalore
Proposals on improving
engineering education in India
towards 2025
• Around 40 high-level Indian and
international experts from engineering
institutions, industry and regulatory
bodies meet on January 9 2015 at
Infosys in Bangalore to develop
actionable plans to improve engineering
education in India over the next 10 years.
Proposals on improving
engineering education in India
towards 2025
• Four Working Groups focused on the following areas
that need improvement;
1) Strengthening Governance, Leadership and
Management at Engineering Institutions;
2) Improving the Quality of Teaching, Learning
and Research at Engineering Institutions;
3) Fostering Stronger Industry/Institute
Collaboration;
4) Building Innovation and Entrepreneurship in
Engineering Education.
Theme 1: Strengthening Governance, Leadership and
Management at Engineering Institutions
Strategies
Action Points
Stakeholders
Responsible for Timeline
implementation
Autonomy for
Institutions
•
Central Govt.
State Govt.
Affiliating
universities
Public and
Private
colleges
MHRD / AICTE / Step 1: 12
UGC
month
DTEs
Universities
Management of
institutions
•
•
•
Graded
autonomy
Facilitation role
for AICTE
Up-gradation
Plan : 50%
institutes
100% institutes
Theme 1: Strengthening Governance, Leadership and
Management at Engineering Institutions
Strategies
Action Points
Rating of
Institutions
•
•
•
•
Sensitization
Criteria
finalization
Accreditation of
Rating Agencies
Rewards /
recognition
StakeResponsible for
holders
implementation
Independent MHRD/AICTE/UGC
committee
for the rating
of institutions
Timeline
Initiation
within 12
months and
year over
year
thereafter
Theme 1: Strengthening Governance, Leadership and
Management at Engineering Institutions
- Stake- Responsible for Timeline
Strategies
Action Points
holders
Independent
Board with
responsibility
and
accountability
•
•
Approval of vision,
mission, goals, strategic
plan, benchmarking
and selection of leader,
and monitor the
performance /
evaluation of leadership
and institute
Provide mentoring
support from Board
members and other
benchmarked institutes
implementation
Board,
Board of
Faculty, engineering
Students institution
Staff
Within
immediate
effect
Quick wins
Theme 1: Strengthening Governance, Leadership and
Management at Engineering Institutions
Strategies
Action Points
Financial
support and
financial
autonomy
•
•
•
•
Generous
Government funding
for well performing
institutes
Tax incentives for
building endowment
of institutions
Generate financial
resources through
industry, consultancy
Freedom to fix fees
with accountability
Stakeholders
Institute’s
stakeholders
Responsible for Timeline
implementation
MHRD / MEA
Budget
State DTEs
2016
Theme 1: Strengthening Governance, Leadership and
Management at Engineering Institutions
Strategies
Action Points
Internationalization •
of institutions
•
•
Attending
conferences,
studying
abroad, joint
projects,
internships etc
Benchmarking
with
institutions
abroad
Student and
faculty
circulation
Stakeholders
Faculty and
Students
Responsible for Timeline
implementation
Board of
With
institution
immediate
effect
Theme 2: Improving the Quality of Teaching, Learning
and Research at Engineering Institutions
Strategies
Action Points
Provide
Academic
Autonomy
•
•
•
Review and reform
policies and procedures
to grant academic
autonomy
Grant autonomy to
clusters of colleges until
they mature
Sensitize and prepare
colleges for autonomy
Stakeholders
Institutes,
Industry,
Govt.
Society
Responsible for
implementation
UGC, AICTE,
Universities,
State Govt.,
Industry,
Institutions
Timeline
Goal 200
additional
autonomous
institutions
per year
Theme 2: Improving the Quality of Teaching, Learning
and Research at Engineering Institutions
Strategies Action Points
Develop
Faculty
•
•
•
•
•
Stakeholders
25% teaching by qualified Institutes,
personnel from industry
Industry,
and research organizations Govt.
Compulsory training in
Society
teaching pedagogy
Training in core areas in
collaboration with industry
Define minimum teacher
qualifications
Increase number of
fellowships in Quality
Improvement Program
(QIP) and make it
international
Responsible for
implementation
AICTE,
Institution
NITTTRs
MHRD,
Industry,
Timeline
In parallel
with
preparation
for
autonomy
Theme 2: Improving the Quality of Teaching, Learning
and Research at Engineering Institutions
Strategies
Action Points
Make
Curriculum
More Relevant
•
•
•
•
Collect inputs from
stakeholders to make
curriculum relevant
Enhance flexibility in
curriculum including
evaluation
Industry internships
for faculty and
students
Consistent with OBE
Stakeholders
Institutes
Industry
Govt.
Society
Responsible for
implementation
Faculty
universities
institutionsindustry teams
Timeline
In parallel
with
preparation
for
autonomy
Theme 2: Improving the Quality of Teaching, Learning
and Research at Engineering Institutions
Strategies
Action Points
Strengthen
•
Research and
Development
•
•
Provide incentives, time
and facilities for every
faculty member to
become a qualified
researcher publishing
papers regularly in
national, international
journals
Increase % of PhDs in
engineering education
Increase PhD
scholarships in all
domains
Stakeholders
Responsible for Timeline
implementation
Institutes
Industry
Govt.
