Israna (Panipat) October 9
Expressing concern at the insufficient technical manpower in India, Prof R. S. Nirjar, Member-Secretary of the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), today stressed the need for IT revolution if the country wanted to surge ahead in the scientific development.
Addressing students and faculty of NC College of Engineering after inaugurating the new academic block of the college here, Prof Nirjar said that while Japan had 110 technically qualified persons per 1,000 the figure for India had only four persons. Similarly, Germany with 80 persons, Brazil with 30 persons and China with nine persons were way ahead of India as far as technical manpower was concerned.
Saying that Industrial revolution bypassed India because Indians looked down upon the technical work, he wanted the country to seize the opportunity of the IT revolution in India. Otherwise, MNCs would enslave the country on the pattern of the East India Company, he warned.
Pleading for a better deal for the technically qualified persons, Prof Nirjar, who is also the president of the Indian Society for Technical Education, said that the main aim of technical education should be to enhance the employment potential of the youth so that they did not depend on the government sector for jobs.
