Industry-InstItute InteractIon Ior SustaInabIe DeveIopment:

A Journey towards ExceIIence

VINAY SHARMA
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, ATUL ANAND
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, ISHWAR BHIRADI**
Associaic Profcssor,
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M.E. Siudcni,

Produciion Enginccring Dcarimcni, Dirla Insiiiuic of TccInology, Mcsra FancIi- 835215(India}
Email. vinayliimcsra.ac.in
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ABSTRACT: isiorically, TIc journcy of coocraiion lciwccn indusiry and insiiiuic Ias siaricd wiiI simlc
inicraciion wIicI gradually cvolvcd io vcry closc arincrsIi ovcriimc. TIcrc Ias lccn a widc variciy of
inicraciions raciiccd among indusirics and insiiiuics wIicI includcs rollcm solving, curriculum dcvclomcni,
siudy visiis, scIolarsIis & arcniiccsIi iraining and inculaiion ccnicr. Unforiunaicly, in India iIc Indusiry
Ias noi laycd a consiruciivc rolc in iIc dcvclomcni of cducaiional sysicm (csccially iIc iccInical cducaiion}.
TIis Ias crcaicd a loi of social/dcvclomcni rollcm of iIc couniry. TIis worl summarizcs iIc rolc of Insiiiuic-
Indusiry inicraciion for iIc susiainallc dcvclomcni of iIc sociciy.
EY WORDS: Insiiiuic, Indusiry, Sociciy, Susiainallc dcvclomcni
INTRODUCTION:
"I ong to ucconsI u gcut und noIc tusI, Iut t s n cIc dut to ucconsI snu tusIs us tIc
ucc gcut und noIc." He1en Re11er
"A Iunc s u uustc o tnc. No nuttc Iou nucI uut ou nd utI unotIc, und cgudcss o Iou
nucI ou Iunc In, t u not cIungc ou" Wogne Dger
"Mun o c's uucs uc coc uIo dd not cuzc Iou cosc tIc ucc to succcss uIcn tIc guuc
u." Tomos d1son
"Do uIut ou cun, utI uIut ou Iuuc, uIcc ou uc." Teodore Rooseve11
India's growiI in rcccni ycars Ias lccn lcd ly iIc scrviccs sccior. TIc mosi noiiccallc
ascci Ias lccn iIc rcccni lig loom in iIc DPO/KPO sccior. TIis off-sIoring ircnd is
ccriain io coniinuc and India faccs iIc cIallcngc of gcncraiing an aroriaic suly
rcsonsc io rciain iis cisiing advaniagc. Today cducaiional marlci, csiimaics indicaic iIai
iIcrc wcrc aloui 110,000 Indian siudcnis siudying alroad in 2004, ncarly 75,000 in iIc
Uniicd Siaics, aloui 14,000 cacI in iIc Uniicd Kingdom and Ausiralia, and anoiIcr 5,000
in Canada and Ncw Zcaland. Ii sIould lc noicd iIai Indian's scnd ncarly $4 lillion
(Fs.191.00 lillion} annually io scnd iIcir cIildrcn alroad for IigIcr siudics and iccInical
iraining wIilc iIcrc is no rcason for India noi cmcrging as a glolal Iul for IigIcr cducaiion
and iccInical iraining TIc rcal cIallcngc iIcrcforc, is io cand caaciiics in IigIcr
cducaiion io lcc aIcad of iIc curvc of rising domcsiic and glolal dcmand.
owcvcr, iIis oscs a wcll lnown olicy dilcmma. India Ias a Iugc oulaiion of
uncducaicd cIildrcn and iIc Consiiiuiion rovidcs for frcc and comulsory cducaiion u io
iIc agc of 14. TIc couniry also Ias iIc dulious disiinciion of onc of iIc IigIcsi lcvcls of
illiicracy in iIc world. TIc sysicm of ullic cducaiion ai all lcvcls is in advanccd siagc of
disrcair and disarray. Clcarly, govcrnmcnis loiI ai iIc Ccnicr and in iIc Siaics nccd io
allocaic far morc rcsourccs and aiicniion on cnsuring iIai fuiurc gcncraiions arc cquicd
sufficicnily io ocraic in a lnowlcdgc cconomy. TIus, India Ias io find a siraicgy iIai will
cnallc ii io cffcciivcly addrcss iIc muliilc cIallcngcs in iIc cducaiion sccior of imroving
liicracy, univcrsalizing acccss io qualiiy lasic and sccondary cducaiion and ai iIc samc
iimc cnsuring an adcquaic suly of IigIcr slills and iccInically iraincd manowcr.
