Indian engineers have a role in contributing to the success of engineering projects in the country, said T.G. Sitharam, chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education.
At the inception of the Indian Institutes of Technologies they were merely training youngsters for industry but today they produced enormous amount of research and contributed immensely in various industries, he said.
At the first national conclave on design thinking for academic leaders held in the city on Wednesday, Mr. Sitharam said, “We need to change the mindset. India is ranked third in research publications and third largest ecosystem of startups. They have become very successful with close to about garnering US $500 billion.” He apprised the gathering, that largely comprised representatives from engineering colleges of the council’s efforts to transform technical education in the country in the last decade.
