Private engineering colleges started blooming in the 1990s of this modern era. Initially it proved to be the boon for the developing country- India. It provided just the right kind of opportunity that our country was in need of a couple of decades back. Initially there used to be only a handful of engineering colleges across the entire country. Only a select few students who were very bright in academics could clear the entrance test that were conducted by the various colleges that were functional in the early part of the 90s. The colleges that were there were of real high standards academically and produced brilliant students throughout. The IITs were there and so were the Regional Engineering colleges or the RE colleges in short. In early 2000 i.e around 2001 these RE colleges were made autonomous institutes and were subsequently named as the National Institute of Technology(NIT). Right now there are 20 NITs in 20 different states of India. Besides The IITs and NITs there were other central and state govt funded institutes like the Jadavpur University, BESU, Indian Institutes of Information Technology(IIIT), Delhi Engineering college, Indian School of Mines Dhanbad , Banaras Hindu University and few more. Along with them there were some private institutes too like BITS Pilani and some others along with it. These colleges produced quality and meritorious students who really were worthy of the engineering degree that they earned after a hard work of 4 long years.
The Bloom of private engineering college started in the Early 1990s. It was the time when India was going through a transition of sorts. The Economic condition of India was taking a turn for the good. Rajiv Gandhi introduced the computer education in India and suddenly everybody realised the true potential and the need for computers in the coming future. So the rise of Private Engineering colleges was welcomed with whole heart as it was the need of the hour. More and more deserving students who could not clear the tough entrance test that were conducted by the premier colleges,easily cracked the entrance test conducted by the private colleges. Parents and families who were decent earners had enough money to fund for their children's engineering course in a non-government college. It had many positive changes in our society in particular and India in general. Students who found it tough to think about pursuing engineering started dreaming about them and prepared to be an engineer. They studied meticulously in their plus 2 level and therefore had a very solid foundation of the basics of science and the kind of preliminary mathematical skills required for one to study engineering. The whole education system changed. During this time we saw many breakthroughs in our country. Slowly but surely studying to be an engineer become a treand among the science students of our country.
South India has the highest rate of literacy among them- Kerela being the pioneer among the with almost cent percent literacy. So it wasn't a surprise when the bloom of private engineering college started from the southern states of our motherland. Chennai and Bangalore were the epicenters of the private college. The colleges that were initially established were set up with a goal in mind. The founders/directors/chairman of the colleges formed a college because they seriously wanted to impart quality education in the country. Of course business was definitely the main purpose behind opening an engineering college but it was not the sole purpose. They founders had a vision and wanted to do some good for the country through a viable and feasible means.Slowly every science pass outs were aiming to get into some kind of engineering college or the other.The engineering degree not only gave them a lucrative career and fair amount of money but it also helped then climb through the ladder of the society. An engineer used to a highly dignified person in any king of society of our country. Parents used to proudly flaunt their sons/daughters to the friends and families. An engineer from IIT or from Some Private College didn't matter much then.
Since there were not many colleges in India apart from the south, Students started flocking to the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerela to study Engineering. There used to be huge rush from the states of Bihar and UP to the south. Gradually more and more Colleges started coming up to meet with the increasing demand for an Engineering Degree. People who had money saw the potential of money making from this. Everybody who had money started pondering that engineering college can provide them some easy bucks. Everybody wanted to become millionaires overnight. As a result of this with the advent of new millennium private Engineering colleges started blossoming here and there. Each and every state witnessed construction of more and more colleges. More and more students started becoming engineers in India. Private banks came into the party and saw their chance to make money. They came up with a brilliant idea- Study Loan. Poor Students? Who gives damn. Come to us and we are more than happy to fund your education. Once a student completed their study and started earning they repaid their loan with some definite amount of interests as applicable. By the mid of last decade almost all the states had enough colleges to accommodate their own students. The number of engineering colleges, meanwhile kept on increasing. Mafias, Local Traders, Transporters and even Sweet shop sellers had their own engineering college!!!
But then came the eye opener that shattered the scene of engineering education in India. Recession badly hit the global market in 2008 with the collapse of Lehmann Brothers. The wall street was severely hit and so was India. The software market was the worst victim. Software professional were sacked in thousands of numbers. People who were on holidays were asked to be on holidays and only return when asked too. After the recession period campus placements- that drags the most of the students any any college- went for a toss. Seats in engineering college started going vacant. People realised that after spending so much of money if there is no job guarantee then why should one go for engineering, specially in a private college. College owners stated facing huge losses. So the trend of selling colleges became. If reports are to be believed then a full functional college is sold to a different owner for cheap prices in Delhi and some cities of south India.How much can the situation deteriorate. In the entire process nobody cared a fig about the students.
But then there is a flip side to the story. With the growing number of colleges in India the supply gradually started outnumbering the demand. The colleges were built without any rational thinking because every body wanted money. So obviously the quality of education dropped shapely. Incompetent lectures and professors started teaching the students. And since the owners were anything but educationist or visionaries, their colleges too were of poor standards. Monet started doing all the talking. Bribes were paid from lower most level to the top to build a college. Even AICTE officials were paid money to give a go ahead to their college. How can someone so easily compromise on the future of students for some cheap money? The end result was nothing but a joke to the degree of Engineering. The students that are passing out from 2nd to 3rd grade
Colleges are hardly engineers(4th,5th and 6th Grade Colleges are there!!!).
