ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN INDIA

Rangan Banerjee Vinayak P. Muley

Sponsored by

Observer Research Foundation

Department of Energy Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400076

December 16, 2008

Engineering Education in India

Executive Summary India has the potential to be a global technology leader. Indian industry is competing globally in software and even in areas such an automobiles, chemicals and engineering equipment. A critical issue for the future success of Indian industry is the growth of engineering education in India. Since independence, the initial focus of government policy was to provide the engineers required for the developing economy. The setting up of the Indian Institutes of Technology, the Regional Engineering colleges (and their subsequent conversion to the National Institutes of Technology) were targeted at achieving this. Indian engineers established their reputation for engineering and design skills. Engineering in India is preferred option for bright students at the 10+2 level. This has resulted in a spurt in engineering colleges primarily in the private sector. Despite this, industry leaders complain about the absence of quality engineers for their industry. This is accompanied by significant unemployment rates amongst graduating engineers. There is a dearth of publicly available data on Indias engineering education system. We document the trend in the student intake, number of engineering graduates, post-graduates and Ph.Ds. In order to obtain these we used assumptions of Output / Sanctioned strength ratios and their trends. It is seen that is a regional disparity in engineering degrees with Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka having the highest number of engineering graduates per population. India awarded about 2.3 lakhs engineering degrees, 20000 engineering masters degrees and about 1000 engineering Ph.Ds in 2006. Indias doctorate degrees are less than 1% of graduate engineering degrees. The percentages of doctorate degrees to engineering degrees is much higher for most of the other countries studied (9% USA, 10% UK, 8% Germany, 3% Korea). A comparison of a few select Indian institutions an Indian Institute of Technology, a National Institute of Technology and a private engineering college reveals some interesting results. An international comparison shows that most Indian institutions have not effectively evolved from under-graduate teaching institutions to teaching and research institutions. One of the biggest advantages of the top engineering colleges in India is the high selectivity approximately 2-3% of the applicants are selected. This is much lower

than reputed international universities. However the engineering education system has been unable to attract the best engineering students towards post-graduate studies. The IITs and IISc contribute to less than 1% of the engineering graduates in the country, 20% of the M.Techs and 40% of the Ph.Ds. Only about 1% (or less) of the graduating B.Tech class of an IIT opt for an M.Tech in India, while only 2% of the graduating M Tech class opt for Ph.D in India. About 75% of the engineering graduates are taught at the private engineering colleges. There are more than 1,100 private engineering colleges. However a ranking of the top fifty engineering colleges reveals only a small percentage of private colleges. More than 90% of the private engineering colleges are affiliated colleges that have little academic autonomy. The existing administrative structure and nature of private colleges results in very little financial autonomy with regulated fees and salaries accounting for 80% of the budget. A comparison of the Indian engineering colleges with some of the leading institutions of the world shows that it is possible for institutions to have student to faculty ratio of 15:1 or more and yet maintain a significant research output. In the report peer reviewed journal publications per faculty and UG engineering degrees per faculty are used as indicators of the research and teaching output of institutions. Most Indian institutions are improving their research output but are below the norms attained by some of the best international institutions. The challenge for our engineering education system is to make the transition from primarily teaching institutions to teaching and research institutions. We developed a normative scenario that increases the output of quality engineering graduates from Tier 1 (IITs, IISc) and Tier 2 (NITs) institutions and increases the engineering Ph.D. output to 10,000 per year. This would involve the launch of a National Ph.D. initiative. A series of initiatives are required to attract our brightest students to pursue research. This would need partnerships and commitment from industries, strengthening existing Ph.D. programmes and research facilities and facilitating quality jobs for the doctoral students. One of the biggest constraints for the development of engineering education in the country is the shortage of quality faculty. This is linked to the issue of less number of Ph.Ds, salaries and incentives for engineering educators. Steps to address this must consider incentivising performance, enhanced societal and industry linkages and a periodic review mechanism. There is a need for the industry, government and academia to formulate a strategy for engineering and science education in India. We need to have a mechanism to identify ii

important areas and disciplines that should grow and develop policies and institutions that facilitate this. There needs to be a high-level think tank that reviews the higher engineering and science education system in India and provides direction for future growth. It is important to understand the actual trends in numbers, placements, salaries, employability, research output and compare and benchmark performance with other institutions. An understanding of the reality should form the basis of policy changes that ensure that the engineering education system meets the changing needs of the industry and society.

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Preface

The engineering course in India is one of the preferred choices for students who have scored high at the 10+2 level. The competition for the top institutions is intense with students spending a lot of time and money in coaching classes to get the added edge at the competitive entrance tests. This increasing demand for engineering has resulted in a mushrooming of a large number of engineering colleges in the country. Despite this, the industry complains of an absence of trained quality engineers. When approached by the Observer Research Foundation to examine engineering education in India, we felt that this may be an interesting and useful exercise. We did not anticipate the difficulty in obtaining and reconciling data. We have built up data from primary and secondary sources and have focussed on a few sample engineering colleges to understand the trends. We have drawn up a list of conclusions and policy recommendations and developed a set of alternative future scenarios for this field of studies.. We believe that there is a need for strategic policy interventions and industrygovernment-academia interactions to strengthen engineering education in the country. We hope that this report will initiate debate and discussion and help catalyse changes that benefit engineering education in India.

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Acknowledgement
We are grateful to the Observer Research Foundation for initiating this project. Shri. R. K. Mishras (Chairman, ORF) belief in the power of ideas and the need for a strategy for Indian higher technical education convinced us to take up this study. Prof. A. P. Kudchadkars support, at every stage of this project, was invaluable to us. Mr. Vivek Sengupta, Mr. Dhaval Desai, Prof. Rakesh Basant, R. Swaminathan and several others at ORF helped us whenever needed. We are fortunate to have received co-operation and help from several people and institutions in obtaining data / reports. We are grateful to them for their support: IIT Bombay: Dean R&D, Dean Planning, Dean Faculty, Dean RM, Dean Academic Programme, Registrar, Librarian, Chairman-GATE, Chairman-JEE and office staff, Prof. C. Amarnath, Prof. Subhash Babu, Prof. Moharir, Dr. Krishna Lala, Mr. M. K. Patil, Mrs. J. Swami, Mr. Punalkar, Mr. V. Arumugam, Mr. Joglekar, Mr. Gundala Ramarao, Mr. Sushant Sharma, Mr. Rohan Pradhan , Mr. Amol Gawale, Mr. Ajay More, Mr. M. Prakash, Mr. Sarag S. Others: Dean Academic Programme - IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee. Dean (R&D) - IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi. Registrar - IISc Bangalore, IIT Guwahati, IIT Rourkee, IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras and Librarian - IISc Bangalore. Directors and Registrars - SVNIT, NIT Durgapur, NIT Hamirpur, NIT Rourkela and NIT Warangal, VJTI Mumbai, Thapar University, DAIICT Gandhinagar, MIT Manipal. Institute of Applied Manpower Research- Dr. Prasad and NTMIS staff DST - Dr. Rajeev Tayal and staff of NSTMIS AICTE - Dr. Damodhar Acharya, Prof. Rajneesh Srivastava. We have also benefited immensely from discussions, ideas and feedback from several people on an interim draft: Prof. J. Vasi, Prof. S. P. Sukhatme, Prof. U.N. Gaitonde, Prof. K. Sudhakar, Prof. P. P. Parikh, Prof. H. Narayanan, Prof. K. P. Madhavan and several others at IIT Bombay. Prof. Kirit Parikh (Planning Commission), Prof. M. A. Pai (UIUC), Dr. Vivek Wadhwa (Duke University), Dr. Naushad Forbes (Forbes Marshall), Mr. K. Subrahmanya (Tata BP Solar), Mr. K. B. Pande (Thermax), Dr. Pramod Solanki (L & T), Dr. R. Bandyopadhyay (CASAD), Mr Ranjan Banerjee, Dr. D. K. Ghosh, Prof. R. Natarajan. We have been encouraged by the responses received in the workshops organised by ORF at Mumbai for industry on May 31, 2008 and at Delhi for policy makers and academics on August 21, 2008. The keynote address provided by Dr. R. Chidambaram at the Mumbai workshop provided us useful insights. We are indebted to Mr. Balkrishna Surve for putting in special efforts to format and edit the final version of the report. Rangan Banerjee Vinayak P. Muley ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not represent the views of IIT Bombay or of the Observer Research Foundation. v

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Title Analysis of Indian Trends 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Introduction Review of past reports Framework for Analysis Engineering Graduates Postgraduate Output Doctorates Discipline wise Growth in Sanctioned Intake Regional Distribution Women Engineers in India Page No. 1 1 1 4 6 14 17 19 21 26 26 32 33 34 34 38 42 45 50 51 52 55 57 57 58 59 61 63 65 68

1.10 International Comparisons 1.11 Summary and Conclusions 2 Analysis of IITs and IISc 2.1 Case Study of IIT Bombay 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 2.1.5 2.1.6 2.1.7 2.1.8 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Student output Campus Placement Faculty Faculty Output Administration Space Government Grants Enthusing the engineering students Graduates Post graduates Ph.D. Output

Outputs of the IITs

Selection Process Grants Received and Publications Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Summary

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National Institutes of Technology and Private Engineering Colleges 3.1 3.2 Introduction Case Study of SVNIT, Surat 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.2.4 3.3 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.4 3.4.1 3.4.2 3.5 3.5.1 Student output Enrolment Campus Placement Faculty Admissions to NITs Outputs of other NITs College of Engineering Pune (COEP) Veermata Jijabai Technology Institute (VJTI) Case Study of Manipal Institute of Technology 3.5.1.1 3.5.1.2 3.5.1.3 3.5.1.4 3.5.1.5 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.6 3.7 Student output Enrolment Campus Placement Faculty Admission

69 69 70 70 72 73 74 75 75 76 77 77 79 82 82 82 84 85 85 86 87 90 91 91 95 95 95 98 99 100

Summary of other NITs

Other Government Engineering Colleges

Private Engineering Colleges

Thapar University Patiala Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

Other Private Engineering Colleges Summary and International comparisons Scenarios for Engineering Student Degrees 4.1.1 4.1.2 Business as Usual Scenarios Normative Scenario

Conclusions and Policy Recommendations 4.1

4.2 4.3

Achieving the Normative Scenario National Engineering Ph.D Initiative

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Faculty Issues 4.4.1 4.4.2 4.4.3 4.4.4 Attracting Quality Faculty Faculty Numbers Incentivising Performance National Engineering Faculty Initiative

103 103 104 106 106 107 108 108 109 109 110 110 111 111 112 112 112 112 114 117 119

4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9

Strengthening Masters Programmes Industry Linkages Strengthening Science Departments Curriculum Reform Societal Linkages

4.10 Periodic Review Mechanism 4.11 Faculty Quality Improvement 4.12 Continuing Education / Skill Up gradation of Existing engineers in economy 4.13 Engineering Database 4.14 Journals, Conferences and Academic Press 4.15 Engineering Schools in Quality Universities 4.16 Administrative Structure 4.17 Strategy and Vision References Bibliography Appendices

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List of Figures
Figure No. 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Title Page No. 2 5 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 20 21 24 25 27 28 28 29 34 35 36 36 37 37 42 43 43

Time Line of Indian Engineering Education Schematic of Inputs and Outputs for Engineering Education Growth of Sanctioned Intake of Graduates 1947-2007-8 Total Output of Engineering Graduates 1947-2006 Engineering Bachelors Degrees per Million Population for US Engineering graduates per Million Population in India Growth of Degree Institutions 1950-2007 Average Sanctioned Intake per Institute 1950-2006 Population and GDP Growth for India during 1947-2006 Engineers per Million Population to Real GDP per capita Masters Output from 1947-2006 Percentage of Masters Output to Graduate Engineers output Engineering Doctorate Degrees Awarded in India Percentage of Ph.D. Output to Graduate Engineers Output Science Doctorate Degrees Awarded in India Discipline wise Breakup of Sanctioned Intake for Engineering Bachelors in India in 2001 Discipline wise Breakup of Bachelors Degrees Awarded in the US in 2006 Region wise Distribution of Sanctioned Intake (2007)[5] State wise Sanctioned Intake per million Population and Number of Institutions Growth Rate of Graduate Engineers for Different Countries Engineers per Million Population for different countries Growth Rate of Graduate Engineers for Different Countries (2004 or the most recent year) Engineering Doctorates for Different Countries Total IIT Bombays Student Output 1962-2006 IIT Bombays Graduate Students Output 1962-2006 M.Tech degrees awarded 1962 to 2006 Science and Engineering Ph. D. output Percentage of Engineering PhDs to the Graduate Engineers Output Ratio of Engineering postgraduates (M Tech and PhD) to total engineering Degrees (B Tech, M Tech and PhD) Number of Faculty 1974-2006 Student-Faculty ratios 1991-2006 Undergraduate Student-Faculty ratios for USA

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2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11

Distribution of Faculty according to place of Ph D Number of Publications 1996-2006 Number of Patent Applications filed 1990-2006 Number of Journal Publications per Faculty 1997-2006 Funding for Sponsored and Consultancy Projects 1988-2006 Total Amount of Sponsored & Consultancy Projects Per Faculty (in constant 2006 Rupees) Continuing Education Programme (Courses and Participants) Number of M Tech Admissions through QIP Number of Ph D Admissions through QIP Ratio of Staff to Faculty Academic area to students enrolled Government Grants received Government Grants received per Student (in constant 2006 Rs.) Annual tuition fees Funding and Number of Student participants in Techfest Graduate students output 1955-2006 Share of IITs in National Graduate Output 1954-2006 Postgraduate students output of IITs 1985 to 2006 Share of IITs in National Postgraduate Output 1985-2006 Ph D output of IITs 1974 to 2006 Share of IITs in National Engineering PhD Output 1974-2005 Ratio of engineering postgraduates (M.Tech and PhD) to total engineering Degrees (B.Tech, M.Tech and PhD) Percentage of Seats to Registered Applicants for JEE Trend in number of candidates for GATE Grants Received for all IITs Total Publications for all IITs Number of publications Government grant received for IISc Share of engineering colleges based on intake (2006) Graduate students output 1985-2006 Masters Degrees awarded 1985 to 2006 Total Engineering Degrees Awarded Enrolment and Sanctioned Intake for B. Tech Enrolment and Sanctioned Intake for M. Tech/ME Number of Faculty 2001-2006 M.Tech and B.Tech output of NIT Warangal Graduate Degrees Awarded by VJTI 1985-2006 Masters Degrees awarded by VJTI 1985 to 2004 Total Engineering Degrees Awarded by VJTI

45 46 46 47 48 48 49 49 50 51 52 53 53 54 56 57 58 58 59 59 60 60 62 63 63 64 66 67 69 71 71 72 72 73 74 76 80 80 81

3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22

Enrolment and Sanctioned Intake for B. E. Graduate Degrees Awarded 2002-2006 Masters Degrees Awarded 2000 to 2006 Total Engineering degrees awarded Enrolment and Sanctioned Intake for B. Tech Enrolment and Sanctioned Intake for M Tech/ME Number of Faculty 2001-2006 B.E./B Tech Student Output from 1990-2006 M Tech Student Output from 1990-2006 B.E./B Tech Student Sanctioned Intake and Enrolment from 1990-2006 Publications and UG student output for select institutions

81 83 83 84 84 84 85 87 88 88 94

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List of Tables
Tables 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Title Summary of Major Committees and Recommendations Number of Institutions and Intake Approved 2007-8 Calculated E/S Ratio for Graduates 1991-2004 from ATMRs Calculated O/S Ratio for Graduates 1992-2004 from ATMRs Out-turn of Postgraduate Students 1.5a: 1995 AICTE Survey 1.5b: Shrivastava, 1996 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Discipline wise Growth in Sanctioned Intake in India Discipline wise Growth in the Bachelors Degrees Awarded in the US Region wise Distribution of Sanctioned Intake and Number of Engineering Institutions (NOI) State wise Number of Institutions and Sanctioned Intake per Million Population (2007) Percentage of Engineering PhDs to Bachelors Engineering Degrees U.S. Science and Engineering Doctorates from Asian Countries International Comparison of Academic Output Comparison of Growth Rates of Academic Output Students on roll at IIT Bombay 1991 to 2006 Students Output at IIT Bombay 1991 to 2006 Department-wise details of number of students pursuing MS/MS+PhD/PhD (Batch passing out in 2007) Break-up of Job offers for 2006-7 Sector wise percentage placement Programme and Sector wise Average Salaries for 2005-2006 Programme wise Placement at IIT Bombay for last Five Years Average starting salaries for a few US universities Faculty Salaries for 2006-2007 for IIT Bombay Ratio of Professor to Assistant Professor Salary for US Universities in 2005-06 Students Admitted under QIP for 2005-06 Annual Receipts and Payments for IIT Bombay for 2005-6 Statistics on Techfest 50 54 55 23 29 30 31 32 35 38 39 39 40 40 41 41 44 45 19 20 22 Page No. 3 7 8 8 16

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2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 4.1 4.2 4.3a 4.3b 4.4 4.5

Ratio of Postgraduates to Total Engineering Degrees Degrees Awarded from 1993-2005 Strength of Teaching Staff and Support Staff Students Enrolled and Student Faculty Ratio Research Funding from Sponsored and Consultancy Projects Annual Receipts and Payments for IISc Bangalore Programme wise percentage placement Programme wise Average Salaries Sector wise Placement Total Students on roll and Student-Faculty ratio from 2001-6 Distribution of sanctioned intake among all NITs Student Output and Number of Faculty for five NITs Sanctioned Intake, Enrolment and Output for B.Tech Programmes Sanctioned Intake, Enrolment for M.Tech Programmes Year wise and Programme wise Percentage Placement Year wise and Programme wise Percentage Average Salary per Year Sanctioned Intake and Enrolment for B.Tech Programme wise Salary Details Percentage Placement for B Tech Programme wise Average Salaries Student Faculty ratio for MIT, Manipal Programme wise Annual Fees Year wise Grants Received (Rs. in Lakhs) Programme wise Percentage Growth Rates Student Placement Percentages Enrolment and Output of B.Tech and M.Tech in DAIICT Comparison of Indian Engineering Institutions with select International Universities Annual Growth rates for different programmes Results of Scenario BAU Annual Growth rates for different programmes in IITs and IISc Annual Growth rates for different programmes in NITs Results of Scenario BAU for IITs and IISc Share of IITs and IISc in BAU scenario

61 65 65 66 67 67 73 73 74 74 75 76 78 78 78 78 79 82 85 85 86 86 86 89 89 90 92 95 96 96 96 97 97

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Results of Scenario BAU for NITs Share of NITs under BAU Scenario Results of Normative Scenario Starting salary for engineering graduates and after 20 years Total Faculty numbers BAU Scenario Additional faculty requirement under BAU Scenario Faculty numbers for normative scenario in 2017

97 98 98 103 105 105 106

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Chapter 1
Analysis of Indian Trends
1.1 Introduction

India has the potential to be a global technology leader. The Indian economy has been growing at the rate of 9% per year. The Indian industry has also become globally competitive in several sectors and can increase its global market share. A critical factor in this will be the success of the technical education system in India. The objective of this study is to review the higher engineering education system in India. The review examines time series trends in engineering education in India and highlights issues and policy recommendations. A major effort in this study has been in compiling data on engineering education in India from various primary and secondary sources. Conclusions are drawn from the data for engineering education. First, we present a summary of past reports and analysis of Indias engineering education.

1.2

Review of past reports

Engineering education in India started during the British era and focused mainly on civil engineering. A brief history of engineering education in India is available in the Rao Committee report [1] and the Ministry of Human Resource Development website [2]. The College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras (Started as a Survey School in 1794), Engineering College at Roorkee (1847), Poona Civil Engineering College at Pune (1854), Bengal Engineering College at Shibpur (1856), Banaras Hindu University (1916), Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (1917) and Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur (1920). In 1945 the Sarkar Committee [3] was appointed to suggest options for advanced technical education in India. The Sarkar committee recommended the establishment of higher technical institutes based on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the four regions of India. This resulted in the setting up of the five Indian Institutes of Technology at Kharagpur (1950), Bombay (1958), Kanpur (1959), Madras (1960) and Delhi (1961) (Delhi was added on to the original four). The All India Council for Technical Education was set up in 1945, to oversee all technical education (diploma, degree and post-graduate) in the country.

Figure 1.1 provides a timeline showing the establishment of some of the major engineering institutions in the country. There have been several official committees set up to review and revitalise engineering education in the country.

