Engg. courses have hit saturation point: Bindu
The Hindu
KTU plans new-generation, job-oriented courses
Higher Education Minister R. Bindu has said that conventional engineering studies have hit a saturation point and this has led to unemployment among graduates.
Under such circumstances, many people have been prompted to pursue other disciplines and trades. The decline in academic quality due to the unchecked proliferation of self-financing colleges has also worsened the situation.
Dr. Bindu, who lamented the state of affairs of engineering education in the State while replying to questions in the Assembly on Tuesday, said the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) was focussing on introducing new-generation and job-oriented courses to boost employment possibilities. Importance was also being given to establishing industrial collaboration.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.