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“Role of Engineers in a Developing India” - Theme of 50th Engineers' Day - 2017
September 15 is celebrated every year in the country since 1967 as “Engineers’ Day” to
commemorate the birthday of the legendary engineer Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.
A theme of national importance is chosen every year by the National Council of the Institution and deliberated at its various State/Local Centres to educate the engineering fraternity in general and the society in particular. This year the 50th Engineers’ Day will be celebrated all over the country and the
National Council of the Institution has selected the theme as “Role of Engineers in a Developing India” to mark the occasion.
In the Indian industry scenario, Engineering is by far the largest segment. The nature of engineering industries in India is grossly diversified starting of heavy engineering, light and medium engineering
and rural or cottage engineering. India’s engineering industry accounts for 27 per cent of the total factories in the industrial sector and represents 63 per cent of the overall foreign collaborations. It has emerged as the largest contributor to the country’s total merchandise exports. Indian manufacturing/
engineering industry employs over 4 million skilled and semiskilled workers (direct and indirect). The Indian engineering industry has emerged as a dynamic sector in the country’s industrial economy and has made the country self reliant in key areas
Being the largest foreign exchange earner in the country, the engineering sector gets around 63% of share through foreign collaborations. India has a huge opportunity within engineering services also. The size of this sub-sector to USD 29 billion by the year 2015, which will easily make up 20% of global market share. The Engineering Process Outsourcing (EPO) market is likely to grow by USD 40 billion by 2020. The total offshore engineering spend is likely to grow to USD 150- 125 billion by 2020 and India, with its talent pool and experience in engineering services, is well suited to
realize 25% of this opportunity.
India has a well-developed and diversified industrial machinery/capital base capable of manufacturing the entire range of industrial machinery. The industry has also managed to
successfully develop advanced manufacturing technology over the years. Among the developing countries, India is a major exporter of heavy and light engineering goods, producing a wide
range of items. The bulk of capital goods required for power projects, fertilizer, cement, steel and petrochemical plants and mining equipment are made in India. The country also makes
construction machinery, equipment for irrigation projects, diesel engines, tractors, transport vehicles, cotton textile and sugar mill machinery.
The nature of Indian engineering exports is also changing with time. India is fast moving from exporting low-value goods to developing countries to exporting high-value goods to developed
countries. With development in associated sectors such as automotive, industrial goods and infrastructure, coupled with a well-developed technical human resources pool, engineering
exports are expected to grow high and high. Capital goods now account for 26 per cent of total engineering exports. A key driver for increased engineering exports is the trend towards shifting
of global manufacturing bases to low cost countries like India. This trend is expected to boost exports of engineering goods from India over the coming years. Among developing countries, India offers the best combination of low costs, availability and skills and capabilities of manpower for the engineering sector.
In terms of availability and skills, India produces over 500 PhDs, 200,000 engineers, 300,000 non-engineering postgraduates and 2,100,000 other graduates each year, thereby ensuring a steady supply of qualified technical manpower for the sector. These huge numbers of qualified engineers are the key factor in developing the country and The Institution of Engineers (India) feels proud to be the largest body of engineers in the country with a dedicated service for the development of the nation since 1920.
https://www.ieindia.org/PDF_Images/5%20Statutory%20Days/Theme%20Write-up%20ED.pdf
https://www.ieindia.org/PDF_IMAGES/Event_Pdf/EDT.pdf?Event_Id=1765
July 2017
Layoffs and shrinking job market: Is this the end of India’s engineering dream?
Even as the government targets the social sciences, it is encouraging the growth of engineering colleges – despite the fact that engineering jobs (particularly in IT) are shrinking, in India and abroad.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/education/layoffs-and-shrinking-job-market-is-this-the-end-of-india-s-engineering-dream/story-uWtw0E8PtslNzsfiXszMpL.html
FEB 2017
Last year, India had the most graduates of any country worldwide with 78.0 million while China followed close behind with 77.7 million. The U.S. is now in third place with 67.4 million graduates,
The World Economic Forum reported that China had 4.7 million recent STEM graduates in 2016. India, another academic powerhouse, had 2.6 million new STEM graduates last year while the U.S. had 568,000.
India has plans to increase enrolment in higher education to 30% of the population in education age group and thus may have plans to produce 10 million graduates per year in due course of time.
IISC INSA - Progress of Science and Technology in India
Science and Technology in Agriculture
http://www.iisc.ernet.in/insa/ch21.pdf
Diary Science and Technology in India
http://www.iisc.ernet.in/insa/ch22.pdf
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRY IN INDIA
http://www.iisc.ernet.in/insa/ch23.pdf
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
http://www.iisc.ernet.in/insa/ch24.pdf
Evolution of Engineering Profession in India
http://engind.hypotheses.org/research-areas/2-role-played-by-the-engineering-profession-in-the-economic-development-of-india-and-especially-in-the-state-economic-policies
http://engind.hypotheses.org/
http://www.thehindu.com/thread/reflections/article9110857.ece
http://www.dqindia.com/gift-of-new-age-enterprise-software/
http://www.indiaspend.com/cover-story/make-in-india-but-beware-the-engineers-54702
http://ieivjlc.org/invitations/Call-for-Nominations-for-Engineers-day-awards-2017.pdf
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