India has the largest numbers of engineers as well as the largest number of engineering education institutes and infrastructure in the world.[citation needed] As of 2021[update], India annually produces 1.5 million engineering graduates.[1] India's technical education infrastructure includes 2500 engineering colleges, 1400 polytechnics and 200 schools of planning and architecture.[1]
Of the hundred thousands engineering graduates produced every year, less than 5% of the engineers are produced by the pan-India national level autonomous institutes created by the acts of parliament, such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) [citation needed],a little over 5% are produced by state level autonomous institutes and unitary universities approved by UGC. The remaining over 90% of the engineering graduates are produced by the private and non-autonomous state level engineering education institutes which must obtain the approval from the regulatory authority All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to run such courses before they start admitting students.[1]
Most common engineering branches in Undergraduate are Computer science and engineering, Electronics and Communication engineering, Electrical and electronic engineering, Mechanical engineering, Civil engineering and Chemical engineering.[2][3]
- ^ a b c Thakur, Ashok (3 February 2021). "Modi govt's HEC can't just be UGC with new label. Engineering still needs its own regulator". ThePrint. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Top 5 Engineering Branches in India". Jagranjosh.com. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ "Which Type of Engineering Should You Study?". Top Universities. Retrieved 2021-12-22.