n Junuu b, 2UU5, tIc nc nnstc soIc uIout Is ntcnton to sct u u Knoucdgc
Connsson to ooI nto tIc ssuc o Iudng quut Iunun cutu.
TIc goucnncnt Iccucs tIut nucstncnts n nsttutons o IgIc cducuton und H D
ogunsutons uc us notunt us nucstncnts n Iscu cutu und Iscu nustuctuc.
VIut uc nccd uc uod cuss unucstcs und uc nust nuIc u Icgnnng utI onc nsttuton.
Vc nust Iuuc u unucst tIut u Ic unIcd uongsdc od und CunIdgc o Huuud
und Stunod. I un Iu to non tIc Housc tIut uc Iuuc sccctcd tIc IISc, Hunguoc, uIcI
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cnos u IgI cututon us u ccntc o ccccncc n HD. Vc sIu uoI to nuIc IISc, n u cu
cus, u uod cuss unucst. I oosc to oudc un uddtonu sun o +lUU coc us u gunt
o tIs uosc, Fnuncc Mnstc ! C1domborom 1n 1s 2DDS budge1 speeo
PcrIas for iIc firsi iimc, an Indian Financc Minisicr Iad aciually aclnowlcdgcd and acicd
uon iIc nccd for /0;0453 F&D cccllcncc as a olicy mcasurc for acIicving naiional
goals. Ii is an aclnowlcdgmcni also of iIc faci iIai for India io find iis lacc in iIc sun in
iIc ycars io comc, F&D lascd cccllcncc or, innovaiion lascd soluiions is mandaiory.
TIai if India's dcsiiny lay in jusi lcing a low cosi sulicr of iIc world's goods and scrviccs,
iIcn iIc irysi wiiI iIai dcsiiny would lc sIori-livcd. Dui if India's dcsiiny lics in lcing an
inicrnaiional lcadcr in iIc suly of goods and scrviccs iIcn ii Ias no cIoicc lui io
cmlracc innovaiion and F&D lascd cccllcncc.
Ovcr iIc asi 57 ycars, India's sIarc in world iradc Ias sIrunl from ovcr 2% io aloui 0.6%
ioday. Of India's io iicms of mcrcIandisc cori arc in iradiiional commodiiy iicms lilc
iciilcs, gcms and jcwcllcry, lcaiIcr, cIcmicals, cnginccring goods, mincrals, and agro
roducis. TIc valuc-addcd ly India in iIc commodiiy iicms is minimal and Icncc ronc io
significani inicrnaiional ricc rcssurcs. Duc io iIc lacl of invcsimcnis and innovaiion
along iIc cniirc valuc-cIain, from dcsign io marlciing io iccInology io iIc lusincss modcl
iisclf, iIcsc indusirics caiurc jusi a iiny sIarc of iIcir glolal marlcis. TIcsc indusirics
Iavc grown in largc ari duc io iIc naiural advaniagcs cnjoycd ly India of wIicI an
alundani suly of low cosi lalour is a significani ari. In iIc world of iomorrow,
innovaiion Ias io ialc ccnirc-siagc if iIcsc indusirics arc io Iavc osiiions of dominancc
on iIc world siagc.
Non-iradiiional lusincsscs lilc IT scrviccs and Iarmaccuiicals Iavc grown significanily in
iIc lasi dccadc and arc now rccognizcd as Iaving arrivcd" on iIc glolal siagc. DoiI iIcsc
lusincsscs arc lnowlcdgc drivcn and cmloy a significanily diffcrcni rofilc of cmloyccs
iIan iIc iradiiional lusincsscs. Ii is iIcrcforc imcraiivc iIai wiiI iIcir arrival on iIc
glolal siagc, wiiI iIcir acccss io world class ialcni and caiial, cosi & qualiiy lcd
advaniagcs, and wiiI IigI glolal dcmand, iIcy do noi lccomc comlaccni and losc iIcir
lcading osiiions mucI lilc iIc iradiiional lusincsscs Iavc donc.
