Amidst a seemingly endless flow of gloomy news—the sagging GDP growth numbers and growing inflation, rising petrol prices which touches everyone from the high and mighty to the common man, and the Eurozone crisis that threatens to further upset India's economic balance—news about India's technical education sector remained the season's bestseller. Of course, for all the wrong reasons. The brainwave that struck Union minister for human resource development Kapil Sibal—to braid the entrance examinations to all the engineering colleges in the country into a single examination—has not met with the kind of reaction he would have anticipated. The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are now united in opposition to the proposal—and divided in deciding to hold their own separate examinations from next year.
Even though confusion persists over how the engineering entrance examinations will look next year and how students should approach it, and how the economy will perform, or, for that matter, which way the Eurozone crisis will head and so, how Indian companies would react in the college placement season, the serpentine lines at India's top professional colleges continue to get longer, with more inquisitive faces coming into the fray. Outlook's ranking of India's top professional colleges (in partnership with MDRA) comes out at a time when even more comprehensive analysis and information is required about colleges that will shape the future of millions of young Indians.
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There's a lot on offer in this issue: the Outlook team went across the country to demystify the engineering entrance examination issue and gauge how it would impact different segments. With technology and the internet entering our lives more prominently, can education be far behind? We take a detailed look at how online education is shaping up in India. Yes, the future has arrived. With research and innovation starting early at the college level, innovations are also happening actively at college backyards. We sampled some breakthrough products and technologies India's young scientists are about to present to the world. Also watch out for the detailed package on the biggest problem facing students today: stress.
Hopefully, by the time next year's aspirants sit for examinations, everyone will be less stressed out—and a solution would have been found to the examination issue. Till then, as always, choose wisely.
AUTHORS: ARINDAM MUKHERJEE
TAGS: EDUCATION | BEST PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES | IIT | CAT- COMMON ADMISSION TEST
SECTION: BUSINESS
SUBSECTION: OPINION POLLS
अनुवाद द्वारा पॉवर्ड| ALSO IN THIS STORY |
RANKINGS The top 75 overall and the Top 10 breakdowns between govt and pvt colleges, zone and criteria wise |
RANKINGS AIIMS, AFMC, CMC top the medical colleges while Maulana Azad, Manipal and Govt Dental College Mumbai top the dental colleges |
RANKINGS Best colleges in Social Work, Hotel Management, Architecture, Fashion Technology, Mass Comm, Law |
SURVEY Selection process, placements, academic excellence, personality development and industry exposure, Infrastructure... |
THE WORLD'S BEST A parade of the world leaders in education, from law to mathematics |
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| 1/D-79 JUN 16, 2012 04:36 PM | It is surprsing that Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai does not feature anywhere in the ranking. This institute has produced stalwarts like the late Dr Homi Sethna, Prof MM Sharma , the first FRS in Chemical Engineering from India. His student Prof Mashelkar is also an FRS. There may be more. Some of the all time great in Chemical Engineering occupy Professorial positions in leading Universities in USA. ICT Mumbai has fuelled the growth of chemical industries esp in the western zone and many parts of India. The late Prof Venkataraman wrote volumes in dyestuff technology which adorns the libraries of ivy league schools. Dr AV Rama Rao who has his lab in Hyderabad was a pioneer in producing pharmaceuticals indigenously in India. There are many more. Dr KH Gharda is another pioneer for producing chemicals without any outside help. He is also from ICT, Mumbai. Prof JG Kane pioneered the study of minor oil seeds in India which is an employment outlet for villagers. His work on minor oil seeds in legendary. The present academics are also world class in output in terms of publications in their areas. Mukesh Ambani is an alumini from ICT. Mumbai. There are many more entrepreuners from ICT, Mumbai. This is the second time this has happened , omitting ICT , Mumbai which has been the backbone of Indias indigenous chemical industry Once bitten twice shy, twice omiited makes the ranking hollow and dry. The ranking system of world universities is best viewed in in this system http://www.scimagojr.com/countryrank.php as per documents , H index etc. The trouble with other ranking systems is that it brings in funding ( money) into the picture which brings severe aberrations in terms of salary , infrastructure etc. Infrastructure very important, but there are theoreticians in India and China who do very good work with very little money. |
2/D-81 JUN 16, 2012 05:04 PM | The trouble with putting together an issue around a single theme is that the reader's eyes may glaze over. |
3/D-97 JUN 16, 2012 07:42 PM | "To me at the most what these TOP INSTITUTIONS are doing is that they are only Roasting and Salting the Raw Cashews to make them Delicious. They are not converting Peanuts into Cashews." |
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