Indo US Collaboration

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• Indo US Collaboration
• for Engineering Education
• (IUCEE) A Case Study
• Krishna Vedula
• Professor and Dean Emeritus
• University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Vivek Singhal
• Founder and Chairman
• Strategic Business Management Co.
• Vsinghal_at_SBM-Team.com

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Outline

• Context
• Introducing IUCEE
• Progress so far and people who are involved
• Results of the Summer Leadership Institute
• Proposal for the 5 year program and financial
  model
• IT/ ITES
• Non IT engineering
• Conclusion

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Context

• India has close to 1800 engineering colleges
  growing at 15 per annum
• Total seats in the region of 650 k to 700k intake
• Close to 400k graduating engineers (contestable)
• Only 25 are employable/ trainable even those
  dont know the art of connecting the dots in a
  problem context

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Concerns

• Effect on post graduate education serious
• Number of M Tech and Ph. D enrolment is abysmally
  low
• Qualified teacher shortage
• Compromising future generations
• Social tensions as huge amounts of money is
  invested by state and individuals with
  expectations which are failing
• Economic (Industrial) growth uncertain for want
  of predictable number of skilled people not
  linked to projections
• Not only have we experienced this in India but
  the professors of US universities who receive
  close to 50k of our graduates have experienced
  the decline in the competence and learning
  expected of a degree holder
• The genesis of the IUCEE is seated in this
  experience of industry and education systems in
  US.

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Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education
(IUCEE)
Train the Trainer
Approach
8 0 0 0 0 F A C U L T Y
IUCEE-US
IUCEE-India
Subjects
Regional Centers
US Faculty Experts one-week workshops
Indian Faculty Trainers
Trainers
Annual Indo US Engineering Faculty Leadership
Institute in India
Regional Workshops
Training Kits
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2008 Indo US Engineering Faculty Leadership
Institute
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2008 Indo US Engineering Faculty Leadership
Institute

• 23 workshops and 23 US faculty experts
• 1400 applicants on-line
• 585 Indian participants selected
• All had at least M.Tech/ME Degrees 25 had PhDs
• 75 had more than 10 years experience
• 25 senior administrators or heads of colleges
• 24 female
• 15 AP, 7 Gujarat 26 Karnataka 16
  Maharashtra 20 Tamil Nadu 15 Other.
• 175 colleges represented

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2008 Indo US Engineering Faculty Leadership
Instituteconsidered overwhelming success based
on

• Participant Feedback
• Participant Energy Level and Involvement
• Participant Follow-up implementation
• Workshops, seminars, course improvements,
  teaching and research networks established
• US faculty comments
• Industry involvement

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Course Ratings
Scale Poor Fair Average Good
Excellent 0 1 2 3
4 All 21 courses were rated Good to
Excellent (3.0 to 4.0) 17 courses were rated by
50 responses as Excellent (3.50 ) 8 courses
were rated by 75 responses as Excellent (3.75 )
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Participant Comments

• Rajul Gajjar, Professor, LD College of
  Engineering, Gujarat This is the first time
  people are actually going back with an actual
  plan we are already committed network of three
  institutions working together it is really
  unique
• Rio DSouza, Associate Professor, St. Joseph
  Engineering College, Karnataka They were not
  only talking about teaching techniques, but were
  practicing it
• Hemal Shah, Assistant Professor, UV Patel College
  of Engineering, Gujarat On-line testing for
  learning styles was really exciting to me this
  is really making us global professionals
• Prithvi Raj Bhupal, Vice Principal, Bellary
  College of Engineering, Karnataka This has
  really opened my mind so that I can really make
  a difference
• Nandita Choudhury, Lecturer, Nirma Institute of
  Science and Technology, Gujarat Provides me a
  good opportunity to take back a lot of things
  which I can share with other faculty
• Milind Mali, Assistant Professor, SKN College of
  Engineering, Maharashtra I am taking back the
  quality improvement slogan Say what you do Do
  what you say Prove it and Improve it
• M. Usha, Head of Dept Sona College of
  Technology, Tamil Nadu I have chosen this course
  on Computer Networks because of Jim Kurose, who
  authored the book it was very different I found
  his class to be very very interesting and very
  practical because of the labs.
• G.H. Joshi, Professor, BVB College of
  Engineering, Karnataka Best thing I have seen
  here is exposure to global practices and great
  experiences of a team of professors from
  University of Puerto Rico
• Ashutosh Marathe, Assistant Professor,
  Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Maharashtra
  Complete transparency students are taken into
  confidence right from the beginning very
  essential for building excellent partnership
  between students and faculty.
• Sushma Kulkarni, Principal, Rajarambapu Institute
  of Technology, Maharashtra It has been a
  continuous complaint from HR managers that only
  10 to 20 of our students are employable
  something should be done the word curriculum
  innovation and the Indo-US part of this
  attracted me to see what other countries are
  doing the unique thing is that its is very
  participatory we have really come to know the
  way they are implementing in their country
• I.K. Bhat, Director, National Institute of
  Technology, Hamirpur With these new concepts we
  would definitely like to go to other colleges and
  help their faculty we are planning to set up
  training center for teachers in our institute

