What reviewers say
"The technical education has to adopt Outcome-Based Curriculum and there was a dire need of authentic literature which would serve as a base document for scientifically developing OBC. The book reflects the expertise of both the authors who have more than 30 years of experience in industry and academics in designing and implementing different variants of OBC for various technical education programmes. Such a book will serve as a reference for future generations to avoid 're-inventing the wheel again and again." —Dr. M.P. Poonia, Vice-Chairman, AICTE
"National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) Bhopal has been spearheading different forms of OBC for the last five decades in which the authors have contributed substantially. Care has been taken such that this book will not only benefit the Indian engineering education system, but also the engineering teaching fraternity at the international level."—Dr. C. Thangaraj, Director, NITTTR Bhopal
HOW IS THIS BOOK UNIQUE?
Engineering Education has emerged as a fast developing 'discipline' in itself with universities across the world opening up exclusive 'Departments of Engineering Education' which is also impacting the socio-economic system in India. Most of the engineering institutions in India are part of the 'hub-and-spoke' university education system unique to India. Scientifically developing the 'Outcome-based Curriculum' (OBC) uniformly across India has been a daunting task due to the dearth of an authentic book on OBC addressing the need of the Indian Engineering Education System. This being the first book of its kind in India and with OBC serving as the 'Constitution' of 'Outcome-based Education' (OBE), it will go a long way to address this need. The unique feature of this book is that it is replete with examples to explain the various concepts of planning, designing and implementing the OBC in engineering institutions. Different aspects of Outcome-based Teaching Learning (OBTL) and Outcome-based Assessment (OBA) are also discussed vividly. Apart from the examples weaved into the lucidly written seven chapters, additional examples and important formats are provided in the 'Annexures'; another unique feature of this book. Every engineering UG, PG, or Diploma teacher would be happy to possess a personal copy of this book for 24x7 access which will help to clear their doubts as it arises then and there.
TARGET AUDIENCE
• Teachers of Engineering Institutes Offering UG/PG and Diploma programmes
• Technical Education Policy Makers
• Curriculum Developers/ Instructional System Designers
Joshua Earnest Ph.D. an Electrical Engineer has a long experience of 42 years, which includes the initial 6 years in the industry and the remaining 36 years as a professor at NITTTR, Bhopal. In addition to training of engineering faculty across the country and overseas, he has worked in various areas of engineering education specialising in Curriculum Development, Student Assessment, Laboratory Instruction, Online and Offline Instructional System Design and Development. Apart from books and modules, a number of papers related to these areas have been published at national and international conferences and journals. His other area of specialisation is wind power technology with two popular books to his credit—Wind Power Plants and Project Development and Wind Power Technology, published by PHI Learning. He is the pioneer of online training in wind power since 2004. He has also been a Wind Power resource expert to Gotland (now Uppsala) University, Sweden, LIFE Academy, Karlstad, Sweden, University of Namibia, Windhoek and China Electric Research Institute, Beijing, China. |Shashi Kant Gupta Ph.D. has a long experience of 38 years in industry and academics. He initially worked for 10 years as Power Transformer Design Engineer at Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) Bhopal followed by 28 years as a professor at NITTTR, Bhopal. Besides training engineering faculty all these years, his main areas of work and research have been Student Assessment, Curriculum Development, Assessment Reforms, Professional Development, Evaluation of Educational Programmes and Projects. The vast knowledge that he gained is also seen in the NITTT modules—Professional Ethics and Sustainability and ARPIT modules related to Student Assessment being offered on SWAYAM platform under Ministry of Education, Government of India for upgrading and upskilling of competencies of Higher Education and Engineering faculty around the country.
