Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Vineet Kumar ¹, Dinesh Khanduja ¹, K. S. Kasana ¹

Affiliations
1 MED, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, IN

Abstract

The economic turbulence sweeping the world today has created several threats as well as opportunities for the education sector as well. In order to cater to the demands in changed scenario, planners for education in general and technical education in particular. have to reinvent and redesign their strategies so that the age old Indian tradition of 'excellence in education' does not get diluted. For this. the TQM approach has been gaining momentum recently as it is an effective. trusted and tested technique for the manufacturing and services sector. The attributes of quality in education are complex and intangible where as the stakeholders are large and varied. So this paper attempts to rethink on this issue and emphasize the significance of TQM for improving the quality of education so as to serve the nation better.

Keywords

'Total Quality Management' (TQM), Technical Education, Engineering Institutes, Quality Standards, Stakeholders.

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Rajdeep Singh ¹, Dinesh Khanduja ², Yashpal Jindal ³

Affiliations
1 Deptt. of Mechanical Engg., National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, IN
2 Deptt. of Mechanical Engg., National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, IN
3 Deptt. of Mechanical Engg., HCTM Kaithal, Haryana, IN

Abstract

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is one of the Total Quality Management (TQM) techniques which can be applied for process and design improvement. This paper explores the possible application of quality Junction deployment (QFD) to the design and improvement of an undergraduate Engineering program. To accomplish this, the institute must first identify its customers, understand their expectations, and then serve them in meaningful ways. It must ensure that the voice of the customer is incorporated into the design and the delivery of a product or service. The institute translates this voice into academic specifications that everybody in the school call understand and uses it to align its processes to meet the needs of its customers first time and every time. The use of QFD helps the institute to focus on priorities, provide better documentation and facilitate communication among everybody in the institute.

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Prabhakar Kaushik ¹, Dinesh Khanduja ¹

Affiliations
1 MED, NIT, Kurukshetra, IN

Abstract

The marching trend of the new economic order has generated a new capsule of Six Sigma as a unified approach to process excellence. The main thrust of Six Sigma is to reduce the errors and waste in every kind of business endeavor to please the customers and fatten the bottom line. In the past few years, successful cases of Six Sigma implementation have been reported in numerous manufacturing industries and by applying this Six Sigma philosophy from industry to academia, the results may provide a wonderful methodology to solve many serious problems of technical education. This paper shows how the Six Sigma DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analysis, Improve, Control) methodology can be effectively implemented in an engineering institute, taking a specific case of improving the passing rate of students.

Keywords

Six Sigma, Technical Institutes, DPMO, CTQ, KCF's.

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Dinesh Khanduja ¹, Prabhakar Kaushik ²

Affiliations
1 MED, NIT, Kurukshetra, IN
2 MED, N. C. College of Engg, Israna (Panipat), IN

Abstract

Education is the most important resource in any country. It has multiplying effects on all facets of development in a society and among various educational resources; engineering education holds the key to economic viability of a nation. In an age of quality, the vitality of engineering education is facing considerable uncertainty. There is a major concern about just where the future of engineering education is heading. New education policy of India has resulted in a mushroom growth of engineering institutes, leading to lakhs of engineering graduates passing out every year. But there is a dismal gap in employment demand corresponding to this enormous supply. Our educational planners must develop new strategies to optimally utilize this vast pool of talent and expertise by exploring new avenues in technopreneurship as engineering education has an indomitable role in entrepreneurship development. Engineering graduates in India have abundance of entrepreneurial aptitude and capability, though they lack proper stimulation and direction. Rich resources, vast markets on account of dense population and government s favourable policies have made India a country of opportunities. In this turbulent economic scenario, business incubation is recently emerging as a strategic tool to propagate entrepreneurship in a big way among engineering graduates. The paper dwells on future role of technical education in assimilating entrepreneurial passion of engineering graduates into incubated business. A conceptual model has been proposed for technical institutions to help in downsizing technology directly to masses to improve entrepreneurial culture in the country.

Keywords

TBI, RBB, Technopreneurship, Business Incubation, Rural Entreprenurship.

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