A Quality Overview in Engineering Education Dr. Rohit Manjule,

Abstract- The importance of quality aspects in engineering education has been increase rapidly. It. is pointed out that quality is the most important challenge for engineering education in India. Further, it has been discussed as to how this challenge can be dealt with by an Engineering Education Institution, covering the syllabus and completing it in time, is what normally the Principal & Management are worried about. Once this is done, they feel satisfied because they are not generally conscious about quality nor have any passion for it It is for such Institutions, which are large in number, the author has suggested a quality path. The idea of Center of Quality & Excellence, the Consortium of a group of Engineering Colleges, empowering the faculty, has been explained. The concept of Quality Cell and a think tank has been elaborated. Over and above this, the need for a visionary leadership for the Institution has been emphasized. By following this quality path, the author believes that, the engineering colleges can meet the quality challenge and not only satisfy the criteria specified by the Washington Accord, but enable the system not merely to walk along the Quality Path leading to Washington Accord but march ahead towards the Global Quality & Excellence