Science Parks and Engineering Education

Development of a Nation today is more Technology Driven than ever before. Changes in economic and industrial scenario are rapid' and even more rapid is the silent changes in the technology area. The revolutionary changes in technology today not only amuse us but also frighten us sometimes about our role in the future development. New technologies I evaporate before they ossify. The traditional role of Engineering Educational Institutions as suppliers of human resource inputs to the industrial sector, and hence transformed as a mass production centres of teaching with little creativity, has to undergo a total reorientation to the emerging requirements and expectations. A direct linkage with the industry shall not only be useful to the industrial sector but also shall immensely help the faculty, institution and most of all the student community in their pursuit of academic excellence. The understanding of the importance of the role of Science Parks which provides the structural mechanism and direct linkages to the industry, for facilitating Entrepreneurship Development and Industry Institution Interaction is less felt in our engineering education system than in developed countries.