An industry-institute survey initiated by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), has evoked a positive response from engineering institutions across the country.
The survey aims to showcase the best practices in AICTE-approved institutes in the branches of Chemical, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Communication and Computer Science and Information Technology (the two taken together).
The survey is an attempt to map best practices being followed by institutions and industry, to recognise them and to create a benchmark of quality education in the country. CII representatives associated with the survey told The Hindu-EducationPlus that 250 institutions had registered for the online survey.
Eligible institutions need to fill up an online questionnaire, available on the institute login for AICTE institutes and university departments. The deadline is August 15. The survey is part of the University-Industry Congress initiative to stimulate industry-academia collaborations both towards achieving excellence in higher education and benefiting industry by producing quality human resource and research outputs.
Key imperative
AICTE officials said it was a key imperative of growth for both the universities and the industry to map the current situation. The survey of higher educational institutes on their industry linkages would capture success stories and best practices of such linkages and create a roadmap for others to follow.
Engineering Colleges Tamil Nadu
In 2012, the scope of the University-Industry Congress will be limited to the six branches. Future surveys are expected to be for other specialisations and disciplines.
Best Engineering Colleges
A national publication featuring the profiles of overall top 50 engineering institutions, stream-wise top five engineering institutions and top three faculties and the top engineering institution in each State, mapped on the parameters of their industry linkages, will be published based on the outcome of the survey.
The compendium will also carry the profiles of companies who are leaders in industry-institute linkages. The CII will promote this publication in India and overseas for promoting the top institutions for increased industry linkages.
A national-level recognition by way of a citation, trophy and cash award sponsored by CII member companies will be given to institutions and the faculty having the strongest industry linkage in categories that include overall best engineering institute (three awards); best engineering institute (six awards: one for each stream); and best engineering faculty (18 awards: three for each stream).
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