Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 AISSMS's College of Engineering, Pune, (Maharashtra), IN

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The objective of this paper is to make aware of some aspects of AICTE, like, provisions in the AICTE Act, 1987, its functioning and importance in the qualitative and quantitative growth of technical and management education in India, etc. The N BA process of accreditation has been presented to a certain details. A few passing comments are made so as to enable this country to face the challenges of the new century. The paper, it is believed, can be of interest to all those concerned with technical education in India.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 AISSMS's College of Engineering, Pune, IN

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In this paper, it has been pointed out that anyhow the professional training for teachers involved in higher education has been overlooked. With spread of higher education, now we are realising that teachers training like any other pre-service training for several jobs including IAS, IPS, IOF, etc., need to be introduced without any further delay. The areas for technical teachers' training have been identified and 3 training modules of total 50 weeks duration have been proposed. It is further advocated that the entry point for teaching and administrative jobs in Technical Education Department should be the lecturer cadre with compulsory pre-service professional training of 50 weeks. It is expected that the bodies, like, AICTE, MHRD, etc., shall take appropriate moves to help maintain the quality of technical teachers through such programmes.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 Marathwada Institute of Technology, Aurangabad: 431028, IN

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This paper presents the need of establishing a large number of corporate-culture based Technology (Technical) Universities in India. The paper briefly takes an overview of philosophies related with education and university. Aims and objectives of education and university like transforming man in to a total human being, national prosperity, etc., are discussed. An account of ancient Indian universities and universities before and after independence is presented. The challenges before the Indian university education system are also presented and the efforts made to overcome these are briefly discussed. On taking an overview of the history of development of Technical and Management education in India, the functioning of some Technical Universities abroad is highlighted. And need of shifting Technical University based on the concepts of conventional university, to the right philosophy based on national interest is discussed. Present universities do not generate autonomous learners but, it is pointed out, these have remained the glorious high schools. A few recommendations, like, run university as corporate, global talent search. PBL approach, R&D emphasis, tenure for faculty, recruitment criteria, Process and Performance Management model, no tuition fees, degrees as "social" goods, etc., are made. The paper, it is believed, will of interest to all concerned.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 Mech. Engg. Dept., College of Engg., Karad (M.S.), IN

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This paper emphasizes that the education system of right type should be in right hands. It has also presented the state-of-the-art and has attempted to point out the causes of its today's limited utility. It has been proposed that the Government should exercise the least control over the general education in general, and over the Technical and Management Education in particular. Liberalization (privatization) of Technical and Management Education, it is argued, can ameliorate the situation to a large extent provided that a healthy attitude is developed in the society, and that it is in the hands of worthy people. Private agencies, thus, can help promote so badly needed competitiveness at international level through proper technical manpower planning and development.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹, D. B. Limaye ²

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1 AISSMS's College of Engineering, Pune, IN
2 Mechanical Engineering Department, AISSMS's College of Engineering, Pune, IN

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The need for Industry Institution Partnership is being advocated at all levels in institutions and HRD organisations. Educational institutions play a significant role in preparing and making available trained manpower with right kind of knowledge, attitude and skill base so essential to run industry. In view of the new economic policy of globalisation of the Government of India, the mission; goals; task structure; and teacher's profile in engineering institutions need a critical examination. Teachers do have the inherent backbone of missionary attitude. Even today, there is no dearth of teachers who are willing to take a step forward, as asocial commitment, in establishing a link with industries . The important resource available with institutions is manpower with spirit of enquiry and with problem handling ability. This paper identifies some areas which need attention in this respect. Improvement and progress in this areas can hopefully bridge the gap between institution and industry.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 IBS, Marathwada Institute of Technology, Aurangabad: 431028, IN

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This paper presents that through education and training, Human Capital can be generated fetching a country's socio-economic prosperity. The paper argues that education sector, being a service industry, needs to imbibe some business models like Business Navigator Method, Virtual Interactive Business Environment, Process Management and Performance Management, etc. Applications of IE approaches like work simplification, standardization, lean philosophy, JIT, TPM, etc., have been proving extremely rewarding in promoting effectiveness, efficiency and economics of manufacturing world. The paper, therefore, deliberates as to how and which IE approaches are to be deployed to education sector, especially tertiary, so that the out turn of education would be of quality at a lower cost with delivery on time. Few areas are scanned for this purpose, bringing out the benefits of IE approaches applied to education sector. To be globally competitive, IE approaches are shown to be yielding desirable results. The paper, it is believed, will be of interest to all concerned.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 Government College of Engineering, Karad - 415 124 (Maharashtra), IN

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In this paper the concepts of values clarification and personalizing education have been briefly presented. These concepts can advantageously be made use of in developing a choice-centred (free-choice) class room management style. Several strategies and games have been reported for . developing such a style. The application of the Gantt chart for scheduling and process control has been proposed which can help institute a learning centre. a product of the choicecentred class room. In a learning centre, students act as autonomous and self-directed learners. This has been highlighted through a case study. The concept of choicecentred class room it is believed. can prove an interesting and useful one to the teachers and educationists.

