Nagpur div colleges at par with Pune & Mumbai, says joint dir

Nagpur div colleges at par with Pune & Mumbai, says joint dir

Nagpur: Technical education joint director Ram Nibudey on Tuesday said the engineering department was witnessing a revival after the consistent drop in number of takers for different courses in the last decade.
Supporting his claim, Nibudey presented an analysis of data comprising number of students appearing for common entrance test (CET), available seats, activities conducted by colleges, placements, pay packages, and recruiters in last one year.
As per the data, over 27,000 students appeared for CET against 10,000 seats under Nagpur region of directorate of technical education (DTE). In a bid to contain brain drain, Nibudey invited industrialists, motivational speakers and top executives from Mihan and Butibori to address an online audience of over 2,000 on Tuesday.
He said people from Vidarbha shouldn’t believe in myths that only Pune and Mumbai have good colleges. “Nagpur has equally good institutes like VNIT, LIT, Government College of Engineering (CoE). Not all colleges in big cities are good,” he said, appealing to students to prefer Nagpur for a Bachelor’s in engineering (BE).
The data also includes Rs44 lakh salary package offered to a student of CoE, and claims that over 1,000 companies have conducted job drives on 44 campuses in Covid times. However, the overall percentage of students getting jobs is at an abysmal 44%, which officials blamed on the bleak scenario in the wake of lockdown.
“Engineering is not losing its importance, though it may seem so. The graph is again going up. Some people have created myths about technical education from Nagpur. Citizens shouldn’t believe in them,” Nibudey said, during an awareness talk titled ‘Why I must study engineering’ at CoE campus in Mihan.
“Engineering has become a multi-disciplinary field with involvement of medical science, power sector, communication and still has vast scope. We have numerous examples of Nagpur engineering students excelling academically as well as in their respective professions,” he added.
Talking about the fall in number of colleges and seats, Nibudey said there had been a glut while the demand was not as much. Five years ago, the Nagpur region had 25,000 seats in 60 engineering colleges under Nagpur and Gondwana Universities.
Lack of takers forced 16 colleges to file for closure, while many others reduced their shifts and intake. The official said this has rationalized the demand and supply ratio to a large extent.
The numbers of takers would appear more promising once more colleges give up, even as reputed ones shift to the latest course.
The closure is done in a phased manner and hence colleges continue to add numbers to the final tally.
Nibudey said some colleges from Nagpur have applied for starting artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI & ML), and aeronautical engineering courses. “I won’t say which one is better as all branches are important. Civil is as good as mechanical or electronics. The highest package went to an electronics student only,” he said.

Published at Sun, 20 Dec 2020 00:11:15 +0000

Nagpur div colleges at par with Pune & Mumbai, says joint dir

Nagpur: Technical education joint director Ram Nibudey on Tuesday said the engineering department was witnessing a revival after the consistent drop in number of takers for different courses in the last decade.
Supporting his claim, Nibudey presented an analysis of data comprising number of students appearing for common entrance test (CET), available seats, activities conducted by colleges, placements, pay packages, and recruiters in last one year.
As per the data, over 27,000 students appeared for CET against 10,000 seats under Nagpur region of directorate of technical education (DTE). In a bid to contain brain drain, Nibudey invited industrialists, motivational speakers and top executives from Mihan and Butibori to address an online audience of over 2,000 on Tuesday.
He said people from Vidarbha shouldn’t believe in myths that only Pune and Mumbai have good colleges. “Nagpur has equally good institutes like VNIT, LIT, Government College of Engineering (CoE). Not all colleges in big cities are good,” he said, appealing to students to prefer Nagpur for a Bachelor’s in engineering (BE).
The data also includes Rs44 lakh salary package offered to a student of CoE, and claims that over 1,000 companies have conducted job drives on 44 campuses in Covid times. However, the overall percentage of students getting jobs is at an abysmal 44%, which officials blamed on the bleak scenario in the wake of lockdown.
“Engineering is not losing its importance, though it may seem so. The graph is again going up. Some people have created myths about technical education from Nagpur. Citizens shouldn’t believe in them,” Nibudey said, during an awareness talk titled ‘Why I must study engineering’ at CoE campus in Mihan.
“Engineering has become a multi-disciplinary field with involvement of medical science, power sector, communication and still has vast scope. We have numerous examples of Nagpur engineering students excelling academically as well as in their respective professions,” he added.
Talking about the fall in number of colleges and seats, Nibudey said there had been a glut while the demand was not as much. Five years ago, the Nagpur region had 25,000 seats in 60 engineering colleges under Nagpur and Gondwana Universities.
Lack of takers forced 16 colleges to file for closure, while many others reduced their shifts and intake. The official said this has rationalized the demand and supply ratio to a large extent.
The numbers of takers would appear more promising once more colleges give up, even as reputed ones shift to the latest course.
The closure is done in a phased manner and hence colleges continue to add numbers to the final tally.
Nibudey said some colleges from Nagpur have applied for starting artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI & ML), and aeronautical engineering courses. “I won’t say which one is better as all branches are important. Civil is as good as mechanical or electronics. The highest package went to an electronics student only,” he said.

Published at Sun, 20 Dec 2020 00:11:15 +0000