WiiI ovcr 300,000 cnginccrs graduaiing cacI ycar, India is siiiing on a Iuman caiial
goldminc iIai mosi counirics can only drcam aloui. owcvcr, iIc issuc of glolal lcadcrsIi
isn'i onc iIai's only aloui numlcrs. Aficr all, wiiI only 7000 cnginccrs graduaiing cacI
ycar, Isracl wiiI 6.5m colc Ias ovcr 100 innovaiivc comanics lisicd on Nasdaq ! And
India wiiI ovcr 250m Icad of caiilc iIc world's largcsi is noi cvcn a laycr in iIc glolal
dairy lusincss!
EDUCATION SYSTEM BACBONE OF THE COUNTRY:
India cnjoys a ricI Icriiagc and iradiiion of scicncc and iccInology iIai daics lacl io iIc
Vcdic iimcs lcginning from aloui 2500 DC is wcll documcnicd wiiI significani
coniriluiions in maiIcmaiics, asironomy, mcdicinc, agriculiurc, loiany, zoology, and
mciallurgy cvcn wIcn Euroc was assing iIrougI iIc Darl Agc. TalsIila was iIc world's
firsi formal univcrsiiy sci u in 700 DC dcaling wiiI ovcr 60 suljccis scrving a siudcni
oulaiion of ovcr 10,500. AnoiIcr univcrsiiy of rcuic was Nalanda Univcrsiiy in iIc 4iI
ccniury DC iIai was iIc founiainIcad of lcarning coniriluiing io socicial growiI and
dcvclomcni. Convcrsion of conccis inio innovaiivc raciicc was largcly family oricnicd
and cnircrcncurial wiiI lnowlcdgc sIaring and iraining lcing confincd wiiIin rigid
siruciurcs of casic-govcrncd rofcssionalism in sclcci closcd grous".
A gcncral dccay sci in aficr iIc 12iI ccniury ossilly duc io iradiiional casic and family
lound inflcillc inlrccding roccsscs and oliiical vicissiiudcs iIai ovcr owcrcd iIc

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lnowlcdgc-scclcrs and innovaiors. TIc cnquiring Indian mind again sIowcd a slow rcvival
wiiI iIc sccding of wcsicrn scicncc in India. Aficr indccndcncc in 1947, raid dcvclomcni
of Iuman rcsourccs & infrasiruciurc for scicncc and iccInology, growiI of indigcnous
indusirics in divcrsc scciors aari from oiIcr socio cconomic asccis wcrc iIc rioriiy arcas
in iIc Naiional Policics in a scqucncc of scvcral 5 ycar lans. Prcscnily iIc couniry is in iIc
roccss of imlcmcniing iIc 10iI 5-ycar lan. Sccifically in iIc arca of S&T, iIc couniry is
lcing siccrcd ly iIc S&T Policy 2003 and iis imlcmcniaiion lan.
EDUCATION POLICY IN INDIA:
Ovcr iimc, iwo diffcrcni worlds Iavc lccn luili lciwccn Insiiiuic and Indusiry. EacI Ias
aciiviiics going on in iIcm. Undcr iIis circumsiancc, iIcrc cisi rclaiivc diffcrcnccs in
crscciivcs of cducaiion and indusiry. Educaiion lools ai iIc gcncral dcvclomcni of
siudcnis iIai will givc iIcm a widc rangc of ooriuniiics and cIoiccs io rcarc iIcm aficr
graduaiion wIilc indusirics lool for iccInicians and cmloyccs wiiI sccific slills wIo will
fii dirccily inio iIc sysicm. aving iIis sccmingly olvious discrcancy in iIcir rcscciivc
uroscs, iIcrc is a nccd io crcaic a laiform wIcrc insiiiuics and indusiry can mcci cyc io
cyc, sIarc idcas and rcgularly inicraci. Forms of inicraciion can ialc lacc wiiI iIc aim io
undcrsiand and joinily lan rc-cmloymcni and in-scrvicc iraining.
