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The Karnataka authorities has constituted a 10-member adept committee, headed by Prof. S. Sadagopan, erstwhile manager of the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB), to marque due recommendations for reforming method education.
Prof. Jagadish, Prof. S. Gopalakrishna and Prof. Y. Narahari of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, Shyam S. Rao, CTO of Carborundum Ltd., S. Vidyashankar, Vice-Chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, manager of University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Administrator of Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA), Deputy Secretary of Higher Education Department and Executive Director of Karnataka State Higher Education Council are members of the committee.
The authorities has directed the committee to behaviour a survey and reappraisal the intake of machine subject and related courses, revise the program of basal engineering courses arsenic per the existent concern and employment requirements, instrumentality measures to pull students to basal engineering courses and different aspects and taxable a study wrong a month.
Declining request
During the admittance process for nonrecreational undergraduate engineering courses done the KEA successful the State for the world twelvemonth 2025-26, much than 9,000 seats successful Computer Science and related disciplines volition stay unallocated.
In addition, successful caller years, a ample fig of students who person passed Computer Science and related disciplines person remained unemployed.
On the different hand, the admittance complaint successful basal engineering courses specified arsenic mechanical, civil, and electrical engineering, and others, is decreasing significantly. These courses successful immoderate backstage universities and engineering colleges successful the State person reached the signifier of closure, according to officials.
Employability
“Earlier, the engineering colleges functioning nether the jurisdiction of the State’s Higher Education Department were renowned astatine the nationalist and planetary levels for providing high-quality method education. It is worrying that lone 17% of engineering graduates successful the State are getting jobs,” reads the order, emphasising the request for a reappraisal and remedial measures.
