CONTENTS -- Preface -- Advisory Committee -- Organising Committee and Event Sponsors -- Conference Report -- Full Papers -- Educating Engineers for the 21 st Century Prof Julia EKing -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Overview -- 3. Research Process -- 4. The Industry Study -- 5. The University Consultation -- 6. Key Messages -- 7. Recommendations -- 7.1. To Government -- 7.2. To the Engineering Institutions -- 7.3. To Industry -- 7.4. To the Academy -- 7.5. To University Engineering Departments -- 7.6. To the Engineering Technology Board (etb) -- 7.7. To the Engineering Subject Centres -- 8. References -- 9. Appendix 1 -- 10. Appendix 2 -- 11. Appendix 3 -- 12. Appendix 4 -- 13. Appendix 5 -- Re-Engineering Engineering Education for the Twenty-First Century Prof R Natarajan -- ABSTRACT -- 1. RAISON D'ETRE FOR RE-DESIGN OF THE XXI CENTURY ENGINEERING EDUCATION SYSTEM -- 2. A COMPARISON OF THE XX AND THE XXI CENTURY CHARACTERISTICS -- 2.1 A Management Perspective -- 2.2 A Knowledge Economy Perspective - Educational Requirements -- 2.3 Educational Planning and Administration Concerns -- 3. XXI CENTURY IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF THE ENGINEERING EDUCATION SYSTEM -- 3.1 Inputs -- 3.2 Output Requirements -- 3.3 The Environment / Ambience -- 3.4 Strategic Goals of Engineering Education -- 4. ROLE OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR PROMOTING GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS -- 4.1. Elements of the "Environment"Impacting on Innovation -- 4.2. The Link Between Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- 5. PETER DRUCKER'S NEW RULES FOR R&D -- 6. RE-ENGINEERING ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR THE TWENTY -FIRST CENTURY -- References -- Engineering Education and Engineers for the 21 st Century Prof P Dayaratnam -- 1. Trends in New Technologies -- 2. Sustainable Professional Competence -- 3. Engineering Curriculum -- 4. Career & Opportunities.

5. Capacity Building for the Nation -- 6. Diversity in Technical Education -- 7. Quality Assurance -- Prospects on the Development of European and German University Education - Seizing the Chance of Change Prof Dr. Reiner Kopp -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Which are the most important challenges in engineering education? -- 3. The main activities in Europe to meet these challienl~es -- 3.1. The Bologna Process -- 3.2. The creation of an European Institute of Technology (EIT) -- 3.3. The importance of life long learning -- 4. Activities of the Federal Government in Germany -- 4.1. Partners for innovations -- 4.2. What are the German universities doing? -- 5. More activities of associations and schools in Germany -- 6. The implementation of the Bologna process in Germany -- 7. Conclusions -- Globalization of Education Services in the Context of GATS Prof D V Singh -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Education Profile -- 3. Education: A global Industry -- 4. Tbe International Compulsions -- 5. Export of Education Services -- 6. Barriers to Education Export -- 7. Internationalization of Higher Education -- 8. India and Mode 2, Consumption Abroad -- 9. Foreign Universities in India -- 10. Indian Initiatives -- 11. Apprehensions about Globalization -- 12. Conclusions -- References -- Innovation of Higher Education in Architecture Engineering Prof Xu Delong -- 1. Formation of the Notion which Lays Equal Stress on Cultural Quality Cultivation and Engineering Education -- 2. Establishment of Specialty Training System Featured by Solid Foundation and Great Adaptability -- 3. Designing a Training Procedure for Engineers: Periods, Stages and Modules -- 4. Problems and Prospects -- References -- The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning Prof M S Ananth -- 1. THE MONTESSORI EXPERIENCE AND TEL -- 2. THE MONTESSORI EXPERIENCE -- 3. TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING.

