Engineering loses its sheen
6 years, 5 months ago

Engineering loses its sheen

The Hindu  

India has progressed on a global scale with the acceptance of MOOCs. Also, it is difficult to get a job in core field as companies mostly prefer to give opportunities to Tier-one college graduates. Lack of practical knowledge, appropriate job opportunities, useful and analytical curriculum, lack of well-trained faculty, and essential infrastructure are reasons for this. India’s crisis in engineering education scratches out the lack of employability for suitable jobs except for those from prestigious institutes. Laterally, the initiation of Make in India mission with the country’s hope to reap a demographic dividend through its predominantly young population, the attribute of engineering education, plays a spoilsport.

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Future of core engineering jobs in India: Opportunities in emerging sectors
4 days, 6 hours ago

Future of core engineering jobs in India: Opportunities in emerging sectors

The Hindu  

As per recent All India Council for Technical Education data, B.Tech seats approved by it rose to a 14.90 lakh in the 2024-25 academic year reversing a seven-year downward trend. While enrolments have grown by about 63% in the last five years, admissions in CSE and allied branches are estimated to have practically doubled from about 2.35 lakh in 2020-21 …

More flexibility, but also greater challenges
1 week ago

More flexibility, but also greater challenges

The Hindu  

The latest guidelines of the University Grants Commission herald a transformative shift in higher education in India. Among other reforms, the UGC has introduced an accelerated degree programme and an extended degree programme for undergraduate students, which will allow them to complete their degrees either earlier or later than the standard duration. While an accelerated degree programme will be advantageous …

Indian students opt for tech-driven courses in US over engineering
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Indian students opt for tech-driven courses in US over engineering

India Today  

Indian students in the United States are increasingly moving away from traditional engineering courses, favouring computer science and mathematics instead. In the 2023-24 academic year, 24.5 percent of Indian students in the US pursued engineering courses, a significant drop from 29.6 percent in 2021-22. GROWING TREND IN COMPUTER SCIENCE In contrast, computer science and mathematics have witnessed a meteoric rise, …

Engineering and management studies: The crisis India is facing and a look at what can be done
1 month ago

Engineering and management studies: The crisis India is facing and a look at what can be done

New Indian Express  

One of the most important recent concerns has been the level and quality of employment, particularly among our educated youth. While we are the fastest growing large economy, we have struggled to find quality work for engineers and management students graduating even from our elite institutes. The number of seats in top-ranking engineering colleges is just about one lakh, while …

National Engineering Day: 90% of graduates face employability challenges
4 months ago

National Engineering Day: 90% of graduates face employability challenges

India Today  

National Engineering Day celebrates the significant contributions of engineers to India’s development, with engineering emerging as a key career path for many. Despite India producing nearly 1.5 million engineers annually, only a fraction are employable, leading to a growing concern about the country’s engineering talent pool. The theme of National Engineering Day, 'Creating Solutions for a Sustainable World,' underscores the …

More female students enter traditional engineering courses
4 months, 2 weeks ago

More female students enter traditional engineering courses

The Hindu  

The number of students enrolled in undergraduate engineering courses in India steadily declined from 2016, despite the increase in the overall number of students pursuing college education, according to the All India Survey on Higher Education. There was a slight uptick in 2022 in enrolment in undergraduate engineering courses, which may have been due to the introduction of several new …

It is time to restore engineers to their rightful place in the world
8 months ago

It is time to restore engineers to their rightful place in the world

Hindustan Times  

Has engineering had its heyday? But in the short term at least, our priorities are to push ahead on renewables, roll out the next generation of heat pumps, develop new battery technologies, design passive-energy buildings, invent new low-carbon modes of transport, and so on. Of course, today’s engineers apply different methods and doctrines from those of their predecessors, and operating …

Engineering graduates are steering the service industry
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Engineering graduates are steering the service industry

