My Perspective

The casual indifference of undergraduate (UG) engineering students towards their academics is well known to all - not just students and their parents, even faculty and employers as well. This is not just limited to non-elite engineering colleges but rampant even in prestigious institutes like IITs as well [1-2]. Since the engineering education is heavily subsidised in all national or state owned or government-aided institutes, our country needs a better return on investment in the education sector. There are a number of factors that affect student motivation like the role of teacher to inspire the students through engaging lectures, assessments that are not testing the memorisation potential of the student. But in this article I limit my discussion to those factors that are solely dependent on the students themselves. I conclude with my suggestions on how to address these. The reason for this attitude stems right from the time of admission

Few folks had asked me about reference books in electronics and communication (ECE) engineering, I felt that this list may be useful to others as well.. So here it is.. the names of the Books and authors along with the publishers. Engineering Circuit Analysis - link Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill Education (2013) Authors: William H. Hayt, Jack E. Kemmerly Introduction to Electro Dynamics - link Publisher: Prentice Hall India Author: David J Griffiths Signals and Systems - link Publisher: Prentice Hall India Authors: Alan V. Oppenheim, Alan S. Willsky, (2009) Modern Control Engineering - link Publisher: Prentice Hall India (2010) Authors: Katsuhiko Ogata Digital Design: With an Introduction to the Verilog HDL - link Publisher: Pearson (2013) Authors: Morris Mano Discrete-Time Signal Processing - link Publisher: Pearson (2009) Authors: Alan V. Oppenheim, Ronald W. Schafer Integrated Electronics - link Publisher : Tata McGraw Hill Education (2009) Authors: Jacob ...