The Students' Demand-Supply imbalance in Engineering Colleges/Universities (specially privately financed) in India must be researched for getting innovative and effective solutions.
I agree with your view point that a comprehensive research is needed to give a road map.of future of engineering education in India on the basis of the results of the predicted study.
I agree with your view point that a comprehensive research is needed to give a road map.of future of engineering education in India on the basis of the results of the predicted study.
The future of Engineering Education in India is very bright. India needs large number of engineers every year.
Colleges/institutes those do not maintain quality will be automatically eliminated by market function. Only Colleges/institutes those will enhance and maintain quality in engineering education will survive in long run.
Academic field in India is highly controlled by government. And there was a time when colleges were a source of high income, therefore a large number of colleges were opened after the government loosened the policy to open a college. There was a huge gap between (high) need and (low) supply of engineering graduates at that time.
Now this imbalance has inverted. somewhat: Need has increased slowly, but supply has increased heavily.
The third stage will come and a balance will be made between need and supply.
All over India is a developing nation and need of engineers will grow with time. And quality will determine who will stand in the market.
In this way, I am agree with the Subhash C. Kundu and Hazim Hashim Tahir.
Academics and professionals of today benefit a lot from the research work of fore fathers in the diverse professions we have. Their research work then, is our theories today. As such, researchers of today should work hard roll out more quality research outputs that stand to become future theories.
Today, India is know for landmark achievement in medicine and healthcare education in the comity of nations. Once the authorities in engineering sector are set to uplift engineering education in India, the wherewithal is never a problem.
The future of engineering in India is in biomedical engineering--medical device development in conjunction with human physiology and human factors engineering. In 20 years, they may outshine US and EU medical device innovators and manufacturers because of their huge foundation of medically trained professionals and mechanical, electrical and other engineers.
In any engineering field where creativity and innovation adds value by the great minds. Many centuries ago, Indians/Hindus knew there were many planets other than mother Earth, and even Sun is the centre of our planetary system; they indirectly indicated these things in temples by placing Sun in the middle among all the other eight planets. Even latest scientists added a few more planets and now gone back to 8 planets and other new ones got downgraded to dwarf planets. So, what was found many centuries by Indians were correct today. The olden almanac is still valid with all the new development in today’s astronomy. So, I am sure the great minds can create great output again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_inventions_and_discoveries
Yes, Engineering and Civilization evolve simultaneously. Universities/Colleges providing quality education and practical exposure with adequate research facilities will sustain for longer.