Indian Engineering Education Developments

Roorkee Engg College (1848) Elphinstone Institution Bombay (1844) Hindu College Bengal (1817) The Madras Survey School (1794) Engg Colleges-4 Survey & Technical Inst-20 Industrial Schools-50 IIT Roorkee(2001) IIT Guwahati (1994) IIT Delhi (1961) NIT Warangal(1959) IIT Madras (1960)
6 New IITs Started(2008)

Poona Civil Engg College Universities at Bombay,Calcutta,Madras

IIT Kanpur (1959)

IIT Bombay(1958) IIT Kharagpur(1950) IISc Bangalore(1909)

1790

1810

1830

1850

1870

1890

1910

1930

1950

1970

1990

2010

VJTI Saharanpur School (1845) Woman Students Permitted First Time

Figure 1.1: Time Line of Indian Engineering Education [1] Table 1.1 provides a listing of some of the major committees and their recommendations. There has been a significant increase in the number of engineering institutions and in student output. Engineering is a preferred career choice for a large number of students at the 10 + 2 level in India. Many of the reputed engineering colleges (IITs and NITs) are highly selective in their admission process with the number of available seats being only 12% of the number applying. A large number of private engineering colleges have been set up. Though there is a mechanism for accreditation (National Board of Accreditation) and an umbrella agency, the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) set up to monitor and control engineering education, the quality of engineering education in many institutions is suspect. Has the engineering education system been able to provide the engineers required for the growth of the Indian economy? Has the engineering education system provided the research and development leadership required for our industry? In the context of globalisation, is there a need to modify the higher engineering education system in India? There are no clear-cut answers to these questions. It is clear that since Independence, India has produced a large number of competent, qualified engineers who have contributed to the success of many Indian companies and industries. A large number of our engineering graduates have also made an impact in the corporate world internationally. Despite these positive outcomes, a critical analysis of trends is required before we can attempt to make any recommendations for the future.

Table 1.1: Summary of Major Committees and Recommendations Committee Sarkar Committee Thacker Committee Nayudamma Committee Nayudamma Committee Title Higher Technical Institutions for the Post-war Industrial Development Postgraduate Engineering Education and Research Postgraduate Education in Engineering & Technology 1959-1961 1945 Year Recommendations Setting up of Indian Institutes of Technology Funding for 100 PhDs annually

1979-1980

PG minimum qualifications for industry, R&D, etc Greater flexibility in Academic pro-

IIT Review

1986

gramme, Focus on engineering research, Faculty mobility 21 months M.Tech, Increased scholar-

P. Rama Rao committee

Reshaping Postgraduate Education in Engineering & Technology 1995

ship amount, Assured employment for M.Techs, National Doctoral Programme Conversion of RECs into NITs with

R.A. Mashelkar Committee

Strategic Road Map for Academic Excellence of Future RECs 1998

the status of a Deemed to be University and structural changes in governance Regional inequity to be removed, Faculty shortage to be addressed, Need for planning and coordination in the working of AICTE Increase UG output of IITs, Fund

U. R. Rao Committee

Revitalising the Technical Education

2003

P. Rama Rao Committee

IIT Review

2004

infrastructure increase, Add new IITs but maintain quality

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Framework for Analysis

How do we assess the engineering education system in India? Unlike a broad-based education in the arts or the sciences, the engineering education system is designed to train engineers for the engineering profession. Hence it has to meet the challenges and needs for engineers in the economy. As the nature of technology and industry changes, the education system needs to be responsive and adapt to the changing demands. There is a need for engineering educators to be conversant with existing practices in industry while also acting as agents to bring in innovation and improvements. Initially the focus of the engineering education system in India was to produce engineering graduates to implement operate and manage the growing industry that mainly relied on imported technology. Subsequently as the economy grew, there emerged a need for technology development and then for research and development. The engineering institutions that were primarily set up for undergraduate teaching started emphasising research and evolved Masters and doctoral programmes. We analyse the data for the entire country and compare with other countries. This analysis focusses mainly on the numbers. Figure 1.2 shows the inputs and outputs for engineering education. A direct indication of the growth in engineering education is the number and quality of graduates and post-graduates. A proxy for quality would be the employability, salary and feedback from industry and society. In the following chapters we focus on some sample engineering institutions to understand the trends, outputs and quality indicators. The focus in this chapter is on the aggregate national trends in the output.

Society Students Linkage Faculty Inputs Infrastructure Equipment Building Space Money/Funds Industry

Education

Graduates (B.Tech/B.E.) Post Graduates PhDs

Engineering Education
Linkage Research

Outputs

Publications Journals Books Patents Technology

Figure 1.2: Schematic of Inputs and Outputs for Engineering Education The trend in the actual numbers graduating should be relatively easy to quantify. However we found that this is not available for India. We have three variables sanctioned intake (S), the enrolment (E) and the Output or Out-turn (O). These are defined as follows: (a) Sanctioned Intake - The AICTE approves the sanctioned intake of different engineering colleges in each state. This is for a given year. The U R Rao [1] committee report provides data on sanctioned intake for 1990-2003. (b) Enrolment - The actual number enrolled (joining the course) may differ from the sanctioned strength. In many institutions all seats may not be filled. Enrolment data is available for some years for some of the states in the Annual Technical Manpower Reviews (ATMRs) [4] (c) Outturn / Output - The numbers that graduate each year. This is not reported on an all India basis. In some of the state reports (ATMRs) the annual output is reported for a few years.

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Engineering Graduates

Table 1.2 shows the sanctioned intake break-up for 2007-2008 as per AICTE [5]. This does not include the IITs. If these are included the total number of sanctioned seats for UG engineering education in India is about 6, 57,500. This includes the sanctioned intake of 720 in the six new IITs (IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Punjab, IIT Patna, IIT Rajasthan, IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT Hyderabad). Since the data on sanctioned strength (S), enrolment (E), outputs (O) are available from different sources for different years; we attempted to correlate the parameters. It is expected that the output will be a fraction of the number admitted four years earlier (since the B.E. course is of four years duration). Hence we define a ratio (O/S) as the output in the tth year O (t) to the sanctioned strength when that batch was admitted S (t-4)

O O (t ) = S S (t 4 )
Where O (t) - output of tth Year S (t-4) - sanctioned intake of (t-4) th Year Since it is easiest to get the sanctioned strength data we use this as the basis to compute the output. Data on enrolment is relatively scarce. The ratio of the enrolment to sanctioned strength is (E/S) shown in table 1.3. The weighted average of E/S is about 0.9. There seems to be some fluctuation/uncertainty in the E/S ratios. Appendix-I shows the trend in sanctioned strength, enrolment and output for Delhi and Haryana. Though there is some uncertainty in the data, it seems that there is a reduction in the E/S ratio where there have been rapid increases in sanctioned strength in the few years. However for instance the growth in sanctioned strength for Maharashtra for last four years is about 1.2 % per year and the average E/S for 2005-06 is about 0.9. The E/S ratio is maintained above 0.9 where the growth in sanctioned strength is low. The table for Maharashtra is shown in Appendix-II Table 1.4 shows the ratios of

O(t ) for different states. The O/S ratio is expected to S (t 4)

vary over the years due to failure rates. Hence we average out the data. Also the data does not show any discernible trend or change in this ratio. The weighted average of the available data for the different states and over the different time periods provided an O/S ratio of 0.8. We used this to compute the output (wherever it was not known) O(T ) = 0.8S (T 4) 6

Table 1.2: Number of Institutions and Intake Approved for 2007-8 (as on 31-8-2007) Engineering Degree Average Number of Sanctioned Intake per Institutions Intake Institute 104 41747 401 17 7006 412 45 17408 387 0 0 0 1 465 465 53 17817 336 55 16968 309 2 490 245 1 240 240 1 210 210 0 0 0 4 870 218 1 115 115 0 0 0 10 3438 344 6 1690 282 136 51775 381 13 4523 348 5 788 158 62 22750 367 6 1401 234 18 6943 386 48 18879 393 59 20683 351 8 1807 226 319 130669 410 6 2670 445 268 123232 460 141 62149 441 93 29790 320 183 65958 360 3 809 270 0 1668 0 653290 0 392

Region

State Madhya Pradesh Chhatisgarh Central Gujarat Mizoram Sikkim Orissa West Bengal Tripura Meghalaya Arunachal Pradesh Andaman & Nicobar Assam Manipur Nagaland Eastern Jharkhand Bihar Uttar Pradesh Northern Uttaranchal Chandigarh Haryana Jammu & Kashmir New Delhi Punjab Rajasthan NorthWest Himachal Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Pondicherry Southern Tamil Nadu Karnataka SouthWest Kerala Maharashtra Goa Daman & Diu, Western Dadar,N.H. Grand Total

(Source: AICTE: Handbook for Approval Process [6])

Table 1.3: Calculated E/S Ratio for Graduates 1991-2004 from ATMRs [4] State Karnataka Tamilnadu Maharashtra Delhi West Bengal Himachal Pradesh Haryana Assam Rajasthan Arunachal Pradesh Manipur Tripura 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 0.94 1.03 0.86 0.82 0.89

1.05 0.97 0.98 0.96 0.96 -

1.12 1.09 1.11 1.14 0.89 0.82 1.08 0.70 0.84 0.87 0.99 0.99 0.93 0.94 0.87 0.80 0.93 0.89 1.05 0.91 -

0.97 0.97 0.98 1.00 1.00 1.01 1.00 0.98 1.00 0.91

1.02 1.01 0.79 0.86 0.92 0.86 0.65 0.72 0.82 0.79 0.95 0.99 0.97

0.56 0.70 0.73 0.85 0.71 0.80 0.70 1.02 1.00 0.76 1.00 0.44 0.57 1.00 1.00 1.15 1.00 0.87 1.06 1.05 1.00 0.87

Table 1.4: Calculated O/S Ratio for Graduates 1992-2004 from ATMRs [4] State Karnataka Tamilnadu Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh Kerala Delhi West Bengal Himachal Pradesh Chandigarh Orissa Haryana Assam Gujarat 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 0.76 0.86 0.84 0.82 0.78 0.9 0.86 1997 0.74 0.92 1.01 1998 0.63 0.69 0.86 1.01 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 0.61 0.62 0.6 0.59 0.56 0.72 0.73 0.7 0.75 0.77 1.11 0.97 0.94 0.93 0.75 0.91 0.86 0.81 0.75 0.94 0.9 0.82 0.74 0.64 0.57 1.02 1.01 1.06 0.88 1.09 0.85 1.2 0.66 0.75 0.53 0.74 0.82 0.83 0.83 0.78 0.8 0.89 0.37 1.03 0.61 0.98 0.32 -

Figure 1.3 shows the variation of sanctioned intake strength for B.E. / B.Tech in India from 1947 to 2007. The sanctioned intake has increased from 2500 in 1947 to 6.53 lakhs in 2007. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the period 1947 to 2007 is 9.7%. In the last ten years 1997-2007 the sanctioned strength grew from 1.15 lakhs to 6.53 lakhs (CAGR of 19% per year).
700000 600000 Sanctioned Intake 500000 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 1947 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 Year 2007

Figure 1.3: Growth of Sanctioned Intake of Graduates 1947-2007-8 The number of Bachelors degrees in engineering (B.Tech, B.E.) graduating every year is computed using the O/S ratio based on the sanctioned intake and is shown in figure 1.4. The number has increased from 270 in 1947 to 2.37 lakhs in 2006 (corresponding to a compound annual growth rate of 12%). We expect the total number of engineers required in an economy to be related to the population. We compare the growth in Indias engineering degrees with the trend in Bachelors degrees in engineering in the U.S. per million population [7]. This is shown in figure 1.5. The U.S. trend shows a cyclic pattern. The present value is around 250. (Maximum of 350 during late 1940s post World War II and mid 1980s of 325). In India the number of engineers per million populations increased from about 1 in 1947 to 213 in 2006 and is given in figure 1.6. If we use the same O/S ratio we obtain an estimate of 2.9 lakh engineering graduates in 2007 and 3.5 lakh engineering graduates in 2008.

250000

200000

Output

150000

100000

50000

0 1947 1958 1968 1978 1986 Year 1994 1998 2002 2006

Figure 1.4: Total Output of Engineering Graduates 1947-2006

400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1945 1955 1965 1975 Academic Year 1985 1995

Figure 1.5: Engineering Bachelors Degrees per Million Population for US [7]

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350 Engineers Per million Population 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1951 1956 1960 1966 1970 1975 1979 1985 1987 1989 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 Year

Figure 1.6: Engineering Graduates per Million Population in India The number of degree granting institutions in India increased from 50 in 1950 to 1668 in 2007 (CAGR of 6.2%). Figure 1.7 shows the variation in the number of engineering degree granting institutions in India with time. The average sanctioned intake per institute increased from 74 in 1950 to 392 in 2007 (CAGR of 3% per year). Figure 1.8 shows this trend. An examination of the trend indicates a change in the trend from 1995, with a larger number of degree granting institutions being set up. The growth in sanctioned intake from 1995-2007 corresponds to a CAGR of 17.9% per year. The bulk of this increase has been achieved by setting up of new institutions (CAGR of new institutions during this period is 13.2%). The average sanctioned intake per institute increased from 242 to 392 (CAGR of 3.3%). This has implications for quality since 1197 [1] new degree-granting institutions have been set up in the last ten years.

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1800 1600

Number of Institutions

1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

Year

Figure 1.7: Growth of Degree Institutions 1950-2007 [1]

400 Average Sanctioned Intake 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1940 1950 1960 1970 Year 1980 1990 2000 2010

Figure 1.8: Average Sanctioned Intake per Institute 1950-2006 How many engineering graduates does India need? If supply and demand for engineering graduates is to be balanced, it is expected that the number of engineering graduates required would depend on the growth of the economy and the population. Figure 1.9 shows the population and real gross domestic product (in constant 2006 prices) trend for India during 1947-2006. [8]

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3000 2500 2000 Values 1500 1000 500 0 1951 1958 1966 1974 1979 1986 1989 1996 1999 2002 Year 2005 GDP in Thousand Crores Population in Million

Figure 1.9: Population and GDP Growth for India during 1947-2006 [8]

We attempt to correlate the number of engineering graduates with the population and the GDP. A plot of the number of engineering graduates (E) per million population to the real GDP per capita is shown in figure 1.10 and reveals a linear trend. The best fit equation obtained is: E/Pop = A+ B GDP/Pop Where A= -51.034 and B= 0.081 The table of t and F statistics is shown in Appendix-III. The R2 value obtained is 89% and the model is not rejected based on the t and F statistics. This model can be used to make future estimates for engineering graduates from India. There seems to be a deviation from this trend in the last few years. Appendix-IV shows the partitioning of the data into two parts and fitting of two different trends. It is felt that there is an artificial increase (greater than the actual demand for engineers). This is likely to show up in a number of sanctioned seats remaining vacant. The ratio of E/S is likely to decrease. This may also reflect in larger unemployment rates for engineering graduates.

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250 y = 0.0812x - 51.034 Engineers Per Million Population 200 R2 = 0.895

150

100

50

0 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 2400 2600 GDP/Population

Figure 1.10: Engineers per Million Population to Real GDP per capita

1.5

Postgraduate Output

The post-graduate degrees commonly offered in engineering in India are the Master of Technology (M.Tech) and the Master of Engineering (M.E) (both are equivalent). At present these courses are of two-year duration and normally include a thesis (masters project) component. In the past the masters programme has been of one and a half year duration. The sanctioned intake as per AICTE is about 30000 in 2005. However a large number of seats remain unfilled. The Rama Rao committee [9] indicated that the ratio of the output to the sanctioned intake varied from 0.48 (AICTE Survey) to 0.6 (Shrivastavas study). This report also indicated that Tier I Institutions (IITs and IISc) had an output to sanctioned strength O (t)/S (t-2) ratio of 0.9 while Tier II and Tier III institutions (Technical University, University Departments and Regional Engineering Colleges) had an O/S ratio of 0.6. The other institutes had lower O/S ratios (0.55). This data is shown in table 1.5. The weighted average of all the institutions except IITs and IISc (O/S 0.57) based on table 1.5 b is used to calculate the M. Tech output of these institutions. This is added to the output of IITs and IISc to get the total masters output. Figure 1.11 shows the variation in the Masters output with time for India. The masters output increased from about 30 in 1947 to almost 20000 in 2006 (CAGR of 11.6 %). In the last five years the M Tech/ ME output has increased from about 14000 in 2001 to almost 20000 in 2006 (CAGR of 7.5%). There is some uncertainty in this data since it depends on the O/S ratio used. Assuming

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the recent growth rates to persist, the number of masters degrees in engineering awarded in 2008 is estimated to be about 23000. Appendix-V (A5.1) shows the trend of the engineering masters output of the USA.
20000 18000 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 1947 1950 1956 1960 1966 1970 1975 1979 1985 1987 1989 1995 2001 2003 Year 2005

Output

Figure 1.11: Masters Output from 1947-2006 Figure 1.12 shows the percentage of Masters output to the graduate engineers output. It is seen that the percentage increased to a high of 15-17% in the 1980s and has now reduced to 8.5 %. Compared to this, the US had about 70,000 engineering graduates and 35,000 post-graduates (Masters) in engineering in 2002-3 (50% of the graduate output).

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Table 1.5: Out-turn of Postgraduate Students [9] 1.5 a: 1995 AICTE Survey Percentage of SancIntake Out-Turn tioned capacity Sanctioned Actual Actual Percentage of Capacity Sanctioned capacity 6004 4734 79 2857 48 1.5b: Shrivastava, 1996 Category of No. of Out-turn/ Number (percentage of total out-turn) Institution Institutions Sanctioned Capacity 1987-89 1990-92 I II III IV V VI Total 131 12279 (100%) 4093 17434 (100%) 5811 102 4571 (37%) 7272 (40%) 0.55 6 11 12 5038 1429 1241 (41%) (12%) (10%) 5064 3455 1643 (29%) (20%) (9%) 0.9 0.6 0.6

Average Out-turn per year

20

16

Percentage

12

0 1947 1954 1958 1964 1968 1974 1978 1984 1986 1988 1995 2001 2003 Year 2005

Figure 1.12: Percentage of Masters Output to Graduate Engineers output

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1.6

Doctorates

There is some uncertainty in the statistics on engineering doctorates (PhDs) granted annually. The difference in the estimates available from various sources has been reported by Rai and Kumar [10]. We relied on the statistics documented in the Rama Rao Committee for review of the post graduate engineering education in India and added the recent data from the UGC annual reports. The annual number of engineering PhDs is less than 1000. Figure 1.13 shows the trend in the engineering PhD degrees awarded in India. The overall growth rate from 1954 to 2005 has been at 8% per year. However in the mid-80s the number of PhDs was around 600. Since then there has been a reduction in the growth rate. The CAGR from 1985-2005 is only 2.9%. The percentage of Ph.D. output to the graduate engineers output is shown in figure 1.14. The Ph.D. percentage fluctuates with a maximum of 1-3%, but the present value is less than 1% of the engineering graduates. The exact numbers of engineering doctorates in 2007 is not known. It is estimated that this ranges between 1000-1100 (similar numbers are expected in 2008). Appendix-V (A5.2) shows the trend of the engineering doctorates output of the USA.

1200 1000 800 D octorates 600 400 200 0 1954 1960 1968 1975 1981 1984 1987 Year 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005

Figure 1.13: Engineering Doctorate Degrees Awarded in India

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3.5 3.0 2.5 Percentage 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 1954 1958 1964 1968 1974 1978 1984 1986 1988 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
2001 2004

Year

Figure 1.14: Percentage of Ph.D. Output to Graduate Engineers Output The related trend that impacts the engineering research and development is the science doctorates. The trend is shown in figure 1.15. The growth in science Ph D output is reasonably this consistent with a CAGR of about 7 % from 1954-2005. The output in 1954 was 164 and increased to 5549 in 2005. The ratio of engineering doctorates to science doctorates is about 1:5 in 2005.

