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Skilled engineers will remain in demand
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Coimbatore: “Nobody is certain if the pandemic is over yet, but there is a ray of hope for progress, despite the challenges” was the message sent out by experts at the webinar on emerging trends in engineering education that was jointly organized by the Times of India and Sona Group of Institutions recently.
Chocko Valliappa, vice-chairman, Sona Group of Institutions, said there was a growing potential for engineering courses. “Ashok Leyland needs women engineers for their industrial design division. Google, Paypal and a few others are looking for data analysts. There is going to be a huge demand for core engineering. Substantial work has been outsourced from Germany with China getting sidelined in the global arena. All this will lead to a huge manufacturing shift to India,” he said.
From automation to gig economy, India needs to work on its skilling program
Synopsis
Despite running a skilling mission for years, India has very little to cheer about when it comes to availability of skilled labour.
For a labour surplus economy, India faces acute shortage of skilled workers. The recent Human Development Report 2020 highlighted that one out of five workers in India is skilled. According to the report, skilled labour as a percentage of the labour force in India stands at 21.2%, and other countries which share a similar position include the likes of Sudan, Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Liberia.
Amidst the pandemic’s adverse blow to the country’s