The Five Working
Groups
Faculty Development
Scaling-Up Post-Graduate programmes and
1. Research & Development
2. Innovation
3. Industry - Institute Interaction
Strengthening of Institutions
1. Reforms
2. Competitive Funding
3. Memoranda of Understanding
Project Monitoring and Evaluation and Management
Information System(MIS)
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Faculty Development - Observations
Faculty Issues in Private Engineering Colleges
Acute shortage of faculty leading to underqualified and under-prepared teachers engaged
in teaching the under-graduate and postgraduate students.
50 percent of the teachers have only a B.Tech
qualification
Several Masters qualified are through distance
education, sequential and part-time programmes
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Faculty Development - Suggestions
Teachers should earn their degrees from
prestigious institutions. Those with
B.Tech should earn their Masters and
those with Masters should earn their
doctoral degree.
Put all the faculty through Pedagogical
training of at least one week duration
once in two years.
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Such training should include
Preparing lesson plans and course
material
Challenging tutorials and assignments,
Training in case study material
preparation and handling
Problem based learning
Project supervision and monitoring to
improve the creative skills of the students
Modern student performance evaluation
procedures besides
Domain Knowledge and Research areas
Procedures and
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The Terms - Decide
who would be the beneficiaries and how
would they be selected in a transparent
way
What are the targets and how will the
achievements be measured
Who would conduct the training
Roles and responsibilities of the
participating institutions and the
participants
The time and cost implications
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The Terms – Decide also
Feasibility of project-funded preparation
of M.Tech Courseware and video based
lecture material on lines NPTEL
programme for undergraduate courses.
Assess feasibility and desirability of
building upon existing courseware (e.g.
NPTEL) along with the fund
requirements.
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Scaling-Up Post-Graduate Programmes and
Research & Development & Innovation and
Industry - Institute Interaction
There is an urgent need for increasing manifold the number Engineering Graduates having
Postgraduate and Research qualification.
Need is in Educational Institutions, R&D
establishments in both public and private
sectors.
TEQIP seeks to address this by setting up a
competitive fund which will seek to increase
the enrolment for the Postgraduate education
and research relevant to the Indian economy
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Role of the Committee – To Decide
Expected profile of the participating
institutions
Selection Criteria
Role and Responsibility of the
beneficiary
Costs and financial parameters of the
programme
Monitoring and evaluation criteria
Time schedules
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Strengthening of Institutions – For whom?
New Institutions in the State s that Performed well and
Institutions in the States that were not in Phase I
Those TEQIP institutions picked for Phase II will also need funds to upgrade
facilities for the postgraduate programmes started in Phase I or already
running in the Institute.
Improve Teaching Facilities
Develop and Improve Programmes to meet the user
specific needs in consultation with the users
Increase faculty development
Implement Institutional Reforms aimed at promoting
academic Excellence
Incentives for better performance in teaching and research
Improve the efficiency of Project Institutions
Build management Capacity and
Obtain Accreditation
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Reforms and Competitive Funding - Background
Technical Education in India is overregulated and under-governed
Only 5% of the colleges have academic
autonomy
Only 26 % programmes are accredited
University affiliation does not let institutions
to carryout innovation in T-L process or meet
local needs.
It is also true that many Institutions lack the
capacity to utilize the autonomy even if given
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Reforms and Competitive Funding – Phase I results were not
very encouraging regarding those linked to those related to….
Grant of autonomy and block grant
Flexibility in academic programmes
Accreditation of programmes
Increasing recovery of cost of education
Retention of full IRG
Recruitment for all the vacant positions
Reaping Networking benefits
Faculty and student participation in
Community Development activity
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Important for those who have been in Phase I
Expected to raise the level of overall excellence
including academic aspects (Reference level is
achievement shown in PhaseI)
through enhancement in PG and Ph.D activity
Undertaking applicable research in areas of
national importance as well as emerging areas
Establishing definite and sustainable industry
partnerships and
caring for faculty development
Will be the issues on which proposals will be considered
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Committee will set a selection criteria
that will …….
Review the existing selection criteria
for the new institutions and come up
with the procedure for evaluating
proposals
The Criteria to be followed for the old
Institutions (that have been a part of
Phase I should ensure that only those
who performed well in phase I become
potential candidates for Phase II.
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Project Monitoring and Evaluation and
Management Information System
Provide the information on the extent to
which the objectives of the Project are being
met.
Provide a regular feed back on the status of
the project and a clearer basis for decision
making
Provide guidelines for the future projects on
the basis of lessons learnt.
Effective MIS is to be evolved for decion
making purposes. This is on the basis of
Phase I experience.
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Management Information…
Administrative data routinely reported by
the institutions regarding programmes
being offered , enrollment
Faculty details
Student data from enrollment till
placement
Research and Development,
patents,citation
Financial information
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Age of Faculty in most Engineering Colleges
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