If wc lool dcccr io iIc sccific cnvironmcnis in iIc insiiiuic and in iIc indusiry, ii can lc
olscrvcd iIai insiiiuiions carry oui iIcir goals io faciliiaic lcarning, rcscrvc a roiccicd
zonc for siudcnis and nourisI individual carc io addrcss iIc nccds of iIc lcarncrs. TIc
cnicrrisc, on iIc oiIcr Iand, worl wiiIin iIc framcworl of indusirial raciiccs and norms
wiiI roduciion, cfficicncy and rofiialiliiy as iIc lasic rcmisc of day-io-day ocraiions
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Unforiunaicly iIc Insiiiuic and indusiry loiI Iavc ncglccicd/forgoiicn iIc sociciy. TIis
Ias lcad io many social rollcms lilc uncmloymcni, malnuiriiion's, naaliics, ga
lciwccn ricI and oor cic. TIcrcforc ii is rcquirc io rcdcfining iIc insiiiuiions' oljcciivcs
wIicI can caricr iIc nccd of indusirics as wcll as Icl io dcvclo a susiainallc sociciy
(Figurc-1}.

FIgure 1: Tbree dIIIerent worIds: InstItutes, EnterprIse and SocIety
INDUSTRY ACADEMIC RELATIONSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
AcIicvcmcni of a susiainallc fuiurc imlics a collaloraiivc cffori lciwccn a variciy of sialc
Ioldcrs i.c. indusiry, govcrnmcni, and acadcmia. Indian Sociciy is iravclling in unfamiliar
waicrs wIcrc iIc coursc is noi always clcar and iIc goals arc somciimcs dauniing. To
dcvclo iIc cnvironmcnial wisdom ii is nccdcd io lnow iIc "rigIi answcrs" wIicI can lring
iogciIcr iIc lnowlcdgc acquircd from acadcmic ursuiis and ccricncc oliain iIrougI
irial and crror. Dringing iogciIcr iIc acadcmic world and iIc lusincss world noi only Icls
io solvc iIc immcdiaic cnginccring nccd , ii morc imorianily luilds a arincrsIi iIai will
roducc grcaicr lasiing valuc iIrougI siudcnis (fuiurc cmloyccs} wIo arc aiiuncd io iIc
marlci dcmands for imrovcd cnvironmcnial crformancc in loiI lusincss raciiccs and
roducis.
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SCENARIO OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN INDIA
Enginccring cducaiion in India Ias sccn ircmcndous growiI ovcr iIc asi dccadc; loiI in
numlcr of siudcnis and numlcr of collcgcs (scc Tallc I}. TIis sccms iIai an cnougI worl
forcc is lcing gcncraicd io mcci iIc indusirial nccds (figurc. 3-6}. Unforiunaicly iIcrc is no
daia availallc rcgarding iIc numlcr of cnginccring sircams availallc in iIcsc collcgcs and
numlcr of siudcnis cnrollcd in iIcm. As cr iIc discussion madc wiiI diffcrcni acadcmic
fricnds and collcgc ii is found iIai maimum numlcr of siudcnis roducc arc from IT and
comuicr scicncc followcd ly Elccironics. TIis is mainly duc io iIc amouni of
infrasiruciurc nccdcd io sciu iIcsc dcarimcnis arc quiic lcss. Morc ovcr duc io iIc loom
in IT indusirics in 2000-2004 lois of siudcnis arc moiivaicd io cnrol iIcmsclvcs iowards
iIcsc courscs. TIc Siruciurc 0f TccInical cducaiion in India is sIown in Fig2.
In iIc lalor marlci, firms and graduaics loiI lnow iIc qualiiy of a graduaic from a
ariicular collcgc. Ii is io lc undcrsiood iIai low qualiiy cnginccrs and iIc rolifcraiion of
low qualiiy cnginccring cducaiion in India, is noi iIc rcsuli of crfcci marlci forccs.
