Charting careers in digital economy

A career counselling session was conducted by NIIT University (NU) for engineering aspirants over the weekend. BVR Mohan Reddy, Board Member of NU, Rajendra S Pawar, Founder of NU and Chairman of NIIT Ltd, and Professor VS Rao, President of NU addressed the session.

Speaking on the future of the industry, Reddy said, “Latest technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, cloud, and software defined world will change the way we live work. However, there is a strong role to be played by government, corporates, associations and academia to develop digital infrastructure and ecosystem.”

“NU is taking a leadership role towards building competencies for the future to meet the requirements of Industry 4.0,” he said. Elaborating on the rationale for holding the seminar and speaking on careers, Pawar said, “The advent of technology has galvanised the education space offering opportunities as well as challenges.

We are faced with the urgent need to impart education that is seamless, holistic, and closely aligned to what the industry of the future needs. Therefore, our BTech programmes have been designed in close association with the industry to help our students chart meaningful careers in the fast evolving digital economy.”

Professor Rao said, “At NU, we have been working towards creating university of the future that fosters critical thinking, innovation and research centric approach to shape individuals who can adapt to the fast-changing global economy and contribute meaningfully to the growth of their organisations and the society at large.

In fact, innovation is a way of life at NU and this has encouraged our students to come up with winning entrepreneurship ideas. The university promotes and introduces young minds to new vistas of knowledge, and has encouraged them to think critically and apply that knowledge to everyday life.”