Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

P. R. Patankar ¹

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1 K.E.Ss Engineering College, Pen, Dist. Raigad, IN

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AICTE was established in 1945 as a special national expert body to advise the Centre and States on matters relating to technical education.

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AN Empowered Institution

It seems that the new technical institutions in Maharashtra started on no-grant basis are under pressure from outside and from within. Externally, the new policy of Accreditation and grading, giving rise to competition amongst the institutions and making them incumbunt to assure minimum expected quality, the demand for the consquent fast changes and limited resources, warrant, immediate action. Internally, there seems to be a simmering discontent, a feeling of betrayal, and letting down amongst the employees even in reputed institutions, leading to strikes in some institutions.

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P. R. Patankar

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In part I of this article (Vol. VIII No.2 Oct-Dec 1994), the objectives of industrial training and students' role during training were discussed. Part II (Vol. VIII No. 3 Jan-March 1995) was devoted for giving guide lines for the students regarding what learning situations occur during training and how these should be utilised. In this last part, it is proposed to discuss the placement officer's functions, skills and attitudes.

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P. R. Patankar

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Technical education is the main instrument for development and transformation. We can not build a sustainable and prosperous nation without engineers. Accordingly we achieved a significant growth in technical education to the extent of 600% since independence higher than other professional education fields such as agriculture, medicine where the growth achieved is 500%. Engineering and technology educational institutions offering degree and higher degree programmes have grown from 46 in 1947 to 342 in 1990.

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P. R. Patankar

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This subject has been under discussion on various forums for a long time in the past. The discussions were in most cases initiated by technical institutions and although both sides agreed in principle that such interaction is the need of the day, very little has actually come out in practice except at local and individual levels.

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P. R. Patankar

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Performance Indicators

The attitude and expectations towards higher education in general and technical education in particular of the Government and Society at large have undergone tremendous changes.

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P. R. Patankar ¹

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1 JEE, IN

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In. the Part I of this article published In the last issue (Vol. VIII. No.2, OCT-DEC 1994) the objectives of industrial ~raining an~ students' role during training were discussed. In this part, guide Lines for the students during training are given.

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P. R. Patankar

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Time and again thro' our editorials we have been advocating for excellence in technical education. In tune with our concern for this topic, in this issue a review of the book "Total Quality Management in Education" is seperately published.

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P. R. Patankar ¹

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1 JEE, IN

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The great majority of passouts from engineering colleges or polytechnics are destined for a productive life of practical action. They are going to do things, design things, make things, organize things, for the most part of their professional career in coopertaion with other people.

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P. R. Patankar ¹

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1 JEE, IN

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Although quality is perplexing to define and difficult to measure, the pursuit of quality is not new in the industrial field. Starting from inspection and quality control with the advent of mass production, it has passed through various stages such as statistical quality control, quality assurance etc.

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