Radical Development of Engineering Institutions in The Industrial Corridors

Abstract

In the last fifteen years, lakhs of engineering students have not gotten any employment and more than 1000 engineering colleges were closed. The reasons are insufficient qualified faculty members, nonaccredited programs, no exposure to industries, poor infrastructure, and colleges not having linkages with the industries. The global review indicates that almost all engineering institutions are offering various industry-relevant courses and the students are undergoing adequate industrial training, have sufficient attributes, and are industry-ready. This enables the graduates to get industrial placement. The objectives of this research are to review the global practices in offering industry-specific curricula, on-the-job training, a framework to improve the linkages with the industries, the art of nurturing industrial collaboration, and a policy framework for radical developing industry-ready graduates. An action research method has been utilized in this project. It is concluded to actively create a link with the companies in the nation, develop industry-relevant and/or industry-specific and flexible curricula, and offer it with active collaboration with industries in the corridor. Ten suggestions are recommended to improve the abilities and skills of the engineering graduates and the faculty members. It is suggested to nurture various stakeholders and bring a win-win solution. Further, this focuses on creating a policy framework and cooperation of professional associations. All these focused on radical innovation in outcome-based curricula with active collaboration with employers.