MM Pallam Raju ,the HRD minister of our country recently said that of all the Engineering graduated that pass out from our college only 30% of them are industry ready and of the remaining lot 10-15% are trainable. Can the situation become more terrifying. Of course not.
Today the total number of private Engineering colleges in India is more than 3500. Every year more than 8 lakh student take admission in engineering courses. The number of private Engineering colleges in India is so high that many seats remain empty in some colleges.
New Engineering colleges are opening at fast rate in India. The main purpose of these Private college is to earn lots of money in the form of high fee and donations.
Almost 90% of these colleges are unable to provide quality education.
Should this be the quality of Engineering in our Country ?
The Bloom of private engineering college started in the Early 1990s. It was the time when India was going through a transition of sorts. The Economic condition of India was taking a turn for the good. Rajiv Gandhi introduced the computer education in India and suddenly everybody realised the true potential and the need for computers in the coming future. So the rise of Private Engineering colleges was welcomed with whole heart as it was the need of the hour. More and more deserving students who could not clear the tough entrance test that were conducted by the premier colleges,easily cracked the entrance test conducted by the private colleges. Parents and families who were decent earners had enough money to fund for their children's engineering course in a non-government college. It had many positive changes in our society in particular and India in general. Students who found it tough to think about pursuing engineering started dreaming about them and prepared to be an engineer. They studied meticulously in their plus 2 level and therefore had a very solid foundation of the basics of science and the kind of preliminary mathematical skills required for one to study engineering. The whole education system changed. During this time we saw many breakthroughs in our country. Slowly but surely studying to be an engineer become a treand among the science students of our country.
South India has the highest rate of literacy among them- Kerela being the pioneer among the with almost cent percent literacy. So it wasn't a surprise when the bloom of private engineering college started from the southern states of our motherland. Chennai and Bangalore were the epicenters of the private college. The colleges that were initially established were set up with a goal in mind. The founders/directors/chairman of the colleges formed a college because they seriously wanted to impart quality education in the country. Of course business was definitely the main purpose behind opening an engineering college but it was not the sole purpose. They founders had a vision and wanted to do some good for the country through a viable and feasible means.Slowly every science pass outs were aiming to get into some kind of engineering college or the other.The engineering degree not only gave them a lucrative career and fair amount of money but it also helped then climb through the ladder of the society. An engineer used to a highly dignified person in any king of society of our country. Parents used to proudly flaunt their sons/daughters to the friends and families. An engineer from IIT or from Some Private College didn't matter much then.
Since there were not many colleges in India apart from the south, Students started flocking to the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerela to study Engineering. There used to be huge rush from the states of Bihar and UP to the south. Gradually more and more Colleges started coming up to meet with the increasing demand for an Engineering Degree. People who had money saw the potential of money making from this. Everybody who had money started pondering that engineering college can provide them some easy bucks. Everybody wanted to become millionaires overnight. As a result of this with the advent of new millennium private Engineering colleges started blossoming here and there. Each and every state witnessed construction of more and more colleges. More and more students started becoming engineers in India. Private banks came into the party and saw their chance to make money. They came up with a brilliant idea- Study Loan. Poor Students? Who gives damn. Come to us and we are more than happy to fund your education. Once a student completed their study and started earning they repaid their loan with some definite amount of interests as applicable. By the mid of last decade almost all the states had enough colleges to accommodate their own students. The number of engineering colleges, meanwhile kept on increasing. Mafias, Local Traders, Transporters and even Sweet shop sellers had their own engineering college!!!
But then came the eye opener that shattered the scene of engineering education in India. Recession badly hit the global market in 2008 with the collapse of Lehmann Brothers. The wall street was severely hit and so was India. The software market was the worst victim. Software professional were sacked in thousands of numbers. People who were on holidays were asked to be on holidays and only return when asked too. After the recession period campus placements- that drags the most of the students any any college- went for a toss. Seats in engineering college started going vacant. People realised that after spending so much of money if there is no job guarantee then why should one go for engineering, specially in a private college. College owners stated facing huge losses. So the trend of selling colleges became. If reports are to be believed then a full functional college is sold to a different owner for cheap prices in Delhi and some cities of south India.How much can the situation deteriorate. In the entire process nobody cared a fig about the students.
But then there is a flip side to the story. With the growing number of colleges in India the supply gradually started outnumbering the demand. The colleges were built without any rational thinking because every body wanted money. So obviously the quality of education dropped shapely. Incompetent lectures and professors started teaching the students. And since the owners were anything but educationist or visionaries, their colleges too were of poor standards. Monet started doing all the talking. Bribes were paid from lower most level to the top to build a college. Even AICTE officials were paid money to give a go ahead to their college. How can someone so easily compromise on the future of students for some cheap money? The end result was nothing but a joke to the degree of Engineering. The students that are passing out from 2nd to 3rd grade
Colleges are hardly engineers(4th,5th and 6th Grade Colleges are there!!!).
MM Pallam Raju ,the HRD minister of our country recently said that of all the Engineering graduated that pass out from our college only 30% of them are industry ready and of the remaining lot 10-15% are trainable. Can the situation become more terrifying. Of course not.
Today the total number of private Engineering colleges in India is more than 3500. Every year more than 8 lakh student take admission in engineering courses. The number of private Engineering colleges in India is so high that many seats remain empty in some colleges.
New Engineering colleges are opening at fast rate in India. The main purpose of these Private college is to earn lots of money in the form of high fee and donations.
Almost 90% of these colleges are unable to provide quality education.
Should this be the quality of Engineering in our Country ?
