When I was a principal of engineering college, students, parents often asked me what are the criteria to decide on the quality of engineering education. Some asked me, they see some institutions always in the the news; should they be treated as reputed?
Through my over four decades of experience in industry, R&D, management, teaching and training, I understood there are three pillars of engineering education. Excellence is achieved only when all the three are taken care of, simultaneously:
- Academics
- Industry and
- Research
Surprisingly, I found most engineering educational institutions in the glare of publicity, lack in the above criteria. In fact, those working silently are also better. I think, too much of anything is bad. After all if the management of an institution spends so much time and resources to gain press publicity, do they really get time and have any resources left to look into the academics, industry and research? There must be a judicious mix.
How do we know a certain institutions is good at academics? The simplest things to look into: just find how many students passed with first division in the first year. Second, how may got a place in the university top ten merit list, in the last tree years. How many appeared and scored well in GATE and GRE.
How do we know a certain institution is good at industry interactions? Find out the industry sponsored R&D projects on which the institution is working. What are the forums in which industry experts participate regularly and in large numbers. Find out how many students fetched good jobs in the core industry to which they belong.
How do we know a certain institution is good at research? Faculty with PhD are important and good but do not simply go by the number. Find out how many of them are actively involved in the research. The best way to to confirm is the number of publications in last tree years, in international journals (from reputed publishing houses), with impact factor above 2.0.
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How do we know a certain institutions is good at academics? The simplest things to look into: just find how many students passed with first division in the first year. Second, how may got a place in the university top ten merit list, in the last tree years. How many appeared and scored well in GATE and GRE.
How do we know a certain institution is good at industry interactions? Find out the industry sponsored R&D projects on which the institution is working. What are the forums in which industry experts participate regularly and in large numbers. Find out how many students fetched good jobs in the core industry to which they belong.
How do we know a certain institution is good at research? Faculty with PhD are important and good but do not simply go by the number. Find out how many of them are actively involved in the research. The best way to to confirm is the number of publications in last tree years, in international journals (from reputed publishing houses), with impact factor above 2.0.
View Dr J D Bapat's website on the subject.
View Dr J D Bapat's Brief Bio-Data
Send message to Dr J D Bapat: consult@drjdbapat.com
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