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    QUALITY OF

    ENGINEERS:

    IS IT

    DEGRADING?

    2015-

    16TE CIVILSECOND SHIFT

    BATCH 2

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    ANJUMAN-I-ISLAM KALSEKAR TECHNICAL CAMPUS, NEW

    PANVEL 

    REPORT WRITING ON

    QUALITY OF ENGINEERS - IS IT DEGRADING?

    DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

    SUBMITTED TO

    PROF.MARUF QADRI

    BY

    1. HUZAIFA KHAN 13CES21

    2. AYESHA MASTIM 13CES04

    3.TARANNUM SHAIKH 13CES01

    4. ATIQUE BARUDGAR 13CES11

    5. IRFAN QURESHI 13CES39

    6.SAYYED SAGEER 13CES47

    7.SHAHBAZ KHAN 13CES26

    8. QURESHI FAUWAZ 13CES40

    9.KHAN RIZWAN 13CES24

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    10. MD. ARIZ 13CES 32

    11. KHAN SAIF 13CES 23

    12. SHAIKH AZAZ 13CES49

    13. NAEEM JILANI 13CES34

    14. KHAN SALMAN 13CES25

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    DEDICATION LETTER

    THIS REPORT IS DEDICATED TO ALL

    THE UNEMPLOYED ENGINEERS AS A

    CONCERN.

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    FORWARDING LETTER

    We students of TECES Batch1&2 present

    this letter to our ECS Professor Maruf Sir. 

    We were given a project to write a report on

    the Degrading Qualities of Engineers. We all

    have contributed our best in preparing ameaningful and useful report.

    We have used many magazines and

    newspapers of different years to get the

    abstract for this report, as well as internet.

    We hope this report is beneficial for

    everyone.

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    PREFACE

    As a part of the education system being

    students, and to gain partial knowledgeabout the current educational practices we

    have prepared a report on “QUALITIES OF

    ENGINEERS:IS IT DEGRADING".The

     basic objective of this report is to know the

    root cause of degrading qualities of an

    engineer.

    In this report we have included various

    causes, the type of educational practices,

    tried to figure out the root cause, the ethicsof an engineer and its conclusion with

    solution.

    Doing this report project helped us to make

    our studies better, our way of seeing

    education changed,it helped us to build our

    selves as an engineer with ethics.

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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER

    “...the beauty of the destination is half veiled

    and the fragrance of success is half dull untilthe traces of those enlightening the path are

    left to fly with the wind spreading word of

    thankfulness...” 

    To prepare this report, we students had taken

    help of many teachers of our college as well

    as our fellow companions, by interviewing

    them. We would like thank them all to help

    us. We even thank our ECS teacher Maruf

    Sir to give such an opportunity to prepare areport which will help us in our upcoming

    future.

    Last but not least we thank the new

    inventions.

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    ABSTRACT

    Engineering education is expanding but

    quality engineers are not being produced.The report is based on the data of more than

    55, 00 engineers who graduated. The report

    goes deeper to identify the patterns in

    employability across different regions and

    kind of colleges, analyzing in detail the

    distribution of education pattern and

    employability. We have even focused on

    moral qualities of the then engineers and the

    engineers now. After over viewing the

    whole report we have ended up on

    conclusion with some solutions to the

     problem of degrading qualities of engineers.

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    Table of contents

    Dedication Letter................................................................iv

    Forwarding Letter...............................................................v

    Preface................................................................................vi

    Acknowledgement Letter..................................................vii

    Abstract..............................................................................viii

    Contents..............................................................................ix

    List of illustrations.............................................................xi

    Contents Page no.

    1.  Introduction 1

    1.1)  Purpose 1

    1.2)  Background 1

    1.3)  Methods of investigation 2

    1.4)  Scope 3

    2.  The Engineers before and the engineers now 4

    2.1) Previous state of an engineer 4

    2.2) Current state of engineer 6

    3.  Legal and ethics consideration in engineering 9

    3.1) Moral failure 9

    3.2) Corruption 12

    4.  Failure of educational system 14

    4.1)  Coaching classes 15

    4.2)  Indian engineering syllabus 17

    4.3)  Mathematics and communication is weak 18

    4.4) 

    Marks based study not skill based 21

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    4.5) 

    Lack of skill in teaching staff 23

    5.  Summary, conclusion, and recommendation

    5.1)  Summary 25

    5.2) 

    Conclusion 26

    5.3) 

    Recommendation 26

    6. 