The Hindu  

In a rapidly evolving global economy, the services sector has emerged as a significant player, contributing 53% of India’s Gross Value Added versus the 28% of the industry sector. It is not surprising to find a number of engineering graduates in India steering towards the services sector not merely due to an ideal alignment of skills and job demand, but …

In charts: How engineering lost its charm in India
1 year, 4 months ago

In charts: How engineering lost its charm in India

Live Mint  

India was once home to an estimated one in four students globally graduating with a science or engineering degree. Ahead of Engineer’s Day this Friday, Mint looks at the falling enrolments, weak job placements, and disappointing employability rate of India’s engineering graduates. The number of students getting placed has been stable, implying no growth in the influx of engineering graduates …

Career Wise: What Opportunities Semiconductor Industry Opens For Students In India?
1 year, 6 months ago

Career Wise: What Opportunities Semiconductor Industry Opens For Students In India?

News 18  

​ As the board exam results are announced, students are ready to transition from schools to colleges. This scheme aims to develop a strong domestic semiconductor design ecosystem in the country, enabling India to become a hub for innovation and design in the global semiconductor industry. How To Make Career In Semiconductor Industry The industry is attracting growing demand for …

Engineers should focus on engineering & design jobs
1 year, 11 months ago

Engineers should focus on engineering & design jobs

Live Mint  

Engineers have often been lured by the tried and tested software jobs, that land them with fancy salaries and opportunities to work with reputed companies of the world. It mentions that India is the leading R&D investor among developing countries if China, the world’s second-largest investor in R&D after the US, is excluded from the list. The way IIT Kanpur …

New-age engineering programmes are in high demand. Here's why
2 years, 2 months ago

New-age engineering programmes are in high demand. Here's why

India Today  

"The student is the nucleus of holistic development": an engineering degree no longer follows a traditional career. Around the world, deep-tech like artificial intelligence, machine learning, intelligent automation & data science are recognised as the most impactful paths of launching and developing a multidisciplinary technology career. However, employers struggle to recruit competent workers despite a thriving startup sector, high-growth companies …

‘Skilled engineers will remain in demand’
3 years, 5 months ago

‘Skilled engineers will remain in demand’

The Hindu  

Is engineering too hyped or can it really provide a good career? Chockalingam Valliappa, vice-chairman of Sona Group of Institutions, said that thousands of students graduating from his group of colleges had not only built a career in engineering but also turned out to be entrepreneurs. Mr. Parasuraman said India, with its young population and because of its unique situation …

Manufacturing industry focusing on imparting practical knowledge to students to make them future-ready
3 years, 9 months ago

Manufacturing industry focusing on imparting practical knowledge to students to make them future-ready

India Today  

The only constant today is ‘CHANGE’, especially when it comes to technology. It is rightly said that theoretical knowledge in any discipline gives students a deeper understanding of concepts, whereas practical knowledge makes you capable enough to know how things happen in the real world. Hence, offering the students the chance to develop technical knowledge through practical learning gives them …

How to make the best out of your engineering programme
4 years ago

How to make the best out of your engineering programme

India Today  

We are living in exciting times where innovation is the key. Apart from boosting one’s creative thinking, participating in hackathons ensures that the participants develop key skills of engagement, leadership and team work. Some of the world-class MOOCs include: Great Learning Edx Coursera Udacity Khan Academy Udemy Future Learn National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning is also a very reputed …

5 skills engineers should develop in addition to tech skills
4 years, 2 months ago

5 skills engineers should develop in addition to tech skills

India Today  

Rapid technological advancements have ushered in what can be called the golden age of engineering. Here are 5 skills apart from technical skills that engineers must have to thrive in their ever-evolving field of engineering: 1. This high-pressure work environment sheds the spotlight on an individual’s ability to adapt to new dynamics and approaches, making it essential for engineers to …

Engineer's Day 2020: Top engineering colleges in India other than IITs
4 years, 4 months ago