Enginccring collcgcs arc iyically allc io asccriain iIc qualiiy of scIooling iIai iIcy
rovidc, c.g. ly iracling alumni or communicaiions wiiI indusirial lodics. Siudcnis,
Iowcvcr, arc noi allc io malc sucI dcicrminaiions. Siudcnis will only cnicr iIc lalor
marlci uon comlciion of iIcir siudics, and so musi malc a dcicrminaiion of qualiiy
wiiIoui a dircci icsi. Morcovcr, iIcy arc scldom wcll informcd cvcn wIcn ii comcs io jol
ooriuniiics in iIc ncar fuiurc, namcly, aloui jols and carnings lilcly io awaii iIcm wIcn
iIcy comlcic iIcir scIooling. TIis is a gcncral rocriy of cducaiional marlcis, sincc
almosi ly dcfiniiion, siudcnis arc unsurc of iIcir ialcni, and only discovcr iIcm ly going io
scIool.
As argucd ly Alcrlof (1970}
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, duc io iIc informaiional asymmciry lciwccn collcgcs and
siudcnis, iIc ricc iIai siudcnis arc willing io ay is dcicrmincd ly iIc avcragc qualiiy of
iIc cnscmllc of cnginccring collcgcs raiIcr iIan ly iIc qualiiy of iIc ariicular cnginccring
collcgc iisclf. TIis ricing siruciurc, Iowcvcr, will drivc IigI qualiiy scIooling (wiiI
rcsumiivcly IigIcr cosis} oui of iIc marlci, and low qualiiy scIooling will rcdominaic.
TIis advcrsc sclcciion rollcm will also drivc siudcnis looling for IigI qualiiy scIooling
oui of iIc marlci aliogciIcr.
Aari from iIis iIc avcragc qualiiy of iIc collcgcs and graduaicd siudcnis is quiic infcrior.
A survcy of Iuman rcsourcc rofcssionals ai muliinaiional cororaiions in India rcvcalcd
iIai only onc quaricr of cnginccring graduaics wiiI a suiiallc dcgrcc could lc cmloycd
irrcscciivc of dcmand (Farrcll ci al., 2005} }|4|. TIc main rcasons iIai graduaics arc
unsuiiallc for iIc jol marlci arc iIc lacl of ncccssary languagc slills; iIc low qualiiy of
significani oriions of iIc cducaiional sysicm and iis limiicd aliliiy io imari raciical
slills; and a lacl of culiural fii, wIicI can lc sccn in inicrcrsonal slills and aiiiiudcs
iowards icamworl and flcillc worling Iours" (Farrcll ci al., 2005}.
AnoiIcr survcy of cmloycrs sIows iIai only a Iandful of iIc 1400 cnginccring scIools in
India arc rccognizcd as roviding world-class cducaiion wiiI graduaics woriIy of
considcraiion for cmloymcni (Clolalizaiion of Enginccring Scrviccs, 2006} }|4|. TIcsc
rcsulis suggcsi iIai cnginccring dcgrccs from mosi Indian collcgcs do noi rovidc signaling
valuc in iIc cnginccring lalor marlci. Ii is woriI oiniing oui a lcy diffcrcncc lciwccn iIc
cducaiion marlci and a marlci sucI as for uscd cars. Unlilc iIc uscd car marlci, wIcrc
iIc qualiiy of ariicular car is ficd, iIc qualiiy of a ariicular scIool can lc modificd. Dy
rcducing iIc qualiiy of faculiy and faciliiics, wiiI a rcsumally commcnsuraic rcduciion in
cosis, an cnginccring collcgc may rcducc iIc cosi and qualiiy of cducaiion rovidcd. TIis
diffcrcncc clains wIy iIcrc is only dcgradaiion in iIc qualiiy of cducaiion on iIc marlci,

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raiIcr iIan a rcduciion in iIc numlcr of vcndors in iIc marlci; in faci, iIcrc Ias lccn an
incrcasc in iIc numlcr of vcndors in iIc cnginccring marlci.

