Aims and Objectives
The foregoing historical narrative shows that the original aim of the decision to establish RECs. was to create institutional facilities for providing under-graduate education and training in different branches of engineering, with a view to supplying the engineering manpower for the industrial projects and development envisaged under the successive Five-Year Plans. The common objectives were :
- To impart instruction in different branches of engineering
- To maintain high standard in education and training and
- To promote co- operation with industry and other technical institutions.
Considering the background, intentions and later developments, the aims and objectives of the RECs, can be stated as follows :-
- To offer courses of instruction in different branches of engineering, mainly at the under-graduate level, to start with, in the overall perspective of general education with a view to developing an integrated personality.
- To make the instruction and training oriented towards creating in the students an awareness of and meeting the technological and socio-economic needs of the country.
- To promote research effort among various faculties, preferably on inter-disciplinary projects and undertake post- graduate instruction and training, keeping in view the needs of technology.
- To promote co-operation with industry and other sectors of economy logical growth and taking special note of the requirements of Regional Development.
- To maintain an all India character in regard to student admissions and requirement of faculty of high quality.
- To act as an important link in the interaction between the Central and State sectors of technical education.
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