Talking Points for Strategy Discussion India Ad Hoc of the SEC Susan K. Tatiner 19 July 2010

Some Useful Background India has second largest population in the world Largest English-speaking population in the world –English widely used, but mastery varies greatly Middle class is growing and investing in education India has over 100 universities and over 2000 colleges, many of which teach various engineering disciplines 460K engineering students admitted in in Approx 200K engineers are graduated every year (approx 70K in US and 100K in EU)

Background continued Great demand for IT and ITES-BPO (IT enabled services-business processing operations) professionals in future Education in India administered by Ministry of Human Resource Development Education heavily subsidized by Indian government, though there is a move to make higher ed partially self-financing

Background continued AICTE--All India Council for Technical Education—is the accreditation body for engineering schools Top schools are the Indian Institutes of Technology and National Institutes of Technology But there are many others which are considered very good All India Engineering Entrance Exam is the central exam to determine school placement Demand to get into a public college is vast Therefore, there has been great growth in private colleges

Background continued Despite all the growth in education, there is a shortage of hirable engineers –Global survey showed only 25% of graduating engineers were suitable for hiring by multinationals Very few masters and doctoral graduates Shortages of teachers, government funding Geographic inequalities in locations of schools: four states have 2/3 of higher ed Problems with accreditation: less than 10% of institutions in technical areas are accredited

IEEE and India IEEE has an India Ad Hoc with four areas of focus –Membership Development –Technical Activities –Industry and Government Partnerships (Standards) –Humanitarian Activities

Overlap with Interests of IEEE India Ad Hoc IEEE India Ad Hoc wants to … Identify corporate and government interest in standards activities Partner with companies and government in India for professional development—continuing education and certification Explore potential opportunities for distinguished lecturer program, focused webinars, etc. Collaborate with industry on developing college teachers to improve quality of engineering education

IEEE India Ad Hoc continued People –Committee Co-Chairs: R. Kasturi, R. Muralidharan –Committee volunteers focused on standards area: R. Muralidharan and Sourav Dutta –Staff: Matt Loeb, Pete Sobel Activity of interest They met with India Minister of Science and Technology and garnered support for working with 37 national research labs on standards education

Strategy Discussion for SEC India Ad Hoc What would we like to achieve? How would we go about doing it? And how would we measure our success? What is the timeline for planning such activities?

Ideas to consider How does India fit into overall mission of Standards Education? –University curriculum? Accreditation? Continuing education? Pick two things we can help with? Identifying/prioritizing partners to work with on those things –Universities –Companies –Government agencies –IEEE entities Establishing contacts in each key area Establishing plans/timelines