Lok Sabha Question No. 419 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Engineering Education in India
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 419 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

## Engineering Education in India

## †*419. SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether engineering is losing its sheen in India and the students no longer want to pursue engineering;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  engineering  education  in  India  is  not  getting  upgraded  as  per  the  new requirements;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to take any steps to overcome the said problem in consultation/collaboration with the educationists and experts from the industry and engineering; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (E) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  419  FOR  23.03.2020  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  M.P.  SHRI VINAYAK RAUT REGARDING ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN INDIA

(a): No  Sir,  the  number  of  intake  of  students  in  engineering  in  Centrally  Funded Technical  Institutes  (CFTIs)  namely  IITs,  IIITs  &  NITs  has  increased  from  106535 (2018-19) to 115022 (2019-20). (b): Does not arise.

(c) to (e): No Sir, Engineering Education is being upgraded from time to time keeping in view the requirements of the industry. Steps taken in this direction are as under:

(i) Indian Institute of Information Technology ( IIITs ): The engineering, particularly  the  Information  Technology  stream,  is  not  losing  its  sheen  in  the country.  In  fact,  based  on  the  demand  from  the  State  Govts.,  the  Government  of India has opened 13 IIITs in the last 5 years out of which 12 have been opened in association with private industry and the concerned State Government, i.e. in PPP mode. These IIITs have been opened to cater to the needs of the Industry and the global markets. The Industry partner is involved in designing course curriculam as per Industry demand, imparting relevant courses or modules, providing internships, sponsored projects and placements. The course curriculum is updated and upgraded regularly to upskill the students with cutting edge technology and global knowledge.

(ii) National Institute of Technology ( NITs ): The National Institutes of Technology  have  been  considered  among  the  premier  and  the  largest  technical education system of the country to provide high quality education. A Committee was  constituted  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Dr.  Anil  Kakodkar  to  review  the functioning of NITs system, which in its recommendations, alongwith others, also recommended to set up Industry Institute interface (i.e. involvement of industry at various  level  viz.  collaborative  research,  internships  and  fellowships  for  post graduate programmes etc). As a result, in the last few years, some of the top IT companies in India have started their own academia-industry interface programs. These  industry  driven  programs  aim  to  train  students  in  work  skills  and  make them  employment-ready.  Such  programs  also  impart  training  to  faculty  so  that they can administer the industry-specific modules  for their students.  The

Institutes have also started engaging visiting / adjunct faculty from Industry, R&D labs and other research establishments. (iii)  All  India Council for Technical Education ( AICTE ):    Whole curriculum of the technical education has been revamped by AICTE in the year 2018-19.In addition to this, in the academic year 2020-2021, the existing institutes are being allowed to  initiate  new  programmes  in  Engineering  and  Technology  only  in  emerging areas  as  per  national  perspective  plan  prepared  by  the  experts.  In  order  to improve  the  quality  of  engineering  education  and  enhance  the  employability  of students of technical institutes, AICTE has made the Internship mandatory for all technical educational programmes. In addition, AICTE is implementing schemes of Model Curriculum, Induction Program, Exam Reform, Perspective Plan, Teachers Training, Start-up Initiative, Teacher and Student Development Schemes to bring holistic  changes  in  Technical  Education  and  align  technical  know-how  with industry requirements. As per QS Rankings 2020 for Engineering & Technology, rank of 9 Indian Institutes which  are  in  the  list  of  top  500  Institutes  has  increased  from  previous  year  i.e. 2019.

|   S. No. | Institute           |   2020 |   2019 |
|----------|---------------------|--------|--------|
|        1 | IIT Bombay          |     44 |     53 |
|        2 | IIT Delhi           |     47 |     61 |
|        3 | IIT Kharagpur       |     86 |    113 |
|        4 | IIT Madras          |     88 |     95 |
|        5 | IIT Kanpur          |     96 |    125 |
|        6 | IISc, Bangalore     |    103 |    142 |
|        7 | IIT Roorkee         |    156 |    197 |
|        8 | IIT Guwahati        |    233 |    278 |
|        9 | University of Delhi |    342 |    343 |

Also, as per THE Rankings 2020, 6 Indian Institutes (IISc Bangalore, IIT Ropar, IIT Indore, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur and IIT Delhi) are in the of top 500 Institutes.

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