TITLE:
Engineering Education in India: Preparation of Professional Engineering Educators
AUTHORS:
Atasi Mohanty, Deepshikha Dash
KEYWORDS:
Technical Education, Professional Development, Pre-Service Teacher Preparation, Curriculum, and Pedagogy
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies,
Vol.4 No.2,
June
17,
2016
ABSTRACT: In 21st century, engineering education in India faces significant challenges as it requires meeting
the demands of technical profession and emerging job market. Researchers have found some universally
preferred, yet challenging skills for global workforce, e.g., science, technology, engineering
and math (STEM), statistics and data analysis skills, are of the topmost priority. Moreover, after
being the signatory of Washington Accord, India needs to reinvent not only the India Inc., but
also its technical/engineering education system. Recently, we have witnessed a major shift in customer
relationship and business strategies of corporate houses. Nowadays, e-learners and online
consumers are increasing, for which we have to update our digital world, i.e., infrastructure, content/
domain knowledge, educators/HR trainers. Thus, our technical faculty should need to learn
the innovative approaches to teaching and learning, which in turn will require effective professional
development for both new and experienced instructors alike. It is high time now to redesign
our curricula, pedagogy and make the pre-service teacher preparation programme mandatory
part of technical higher education.