    Glossary 29

    7. 

    References 30

    8. 

    Bibliography 31

    9. 

    Index 32

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    List of illustrations:

    Content Page No

    1. Fig 2.2: Is the quality of engineers degrading?  7 

    2. Fig3.1 Do you think lack of morals and 12

    ethics is a cause for degradationof engineers? 

    3. 

    Fig 4: Major Cause of degradation 14

    4. Fig 4.1 : Rise in Indian Coaching Industry 15

    5. Fig 4.3.1: How much would you rate level of mathematics

    and communication skills of upcoming engineers?

    19

    6. 

    Fig 4.3.2: Skills desired by employers 20

    7. 

    Fig 4.4.1 : Does scoring based learning affects

    The depth of knowledge of students? 21

    8.Fig 4.4.2 : Percentage of Ph.D. output to Graduate 23

    9. Fig 4.5: Which factor is affecting most from the

    Following 24 

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    1. Introduction

    An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering,

    concerned with applying scientific knowledge,

    mathematics, and ingenuity to develop solutions for

    technical, societal and commercial problems. Engineers

    design materials, structures, and systems while

    considering the limitations imposed by practicality,

    regulation, safety, and cost. The word engineer is derived

    from the Latin words ingeniare ("to contrive, devise")and ingenium ("cleverness").

    The work of engineers forms the link between scientific

    discoveries and their subsequent applications to human needs

    and quality of life.1.1 Purpose

    The purpose of this report is to investigate the rise in the

    degradation of quality of the engineer. This report will also

    recommend the preventive measures for the unemployment

    and degradation of engineers.

    1.2 Background

    Engineers have significantly higher starting salaries than do

    college graduates with bachelor's degrees in many other

    fields. After 4 years of college, an engineer could be making

    ₹20,00,000 to ₹30,00,000 a year. And society will always

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    need people, like engineers, who solve problems and come up

    with new ways of thinking about and doing things.

    But now scenario has dramatically changed there is a false

     perception in the society that if one does engineering he/she is

    a brilliant student and that it is easy to get a job with a fat

    salary. It is this perception that makes many students opt for

    engineering. Some know about this even before joining an

    engineering college but they do not dare to take a decisionopposite to custom. Towards the end of the course students

    come to realize the reality and end up accepting any offer that

    they get, be it a less-paying job in the same field of study, a

     job in a totally different field, or decide to study further just to

    escape social and peer pressure. Problem also lies in the fact

    that the quality of engineering education has dropped. The

     National Employability Report, Engineering Graduates - 2014

     by Aspiring Minds says that less than one out of four

    engineering graduates are employable.

    In India, engineering colleges are springing up like wild

    mushroom in last few years. Their number has gone up from a

    not too modest 1,511 colleges in 2006-07 to an

    astoundingly high 3,345 in 2014-15. The state of Andhra

    Pradesh alone has more than 700 colleges.

    1.3 Methods of investigation

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    Questionnaires were issued to100 people from 6 educational

    institute on 25 Sept 2015. Three engineers who were

    unemployed were also interviewed to get in-depth views.

    References were also made to the newspapers articles and

     books.

    1.4 Scope

    Besides pointing the causes of the degradation &

    unemployment, this report recommends the initiatives to be

    taken in education system to enhance the skill based teaching.

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    2. The engineers before and the

    engineers now.

    2.1 Previous state of Engineers:

    Engineers are responsible for some of the greatest inventions

    and technology the world depends on. Everything from space

    shuttles to air conditioning systems to bridges requires the

    work of an engineer. To be successful in the field of

    engineering, they possess certain qualities. Some of those topqualities include:

    1. Possesses a strong Analytical Aptitude: Then engineer has

    excellent analytical skills and is continually examining things

    and thinking of ways to help things work better. They are

    naturally inquisitive.

