Technical education is the backbone of any country which is trying to achieve a strong global position. Apart from promoting equality and social justice, the objective of technical education is to provide right kind of technical skills to the people so that they can use it for the betterment of the country.
The foundation of technical education was laid in India almost at the same time as in Europe but its growth was diminutive till India became independent. Evidences reveal that engineering schools existed in Calcutta and Mumbai as early as 1825, but the first genuine industrial school established at Guindy, Madras in 1840 by Major Maitland, superintendent of the Gun Carriage Factory. Awale, S.D. (1996). ‘Some critical issues relating to engineering teachers in the development of education system in India.’ New Delhi: Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). p.1
In 1947, there were hardly about 38 institutions offering first degree courses in engineering and technology and training at the technician’s level in only selected areas. These numbers were not significant for the economic development of the country. A massive increase in the number of technical institutions has taken place in the country since independence.
The state of Madhya Pradesh has 32 universities in total, in which, there are 12 general universities (37.5% of total), 5 technical universities (15.6 %), 10 other universities (31.2 %), 2 agriculture universities (6.2%) and 1 law universities (3.1%).