FIgure 2: EducatIonaI System In IndIa
An uniraincd worlcr may Iavc valuallc naiural ialcnis, lui iIcsc ialcnis musi lc ccriificd
ly iIc 'cducaiional csiallisImcni' lcforc a comany can afford io usc iIcm. TIc ccriifying
csiallisImcni, Iowcvcr, musi lc crcdillc. Craduaics from iIc io Indian scIools ranl
cccllcnily in cmloymcni suiialiliiy, lui iIcrc is a sicc dcclinc in qualiiy lcyond iIcsc
io-iicr scIools. 'Many so-callcd 'dcgrccs' jusi do noi Iavc iIc rigIi fundamcnial
cducaiion lcIind iIcm,'" according io onc Iuman rcsourccs rofcssional (Farrcll ci al.,
2005}. Mosi olscrvcrs agrcc iIai Indian univcrsiiics, wiiI a fcw ccciions, do noi
crform iIis signaling cffcci. A dcgrcc from any of iIcsc univcrsiiics could mcan anyiIing
in icrms of qualiiy". Onc furiIcr iccc of cvidcncc of collcgc dcgrccs noi roviding signaling
funciions is iIc significani cansion of ccriificaiion rograms from comanics sucI as
Microsofi in India TIc widc Icicrogcnciiy in qualiiy of univcrsiiics clains wIy only 25% of
Indian cnginccring graduaics arc considcrcd suiiallc for cmloymcni.
A consicuous camlc is FoIan MuriIy, son of Infosys's lcadcr Narayana MuriIy, wIo
wanicd io siudy ai an IIT, lui couldn'i gci in; Ic wcni io Corncll Univcrsiiy insicad, raiIcr
iIan an Indian collcgc (SiaIl, 2003}
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. Enicring forcign cnginccring collcgcs ccmlifics iIc
cii from iIc Indian cnginccring marlci ly siudcnis willing io ay for IigI qualiiy
scIooling, iIc sccond ari of iIc advcrsc sclcciion rollcm. TIis rollcm Ias significani
lcalagc cicrnaliiy rollcms for India, as ii rcsulis in a so-callcd lrain drain. As noicd ly
Favindran (2005}, wiiI iIc dcmand and valuc Indian siudcnis lacc on Amcrican IigIcr
cducaiion, and wiiI iIc grcaicr availaliliiy of siudcni loans in India, iIcrc is lound io lc a
sicady incrcasc in siudcnis going io iIc Uniicd Siaics, as iIc invcsimcni will lc wcll woriI
ii in icrms of carccr ooriuniiics.
cncc, low qualiiy (in iIc lalor marlci scnsc} cnginccring scIooling Ias comc io
rcdominaic in iIc cducaiion marlci. TIc currcni siiuaiion, wiiI an alundancc of low
qualiiy cnginccring scIooling, is rojccicd io siiflc growiI of iIc Indian cconomy
(Clolalizaiion of Enginccring Scrviccs, 2006} |4|.
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TabIe 1: Growtb oI EngIneerIng coIIege In IndIa
Ycar Numlcr of Dcgrcc Collcgcs Numlcr of Incoming Siudcnis
199?-199S 562 134298
199S-1999 644 153151
1999-2000 755 179647
2000-2001 821 209115
2001-2002 1057 293814
2002-200 1195 356258
200-2004 1263 380803
2004-200 1358 450954
200-2006 1478 508595


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STEPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
TIis dcvclomcni of oor qualiiy of cducaiion sysicm and lrain drain is duc io iIc lacl of
rocr olicy maling for Indian cducaiion sysicm. Ii was found iIai cvcry ycar ciiIcr wc
arc roducing a largc volumc of uncmloycd youiI (fig.6} wIo arc unsurc of iIcir fuiurc (as
wcll as unawarc of iIc imoriancc of iIcir dcgrcc} or a largc volumc of infcrior qualiiy
roduci Iaving IigI qualificaiion. Duc io iIis unlanncd dcvclomcni of cducaiion sysicm
iIc comlcic Indian sociciy is lcing affccicd. TIis Ias lcd iIc cducaicd youiI io aiiraci
iowards iIc casy way of carning moncy ly involving iIcm sclf in aniisocial aciiviiics.