    2. Shows an Attention to Detail: Then engineer pays

    meticulous attention to detail. The slightest error can cause an

    entire structure to fail, so every detail must be reviewed

    thoroughly during the course of completing a project.

    3. Has Excellent Communication skills: Then engineer has

    great communication skills. They can translate complextechnical lingo into plain English and also communicate

    verbally with clients and other engineers working together on

    a project.

    4. Takes part in continuing education: Then engineer stays on

    top of developments in the industry. Changes in the

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    technology happen rapidly, and the most successful engineers

    keep abreast of new research and ideas.

    5. Is Creative: they used to be creative and can think of newand innovative ways to develop new systems and make

    existing things work more efficiently.

    6. Shows an ability to think logically: they has a top notch

    logical skills. They are able to make sense of complex

    systems and understand how things work and how problems

    arise.

    7. Mathematically inclined: They have excellent math skills.

    Engineering is an intricate science that involves complex

    calculations of varying difficulty.

    8. Has good problem solving skills: They have sharp problem

    solving skills. An engineer is frequently called upon solely to

    address problems, and they must be able to figure out where

    the problems stems from and quickly develop a solution.

    9. Team player: They used to understand that they are a part

    of a larger team working together to make one project come

    together successfully, and therefore, must work well as part of

    that team.

    10. Has excellent Technical Knowledge: They used to have

    vast amount of technical knowledge. They understand a

    variety of computer programs and other systems that are

    commonly used during an engineering project.

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    2.2 Current state of Engineers:

    Today’s engineers are pr oduced in masses due to availabilityof opportunities in private colleges and they lack in skills and

    morals. These mass produced engineers are responsible for

    unemployment in the country. Since companies are recruiting

    engineers based on their academics and skills these engineers

    are good in academics but lack in skills results in rejection in

    interview of job placement.There are some of the key findings by New Delhi-based

    employability Solutions Company, on skills, gender,

    locations, and institutions. The report is based on a sample of

    more than 520 engineering colleges across India. India has

    6,214 engineering and technology institutions with 2.9 million

    students enrolled, and according to the Ministry of HumanResource Development.

    Engineers are not developed to their full potential,

    according to a study by Towers Watson and the institution of

    Mechanical Engineers (IME).

    Towers Watson director of organisational surveys and

    insights Yves Duhaldeborde said the development need of

    skilled engineers had been “neglected”. 

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    Fig 2.2 : Is the quality of engineers degrading?

    The most problematic demographic is engineers in theirthirties, typically with line management responsibilities.

    According to the research, these employees are less engaged;

    45% believe there are substantial obstacles to doing their job

    well’ compared to 35% of twenty-year olds.

    The IME’s head of commercial development Alastair

    Barr said: “We needs to give serious thought as an industry to

    how we equip people with not only the core engineering skills

    required in today’s economy but also the people skills that

    allows us to drive up the productivity as a whole”.

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    There is a real concern within the engineering profession that

    an increasing number of higher-education staff teaching

    engineering have no industry knowledge or experience.

    Part of the problem is that teaching posts are filled by

    new graduates as a means of funding further study. ‘There is a

    real concern within the engineering profession that an

    increasing number of higher-education staff teaching

    engineering have no industry knowledge or experience. Many

    engineering graduates that choose to continue their higher

    education studies and research activities full time have no

    option other than to accept teaching posts to fund their

    academic careers. ‘Hence some higher education staff have no

    interest in teaching and this manifests itself in a poor learning

    experience for students.

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    3. Legal and ethical consideration in

    engineering.

    Codes of engineering ethics identify a specific

     precedence with respect to the engineer's consideration for

    the public, clients, employers, and the profession. Many

    engineering professional societies have prepared codes of

    ethics. Some date to the early decades of the twentieth

    century. These have been incorporated to a greater or lesser

    degree into the regulatory laws of several jurisdictions. While

    these statements of general principles served as a guide,

    engineers still require sound judgment to interpret how the

    code would apply to specific circumstances. The general

     principles of the codes of ethics are largely similar across the

    various engineering societies and chartering authorities of the

    world, which further extend the code and publish specificguidance. 