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P. H. Waghodekar

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This paper has overviewed some of the broad aspects of entrepreneurship development. For example. it summaries types and characteristics of entrepreneur. theories of entrepreneurship development. etc .. Entrepreneurship development can help to a great extent to the underdeveloped and developing countries for their rapid economic growth and development. In view of this. this paper shall be found beneficial to both the educated unemployed and to the technical and/or non-technical institutions for understanding the 'abc' of entrepreneurship development.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 Govt. College of Engg., Karad, IN

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This paper briefly presents the objectives of the education system and state-of-the-art of the existing educational technology. Keeping in view the objectives of the education system, some broad features of the educational technology in 2000 A.D. have been presented. The paper, it is believed, shall prove a thought provoking one to all concerned, namely, educationists, national leaders, social scientists and others.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 AISSMS's College of Engineering, Pune: 411 005, IN

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The present Technical and Management Education System in India can be considered as an extension to the pre-independence education system designed by the British rulers. It is controlled either by the Government or semi-Government organisations, like universities. The demand for professional education is rising very sharply, and the Government, because of its limited financial and managerial capabilities, is not in a position to cope up with such demand. It is, therefore, proposed that full autonomy in the areas of academic, administrative and financial matters ought to be granted, rather than in a piecemeal fashion, to technical institutes. Some aspects of autonomy have been presented. For example, the autonomous institute management maturity grid and the concept of SEFI have been advocated.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 Engg. Dept., Government College of Engineering, Karad, IN

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This paper presents a comparative study of two systems, i.e., Credit System and Marking System, used for evaluating students performance in examinations. Main features of the Credit System have been presented. A case study presented discusses these two systems. It has been pointed out that neither of these systems follows normality. However, the process variabilities of both the systems have been found to be almost identical. The paper, it is belived, can generate interest amongst all concerned.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 Mechanical Engg Dept., Government College of Engineering, Karad-415 124, IN

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This paper has emphasized that Institute-Industry linkage (IIL) can play, in terms of Socio-techno-economic considerations, a significant role in promoting national prosperity. A model describing the major components of education system has been presented. It has been pointed out that IIL will have to play a vital role in making the education system more effective. Over twenty IIL components, with their today's status and tomorrow's expectations, have been identified. The paper, it is belived, can generate interest amongst all concerned, namely, educationists, management, teachers, government, industry and national leaderrs.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 Marathwada Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, IN

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This article presents the 21^st Century Challenges before the Higher Education, in general and Technical and Management Education; in particular. The major issues faced by this sector like proliferation, affordable, access, equity and equality, quality education, etc., are presented. The features of sustaining and disrupting innovation models and their impact on industry world are highlighted. Traditional universities and business models like solution-shops, value-added processing and facilitated users networks, are considered. The proposed recommendations for policy makers suggested by Christensen et al are listed. It has been argued that disrupting innovation model can afford low-cost education with quality as perceived by students and other stakeholders in terms of say demonstration of skills and knowledge acquisition rather than merely obtaining a paper degree certificate. The emphasis is not on building of buildings but on building of minds. A few suggestions like use of lean philosophy, reduction in teaching work-load, revising faculty qualifications, implementing process and performance management, in-service industrial training, superannuating age, etc., are made. It is believed that the article will be of interest, thought provoking and disrupting the status quo of Indian traditional universities.

Keywords

Solution Shops (Organizations Charging Service Fees For Giving Solutions to Customers Using Intuitive And/Or otherwise Personal/Group Expertise), Sustaining Innovation (Innovations that Help Maintain Status Quo Like Traditional Universities), Disruptive Innovation (Innovations that Help Capture Untapped Market through Affordable Cost with Quality As Perceived By Customer), Direct Labor (Direct Manpower Involved in Yielding Output Like Faculty, Etc), Burden Rate (overhead Burden Rate other than Direct and Indirect Labor), Hire to Do (Hiring Somebody/Agency to Do a Job), Seat Time (Total Time the Student Attends the Classes).

