Real engineers are problem solvers. They are given the tools only to help them solve problems using all the knowledge of physics, materials, electricity, fluids, thermodynamics, and various other subjects that must in their heads all come together. The vast majority of engineering graduates from India will not be able to solve any real world problems.
There was a recent study that showed how many Indian engineering students are employable. Majority of engineering graduates not employable: Experts
Clueless engineers: National Employability Report reveals how unemployable fresh engineering graduates are
The problem with having to train graduates is that there are many with good marks obtained by the usual methods, where learning a subject is not necessary, leave alone knowing it well enough to apply what you know.
India has forgotten all about "scientific temper" and does not apply itself scientifically to even the simplest problems it needs to solve. India's construction standards, for instance, are well over fifty years old. With all the new materials available now, why not set new standards? The USA's standards are upgraded sometimes more than once a year!
The vast majority of Indian engineering colleges produce herds that usually go nowhere. Some years ago, they knew enough to be somewhat readily employed. Now, even that is gone, and the numbers of graduates have increased. End result: Clueless mass of people with useless degrees.
To clean the Ganges, Indian engineers could not come up with any sort of plan. So, India had to call in some experts from Europe. To clean the Cooum river in Chennai, same thing.
Most of the "projects" that Indian engineering students put together as part of their curriculum in order to graduate are simply copied from other colleges, who copied from somewhere else. This whole "project" nonsense is a hypocritical racket.
There are exceptions, but a great number of the staff members in engineering colleges are also uncaring people. Zero passion and just know how to spit out the "syllabus". They can hardly get students enthused about the amazing things they should do as engineers.
India has no culture of innovation either. But there is no shortage of blowing their horns. As soon as someone comes out with a functioning tablet, some stupid hype of an "iPad killer" is sure to follow. Indian engineers in very small numbers can function at the cutting edge of engineering and innovation.
For how long has India supported the damn Hindustan Aeronautics Limited? Well over 50 years. They have not made a single plane Air India or Indian Airlines can use. Forget about the Indian Air Force. India has not made a single functional jet engine on its own design. The engine that HAL came up with for the much touted LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) simply did not produce the thrust to push the damn plane. So now, it's getting a foreign engine! Why did India even waste its time with its engineers?
There are standouts like the ISRO, that has somehow managed to put together interdisciplinary engineering teams for its successful space research and exploration program. But on the other side of the coin, India's trains have gained only 10% in average speed over the last thirty years.
Ashok Leyland and Tata have been making buses for a very long time and continue to do so. Guess who makes the buses of choice on Indian roads today? Volvo and Mercedes Benz. How hard can it be to make a fast, comfortable bus? Pretty hard, apparently.
India's engineers can work on very specific projects that someone else puts together, when they are assigned specific tasks after training for those tasks. Taken fresh from college, companies will be lucky if they don't burn the canteen and crash the elevator.
There was a recent study that showed how many Indian engineering students are employable. Majority of engineering graduates not employable: Experts
Clueless engineers: National Employability Report reveals how unemployable fresh engineering graduates are
The problem with having to train graduates is that there are many with good marks obtained by the usual methods, where learning a subject is not necessary, leave alone knowing it well enough to apply what you know.
India has forgotten all about "scientific temper" and does not apply itself scientifically to even the simplest problems it needs to solve. India's construction standards, for instance, are well over fifty years old. With all the new materials available now, why not set new standards? The USA's standards are upgraded sometimes more than once a year!
The vast majority of Indian engineering colleges produce herds that usually go nowhere. Some years ago, they knew enough to be somewhat readily employed. Now, even that is gone, and the numbers of graduates have increased. End result: Clueless mass of people with useless degrees.
To clean the Ganges, Indian engineers could not come up with any sort of plan. So, India had to call in some experts from Europe. To clean the Cooum river in Chennai, same thing.
Most of the "projects" that Indian engineering students put together as part of their curriculum in order to graduate are simply copied from other colleges, who copied from somewhere else. This whole "project" nonsense is a hypocritical racket.
There are exceptions, but a great number of the staff members in engineering colleges are also uncaring people. Zero passion and just know how to spit out the "syllabus". They can hardly get students enthused about the amazing things they should do as engineers.
India has no culture of innovation either. But there is no shortage of blowing their horns. As soon as someone comes out with a functioning tablet, some stupid hype of an "iPad killer" is sure to follow. Indian engineers in very small numbers can function at the cutting edge of engineering and innovation.
For how long has India supported the damn Hindustan Aeronautics Limited? Well over 50 years. They have not made a single plane Air India or Indian Airlines can use. Forget about the Indian Air Force. India has not made a single functional jet engine on its own design. The engine that HAL came up with for the much touted LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) simply did not produce the thrust to push the damn plane. So now, it's getting a foreign engine! Why did India even waste its time with its engineers?
There are standouts like the ISRO, that has somehow managed to put together interdisciplinary engineering teams for its successful space research and exploration program. But on the other side of the coin, India's trains have gained only 10% in average speed over the last thirty years.
Ashok Leyland and Tata have been making buses for a very long time and continue to do so. Guess who makes the buses of choice on Indian roads today? Volvo and Mercedes Benz. How hard can it be to make a fast, comfortable bus? Pretty hard, apparently.
India's engineers can work on very specific projects that someone else puts together, when they are assigned specific tasks after training for those tasks. Taken fresh from college, companies will be lucky if they don't burn the canteen and crash the elevator.
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