    The word ethics has different meanings but they are

    correspondingly related to each other. In connection with that,

    engineering ethics has also various senses which are related to

    one another. It aims at knowing moral values

    related to engineering, finding

    accurate solutions to the moral problems in engineering and

     justifying moral judgments of engineering. Engineering ethics

    give a view of moral problems and how to

    solve these issues specifically related to engineering field.

    3.1 MORAL FAILURES:

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    There are so many engineering disasters which are greater / he

    avier than the

    level of acceptable or tolerable risk. Therefore, for finding and

     avoiding such cases such

    as nuclear plant accident at Chernobyl (Russia), Chemical pla

    nt at Bhopal (India) where

    a big disaster of gas leakage, occurred in 1980, which caused

    many fatal accidents. In

    the same way, oil spills from some oil extraction plants (the E

    xxon Valdez plant),hazardous waste, pollution and other related services, natural disasters like floods, earthquake and dang

    er from using asbestos and plastics are some more cases for en

    gineering

    disasters. These fields should be given awareness of engineeri

    ng ethics. Hence, it is

    essential for engineers to get awareness on the above said disasters. They should also

    know the importance of the system of engineering.

    When malfunction of the system is a rapid one, the disaster wi

    ll be in greater extent and can be noticed immediately. When t

    hey ate slow and unobserved, the impact

    is delayed. So, the engineers should not ignore about the funct

    ions of these systems.

    These cases also explain and make the engineers to be familia

    r with the outline

    of the case in future and also about their related ethical issues.

    •  Any product or project has to undergo various stages suc

    h as planning, idea,

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    design and manufacturing which is followed by testing, s

    ales and services

    • 

    This has to be done by engineers of various branches like Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical etc.

    •  These engineers may be grouped together as a team or th

    ey may be separated from

    each other with an interconnection or co-ordination.

    • 

    Despite

    of the engineers’ full attention and care, sometimes the

     product or project may be unsafe or less useful.

    •  This may be due to some reasons

    1) The product or project

    may be designed for early obsolescence or

    2)due to under pressure because of running

    out of time, budgetary etc or

    3) by ignorance on the size of the project.

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    Fig3.1 : Do you think lack of morals and ethics is a cause for

    degradation of engineers? 

    3.2 CORUPTION:

    Parties involved with construction and engineering projects

    are especially vulnerable for a number of reasons including:

    High risk Jurisdictions:Many major construction and

    engineering projects are carried out in high risk

     jurisdictions.

    Limited regulation:The temptation for parties to engage in

     bribery and corruption is inevitably greater where there is a

     perception that the risk of being detected and penalised is

    relatively low.

    Limited competition:The pool of parties with the capacity

    to carry out and complete the larger and more complicated

     projects is often quite limited. Over time, parties will

    develop relationships with key decision-makers in the

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     procurement process. This may present a further

    inducement to become involved in bribery and corruption.

    Ease of concealment:The significant scale of many projectsmakes it easier to conceal bribery and corruption. Large

    sums of money transferring through complicated structures

    and supply chains can provide cover for unlawful activity.

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    4. FAILURE OF EDUCATION SYSTEM

    •  Indian engineering institutes are divided into

    (i) Indian institute of technology IITS which are of

    national importance.

    (ii) National institute of technology NIITS

    (iii) Central, State, Deemed and Private university.

    • 

    All universities (except iit&niits ) are governed bycentral authority - AICTE.

    Fig 4: Major Cause of degradation.

    • 

    India has large chunk of engineering institute in every

    nook of the country above 10,000 institute.

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    SYSTEM

    LACK OF

    STUDENTS'

    INTREST

    LACK OF TEACHERS'

    KNOWLEDGE

    ALL OF THE ABOVE

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    •  With the growing pace of technology, India is also

    trying to keep up in the race of technological

    development.

