Economics of Engineering Education in India: Growing Challenges of Access, Excellence and Equity

This volume focuses on the expansion of engineering education in the private sector in India and discusses the effects and challenges of this expansion on its economic growth and development.

Analysing several dimensions relating to the growth of engineering education, this book:

-- Scrutinises the imbalances in the growth between different branches of engineering education, changing trends and patterns of quality of education as impacted by changing trends and patterns, gender inequality, caste, region, and labour market conditions that influence the demand for engineering education.

-- Investigates the socioeconomic characteristics of the students going to private colleges/universities, financing by the government vis-a-vis students' households, the unsteady growth in public financing of engineering education, and educational loans as a method of financing.

-- Examines the reasons behind the increasing demand of engineering education, and the factors that have contributed to the rise of electronics engineering, computer science engineering and information-technology-related areas of engineering as against some conventionally popular disciplines of engineering.

This volume will be of interest to students, teachers and researchers of education, higher education, engineering education, economics of education, and sociology of education. It will also be useful for policymakers in higher education, engineering/technical education and BRIC countries, administrators, and those interested in the study and growth of engineering education.