For those of us who have encountered excellent engineers educated in India, the recent announcement of that country's rejected application to the Washington Accord comes as somewhat of a surprise. The Washington Accord is a recognition that a country's engineering courses meet international guidelines for accreditation. Being turned down for full-fledged membership can be viewed as a slam on the quality of engineering education. Apparantly representatives of the Washington Accord visited Indian schools and gave adverse reports, causing the rejection. There are a few more details here:
http://beta.thehindu.com/education/college-and-university/article49551.ece
This announcement seems to have caused some consternation among Indian engineers for obvious reasons: