The ‘Making’ of the Mind of an Engineer—Some Thoughts on Engineering Education in India

The academic training an engineer receives in his/her education sets the initial conditions for his/her contributions as an engineer. The successes and failures of our engineering sector are therefore traceable, in some measure, to the education system that prepares our engineers. This is not to deny the importance of life and experience in what an engineer delivers in her profession; it is rather that, if education is completely irrelevant, there is a problem right there that needs to be addressed. After seven decades of independence, it is therefore pertinent to look at how our engineering education system has evolved and how it has delivered.