Talking Points
for Strategy Discussion
India Ad Hoc
of the SEC
Susan K. Tatiner
19 July 2010
Some Useful Background
India has second largest population in the world
Largest English-speaking population in the world
– English widely used, but mastery varies greatly
Middle class is growing and investing in education
India has over 100 universities and over 2000
colleges, many of which teach various engineering
disciplines
460K engineering students admitted in in 2004-2005
Approx 200K engineers are graduated every year
(approx 70K in US and 100K in EU)
Background continued
Great demand for IT and ITES-BPO (IT enabled
services-business processing operations)
professionals in future
Education in India administered by Ministry of Human
Resource Development
Education heavily subsidized by Indian government,
though there is a move to make higher ed partially
self-financing
Background continued
AICTE--All India Council for Technical Education—is
the accreditation body for engineering schools
Top schools are the Indian Institutes of Technology
and National Institutes of Technology
But there are many others which are considered very
good
All India Engineering Entrance Exam is the central
exam to determine school placement
Demand to get into a public college is vast
Therefore, there has been great growth in private
colleges
Background continued
Despite all the growth in education, there is a
shortage of hirable engineers
– Global survey showed only 25% of graduating
engineers were suitable for hiring by
multinationals
Very few masters and doctoral graduates
Shortages of teachers, government funding
Geographic inequalities in locations of schools: four
states have 2/3 of higher ed
Problems with accreditation: less than 10% of
institutions in technical areas are accredited
IEEE and India
IEEE has an India Ad Hoc with four areas of focus
– Membership Development
– Technical Activities
– Industry and Government Partnerships
(Standards)
– Humanitarian Activities
Overlap with Interests of IEEE
India Ad Hoc
IEEE India Ad Hoc wants to …
Identify corporate and government interest in
standards activities
Partner with companies and government in India for
professional development—continuing education and
certification
Explore potential opportunities for distinguished
lecturer program, focused webinars, etc.
Collaborate with industry on developing college
teachers to improve quality of engineering education
IEEE India Ad Hoc continued
People
– Committee Co-Chairs: R. Kasturi, R. Muralidharan
– Committee volunteers focused on standards area:
R. Muralidharan and Sourav Dutta
– Staff: Matt Loeb, Pete Sobel
Activity of interest
They met with India Minister of Science and
Technology and garnered support for working with 37
national research labs on standards education
Strategy Discussion for SEC India
Ad Hoc
What would we like to achieve?
How would we go about doing it? And how
would we measure our success?
What is the timeline for planning such
activities?
Ideas to consider
How does India fit into overall mission of Standards
Education?
– University curriculum? Accreditation? Continuing
education?
Pick two things we can help with?
Identifying/prioritizing partners to work with on those
things
– Universities
– Companies
– Government agencies
– IEEE entities
Establishing contacts in each key area
Establishing plans/timelines