Society
AICTE,
institutions,
universities,
industry,
funding
agencies,
government
In parallel
with
preparation
for autonomy
Theme 2: Improving the Quality of Teaching, Learning
and Research at Engineering Institutions
Strategies
Improve Quality
of Students
(before entry and
during Yr 1 & 2)
Action Points
Stakeholders
Create/use Audit
Institutes
Courses and modules in Industry
blended media to
Govt.
improve
Society
• Communication skills
• Mathematical and
analytical skills
• Understanding of
concepts
• Team working skills
Responsible for
implementation
Institutions
Students
Trainers – NSDC
and similar
organizations
Timeline
In parallel
with
preparation
for
autonomy
Theme 3: Fostering Stronger Industry/Institute
Collaboration
Strategies
Action Points
Continuing •
Education
•
•
•
Joint curriculum
crafting
Regulations to
facilitate continuous
education
Sabbatical and
Reverse Sabbatical
Involvement in
research programs
Stake-holders Responsible for Timeline
implementation
CII, NASSCOM CII
< 1years
AIU, AICTE/
Industry
UGC/…
Institutes
AICTE
Theme 3: Fostering Stronger Industry/Institute
Collaboration
Strategies
Action Points
Make
•
Internship a
Routine
Practice
•
•
Establish Regulatory
Framework – e.g. work
contract, (tax) incentive for
employees
Enforce Deployment –
Credits in curriculum, criteria
in accreditation
Enable Execution – gradual
inclusion in accreditation of
institutions, create a function
within the industry/institution
to enable this
Stakeholders
Students
Industry
Institutes
Responsible for Timeline
implementation
Industry
< 2 years
Institutes
at 20%
coverage
<10 years
100%
Theme 3: Fostering Stronger Industry/Institute
Collaboration
Strategies
Action Points
Create
•
University
/Industry
Consortia for
applied
research,
and
•
engineering
Stakeholders
Creation of regulatory
AICTE/
framework – link grants UGC
to participation,
CII/NASSCOM
accreditation levels
Govt. funding
based on participation in agencies
such consortia
Define the areas where
consortia need to be
created – industry and
university
Responsible for Timeline
implementation
Institutes
< 1 year
Industry
Govt
Theme 3: Fostering Stronger Industry/Institute
Collaboration
Strategies
Action Points
Curriculum
•
interventions
•
•
Update regulatory
framework
Industry sabbatical at
institutions – experts
teach specific subjects
at institutions
Global experts to
participate in curricula
creation
Stakeholders
Industry and
Institute
concerned
AICTE/UGC
Responsible for Timeline
implementation
Industry
<2 years
Institutes
AICTE
Theme 3: Fostering Stronger Industry/Institute
Collaboration
Strategies
Action Points
Faculty
Sabbatical
in Industry
•
•
•
Stake-holders
Responsible for Timeline
implementation
Regulation enabling Industry Institutes Institutes
<2 years
this through tax
Regulatory bodies Industry
regulations,
incentives
Regulation enabling
to make this
mandatory
Include this
expense as part of
CSR
Theme 4: Build Innovation and Entrepreneurship in
Engineering Education
Strategies
Action Points
Awareness and
Skill Building for
Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
•
•
•
•
•
•
Stakeholders
Broad sensitization
Training
Course/Program in
Centers
Technology Management Faculty
and Innovation
Industry
Innovation competitions / Parents
industry challenges
Each institute to partner
with at least one industry
Knowledge of available
incentives and funding
Creating awareness for
acceptance of failures
Responsible for Timeline
implementation
Institute with
. 1 year
innovation and
entrepreneurship
partners
Theme 4: Build Innovation and Entrepreneurship in
Engineering Education
Strategies
Action Points
Stakeholders
Setting
• Faculty and students
Government –
Institutional
becoming entrepreneurs
Regulatory
Norms to
and Funding
• Specific research goals
Encourage
Agencies,
resulting in quantifiable
Innovation
Faculty
outcomes
and
• Driven by national agenda to Industry
Entrepreneur grow innovation ecosystems Institute
ship
management
promoting industry
Alumni
competitiveness through
research collaboration and
entrepreneurship
• Evaluate faculty
performance other than
through publications
Responsible for Timeline
implementation
Institute with
. 1 year
support from all
stakeholders
Theme 4: Build Innovation and Entrepreneurship in
Engineering Education
Strategies
Action Points
Setting up • Focus on applied
of IP Cells
research
in
• Legal IP aspects to be
Educational
comprehended at the
Institutions
national level
• Introducing product
and process thinking to
promote
commercialization of
research and
innovation
Stakeholders
Institute,
Govt. agencies
responsible for
IP aspects in
public research
and education
institutions
Responsible for Timeline
implementation
Institute with
1 Year
support from
Government
Theme 4: Build Innovation and Entrepreneurship in
Engineering Education
Strategies
Action Points
Introducing
Design
Thinking
•
•
•
•
Stake-holders Responsible for Timeline
implementation
Train faculty
Students
. Institute
. 1 year
Design thinking
Institutional
introduces in
Management
education program
Industry
Use crowd sourcing
Faculty
Use tools (360 Fusion) Using National
Institute for
Design (NID)
etc.
Theme 4: Build Innovation and Entrepreneurship in
Engineering Education
Strategies
Action Points
Setting up of • Establishing
Common
IncubationFacilities for
centers/warehouses,
Cluster of
fabrication centers at
Institutions
Institutes; e.g. 3-D
and
printers
Companies • Joint leadership by
institute and industry
background
• Centralized
regional/national web
portal
Stakeholders
Industry
Institutions
Government
Responsible
for
implementation
Government
Institute
Industry
Timeline
3 years
(phased
manner)