Techie's go for Intellectual Patterns

The Regional Officer, All India Council for Technical Education, Southern Region, B.K. Bhadri, has warned the engineering graduates not to get carried away by the boom in the Information Technology sector. He was speaking at a meeting held at a Engineering College in Thandalam, Kancheepuram, on April 04, 2008.

Stating that the fast-phased growth in the IT sector, which primarily hinges on artificial intelligence, would take a ‘U’ turn in about three to five years from now, Mr. Bhadri said the tendency prevailing among more than 80 per cent of engineering graduates to take up IT-related jobs blindly would not help them consolidate their career as the present boom in the IT field was an artificial one.

He urged the students to turn their attention to problems such as environmental protection and global warming which were threatening the very existence of society. Even candid ideas that could be developed as a mechanism to arrest environmental pollution and thereby reduce the impact of global warming were most welcome, he said.He also called upon the students to cultivate the habit of applying for intellectual patents so that they did not fall victim to plagiarism in the highly competitive world. Two engineering students from the Southern Region had applied for patent for their innovative ideas, he said.
Commending the role played by self-engineering colleges in providing engineering education to a large number of students, Mr. Bhadri said the teaching wing of the engineering education was plagued by manpower shortage. It was a big problem faced by the self-financing colleges. It also existed in established institutions such as IITs, IIMs and other institutions. “There is a dearth(Synonym: scarcity) in availability of qualified, experience and dedicated faculty in higher education,” he said.
Former director of Technical Education S. Varadarajan present in the gathering also regretted, that only around 5 per cent of the engineering students took up research works in their respective vocation. While around 15 per cent preferred venturing into self-employment, around 65 per cent felt content with seeking placement in private companies.