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 AISSMS ' s College of Engineering, C/O Shivajinagar, Pune : 5, IN

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This paper presents that in the context of the present scenario in India, Curriculum Design and Development (COD) needs due attention for promoting quality education in India. The objectives of curriculum, the methodology for its development, the role played by teachers translating so many words of curriculum into day-to-day actions, etc., have been presented. It is pointed out that curriculum however best it is, cannot alone improve the quality of engineering graduates unless a system approach is adopted. The paper, it is believed, is thought-provoking and can be of interest to all concerned.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 IBS, & PME( PC), Marathwada Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, IN

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In this paper, it is argued that for achieving world class engineering education, research accompanied with teaching will take India a long way. This paper presents the role of teacher, objectives of university teaching, mapping status of engineering education on global plane, research status in developed countries and India, seamless firms and academic participation in research, etc. A few recommendations are presented like tenure appointment, reduced teaching load, research based promotions, attracting international talent, brain gain, research-fundraising, etc. Scope for further work is also defined. The paper, it is believed, will be of interest to all concerned.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 Govt. College of Engg., Karad, IN

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This paper briefly presents the essentials of entrepreneurship promotion. For example, areas, like, types of entrepreneurs, qualities of entrepreneurs, etc, have been highlighted It has been proposed that the education system, industries and Government are the three dimensions which can help generate a conducive social environment thereby promoting entrepreneurship cult in the masses. It is believed that this paper can be a thought provoking one for furthering the entrepreneurship promoting spirit in India.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 C U Shah College of Eng & Technology, Wadhawan City: 363030 (Gujarat), IN

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In this paper, it is argued that judicious adoption of the life-long learning (LLL) concept can enhance the potential and employability of young men in the age of sun rising technologies. The concept of LLL as envisaged by the ancient Indian rishis and as perceived by the Western world is presented. SUI! rising technologies are market driven with a global dimension. To meet this challenge, the developed countries have been working 011 LLL since the last three decades. Therefore, the LLL experiences of the Western world will be of immense use, in the ICT and globalisation age, to the developing countries like India. However, the LLL program as implemented in the ancient India, especially during the Vedic period, through Gurukul system, is much more encompassing than that as being followed by the Western countries today. India can achieve the ultimate goal set for LLL only via the Western route because of obvious reasons. It is stressed that India must have a national strategy and policy for LLL. India is already far behind the develop-ed countries and the gap is widening day by day. Th e challenges of the SUI! rising technologies and life-long learning, therefore, need to be addressed with true perspective; or else once more the train is missed.

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Sun Rising Technologies, Life-Long Learning, Learning to Learn-or-Un Learn, Inclusive Society, Learning Communities, Learning Organisations.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 AISSMS's College of Engineering, Pune, IN

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In this paper, it has been pointed out that the concept of globalisation is as old as man himself. The stock of the present concept of globalisation has been taken. Industrialization is widely accepted as a means of globalisation. Technical education plays a vital role in promoting effective industrialization. It has been advocated that a healthy and close partnership between industry and institute can turn a country globally competitive. However, this paper is confined to only a few vital aspects, such as, human resource needs, training strategies, resource sharing, etc., of such relationship. Some suggestions in respect of these aspects have been made. The paper, it is believed, can prove a thought provoking one and a useful guideline to all concerned.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹

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1 AIISSMS's College of Engineering, 1, Kennedy Road, Near RTO, Pune- 411 001, IN

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Several attributes like, qualified faculty, institute being student centered, sound infrastructure; academic calender and its implementation, etc., can promote total quality education.

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P. H. Waghodekar ¹, P. H. Darji ¹

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1 C. U. Shah College of Engineering & Technology, Near Kotharia Village, Wadhwancity' 363030, District: Surendranagar, Gujarat, IN

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In the age of globalization, knowledge economy has been playing a key role. Engineering education is an engine of economy. Engineering colleges are (expected to be) power-houses generating knowledge. This is possible, if the faculty is competitive, committed and competent striving hard for excellence. Unprecedented classification of Technical and Management Education in India needs strategic planning to meet the requirements of the day. Unfortunately, very little is done in this direction, leaving rest mostly to chance. In this paper, a case study for in-house in-service faculty training program is presented. The training modules are mostly local need-based and can be used fruitfully to generate similar in-house training programs in other institutions so that the call of the hour, to a certain extent, can be met by them. The paper, it is believed, will be of interest to all concerned.

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