I myself being an engineering student, is today pushed to think that the kind of study we do in engineering could very well be done by a student of class XI, many might not agree on this but still the kind of preparation students do to take admission is far rigorous than the kind of learning that takes place in most engineering institutions.

There is a term common among the engineering students 'ONE NIGHT STAND'........ almost the same as you might have had with that hot chick in the bar, the difference being, with engineering students in India its with the books n notes a night before the exam.

Practical training, industrial exposure and projects are almost next to nil. Teaching methodology is limited to telling the facts but not how to apply them, practical teaching is just limited to the lab work and that too without students being asked to perform something out of the so called practical syllabus.

IIT's which are a class apart are just because they follow or at least in most ways have signs of THE US education system. With grade point average being used the competitive spirit never dies, pushing students towards doing projects leads them to discover many things which only theory can never teach us.

The difference is also in the amount of money these big institutions reserve for the research work and other projects. While, in other colleges researchers are nowhere to be found forget about the research. Government proudly lists down the opening of new state universities, paying least attention to the fact that the amount of money they are spending on these universities doesnt even match what a single engineering college should be given in order to support the money spent on the research and other academic activities.

In the end I would like to conclude that just opening 100's of engineering colleges each yr. would improve the condition or should our government try to open only a few but give them loads of money in order to support research work and let students undertake projects without the fear of failure?