| | 4 December 2017HIGHERReviewEditorialSri Ram Venkata Subba Setty or in short, S.V. Setty, who lived in Karnataka a century ago, is an unsung hero of Indian aviation industry. Eight years after the Wright brothers' historic first flight in 1903, Setty flew an aircraft in England to become the first Indian to achieve that feat. At that time, aviation was dominated by accidents, both minor and major, and Setty crashed while testing an Avro D prototype but somehow managed to escape unhurt. Without losing hope, he fearlessly studied the machine's flaws and came up with a better design, which the company approved and asked him to test once again. This time, Setty did land safely. The prototype that Setty designed for Avro D was itself the inspiration for the Avro 504 - one of the most widely operated early trainer aircraft and the first one to bomb Germany during the First World War. Two generations after Setty's tragic demise in India, his grandchildren started an engineering college in North Karnataka named Smt. Kamala & Sri Venkappa M. Agadi College of Engineering & Technology to fulfil his dream of providing technical education to the rural population. With the majority of students coming from the nearby areas, this institute is not a highly popular one in the Indian technical education circle. Since its establishment in 2003, however, the institute has made significant contributions to empower the rural population with cutting-edge education and they deserve to be in the limelight. Indeed, Indian technical education arena has many unsung heroes like Setty and the institute started by his grandchildren. While, mainstream media hardly talks about them, we at the Higher Education Review have always been committed to identify such organizations and people in the education sector. Engineering College of the Year, an annual practice that we have been doing since our inception, is a result of such efforts. This year too, we have come up with a vibrant set of technical campuses in the country that are working with different philosophies to make the country a paradise for innovators and technocrats. Enjoy Reading. Sarath ShyamManaging Editorsarath@thehighereducationreview.comThe Unsung Heroes of Indian Technical EducationVol 5 · Issue 11-4 · December 15 - 2017Publisher & Editor Alok ChaturvediManaging Editor Sarath Shyam Editorial Team Amrutha Ram Raman Balakrishnan Riya Das Prisila S Sneha Choudhury Editorial Queries Sales & Advertisement Advertisement queries Office To Subscribe Visit www.thehighereducationreview.com/subscription or send email to subscription@thehighereducationreview.comCover price is Rs. 150 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of BizprintMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murigheshpalya, Bangalore-560017.Copyright © 2017 BizprintMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.Prathyoosh.K.Shajiadvertise@thehighereducationreview.comNo.124, 2nd Floor, South Block, Surya Chambers, Airport Main Road, Bangalore 560017 Tel: 080-46441103T: 080-46441192editor@thehighereducationreview.comCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalGM Sales & Marketing Monisha RavinarayanGroup Art Director Ashok KumarSr. Visualizer MaitreyeeVisualizers Vimalraj M Siva Sankar Sheethal M S Mohana krishnanHigherEducationReviewHIGHERReview
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