6000 5000 Ph D output 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 1954 1958 1964 1968 1974 1978 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 Year 1999

Figure 1.15: Science Doctorate Degrees Awarded in India

2004

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1.7

Discipline wise Growth in Sanctioned Intake

For bachelors degrees the discipline wise growth of sanctioned intake for 1990-2001 in India is shown in table 1.6. The growth of sanctioned intake is mainly in computer engineering and information technology (37.7% CAGR) followed by electronics and electrical engineering. About 32% of the sanctioned strength in 2001 was in computer engineering and information technology. For 2006 Computer Science and Information Technology accounted for 34% of the total, 39% for Electronics and Electrical Engineering, 12 % for Mechanical and 4% for Civil Engineering. Figure 1.16 shows the discipline wise break up of sanctioned intake in 2001 for India. Table 1.7 shows the trends in the degrees awarded in the US. In the US, the highest growth rates are for Biomedical Engineering (16.3%), Aerospace (12.8%) and Computers (7.7%) Figure 1.17 shows the discipline wise break up of degrees awarded in 2006 for the US. Table 1.6: Discipline wise Growth in Sanctioned Intake in India [11]
Year Chemical Engg. Civil Engg. Comp/IT Electrical Engg. Electronics Mechanical Engg. Others Total

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 2001

CAGR
1990-2001 1996-2001

4590 4590 4590 4690 4950 5440 5520 6472 7552

4.6% 6.5%

13546 13546 13606 13606 12606 13706 13706 13852 13806

0.2% 0.2%

12143 12263 12303 12693 13493 14793 14853 22623 73497

17.8% 37.7%

10155 10155 10275 10615 11295 12,435 12495 18961 24498

8.3% 14.4%

17337 17547 17787 18297 19267 20747 20847 26707 49448

10.0% 18.9%

17696 17718 17928 18318 19218 20578 20698 33160 40044

7.7% 14.1%

11592 11912 10010 12382 12572 13272

87059 87731 86499 90601 93401 88536

13332 101451 12920 134695 17639 226484

3.9% 5.8% 9.1% 17.4%

CAGR

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Others 8% Comp/IT 32%

Mech/Prod 18% Electrical 11%

Civil 6% Electronics 22% Chemical 3%

Figure 1.16: Discipline wise Break-up of Sanctioned Intake for Engineering Bachelors in India in 2001 Table 1.7: Discipline wise Growth in the Bachelors Degrees Awarded in the US
Year Aerospace Biomedical Chemical Civil Computer Electrical Mechanical Others Total

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 CAGR

1999-2006

1,174 1,296 1,558 1,711 2,011 2,232 2,371 2,722 12.8%

1,016 1,156 1,138 1,315 1,628 2,019 2,410 2,917 16.3%

6,199 6,023 5,740 5,529 5,233 4,801 4,521 4,452 -4.6%

10,020 9,241 8,537 8,531 8,708 8,718 8,981 9,663 -0.5%

7,294 9,482 10,581 11,562 14,395 14,994 13,874 12,231 7.7%

13,329 13,337 13,540 13,999 14,776 15,200 15,383 14,740 1.4%

16,383 16,547 16,395 16,822 17,570 17,972 18,594 19,727 2.7%

6138 6738 6711 7312 6844 6957 7468 7734 3.4%

61,553 63,820 64,200 66,781 71,165 72,893 73,602 74,186 2.7%

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Aerospace Biomedical

10% 27%

4%

4%

6% 13%

Chemical Civil/ Environmental Computer Engg/ Sci.(inside Engg) Electrical Mechanical,Industrial/M anufacturing Others

16% 20%

Figure 1.17: Discipline wise Break-up of Bachelors Degrees Awarded in the US in 2006

1.8

Regional Distribution

Table 1.8 shows the sanctioned intake and the number of engineering institutions, the sanctioned intake and the compound annual growth rate in sanctioned intake and number of institutions. The maximum number of engineering institutions and the sanctioned intake is in the South. A break-up of the number of institutions and sanctioned intake per million population for the different states is shown in table 1.9. Region wise distribution of sanctioned intake for 2005-6 is shown in figure 1.18. Figure 1.19 shows the distribution of sanctioned intake per million population and number of institutions all over the India for 2006. It is clear that there is a disproportionate growth in engineering colleges and output in a few states (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka).

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Table 1.8: Region wise Distribution of Sanctioned Intake and Number of Engineering Institutions (NOI)
Regionwise UG Degree Institutions & Sanctioned Intake 2003 2004 2005 NOI 82 99 99 119 471 184 154 1208 Intake 25914 24019 26356 32042 145372 58243 47775 359721 NOI 112 114 106 153 496 207 158 1346 Intake 37195 34016 32298 50645 165757 70788 48990 439689 NOI 115 110 107 155 502 206 160 1355 Intake 39434 33343 34748 51295 178637 72063 49867 459407 NOI 147 121 140 169 523 221 175 1496 CAGR 19962007 InNOI take
16.5 16.4 13.9 14.8 16.4 11.9 5.9 13.7 22.3 23.1 22.6 22.6 21.4 12.5 8.3 17.7

Region Central Eastern North NorthWest South SouthWest West Grand Total

1996 NOI 31 24 37 45 112 68 99 416 Intake 6565 4547 5684 7627 28195 23964 24869 101451 571 NOI

1998

2006 Intake 49238 36437 43613 58304 196013 77972 55441 517018 NOI

2007-8 Intake 66161 40613 57988 73251 256571 91939 66767 653290

Intake 8315 3862 8597 11294 40884 28869 33074 134895

166 128 155 206 593 234 186 1668

(Source: AICTE Reports)

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Table 1.9: State wise Number of Institutions and Sanctioned Intake per Million Population (2007) [5,12] Number of Institutions 104 17 45 0 1 53 55 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 10 6 136 13 Intake per Intake Population million Population 41747 67.5 618 7006 23.1 303 17408 55.3 315 0 1.0 0 465 0.6 798 17817 39.3 453 16968 86.4 196 490 3.4 142 240 2.5 96 210 1.2 178 0 870 115 0 3438 1690 51775 4523 0.4 29.3 2.6 2.1 29.4 91.7 185.9 9.3 0.9 23.3 11.8 16.4 26.2 63.1 6.5 80.9 1.0 65.6 56.5 33.8 104.9 1.6 0.4 1123.6 0 30 45 0 117 18 279 486 876 978 119 425 722 328 280 1614 2741 1879 1100 882 629 518 0 581

Region Central

State Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Gujarat Mizoram Sikkim Orissa West Bengal Tripura Meghalaya Arunachal Pradesh Andaman & Nicobar Assam Manipur Nagaland Jharkhand Bihar Uttar Pradesh Uttranchal Chandigarh Haryana Jammu & Kashmir New Delhi Punjab Rajasthan Himachal Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Pondicherry Tamil Nadu Karnataka Kerala Maharashtra Goa Daman & D. Dadar Total

Eastern

North

NorthWest

South

5 788 62 22750 6 1401 18 6943 48 18879 59 20683 8 1807 319 130669 6 2670 268 123232 141 62149 93 29790 183 65958 3 809 0 0 1668 653290

SouthWest West

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West 10% South-West 14%

Central 10% Eastern 6% North 9%

North-West 11%

South 40%

Figure 1.18: Region wise Distribution of Sanctioned Intake (2007)[5]

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Figure 1.19: State wise Sanctioned Intake per million Population and number of Institutions

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1.9

Women Engineers in India

In 1970 the enrolment of women engineers was 910. This increased to 26, 4370 in 1995 (a CAGR of 14.4%). The share of women in the engineering enrolments increased from 16% in 1995 to 22% in 2001. In 2001, 22% of the students admitted to B.Tech / B.E. programmes in India were women. The corresponding percentage for M.Tech / M.E. was 16% and PhD was about 17%. In the US the percentage of bachelors degrees in engineering awarded to women in 2006 was 19.3% of the total, masters degrees were 22.5% of the total and doctoral degrees were 20.2% of the total [13]. In the UK in 2003-4 about 14% of the full time undergraduates in Engineering were women while 20% of the postgraduates were women [14]. The percentages of women engineers at the IITs and the NITs are significantly lower than the national average [15]. In 2005 at IIT Bombay the percentage of women graduates to the total is about 8% at the Bachelors (B.Tech) level, 9% at the masters (M.Tech) level and about 17% at the Doctoral level (including science, humanities and management [16]. Similar disparities exist in the faculty. As an example, about 10% of the IIT Bombay faculty are women. Gender disparities in engineering exist around the world and special efforts are being made by institutions, governments and professional organisations to rectify these [17]. There are several examples of initiatives taken by leading universities to increase the diversity in the student body and the faculty, for example the Rensselaer School of Engineering include a Women in Engineering: programme to recruit talented women and a special mentor programme [18]. Some Indian states have provided incentives like free tuition for women studying engineering.

1.10 International Comparisons

A comparison of graduates, masters and PhD outputs in engineering for different countries shows some interesting trends. Figure 1.20 shows the growth in graduate engineers for different countries.

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450000

China
400000

Japan
350000 300000 Engineers 250000 200000 150000 100000 50000 0 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004

South Korea US UK Germany India

Year

Figure 1.20: Growth in Graduate Engineers in Different Countries [19] The number of graduate engineers per million population for most recent years is shown in figure 1.21. The growth rate of graduate engineers for the period 1985-2004 is shown in figure 1.22. India clearly has one of the highest growth rates. Are these high growth rates impacting quality and resulting in unemployment/ under employment of fresh engineering graduates? It is estimated that about 30% of the fresh engineering graduates are unemployed even one year after graduation (based on ATMRs [4] of a few states). Several industry leaders complain about the shortage of quality engineering graduates. Though there is no conclusive statistics, it seems that the present growth is impacting quality. Figure 1.23 shows the engineering doctorates granted annually in different countries.

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New Zealand (2004)

377

Australia (2005)

674

Brazil (2002)

160

United States (2006)

246

United Kingdom (2004)

331

Germany (2004)

335

South Korea(2004)

1435

Japan (2004)

765

India (2006)

214

China (2004) 0

340 500 1000 1500 2000

Figure 1.21: Engineers per Million Population for different countries [19]

India

10.4

Germany

0.9

UK

3.9

-1.0 US

South Korea

5.9

Japan

1.6

China

9.9

-2.0

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

Figure 1.22: Growth Rate of Graduate Engineers for Different Countries (2004 or the most recent year) [19]

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7000 Germany (2005) UK 6000 US China 5000 India Japan(2005) Docorates 4000 South Korea

3000

2000

1000

0 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Year

Figure 1.23: Engineering Doctorates for Different Countries [19] The percentage of engineering PhDs to bachelors engineering degrees granted annually is given in Table 1.10. The Indian percentage is 0.66 (less than 1%) while Germany, UK, US maintain rates of 7-9%. China has increased engineering PhD output significantly in the last few years. Table 1.10: Percentage of Engineering Ph Ds to Bachelors Engineering Degrees[19]
Country Germany United Kingdom United States China Japan South Korea India 1983 4.41 0.11 0.04 0.02 1985 4.70 11.11 4.08 0.09 1.93 0.84 2.21 1987 5.39 12.84 4.99 0.15 2.01 0.98 2.13 1989 5.23 13.75 6.79 0.65 2.30 1.47 2.03 1991 8.66 14.89 8.38 0.67 2.32 1.52 1993 7.66 7.66 9.09 0.88 2.67 1.99 1995 7.70 6.02 9.48 1.11 2.87 2.65 0.58 1997 8.05 7.65 9.81 1.51 3.31 2.80 0.40 1999 8.87 8.22 1.67 3.80 3.11 0.93 2000 8.92 9.78 8.94 2.11 3.68 2.93 0.87 2001 8.97 9.08 9.28 1.98 3.79 0.83 2002 6.81 9.17 8.36 3.81 2.92 0.66 2004 7.99 10.31 8.93 1.82 0.58 4.00 2.90

In the U.S. more than a third of all Ph D degrees in science and engineering and almost half of all doctorates in mathematics and computer science are awarded to non-US students. Asian countries earned more than 60% of-non-US science and engineering doctorate degrees in the US universities for the period 1998-2001. Indians accounted for about 10% of science and engineering doctorate degrees awarded in the US. Table 1.11

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shows the Asian Doctorates in the U.S. universities for 1986-1995. Asian countries accounted for about 33% of the total science and engineering doctoral degrees in the US in 1995. Table 1.11: U.S. Science and Engineering Doctorates from Asian Countries [19]
Place of origin China Hong Kong India Japan South Korea Taiwan Thailand Other Asia Total 1986-95 14088 952 7554 1276 8821 10276 956 1008 44,931 1986 198 73 469 111 402 709 109 68 2,139 1987 293 87 503 83 549 790 95 73 2,473 1988 480 81 520 104 621 786 98 72 2,762 1989 620 93 536 106 753 857 76 58 3,099 1990 1150 94 711 147 979 1012 111 111 4,315 1991 1793 121 752 125 1114 1127 93 114 5,239 1992 2045 109 861 132 1126 1242 87 123 5,725 1993 2227 109 933 132 1123 1213 77 129 5,943 1994 2531 95 1065 182 1150 1301 97 128 6,549 1995 2751 90 1204 154 1004 1239 113 132 6,687

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Table 1.12 shows the comparison of academic output for different countries for the most recent year. Table 1.12: International Comparison of Academic Output Year of Data Country 2006 India 2006 USA 2004 Japan 2003 China 2003 UK 2004 South Korea 2002 Germany 2005 Australia

Academic Output 98400 351500 19500 69400 32800 237000 74200 Bachelors 13500 Masters 20000 39000 -35000+ 5000* 13500 -3100 Science 5500 14200 2900 32000 4800 1100 6800 1300 Doctorates Engineering 1000 8400 3900 4300 2000 1900 2000 600 Total 6500 22600 6800 36300 6800 3000 8800 1900 Masters/Bachelors 8.4% 52.6% -10% 25.6% 19.4% -23.2% Percentage Doctorates/Bachelors 0.4% 11.3% 4.0% 1.2% 10.4% 2.9% 6.2% 4.7% Bachelors per million Population 214 246 770 272 331 1344 397 674 Number of Institutions 1511 ------Faculty 67000 26700 ------Publications Science and Engg (2003) 12774 211,233 60,067 29,186 48,288 13,746 44,305 15,809 * For UK the total masters in science and engineering was about 8000. We estimated the engineering masters graduates to be about 5000. + For China the data is taken from Wadhwa [20] The US numbers do not include computer science graduates which would account for an additional 30000 bachelors degrees. US and others Data [19] Australian data is taken from the website of Department of Education, Science and Training, Government of Australia (DEST) URL: http://www.dest.gov.au

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Table 1.13 shows the growth rates of student output for different countries for the most recent year available. Table 1.13: Comparison of Growth Rates of Academic Output [19] Doctorates Doctorates Country Year Bachelors Masters (Science) (Engineering) 1996-2006 12.5% 10% 0.8% 11.1% India 2001-2006 20.3% 7.5% 0.8% 6.1% 1995-2006 1.4% 2.9% -0.2% 3.1% USA 2001-2006 4.6% 8% 0.1% 8.8% 1995-2004 0.1% 4.7% 5.2% -Japan 2000-2004 -0.5% 2.4% -0.1% -1995-2004 10% (1991-2001) 18.9% -- (1991-2001) 23.6% China 1999-2004 12.5% (1997-2001) 13.2% -- (1997-2001) 8.0% 1993-2003 -0.2% 2.3% 2.9% -UK 1999-2003 -3% 0.8% 2.8% -1993-2002 7.8% 8.6% 12.5% -South Korea 1997-2002 9.5% 7.5% 10.4% -1993-2002 2% 0.3% 0.7% -Germany 1997-2002 3.4% -2.3% 0.1% -1996-2005 3.4% 12.5% 3% 5% Australia 2000-2005 3.9% 20.2% 2.6% 6.2%

1.11 Summary and Conclusions

India awarded about 2.37 lakh engineering degrees, 20,000 engineering masters degrees and 1000 engineering PhDs in 2006 (a total of 2.58 lakh engineering degrees of all types). India has about 1500 engineering institutions with about 67,000 faculty. In 2008 it is estimated that 3.5 lakh engineering degrees, 23000 engineering masters degrees and about 1100 Ph.Ds were awarded in India. Table 1.12 & 1.13 shows a summary comparison of Indias engineering education with a few other countries for which data was available. Indias growth rates for engineering degrees is higher than the other countries. China has high growth rates for the PhD degrees. Indias doctorate degrees are less than 1% of its graduate degrees. This is significantly higher for all the other countries. India produces more computer science and IT engineers than other disciplines. In this chapter we quantified trends in the overall numbers of engineering degrees and compared them with other countries. In the next two chapters, we examine trends from select engineering colleges in India and compare them with a few select international institutions.

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Chapter 2
Analysis of IITs and IISc
We have examined the trend in the student output for the Indian engineering system. What is the quality of the output? This is a more difficult question to answer. We will analyse data on the performance of different institutions before making overall recommendations/ conclusions. We examine the following trends: (a) (c) Student output number of degrees granted and growth rates. Student to Faculty ratio A lower student to faculty ratio implies more personalised attention to students and would normally result in better quality. However there may be an optimum student faculty ratio below which there may not be further improvement in quality. The student to faculty ratio is compared with international numbers. (d) Selectivity The percentage of those who seek admission that are admitted. A high selectivity implies strong competition for admission and is likely to result in good input quality of students. (e) Placements The percentages of campus placements, the average salaries and the job breakup (by sector) indicate the market response to the programme and is an indicator of the reputation (and quality) of the programme. The ratios of average salaries of Masters and Ph.Ds to graduate salaries are used to indicate the attractiveness of post-graduate education. This ratio is compared with the ratios for a few US universities. (f) Faculty Salary An important criteria for the success of any engineering institution is the ability to attract high quality faculty. We examine the existing faculty salaries and the increase in the faculty salary over the entire career span. We compare the ratio of the Professor to Assistant Professor Salary with the ratio for a few US universities. (g) Publications A key parameter that indicates the research output of an institution is the peer reviewed journal publications. (h) Funding and Fees We examine the total funding received as grant in aid from the government, the annual fees charged from the student and the research funding received. In addition to these criteria we discuss the administrative structure of the institutions. (b) Ratio of postgraduates (Masters and Ph.Ds) to total degrees.

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The following institutions are discussed: a) b) c) d) Indian Institutes of Technology Indian Institute of Science National Institutes of Technology and other Government Engineering Colleges Private Engineering Colleges

In this chapter we discuss the IITs and IISc. The locations of all IITs are shown in Appendix-VI. We have selected IIT Bombay as representative of the IITs and included this as a case study. This is also due to the intrinsic advantage that we had in obtaining and verifying IIT Bombay data.

2.1

Case Study of IIT Bombay

The IITs are generally recognised as the leading engineering institutes in India. We discuss the detailed trend for IIT Bombay and then show the summary for all IITs and IISc. IIT Bombay was set up in 1958 and has entered its 50th year. 2.1.1 Student output Figure 2.1 shows the increase in the total student output (UG and PG engineering and science degrees granted) from IIT Bombay. IIT Bombays total student output increased from 171 in 1962 to 1227 in 2006 corresponding to an annual growth rate of 4.7% per year. The growth rate in the last 10 years has been 4% per year. The total number of students enrolled has increased from 2830 in 1991 to about 5000 (4997) in 2006 (a CAGR of 3.9%)
1400 1200 1000 Output 800 600 400 200 0 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 Year 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006

Figure 2.1: Total IIT Bombays Student Output 1962-2006

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Table 2.1 shows the students on roll from 1991 to 2006. Table 2.1: Students on roll at IIT Bombay 1991 to 2006 [21] Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 B.Tech. 1110 1163 1096 1104 1214 1221 1314 1348 1367 1322 1204 1271 1277 1265 1312 1341 M.Sc. 197 200 188 178 208 223 245 264 252 287 246 279 339 308 306 330 M.Tech. 734 701 720 738 807 838 849 1045 1136 1424 1704 1668 1953 1797 1870 1985 Ph.D. 735 726 790 715 731 634 611 596 558 622 711 771 763 1028 1056 1149 Others 54 52 52 60 71 102 146 156 161 181 230 321 268 221 217 192 Total 2830 2842 2846 2795 3031 3018 3165 3409 3474 3836 4095 4310 4600 4619 4761 4997

* Others include M. Phil, Management, M Des, PG DIIT students

The number of Bachelors (B.Tech.) students graduating every year is shown in figure 2.2. The number has increased from 72 in 1962 to 422 in 2006 with a CAGR of 4.2%. (The spurt in 1985 is due to two batches the last five year and the first four year batch graduating together). The growth rate has been 3.6% per year over the last ten years.
450 400 350 300 Output 250 200 150 100 50 0 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 Year
Two Batches output in 1985

Figure 2.2: IIT Bombays Graduate Student Output 1962-2006 [21]

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The Masters of Technology degrees awarded in 1962 were 101. This increased to 581 in 2006 (CAGR of 4.1%) Figure 2.3 shows the growth trend of postgraduate students from 1962 to 2006. At present the M.Tech output consists of the two year M.Tech and the Dual Degree (five year integrated B.Tech-M.Tech).
700 600 500 Output 400 300 200 100 0 1962 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 Year

Figure 2.3: M.Tech degrees awarded 1962 to 2006 [21]

80 70 60 50 Year 40 30 20 10 0 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 Output PhD (Science) PhD (Engineering)

Figure 2.4: Science and Engineering Ph. D. output [21] Figure 2.4 shows the trend of science and engineering PhD output from 1964 to 2006. The first doctorate degree was awarded in 1964. The total number of PhD degrees awarded increased at an annual growth rate of 11.5 %. The science PhD growth rate is 9.4% while

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that of engineering is 10.1% annually. IIT Bombay has produced about 1421 engineering and 1095 Science PhDs till 2006. The ratio of the science to engineering PhDs is about 0.8. The percentage of the engineering PhD output to the graduate engineers output is shown in figure 2.5. The Ph.D. percentage fluctuates between 10-20% with the current value around 13% of the engineering graduates. Figure 2.6 shows the trend of the ratios of engineering PG to total engineering degrees. The ratios vary over the period but the average ratio is about 0.5 with the current value of 0.6.
25 20 Percentage 15 10 5 0 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 Year

Figure 2.5: Percentage of Engineering PhDs to the Graduate Engineers Output [21]
0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 Year

Figure 2.6: Ratio of Engineering Postgraduates (M Tech and PhD) to Total Engineering Degrees (B Tech, M Tech and PhD) [21]

The total student output for IIT Bombay is shown in Table 2.2. For 1991-2006 the
growth rate of total student output is 4.5%. The total degrees awarded in 1991 are 664 and in 2006 is 1284.