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Participant Comments

• Divya, Lecturer, Punjab Engineering College,
  Chandigarh I have been pretty surprised More
  than my expectations I have been exposed to
  completely different way of teaching the course
  on Wireless Networks I will now teach be
  teaching differently, beyond the text books
• Harshal Sawant, Assistant Professor, MS Ramaiah
  School of Advanced Studies The course has really
  helped me I really feel that I know how my
  course can be designed better course instructor
  was marvelous and gave many examples we learnt
  how to work in a group how to improve our
  presentation
• Manali Kshirsagar, Assistant Professor, YC
  College of Engineering, Maharashtra while
  teaching us about outcomes based assessment,
  their approach itself is outcomes based we are
  learning how to practice.
• P.M. Prasuna, Head of Department, BVC Institute
  of Technology, Andhra Pradesh Workshop is hosted
  by the favorite author of my favorite book I got
  so many benefits apart from theoretical approach
  he has also give practical ideas so many
  unanswered questions were answered
• Vineeta Gejji, Head of Dept, Gogte Institute of
  Technology, Karnataka After coming here it was a
  real eye opener. I never thought we can apply
  teaching principles to teaching engineering that
  had never occurred to me I have 24 years of
  experience this workshop has made me realize
  there are very good practices which can be
  implemented I have lots of scope to improve
  engineering education I plan to conduct similar
  workshops and train other faculty.
• Anuj Jain, Professor, Motilal Nehru National
  Institute of Technology Focus is on learning of
  students rather that on what teacher is teaching
  in fact we are using some of what is being taught
  here, after many years of experience here we
  have learnt this in a structured fashion, which
  is more useful if we can put this to younger
  faculty they will become more effective from day
  one
• Anand Kulkarni, Assistant Professor, SDM College
  of Engineering, Karnataka Shift of emphasis from
  teaching to learning has been presented in a
  fantastic way
• Krishnendu Chakraborty, Techno India College of
  Technology, West Bengal Now I have understood
  the way of teaching, teaching methodology, I can
  motivate my faculty I am taking away many things
  from this workshop I carry tons and tonnes of
  ideas three level approach do it myself in my
  course, share success stories with my faculty
  colleges and then across the region
• B. Seshu, Associate Professor, Bhoj Reddy
  Engineering College for Women We have been
  trained, so we would like to train many more
  people.
• Bani Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor, IIT
  Kharagpur, West Bengal Incorporating active
  learning within the course itself this approach
  is very important I want to incorporate this in
  my courses I have learnt many things and will
  become a trainer

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Fundraising and expenses for 2007-08
Income Desh and Jaishree 334,000 NRN and
Sudha 334,000 Fees from participants
30,100 Corporate donations 23,000 Infosys
Hospitality 240,000 Total
961,000 ______________________________________
_____________ Expenses US
Faculty 391,000 Videotaping and Materials
80,000 Kit development and training
50,000 Coordination, administration
180,000 Coordination, administration
20,000 Participant Boarding and Lodging
241,000 Total
961,000 __________________________________________
_________
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Follow up Challenges

• Sustaining momentum of Indian faculty
• Sustaining financially
• Scaling to reach large numbers
• Broadening to other fields
• Assessing and quantifying outcomes
• Leveraging Government programs

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Future Plans (2009 and beyond)

• Sustainability and Scalability according to the
  model proposed
• Conduct Summer Institutes Annually
• Develop Training Kits based on Summer Institutes
• Train selected Participants to become Trainers
  using Kits
• Trainers conduct regional workshops, collect fees
  for sustaining and developing programs
• Mentor Regional Centers of Teaching Excellence

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Measure of Success

• Continuous feedback and assessment to measure
• Employability of graduates (increase from 25 to
  50 in five years ?)

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Train the Trainer Approach
8 0 0 0 0 F A C U L T Y
IUCEE-US
IUCEE-India
Subjects
Regional Centers
US Faculty Experts one-week workshops
New Indian Faculty Trainers
Trainers
Annual Indo US Engineering Faculty Leadership
Institute in India
Regional Workshops
Training Kits
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Potential for Scale-Up
2008-09 is Pilot Year
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Proposed Funding

• Private Industry
• Objective More Employable Graduates
• 40 K per course per year (for US Faculty
  Trainers)
• Solicit for interested field of engineering
• Example 1,000,000 for 25 courses per year
• Government
• Create scheme to be administered by Government
• Pay travel, boarding and lodging and part fees
  for faculty attending workshop (Indian Faculty
  Trainers and Faculty Participants)
• 9 Cr in 2009-10
• 16 Cr in 2010-11
• 23 Cr in 2011-12
• 30 Cr in 2012-13
• Regional Center
• Offer regional workshops and charge fees
• Revenue from fees after paying trainers,
  materials and facilities to be used for program
  and curriculum development for excellence

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Summary

• Access Scale and sustainability can be achieved
  in five years
• Private funding Sponsors courses of interest to
  their field for employment
• Public funding Govt. creates scheme to support
  faculty participant costs
• Quality Regional Centers take ownership of
  regional dynamic of excellence in engineering
  education
• Social Appreciation High quality engineering
  graduates assist in solving problems facing
  society

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• Questions?
• Vivek Singhal
• Vsinghal_at_SBM-Team.com