The Story of Engineering Education in India

During the last 2 years of Jnaapti’s functioning, we have faced a lot of criticism from many of the stake-holders in this field. And we are not surprised.

This is an account of why this is so, and why Jnaapti functions the way it functions.

My intention of writing this post is to only help parents and students make an informed decision about their careers and make better choices for themselves.

People have criticized us and will continue to criticize us because they have a certain mindset when looking at the success of the IT industry over the last decade.

We have been approached by many parents when their sons/daughters are in the final year of Engineering hoping that we can get their children a job. They say, “My son just finished his Engineering and is now looking for a job. I believe that you can get him one?”. And it hurts us that we can’t help most of them because of the sheer lack of quality. In a lot of ways we feel that these people have been duped. If someone had done this outside the context of an Engineering degree, such institutions would have been forced to close and the people behind this would have been taken to the courts.

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