Percentage

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Table 2.2: Student Output at IIT Bombay 1991 to 2006 [21] Year B.Tech 1991 200 1992 228 1993 327 1994 281 1995 298 1996 296 1997 298 1998 281 1999 343 2000 315 2001 356 2002 403 2003 414 2004 398 2005 417 2006 422 M.Sc 72 64 85 75 78 82 105 96 107 102 89 92 111 92 116 128 M.Tech 320 309 310 331 361 386 432 361 423 389 503 574 562 531 644 581 Science 37 33 28 33 43 35 46 36 26 37 25 24 29 22 46 40 PhD Engg 35 30 54 41 62 60 52 57 60 52 47 50 50 45 73 56 Total 72 63 82 74 105 95 98 93 86 89 72 74 79 67 119 96 MBA M.Phil Total 664 664 804 761 852 865 975 869 1002 935 1065 1221 1247 1157 1376 1284

31 31 34 33 36 68 70 58 68 47

10 6 11 7 9 7 9 10 11 11 12 10

2.1.2 Campus Placement In general almost IIT graduates and postgraduates get jobs before they graduate. What do IIT graduates do after they graduate? An analysis of IIT alumni during 1973-77 and in the 1980s [14] revealed that the brain drain was about 21% (Alumni who settled down permanently in US normally after doing higher studies in the US). The percentage of engineering graduates opting for higher study in US (immediately after graduation) was around 30-40% in the 1980s and early 90s. This trend seems to have changed. At present the percentage of graduates who opt for higher studies is about 16%. Table 2.3 provides the data on students opting for higher studies from different departments. It is seen that for different departments the percentage of B.Tech students opting for higher studies ranged from 3.7% (Aerospace) to 32.4% (computer science) and 44.4% (Engineering Physics). The corresponding percentage for Dual Degree is lower with an average of 8.7%.

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Table 2.3: Department-wise details of number of students pursuing MS/MS+PhD/PhD (Batch passing out in 2007) [21]
Department B.Tech Students (Pursuing on roll MS/MS+PhD) Percentage Dual Students Percentage Country Degree on roll (Pursuing MS+PhD)

Metallurgy Engg. Physics Mechanical Electrical CSE Civil Aerospace Chemical Total

3 8 6 7 11 5 1 10 51

39 18 47 38 34 41 27 67 311

7.7 44.4 12.8 18.4 32.4 12.2 3.7 14.9 16.4

3* -3 4 1 0 1 2 14

23 -49 38 16 10 13 12 161

13.0 -6.1 10.5 6.3 0.0 7.7 16.7 8.7

USA USA, Germany USA USA USA, Canada, France USA USA USA, Germany

We analysed the data from the campus placement records for 2006. A total of 159 companies visited IIT Bombay for campus placement. These companies were classified into engineering, software, finance, consulting and others (service sector etc.) as shown in Table 2.4 Table 2.4: Break-up of Job offers for 2006-7[21] Number of Category Offers % Offers Companies Engineering 75 367 46 Software 30 113 14 Consulting 21 131 16 Finance 25 167 21 Others 8 26 3 Total 159 804 100 The sector wise placement is shown in Table 2.5. The largest sector is engineering jobs accounting for about half (367 offers or 46%) of the total offers. The finance sector accounts for the second largest category of jobs (167 or 21%). About a decade earlier, software jobs predominated. However at present the software industry accounts for only 14% of the total job offers. Table 2.6 shows the average salaries offered by the different sectors in 2005-06. It is clear that job offers in finance offer the highest salaries (average of Rs 7.2 lakhs per year). This is 34% higher than the average engineering salary, which is Rs 5.4 lakhs per year. On an average the Dual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech) students have the highest salaries with an average of Rs 5.9 lakhs (15% more than the average B.Tech salary

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of Rs 5.1 lakhs). The average M. Tech salary (Rs 4.2 lakh) is lower than the average B.Tech salary. The PhD numbers are misleading since only five PhD students were placed through campus placement in 2006. We obtained data for a sample of 31 engineering PhD students graduating in 2007. In 2007, 19 job offers were made through campus placements to graduating PhDs. Of this, 15 offers were to students with engineering background. The annual salaries ranged from Rs 4 lakhs to 18 lakhs. The average salary for this sample (of 31 PhDs) was about Rs 7 lakhs. This is about 37% higher than the average B.Tech salary. The placement statistics for the last five years is given in Table 2.7. Table 2.8 shows the ratio of average starting salary of graduates to Masters and Doctorates for MIT USA and University of Illinois Urbana Champaign USA for 2005. The average Masters salary is 2226% higher than the Bachelors salary and the Doctorates salaries is 45-58% higher than the Bachelors salary.

Table 2.5: Sector wise percentage placement [21] Programme Engineering % Finance % Consulting % Software B.Tech. 88 35 56 23 45 18 45 DD 65 50 27 21 19 15 14 M.Tech. 164 57 11 4 13 5 78

% 18 11 27

Others Total 14 248 4 129 21 287

Table 2.6: Programme and Sector wise Average Salaries for 2005-2006 [21] Average Programme Engineering Finance Consulting Software salary 513000 B.Tech. 550000 661000 449000 509000 591000 Dual Degree 614000 906000 515000 501000 418000 M.Tech. 529000 521000 334000 387000 458000 Ph.D. 517000 400000 517000 Average salary 539000 722000 424000 416000

Others 395000 421000 320000 351000

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Table 2.7: Programme wise Placement at IIT Bombay for last Five Years [21] Year 2002-03 Program Registered Placed % Placement Registered Placed % Placement Registered Placed % Placement Registered Placed % Placement Registered Placed % Placement B.Tech. M.Tech. Dual Degree. 275 335 131 171 186 102 62 56 78 258 282 144 202 197 122 78 70 85 249 388 134 218 307 131 88 79 98 265 330 149 239 291 131 90 88 88 314 374 166 263 321 144 84 86 87

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

Table 2.8: Average starting salaries for a few US universities [23] Institute MIT USA UIUC USA Salaries Average Salary Ratio to Bachelors Salary Average Salary Ratio to Bachelors Salary Bachelors Masters Doctoral $59391 $74885 $86183 1.00 1.26 1.45 $53,600 $65,300 $84,500 1 1.22 1.58

In general, IIT graduates do not opt for M.Tech or PhD at IIT (barring a few exceptions). Though we have no exact data on this, we expect that only about 1% of the graduating B.Tech class opt for an M.Tech. We have analysed the background of the 226 PhD students who were admitted to the PhD programme in the academic year 2006-2007. Of this 138 students (61%) were in engineering. Among the engineering PhDs, 29 (21%) had M.Techs from IIT Bombay, 16 (12%) from other IITs and IISc. About 33% of the engineering PhD students admitted were from the IITs/IISc. If we consider the total number of students (including Science, Management and Humanities) 61 students were from IITs (37%) of the total. Of the engineering PhD students admitted in 2006-7, 14 were M.Techs who graduated in 2006. This implies that about 2% of the graduating M.Tech students opt to continue directly for a PhD.

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2.1.3

Faculty

IIT Bombay currently has faculty strength of 418 (192 Professors, 106 Associate Professors, 96 Assistant Professors). Figure 2.7 shows the trend in the number of faculty. It is clear that the faculty numbers have gradually increased from less than 300 in the mid 70s to 418 at present (2007). There is some fluctuation due to a large number of retirements during some years. The growth rate from 1958 to 2006 has been at 4.7% per year. During the last ten years (1986 to 1998), the Institute has been recruiting faculty but has only been able to offset the reductions due to retirements. There has been only a slight increase in faculty during this period (from 389 in 1996 to 402 in 2006 corresponding to a CAGR of 0.3% per year).
450 400 350 300

Faculty

250 200 150 100 50 0 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006

Year

Figure 2.7: Number of Faculty 1974-2006 [21] The student- faculty ratio for IIT Bombay is shown in figure 2.8. The student strength has grown at a faster rate than the faculty strength resulting in increase in the student-faculty ratio. The approved student-faculty ratio for IITs/ IIMs is 9:1 [24]. The present value for IIT Bombay of this ratio is 12.4:1. In order to maintain a ratio of 9:1 IIT Bombays present faculty strength should have been 555. Of course, it is possible to have ratios higher than 9:1.

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14 Student-Faculty Ratio 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
19 91 19 92 19 93 19 94 19 95 19 96 19 97 19 98 19 99 20 00 20 01 20 02 20 03 20 04 20 05 20 06

S/F for Total S/F for UG

Year

Figure 2.8: Student-Faculty ratios 1991-2006 [21] Figure 2.9 shows a comparison of undergraduate student-faculty ratios at some of the reputed engineering colleges in the USA [25]. The average of the top 50 US colleges of Engineering is 12.8 and the US publicly funded colleges is higher (15.8). The actual ratios of the total student faculty will be higher since they include MS and PhD students.

Figure 2.9: Undergraduate Student-Faculty ratios for USA [25]

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Even if slightly higher ratios are acceptable, it is clear that a major constraint to the growth of the IITs is the difficulty in increasing the faculty base. The faculty salaries at present are given in Table 2.9. The annual salary at the starting scale for an Assistant Professor is Rs 2.95 lakhs per year (without the house rent allowance). All faculty are provided accommodation in the campus, low cost school education for children, medical facilities and perks like leave travel allowance, telephone re-imbursement etc. If these are monetised and added to the salary, an approximate amount of Rs 2.4 lakhs gets added to the starting salary (80% of the gross salary). This factor has been included to compute the effective salary. This is a conservative estimate, as we have not included pension and post-retirement benefits. The average salary for Professors is Rs 9 lakhs while the average Assistant Professor salary is Rs 6.7 lakhs. The ratio of these salaries is 1.34. Table 2.10 shows the comparable ratios for selected US universities. This ratio ranges from 1.65 to 2.63. It is clear that the expected percentage salary increases over the career of an IIT faculty are much lower than the US counterparts. We compare the ratio of the average assistant professor salary at an institution to the average salary of the bachelors engineering graduate starting salary. For MIT, USA this ratio is 1.43 (Average Assistant Professor salary of $85000 is 43% higher than average engineering degree starting salary of $59000). The ratio for IIT Bombay is 1.21 (Average Assistant Professor salary of Rs 6.7 lakhs is 21% higher than average engineering degree starting salary of Rs 5.5 lakhs). Table 2.9: Faculty Salaries for 2006-2007 for IIT Bombay [21] Annual Monthly Designation Basic Without HRA With HRA Effective Salary Starting 12000 295200 360000 531000 Assistant Professor Highest 18300 448296 547116 807000 Starting 16400 402120 490680 724000 Associate Professor Highest 20000 489600 597600 881000 Starting 18400 450720 550080 811000 Professor Highest 22400 547920 668880 986000 Figure 2.10 shows the background of the existing faculty at IIT Bombay, based on the place of the Ph.D. Around 60% of the faculty have PhDs from, Indian institutions (45% form the IITs and IISc). 28% of the faculty have PhDs from the US.

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Table 2.10: Ratio of Professor to Assistant Professor Salary for US Universities in 2005-06 [26] University Cornell MIT Harvard North Western Chicago Berkeley Stanford USC UCLA Columbia NYU Ratio of Professor to Assistant Professor Salary 1.65 1.69 1.93 1.73 2 1.7 1.8 1.69 2.63 1.79 1.84

45% IITs & IISc 4% 3%

India US UK Others Unknown

6%

28%

59% 14% Other Indian Universities

Figure 2.10: Distribution of Faculty according to place of Ph D

2.1.4 Faculty Output Apart from the student output, the faculty research output can be quantified by publications, patents, research funding. We searched the Scopus database [27] to obtain the annual publications of peer reviewed papers by IIT Bombay faculty. We expect this to be reasonably accurate to indicate trends though this would not include publications in conferences and may exclude journals that are not yet established. Figure 2.11 shows the trend of publication numbers. The number has increased from 336 in 1996 to about 560 in 2006 (a CAGR of 20% per year). The number of publications per faculty has also increased and is currently around 1.4 shown in Figure 2.13.

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600 500 Publications 400 300 200 100 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Year

Figure 2.11: Number of Publications 1996-2006 [27]

16 14 Number of Patents 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1990-94 1996 1998 2000 Year 2002 2004 2006 4 2 4 4 1 6 5 9 9 10 15 12 11

Figure 2.12: Number of Patent Applications filed 1990-2006 [21] Figure 2.12 indicates the number of patent applications filed since 1990. In the last ten years, the faculty awareness on intellectual property (IP) rights and issues has increased. This has been facilitated by the Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre at the Institute. About 10-15 patent applications are filed each year. A number of faculty members (approximately 20 or 5% of the total faculty) are involved in start up companies based on IP developed at IIT Bombay. This is facilitated by the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a Technology Business Incubator set up by the Institute. Flexible rules at the Institute allow interested faculty to take a sabbatical and focus on their start up.

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1.6 1.4 1.2 Numbers 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Year

Figure 2.13: Number of Journal Publications per Faculty 1997-2006 [27] The annual research funding has increased from Rs 4.7 crores in 1987-88 to Rs 52 crores in 2005-6 (CAGR of 14% per year). This includes sponsored and consultancy projects. Normally sponsored research is long term and open ended while consultancy involves short-term specific problem solutions. The sponsored research amount increased from Rs 4 crores in 1987-88 to Rs 40 crores in 2005-6 (CAGR of 14% per year). The consultancy project amount increased from Rs 58 lakhs in 1987-88 to Rs 12 crores in 2005-6 (CAGR of 18% per year). Figure 2.14 shows the growth in the funded research amounts. In order to compare these on the same basis, we need to adjust for inflation. In constant 2006 Rupees the total research funding increased from Rs 15.7 crores in 1987-88 to Rs 52 crores in 2005-6 (CAGR of 7% per year). The annual research funding per faculty in constant 2006 Rupees is shown in figure 2.15. The annual research funding per faculty at present is Rs 12.9 lakhs/ year (with a real growth of 6.2% per year). Faculty also can earn an additional income through consultancy. In 2006-7, 119 faculty participated in consultancy projects earning a total income of Rs 8.4 cores. Only about 30% of the faculty are involved in consultancy projects. The average income per faculty (for those who take up consultancy) is Rs 7 lakhs. (Average numbers were Rs 4.6 lakhs in 2004-5 and Rs. 6.4 lakhs in 2005-6). The average faculty consultancy income is about 90% of the average effective faculty salary.

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6000 5000 Amount in Rs. Lakhs 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
2004-05

Sponsored Research Consultancy Total

Year

Figure 2.14 Funding for Sponsored and Consultancy Projects 1988-2006 [21]
14 12 Total Amount Rs. Lakhs 10 8 6 4 2 0 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2005-06

Year

Figure 2.15: Total Amount of Sponsored & Consultancy Projects Per Faculty (in constant 2006 Rupees) [21]

Continuing Education Programme (CEP): The number of CEP courses is increased from 61 with 1075 participants in 1995 to 162 with 4038 participants in 2006. Average number of CEP courses per year for 1995-2006 is more than 100. The trend is shown in figure 2.16.

2005-06

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5000 P a r tic ip a n ts C o u rses

180 150 120 Number of Courses

4000 Number of Participants

3000 90 2000 60 1000 30 0 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005

Y ear

Figure 2.16: Continuing Education Programme (Courses and Participants) QIP: For the year 2005-6 students admitted to Ph D and ME/M tech under QIP at national level and IIT Bombay are shown table 2.11. Contribution of IIT Bombay is about 11% to Ph D programme and 9% to M Tech programme. Figure 2.17 and Figure 2.18 show the trend in the admissions to M Tech and Ph D through QIP. At an average 12 Ph D and 14 M Tech students were admitted annually to IIT Bombay under QIP from 19852005.
18 16 14 12 M Tech 10 8 6 4 2 0 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 Year 2005

Figure 2.17: Number of M Tech Admissions through QIP

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22 20 18 16 14 Ph D 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 Year 2005

Figure 2.18: Number of Ph D Admissions through QIP Table 2.11: Students Admitted under QIP for 2005-06 Ph.D. ME/M.Tech National Level 175 189 IIT Bombay 19 17 % Contribution 10.9 9.0

2.1.5 Administration A Director heads the IITs. The Director has a team of faculty members one or more Deputy Directors (IIT Bombay has one Deputy Director, IIT Delhi has two), several Deans and Associate deans to help in managing the Institute. The Director is assisted by the Registrar who heads the administration and has a team of Deputy Registrars and Assistant Registrars. At IIT Bombay the total senior administration is about 30 (excluding the Heads of Departments and centres). The ratio of senior administrators to students is about 1:170. The average ratio of administrators to students in US universities is about 1:70. However comparisons are difficult because it is not clear what is included under administrators. A presentation made by Vasi [28] at IIT Bombay, made a case for strengthening the governance (Ratio of senior administrator: student is 250:1 for the University of Florida, 120:1 Stanford, 40:1 CalTech). In the case of IITs several routine functions of campus management, building, and administration are also the responsibility of Institute administrators. The organizational structure for IIT Bombay, a NIT and a few US universi-

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ties is provided in Appendix -VII. At present the Deans are selected from within the Institute and are part time administrators for a fixed tenure (3 years). The organizational structure in most IITs is similar (number of Deans may differ). In 2008 IIT Bombay modified its governance structure to include a new Deputy Director, a few more Deans and Associate Deans. The administration of IITs is tricky since to ensure faculty flexibility and freedom, the attempt is to minimize hierarchy. Yet a functional hierarchy is desirable for organizational efficiency. The number of staff at IIT Bombay has reduced from 2149 in 1991 to 1390 in 2007. The ratio of staff to faculty has reduced from 5 in 1991 to about 3.3 in 2006. The trend is shown in figure 2.19.

6 5 4 Ratio 3 2 1 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Year 2006

Figure 2.19: Ratio of Staff to Faculty [21] 2.1.6 Space IIT Bombay has a campus area of 550 acres. The actual built up academic area was 128,000 m2 in 1980. This increased to an area of 171,000 m2 in 2006-7 (CAGR of 1%). The academic area has increased from 143000 m2 in 1990 to 171,000 m2 in 2005-6 (CAGR of 1.2%). The trend is shown in figure 2.20.

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180000 160000 Academic Area (m2) 140000 120000 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

4500

5000

5500

Students Enrolled

Figure 2.20: Academic area to students enrolled [21] 2.1.7 Government Grants IIT Bombay receives funds from the government under two categories- Plan and NonPlan. The non-plan grants are for the annual expenditures mainly to cover the salaries of faculty and staff. The plan grants are for capital expenditure new buildings, major equipment etc. Figure 2.21 shows the trend in variation of the plan, non-plan and total grant received from the government for IIT Bombay. The total grant has increased from Rs 22 crores in 1986-87 to Rs 119 crores in 2006-07 (CAGR of 8.8%) [21, 29]. During the same period the non-plan grant increased from Rs 7.5 crores to Rs 72.4crores (CAGR of 12%). The non-plan grant has been almost constant for the last 5 years (declining in real terms after adjusting for inflation). The plan grant shows yearly fluctuations depending on the new plans submitted by the Institute and approved by the ministry.

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12000 Non Plan Grant Total Grant Plan Grant

9000 Rs in Lakhs

6000

3000

0 1986-87 1988-89 1990-91 1992-93 1994-95 1996-97 1998-99 2000-01 2002-03 2004-05

Year

Figure 2.21: Government Grants received [25, 29]

3.50 3.00 2.50 Rs in Lakhs 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

Year

Figure 2.22: Government Grants received per Student (in constant 2006 Rs) [25, 29] We examine the trend of the total grant received per student (number of students enrolled in that year), after adjusting for inflation (in constant prices 2006-7 Rupees). This is shown in figure 2.22. Interestingly the grant per student has been relatively constant around the average of Rs 2.3 lakhs per year. If we assume that the entire grant is for education (exclude research and other outputs) the total cost to the government per IIT B.Tech is Rs 9.2 lakhs, M.Tech Rs 4.6 lakhs, Dual degree student Rs 11.2 lakhs, and PhD Rs 9.2 lakhs (assuming four year tenure). The annual tuition fees for students are shown in figure 2.23.

