All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) portal launched
According to an official release, universities, colleges and other higher education institutions in the State have been directed to upload various details including student enrollment, examination results and financial information in the AISHE portal (www.aishe.gov.in).
Participation in AISHE is mandatory for accreditation, funding and scholarships.
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Are engineers truly living the lives they once envisioned, the lives they traded their youth and lakhs of rupees to attain? The fortified walls of the so-called 'secure' engineering career are showing deep cracks. The numbers speak for themselves. Engineers today are underpaid, underemployed, and, in many cases, unemployed. Starting salaries remain stagnant at ₹3 to ₹4 lakh per annum, according to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), the same figures that stood over a decade ago. While students are often scapegoated for falling short, the deeper malaise lies in India's obsession with engineering, and in the institutions and coaching factories that mass-produce degrees while failing to deliver meaningful training or real-world readiness. So, where did it go wrong? Coaching centres failing to deliver Students from all the corners of the country mushroom to the coaching centres with a fond hope of securing a coveted engineering degree. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now But what often gets overlooked is the visible disparity in the foundational education. Unlike their counterparts in Tier 1, who benefit from better infrastructure, qualified teachers, and abundant learning resources, these students arrive with systemic disadvantages that run deep. Yet, most coaching centres adopt a one-size-fits-all approach, offering a uniform curriculum that ignores these academic disparities. Instead of levelling the playing field, this standardised model only amplifies the divide, placing already advantaged students on a pedestal while pushing those from underserved backgrounds even further behind. The result? A system that rewards privilege and punishes potential. Curse of obsession India's ultimate obsession with engineering stemmed from noble intentions. It was a ticket out of poverty, a gateway to global jobs, a badge of meritocracy. But as it is said, excess of everything is bad. 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