This document discusses the need for reforms in engineering education in India. It notes that while India produces over 1 million engineering graduates annually, the existing education system focuses too heavily on theory and lacks emphasis on practical skills and employability. It proposes a project-based learning model to address this. Key aspects of this model include integrating hands-on projects into the curriculum from the 2nd semester onwards, industry collaboration, a 45-day student fellowship, and a focus on developing technical and soft skills needed for employment. The goal is to produce job-ready engineers who can also start their own companies and contribute to India's technological development.

2.  700+ universities, required 1775 by 2020
 3200 Engineering Colleges, 1.1 million
seats
 By 2015, “Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan”
estimates 15 million HSC passouts, 2
million aspirants for Engineering
 Need excellent learning platform and
Employability factor

3.  Existing system focuses more on theory,
need to connect end product with
curriculum
 Flexibility is required in University Systems
 Self-financing institutions like HMR are
taking up onus of creating workable
professionals
 High need for Product design/
development by India for specific Indian
needs

4.  Employability potential of student
 Improve quality of education
 Skill development
 Focus on patent/ innovation
 Indian contribution to commercial
technological products
 Trainings on Technical/ Life Skill
requirements

5. UNIVERSITY
CURRICULUM
•Traditional
Teaching
Learning
PROJECT BASED
LEARNING
•Lab Innovations
•Industrial projects
•Value Addition
Programs
•Curriculum
projects
•Self-learning
sessions
SUPPORTING
ACTIVITIES
•Technical Activities
•LCD Presentations
•Profile & Project
Presentations
•Mock Project
presentations
•Group discussions

6.  Integrates knowing and learning
 Students learn knowledge and elements
of the core curriculum, but also apply
what they know to solve authentic
problems and produce results that
matter
 Leads to skill development of engineers –
ready to be absorbed in industry
 Also leads to new technology or product
development

7.  Collaboration
 Different approaches to problem
 Cooperation & responsibility
 Team work
 Problem-solving & analysis
 Written & verbal communication
 Student gets real-life work experience

8. THEORY Student studies concepts at the beginning of the semester
PRACTICE
PROBLEM
IDENTIFICA
TION
INNOVATION
PROJECT
PROTOTYPE
START UP
Student practices the theory, experiments, aptitude for
product design
Student identifies an ill-structured problem and feasibility
Future revenue, follow ups
A sample product , testing , useful to the society
Entrepreneurship, funding
PRODUCT A discrete product is developed

9.  Initiated in HMR along with CTIF-GISFI-
Vishwaniketan Network
 Activity plans fully implemented amongst
students including activities like Business
Club, Presentation and Value Addition
Programmes

10. VAPS PROJECT
2 Sem
3 Sem
6 Sem
4 Sem
5 Sem
7 Sem 8 Sem
3 good projects with innovation
Prototype development
45 days fellowship
13th Week
1st week 3rd week

11.  Focuses on developing skill sets of
students
 From 2nd Sem, students learn 60 hrs of
technical training by industry experts
 Over 750 students enrolled in the first
batch
 Group of 2-3 Students create a project in
the end, evaluated by industry experts
 This cycle is continued from 2nd to 6th
sem, students focus on projects

12. Academic Activities Co-curricular
activities
Faculty development Industry Interface
Academic calendar,
teaching plan, mid-
lecture activity, self-
learning sessions
OHP/ LCD
Presentations
In-house training/
quality improvement
programmes for
faculty members
Campus connect /
extension programmes
Curriculum
development/ lesson
planning (PBL Model)
Departmental
Libraries
Industrial exposure to
faculty
Global collaborations
Continuous
assessment(Lab
innovation)
Invited talks by
experts from
industry/
academicians
Participation in
workshops conducted
by industry/ other
institutes of eminence
Vocational training for
students/ industrial
activities
Need based skill
development
programs(VAPS)
Technical quizzes/
group discussions
R & D Centre/ I4 CT Seminars &
conferences
Upgradation of
laboratories & library
Technical festivals/
competitions
Consultancy Corporate teaching
open feedback Business club Research journal
Attendance, unit tests,
prelims, internal
assessment schemes
Industry projects tailor made learning
programmes for
corporate sector
School of foreign
languages
Allumini associations
College/ wall
magazine
Social/ cultural
programmes
Sports

13.  Student fellowship offer under
arrangement from CTIF Network
 Five faculty members sponsored for Ph.
D programme in Alborgh University,
Denmark every year
 Funding proposal in Unites States- India
Educational Foundation (USIEF) submitted
by HMR offering scholarships to teachers

14.  Plan to submit funding proposals to
Europeon Commission under Erasmus
Mundus Programme
 Research for IPRs, product development
soon