The architect of Delhi Metro Rail, Dr. E Sreedharan
had expressed strong concern over deterioration in quality of engineering education
and the fall of values in the society, reports The Hindu. He also stressed on
the need for improving employment among engineering students.
Citing a survey conducted by a Kerala-based Magazine,
the Metro Man had said that only 12 percent of the engineering graduates in the
country were willingly employable and that 36 percent of them were not even
trainable and another 52 percent can be made useful to the industry by further
training. He believed that due to the fast rise in engineering colleges, most
of these colleges have started as business ventures with political aid.
Dr. E
Sreedharan was the chief guest at The Second Convocation of Jawaharlal Lal
Nehru Tehnological University-Kakinada (JNTU-K). In the speech delivered at the
convocation, Dr. Sreedharan said that engineering is a noble and an edifying
profession. He opined that knowledge alone is supreme strength.
He said that every success is a feather in the cap
and every failure is a stepping stone to success for an engineer. In his
speech, he criticized social evils and corruption that had degraded human
values. He asked the students to instill ethical and moral values in their
personalities all the time. He urged the members of the faculty to teach
truthfulness, Ahimsa and compassion to their students. “The country will see
unprecedented and accelerated growth for many years to come. I am sure that
bright opportunities are beckoning the engineers and scientists stepping out of
this young university,” he quoted, reports The Hindu.
“The high standards of the profession should not be
sacrificed for personal advantages or short term financial gains. Unfortunately
we see this too often in our country and engineers in general do not enjoy a
clean reputation,” he observed.
He also advised JNTU-K to take special care of the
affiliated engineering colleges to create engineers having employable skills.
He said that the profession of an engineer is highly demanding. An engineer has
to find a balance between his personal and professional life. “You can perform
well in your job as well as life only if you are physically tough and own
healthy life,” said the Metro Man, as reported in The Times of India, and
hinted that the fast food culture and lack of physical exercise will affect the
performance of engineers in the future. Sreedharan referred Bharat Ratna Sir M
Visvesvarya who had enjoyed good health all through his life span of 102 years
in his speech at JNTU-K.
“Though there are more than 700 colleges in Andhra
Pradesh, there are not enough quality professors and principals to manage so
many collages. The facilities are also below-standard in most of them which is
the root cause for the engineering standards to go down,” he concluded, reports
IBN.
Source: Silicon India News
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