Engineer's Day 2020: Top engineering colleges in India other than IITs

India Today  

Engineering is still the most sought-after education category in India despite the emergence of hundreds of new career options in the 21st century. On Engineer’s Day 2020, a day celebrated on the birthday of one of India’s top engineers Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, scroll down to check the list of top engineering colleges in India other than IITs and the overall top …

Happy Engineer's Day: How to prepare engineers for a digital future
4 years, 4 months ago

Happy Engineer's Day: How to prepare engineers for a digital future

India Today  

Every year, September 15, the birth anniversary of Sir M Visvesvaraya is commemorated as Engineer’s Day in India. A civil engineer by training, he supervised the construction of several water management systems across India during his prolific career, including the famous Krishna Raja Sagar dam in Mysuru. Preparing engineers for a digital future While India has largely been a follower …

After dropping for years, demand for diploma engineering rebounds
5 years, 6 months ago

After dropping for years, demand for diploma engineering rebounds

Hindustan Times  

After a steady decline in recent years, the number of aspirants for diploma programmes in engineering has bounced back in 2019-20. The state directorate of technical education has received 66,586 applications for diploma programmes offered at polytechnics across the state – 15% more than the 57,748 students who registered the last year – reversing the trend of the past four …

80 percent of engineers unemployable for any job in the knowledge economy: Report
5 years, 9 months ago

80 percent of engineers unemployable for any job in the knowledge economy: Report

Firstpost  

Only 3.84 percent of engineers have the technical, cognitive and linguistic skills for software-related jobs. The employability of Indian engineers continues to be low as over 80 percent of them are unemployable for any job in the knowledge economy, says a report. According to a report by employability assessment company Aspiring Minds, only 3.84 percent of engineers in the country …

Over 80% Indian engineers are unemployable, lack new-age technology skills: Report
5 years, 9 months ago

Over 80% Indian engineers are unemployable, lack new-age technology skills: Report

India Today  

Every year, thousands of engineering graduates pass out of college, but only a tiny handful of them are trained in the skills that employers need now. The report stated that only 3.84 percent of engineers in the country have the technical, cognitive and linguistic skills required for software-related jobs in start-ups. The report provides the primary reasons for low employability …

Indian techies struggle as jobs crisis worsens: Votes of jobless youths can hurt Narendra Modi's chances in LS polls, say critics
5 years, 10 months ago

Indian techies struggle as jobs crisis worsens: Votes of jobless youths can hurt Narendra Modi's chances in LS polls, say critics

Firstpost  

These engineers struggling to find jobs highlight Narendra Modi’s difficulty in creating jobs by boosting manufacturing under ‘Make in India’ as promised in 2014. Chinchwad: Santosh Gurav gained a bachelor’s degree in technology from a mid-tier college in western India last year, specialising in electrical engineering and hoping to land a job in industrial automation. “Many can’t even write basic …

80% engineers are unemployed: How can we prepare engineers for the jobs of tomorrow?
5 years, 10 months ago

80% engineers are unemployed: How can we prepare engineers for the jobs of tomorrow?

India Today  

One of the biggest apocalyptic cries in the global economy today is the loss or obsolescence of existing jobs due to automation and rapid changes in technology. If we were to pin down the reason for this skill gap it would be simply the absence of experience in the relevant skills that are required for emerging tech jobs. We learn …

Telangana: 58 per cent engineering graduates still jobless
6 years, 6 months ago

Telangana: 58 per cent engineering graduates still jobless

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Nearly 58 per cent of engineering graduates who passed out this year are unemployed, according to AICTE data. “During the formation of Telangana state, we had more than two lakh seats which meant that anybody could join engineering. There are no specific colleges in mind but we will keep a check on colleges that have not been following rules, …

6 ways to tackle current technical education system problems
6 years, 6 months ago

6 ways to tackle current technical education system problems

India Today  

The technical education in India is plagued with many inadequacies. If we want to really improve the engineering education in India and make our engineers really contributing to the growth and prosperity of the nation, the whole domain needs complete rethinking. Management of the technical education system At present, Management of the Institution in India is three-pronged: Direct Government Controlled …

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