A decade of university-industry linkages in electronics and instrumentation engineering at BITS

Author

Maheshwari, L.K.

Author_Institution

Birla Inst. of Technol. & Sci., Pilani, India

Volume

34

Issue

4

fYear

1991

fDate

11/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

293

Lastpage

302

Abstract

The benefits of a unique educational experiment towards university-industry linkages (UIL) conducted at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) are described. This experiment embraces all disciplines offered by BITS. A study that analyzed the areas of electronics and instrumentation engineering disciplines in some detail is discussed. A profile of projects in the field of electronics and instrumentation carried out by students at various industries and research and development institutions is presented. All aspects of the educational pedagogy that extends university education in a professional setting as operated in the BITS model are outlined. Currently operating UIL programs at BITS, the Practice School (PS), Technology Innovation Center (TIC), ME (Collaborative), off-campus Ph.D., and nonformal distance learning programs are also discussed

Keywords

education; electrical engineering; instrumentation; BITS; Birla Institute of Technology and Science; education; electronics engineering; instrumentation engineering; nonformal distance learning programs; off-campus Ph.D.; university-industry linkages; Collaboration; Computer aided instruction; Couplings; Educational programs; Educational technology; Electronics industry; Industrial electronics; Instruments; Research and development; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.102845

Filename

102845