    • 

    But yet India has not able to produce a institute, which

    can be included in top 150.

    4.1 COACHING CLASSES: 

    •  The industry (private coachings) is booming and

    estimated to be about Rs 5,000 crore (and growing

    annually at 20 percent)!

    Fig4.1 :Rise in Indian Coaching Industry

    •  Indias biggest IT firm “Infosys” chairman N R Narayana Murthy had said that the quality of

    students entering IITs is degrading year after year

    due to coaching classes. Coaching classes teach

    aspirants limited sets of problems, out of which a

    few are asked in the examinations.

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    •  The classes enables students to spoon feed and teach

    them tricks to beat exams.

    • 

    In coaching classes forget about real knowledge or evendeveloping any mental abilities (besides memory)  –   it’s

    the marks that count thus it enhances marks based study

    and due to students attending coaching classes in cities,

    the interest of school teachers to impart knowledge to

    students has now started dipping gradually.

    •  why they are increasing ?-

    (1) it is our education system which is to blame since it

    weighs the students’ standings on the  brilliance of his

    score-card, practical exams are given a sufficiently lowweightage as compared to theory . 

    (2) Professors inthese classes teach a single concept in

    many different classes. Hence they virtually have it at the

    tips of their tongues. Repetition of the same concept in

    the nth class having more or less the same kind of students

    requires no genius. Yet, they represent youth,liveliness and energy since most of them are recent

    graduates. Students admire them even beyond their academic

    connections. 

    (3) Due to absence of the professor or lack of completion

    of syllabus also forced students to join classes.

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    4.2 INDIAN ENGINEERING SYLLABUS:

    • 

    The syllabus itself is very old and nobody is taking pains

    to change or modify them.

    • 

    The board which is responsible for preparing the syllabus

    is headed by oldies who are not in pace with latest trend

    or they are not so specialized to take any action. Recently

    there was news that vice chancellor of Mumbai

    university has not proper qualification and he is heading

    a big system.

    • 

    In India normally any new technology or analysis

    method in syllabus is generally adopted after 15 to 20

    years later, take example of limit state method in DRSS

    ,according to which structures were started constructing

    in around 1992, but it was included in 2012 MU syllabus.

    Indian universities syllabus are unable to run parallel to

    IT or industrial sector.

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    •   Not many structural changes have taken place in the

    curriculum even though rapid developments have been

    taking place continuously in the fields of science and

    technology.

    4.3 Mathematics and communication is weak  •  Acc. to TOI only 18% engineering graduates are

    employable, following numbers tells the truth:- Chennai,

    home to Anna University, one of the largest universities

    in India with about 400 colleges affiliated to it, has an

    employability rate of an awful 1%. Even the state with

    the highest employability percentage, Delhi, is only at13%. Bangalore, the so called ‘silicon valley of India’ is

    at a staggering 3.2%.

    •  Of the 1.2 lakh candidates surveyed across multiple

    states, 91.82% lack programming and algorithm skills,

    71.23% lack soft and cognitive skills, 60% lack domain

    skills, 73.63% lack English speaking and comprehension

    skills and 57.96% have poor analytical and quantitative

    skills.

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    Fig 4.3.1:How much would you rate level of mathematics and

    communication skills of upcoming engineers ? 

    •  The low employability among engineering graduates is

    a cumulative outcome of poor education standards and

    higher demand of skilled employees.

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    POOR AVERAGE GOOD EXCELENT

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    Fig 4.3.2: Skills desired by employers.

    •  There is lack of proper planning, appropriate guidelines,

    and corrective measures while sanctioning new

    institutions and disciplines. Thus a large number of

    institutions are being established taking only profit into

    consideration and with little emphasis on quality of

    education.

    • 

    In most of the engineering institutions the coursecurriculum is, by and large, theoretical in nature and

    students are not made aware of the applications of the

    theories in industry. 

    • 

    to enhance the skills in engineers, we can follow

    embedded model:-

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    the Embedded Model incorporates the soft skills in

    the teaching and learning activities across the

    curriculum. This model does not require students to

    choose additional courses because soft skills become

    the part of the learning outcomes of the respective

    courses. It includes activities like questioning, class

    discussion, brain storming, team work, presentation,

    role play, project, field work and site visits.

