Students told to be equipped to meet job market challenges

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Students told to be equipped to meet job market challenges

VELLORE: Chairman and professor, faculty of electrical engineering, Anna University, Chennai M.R. Mohan has urged students to equip themselves to meet the challenges in the job market and adapt themselves to the world environment.

Delivering a guest lecture on 'Career Goals in Electrical & Electronics Engineering' as part of the Induction KEC 2009 organised by Kingston Engineering College (KEC) at the college campus near Katpadi recently, Dr. Mohan explained the opportunities open to the EEE graduates in the government sector, especially in the power plants operated by the government. He also called upon the students to pursue higher studies in EEE.

The former Director of Technical Education, P. Balakrishnan, who spoke on 'Communication Engineering — a Road Map for Success' said that recent developments in electronics & communication engineering have proved the dictum 'necessity is the mother of invention'. Communication is an emerging field. In future, plenty of opportunities would open up for the students in the field of electronics, he said.

D. Loganathan, professor, department of computer science, Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry, who spoke on 'Future of Information Technology' asked the students to set targets for themselves and strive hard to reach them.

The existing economic recession was a transitional phenomenon which would give way to a boom soon, he said.

S. Gopinath, associate scientist, ABB GISL, corporate research, Bangalore, who spoke on 'Mechanical — a Core Engineering' highlighted the importance of mechanical engineering, citing animation movies as an example. S. Mohan, director, National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research, Chennai, who spoke on 'Engineering and Human Endeavour' defined engineering as nothing but an application of science. An engineer is someone who contrives to bring about something. The three categories to be derived from engineering are basic knowledge, analysis and application which lead to 100 per cent growth, he said.

B. Bhaskar, Chief Executive Officer, Origin IT Facilitation & Solutions, Taramani, Chennai, who spoke on 'Life and Work Culture' insisted on the value of hard work.

The industry is not looking for coders, but good professionals. As technology keeps on changing, our mind also should be like a parachute open with high aspirations, he said. S. Shirley Christina of the department of English proposed a vote of thanks.