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The annual tuition fee at present (in 2008) is Rs. 50000 for B.Tech and Rs. 10000 for M.Tech.
60000 50000 40000
Fees (Rs)

B.Tech M.Tech

30000 20000 10000 0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Year 2008

Figure 2.23: Annual tuition fees [21] Table 2.12 shows the annual receipts and payments for IIT Bombay for 2005-6 (Source: IIT Bombay Annual Report for 2005-6). The total annual expenditure (excluding capital expenditure and R &D expenditure) is Rs 116 crores. The major component of this is salary and allowances (Rs. 42 crores or 36% of the total annual expenditure) and retirement benefits (Rs. 21 crores or 18%). The R&D expenditure is separately accounted and was about Rs. 79 crores. Capital expenditure for new buildings and equipment was about Rs. 31 crores. The total expenditure during this period was about Rs. 226 crores. The grant-in-aid receipts from government were about Rs.119 crores. Fees and other receipts from the students accounted for only Rs 12 crores (about 10% of the total annual expenditure) Table 2.12: Annual Receipts and Payments for IIT Bombay for 2005-6[30] Amount Amount Payments (Rs. Lakhs) Receipts (Rs. Lakhs) Grant-in-aid Salary and Allowances 4189 Plan 4650 Retirement Benefits 2079 Non Plan 7240 Other Operating Expenses 5293 Total Expenditure 11561 Fees and Other Receipts 1159 R&D Expenditure 7861 R & D Projects 10244 Capital Expenditure 3133 Total 22555 Total 23293

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2.1.8 Enthusing engineering students A challenge facing engineering education in India is getting students excited and enthused in engineering. The focus of the curriculum / education system is on analysis and mathematical formulations. Students often do not appreciate the hands-on component of engineering components / systems. There have been initiatives by individual faculty to bring in these linkages through special classes, laboratory sessions and technical competitions. One of the initiatives that has been successful at IIT Bombay is Techfest in Technical Competitions. Techfest is the IIT Bombay's Annual Science and Technology festival organised by students and faculty at the institute. This is Asias largest Technology Festival that attracts large number of engineering students from all over the country. Since the last few years interest of students in participation the technical events and competitions, has increased. The statistics on Techfest is as shown in Table 2.13. The number of students participating in Technical Competitions increased from 10 in 1994 to 13982 about 14,000 in 2007 (CAGR for 2002-2007 of 69%.). There is significant growth in the funding from 1994, which increased from Rs. 10000 in 1994 to 75 lakhs in 2007. Figure 2.24 shows funding and number of student participants in Techfest. Table 2.13: Statistics on Techfest Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Number of Competitions 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 7 14 20 22 22 20 Number of students 10 30 80 120 200 250 300 320 1000 3000 5000 9000 7500 13982 Finances in Thousand Rs. 10 10 35 50 200 250 300 300 600 2500 3000 5000 6000 7500

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16000 14000 Number of Students 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Funding Number of Students

8000 7000 Funding (000 Rs.) 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0

Year

Figure 2.24: Funding and Number of Student participants in Techfest

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Outputs of the IITs

The IITs are similar in their structure, organisation and output. Hence detailed trends of each IIT would be similar to the case study of IIT Bombay. In this section we aggregate the data from all the IITs.
2.2.1 Graduates The number of engineers (B. Tech.) graduating every year from the IIT system is shown in figure 2.25. The number increased from 169 in 1955 to 2316 in 2006 with a CAGR of 5.3%. During 1955 to 1975, the growth rate was high (10.5%) as the IITs were being set up and establishing the UG programme. In the next twenty years, there was a slight increase in the output (less than 1% per year). Since 1995 the growth rate increased to 4.2% per year mainly due to the addition of IIT Guwahati and IIT Roorkee. The growth rate of the IIT system has been slower than the overall growth of the engineering education system. Figure 2.26 shows the share of IITs of the total Indian engineering graduates. The share of the IIT system increased to values ranging from 5-8% of the total in the 1970s-80s. Since then the share has been gradually declining with the IITs contributing less than 1% of Indias engineering graduates.
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Figure 2.26: Share of IITs in National Graduate Output 1954-2006 [31] 2.2.2 Post graduates The postgraduate output of IITs (Masters) in 1985 was 1013 and increased to 3449 in 2006 (CAGR of 6%). Figure 2.27 shows the growth trend of postgraduate students from 1985 to 2006. The share of the IIT s in the Masters output is significant but declining as shown in figure 2.28. It was 31% of the countrys output in 1985 and has reduced to about 14% of the total in 2006.
4000 3500 3000 2500 Output 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 Year 2003

Figure 2.27: Postgraduate student output of IITs 1985 to 2006[31]

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2002 2004

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Figure 2.28: Share of IITs in National Postgraduate Output 1985-2006 [31] 2.2.3 Ph.D. Output Figure 2.29 shows the trend of Ph D degrees awarded from 1974 to 2006. In 1974 Ph D output was 184 and 2006 its 565. Ph D output for 1974-2006 is increasing with 4% annually. The percentage share of IITs in the national engineering Ph D output for 1974-2005 is shown in figure 2.30. IITs share in national output is 32.3% in 1974 and 24.5 % in 2005. The trend shows variations yearly, but an annual average share of IITs to the national output of Ph Ds is about 43.8 %. The ratio of the postgraduate output to total engineering output is almost constant as 0.55 over the period 1985-2006. The trend is shown in figure 2.31. This ratio in 2006 for different IITs is as shown in Table 2.14
600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2006

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Figure 2.31: Ratio of Engineering Postgraduates (M Tech and PhD) to Total Engineering Degrees (B Tech, M Tech and PhD) [31]

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Table 2.14: Ratio of Postgraduates to Total Engineering Degrees Institute IIT Kharagpur IIT Bombay IIT Madras IIT Kanpur IIT Delhi IIT Guwahati IIT Roorkee Ratio of Postgraduate to Total Engineering Degrees 0.67 0.60 0.66 0.55 0.60 0.40 0.67

2.3

Selection Process

Admissions to the IITs are based on performance in a competitive examination. For the B.Tech and the Dual Degree programme the criteria is performance in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). The number of students registered for the JEE has increased from about 80,000 in 1990 to about 300,000 in 2006 (CAGR of 8.7%). During this period, the total under-graduate seats at the IITs have increased from 2035 to 5444 (CAGR of 6.3%). If we consider only the general category seats, the number of students registered has increased from 74000 in 1990 to 270,000 in 2006 (CAGR of 8.4%). The number of general category seats at the IITs has increased from 1938 to 4217 (CAGR of 5%) during this period. The percentage of seats to registered candidates (for the general category) is shown in figure 2.32. The average value has been 2.5%. Since the number of applicants is increasing at higher rates than the number of seats, this percentage has been declining (present value 1.6%). The low percentage has resulted in a coaching class industry that thrives on training students for JEE.

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3.5 3.0 2.5 Percentage 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Year 2006

Figure 2.32: Percentage of Seats to Registered Applicants for JEE [21] Post-graduate admissions are through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). However unlike the under-graduate admissions, different departments and IITs have different procedures for admissions. The screening is based on GATE. Some departments offer direct admissions based on the GATE score. Others use GATE as a filter and then carry out a test and interview. The selectivity here is also between 2-3% for most academic programmes. Figure 2.33 shows the trend in the number of candidates appearing for GATE. The number of students registered for GATE has increased from 63000 in 2001 to about 184000 in 2006 (a CAGR of 24%). A large number of engineering graduates appear to be interested in post-graduate qualifications.

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250000 200000 150000 100000 50000 0 2001 2002 2003 Year 2004 2005 2006 Registered Appeared Qualified

Numbers

Figure 2.33: Trend in number of candidates for GATE [21]

2.4

Grants Received and Publications

The total grants received for all IITs are shown in figure 2.34. The trend for all IITs is very similar to that of IIT Bombay. The total grants for all IITs for the year 2006 is Rs. 639 crores The trend of the publications for all IITs is shown in figure 2.35.
70000 60000 Amount in Rs Lakhs 50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 0 1999-2000 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Plan Non plan Total

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Figure 2.34: Grants Received for all IITs [29]

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4500 4000 3500 3000 Publications 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Figure 2.35: Total Publications for all IITs [27]

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2.5

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

The Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore was set up about a hundred years earlier (1909) and has established its reputation as a premier research institute in science and engineering. IISc does not award any UG engineering degrees. Table 2.15 shows the annual number of degrees awarded from 1993 to 2005. The number of degrees awarded ranged between 440 to 640 with an average of 500 per year, There is no clear trend (increase / decrease) in the student output. [32] Table 2.15: Degrees Awarded from 1993-2005 [32] Year 1993 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 PhD 126 125 148 156 131 139 133 116 123 165 MSc Engg MS 57 53 15 59 9 63 19 69 22 75 27 74 27 108 20 100 24 79 30 M Tech/ME 276 261 291 263 418 267 207 234 ----228 Total 459 454 507 501 640 508 441 478 ---502

Table 2.16 shows the variation of the teaching and support staff of IISc Bangalore. The total teaching and scientific staff has shown a decrease from about 540 in 1993 to 430 in 2005. The academic (faculty) has remained almost constant while the scientific staff (faculty equivalent) has declined. The support staff to teaching staff ratio is about 2 (lower than the IITs). Year 1993 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 Table 2.16: Strength of Teaching Staff and Support Staff [32] Teaching staff Support Staff Academic Scientific Total Technical Support 336 207 543 32 1010 329 205 534 38 1426 328 142 470 46 1464 334 141 475 35 1404 331 138 469 60 1348 334 134 468 45 1313 319 120 439 42 1272 318 116 434 35 1048 321 114 435 55 1037 329 103 432 48 908

Total 1042 1464 1510 1439 1408 1358 1314 1083 1092 956

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Table 2.17 shows the number of enrolled students and the student to faculty ratio. The student to faculty ratio has increased from 2.9:1 to 5.1:1 (lower than the IIT norm of 9:1 and actual IIT values of 12:1). This increase is primarily due to a decrease in th teaching staff. Table 2.17: Students Enrolled and Student Faculty Ratio [32] 1993 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 Research ME (Int) M Tech M Des PhD MBA Total Faculty S/F 898 225 415 28 1566 543 2.88 1007 197 468 47 1719 534 3.22 960 143 506 47 1656 470 3.52 956 99 625 62 1742 475 3.67 1083 35 536 28 50 1732 469 3.69 1055 429 16 57 24 1581 468 3.38 1315 423 15 60 25 1838 439 4.19 1215 461 23 68 27 1794 434 4.13 447 468 18 92 21 1946 435 4.47 1673 502 18 22 2215 432 5.13

The total number of publications from IISc in 2005 (based on Scopus) was 1386. The numbers in the annual report are higher by about 15%. Figure 2.36 shows the variation in the publications of IISc. The publications clearly show an increasing trend and the average number of publications per faculty per year is a little less than 3.
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Figure 2.36: Number of publications [27] The annual funds received for sponsored and consultancy projects are shown for a few years in Table 2.18. The total project fund was Rs 113 crores in 2001. This increased to Rs 162 crores in 2005. The project funding per teaching staff was Rs 37.6 lakhs in 2005 (Rs 36 lakhs per faculty sponsored projects, 1.7 lakhs per faculty consultancy projects).

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Table 2.18: Research Funding from Sponsored and Consultancy Projects [32] Year 1993 1996 2001 2002 2003 2005 Amount in Lakhs Sponsored Projects Consultancy Projects 173 199 10821 541 13559 14711 604 15503 727

Figure 2.37 shows the government grant received for IISc. The grant received per student is about Rs 6 lakhs.
12000 Plan 10000 Amount in Rs Lakhs 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Year Non plan Total

Figure 2.37: Government grant received for IISc [29] Table 2.19 shows the annual receipts and payments for IISc Bangalore for 2005-6. The salary accounts for Rs. 47 crores or 22% of the total annual expenditure. Table 2.19: Annual Receipts and Payments for IISc Bangalore [32] Particulars Maintenance Non-Plan Plan Projects Special Plan grant Activities funded by agencies Centre for Sponsored Schemes & Projects CSIC-Fund for Applied Research Total Receipts 9,759 2,800 6,100 2,517 5,841 1,282 28,299 Payments 10,910 2,778 6 2,294 4,430 872 21,289

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Summary

The IITs and IISc have a high selectivity in admissions choosing only 2-3 % of the applicants for the engineering programmes. They receive significant grant in-aid funds from the government. They contribute to less than 1% of the engineering graduates in the country about 20% of the M.Techs and 40% of the engineering doctorates. These institutions have established quality academic programmes and are able to attract reasonable research funding. The Government decided to setup eight new IITs. Six new IITs are function-

ing and have admitted students through JEE 2008 in July 2008. The other two IITs are expected to start in 2009.
At present, the IITs are unable to attract their best engineering graduates and postgraduates for a their doctoral programmes. The faculty base is almost stagnant (or growing at very low growth rates.). The challenge for the IIT system is to enhance its overall output and impact in the overall engineering education system of India.

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Chapter 3
National Institutes of Technology and Private Engineering Colleges

3.1 Introduction
Figure 3.1 shows the institute wise distribution of sanctioned intake of engineering graduates for 2006 in India. Private engineering colleges have a sanctioned intake of about 4 lakh (76%) while the government institutes account for about one lakh sanctioned intake (21%). The share of Tier 1 Institutions (7 IITs and IISc) is only 1% and that of the National Institutes of Technology is 2%. There are about 1100 private engineering colleges and about 320 government engineering colleges.

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Figure 3.1. Share of engineering colleges based on intake (2006) The engineering colleges can be classified as a) Affiliated Colleges b) Autonomous Colleges c) Deemed University In the case of affiliated colleges, the institution is affiliated to a university, which is the degree granting body. The college has no flexibility or powers related to curriculum or evaluation. The academic powers rest with the university. In the case of autonomous colleges, the institutions have academic flexibility viz they can make curriculum changes and conduct examinations and evaluation. However they are notionally under the univer-

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sity and have relatively less financial autonomy. Institutions that have acquired deemed university status have the maximum academic and financial autonomy. In India most of the colleges are affiliated (approximately 98%).

3.2

Case Study of SVNIT, Surat

The Government set up Regional Engineering Colleges in different states along with the state governments since the 1960s. These were converted to the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) in 2003.. They are autonomous institutions (deemed universities). In 2007, June the passing of the National Institutes of Technology act declared these as Institutions of national importance. There are 20 NITs in India. Appendix-VIII provides a listing of the NITs in the map of India. We have obtained data from the Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat. This is one of the 17 Regional Engineering Colleges that were established as joint venture of the Government of India and the Government of Gujarat. It was established in June 1961 with facilities to run Bachelor's Degree Programmes in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering disciplines. It is now changed to a National Institute of Technology along with the other RECs and has been given the status of a Deemed University. The college has a campus spread over 100 hectares of land. 3.2.1 Student output Figure 3.2 shows the increase in the graduate student output (degrees granted) from SVNIT Surat. The B.Tech output increased from 211 in 1985 to 393 in 2006 corresponding to an annual growth rate of 3% per year. Figure 3.3 shows the growth trend of postgraduate (M.Tech) students from 1985 to 2006.

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500 400 Output 300 200 100 0 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003
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Figure 3.2: Graduate student output 1985-2006 [33]

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Figure 3.3: Masters Degrees awarded 1985 to 2006 [33] A total of 42 PhDs were awarded by SVNIT from 1986-2002 (average of 3 Ph D per year). Figure 3.4 shows the trend of total output from 1985 to 2006 (CAGR of 2.7%)

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Figure 3.4: Total Engineering Degrees Awarded [33] 3.2.2 Enrolment Figure 3.5 shows trend of enrolment against sanctioned strength for B Tech. Figure 3.6 shows trend of enrolment against sanctioned strength for M Tech/ME. It is clear that the enrolment percentage for M.Tech is lower than the B.Tech. The average output by sanctioned intake (t-4) (O/S) ratio for B.Tech for SVNIT is 0.92. The average output by sanctioned intake (t-2) (O/S) ratio for M.Tech for SVNIT is 0.39.
500 450 Number of Students 400 350 300 250 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 Year 2005 Enrolment Sanctioned

Figure 3.5: Enrolment and Sanctioned Intake for B. Tech [33]

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Figure 3.6: Enrolment and Sanctioned Intake for M. Tech/ME [29] 3.2.3 Campus Placement Table 3.1 shows the campus placement statistics for SVNIT. The data on the number registered for placement is not available. There may be some percentage of students who opt for higher studies (10-20%). Hence 73% placement for the graduating B.Techs is a high number. The placement percentage for the M.Techs is much lower. Table 3.2 shows the average starting salaries for B Tech. The average starting salary for B.Techs from SVNIT is about Rs 2.1 lakhs per year. Another interesting trend is the high percentage of software jobs, which is clear from the data shown in Table 3.3. About 2/3rds of the placements currently are from the software sector. This trend is similar for the other National Institutes of Technology. Programme B.Tech. Table 3.1: Programme wise percentage placement [33] 2000-01 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 405 Total Graduating 406 405 371 190 Placed 238 142 257 47 % Placement 59 35 69 30 Total Graduating 36 2 Placed 2 7 % Placement 6 2005-06 392 288 73 36 10 28

M.Tech.

Table 3.2: Programme wise Average Salaries [33] Programme 2000-01 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 B Tech 188000 147000 167000 200000 M Tech 182000 162000

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Table 3.3: Sector wise Placement [33] Sector 2000-01 2002-03 2003-04 Core Engineering (%) 44 65 52 Software (%) 56 35 48

2004-05 41 58

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3.2.4 Faculty SVNIT had faculty strength of 109 in 2006 (with PhD 37, with M.Tech /M.E 55, with B E 16 and 1 MBA). Figure 3.7 shows the trend in the number of faculty. The faculty number has shown a decline over the five-year period 2001-2006. Table 3.4 shows the student: faculty ratio for SVNIT. This has increased from 17:1 to 21:1 mainly because the student output is growing at 2.7% per year and there is a decline in the faculty numbers. Table 3.4 Total Students on roll and Student-Faculty ratio from 2001-6[33] B.Tech. Total StuYear M.Tech/ME Ph.D. Faculty S/F Ratio /B.E. dents on roll 2001 1728 84 92 1904 111 17 2002 1732 120 81 1933 105 18 2003 1707 123 66 1896 104 18 2004 1693 101 63 1857 103 18 2005 1692 109 61 1862 97 19 2006 1691 187 69 1947 91 21
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80 Faculty 40 0 2001 2002 2003 Year 2004 2005 2006

Figure 3.7: Number of Faculty 2001-2006 [33]

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Summary of other NITs

3.3.1 Admissions to NITs The NITs offer admissions to the students only on the basis of AIEEE (All India Entrance Examination for Engineering. According to the Central Counselling Board for AIEEE, the total number of students who appeared for AIEEE 2007 is 635400 while the total number of seats sanctioned for the engineering through central counselling is only 13124. Institutes offering the sets fully through AIEEE are mainly NITs, IIITs and some other self-financing and central or state government funded institutes. Almost every engineering institute in India offers 15% seats of sanctioned strength for the admission through AIEEE. For 2007 the total sanctioned strength for India is 550986 in 1511 institutes. Excluding the sanctioned strength of 13124 from the above-mentioned institutes, the remaining 1474 institutes offer 80679 seats through AIEEE. This implies that the 635400 students appearing for AIEEE compete for 93800 sanctioned seats. This indicates a selectivity of 14.7%. The total sanctioned strength for the NITs is 9250 (2007-8). If we assume that the first preference of students is the NITs, we obtain a selectivity of 1.5%. Table 3.5 shows the distribution of sanctioned intake among all NITs. Appendix X shows the actual allotment this year as on 16 July 2007. From the data it is seen that about 93% of the allotted seats are filled [35]. Table 3.5: Distribution of sanctioned intake among all NITs [35] Institute NIT Agartala NIT Allahabad NIT Bhopal NIT Calicut NIT Durgapur NIT Hamirpur NIT Jaipur NIT Jalandhar NIT Jamshedpur NIT Kurukshetra Sanctioned Strength Institute NIT Nagpur NIT Patna NIT Raipur NIT Rourkela NIT Silchar NIT Srinagar NIT Surat NIT Tiruchirappalli NIT Warangal NITK Surathkal Sanctioned Strength 440 360 580 420 300 410 450 500 480 480 9250

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3.3.2 Outputs of other NITs Table 3.6 shows the graduate and post graduate output and number of faculty for five NITs the National Institutes of Technology at Durgapur, Hamirpur, Warangal, Rourkela and Surat. Of these NITs the share of the masters output to the total engineering degrees ranges between 9 to 36%. The student faculty ratio ranges around 15:1. NIT Warangal seems to have a lower number due to the recent increase in faculty. The average annual output of engineering degrees ranges from 400 to 500. The B.Tech and M.Tech output of NIT Warangal is shown in Figure 3.8. Data was not available for the number of PhDs awarded annually for each of these institutes. NIT Warangal awarded 180 science and engineering PhDs from 1985 to 2006 (an average of 9 per year). The percentage of faculty with PhDs ranged from 34-55% for these institutes [34].
600 500 400 Output 300 200 100 0 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 Year 2005 B Tech M Tech

Figure 3.8: M.Tech and B.Tech output of NIT Warangal Table 3.6: Student Output and Number of Faculty for five NITs [34] Institute NIT Durgapur NIT Hamirpur SVNIT Surat NIT Warangal NIT Rourkela B.Tech M.Tech 373 225 393 324 325 70 NA 38 183 73 TED 443 225 431 507 398 Faculty ME/TED 106 67 91 179 -16 NA 9 36 18 % of Faculty S/F with PhD 44 15 52 13 34 21 55 11 NA -

At NIT Hamirpur the first batch of M.Techs will graduate in 2007. The sanctioned strength is 54 while the actual enrolment is 27.

