Coimbatore: “Nobody is sure if the pandemic is over, but there is a ray of hope for progress, even though there are challenges” is a message sent by experts at the webinar on the trend that emerged in engineering education held together in the era of Indian institutional groups and Sona recently.
Chocko Valliappa, Deputy Chairperson, Sona Group of Institution, said there was a growth potential for technical courses.
“Ashok Leyland needs a female engineer for their industrial design division.
Google, PayPal and several others seeking data analysts.
There will be a big demand for core techniques.
Substantial work has been outsourced from Germany with China that is absent in the global arena.
All this will lead On a large manufacturing shift to India, “he said.
R Chellappan, Managing Director, Swelect Energy Systems, agreed with Chacko but urged students to equip themselves to meet the challenges.
“You need a cap – creativity and curiosity, analytical skills, and problem solving skills for growth.” Venkatraman Umakanth, Head, Market Development and Success of Students, Futureskills – Nasscom, underlined the importance of not running and learning while things change quickly.
Experts show that there is a high demand for artificial intelligence and data science.
They said there was a 10% more request in terms of employing female engineers in the core industry.