    4.4MARKS BASED STUDY NOT RESEARCH

    OR INNOVATION BASED:

    Fig4.4.1 :Does scoring based learning affects the depth of

    knowledge of students? 

    •  Cramming the things before exam and spitting it out on

    examination paper is what current educational system is

    teaching.

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    YES NO DEPENDS UPON STUDENT

    TO STUDENT

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    •  Our Indian education system is a closed classroom

    approach. The teacher comes, starts pouring in

    information. Students are seated all facing the teacher,

    taking notes, absorbing information as much as they can.

    Study and write the exams. Pass. Get a degree. This may

     be makes us good at technical abilities, but does not

    make us thinkers.

    • 

    The assignments given quite often are routine and do not

    involve any research or innovation.

    •  The approach to the engineering curriculum in our

    country emphasises rote learning. The same set of

    questions is asked year after year. If your memorisation

    skills are good, you may cram and score well.

    • 

    Our engineering students after passing four years in

    college are not able to make up their mind of research

    oriented, this can be clarified by following statistics:-

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    Fig4.4.2 :Percentage of Ph.D. output to Graduate Engineers

    Output

    4.5 LACK OF SKILLS IN TEACHING STAFF: 

    • 

    One of the most important factors is the lack of goodteachers. Professors should be expected to publish and be

    actively involved in research. There are several colleges

    in which students who graduate join as lecturers’ right

    after graduation. This will only create more and more

    incompetent students leading to lower standards in the

    future.

    •  The rapid growth of engineering institutions not only has

    led to surplus numbers of engineering graduates, but also

    a dramatic shortage in qualified faculty. According to a

    study cited in the Rao report, an additional 10,000

    doctorate holders will be needed by 2008 (report was

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    issued in 2003) to adequately staff engineering faculties

    across the country. 

    • 

    The extra teaching load on professors in all has led themto restrict to do research work or write technical paper

    which results in further development of their knowledge.

    Fig4.5 :Which factor is affecting most from the following? 

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    CORRUPTION COACHING

    CLASSES

    BASICS ARE WEAK NONE OF THESE

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    5. Summary, Conclusion &

    Recommendations

    5.1 Summary

    • 

    Engineers are not developed to their full potential,

    according to a study by Towers Watson and the

    institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME).

    •  There is a real concern within the engineering profession

    that an increasing number of higher-education staff

    teaching engineering have no industry knowledge or

    experience.

    • 

    The coaching classes enables students to spoon feed andteach them tricks to beat exams therefore required skills

    lack in students. 

    • 

    Due to absence of the professor or lack of completion of

    syllabus also forced students to join classes.

    •  Our engineering students after passing four years in

    college are not able to make up their mind of researchoriented.

    •  The low employability among engineering graduates is a

    cumulative outcome of poor education standards andhigher demand of skilled employees.

    • 

    One of the most important factors is the lack of good

    teachers. Professors should be expected to publish and be

    actively involved in research.

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    •  Our Indian education system is a closed classroomapproach. The teacher comes, starts pouring in

    information. Students are seated all facing the teacher,

    taking notes, absorbing information as much as they can.Study and write the exams. Pass. Get a degree. This may

     be makes us good at technical abilities, but does not

    make us thinkers.

    5.2 Conclusion

    After referring so many papers and interviewing people our

    team has concluded that, the major lagging is in the

    education system. The students are running for scores but

    they are lacking in skills, the syllabus is not updated with

    the modern and latest technologies and methods

    etc.Absence of the professor or lack of completion of

    syllabus also forced students to join classes.

    Besides this the students are lacking in morals which is a

     big issue.

    5.3 Recommendation

    • 

    Industries should be ready to take on some students for

    some part time work. Could be short duration of time,

    may be 10 hours a week. This will help student learn

    discipline, working in team, meeting the deadlines, and

    to start thinking how to work on your own stuff.

