Review Article
Year: 2017 | Month: April-June | Volume: 2 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 56-58
An Insight into Viable Engineering Education and Social Responsibility towards Sustainable Development
Sunil J. Kulkarni
Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
ABSTRACT
Nowadays environmental footprints are talks of the town. Few developed countries are trying to avoid their responsibilities while teaching lessons of sustainable development to developing and underdeveloped countries. In this entire context, it is important to teach the importance of sustainable development to students. Also the viability of engineering education from industrial requirement point of view needs to be assessed. There is need to have education system for engineering students which can encourage students for developing conception and visualization. Alignment between classroom teaching and actual practice is most important aspect.
Keywords: Engineering organizations, framework, responsibility, sustainability competencies.