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The placement record for most NITs is good with most graduates being placed through the campus recruitment. At NIT Hamirpur the placement percentage increased from 49% in 2004 to 75% in 2005 and further increased to 89% in 2006. Appendix IX includes placement statistics for different disciplines for NIT Hamirpur, NIT Tiruchirapally and MNNIT, Allahabad. Software companies account for about 2/3rd of the job offers. In general, the NITs have a high selectivity and admit good students. They have academic autonomy but receive significantly lower central grants than the IITs. They have relatively less research output and do not attract significant research funding. Though they have difficulty in attracting quality faculty, many have established quality academic programmes and are making efforts to enhance their research output.

3.4

Other Government Engineering Colleges

Apart from the NITs there are several other state government run engineering colleges that have an established reputation and are on par with the NITs. Some examples are the College of Engineering, Pune, the Veermata Jijabai Technology Institute (VJTI) Mumbai, Bengal Engineering College, and Kolkata. There are other reputed institutions like the University Institute of Chemical Technology (earlier known as the University Department of Chemical Technology) that have established quality education and research programmes in Chemical Engineering and allied sciences. We provide some details on the College of Engineering, Pune and VJTI, Mumbai as examples of Government engineering colleges.

3.4.1. College of Engineering Pune (COEP) The College of Engineering Pune (COEP) was established in 1854 as Civil Engineering College Pune. It has autonomous status and is affiliated to the Pune University in Maharashtra. Its campus has a built up area of 45,300 m2. The number of engineering graduates in 2006 is about 620 and 140 post-graduates. The tuition fees for B-Tech are Rs. 15,000 per year and Rs 4,000 for Non-Sponsored student and Rs 10,000 for sponsored M.Tech. There are 93 permanent faculty and 40 faculty appointed on an ad-hoc basis. The student to faculty ratio is about 21:1. There are also 60 visiting faculty. Depending on the degree of involvement of the visiting faculty the student faculty ratio would range from 14.5 21:1. About 15% of the full-time faculty have Ph.D. degrees. [36] Table 3.7 shows the data for the Bachelors (Undergraduate) programmes at COEP. It is evident that the entire sanctioned intake gets filled up (E/S ratios about 1) at the B Tech level.

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Table 3.7: Sanctioned Intake, Enrolment and Output for B.Tech Programmes [36] Year 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 Sanctioned Intake 570 570 570 570 Actual Admissions 585 535 591 570 E/S 1.03 0.94 1.04 1.00 Output 525 582 629

Table 3.8 shows the sanctioned intake and enrolment for M.Tech programmes in COEP. The enrolment is about 70% of the sanctioned intake. Table 3.8 Sanctioned Intake, Enrolment for M.Tech Programmes [36] Year 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 Sanctioned Intake 361 361 352 361 Actual Admissions 254 247 260 271 E/S 0.70 0.68 0.74 0.75

COEP has a good record of campus placement as shown in Table 3.9. The average salary data is shown in Table 3.10. The average salaries per annum have also been increasing. The average B.Tech salaries are higher than the average M.Tech salaries. Table 3.9: Year wise and Programme wise Percentage Placement [36] Year M. Tech B. Tech 2002-2003 12 68 2003-2004 49 65 2004-2005 69 72 2005-2006 52 85

Table 3.10: Year wise and Programme wise Percentage Average Salary per Year [36] Year M. Tech B. Tech 2003-4 -185000 2004-5 247000 227000 2005-6 202000 243000 2006-7 220000 287000

The total annual budget of 2005-2006 was about Rs 8.2 crores of which the state government provided 7.2 crores. About 75% of the annual expenditure is towards salaries. The government support is about Rs 26,000 per student per year. COEP has an annual output of about 800 engineering degrees. The college attracts very good students for the B.Tech (high cut-offs in the Common Entrance test of Maharashtra), it has a good academic programme and many links with industries especially for student

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projects. The college has obtained World Bank funding under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme and the Department of Science and Technologys Fund for Improvement of S&T infrastructure in universities and higher educational institutions (FIST) scheme for state of the art equipment for research infrastructure.
COEP is poised to improve its research output and can effectively utilize Punes engineering base to become a Tier 1 institution. This will be facilitated by the adoption of policies that permit quick hiring of good faculty and increased grant and research funding.

3.4.2. Veermata Jijabai Technology Institute (VJTI) The Veermata Jijabai Technology Institute (VJTI) was established in 1887 at Mumbai. VJTI currently acquired financial and academic autonomy in 2004 as an autonomous

institution affiliated to the Mumbai University. The fees structure is similar to COEP. The
sanctioned intake strength is 420 B.Techs and about 260 M.Techs. VJTI started as a diploma granting institution and continues to run several diploma level programmes along with the B.Tech and M.Tech programmes. Table 3.11 shows the sanctioned intake and the enrolment in the B.Tech programme. The E/S ratio is around 1 and the cut-offs for admissions are high. The E/S data for M.Techs is lower (though exact data was not available). [37] Table 3.11: Sanctioned Intake and Enrolment for B.Tech [37] Year 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Enrolled 439 410 399 Sanctioned 420 420 420 E/S 1.05 0.98 0.95

Figure 3.9 shows the increase in the B.E student output from VJTI Mumbai. The student output increased from 212 in 1985 to 418 in 2006 (corresponding to an annual growth rate of 3.3 %).

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2001 2002

Year

Figure 3.9: Graduate Degrees Awarded by VJTI 1985-2006 The M. Tech/ME degrees awarded in 1985 were 63. This increased to170 in 2004 (CAGR of 5 4%). Figure 3.10 shows the growth trend of postgraduate students from 1985 to 2004. Figure 3.11 shows the trend of total output from 1985 to 2004. The total student output increased from 275 in 1985 to 613 in 2004 (CAGR of 4.3%).
180 160 140 120 Output 100 80 60 40 20 0 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2003 Year 2004

Figure 3.10: Masters Degrees awarded by VJTI 1985 to 2004

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Figure 3.11: Total Engineering Degrees Awarded by VJTI Figure 3.12 shows the trend of enrolment against sanctioned strength for B E.
500 400 Number of Students 300 200 100 0 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Enrolment Sanctioned Intake

Year

Figure 3.12: Enrolment and Sanctioned Intake for B. E. The total permanent faculty is 82 resulting in a faculty: student ratio of about 20:1. Attracting and increasing the faculty base seems to be a constraint for VJTIs growth. It has recently started a PhD programme and has obtained significant funding (Rs 22 crores) under the TEQIP scheme of the World Bank to develop new research facilities and augment infrastructure. The campus placements for B.Techs and M.Techs are good and the average salaries are shown in Table 3.12

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3.5

Private Engineering Colleges

About 75% of the engineering graduates are taught at the private engineering colleges. There are more than 1100 private engineering colleges. However a ranking of the top fifty engineering colleges reveals only a small percentage of private colleges. More than 90% of the private engineering colleges are affiliated colleges that have little academic autonomy. The existing administrative structure and nature of private colleges results in very little financial autonomy. The fees for the open seats are regulated based on AICTE norms and an evaluation of the college balance sheet. Salaries account for about 80% of the total budget. Only a few private engineering colleges have been able to ensure quality education. Some of these colleges are Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani and Mesra, Thapar University, Patiala, Manipal Institute of Technology, Dhirubai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology. (The list is indicative and not exhaustive). Most of the successful private institutions have been granted deemed university status. We have analysed data from the Manipal Institute of Technology, Thapar University and the Dhirubai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology.

3.5.1

Case Study of Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal

The Manipal Institute of Technology was founded in 1957 (known until 1974 as the Manipal Engineering College) and was among the first self-financed colleges of the country. It started by offering academic programs in just one discipline - civil engineering, which has over the years grown to graduation in 12 disciplines and post graduation in 9 disciplines. The institute is located in a campus of over 160 acres [38]. 3.5.1.1 Student output

Figure 3.13 shows the increase in the B.E student output from MIT Manipal. Student output increased from 576 in 2002 to 751 in 2006 (corresponding to an annual growth rate of 6.8 %).

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Figure 3.13: Graduate Degrees Awarded 2002-2006 [38] The M. Tech/ME degrees awarded in 2000 were 57. This increased to 81 in 2006 (CAGR of 1.7 %). Figure 3.14 shows the growth trend of postgraduate students from 2000 to 2006. Figure 3.15 shows the trend of total output from 2002 to 2006. Total student output increased from 648 in 2002 to 832 in 2006 (CAGR of 6.5%)
120 100 80 Output 60 40 20 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 Year 2004 2005 2006

Figure 3.14: Masters Degrees awarded 2000 to 2006 [38]

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Figure 3.15: Total Engineering Degrees Awarded [38] 3.5.1.2 Enrolment

Figure 3.16 shows trend of enrolment against sanctioned strength for B Tech. Figure 3.17 shows trend of enrolment against sanctioned strength for M Tech/ME.

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Campus Placement

Manipal Institute of Technology has a good record of campus placement as shown in Table 3.13. In 2005-6, 89% of the graduating class was placed through the campus placement. 75% of B.Techs and 86% of M.Techs opted for software jobs. The average B.Tech starting salary was Rs 2.5 lakhs per year. Programme wise average salaries are shown in Table 3.14. Table 3.13: Percentage Placement for B Tech [38] Programme B.Tech. Total Graduating Placed % Placement Average Salary 2000-01 576 31 5 2002-03 696 160 23 2003-04 618 187 30 2004-05 798 574 72 240000 2005-06 751 669 89 250000

Table 3.14: Programme wise Average Salaries [38] Programme B.Tech. M.Tech. Sector Core Engineering (%) Software (%) Others Core Engineering (%) Software (%) Faculty 2000-01 48.39 52 2002-03 36.25 61 2.50 100.00 2003-04 25.67 74 11 89 2004-05 25.26 75 14 86

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For the current year 2006-2007 MIT Manipal has faculty strength of 285 (with PhD 71, with M.Tech /M.E 185, with BE 18, 9 M Sc and 2 MA). Figure 3.18 shows the trend in the number of faculty. The student to faculty ratio is shown in Table 3.15. It ranges between 12:1 to 13:1.[38]
300 250 Faculty 200 150 100 50 0 2001 2002 2003 Year 2004 2005 2006

Figure 3.18: Number of Faculty 2001-2006 [38]

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Table 3.15: Student Faculty ratio for MIT, Manipal [38] Year 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 B.E./B.ARCH 2926 2843 2871 3054 3037 3115 3058 3094 3137 3168 3443 M Tech MCA Total Faculty S/F Ratio

159 143 167 210 195 181 204

117 110 94 101 101 89

3196 3258 3225 3304 3332 3349 3647

257 258 269 277 276 280

1:13 1:13 1:12 1:12 1:12 1:13

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Admission

Manipal University conducts an all India level entrance test (UGET) every year for admissions to MIT. The annual fees paid by students are shown in Table 3.16. The grant received by MIT from different government schemes is shown in Table 3.17. The total estimated annual revenue from fees is about Rs. 46 crores. Table 3.16: Programme wise Annual Fees Fees Tuition Fees Other Fees Total B.E. 61,000 61,000 1,22,000 M.Tech. 1,10,000 35,000 1,45,000

Table 3.17: Year wise Grants Received (Rs. in Lakhs) 2003-04 23 2004-05 45 2005-06 18 2006-07 18

MIT Manipal has been able to maintain a favourable student faculty ratio and a high growth rate in the student output. The student output is about 800, which is predominantly graduate (BE) degrees. The placement record is good with most students opting for software jobs. There are relatively few research projects and consequently less research publications and projects. The challenge for MIT is to augment its research output and upgrade its faculty quality and numbers.

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3.5.2 Thapar University Patiala The Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) was set up in 1956 through a unique public-private partnership by the then state of Patiala, the central government and the Patiala Technical Education Trust set up by an industrialist Lala Karam Chand Thapar. The foundation objective of the trust clearly outlines the objective of furthering education and research in engineering and technology. It also specifically mentions that all income accruing to the trust will be invested back in the institution. The Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology was granted full autonomy and the status of a deemed university by UGC as Thapar University in 1985. [39] At present the annual fees for B.E at Thapar University is Rs 36,000. Figure 3.19 shows the number of The B Tech/B.E students graduating from Thapar University. The B Tech/B.E. output increased from 179 in 1990 to 383 in 2006 (CAGR of 4.9%). Thapar Universitys intake is through AIEEE and the E/S ratio is about 1. There are about 108 faculty members with a student faculty ratio of about 17:1.
450 400 350 300 Output 250 200 150 100 50 0 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Year 2006

Figure 3.19: B.E./B Tech Student Output from 1990-2006 [40] Figure 3.20 shows the M E output from Thapar University. The output has increased from 10 in 1990 to about 120 in 2006 (CAGR of 17.9%). Figure 3.21 shows the trend of sanctioned intake and enrolment for B tech from 1990 to 2006.

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2006*

Figure 3.20: M Tech Student Output from 1990-2006 [40]

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Figure 3.21: B.E./B Tech Student Sanctioned Intake and Enrolment from 1990-2006 [40]
(* Includes NRI / NRS / JK Migrants / Govt. of India students for B Tech)

Table 3.18 shows the growth rates in the outputs of the different programmes. Table 3.19 shows the percentage of campus placement. It is clear that the placement is good with

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almost 100% of the Ist Division students getting campus placement. The placement record is improving every year. Thapar University offers a model for future private public partnerships in education. The university has established its academic programmes and already has about 25% of its output at the post-graduate level. It has a PhD programme with 8-12 PhDs being awarded each year. The Thapar University faculty also have some sponsored and consultancy projects and research publications. There are 152 regular faculty with 70 having PhDs (46% of the total). The student faculty ratio is about 12. Table 3.18: Programme wise Percentage Growth Rates [40] Year 1996-2006 2001-2006 B.Tech. / B.E. 7.7 5.9 M.Tech / ME 15.3 42.6 Ph.D. (Engg) 14.9 14.9 Total Engg 9.1 10.5

Table 3.19: Student Placement Percentages [39] Year 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007* B E/B. Tech I Div. II Div. 84 35 86 25 92 44 98 63 99 76 97 62 Till 31.05.2007

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3.5.3 Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology The Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology is a selffinanced institution, established in 2001 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. This was set up as an educational trust by the Dhirubai Ambani foundation and the Reliance group in an MOU with the Gujarat government. This has a built up area of 8500 m2 and offers a B.Tech in Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This has a university status under the state act. The fees are Rs. 60,000 for B.Tech and Rs 25000 for M.Tech. The sanctioned intake for B.Tech is 240 and 40 for M.Tech. DAIICT has 38 regular faculty. Almost all the faculty have PhDs (34out of 38 or 89%). The institute has also started a PhD programme, a M.Sc (IT), a M.Sc (ICT and Rural Development) and a Master of Design (Multimedia). The student faculty ratio is approximately 28:1 [41]. Table 3.20 shows the data and enrolment in the B.Tech and M.Tech programmes. Table 3.20: Enrolment and Output of B.Tech and M.Tech in DAIICT [42] Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Enrolment B.Tech M.Tech 246 248 41 249 41 250 39 229 34 218 45 Output B.Tech M.Tech 216 34 238 38 O/S B.Tech 0.88 0.96 0.83 0.97 M.Tech -

The interesting feature of DAIICT has been its ability to attract good faculty in a niche area where faculty are scarce. One of the main attractions here is a higher salary. In a relatively short time the institute has established its academic programmes. It chose to differentiate its degree from the IT, Computer Science and Electronics degree and started off with a batch size of 240. This is another possible model for niche institutions. Though data on the research output is not available, the faculty details and the M.Tech thesis topics indicate that DAIICT is poised to develop a research culture.

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Other Private Engineering Colleges

The three private institutes profiled are among the successful models and all have autonomy. Another successful private college is the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. BITS Pilani has set up Goa and Dubai campus and awarded a total of 3600 degrees in 2006 (the share of engineering or postgraduates is not known). There are 367 faculty in the Pilani campus. The average salary for the BITS graduates in campus placement was Rs 4.1 lakhs per year. BITS have several innovations like the practice school and the Virtual University. BITS at Mesra, Ranchi is also a deemed university and is rated to be among the top private engineering colleges. [43] An examination of the engineering college ratings reveals that only about 8 private colleges (16%) feature in the top 50. The vast majority of private colleges are affiliated to universities and are sub-critical in terms of faculty and infrastructure. They are constrained by a lack of academic and financial flexibility.

3.7

Summary and International comparison

Table 3.21 shows a summary of the student output and faculty of some select Indian engineering colleges. This is compared with the available data from some of the leading engineering institutions in the world. It can be seen that the Bachelors output per faculty varies from 0.6 for CalTech to 5.3 in Tsinghua University. The IITs have a B/F ratio of around 1. Several International institutions have much higher ratios. The student to faculty ratio varies from 6 for CalTech to 27 for Nanyang Technological University Singapore. Many universities are able to maintain quality despite S/F ratio of 15 or more. For some of the engineering colleges in India that do not have research outputs (apart from Tier1 and Tier2 colleges) it should be possible to have S/F ratios of 20. The average research funding per faculty per year when compared on a purchasing power parity basis seems reasonable for the Indian institutions. IIT Bombays average research funding of Rs. 13 lakhs per faculty per year and IISc Bangalores Rs 23.7 lakhs per faculty per year (including funding for science) is lower than the average for MIT, Purdue. The publication per faculty data cannot be computed directly by dividing the total publications by the faculty numbers since we have to account for the science faculty. We have computed the approximate publications per faculty with this adjustment and have plotted the bachelors (UG) output per faculty and the publications per faculty (Figure 3.22). The publications of the NITs and other engineering colleges are less than 1 per faculty per year. The IITs have an average of 1.5 to 2 publications per faculty per year. Many of the selected international universities have averages of 4 to 5 publications per faculty per year.

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Table 3.21: Comparison of Indian Engineering Institutions with select International Universities
Student Output Bachelors Masters Ph.D. TED Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA Univ. of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign USA Purdue University USA Georgia Institute of nology USA Tech578 1237 1238 1391 247 695 2100 980 2635 1402 306 755 0 422 2316 7000 751 745 554 461 751 120 600 1400 1633 1400 570 329 731 337 581 3449 1550 81 135 156 144 162 277 160 500 382 500 119 134 390 165 56 262 120 1458 1947 1843 2304 644 1455 4000 2995 4535 2091 769 1876 502 1059 6027 8670 832 372 441 309 419 398 291 1200 906 1020 288 305 418 432 401 2400 2215 280 1.6 2.8 4.0 3.3 0.6 2.4 1.8 1.1 2.6 4.9 1.3 1.8 0.0 1.1 1.0 3.2 2.7 Research Ph.D./ S/F ratio Fund Bachelors (million) 8 15 19 20 6 15 12 10 27 20 11 18 3 12 12 15 13 0.23 0.13 0.12 0.12 1.12 0.23 0.24 0.39 0.19 0.08 0.44 0.52 US $234.5 US $200.1 US $112.3 US $203.7 US $80.4 UK 63.4 NA NA NA S$82.5 NA NA Rs 1024 Rs 520 NA NA NA Research Fund in Rs (PPP) Papers Lakhs/ Million faculty 3129 2251 2648 2811 2885 2674 6590 3993 2564 1933 1259 939 1274 568 3942 678 33 1876 1600.8 898.4 1629.6 643.2 768.408 NA NA NA 532.1 NA NA 1024 520 NA NA NA 50.4 36.3 29.1 38.9 16.2 26.4 NA NA NA 1.8 NA NA 23.7 13.0 NA NA NA

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Notes for Table 3.21 The source for engineering student output for the US universities is the engineering profile 2006 [38] All the data outputs are for 2006. The data for the Indian Institutes have been taken from the earlier chapters in the report. For all the Indian Institutes the faculty data is the total faculty in that institute. For the US universities data used is the engineering faculty data obtain from the Engineering Profile 2006 [38] For the other universities the data has been obtained from their websites [45 - 52] For Imperial college the graduation data for engineers was available for 2005 and the total postgraduate degrees awarded in 2005 was available. We have taken the share of the postgraduate engineering enrolment to obtain an estimate of the postgraduate engineering degrees. For Tsinghua University China the data on degrees awarded was not available. We have used the enrolment data for engineering graduates. The share of engineering post graduates and PhDs have been assumed to be similar to the graduate share for Tsinghua. TED refers to the total engineering degrees awarded annually (2006). The B/F ratio is the ratio of the bachelors degrees in engineering to the faculty. The S/F ratio is the ratio of the total students enrolled to the faculty. We obtained S/F ratios from the enrolment data wherever available. In cases where this was not available we estimated this from the annual engineering degrees assuming average durations of each programme. The publications data have been obtained from Scopus for engineering and science publications (excluding life sciences, health sciences and social sciences). The research funding data is shown in the local currency (millions) these have been converted to Indian Rupees using the purchasing power parity exchange rates [46]. The research fund per faculty is computed in Rupees lakh (1 lakh = 100,000)

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Chapter 4
Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
We have analysed the overall national trends and the trends for representative Indian engineering institutions in the previous chapters. Based on the analysis, we develop conclusions and policy recommendations for engineering education in India.

