Posted on: 05-07-07 03:01:46
Hi, Engg Desi's
check this link
http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/jul/05eng.htm
and please comment on this
Wow, Thats great.
Good to see Canada in the Washington Accord member countries list. I think this will help Indian engineers moving to Canada in a big way with India becoming a member.
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"Hitherto, when an Indian engineer came over to the US or went to any of the Washington Accord member countries, only a course-by-course accreditation is done and the assessment, etc on whether they are equivalent only follow after this protracted and stringent accreditation."
"But now," explained Dwivedi, "what will happen after India's membership to the Washington Accord is that automatically all of our degrees -- and not only those from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) -- because IIT has become such an internationally renowned brand -- but others like the 20 National Institutes of Technology and the 1,520 other engineering institutions, their degrees will also be recognised."
Thus, he said, the Indian engineering degree from all of these institutions -- and not just from the IITs -- will be held on par with US degree as well as other engineering degrees from the countries that are a party to the Washington Accord "and there would be reciprocity where these degrees are concerned."
"So unlike in the past, all of the protracted and stringent requirements and time-consuming course-by-course accreditation will be done away with," he added.
This sounds really GREAT !
Does anyone have more information regarding this accord? Does it mean an Indian engg degree holder can get P.Eng. directly?
doesnt sound very realistic to me.Regards.
I had a look at washingtonaccord site, and it mentions about India being a provisional member for two years from now, which may lead to full member status. Also I dropped a quick email to PEng association to seek more clarification.
Regards.
Guess it would mean that the educational qualification would be at par with the Canadian degree ...... but the rest of the process like experience & exams would have to be followed for P Eng. .......
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Originally posted by ThinkingOne
Does anyone have more information regarding this accord? Does it mean an Indian engg degree holder can get P.Eng. directly?
Regards.
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Originally posted by puttoo
Guess it would mean that the educational qualification would be at par with the Canadian degree ...... but the rest of the process like experience & exams would have to be followed for P Eng. .......
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Originally posted by ThinkingOne
Does anyone have more information regarding this accord? Does it mean an Indian engg degree holder can get P.Eng. directly?
Regards.
You are right. Following is the reply I recd from association of P.Engs:
"I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but even though being a provisional member is a step in the right direction, it won't give you any extra 'leverage'. These negotiations happen at the CCPE (now Engineers Canada) level, and I know from talking to the people involved in these negotiations that the time period from going from 'provisional status'
to full member is generally quite long. It is only full member status that would give you a better 'deal' so to speak - in that full members go through what's called a 'looking to exempt' assessment, meaning they generally DON't write exams.
In short, your assessment would remain the same, even though India now has provisional status."
Hope that clears up what a provisional member status means.
Regards.
In regards to earlier reply
That means in Canada, we still have to go through same process
like exam & One Year Can exp in order to get P.Engg
That means no change
Please confirm me
Thanks
