Beginning this year, the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, an affiliating university for engineering colleges in the state, has included management, Indian heritage and culture, economics, psychology, communication skills and other subjects in the curriculum of engineering courses.

This would be applicable for its constituent and affiliated colleges as well. The state has the highest 670 engineering colleges with over 200,000 students. JNTU Hyderabad has over 250 affiliates colleges and about 1,00,000 students under its fold.


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Speaking to Business Standard, university vice-chancellor D Narasimha Reddy said the idea behind introducing arts and humanities into the engineering curriculum was to enhance the employability of the students. This was an attempt to correct the bias that engineering students do not have functional knowledge of other domains.

The All India Council of Technical Education, the apex body that regulates the technical education in India, had earlier issued a circular to universities asking them to have a mix of arts and science subjects to help engineering students find employment opportunities. “Companies want students who can do multitasking,” Reddy said.