Engineering students to study big data, bullet trains from next academic session

Steam engines are passé. India has more than 3,000 registered engineering institutes, which produce an estimated 7 lakh engineers every year, but barely half of them manage to get hired on campus. These latest technological advancements will be part of a revised engineering syllabus — to be introduced from the academic session starting next July — in an attempt to make Indian engineers more employable through practical learning and new courses. The changed syllabus is aimed at addressing the problem of falling placements of fresh engineering graduates, said a top official of the All India Council of Technical Education, the body that regulates technical education in the country. “This is being done to take pressure off students who come to engineering institutes after undergoing board examinations and extensive coaching.