4.1

Scenarios for Engineering Education

In order to plan for the growth of the engineering education system we build up alternative future scenarios. The objective of these scenarios is to establish quantitative growth targets. The scenario numbers are subject to the uncertainty in the data trends used (e.g there is some uncertainty in the outputs that have been estimated based on average O/S ratios). 4.1.1 Business as Usual Scenario We build up a business as usual scenario for engineering education in India to estimate the annual engineering student output in 2012 and 2017 based on the past growth trends. Table 4.1 shows the 5 year and 10 year annual growth rates in the outputs. In all cases, we have taken the five-year growth rate to build the scenarios, except for the graduates where we have taken the lower growth rate (12.5%). The five-year growth rates for M.Techs and PhDs is lower than the ten-year growth rates. We construct the Business as Usual scenario BAU. As per the Government plan, the number of general category seats remains constant. The increased growth occurs by 2012. Subsequently the existing growth rates are taken to construct the 2017 output. Table 4.2 shows the results of the BAU scenario for the nation. (Appendix XI shows an earlier scenario without reservation) Table 4.1: Annual Growth rates for different programmes Period 2001-2006 1996-2006 Values Graduates 20.3% 12.5% 12.5% Masters 7.5% 10% 7.5% PhD 6.1% 11.1% 6.1%

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Table 4.2: Results of Scenario Year BAU 2007 2012 2017 1112 1223 1324 2838000 4760000 7324000 237400 502700 901600 19900 38100 54700 1030 1465 2300 2553 3893 5532 214 411 681 Population (Million) GDP (000 crore) Graduates Masters Doctorates GDP/mPop E/mPop

Table 4.3a shows the five-year and ten year growth rates of the engineering student output of the IITs and IISc (Tier 1 institutions). Table 4.3b shows the five year and ten year growth rates of the engineering student output of the NITs. Using the values of growth rates shown in this table, the degrees awarded in 2012 and 2017 have been computed under the BAU scenario and are shown in Table 4.4. In BAU the growth rates in the initial period (till 2012) have been increased to account for OBC reservation and the consequent increase in the general category seats.

Table 4.3a Annual Growth rates for different programmes in IITs and IISc Year 2001-2006 1996-2006 Values B. Tech 0.7 4.3 1.0 M.Tech 6.9 9.9 7.0 Engg PhD 5.5 -0.1 5.5

Table 4.3b Annual Growth rates for different programmes in NITs

Year B.Tech/B.E. M.Tech/M.E.

2001-2006 1996-2006 Values

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The share of the IITs and IISc (Tier 1 Institutions) in the engineering graduates is about 0.5 % in 2012 and 0.6% in 2017 as shown in Table 4.5. Under the Business As Usual scenario Tier 1 institutions remain exclusive but are also marginal in the overall graduate numbers. The share of Masters output of the Tier 1 institutions increases marginally under the Business As Usual scenarios. The total annual engineering student output of the Tier 1

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institutions increases to 10900 in 2012 (in the BAU scenario, with reservation) and 17600 in 2017. The NITs currently contribute to about 2.9% of the graduates. Table 4.6 shows the results of the BAU scenario for the NITs and Table 4.7 shows the share of NITs in the total engineering output. Under the BAU scenarios the share reduces to 1.6-1.7% in 2012 and 1.0-1.4% in 2017. The reduction in the share Tier2 institutions is due to their low growth rates, as compared to the overall growth rates of other engineering colleges. The number of institutions increases to about 2600 with an average output of about 340 in 2017. This implies the setting up of about 1100 new engineering colleges. Table 4.4: Results of Scenario BAU for IITs and IISc BAU for IITs and IISc Year 2006 2012 2017 Graduates 2320 3180 5460 Masters 3790 7150 11000 Doctorates 430 590 1100 TED 6540 10920 17640

The numbers have been modified to include the 6 new IITs that started in 2008 and the two additional IITs starting in 2009. In 2017 it is expected that these IITs would be graduating about 200 B.Techs each and about 100 M.Techs and 40 PhDs. Table 4.5: Share of IITs and IISc in BAU scenarios IITs and IISc Share (BAU) Year 2006 2012 2017 Graduates 1.0 % 0.6 % 0.6 % Masters 19.0 % 18.8 % 20.1 % Doctorates 42.0 % 40.6 % 48%

Table 4.6: Results of BAU Scenario for NITs BAU for NITs
Year B.Tech/B.E. M.Tech/M.E.

2006 2012 2017

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4.1.2 Normative Scenario If we consider the correlation developed earlier for engineers per million population with GDP the number of engineering graduates are 3.3 lakhs in 2012 and 5.3 lakhs in 2017. Consequent to the recent global meltdown, if lower GDP growth rates of 7-8% are expected, then we may be overproducing engineers. This is likely to result in unemployment and under-employment of engineers. It is not clear about the actual lag time between the market signals and the feedback in the career choices at the 10+2 stage. This may be lost in the process of mushrooming of engineering colleges and the AICTE sanctioning process. We believe there is a need for a rationalisation of the numbers. We develop a stabilization scenario with an increased emphasis on quality. The focus should not just be on the numbers of engineering degrees, but also on the quality, We have considered the B.Tech/ BE graduates growing at a lower rate (about 10% per year). The M.Techs/ MEs are taken to be 10% of the number of engineering graduates. We want the PhDs to increase to almost 2% of the engineering graduates. Since we have considered a short time frame, we limited this number to 10,000. In this scenario, we plan to augment the output of engineers from the Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions. Table 4.8 shows the results from this scenario. In this scenario, 2% of the engineering graduates would come from Tier 1 institutions (similar to the IITs) and 5 % from the Tier 2 institutions (similar to the NITs). Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions would account for 50% of the M.Tech output and 90% of the PhD output. It is expected that other institutions would account for about 10% of the total PhD output. Table 4.8: Results of Normative Scenario Graduates Total Tier 1 Tier 2 700,000 14,000 35,000 M.Tech 70,000 28,000 14,000 PhD 10,000 8,000 1,000 Total 780,000 50,000 50,000

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Achieving the Normative Scenario

How do we achieve the normative scenario? What are the interventions and policies required? We have to adopt a combination of the following: a) Enhance the output of existing Tier 1 institutions The seven IITs at present (2006) award about 6000 engineering degrees annually. On an average each IIT awards 330 B.Techs, 490 M.Techs and 40 engineering PhDs. This implies an average total engineering output of 860 per IIT. The outputs of the existing IITs should be increased to about 2000 per IIT in 2017. Several international engineering institutions already have this level of output, without compromising quality (UrbanaChampaign 1950 engineering degrees, Purdue 1840 engineering degrees, GeorgiaTech 2300 engineering degrees, Tokyo University 3000 engineering degrees, Tsinghua university about 4000). This would require special efforts to attract faculty, upgrade and create new infrastructure and evolve facilitating administrative and support structures. This will need careful planning and removal of many of the existing logistic and space constraints.The eight new IITs could be scaled up to operate at the output of the existing IITs and may account for about 6000 engineering degrees. Hence the 15 IITs could account for about 20,000 engineering degrees in 2017 (mix of PhD, M.Tech, B.Tech). b) Upgrade quality Tier 2 institutions- A total of 25-30 Tier 1 institutions are required to achieve the normative scenario. Many of the existing Tier 2 institutions can be upgraded to Tier 1 status. Tier 1 institutions would be (at least) IIT equivalent and should be leaders in research and teaching. Some of the NITs, leading government institutions and successful private engineering colleges may be considered for up gradation. A clear set of norms should be provided to motivate Tier 2 institutions to work towards this. The norms could include proven excellence in academic programmes, faculty quality and research output, and potential for growth. Selected institutions should be provided special funds and support to enable a successful upgrade. c) Create new Engineering colleges through Public-Private Partnerships The present model for private engineering colleges is unlikely to build long-term quality engineering institutions. The revenues from fees are capped and are the main income source. Salaries account for about 80% of the total budget. There is very little operational flexibility for the college principal or Director to take new initiatives. Alternative funding models need to be explored. A possible model is the creation of a corpus by a private company/ group of companies, commitment by the state/

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central government towards grant in aid (based on the number of students joining in the open seats), commitment by the private promoter to provide funds required to compensate any annual budget deficit. The private promoter can be permitted to obtain returns from the annual surplus (based on the contributions made to the corpus). Alternately incentives could be provided in terms of tax savings, deductions for contributions to the corpus In addition to this, the sponsors may be allowed a choice of government council members (from an approved master list of professionals, experts and educationalists) and may be provided priority in campus interviews. . d) Enhance the output of existing Tier 2 institutions - At present the average output of a NIT is about 400-500 engineering graduates and post-graduates. Each NIT should have at least twice this output.

4.3

National Engineering PhD Initiative

A key driver for research and development is the availability of quality doctoral students. The number of engineering doctorates awarded in India each year is about one thousand. This is less than 1% of the total engineering graduate degrees awarded each year. The international comparison showed that most countries have the number of PhD degrees awarded annually ranging between 5-9% of the engineering graduate degrees awarded. Even if we consider 2% of the total engineering graduates as a target for Indias PhDs, we obtain a number of 10,000 PhDs annually by 2017. (The target would be between 15,000 18,000 PhDs. This has been scaled down to 10,000). The doctorate degree is not a course work based fixed time degree. In order to obtain a doctorate, the candidate must make an original research contribution in the chosen specialisation. Hence it is not an easy target to increase the doctorates to 10,000 without compromising quality. This needs a three-pronged strategy: (A) Attract good students to the PhD programme. How can this be achieved? i) Increase the PhD fellowship amount ii) Involve industry to sponsor special doctorial fellowships. iii) Special outreach / publicity to potential students. (B) Improve / Enrich the PhD experience. i) Treat PhD students as special. Provide them modern offices with access to good research facilities. ii) Provide funding to attend international conferences iii) Increase the rigour of the Ph.D. Provide special PhD level coursework.

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iv) Facilitate exchanges between PhD students, faculty and industry through annual national workshops. (C) Facilitate challenging jobs/careers after Ph.D. i) Special efforts are required to ensure that industry provides challenging careers and attractive salaries to fresh PhDs. A recent initiative by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Western Region focused on circulating the database of graduating IIT Bombay PhDs and their thesis topics to the CII members to encourage the companies to offer them rewarding jobs. ii) Seed grants / Loans and access to venture capital could be provided for PhD students who wish to commercialise their research results into technology products. The PhD initiative will only work if taken up in a mission mode. At present our engineering education system is unable to attract our best students to a research career. Often those who wish to pursue a PhD prefer to study abroad. In the US, there is a similar problem in attracting US engineering graduates for a Ph.D. However they are able to get the best students from the rest of the world for their PhD programme. Several studies have shown that this inflow of international talent has ensured the US domination of high technology research. Several European countries and developed countries are making special efforts to tap good Indian students for their masters and doctoral programmes. There have been concerted efforts by Germany, France, UK, Australia, Singapore and other countries to promote higher education in universities in their countries for Indian students. Several high level delegations that include presidents, chancellors of universities have visited leading institutions in India. This is often supported with initiatives like the DAAD (Fellowships for study in Germany), UKIERI (Research collaboration with UK). Most of these initiatives are unidirectional envisioning the flow of students and researchers to the host country and facilitating access to our best students. Often these initiatives are supported by the leading industries (e.g. Thales support for study in France). There have also been a number of delegations from leading US universities (Cornell, Georgia Tech, RPI etc.). Though these visits discuss potential collaboration, it is quite evident that their focus is on ensuring access to our good students for their masters and doctoral programmes. A high level delegation of British Members of Parliament who visited IIT Bombay in 2006 were keen to understand how the IITs work and are able to attract the best students to engineering. They stated that the UK engineering education system has identified the shortage of R & D engineers as a possible constraint and were interested in strategies for globalising their education system (attracting the best students from China and India).

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The Monash University, Australia and National University of Singapore have joint doctoral programmes with IIT Bombay. However both these mainly provide access for the foreign universities to Indian students. It may not be possible for Indian institutions and the Indian government to avoid participating in these initiatives. However there is a clear need for the launch of an initiative for study in India. We have to promote our masters and doctoral programmes to our under-graduate students. The prevalent perception amongst our under graduate students is that there is little research carried out in India. It is necessary to highlight the research facilities, ongoing research and technology demonstration projects to our bright students. What should the National PhD Initiative consist of? A few elements are suggested: i) Fellowships of the amount of Rs. 20,000 25,000 per month. This would imply a funding requirement of about Rs. 10 lakhs Rs. 12 lakhs per fellowship (including some amount for conference travel and contingency). ii) Industry support for 5000 fellowships per year. This implies a total outlay of Rs. 500-600 crores per year by industry. This has to be facilitated by industry organizations like the CII, FICCI, Assocham. The fellowships should only specify the research area and not be linked with short-term industry problems. iii) iv) v) vi) Enhanced Government Fellowships. Establishment of National PhD Initiative steering committee with representatives from industry, government and academics. Government funding for a high visibility publicity and outreach campaign Initiative to encourage sponsored PhD students from industry, defence laboratories, CSIR institutions as external or full time students in Tier-1 institutions. The National PhD Initiative cannot automatically ramp up the PhD numbers and quality. This has to evolve through a gradual process. This is a classic chicken and egg problem. The doctoral programme would improve if it can attract motivated, quality students. If this happens they would get attractive jobs and research careers. This would in turn help in attracting better students. However in order to change the existing mindsets, it is necessary to have high visibility industrial sponsorships. Initially it may be beneficial to have attractive and assured industrial R & D jobs for select doctoral fellows.

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Faculty Issues

4.4.1 Attracting Quality Faculty How do we attract good candidates to join the faculty? The attraction of a faculty position depends on (a) Package ries. However the differential is very high in India. Industry salaries have increased significantly while faculty salaries have been capped / limited based on the salary structures of senior bureaucrats in government service. The increase in salary with experience (number of years) is marginal. The ratio of the average professors salary to the starting salary for an Assistant Professor is 1.34. The corresponding ratio for the US universities ranges from 1.7 to 2.6. It is suggested that the ratio of the average Professors salary to the starting salary of the Assistant Professor should be at least 2. Table 4.9 shows the starting salary for engineering graduates and the salaries after 20 years. The ratio of the salary after 20 years to the starting salary ranges between 5.3 to 8. The ratio of the Professors salary at the highest of the scale to the starting salary of the Assistant Professor is 1.85. There have to be higher salary increases with years of experience. It is clear that the Indian faculty salary structure needs to be changed. Table 4.9: Starting salary for engineering graduates and after 20 years Engineering Company Salary B.Tech. /B.E. (a) B.Tech/BE+MBA (b) M.Tech(c) PhD (d) B.Tech. /B.E. (a/a) B.Tech/BE+MBA (b/a) M.Tech(c/a) PhD (d/a) A Starting 2.75 3.96 3.96 3.96 -1.44 1.44 1.44 B C i) Salary Faculty salaries are not expected to be equivalent to the best industrial sala-

After 20 On Confir- After 20 After 30 On Confir- After Starting Starting mation mation 20 Yrs Yrs Yrs Yrs 20 3 4 17-21 22-26 2.6-3.6 3.35-5.1 13-20 20 20 20 7.27 ---1.20 1.92 -3.6 5.5-6.0 ------4.75 ---6.33 ------8 ---3 3.7 5.4 -1.00 1.23 1.80 ----3.4 5.2 ---5.32 ----

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ii) Perks / Facilities Many engineering colleges provide accommodation, medical facilities, schooling in residential campuses. In many of the government run institutions; there is a problem in maintaining these facilities. If engineering colleges are able to ensure professionally managed estates that can result in the provision of modern accommodation and facilities comparable with the best in industry, it would be easier to attract better faculty. Additional facilities that are provided by public sector organizations like holiday homes, availability of low interest loans should also be considered. (b) Professional Career Several faculty members are driven by a desire to make an impact on education and research. The availability / access to research funding and quality research students is an important attraction for such faculty members. All the Tier 1 Institutions (IITs / IISc) have start up or seed grants that facilitate young faculty starting their research careers. The success rate for government grant proposals submitted to organizations like the Department of Science and Technology are high (30% as compared to success rates of 10% of proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation in the USA). It is essential to create enabling mechanisms that facilitate faculty research. This is particularly relevant for experimental work. The systems for procurement, fabrication need to be streamlined so that faculty can focus on the research per se and not get bogged down in chasing papers or getting administrative approvals. It is necessary to have efficient support staff that facilitates faculty research. The availability of quality research students (M.Techs and PhDs) could be a major attraction for new faculty to join. 4.4.2 Faculty Numbers We estimate the faculty requirements in 2012 and 2017 under the different scenarios. We do not have accurate estimates of the faculty in engineering institutions. We have the numbers for the faculty in the IITs and IISc. The total number of faculty in the IITs in 2006 was 2520 and IISc had a faculty strength of engineering faculty of about 170. Since we are considering only the engineering enrolment, we multiply the faculty strength of the IITs by the ratio of the engineering enrolment to total enrolment of the institutes. In order to obtain the faculty numbers for the NITs, we extrapolate the data obtained from the sample of five NITs. To estimate the total faculty we estimate the gross enrolment (based on the existing output and the growth rates) and consider a student to faculty ratio of 15:1

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It is clear that there would be a severe shortage of faculty under this scenario. Considering the retirement of existing faculty, the requirement for new faculty to meet the numbers given in Tables 4.10 are given in Tables 4.11. We have assumed that the student faculty ratios of 9:1 for the IITs and 15:1 for other institutions is maintained. The total additional faculty requirement of 1.85 lakhs indicates an average requirement of 17,000 new engineering faculty each year. This implies a growth of 10.6% per year in the faculty numbers. Of the existing approximately 75,000-80,000 engineering faculty in 2006, less than 10% would have PhDs (maybe about 5000). Hence there is a need for quality up gradation of existing faculty. Table 4.11 Additional faculty requirement under BAU Scenario IIT NIT Other Total 2012 1130 540 92300 93970 2017 3120 820 182100 184660

For the normative scenario, we consider a student to faculty ratio of 12:1 for the Tier 1 institutions, a student to faculty ratio of 15:1 for the Tier 2 institutions and 18:1 for other institutions. The net requirement for faculty is now 1.08 lakhs as shown in Table 4.12 or about 10,000 new engineering faculty per year (annual growth rate of 7%). However about 20% of this requirement is for Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions. The Tier 1 faculty growth has to be at 18% per year and Tier 2 at 16% per year. This is only possible if faculty jobs are made more attractive and the PhD initiative results in an increase in PhD output and quality.

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Table 4.12 Faculty numbers for normative scenario in 2017 Tier 1 Tier 2 Others Total 4.4.3 Incentivising Performance Several institutions are planning financial rewards for performance (e.g. cash incentives for international journal publications, payments for course loads above the average). These are being tried in several Asian countries. In most engineering colleges, there is no system of annual performance appraisals for the faculty. The performance is assessed only at the time of promotions viz from Assistant to Associate Professor and from Associate Professor to Professor. During the promotions, faculty candidates have to demonstrate their research output, teaching innovations to an external committee of experts. Apart from these assessments, there is no regular mechanism for performance assessment and feedback. The annual salary increases are independent of performance. This provides for significant academic flexibility for the faculty. However the overall output of the faculty can definitely be improved. There is a need to introduce systems of performance assessment and goal setting. Research groups and departments need to be reviewed at a regular frequency (once every five years), should set their future goals. Institutions should be encouraged to adopt transparent review processes that build on the existing strengths of the faculty and result in motivating faculty towards common goals. This should not be at the expense of the academic freedom and flexibility that exists in most of the quality Indian engineering institutions. A well-designed self-appraisal cum peer review system with positive and constructive intentions can be introduced. Faculty 12000 11200 147800 171000 Additional 10300 9500 88200 108200

4.4.4 National Engineering Faculty Initiative A critical constraint inhibiting the growth of the Engineering education system in India is the scarcity of quality faculty. Special initiatives are necessary to attract and train future faculty. Industry can help in this in setting up chair Professorships and providing adjunct and visiting faculty. At a feedback workshop held at Mumbai in May 31, 2008, it was

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suggested by industry representatives that industries could provide a top-up salary to faculty in engineering colleges in their region. (a) Chair Professorships These can be attractive endowments at different levels (Assistant Professor to Professor) providing incentives to attract good faculty in select areas relevant to specific industries. (b) Adjunct and Visiting Faculty Industry experts with an interest in teaching can be associated with engineering institutions in their regions and provide specific teaching and research inputs in their area of expertise. (c) Faculty Mentorships scheme A mentorship scheme should be launched with mentors chosen from established faculty in the IITs and IISc. In each discipline a virtual network of faculty in the area can be set up. Web based resources can be made available for supplementing classroom teaching. Annual meetings can be held where the latest developments in the field are presented. There should be a scheme that provides an opportunity for young faculty to spend a few months carrying out research on assisting in teaching / associating with a mentor faculty. (d) Research Sabbaticals for Industry There are several engineers in industry who have new ideas and creative thinking and may benefit by spending a few months in reputed engineering colleges on a Research Sabbatical. (e) Industry Sabbaticals for Faculty A provision for faculty to spend a few months in industry on an Industry sabbatical may help in providing a better understanding of real life problems and constraint and result in improved teaching and research.

