Business Opportunities

In Technical Education
In Maharashtra

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Maharashtra in Technical Education
 300+ engineering colleges
 33 in NIRF ranking1 IIT
 1 IIT
 11 Government Universities
 Each district have Government Engineering /
Polytechnic college
 8 Private universities more to come
 20+ Autonomous colleges more on the way
 Major Branches
Traditional Branches New Emerging Branches
 Mechanical/  Artificial Intelligence
Automobile  Robotics
 Agriculture  Data Science
 Computer Software/IT  Mechatronics
 Civil  Machine Learning
 Electronics and
Telecommunication
 Electrical
Closed Branches – Instrumentation, Electronics
Globally Used Quality Indices
for Academic Institutions
• Staff Student Ratio
• Depth of course work

• Passing Ratio
• Applications/Seat

• Alumni Achievements • Academic Laboratories

• Library/BW • Faculty Quality etc.

• Reputation/Placement • Employability and Skill

Development is still an Q??
• R&D Papers/Patents
Teaching Learning Process
 Synergy of:
– Faculty
- Students
- Infrastructure
- DEP / Institution
 NBA Focus on Process:
 Academic calendar
 Syllabi Delivery
 Evaluation Systems
 Info access
 Enablers of faculty/student initiatives
Factors in Technology Planning & Management
on which Institutes concentrating

 Encourage and train faculty – critical mass

 Support student productivity – learning efficiency

 Technology integrated curriculum

Directions of Organized Education

Engineering courses to move towards

 Elective subjects to explore interest of students
• Subjects with practical approach are being introduced
• Skill development curriculum adopting
 Elective in senior years
 Broad base to courses rather than narrow specialization
 Emphasis on hands-on practical work
 Developing personality & enterprise
 Universities work for Student Awareness in

1. Team working requirements

2. Skill Development
3. Entrepreneurship Development
4. Employability Skill Development
5. Communication & interpersonal skills
6. Standards unified/International EURO/ISO/SI/TQM
7. Personal Management
 Change
 Flexibility & Adaptability
 Ability to work any time/place/site
 Life long learning
 Plan develop & execute career trajectory
Paradigms in Laboratory Work in Engineering Education our responsibility

• Basic Nature and Purpose

• What should change
• What should remain
• Benchmarks
• For certification testing and R&D
• Management Structures
Quality and Cost Concerns

• Huge expansion of Technical Education

• Lab provisions grossly inadequate

• Expensive equipments and need for duplication

• Cost centers/no resource generation

• Staff – low quality high cost

Nature and Purpose of Lab Work
 Essential supporting to evolving learning structure

 Reinforcement of Theory “concepts”

 Awareness of Modeling the Abstract- what we are doing

 Skill in measurements of physical variables

Measurements in Science & Technology

Lord Kelvin: When you can measure what you are

speaking about and express it in numbers, you know
something, ……

McNamara Fallacy: We tend to give too much importance

to what is measurable rather than trying to measure
the important ……
 Categories of Lab Work

• Curriculum support (UG)

• Analytical Instrumentation
• Research Lab for work in leading edge technologies
• Testing, calibration, maintenance
• To ensure reliability and sustainability
• SKILL DEVELOPMENT??????
Difficulties in Implementation of good
skill development practices in
practicals

Large number of students and batches

Batch size 15-20

One supervisor

Ensuring Learning / avoidance of harm

Time restrictions

Time table management difficult

Opportunities for Third Party

 Testing of components, products & systems

 Conformance to standards / calibration

 Laboratory accreditation NABL

 Professional management qualified staff

 Quality assurance systems in Lab

 Revenue generation

 Sustainable Model
Dale’s Cone of Learning Experience

People Generally Remember People are able to: (Learning Outcomes)

10% of what they read Read

*Define *Describe
20% of what they hear Hear *List*Explain

View Images
30% of what they see
• Demonstrate
Watch Videos
• Apply
50% of what they Visit Exhibit/Sites • Practice
hear and see Watch a Demonstration

70% of what Design Collaborative Lesson • Analyze

they say and write Participate in Hands-on Activity • Design
• Create
90% of what •
Simulate, Model or Experience Evaluate
They say as
Design/perform a Presentation Do “the real thing”
They do a
thing
Thank You