Ii is iIcrcforc ncccssary iIai a rocr lanning of iIc cducaiion sysicm csccially iIc
TccInical cducaiion is rcquircd. In iIis rcgard iIc indusiry can lay a major rolc.
Somc of iIc major sics io lc ialcn arc.
1. A loiiom u aroacI raiIcr iIan io down aroacI is rcquircd, i.c. iniroduciion
of ncw collcgcs and coursc io lc madc lascd on iIc rcscni dcmand and cccicd
rcquircmcnis raiIcr iIan gcncraiing a largc volumc of uncmloycd youiI.
2. A lalanccd aroacI of Covcrnmcni iowards io dcvclomcni of all iIc diffcrcni
rcquircmcnis of iIc sociciy. As can lc sccn in figurc 6 wc arc Iaving fcwcr collcgcs
of mcdicinc, agriculiurc comarcd io aris and commcrcc.
3. Morc numlcr of vocaiional courscs as wcll as suori from indusiry and
govcrnmcni for dcvcloing sclf cmloymcni olicics
4. Indusiry io lc aciivc mcmlcr in all accrcdiiaiion and lanning commiiicc
5. Faciliiics of Educaiional Insiiiuic io lc madc availallc io indusirics (sccially
coiiagc and small scalc indusirics } io suori iIcm, wIicI can madc iIc uiilizaiion
of rcsourccs (macIinc & cquimcnis} io lc 100%
6. TIc ccriisc of Faculiics and siudcni sircngiI io lc uiiliscd io solvc indusirial
rollcms, sucI as.
Indusiry-insircd rojccis in-Iousc. TIcsc arc iIc rojccis, wIicI arc formulaicd
on iIc lasis of olscrvaiions of indusiry raciiccs, lui arc ncvcriIclcss noi
suoricd ly indusiry.
Indusiry-insircd and indusiry-sonsorcd rojccis. TIcsc arc iIc rojccis, wIicI
Iavc lccn rooscd and aciivcly suoricd ly indusiry. Suori may lc in iIc
form of funding iIc rojcci ly casI and lcnding in-lind suori ly allowing iIc
usc of manufaciuring faciliiics and acccss io ccri advicc. In somc cascs
siudcnis arc rcmuncraicd.
AnyiIing in-lciwccn. Ii is ossillc iIai indusiry may roosc rojcci idcas
wiiIoui commiiiing iisclf io funding suori. Similarly, acadcmics may iniiiaic
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rojccis on iIc lasis of iIcir own crcciions of sulsianiial mcrii of rojccis for
indusiry wiiIoui Iaving rocurcd indusiry suori. TIc laiicr oficn rovc io lc of
considcrallc valuc dcsiic ossillc iniiial misgivings as io iIcir valuc and
rclcvancc io indusiry in cconomic icrms.
ReIerence:
1. Majumdar SIyamal, Indusiry-Insiiiuic Inicraciion io Pullic-Privaic ParincrsIi. A Journcy io
Eccllcncc, Inicrnaiional Confcrcncc on Pullic Privaic ParincrsIi in TVET. CIallcngcs, Ooriuniiics
and Dcsi Praciiccs organizcd ly CPSC in collaloraiion wiiI InWcni (Ccrmany} & UNESCO-UNEVOC,
Dcccmlcr 1-2 , 2008, Manila, PIiliincs.
2. zdcmir Cl, Andrcw Nafalsli and Kcvin McDcrmoii, TIc Folc of Indusiry-Insircd Projccis in
Enginccring Educaiion" 31si ASEE/IEEE Froniicrs in Educaiion Confcrcncc, Ociolcr 10 - 13, 2001
Fcno, NV.
3. Siaiisiics of IigIcr & iccInical cducaiion (As on 30iI Scicmlcr, 2008}, Covcrnmcni of India, Minisiry of
uman Fcsourcc Dcvclomcni , Durcau of Planning, Moniioring & Siaiisiics, Ncw DclIi , 2011.
4. Lav F. VarsIncy, Privaic Enginccring Educaiion in India. Marlci Failurcs and Fcgulaiory Soluiions,
Scicncc, TccInology, and Pullic Policy, MassacIusciis Insiiiuic of TccInology, Novcmlcr 29, 2006.