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    •  Some lectures every semester should be given by people

    working in the industry and not who is a full time

    lecturer. This brings in a more practical approach

    towards the subject being taught rather than just

    theoretical.

    • 

    Choice of doing their graduate thesis in a industry.

    This is really helpful as companies would not need totrain the students for 6-12 months. They can use the

    thesis to get them ready and can directly put them in

    related projects. The student gets freedom to research

    and learn on the topic, and becomes a near expert in

    the time. This is the way how most students in Europe

    get their first job. And, they are productive in a few

    months if not the very first day.

    • 

    If India aims to become more competitive in research

    outcomes, the number of PhD students and faculty with

    PhDs needs to be raised. Given that the majority of

    faculty members have only a master’s degree, providing

    them an opportunity to upgrade their degrees to PhDs

    might be a realistic option for improvement over the

    short to medium term while the government tries to

    increase the number of PhD students coming out of the

    system.

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    •  Attract good students to the PhD programme. How canthis be achieved?

    i) Increase the PhD fellowship amount

    ii) Involve industry to sponsor special doctorialfellowships.

    iii) Special outreach / publicity to potential students.

    • 

    The real challenge before the teaching community is

     positioning ourselves as a neutral ambassadors in

     providing necessary inputs on the employability of the

    students through scientifically designed curriculum and

    assessments to meet the demands multi nation companies

    in today’ scenario. 

    •  If India is to make its mark in science and engineering

    education and research, it is importantthat we encourage the nurturing of quality national and

    international journals andconferences. 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 alsoplan to set up anacademic press.

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    Glossary 

    Cognitive skills  : It refers to gain meaning and knowledge

      from experience and information.

    Contrive : To invent, to make devices; to form designs

    especially by improvisation. 

    Perception : Conscious understanding of something.

    Lingo : Language, especially language peculiar

    to a particular group or region; jargon or

    dialect.

    Incorporated  : A type of company, a legal entity where the

    ownership has been arranged into shares. A shareholder has

    no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of

    the shareholder ted to the value of the stock turning to zero in

    the case of a bankruptcy.

    Deemed university  : is a status of autonomy granted by the

    department of Higher Education in the union Human

    Resource Development ministry, on the advice of the UGC,

    under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956. The status allows fullautonomy in courses, syllabus, and fees.

    Valdez  : A city in Alaska.

    Thesis :A long essay or dissertation involving

     personal research, written by a candidate

    for a university degree. 

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    References

    o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer

    o http://www.cengage.com/bcomm/book_content/

    0324375530_lehman/model_documents/good_e

    xample_long_report.pdf

    o https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-reason-lots-

    of-engineering-students-cant-get-a-good-job-in-

    India

    o http://m.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-

    show-1-career-whats-ailing-indias-engineering-

    education/20120912.htm&ei=bZoUpUQg&lc=e

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    IN&s=1&m=640&ts=1442287031&sig=APON

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    o http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2015/08/employa

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    BIBILOGRAPHY

    1.AUTHOR NAME- BATCH 2 TE CIVIL2 STUDENTS.

    2. TITLE OF PUBLICATION- QUALITY OF ENGINEERS-

     IS IT DEGRADING.

    3.DATE OF PUBLICATION- 10 0CTOBER,2015.

    4.PLACE OF PUBLICATION- AIKTC

    5.SOURCE OF INFORMATION-INTERNET.

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    INDEX

    A

    AICTE,13

    Assignment,21

    Analytical,17

    C

    Communication skill,4

    Code,9

    Coaching industry,14

    D

    DRSS,17

    E

    Embedded model,20

    Employable,17, 25

    Engineering disaster,10

    Ethics,9

    I

    IITS,13 ,15

    Indian engineering institute,14

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    Indian universities,17

    Industries,26

    Infosys,15

    J

    Jurisdiction,9 ,12,

    M

    MU Syllabus,17

    P

    Phd,22 ,26,

    Q

    Qualified faculty,23

    Quality of enginners,4

    R

    Research,21

    TTeaching staff,8

    Technical knowedge,13

    Vice chancellor 16