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Strengthening Masters Programmes

Only a small percentage of the output from the IITs opts for the M.Tech programme (12%). A similar situation exists for the toppers from the NITs. In most leading engineering colleges, universities in the world this ranges from 10-40%. Along with the PhD initiative, special efforts are required to promote M.Tech/ME in India. The industry can help identify their specialized needs for post-graduate engineers.

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Industry linkages

A key factor in improving the engineering education in the country has to be a new model for industry academia partnerships. The following specific suggestions can help: a) Industrys recognition of the need for skilled post-graduates (M.Techs/PhDs) for research, development and design. b) Industry role in defining key research areas, potential research problems. c) Academia to be responsive to industrys future manpower and special training needs. During the industry feedback workshop in May 31, 2008, several industry representatives highlighted the high costs incurred in training fresh engineering graduates before they were equipped to handle the jobs they were recruited for. While engineering education is not intended to equip students for specific jobs, the basic skill set and analytical capabilities required for most of the engineering jobs should be provided. d) Sponsorships of M.Techs and PhDs with attractive fellowships. e) Establishment of research consortiums in different areas (e.g. automobile design, VLSI) of interest to industry groups to provide the long-range research thrust that would provide Indian industry a future competitive advantage. f) Encourage experienced industry engineers / managers to associate with engineering colleges as adjunct faculty / or as advisors and encourage experienced faculty to associate with industry in advisory / visiting. Though the interactions between academia and industry have improved in the last decade, there is significant scope for further improvement. g) Institute Industry meets Discipline specific open days (consisting of exhibitions, lectures, discussions) can be organised where industry professionals get an idea of the current courses offered, ongoing research and technology development and future plans. These exchanges can also provide useful feedback to the engineering departments.

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Strengthening Science Departments

Good engineering has to be based on fundamental understanding of the basic sciences. It is essential that good engineering colleges have strong science faculty. Vibrant science and mathematics research groups are a pre-requisite for good engineering research. In the workshop of policy makers and academics held in Delhi in August 2008, one of the key recommendations was the strengthening of science in the University system and an integration of science and engineering.

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Curriculum Reform

In view of the rapid changes in technology and the availability of information on the internet and the world wide web, it is essential that there is a strategy for modifying and altering engineering curriculum to cater to the needs of the industry and the interests of the students. At IIT Bombay the B.Tech curriculum was reviewed by the Biswas Committee [52] in 2007 and the structure revamped to provide more flexibility and choice to the students. Students have been given the option of an additional minor in another discipline for example a student in computer science can opt for a minor in energy engineering by registering for five additional courses (over the four year period) in the area of energy. One of the key challenges in engineering education is enthusing students in engineering. Ensuring that the curriculum is relevant to industrys needs and interesting is critical to achieve this.

4.9

Societal Linkages

It is important for our engineering community to contribute more meaningfully to the nations development. The choice of research problems that are relevant in the Indian context is important to realise this. The Indian science and engineering community also has a key responsibility in guiding the nations technology choices and providing directions to science and technology policy. The engineering institutions should play a role in educating the community on the impact of different technologies and alternative development paths. In order to develop sustainable futures, engineering colleges should attempt to educate schoolteachers and community leaders. There are several immediate challenges facing India power shortages, flooding, water shortages. In many cases there is a need for development for cost effective technologies based on Indias resources for example in the energy sector technologies for gasification of high ash, low sulphur coal (that occurs in India) and nuclear power cycles based on Thorium are India specific needs that are not technologies required for other countries. The linkage and commitment of engineering institutions to the nations development is essential before the engineering colleges can aspire to make a global impact. The history of development of most leading global institutions shows strong links to regional and national development.

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4.10 Periodic Review Mechanism

It is necessary to have a periodic review of all institutions including NITs, IITs. The review could be carried out every five years. Each institution should set its future goals and document its success/ failures. Individual departments/ groups also need to be reviewed. The mechanism /process of review needs to be discussed with the major stakeholders faculty, administrators, industry, government, students and alumni. Industry/ professional bodies should be involved in the review process. For institutions that are accredited the review process can be merged with the accreditation process. The review reports should be accessible to all stakeholders of the institution and there should be post-review discussions of implications/ changes actions taken.

4.11 Faculty Quality Improvement

The existing quality improvement programmes (QIP) need to be scaled up significantly. The total number of seats nationally available is about 180 for M.Tech and 180 for PhD. There are more than 50,000 engineering faculty without doctoral degrees. It is suggested that the QIP programmes be scaled up to at least 1000 QIP seats per year. These programmes are easily scaleable and will have a direct impact on the quality of engineering teachers. In addition to the enhanced M.Tech/ PhD schemes, it is suggested that a new QIP initiative be launched to improve the quality of engineering teaching. This scheme would involve mentorship by reputed faculty in the area of specialisation chosen. During the summer and winter vacation, focussed two week modules covering the providing recent advances in the field should be provided by the IITs/ identified institutions. Apart from this, discussions on methods of teaching the subject, course material etc. in a workshop mode would help. Distance education modules and web based course material would be a useful part of this QIP initiative. It is important to provide incentives for faculty to participate in this. The present interest of participants in QIP courses is very poor. Many participants are only interested in attending to obtain the certificate. The new QIP modules should include post-course evaluation and follow-up. Cash incentives, salary increments and links to promotions will help in inducing faculty to participate actively in these programmes.

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4.12 Continuing Education / Skill Up gradation of existing engineers in economy

There are a large number of practicing engineers in Indian industry. They need to be acquainted with the newest tools and techniques. Many engineering institutions offer continuing education modules for industry professionals. The requirements for continuing education and skill up gradation of industry needs to be identified by industry leaders, professional bodies in consultation with academic institutes. The importance of lifelong learning and professional development needs to be emphasized. Unfortunately, at present barring a few exceptions organizations do not take technical training/ continuing education seriously. Flexible continuing education modules drawn up in consultation with industry will be useful and will also build bridges for enhanced academic-industry interactions. Short-term residential courses can be supplemented with distance education and web based follow-up lectures. These will be taken seriously by the participants if they are given importance by the top management and considered in the employees future career growth.

4.13 Engineering Database

A database containing the key input and output parameters regarding engineering education should be maintained and be publicly available in the open domain (AICTE/MHRD websites). There is a need to have accurate data on the actual numbers of B.Tech/BE, M.Tech/ME and PhD degrees being awarded each year. All Engineering colleges and institutions should maintain key facts and data on their web-sites. Every year an annual report of the performance and trends of engineering institutions should be published. Most of the required information is already available for the different colleges as well as in the mandatory disclosures to AICTE. These need to be compiled and built up into a searchable database. The additional information may involve additional inputs from the colleges (e.g. publications, research output) or sample surveys employment, salaries of graduates. This recommendation is the easiest to implement and will result in better strategies and planning.

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4.14 Journals, Conferences and Academic Press

If India is to make its mark in science and engineering education and research, it is important that we encourage the nurturing of quality national and international journals and conferences. Most world-class universities have their own presses for special book and text publications. Some of the Tier 1 institutions should start their transaction series and also plan to set up an academic press.

4.15 Engineering Schools in Quality Universities

In India most of the engineering colleges are stand-alone and not integrated with science, arts, humanities, law, medicine to develop a multi- disciplinary university. Several of the leading engineering schools in the world are a part of a world-class university that has leading schools in other disciplines. Efforts should be made to develop at least a few Tier 1 Universities that have Tier 1 engineering colleges as well as Tier 1 colleges in other disciplines.

4.16 Administrative Structure

Major changes in the administrative structure of engineering colleges are required in order for them to meet the challenges of the future. A few suggestions are provided towards this: a) Effective decentralization and devolution of powers Engineering institutions would be larger in size to have a higher output and impact. Each department or unit should manage its own needs and should have operational flexibility within allocated budgets. b) Provision of quality administrators and managers The smooth operation of the institute and facilitation of teaching and research needs the creation of managerial posts whose salary is on par with industry salaries. c) Development of documented and transparent systems and procedures- These can be facilitated by online/ computer systems. d) Outsourcing of campus infrastructure and logistics to professional agencies

4.17 Strategy and Vision

There is a need for the industry, government and academia to formulate a strategy for engineering and science education in India. India has the potential to be a leading research and design hub in the world. We need to have a mechanism to identify important areas/ disciplines that should grow and develop policies and institutions that facilitate this. There needs to be a high level think tank that reviews the higher engineering and science educa-

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Appendix-I
4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 S A O

A1.1 Output, Enrolment and Sanctioned Intake for Delhi

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A1.2 Output, Enrolment and Sanctioned Intake for Haryana

A1.3: Sanctioned Strength, Enrolment and Output for Delhi and Haryana Delhi Haryana Year Sanctioned Enrolled Output Sanctioned Enrolled Output 1995 985 1104 844 880 895 582 1996 1067 1164 763 880 892 639 1997 1073 1192 858 3295 2603 616 1998 1245 1415 967 3295 2837 603 1999 2210 1973 921 5072 4654 962 2000 2605 2146 958 6725 5804 1053 2001 2605 2820 882 8285 5354 1734 2002 3472 2421 927 9485 6809 2719 2003 3968 3325 1420 10205 8367 1887 2004 4012 3471 1494 10205 8064 2174

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University wise of Number of candidates Admitted for 2005-06 (Source: Directorate of Technical Education Maharashtra, Report on Seat Distribution and Admission in Engineering, Pharmacy, Architecture, HMCT, MBA and MCA in the academic year 2005-2006) Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 University Dr. B.A.T.University SNDT University Mumbai University Pune University N M University Dr. B. A. M University S. R. T. M University Shivaji University Sanctioned Intake 390 180 12450 10985 3030 3384 870 4970 CAP Allotment 331 180 8037 8608 1658 1979 441 3419 2129 3606 30388 CAP Reporting 156 108 3585 4810 845 816 98 1588 1089 1661 14756 CAP Vacancy 175 72 4452 3798 813 1163 343 1831 1040 1945 15632 Institute level admission 223 72 8295 5938 1538 1662 369 3078 1660 3467 26302 Total Admitted 379 183 11877 10744 2367 2478 467 4670 2748 5503 41416 Vacancy 11 0 573 241 663 906 403 300 267 210 3574 % Admission 97.18 100 95.42 97.84 78.65 73.23 53.68 93.88 91.18 89.76 91.27

SGB Amravati 3015 University R TM Nagpur 5713 University Total 44987

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Table of t and F Statistics for regression of engineers per population and GDP per population for India. Regression Statistics Multiple R 0.909277081 R Square 0.82678481 Adjusted R Square 0.821197224 Standard Error 27.78418327 Observations 33 ANOVA df Regression Residual Total 1 31 32 Coefficients Intercept X Variable 1 Intercept X Variable 1 -68.2854418 0.096787495 Lower 95% -92.6838436 0.080559618 SS MS 114225.6083 114225.6083 23930.78604 771.9608398 138156.3943 Standard Error 11.96285414 0.00795674 Upper 95% 43.88704003 0.113015372 t Stat 5.708122913 12.16421548 Lower 95.0% 92.68384357 0.080559618 F 147.9681382 Significance F 2.45147E-13

P-value 2.82175E-06 2.45147E-13 Upper 95.0% -43.88704003 0.113015372

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A-5.1 Trend of Masters degree in engineering to million population for U.S.

A-5.2 Trend of Doctoral degree in engineering to million population for U.S. Source: http://www.engtrends.com/IEE/1004D.php

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Locations of Indian Institutes of Technology

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Director Deputy Director

Dean (Planning)

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Dean Faculty

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Registrar

Dean Resources Mobilisation

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Associate Dean Principal Investigators

Chairman Sports Council

Chairman Wardens Council Warden of the Students Hotels

Superintending Engineer Executive Engineers

Project Engineers & Scientists

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A-7.1 Organisation chart of IIT Bombay Source: http://www.iitb.ac.in/about/admin.html

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A-7.2 Organisation chart of IIT Delhi http://www.iitd.ernet.in/about/orgchart.html

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A-7.5 Organisation chart of Harvard University, USA http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/budget/factbook/current_facts/central_admin_org_chart_2.html

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A-7.6 Organisation chart of Oxford University, UK http://www.ox.ac.uk/aboutoxford/structure.shtml

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A-7.8 Organisation chart of Imperial College, UK http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/portal/pls/portallive/docs/1/7294705.PDF

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Placement Statistics of Few NITs A-9.1 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (Source: http://www.nitt.edu/home/students/facilitiesnservices/tp/) Percentage of placed students-UG Branch Architecture Comp. Sc.&Eng Chemical Civil E.C.E. E.E.E. I.C.E. Mechanical Metallurgy Production Overall-UG 2001-02 33.3 97.7 80 52.5 95.9 91.3 91.4 100 62.5 69.7 83.4 2002-03 20 100 100 94.6 95.5 100 97 100 81.8 86.3 93 2003-04 37.5 100 82.2 94 94.4 98 100 98 71.8 76.9 90.6 2004-05 100 100 94.4 93.5 98.4 100 100 100 97.1 95.7 98.1 2005-06 100 100 98 100 100 100 97.9 100 94.6 97.7 98.9

A-9.2 Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (Source: http://www.mnnit.ac.in/placements/place2007.htm) Statistics of Placement of B.Tech. students 2006-07* No. of No. of eligible students students placed 30 30 91 91 91 43 45 76 19 395 91 43 45 76 19 395 No. of eligible students 25 86 80 42 46 66 21 366 2005-06 No. of students placed 24 85 80 42 45 66 21 363

Disciplines Civil Engg. Comp. Sci.& Engg. Electronics and Comm. Engg. Electrical Engg. Information Technology Mechanical Engg. Production Engg. Total

% Placed 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

% Placed 96 99 100 100 98 100 100 99

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A-9.3 National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (Source : http://www.nitham.ac.in/TPO/record.htm) Placement Records of the students for last few years 2006 (Total No. of organizations visited = 46) No. of students in final year 48 32 46 41 30 23 Total: 1 2 3 4 5 Elect.& Comm. Engg. Comp. Sc. & Engg. Electrical Engg. Mechanical Engg. Civil Engg. Total: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Elect.& Comm. Engg. Comp. Sc. & Engg. Electrical Engg. Mechanical Engg. Civil Engg. Architecture Total: 220 43 34 44 36 31 188 43 28 44 39 33 12 199 No. of students placed through Placement Cell 42 30 35 38 27 23 195 20 18 16 26 13 93 34 24 32 37 25 3 155

S. No.

Discipline

Percentage of placement 87.5 93.75 76.09 92.68 90 100 88.64 43.51 52.94 36.36 72.22 41.94 49.46 79.06 85.71 72.73 94.87 75.76 25 77.89

1 2 3 4 5 6

Elect.& Comm. Engg. Comp. Sc. & Engg. Electrical Engg. Mechanical Engg. Civil Engg. Architecture

2004 (Total No. of organizations visited = 31)

2005 (Total No. of organizations visited = 34)

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Appendix-X
Percentage allotment of seats and vacant seats for B Tech in NITs Institute Name NIT Agartala NIT Allahabad NIT Bhopal NIT Calicut NIT Durgapur NIT Hamirpur NIT Jaipur NIT Jalandhar NIT Jamshedpur NIT Kurukshetra NIT Nagpur NIT Patna NIT Raipur NIT Rourkela NIT Silchar NIT Srinagar NIT Surat NIT Tiruchirappalli NIT Warangal NITK Surathkal Total Allotted (A) 333 523 592 515 493 293 472 470 375 523 432 350 556 412 285 384 438 493 471 474 8884 Vacant (V) 82 5 14 22 24 7 6 27 13 16 5 9 23 7 13 22 11 6 6 4 322 (A) + (V) 415 528 606 537 517 300 478 497 388 539 437 359 579 419 298 406 449 499 477 478 9206 Sanctioned 420 530 690 570 520 330 520 500 390 540 480 400 620 420 300 410 450 530 480 480 9580 % Allotment 79.29 98.68 85.80 90.35 94.81 88.79 90.77 94.00 96.15 96.85 90.00 87.50 89.68 98.10 95.00 93.66 97.33 93.02 98.13 98.75 92.73

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Appendix-XI
Scenarios This appendix presents the scenarios computed in the previous version of the report that was prepared in October 2007. At this point it was not clear when reservation for other backward classes would be implemented. Hence two business as usual scenarios are constructed (BAU 1 and BAU 2). At this point the new IITs were not considered. We construct the Business as Usual scenario (without reservation) BAU-1. In the BAU-2 scenario, it is assumed that the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) proposed by the Government will be implemented. As per the Government plan, the number of general category seats remains constant. The increased growth occurs by 2012. Subsequently the existing growth rates are taken to construct the 2017 output. The tables provided in this appendix correspond to the tables in Chapter 4 with the appropriate numbers. (viz. Table A-X4.1 corresponds to the earlier version of table 4.1 in Chapter 4).

Table A-X4.1: Annual Growth rates for different programmes Period 2001-2006 1996-2006 Values Graduates 20.3% 12.5% 12.5% Masters 7.5% 10% 7.5% PhD 6.1% 11.1% 6.1%

Table A-X4.2: Results of Scenario BAU-1 and BAU-2 BAU-1 (Without Reservation) Year 2006 2012 2017 2006 2012 2017 Population (Million) 1112 1223 1324 1112 1223 1324 GDP (000 crore) 2838000 4760000 7324000 2838000 4760000 7324000 Graduates 237400 481300 867400 237400 502700 901600 Masters Doctorates GDP/mPop E/mPop 19900 30700 44100 19900 38100 54700 1030 1465 1970 1030 1465 1970 2553 3893 5532 2553 3893 5532 214 394 655

BAU-2 (With Reservation) 214 411 681

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Table A-X4.3a Annual Growth rates for different programmes in IITs and IISc Year B. Tech M.Tech Engg PhD 2001-2006 1996-2006 Values 0.7 4.3 1.0 6.9 9.9 7.0 5.5 -0.1 5.5

Table A-X4.3b Annual Growth rates for different programmes in NITs

Year B.Tech/B.E. M.Tech/M.E.

2001-2006 1996-2006 Values

0.5% 1.9% 2.0%

0.1% 2.5% 2.5%

Table A-X4.4: Results of Scenario BAU-1 and BAU-2 for IITs and IISc BAU-1 for IITs and IISc (Without Reservation) Year 2006 2012 2017 2006 2012 2017 Graduates 2320 2460 2580 2320 2750 3860 Masters 3790 5690 7980 3790 7150 10030 Doctorates 430 590 780 430 590 780 TED 6540 8740 11340 6540 10490 14670

(BAU-2) for IITs and IISc (With Reservation)

Table A-X4.5: Share of IITs and IISc in BAU scenarios IITs and IISc Share (BAU1) Year 2006 2012 2017 2012 2017 Graduates 1.0 % 0.5 % Masters 19.0 % 18.5 % Doctorates 42.0 % 40.6 % 39.4 % 40.6 % 39.4 %

0.3 % 18.1 % IITs and IISc Share (BAU2) 0.5 % 0.4 % 18.8 % 18.3 %

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Table A-X4.6: Results of Scenario BAU-1 and BAU-2 for NITs BAU-1 for NITs (Without Reservation)
Year B.Tech/B.E. M.Tech/M.E.

2006 2012 2017 2012 2017

7000 7880 8700 8730 12630

1550 1670 1890 1850 2670

(BAU-2) for NITs With Reservation

Table A-X4.7: Share of NITs under BAU Scenarios (BAU-1) NITs Share Year 2006 2012 2017 2012 2017 Graduates 2.9% 1.6% 1.0% 1.7% 1.4% Masters 7.8% 5.4% 4.3% 4.9% 4.9%

(BAU-2) NITs Share

Table A-X4.8a: Total Faculty numbers BAU 1 Scenario IIT NIT Other Total 2006 2150 2220 75400 79500 2012 2940 2330 154000 159270 2017 3270 2570 233000 238840

Table A-X4.8b: Total Faculty numbers BAU 2 Scenario IIT NIT Other Total 2006 2150 2220 75400 79500 2012 3270 2580 167700 173550 2017 4290 3730 233000 241020

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Table A-X4.9a Additional faculty requirement under BAU 1 Scenario IIT NIT Other Total 2012 230 290 85000 85780 2017 750 820 173000 174800

Table A-X4.9b Additional faculty requirement under BAU 2 Scenario IIT NIT Other Total 2012 330 540 92300 93430 2017 1520 820 182100 184660

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