4. TEL'S PREMISES ARE -- 5. EFFECTIVENESS OF TEL -- 6. THE CHALLENGE -- 7. NATIONAL PROGRAMME ON TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING (NPTEL) -- 8. PROGRAMME ISSUES -- 8.1. Organisational Issues -- 8.2. Design Issues -- 9. Deployment Strategy -- 10. INITIAL RESPONSE -- 11. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Globalization and Higher Technical Education Prof Ashok Misra -- 1. Globalization and the Knowledge Economy -- 1.1. Addressing Globalization in Higher Technical Education -- 2. Enhancing Engineering Education in India -- 3. The Challenges in Higher Technical Education to India are the following: -- 3.1. Issues related to Globalization of Education -- 4. The Turning Point -- Technical Education System in India - Challenges and Prospects Dr. Damodar Acharya -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Present Status of Technical Education -- 2.1. Fragmented Management -- 2.2. Steep Growth Rate in Degree level Engineering and Regional and other Imbalances -- 2.2.1. Sharp regional imbalances -- 2.2.2. Skew in favor of the new age disciplines -- 2.2.3. Maximum number of seats in engineering with privately administered colleges -- 2.3. Key Concerns o/the Technical Education Establishment -- 2.3.1. Shortage offaculty -- 2.3.2. Inability in meeting minimum academic standards -- 2.3.3. Outdated curriculum and teaching and evaluation methods -- 2.4. Efforts Being Made to Address the Issues Pertaining to Technical Education in the Country -- 2.4.1. Appropriate focus on various aspects at the UG and the PG levels -- 2.4.2. Flexible and innovative teaching methods -- 2.4.3. Focus on learnability and trainability -- 2.4.4. Adoption of credit system across board -- 2.4.5. Introduction of relative grading across the country -- 2.4.6. Introduction of projects early on -- 2.4.7. Continuous internal evaluation -- 2.4.8. Short term courses for specific industry needs.

2.4.9. Some essential changes in the regulation of universities for more effective functioning -- 2.4.10. Initiatives for meeting the research needs -- 2.4.11. Creation of Nodal centers -- 3. Conclusion -- Human Resource and Knowledge Management for Mission-Oriented High Technology Achievements - Changing Paradigms and Emerging Directions in Indian Context Dr. Baldev Raj -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Human Resource Development -- 2.1 Indian FBR programme and Challenges -- 2.2 Comprehensive HRD strategy followed at [GCAR -- 2.3 Mentoring -- 2.4 Peer Review Exercise -- 2.5 Homi Bhabha National Institute -- 2.6 Commencement of Training School at IGCAR -- 2.7 Networking of Academic Institutes, Research Centres and Industry -- 3. Knowledge Management -- 3.1 R&D in Knowledge Management -- 4. Summary -- Issues on Engineering Ethics and Education - A Cultural Perspective Prof Haruki Ueno -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Role of Engineering -- 3. What is Engineering Ethics? -- 4. Education of Engineering Ethics - A Comparative Study -- 5. Humanities Education - A Comparative Study -- 6. Culture and Social System -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Globalization of Engineers Ethics and Code of Conduct Dr. C G Krishnadas Nair -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General Morality and Engineers' Professional Ethics -- 3. Engineer's Professional Career and Growing Ethical Responsibilities -- 3.1. Engineers as managers -- 3.2. Engineers as administrators -- 3.3. Engineers as entrepreneurs/employers -- 4. Risks, Safety and Liability -- 5. Client Professional Agreements -- 6. Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA)lKnow-How Transfer etc. -- 7. Intellectual Property Rights -- 8. International Context -- 9. Economic Conditions -- 10. Cultural Values, Traditions, and Practices -- 11. Engineer's Rights -- 12. Roles of Professional Associations -- 13. Conclusions.

A Perspective of Engineering Education in Canada Prof Ravi (C) Ravindran -- Summary -- References -- Abstracts -- Cultivation of Innovative Engineering Talents in China Dr. Pan Yunhe -- 1. Huge Engineering Scale and Market -- 2. Large Engineering Workforce -- 3. Rapid Upgrading of Engineering Capacity -- 4. Challenges Facing Engineering Technology in China -- 5. Trends of Engineering Education in China -- The Status of India's Higher Technical Education: What is the Way Forward? Prof P Rama Rao -- ABSTRACT -- Industry Perspective for Technical Education in India Dr. A Ramakrishna -- ABSTRACT -- Industrial Perspective for Technical Education in India -- Consortium Research and its Influence on Engineering Education Mr. M M Murugappan -- ABSTRACT -- A South African Perspective on Engineering Education Imperatives Prof R F Sandenbergh -- ABSTRACT -- Combining Equity with Excellence Prof P V Indiresan -- ABSTRACT -- Engineering Education at Murdoch University and Overseas Prof Yianni Attikiouzel -- ABSTRACT -- Acronyms -- Author Index.